Unit 1 Nothing venturednothing gained Learning about language 课件.ppt

1、Unit 1 Nothing ventured, nothing gained Learning about language 课件,LEARNING ABOUT LANGUAGE,April 16th, 1916 Moving to Elephant Island was a dangerous under-taking, but it was not our first. We had _ onto the ice to make camp when the Endurance was stuck.,struggled,The ice constantly broke up at nigh

2、t because of the warmth of our bodies and we often dropped into the freezing water while sleeping. Though we were in an _ situation, we tried to make our daily life_ with singing and making fun of each other.,unbearable,cheerful,Our_ improved when we saw the solid land of Elephant Island appear on t

3、he horizon. Shackleton gave us no time to _ the failure of our expedition. He encouraged us all with advice to prevent _.,circumstances,mourn,sickness,Without his _ that we would indeed survive, we might all _ to despair. _ we prepared to follow his advice and on this day climbed into the three smal

4、l open boats ready for the journey.,faith,give way,Anyhow,Gou Jian, King of Yue, was captured by his enemy, Fu Chai, the King of Wu. His _ lasted for three _ years, which to him seemed like a lifetime.,EX. 2 P6,suffering,bitter,suffering bitter vital select unbearable celebration recover,One day the

5、 King of Wu fell ill. After tasting the Kings stool(大便), Gou Jian announced that Fu Chai would soon_. Fu Chai was moved by his act and he let him return to Yue.,recover,Remembering how _ his life as a slave had been, Gou Jian took no interest in _ and continued to live in the same way as he did in W

6、u. He wanted to_ his lost land.,unbearable,celebrations,recover,But he also knew it was _ to_ the chance with care. So first he introduced the King of Wu to a beauty called Xi Shi. While Fu Chai was trying to entertain Xi Shi, Gou Jian attacked and defeated him.,vital,select,Ex. 3 Creating a word we

7、b of adjectives to describe peoples characters.,characters,confident,(un)selfish,outgoing/inward,patient,cheerful,optimistic,determined,positive/ negative,(in)dependant,aggressive,stubborn,delicate,Useful structures-attributes Ex. 1, P6,warm and dry clothes, a cosy bedroom, sunny days, my mothers fa

8、ce and the celebration we will get when we return .,Ex. 2, P7,landing who liked to visit sites of historic places freezing where they had struggled to land soft-eyed which looked grey and forbidding,that surrounded the camp on two sides unfair coldest, most, unfriendly on earth to eat of men like a

9、baby rescue,Ex. 3, P7,A The tall girl who had long, black hair carried a large handbag. B The girl carrying an empty handbag did not look rich enough to buy a necklace. C Her green coat was too thin for the cold weather.,D The girl wearing glasses looked carefully round the shop. E She looked at the

10、 necklace given by the assistant. F The assistant turned back and the necklace that had been on the counter was gone. G The girl who left the shop in a hurry said she must catch a train.,Workbook, P52, Ex 1,Odysseus is a literary figure in the Odyssey written by Homer. He rejected the_ life of a Gre

11、ek king and made a _to help another Greek leader,cosy,commitment,Menelaus, get his wife back. But the war dragged on and on and he was away from his family for ten years. During this time the fortunes of the war were so_ that no one could predict who would win.,changeable,Odysseus became tired of th

12、e war and the _ in Troy. He _wanted to return home, so when the Greek kings had their _ weekly meeting he,delay,urgently,regular,grasp,suggested that they _an opportunity to trick the Trojans. The Greeks built a giant wooden horse so that men could hide inside it. The Greeks then pretended to leave

13、_ their ships as if they were,aboard,_ by the length of the war. The Trojans_ their Gods for their good fortune and prepared to celebrate.,discouraged,blessed,That night the men climbed out of the horse and opened the city gates to the Greek army. The Trojans awoke to the _ of their warning bell ann

14、ouncing a Greek victory.,boom,So the war ended but the _ of the Trojan people was only just beginning.,punishment,我建议你做出这个决定，因为这是合 法的。(advocate),EX 3 Translate these sentences into English, using the words in brackets.,I would advocate that you make this decision because it is legal.,He was extremel

15、y bored during the film show because it was so silly.,在电影放映过程中他感到极端无聊， 因为那部电影是那么愚蠢可笑。(bored),那块肉散发出一股臭味，因为它变质了。(give off),That meat is giving off a bad smell because it is bad / rotten.,If you say it is true, you must swear you are telling the truth.,She is an admirable person who always puts other

16、peoples needs first.,如果你说那件事是真的，你得发誓 保证你是在说实话。(swear),她是一位值得尊敬的人，她总是把 别人的需求放在第一位。(admirable),1 My failure in that exam was so painful that I stopped myself from remembering it until many years later when I could consider it more rationally. 2 This is an ancient kind of camp fire for cooking.,Ex 4 Replace the underlined phrases with words similar in meaning from this unit.,blocked (it) out,oven,3 That kind of behaviour is not