第2课时Reading
预学目标
1.通过预习,了解北京阳光镇的变化情况。
2.了解如何把某地过去和现在的情况进行对比,并描述所发生的变化。 3.在预习课文的基础上能对与课文相关的问题作出判断。 4.了解采访城市变化时需要用到的问题种类。
预学热身
◆预习课文前,请初步了解本课时的词汇并完成以下练习(英汉互译)。 1.southern adj. ________ 2.married adj. ________ 3.wife n.________ 4.cinema n.________ 5.________ n.工厂 6.________vt.&vi.污染
7.________ vt.意识到;实现 8.________ vt.&vi.减少;减轻 9.________ adj.孤独的,寂寞的 10.________ vt.扔,投,掷 11.get married ________ 12.turn into ________ 13.take action ________ 14.______________减少污染
15.______________在某些方面 16. ______________感到有点儿寂寞 ◆自主探究,请带着下面这些问题阅读教材。 1. When did Mr Chen get married?
2. Has Sunshine Town changed a lot over the years?
3. Did the government take action to reduce the pollution? 4. How does Mr Chen feel from time to time?
教材导读
1. ---How well do you know Sunshine Town, Mr Chen?
陈先生,您对阳光镇的了解程度如何?(陈先生,您对阳光镇了解多少?) ---I know the place very well.我对这个地方很熟悉。 知识点:know…well的用法
[指点迷津] know…well意为“对……清楚,对……熟悉”,后面可以跟人或物。提问程 度时用how well。
I know Mr Green very well. 我对格林先生很熟悉。
How well do you know your home town? 你对你的家乡了解多少? ( ) ---_________ well do you know your school? ---I know it quite well.
A. What B. How C. Where D. When
2. We lived together till 1965, when I got married. 我们一直住在一起直到1 965年我结婚。 知识点:get married的用法
[指点迷津] get married意为“结婚”,表示结婚的动作,不能和一段时间连用。 My parents got married twenty years ago. 我的父母是二十年前结婚的。
[拓展] marry既可作及物动词,也可作不及物动词,意为“结婚;嫁;娶;与……结婚”等。其常见用法如下:
◆marry sb.嫁给某人;与某人结婚。
John married Mary last week. 上星期约翰和玛丽结婚了。 ◆marry sb. to sb.表示父母把女儿嫁给某人或为儿子娶媳妇。
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She married her daughter to a businessman. 她把女儿嫁给了一位商人。 ◆marry作不及物动词时,常常用副词或介词短语来修饰。 She married very early. 她很早就结婚了。
◆marry 一般不与介词with连用,而与介词to连用,即be/get married to sb.与某人结婚。 Jane was married to a doctor last month.上个月简和一位医生结婚了。 Rose got married to a teacher. 罗丝和一位教师结婚了。 He is married to a foreigner. 他娶了一位外国人。
◆问某人是否结婚,而不涉及结婚的对象时,可以用be/get married,相当于系表结构。 Are you married? /Have you got married? 你结婚了吗? 根据中文提示写出单词
(2010.十堰)Could you tell me when Sue and Jack are ________(结婚)? 3. Has Sunshine Town changed a lot over the years? 阳光镇近些年的变化大吗?
知识点:over the years的用法
[指点迷津] over the years意为“历年;多年来;多年以来”,相当于during the years,常与现在完成时连用。
He says this number has not changed much over the years. 他说这个数字历年来没有太大的变化。 用所给单词的适当形式填空
This village ________ (not change) over the years.
4. Now, the government has turned the place into a park... 现在,政府已经把这个地方变成了一座公园… 知识点:turn…into的用法
[指点迷津] turn…into意为“把……变成……”,相当于change…into…;表示“变成……”可以用turn into或change into。
They turned the reading room into a laboratory. 他们把阅览室改建成了一个实验室。 Bad beginnings may turn into good endings. 糟糕的开端可能转变为美好的结局。 选择填空
( ) Please ________these sentences ________English.
A. turn; into B. turn; on C. turn; down D. turn; off
5. The pollution was terrible then because the factory used to dump its waste into the river. 在那个时候污染很可怕,因为那家工厂过去常常把它的废弃物倒进河里。 知识点:used to的用法
[指点迷津] used to后面跟动词原形,表示过去的习惯或状态,也可以表示过去常做的动作,但这一动作现在或将来已经不再发生。
My grandpa used to be a History teacher. 我的爷爷过去是一位历史老师。 用所给单词的适当形式填空
Tom used to ________ (walk) his dog every morning.
6. Later, the government realized it was a very serious problem and took action to reduce the pollution.
后来,政府意识到这是个非常严重的问题并采取了措施减少污染。 知识点一:realize的用法
[指点迷津]realize vt.意为“意识到”,后面可以跟表示事物的名词、代词或从句。 He hasn’t realized his mistake yet. 他还没有意识到他的错误。
When I heard the noise on the roof, I realized that it was raining. 当我听到屋顶上的声音时,我意识到正在下雨。
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◆realize还可以表示“实现”,后面跟宾语。
He hoped to be a policeman and he realized his hope in the end. 他希望当一名警察而且最终实现了他的愿望。 选择填空
( ) ①At last she ________her dream of becoming an actress.
A. came true B. realize C. realized D. come true 知识点二:take action的用法
[指点迷津] take action意为“采取行动;采取措施”。常用结构:take action to do sth.。 表示采取具体的措施时,action可以用复数形式。
It’s time to take action. 该是采取行动的时候了。
We should take the following actions to help him. 我们应该采取下列措施帮助他。 汉译英
②我们必须采取行动,否则就来不及了。
We ________ ________ ________ before it is too late.
7. Well,in some ways it is.嗯,在某些方面是(比以前好)。 知识点:in some ways的用法
[指点迷津] in some ways意为“在某些方面;在某种程度上”,在句中通常作状语。类似的短语有:in many ways在许多方面;in most ways在大多数方面。 In some ways you are right. 在某些方面你是对的。
In most ways we are all the same. 在大多数方面我们是一样的。 人们在许多方面用到植物。
People use plants ________ ________ ________.
8.It’s nice to have open space and pretty gardens. 有露天的空间和漂亮的花园真好。 知识点:open的用法
[指点迷津] open space意为“露天的空间、空地”。其中open是形容词,意为“未围上的; 开阔的”。
Children like to run around in the open fields. 孩子们喜欢在广阔的田野上追逐玩耍。 ◆open作形容词,还可以表示“开着的”;反义词是closed,意为“关着的”。 The door is open now. 门现在是开着的。
◆open还可以作动词,意为“开,打开”;反义词是close,意为“关,关闭”。 Please open the window. 请把窗户打开。
It is good to open all the windows and air the rooms. 打开所有窗户,给房间通通风是有益的。 选择填空
( ) Please don’t keep the windows _____when you leave the room. A. close B. closed C. open D. opened
9. They have moved to other areas in Beijing, and I feel a bit lonely from time to time. 他们已经搬到了北京的其他地区,而且我时常感到有点儿寂寞。 知识点:a bit的用法
[指点迷津] a bit意为“一点儿;有一点儿”,可以修饰形容词或副词的原级和比较级,相当于a little。
I am a bit hungry. =I am a little hungry. 我有一点儿饿。
He is a bit taller than me. =He is a little taller than me. 他比我高一点儿。 Tom runs a bit faster than Sam. =Tom runs a little faster than Sam. 汤姆跑得比萨姆快一点儿。
◆a bit of后面可以跟不可数名词,相当于a little跟不可数名词。
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