人教课标版 高二 选修 6 Unit 5 The power of nature

会昌中学 文瑛

Language points

1. Have you ever considered how weak humans are compared with a volcano, hurricane or earthquake ? 你是否想过 , 和火山 , 飓风或地震 相比人类是何等脆弱。

consider 思考、考虑 , 主要用于： consider + 名词 /-ing 形式 :

He is considering studying abroad. 他正在考虑出国留学。

consider + wh-: We considered how we should help them.

consider + 副词：Consider carefully before you decide.

2. Do you enjoy taking risks? risk n. 风险，危险： He was taking a risk by overtaking on a bend.

The house is a fire risk.

短语联想： at risk 在危险中 : You are at risk if you don’t wear a seat belt.

at the risk of 冒……危险At the risk of seeming rude, I must refuse your request, I’m afraid.

3. Having collected and evaluated the information, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.

[ 考点 ] Having collected and evaluated 是动词

-ing 形式的完成式 , 说明它表示的动作在主句谓语表示的动作之前发生。

[ 考例 1] The storm left, _____ a lot of damage to this area. (2005 全国卷 I)A. caused B. to have caused C. to cause D. having caused

[ 点拨 ] “ 暴风雨破坏”这个动作发生在 left 之前，故用动词 -ing 形式的完成式。

[ 考例 2] _____ in the queue for half an hour, Tom suddenly realized that he had left his wallet at home. ( 北京 2004)A. To wait B. Have waited C. Having waited D. To have waited

[ 点拨 ] 此处强调已等了半个小时，然后才意识到没带钱包，故用动词 -ing 形式的完成式。

5. Having earlier collected special clothes from the observatory, we put them on before we went any closer.

[ 考点 ] earlier 是副词 early 的比较级，意为

“早些……”。

[ 考例 ] The new group of students is better-behaved than the other group who stayed here _____. ( 北京 2007)A.early B. earlierC. earliest D. the earliest

6. We slowly made our way to the edge of the crater…. 我们慢慢走向火山口的边缘。 make one’s way （向某地）走（去）

She hesitated, but made her way forward.

She hastily left the room, and made herway to her bed.

短语比较： make one’s way 还表示“有出息、成功” If you want to make your way in the world, you must learn to work hard while you are still young.

make way (for) 让路，让位All the traffic has to make way for a fire engine.

I shall make way for a younger man.

7. Today, I am just as enthusiastic about my job as the day I first start

ed. 如今， 我和开始从事这项工作时 一样满怀热情。 enthusiastic (about) 感兴趣的 , 热

心的

She seemed enthusiastic about the idea.

We got an enthusiastic response from our customers.

I. 用所给词的适当形式填空。1. She is especially ______ (excite) at the news

that her daughter got the first in the competition.

2. His long and ______ (bore) speech made everyone sleepy.

excited

boring

3. ____________ (fortunate), three people died and a lot of people were injured in the accident.

Unfortunately

4. We need to carry out a proper _________ (evaluate) of the new system.

5. He believes ________ (absolute) that a man with preparation will succeed sooner or later.

evaluation

absolutely

6. The _______ (erupt) of a volcano makes many people lose their lives.7. Dad always falls ______ (sleep) in front of the TV after Sunday lunch.

eruption

asleep

II. 用适当的介词或副词填空。1. ___ the distance, he could see the tall

chimneys of the factory.2. Use an umbrella to protect yourself

_____ the rain.3. The mountain was covered _______

snow all the year round.

In

fromwith / by

4. Enough lava had erupted _____ the volcano to bury the whole village.

5. Buses were destroyed and a tourist hotel was burned __ the ground, although no holidaymakers were injured.

6. Mary quickly moved out __ the way, and Donald lifted a box down.

from

to

of

7. Students ____ all over the world come to study at Oxford.

8. It was my first sight __ old Green dancing with a girl of sixteen.

9. He had put __ his best clothes for this morning call.

10. All the staff are enthusiastic _____ the project.

from

of

on

about

III. 下列各句均有一处错误，请指出并改正。

1. He was about to leave the room while the telephone rang.

2. Help is in the way to the people who are struck by the flood.

when

on

3. He worked late into the night, prepared a long speech.

4. The girl told us the whole thing in an exciting voice.

5. As though he’s 24 now, he’s still like a little child.

preparing

excited Even

IV. 根据括号内的提示将下列句子翻译成英语。

1. 我正要出去 , 天就开始下雨。 (be about to do)I was about to go out when it began to rain.

2. 我爬到山顶 , 这样能很清楚地看到远处的村庄。 (in the distance)

3. 我们很吃惊地看到她有了小孩后的变化。 (be amazed at)

I climbed up the hill so as to see the village clearly in the distance.

We were amazed at her changing after she had a baby.

4. 他尽可能快地跑 , 以免被熊攻击。 (as ... as possible)

5. 学习了一会儿，他向他的床走去。 (make one’s way to)

He ran as quickly as possible to avoid being attacked by the bear.

After studying for a while, he made his way to his bed.

1. Finish the exercises in your Exercise Book.

2. Underline sentences in the reading passage that use the –ing form.

Homework