1、 Warm message: Where there is a will, there is a way.Objectives: identify the main idea of each paragraph; tell each other the story of Christopher Reeve; voice your opinion about Christopher Reeve; work out meanings of certain words by using contexts.READING TASKSI Read the first three paragraphs a
2、nd summarize the main ideas:Paragraph 1 _ Paragraph 2 _Paragraph 3 II Answer the following questions:1.When did Christopher start his life as an actor?2.What were his most famous films?3.What happened to him in 1995?4. How serious was the accident?5. What did he do after the accident?III Find the mi
3、ssing words from the text and work out their meanings.1. Unfortunately，_ came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and broke his back2. He also raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back _.3. At first, he couldnt breathe without a machine but he learnt to breathe _III Match the headi
4、ngs with the paragraphs.a) the riding accident b) his marriage c) his feelings after the accidentd) his deathe) his parents f) his beliefg) how he got involved with charity workh) his worki) before the accidentIII Fill in the blanksChristopherName: Birthday: Most Famous Films: Time/Year What happene
5、d?1960 acted in acted in TV shows and 1995 his horse; his backfrom film making; a lot of money to medical research into back injuries; made all over the USA; charity work.died Christophers FamilyBefore the accident After the accidentChristophers wifeDanaThey have always . Their relationship Dana sta
6、yed in the hospital with Christopher and encouraged him. This helped him to and his life. Christophers parentsThey when Christopher was 4. They since the accident. III.Find the following words from the text and work out their meanings.divorce, give up, pull through,come to, confident, get involved w
7、ith, get on well with III.Work out the meaning of these words from the text and use them to replace the underlined words in the sentences.disaster pull through confident get on well get involved withAfter the really bad accident, doctors warned Christopher that he wasnt going to survive. But after D
8、ana told Christopher that he had her support and love, Christopher decided not to give up on living. Understanding his wife helps Christopher have a friendly relationship with her. Christopher also took part in charity work to help disabled people. He was sure that people like him would be able to w
9、alk again one day. People all over the world will always remember Christopher as a superhero.Retell a story of Christopher ReeveChristopher Reeve was a brave man. he was not only a successful actor but also a hero, a superman. He was _ and he had a _ will to struggle against the difficulties and nev
10、er said giving up. He was kind, too. And he got involved with the _ and made speeches all over the USA about his experiences and _ a lot of people. So he was a great man, a superhero. But he died because of heart failure ,52 years old.Self-assessment: Can I1. summarize the main idea of each paragrap
11、h;2. retell the story of Christopher Reeve;3. voice my opinion about Christopher Reeve;4. work out meanings of certain words by using contexts?词语点击promote vt. 促进；推销；提升The government took measures to promote foreign trade.政府采取措施促进对外贸易。The band has gone on tour to promote their new album.这个乐队已开始巡回宣传他们
12、的新唱片。The inductor was promoted to professor.那位讲师被提升为教授。联想 promoter n. 赞助人；发起者；支持者promotion n. 升级；促进；推销；提升即学即练 用 promote 的正确形式完成下列句子。1. The boss _ him to the post of chief accountant last month.2. He is the _ of the new company. 3. Because of his hard work, he got a _.injury n. 伤；损害；伤害He suffered sev
13、ere injuries to his legs. 他双腿受到重伤。 We should avoid doing an injury to others.我们应该避免对别人造成伤害。disabled adj. 残疾的；残废的He was born disabled. 他天生残疾。拓展the disabled 残疾人（视为复数）the + 形容词可以表示某一类人。如: the rich 富人， the poor 穷人， the blind 盲人等。We should care for the disabled. 我们应该关心残疾人。即学即练 将下列句子翻译成英语。1. 这部电梯是为残疾人设计的。
14、2. 我们不应该看不起残疾人。Experience (1)经验（不可数）Experience is their preparation for giving advice. 经验为她们进行咨询作了准备。Experience teaches; Experience does it.经验给人教训; 经验给人智慧。(2)经历，阅历（可数）Please tell us your experiences in America. 请你告诉我们你在美洲的经历。短语面面观. commit vt. 犯(罪),做(错事等)Li Lei committed an error in dealing with the
15、business. 李雷在处理这一业务时犯了一个错误Commit a theft/robbery/crimeCommit suicide 自杀on ones own 独自；独立地If you really dont think you can do this on your own, you might call me.如果你真认为你不能独立完成，你可以给我打电话。拓展 of ones own 自己的For reasons of his own, he refused to join the club.由于他本人的原因，他拒绝参加俱乐部。即学即练 将下列句子翻译成英语。1. 我正在计划一趟属于
16、我自己的旅行。2. 她还是个小孩子，从来没有一个人生活过。3. 他独立完成了这个艰难的任务。give up 投降；放弃He doesnt give up easily.他决不轻易认输。give sb. up 放弃（病人） ；不再指望（某人）到来The doctor gave my father up 2 years ago, but he is still alive.医生在两年前就对我父亲放弃了希望，但他至今仍活着。I had almost given you up when the doorbell rang.几乎就在我认定你不会来的时候，门铃响了。即学即练 将下列句子翻译成英语。1. 他
17、们不战而降。2. 你终于来了，我们都以为你不来了呢。3. 你应该戒烟。be famous for 以而著名 He is famous for his songs.be famous as 作为 而出名 Li Lianjie is famous as an actor.suffer from 忍受, 遭受 suffer from cold and hunger 饥寒交迫suffer from floods 遭受水灾come to 涉及；谈及When it comes to politics, I know nothing. 谈到政治，我一无所知获致；到达；结束The car came to a
18、dead stop. 汽车蓦地刹住。The water came to my waist. 水已达我的腰部。总共；共计The bill came to $5.50. 账款共计 5 美元 50 美分突然想起Suddenly the words of the song came to me. 我猛然想起了这首歌的歌词。pull through 度过难关, 恢复健康I believe that you can pull through. 我相信你能够度过难关。react to 与.起反应The eyes react to light 眼睛对光起反应encourage sb. in sth 鼓励，支持
19、某人encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做某事be encouraged at/by 因某事受到鼓励难句解析This not only drew public attention to research into back injuries but also encouraged a lot of people living with all kinds of problems. (P28) not only . but also . 是个并列连词，它所连接的成分要符合平行结构原则：即名词对名词、动词对动词等。在本句中它所连接的是两个动词：drew 和 encourage
20、d。 draw attention to 为固定词组，意为“引起对的注意” ，其中 to 为介词。 动词-ing 形式短语作后置定语，表示主动意义，和它所修饰的词之间存在逻辑上的主谓关系，可以改为定语从句。本句可改为 . a lot of people who are living / live with all kinds of problems.Learning Strategies: 如何“猜词”策略介绍我们在本单元又学习了一种新的阅读策略 猜测词义（working out meaning） 。在读某一篇文章时，我们可能会遇到一些新的单词或短语，此时急于查词典是不科学的。 其实，阅读材料
21、中的每个单词都与它前后的词语或句子甚至段落有着互相制约的关系。我们可以利用语境或单词本身的结构特点来推测、判断某些生词的词义。实战演习技巧 1 通过定义猜测词义如果某个生词是由句子或段落来解释它的定义，理解句子或段落本身就是推断词义。如：Anthropology is the scientific study of people, society, and culture.由定义可知，anthropology 就是“研究人类、社会及文化的科学” ，即“人类学” 。解释定义的句子的谓语动词多为：be, mean, deal with, be considered to be, refer to,
22、 be called, be known as, define, represent 等。技巧 2 根据对比关系猜测词义如果一个句子或段落中，有对两个事物或现象进行对比的描述，我们可以根据生词的反义词猜测其词义。如：Andrew is one of the most supercilious men I know. His brother, in contrast, is quite modest.上句中的 supercilious 对我们来说是个生词，但是短语 in contrast“与此相反”可以提示我们 supercilious 和后面的单词 modest“谦虚的”是对比关系。这样我们便
23、能猜测出supercilious 意为“目空一切的，傲慢的” 。表示对比关系的单词和短语主要有：unlike，not ，but ，however，while, despite，in spite of，in contrast 等。技巧 3 根据同义词之间的替代关系猜测词义在句子或段落中，我们可以结合语境利用熟悉的词语猜测生词词义。如：Doctors believe that smoking cigarettes is detrimental to your health. They also regard drinking as harmful.上句中的 detrimental 是个生词，但根据
24、后文所提到的“also”和“harmful”可知detrimental 与 harmful 是同义词，我们就可以推测出它的意思是“不利的，有害的” 。技巧 4 根据词缀猜测词义我们还可以根据构词方面的知识，如前缀或后缀猜测词义。如：What an extraordinary response it was!根据词根 ordinary“普通的” ，结合前缀 extra-“超出；以外的” ， 我们可以推测出extraordinary 的词义为“特别的；非凡的” 。常见的前缀有：anti- 反抗；auto-自动；自己；co-, com-, con-共同；di-, dis-否定；相反；extra- 超出；以外的；fore-预先；在之前的；il-, im-, in-, ir-否定；re-再；重新。常见的后缀有：-able 能的；-er, -or 表人，物；-ful 充满的；具有性质的；-like 像 的；-ship 表示情况、状态、身份。
