Period3 Grammar(Practice)

　　 I.Complete the following sentences:

　　 1.These gold rings are ______ while those glass ones are ______(value).

　　 2.We all like the report given by the famous scientist yesterday.It is ______(encourage).

　　 3.Mary's daughter is old enough to ______ and ______ herself.(dress)

　　 4.We were on duty yesterday.But after school we couldn't find Jack.Tom said that he was ______(self) and must go home.

　　 5.______(self) is a virtue of the Chinese people.

　　 6.He lost his keys.He is ______.I'm sure he will be ______ with everything from now on.(care)

　　 7.At the beginning the Blacks in the US had no right to vote.It was ______(fair).

　　 8.That plan was a waste of money.We ______(agree) with it.

　　 1. valuable and valueless2. encouraging3. dress,undress4. selfishness5.Unselfishness

　　 II.Try to guess the meaning of the underlined word in each sentence.

　　 1.The hall can seat a thousand people.

　　 2.The train slowed down.

　　 3.They helped us bridge over the difficulties.

　　 4.We must better the life of the people.

　　 5.His holiday was ruined by a series of misadventures.

　　 6.There is often subzero temperature in winter here.

　　 7.I disbelieve every word Tom says.

　　 8.He is extra-thin.

　　 9.The article has a subtitle.

　　 Suggested answers:

　　 1.坐 2.慢了下来3.度过 4.改善5.不幸事件 6.零度以下7.不相信 8.相当瘦9.小标题

　　 Period 4 Integrating skills

　　 Step 1 Scanning

　　 How many periods can Dr Frankenstein's experiment be divided? (Three periods.)

　　 Period 1 (Paragraph 1------Paragraph 3) He decided to crate life from dead matter.

　　 Period 2 (Paragraph 4------Paragraph 5) He decided to create a larger human being than man

　　 Period 3 (Paragraph 6------Paragraph 7) He succeeded in creating a creature, but a living horror.

　　 First reading: True or False

　　 1. ( F ) I had a miserable childhood.

　　 2. ( F ) I was not interested in the structure of languages or law, so my father asked me to learn the secrets of heaven and earth.

　　 3. ( T ) I wanted to know where the principle of life came from, and I worked very hard.

　　 4. (F ) I discovered how to create life from dead matter, and immediately I tried it.

　　 5. ( T ) I collected many materials which came from butcher shops and hospitals to do my job secretly.

　　 6. ( F ) The being that I created was very nice, just like a normal person.

　　 Step 2 Careful Reading

　　 Read each period again and answer the following questions :

　　 Period 1

　　 1 What did Dr Frankenstein want to do when he was young.?

　　 ( He wanted to learn the secrets of heaven and earth when he was young.)

　　 2 After he was sent to university, what did he think of the thing taught at university?

　　 ( He felt very disappointed and decided to pioneer a new way himself.)

　　 3 What attracted his attention?

　　 ( The structure of the human body and any animal that was alive attracted his attention.)

　　 4 What did he discover?

　　 (He discovered the cause of life and how to create life from dead matter.)

　　 Period 2

　　 1 Although he knew how to create life, what remained a difficult work for him?

　　 ( How to prepare a body for it with all its muscles and organs still remained a difficult job for him.)

　　 2 Why did he decide to create a larger human being than man about eight feet in height?

　　 (Because the small size of the parts slowed down his speed.)

　　 Period 3

　　 How did he create a life form that looks like a human being? Please rearrange the following steps in the right order.

　　 1. He gained many materials from butcher shops and hospitals.

　　 2. He finished his work on a night in November.

　　 3. The dead creature came to life at one in the morning.

　　 4. He lighted the flame of life into the dead thing.

　　 5. He collected bones from graves and cut up dead bodies.

　　 (the right order: 5---1---2---4---3)

　　 What did the creature look like?

　　 (He got black hair, white teeth, yellow skin, black lips and strange sounds. He looked like a terrible monster.)

　　 What did Dr Frankenstein think of the creature?

　　 ( While unfinished, he was ugly but now he was a living horror.)

　　 Step 3 language points

　　 1. No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself.(比较级的否定表示最高级)

　　 Nobody is more diligent than Bill

　　 2. I was driven by a desire to learn.

　　 drive 作"驱使,逼迫,迫使"讲时,后接不定式、形容词或介词短语作宾语补足语。

　　 The loud noise almost drove me crazy.

　　 3. I read all the books I could find that threw light upon these maters

　　 throw/cast/shed light upon/on

　　 提供线索,使有某种理解

　　 The diary throws an interesting light on the events in this novel last point. 这本日记为故事中的事件提供了有趣线索

　　 4. One of the phenomena that attracted my attention was the structure of the human body, and any animal that was alive.

　　 o alive 修饰"人,物"后置定语,表语(=living ,补语)

　　 o living 表语,前置定语

　　 o live "活的,有生命的;现场直播的,实况转播的" 物,前置定语

　　 o lively"活泼的,生动逼真的" 修饰"人,物"前置定语,表语

　　 Step 4 Writing

　　 Imagine creatures from outer space will attack the earth and fight with human beings on the earth in the year of 3098. Talk about what you believe may come true.

　　 Possible imagination:

　　 In the year of 3098, a population of aliens on the far-away planet Daly attacking Earth with superior weapons. These creatures will arrive on Earth on flying machine, using nuclear-like weapons. The creatures disturbed the Earth until struck down by some bacteria created by a woman scientist called Elaine. With no natural defenses to Earth germs the creatures died in pain ending the invasion.

　　 Task:Ask Students to write a 120 words text according it

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