The TWO-storey house.ppt

1、The Two-storey House,Review,1. You will soon improve your English if you read it as _ (loudly) as you can. 2. He is much _ (heavy) than he was ten years ago. 3. China is the _ (big) country in terms of population, which Russia is the _ (large) in terms of area. 4. The boss usually comes to work _ (e

2、arly) than his secretary.,loudly,heavier,biggest,earlier,largest,5. There are _ (many) waiters and waitress than customers in the restaurant. 6. Unlike other talkative speakers, he spoke _ (little) at the meeting. 7. Of all the sportsmen, he jumps _ (high). 8. Though not so _(clever) as her brother,

3、 she works a lot _ (hard). 9. I dont like coffee as _ (sweet) as his. 10. This question is _ (difficult) than that one.,more,(the) least,the highest,clever,harder,sweet,more difficult,Review,Focus 1 Section 1 :Text: The Two-storey House,Background Information Warm Up Vocabulary Intensive Reading Exe

4、rcises: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII Section 2: Listening and Speaking,Leading-in,What is your understanding of the difference between house and home?,A house,A house is a structure as the other poster put it, but a home is the people who live in the house and make it a safe and pleasant place to be.

5、Youve heard quotes such as “Keep the home fires burning” (during the wars years) and the oldie but goodie “Home is where the heart is.” You can live in a beautiful home, but if you have no one to love and share it with, then its just a plain house no matter how fancy it is.,A home,A home can be anyw

6、here you live your home may be a mobile home, or a motor home, or an igloo (圆顶建筑). For some, home can be an abandoned warehouse on Main Street in anywhere, USA. You can call an apartment your home. As they say, “Home is where the heart is.”,Out-line of the passage,Para.1-8: The first period of selli

7、ng the upper storey of the house. Para. 9-43: The second period of selling the ground floor.,Q1: What kind of house did Goha want to build? Why? Q2: Where did Goha want to build the house? Why? Q3: What did Goha do with the upper floor?,Para.1-3,He wanted to build the house on the slope of the hill.

8、 Because the house could overlook the valley.,He sold the upper floor to a merchant.,Goha wanted to build a two-storey house. Because he wished to have a real complete house that he could be proud of.,Word Transformation,complete,decide v.,respect v.,a. up,V. decorate,n.,a.,n.,incomplete,decision,re

9、spective,upper,decoration,Storey and floor,storey为英式英语拼法，在美式英语中为story。storey的复数形式为storeys。另外，storey 和floor 是同义词，但用法有区别。在谈论楼房的结构时用storey，谈论某人或某物在楼房里的位置时用floor。 ground floor: 在英式英语中指“底楼，一楼”，而在美式英语中，“底楼，一楼”用first floor 表示。 upper: a. near or at the top of something （地点，位置）在上方的，上部的；上级的,comprise,vt. 包含, 包

10、括, 由组成，构成，形成,(2) The ninth district is comprised of (= consists of) 15 cities and towns, including Boston.,e.g. (1) The Pacific Rim comprises countries bordering the Pacific, including the US, Canada, Japan, China, and Korea.,第9区由包括波士顿在内的 15个城镇组成。,环太平洋地区由太平洋沿岸国家组成，包括美国、加拿大、日本、中国和韩国。,twice as many (m

11、uch):,倍数表达法的结构：倍数词（twice, three times, etc.）+as . +as，其意义是“是的倍”。,compare：A boy is 4 years old and his sister is three times older than he is.,e.g. (1) A boy is 4 years old and his sister is three times as old as he is.,男孩4岁，他姐姐比他大3倍（是他年龄的4倍）。,男孩4岁，他姐姐的年龄是他的3倍。,(2) Thailand can support three times as

12、 many wild tigers.,几天之后，他的手肿成正常的3倍大。,泰国能够供养多达3倍的野生虎。,另外一种倍数表达法是：倍数词+名词词组。 e.g. A few days later his hand swelled up to three times its normal size.,make a decision:,respectively,persuade,Decide to do something,of or for each one; particular and separate,persuade somebody into doing something,Do you

13、ever wonder if you made the right decision?,The two friends said goodbye and went to their respective homes.,Dont let yourself be persuaded into buying things you dont want.,persuade somebody of something,Lucy must persuade the jury of her innocence.,D,A,B,D,Read the passage in groups of three, one

14、act as Goha, one act as merchant, one act as the aside. Then try to act the story out.,Role play,Para.9-43,Q1: Why and where did Goha decide to build another house some years later? Q2: Whom did Goha want to sell his ground floor to? Q3:How many times did Goha try to talk the merchant into buying hi

15、s ground floor?,Q4: When and why did Goha and his workmen arrive at the house? Q5: When and why did Goha and his workmen arrive at the house?,Adjectives, adverbs and other expressions that describe a persons feelings:,Words and expressions related to “house”:,storey, ground floor, upper floor, room,

16、 stairway, passage, to decorate, palace, upstairs, land agent,glad, liked, happily, quite happily, pleased, was worried about, with a smile, pleasantly, gone quite pale, was very surprised, began to shake, calmly, smiled, laughed loudly,terraced house (BrE) row house (AmE),detached house (BrE),cotta

17、ge,duplex,apartment,mansion, palace, country house,房产中介: estate agent (BrE), real estate agent/ realtor (AmE) 房客: tenant 房东: landlord, landlady,The end,Q1: What did the merchant feel when Goha told him what they were going to do? Q2: What did the merchant agree to do in the end?,make a decision作出决定

18、dream of梦想，向往，渴望 pull down摧毁，拆毁 go pale变得苍白 dispose of去掉，丢掉，消除，销毁,不定代词 someone, somebody, something, anyone, anybody, anything, no one, nobody, nothing, everyone, everybody, everything, somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, everywhere可与else连用，不定代词的定语要后置。,e.g. someone else-some other person somewhere else-in

19、, at, to some other place,Could you tell any folk tales (民间故事), fables (寓言), or legends (传说) in which the poor or the weak outwit (用智慧取胜) the rich or the powerful? Do you know any cunning tricks involved in house purchases or sales ?,summary,Goha decided t build a _house because he wished to have a

20、real house that he could be _of. He wanted to build the house on the _of a hill because the house can _ the valley. After the house was completed, he sold the _ floor to a merchant. Some years later, Goha decided to build _ house in the part of Baghdad near the palace, so that it could be _ for him

21、to go to the _ to see the emperor every day.,two-storey,proud,slope,overlook,upper,another,court,convenient,But first he wanted to sell his ground floor to the merchant. He visited the merchant _ in order to talk him into _ his ground floor. However, the merchant didnt want to buy the ground floor. So very early on Saturday morning, Goha arrived at the house with twelve _. Goha told the merchant that they were going to _ the ground floor. The merchant was surprised and went quite _. The merchant finally agreed to buy the ground floor and