Unit 1 The world of our senses南京市第二十九中学 卞克

Word power
Teaching aims:1. Enlarge students’ vocabulary
2. Let students know more about weather.
Teaching important points:
Remember these words and try to use them freely.

Teaching procedures
Step1. Lead in
Questions for them to answer
Which word is used twice besides the noun street in the two sentences?
1.Once out in the street, she walked quickly towards her usual bus stop.
2.‘Here we are, King Street.’ he stopped.
Step 2. Presentation and exercises
A Find the words listed below in the story and complete the table.

Part of speech
Meaning
Example
rest (line 16)
noun
the remaining part
He wants to see the rest of the world.
(line 50)
verb
relax
My mother told me to rest.
once (line 7)
conjunction
when
Once she finishes her work, she can help you.
(line 42)
adverb
At sometime in the past
I once lived in Beijing.
left (line 2)
verb
(the past tense or past participle of ‘leave’)
went/gone away from a person or a place
I left for work earlier this morning.
(line 43)
adverb
On the side of your body which is towards the west when you are facing north
Look right and left before crossing the street.
still (line 5)
adverb
continuing
I’m still hungry though I’ve just had a big hamburger.
(line 28)
adjective
not moving
Can’t you sit still?
B Complete the report clearly.
The air sometimes smells very bad. Do you know what (1) this? One (2) is traffic. Dose anyone have an (3) to the problem of global warming? So far even scientists can’t (4) this question. In some countries you can see people without (5)
sleeping on the streets. It’s difficult to (6) all the people who need homes. In some other countries, the price of food (7) every year. Poor people often have to go hungry because they cannot afford the (8) .
答案：causes cause answer answer houses house increases increase
Step 3. Explain more words of the text.
observe
(page 2, line 14)
As Polly observed the passengers on the train, she sensed that she was being watched by a tall man in a dark coat.
释义：
a. to see or notice sb / sth 看到 注意到 观察到
b. to watch sb / sth carefully 观察；监视
c. to obey rules, laws, etc 遵守（规则、法律等）
练习1：猜猜下面各句中的observe的含义与上面哪种释义相匹配。
_____1) The speed limit must be strictly observed. c
_____2)The far side of the moon is difficult for us to observe. a
_____3) they are observing her movements. b
链接：observe的常见用法
observe sth
observe sb do注意：此用法在变成被动语态时要加上to。
observe sb doing
observe sb that clause / wh-clause
练习2：完成下列句子的英文翻译。
1.你注意到她话里有什么奇怪的地方了吗？
________________________________________ in her words?
2.我没有注意到外面下那么大的雪。
I didn’t _______________________________________ .
3.他看见一个男人在马路对面走着。
__________________________________ on the opposite side of the road.
4.他注意到了他们之间发生的事情。
He _________________________________ was going on between them.
5.他不知道有人看见他上楼了。
He didn’t know he ________________________________ go upstairs by someone.

Keys:(One possible version)
1.Have you observed anything strange
2.observe that it was snowing so heavily outside
3.She observed a man walking
4.observed what
5.was observed to


sight
(page 2,line 20)
There was no one in sight.
热身练习：将下列各句中sight的含义与相应的中文译义相搭配。
_____1.Some famous musicians have had little or no sight. a
_____2.What a sad sight it was after the war! c
_____3.It was a fine chance to see the sights of the city. d
_____4.She would faint at the sight of blood. b
链接：sight的常见搭配生词表:

vocabulary [və´kæbjuləri, vəu-]   n.词汇；词汇量   (初中英语单词)

sometime [´sʌmtaim]   ad.曾经 a.从前的   (初中英语单词)

traffic [´træfik]   n.交通，运输   (初中英语单词)

sleeping [´sli:piŋ]   n.&a.睡着(的)   (初中英语单词)

enlarge [in´lɑ:dʒ]   vt.扩大，增大；详述   (高中英语单词)

strictly [´striktli]   ad.严格地   (高中英语单词)

presentation [,prezən´teiʃən]   n.介绍；赠送；提出   (英语四级单词)

warming [´wɔ:miŋ]   n.暖和；加温   (英语四级单词)

clause [klɔ:z]   n.条(款)；分句，从句   (英语四级单词)

upstairs [,ʌp´steəz]   ad.在楼上 a.楼上的   (英语四级单词)