1、,北师大版 高二 Module 8 Unit 23,Lesson 1 Living in a community,What are the people doing in the pictures?,Discussion,What should we do when living in a community?,Drummer hits the road,Read the first newspaper report. Whose side are you on, the drummers or his neighbours? Why?,Read the text and decide if
2、the following statements are true or false.,Read to learn,1. Yang Ming has decided to move apartments because his neighbours made complaints about loss of sleep.,T,2. Though his music is noisy at sleeping time, people still appreciate his music skills. 3. The neighbours thought Yang Ming set a good
3、example to the young. 4. Lots of cases caused such conflicts as Yang Ming often happened in this area.,F,F,F,5. Most of Yang Mings neighbours were driven mad by his music. 6. Yang Ming affected his neighbours so badly that the local council take action to punish him.,F,F,Read the title and first par
4、agraph of the second newspaper report. In pairs, discuss what you think might have happened. Think about how Mr Mckay might have got wet.,Grandpa jailed after one shower too many,1. How many days had Smith lived above the Mckays before he got into trouble with them?,Two weeks.,Questions,2. Are there
5、 lots of candles on Mr Mckays birthday cake? How do you know?Yes. As the passage mentioned, the candles were a great sight. 3. Why didnt Mr Mckay get to blow them out?Because all the candles were put out by the water emptied from above.,Language points,1. make complaints aboutcomplain aboute.g. The
6、mother complains about her son laziness. 2. loss of sth. 损失, 遗失loss of a patent 专利权丧失,3. bid something (somebody) goodbye (good morning) 向某事(某人) 告别(问候)e.g. Ten days later, they bade their home goodbye and headed for the city. 10天后,他们告别了家乡, 动身前往城市。She bade me good morning when she met me yesterday. 昨
7、天她遇到我时向我道了一声早安。,4. influence on/upon sb. (sth.) 对某人/某物的影响e.g. What exactly is the influence of television on children?电视对儿童究竟有什么影响?Those friends are a bad influence on her.那些朋友对她有负面的影响。,5. in a flash=suddenly=all at once刹那间,立刻,马上e.g. Ill be back in a flash.我马上就回来。The plane disappeared in a flash.刹那间飞机就不见了。,Seldom has drumming caused such conflict. 2. No sooner had they moved in than the noise,Make a list of negative words and expressions that these sentences begin with.,3. Neither could they relax or read a book 4. Neither could we get rid of the smell 5. Rarely had Laurene seen Mckay move,
