Welcome to Sarah’s class!

Brief Review of Unit 4• I. Topic: living abroad• a) Studying Abroad• b) Experiences in Exile• II. Word-building (Page 96--97)

• a). adj.+ -ness noun • meaning: of the quality or condition of b

eing….• e.g. cold+ -ness coldness• b). noun + -y adj.• meaning: of full, or covered with, having

the quality of, or inclined to. • e.g. cloud + -y cloudy : covered with

clouds

• II. Structure (Page 98)

• a). To use “it” as formal subject

• e.g. It is our responsibility to help people around us who need help.

• exercise:a shame, take so much money, for doing so little

• b). as/so long as• e.g. Sandy promised to marry Jo

e as long as he got her father’s promise.

• exercise:• 只要你努力了，你就会成功．

• Unit 5 Section A

Weeping for My Smoking Daughter

I.Speaking practice: Describe what you see in the picture. You can also make some comment in the end.

• Guidance:• 1.What may be their

relationship?• 2.Where are they?• 3.What’s the

problem? • 4.Why did the

problem begin?• 5.How to solve the

problem?

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II.Listening practicecompound dictation Listen and fill in the blanks with proper word or sentence.

A mother weeps. Her daughter is smoking the same kind of cigarettes that killed her grandfather. Tobacco advertising and film actors had 1 the grandfather to smoking but he never looked well like them. His 2 was poor when his daughter was only 3 ; his breathing was difficult; he 4 often when climbing stairs; he often coughed for an hour. Now his daughter is 5 hurt; she was so careful 6 her own daughter. For what 7 ? To see all her care thrown away as her sixteen-year-old daughter slowly kills herself? The mother feels smoking is self-injury. It also 8 others who watch a loved one die. 9 ; that one victory for the rich tobacco 10 is enough.

Keys to the compound dictation:

A mother weeps. Her daughter is smoking the same kind of cigarettes that killed her grandfather. Tobacco advertising and film actors had 1.attracted the grandfather to smoking but he never looked well like them. His 2.health was poor when his daughter was only 3.sixteen; his breathing was difficult; he 4.rested often when climbing stairs; he often coughed for an hour. Now his daughter is 5.deeply hurt; she was so careful 6.raising her own daughter. For what 7.purpose? To see all her care thrown away as her sixteen-year-old daughter slowly kills herself? The mother feels smoking is self-injury. It also 8.injuries others who watch a loved one die. 9.The mother watched her father’s slow death; that one victory for the rich tobacco 10.companies is enough.

III.Reading Practice Read the text and do the following multiple choice, b

lank-filling and N, Y, or NG judgment within 7mins. Each of the question is based on one paragraph.

1.When the mother sees her daughter smoke, she feels________.

A. annoyed B. indifferent C. grateful D. sad 2. According to the text, how many different kinds of cigarettes had

my father smoked? A. one B. two C. three D. four 3. My father began to smoke due to________. A. curiosity B. young age C. models in films D. overweight 4. When I was as old as my daughter, my father _______________. A. coughed slightly B. coughed a lot C. breathed and climb with difficulty D. B&C 5. Judge N, Y, or NG. Reason ( ) My father earned several money near the end of his life. 6.Blank-filling In the Third World Countries, many people spend money on

____________instead of food. 7.Judge N, Y, or NG. Reason ( ) The mother was so careful and patient in the past as to hope

her daughter to have the same fate as her grandfather. 8. Judge N, Y, or NG. Reason ( ) Useful methods have been found to beat smoking

thoroughly.

IV. Key expressions and structures

• 1. “….but it was Camels that my father, her grandfather, smoked….” (Line 1,para2)

• It is/was....that....

强调句型强调句子的什么成分？• 最常见的是强调句子的主语或宾语• 1.It was Miss Lin who/that kept the record.• 2.It is money that he lacks.• 也可强调状语（时间，地点，原因，ａｄｖ）• 3.It was yesterday that I first noticed it.• 4.It was when he was about to leave that the 　　 t

elephone rang.• 5.It was in London that I met her for the first time.• 6.It is because it’s cheap that decide to buy it.• 7.It was reluctantly that she agreed to help.• 宾语补语也可作强调对象• 8.It was green that he painted the fence.• ＊＊＊不能用这个结构来强调句子的动词＊＊＊

Attention:

1. 这个结构中的前后时态通常要求 一致 ;2. 强调人物用ｗｈｏ／ｗｈｏｍ／ｔｈａｔ；3.其他情况用ｔｈａｔ，偶尔用ｗｈｉｃｈ4.在口语中，ｔｈａｔ和ｗｈｏ有时可以省略5. 强调时间，地点状语时不用ｗｈｅｎ，ｗｈｅｒｅ

Practice:translate the Chinese into English

1.在我家是妈妈做早饭． It is my mother who cooks at home. 2.他最喜欢的是黑色． It is black that he likes best.3.这房子是在两年前建的． It was 2 years ago that the house was built. 4. 我是在山顶上照的这张照片．　 It was on the mountain top that I took this photo.5. 正是因为房间太脏了我才必须打扫． It is because the room is too dirty that I must clean it.

• 2. ….how patiently I taught my daughter to cross a street safely. For what, I sometimes wonder; so that she can struggle to breathe… (line48-49)

• Omission:• Complete expression: • I sometimes wonder I did all

these for what; I did all these so that….

3. “Peace on earth begins at home. ”I believe everything does. (Line 2,para8)On eartha). Here: in the world ,on the earthb) 到底，究竟e.g. What’s the problem on earth? Where on earth does peace begin?Does: begins at home

V. Word Bank

• 1.word-building (exercise V, page 124)

• adj./n.+ en v.

• meaning: come to be or cause to be

• e.g. harden ：（使）变得坚强／冷酷；• 　　　　　　　（使）变硬／硬化• 　 weaken

• heighten

• noun + less--> adj. with negative meaning

• E.g.

• hopeless 毫无希望的，绝望的；无能的，糟糕的

• useless 无用的，无效果的• helpless 　无助的，无保护的；不能自立　

　　　的，靠别人帮助的

• Brief summary about negative affixes• 1.dis-• disagree, disappear, discover, disable, disadvantage….• 2.un-• unable, uncover, uncountable, uncomfortable….• 3.in-• inconvenient, incomplete….• 4.non-• nonstop, nonhuman (a.), nonlife (n.),….• ….

• 2.be grateful to sb.

• for sth.• e.g. We are very grateful to you for your help w

hen we were in trouble.

• 3. lean on

• rest on sth. for support 倚．靠• e.g. She leaned on his husband’s shoul

der and cried.

• 　 depend on

• e.g. You’ve been 18, so you can’t depend on your parents too much.

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Homework: a. review the lesson b.exercises IX &XI on page 126

Thank you!