《新视野英语教程(第三版)》教学资源book4Unit9-Section-B.ppt

1、My Road to Happiness,CONTENTS,Introduction,Road is the topic of the text. The author is endowed with two different meanings. His house is too close to the road, and all the traffic and noise gives him an endless headache; on the other side, the road brings him friends, stories and neighbors, and it

2、turns into “my road to happiness”. The author expected to express the truth: peoples need for having people close and the need for something to put the way to human happiness.,Questions and Answers,Find the answers of the following question in the text. 1. Can you summarize the process of the author

3、s attitude towards the road? 2. Can you find out three benefit brought by the road, 3. What does the author mean by saying “his reasons, just as true as his middle name, had to do with farm life in the late 19th century”?,Intensive Reading,When I bought this house, I was concerned about how close it

4、 was to the road. But after moving in and getting settled, my concerns were pushed aside. For the first few months, planting vegetables, acquiring a dog, building a chicken house, and getting woodall these projects kept me outside from dawn until dusk, along with my little portable radio. It wasnt u

5、ntil winter arrived and confined me to the house that I became more conscious of the road. Its just a Maine country back road, lined with beautiful old trees and homes, but its very busy. To the north is the city, to the west the bus terminal and the highway, and to the south, a shopping mall. All t

6、he traffic passing by my house is on its way somewhere else.,Para. 1 once, he helped me chase a rabbit out of my garden with my broom. He loves to visit my dog, too.,Para. 9 they arent the whole story. The rest is what happens when you make up your mind to truly become a part of a neighborhood thats

7、 shaped like a road. Its quite a gift, actually.,Para. 11-13,父亲送她一台小型手提式电视机作为生日礼物。 - Her father presented her with a little portable TV as her birthday gift.,e.g. I often take a portable computer with me when I travel on business. 我出差时总是随身携带一个手提电脑。,portable: adj. 手提式的；便携式的,confine: vt. 使呆在某处；把局限于,我不

8、喜欢仅限于做一件事的工作。 - I dont like a job in which Im confined to doing only one thing.,e.g. - She confined herself in her house. 她足不出户。,pass by: 经过；逝去；过去,一年过去了，她还没找到合适的工作。 - A year passed by, and still she had not found a suitable job.,e.g. - I passed by your house last night at about ten o clock. 我昨晚大概十点的

9、时候经过你家。,retreat: vi. 退却；后退,我看见她从远去的汽车里向我挥手。 I saw her waving to me from the retreating bus.,e.g. - The defeated army had to retreat to the coast. 败军被迫向海岸撤退。,screw up: 扭歪；皱紧,他把我眼镜拧歪了。 - He screwed up my glasses.,e.g. - She screwed up her eyes in the bright light. 她在明亮的光线下眯起眼睛。,grow on: 使越来越喜欢,我越来越喜欢这

10、新房子。 - The new house slowly began to grow on me.,e.g. - I dont like the song at first, but it grows on me the more I listen to it. 我起初不爱这首歌，但多听就渐渐喜欢了。,outdoors: adv. 在户外,孩子们在外面已经玩了一整天了。 - The children have been playing outdoors the whole day.,e.g. - All the activities will be held outdoors. 所有的活动都将在

11、户外举行。,long since: 很久以前；很久以来,我很久以前就认识她了。 - I have known her long since.,e.g. - Ive long since forgotten what our quarrel was about. 我们争吵的原因我早就忘了。,occur to: (主意或想法)浮现于脑中；被想起,我从来没有想过放弃。 - The thought of giving up has never occurred to me.,e.g. - It suddenly occurred to me that I had not done my homewor

12、k. 我突然想起来还没做作业。,start out: 开始时打算；本来想要,她开始是模特，后来成了演员。 - She started out being a model and went on to become an actress.,e.g. - They started out by quarrelling and then became friends. 他们以争吵开始，继而成了朋友。,stop by: 顺便访问；顺便探望,如果你这个星期天顺便来一下，我可以给你更多指导。 - If you stop by this Sunday, I will give you more instru

13、ction.,e.g. - I stopped by his office. 我顺便去了一趟他的办公室。,refundable: adj. 可偿还的；可退款的,他靠收酒瓶赚了一笔钱。 - He has made a fortune by collecting refundable bottles.,e.g. - The faulty radios are refundable within three days. 三天内，质量有问题的收音机可以退款。,fill (sb.) in: 向某人提供最新情况,他向她介绍了工厂最近的市场政策。 - He filled her in on the fact

14、orys recent market policy.,e.g. - Could you fill me in on what happened at the meeting? 你能告诉我会议情况吗？,invite (sb.) over: 邀请（某人）来家里,昨天一个朋友邀我去他家聊天。 - A friend invited me over for a chat yesterday.,e.g. - I will invite you over for dinner when I have time. 等我有时间，请你到家里吃饭。,have to do with: 与有关,多变的天气和环境污染有关

15、。 - The changing weather has to do with the environmental pollution.,e.g. - Your success has to do with your family support. 你的成功和你家庭的支持分不开。,Test Yourself,1. Im going to _ some handles onto the new bathroom wall. 2. She is kind-hearted and is liked by the whole _. 3. National _ form an important par

16、t of the countrys road system. 4. I used to stand by the window, watching buses and cars _ into distance. 5. John was _ to bed for a week with his cold. 6. Lets meet at six oclock at the bus _. 7. We had to _ the original design slightly to meet our customers need. 8. He took a _ DVD player with him

17、 so that he could watch films on the train.,screw,neighborhood,highways,retreating,Section A: Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.,neighborhood highway portable terminal screw confine modify retreat,confined,terminal,modify,portable,1. At the beginning I di

18、slike the music, but it gradually grows _ me. 2. He started _ selling clothes and in the end he became the owner of a big clothing factory. 3. It suddenly occurred _ Mary that she had forgotten to shut the window. 4. The old building has long _ been torn down to make room for a modern office building. 5. She was concerned _ the condition of her sick friend. 6. My teacher invited us _ to dinner that evening. 7. All the eveni