1. 單元內容分析與學習建議。
2. 本單元詞匯的掌握。
3. 重點單詞和短語的用法。
4. 單元內難點句的理解。
知識總結與歸納:
(一)單元內容分析與學習建議
1. 單元主題:News Media,介紹了媒體對于社會的作用以及媒體記者,編輯等相關人員的工作。
2. 閱讀單元材料:本單元共有三篇閱讀材料:BEHIND THE HEADLINES:了解媒體對于社會的作用以及媒體記者,編輯等相關人員的工作。在Integrating Skills里介紹了一個媒體報道的實例:同一事件的兩種不同觀察角度,不同的態度所寫出的兩篇不同的報道。在WORKBOOK中:IN THE PUBLIC EYE介紹了著名主持人YANG LAN在傳媒界的發展。
3. 交際功能:在寫作與口頭交流中運用所學的句型表達個人的觀點。
4. 學習建議:
運用所學過的構詞知識來掌握本單元的單詞。認真對待單元內有關詞匯的練習(Word study或Vocabulary),通過這些練習鞏固所學的生詞并掌握它們的用法。
認真閱讀教材部分的兩篇閱讀材料(特別是BEHIND THE HEADLINES)。先快速閱讀了解文章大意,然后精讀,劃出文中出現的生詞和短語,了解文章的寫作結構,文章的主題,整理文章中有關media的社會作用的一些語段或語句作為今后相關寫作的積累。
語法學習:過去分詞的用法。先弄明白除了完成時態和被動語態以外,使用過去分詞要表達的語境。作到能理解含有這種語法結構的句子(掃清語句理解中的語法障礙),并且能用英語寫出比較地道的句子。最后再考慮應試中的單選題。
(二)本單元詞匯的掌握
1. 利用構詞知識掌握單詞:
injure-injury
inform–informed–information
relate-related-relative-relation
interviewee-interviewer-interview
truthfully-truthful-truth-true
spiritual-spirit
fulfillment-fulfill
social-socialism-society
tolerate(toler=bear)
critical(crit=judge)-crisis-criticize-criticism
neutral(neutr=neither)-neutron-neutrality
locate-location
responsible(-ible ; -able:后綴;可以的,能……的)-reponse-responsibility
disappoint-disappointed-disappointment
caring-care-careful
citizen-city
demonstrate(monstr=show)-demonstration
polluter-pollute-pollution
comparison-compare
2. 合成詞:
headline;troublemaker;update;checklist
3. 根據讀音及音節掌握下列單詞:
interviewee;interviewer;fulfillment;addict;ignore;tolerate;critical;attitude;responsible;
4. 根據上下文判斷劃線詞的意思:
He was fired from the company for always being late.
He ran into the bank and fired his gun into the air.
He is so rude to his parents. I wouldn’t tolerate that kind of behavior in my family.
Mathilde’s rough hands and face reflected a life of hard work.
As he was fluent in both languages he had no problems switching from Chinese into English.
(三)重點單詞和短語的用法:
1. more than:超過,多于,不僅僅
Newspaper and other media do more than simply record what happens.
Don’t force me to say more than I want to.
If you tell your father what you’ve done, he will be more than a little angry.
2. relate …. to…有關的,相關的;能理解或同情某人或某事
They also make sure that readers can relate to the stories.
Students find it difficult to relate to the life of a scientist.
It refers to something in the past which is directly related to the present time.
If you relate the result to the cause, you will find things are not that simple.
3. be/get/become addicted to:沉溺于,對……上癮。
I want to write about people you seldom read about, for example, people who have AIDS or who are addicted to drugs.
She was addicted to TV soap operas.
4. fall in love :愛上……(動作)
be in love:戀愛(狀態)
Americans will fall in love with this game, too. They will have some great soccer soon.
The young pair are in love with each other.
5. effort:努力,艱難的嘗試,努力的成果
My favorite article is the one I wrote about the efforts to bring stolen cultural relics back to China.
They have put a lot of effort into their garden this summer.
I have to try to make an effort to contact with him, but I’ve failed.
That’s good effort.
(四)單元內難點句的理解:
1. The two reporters agreed to switch roles for once and be the interviewees rather than the interviewers in order to let us know about their work and how the news we read is made and written.
兩位記者同意變換角色,做一次被采訪者而不是采訪者,讓我們了解他們的工作,了解我們讀到的新聞是怎樣制作和編寫出來的。
提示:注意句中switch; rather than; for once 的意思。
2. Even though I have interviewed many famous people, the story I like best is about an ordinary young woman who tried to adapt to her new life after having studied abroad.
盡管我采訪過很多名人,然而我最喜歡的還是一篇有關一位普通婦女在出國留學后努力適應自己的新生活的報道。
提示:注意句中的定語從句I like best is about an ordinary young woman who tried to adapt to her new life after having studied abroad.以及現在分詞的完成式做時間狀語的結構after having studied abroad。
3. The result is a better understanding of the world on all sides, leading to a future world where people from all countries are respected and different views and opinions are tolerated.
結果會使人們更好地了解世界的各個方面,以至于在未來的世界里,所有國家的人都能受到尊重,不同的觀點和見解都能受到包容。
提示:注意leading to a future world現在分詞短語做結果狀語;where people from all countries are respected and different views and opinions are tolerated.定語從句修飾a future world;短語on all sides:在各個方面。
4. The citizens, all of whom love nature and our planet, demonstrated outside the city’s worst polluter.
市民們在污染最嚴重的工廠外面進行示威。他們中大部分人都熱愛大自然和這個星球。
提示:all of whom love nature and our planet為非限定定語從句。
【典型例題】
一. 單項選擇:
1. Although they get higher pay than before, they are becoming poorer because prices keep____.
A. bringing down B. go up C. going up D. bring up
分析:選擇C keep doing:不斷……,根據句意:價格不斷上漲,go up:上升,上漲
2. One of the advantages of living on the top of a high-rise is that you can get a good ___.
A. sight B. scene C. view D. look
分析:選擇C sight, view和scene都是“景色”的意思,view強調從特定的位置看到的景色;sight指“壯觀,奇觀”,scene指“一道風景”
3. When I opened the door, a parcel on the floor ___ my eye.
A. met B. caught C. drew D. attracted
分析:選擇B catch one’s eye(引起某人的注意)= draw one’s attention / attract one’s attention
4. It doesn’t take long to become addicted ___ these drugs.
A. in B. to C. at D. for
分析:選擇B be addicted to 沉溺于……
5. Do you know the ___ of the saying I just quoted ?
A. source B. resource C. course D. cause
分析:選擇A 你知道我剛才引用的諺語的出處嗎?source:出處,來源。
6. They are ___ schoolmates. They are close friends.
A. more than B. no more than C. not more than D. only
分析:A 他們不僅是同學還是知心朋友。More than:不僅; no more than:=only;
二. 翻譯句子:
1. Jones先生為這家公司工作已經有25年了,上周他被選為了總經理。
Mr. Jones, who worked for this company for 25 years, was elected president last week.
2. 200多人在地震中傷亡。
More than 200 people died or injured in the earthquake.
3. 你所說的這些與我們目前關注的毫無關系。
What you have said does not relate to what we are concerned with now.
4. 他是個很有經驗的人,總是受到年輕人的尊敬。
He is a rather experienced man, who is always looked up to.
【模擬試題】
一. 單項選擇:
1. It’s very __ of them to share their meal with their out-of-work neighbors.
A. gentle B. obvious C. informed D. generous
2. He was __ from the firm because he was always late for work.
A. fired B. hired C. retired D. employed
3. The water was so clear that it ___ the trees on the river bank.
A. shadowed B. shaded C. photographed D. reflected
4. The teachers of English have to continuously __ their textbooks to meet the increase demands of their students.
A. upset B. uplift C. uphold D. update
5. Of these three recent magazines, only one is still ___.
A. current B. normal C. formal D. incurable
6. Some old people don’t like pop songs because they can’t ___ so much noise.
A. resist B. undertake C. tolerate D. ignore
7. It’s two years since they ___ each other, and they are going to get married next month.
A. were in love with B. fell into love with
C. have loved D. fell in love with
8. Things that we’re facing should be considered ____, so that we’ll deal with them well.
A. on all sides B. in order C. around the corner D. in place
二. 完型填空:
Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his ___1__ and traveling.
Then after returning to the United States from a __2__ trip to Russia .Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the __3__ of its strength on the trip, a change began to take place _4__ him. The materials between his bones became __5__.
In less than one week after his return, he could not __6___. Every move that he _7___ was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never ___8__ over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up ___9___.
Mr. Cousins thought that ___10___ thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. ___11__, he felt that happy thoughts or _12____ might cure his illness.
He began to _13__ on himself while still in hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the __14____ gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night.
__15___ the doctors could not help him. Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could __16___ his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping __17___ he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well __18____ to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for __19____.
After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to __20___.
1. A. time B. holiday C. sleep D. work
2. A. boring B. tiring C. dangerous D. pleasant
3. A. top B. degree C. problem D. limit
4. A. from B. around C. inside D. beside
5. A. weak B. ill C. false D. painful
6. A. speak B. breathe C. stand D. see
7. A. made B. did C. took D. gave
8. A. look B. get C. turn D. think
9. A. effort B. hope C. treatment D. arrangement
10. A. foolish B. unusual C. funny D. unhappy
11. A. Instead B. However C. Therefore D. Otherwise
12. A. sleep B. travel C. laughter D. television
13. A. rescue B. operate C. try D. experiment
14. A. day B. week C. month D. year
15. A. Promising B. Deciding C. Doubting D. Recognizing
16. A. invent B. begin C. continue D. prove
17. A. until B. whenever C. unless D. so that
18. A. soon B. completely C. slowly D. enough
19. A. exercise B. illness C. rest D. pleasure
20. A. power B. sense C. health D. happiness
三. 閱讀理解:
It is natural that young people are often uncomfortable when they are with their parents. They say that their parents don’t understand them. They often think that their parents are out of touch with modern ways, that they are too serious and too strict with their children, and they seldom give their children a free hand.
It is true that parents often find it difficult to win their children’s trust and they tend to forget how they themselves felt when young.
For example, young people like to act on the spot without much thinking. It is one of their ways to show that they have grown up and they can face any difficult situation. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead, at least in the back of their minds, and do not like their plans to be upset by something unexpected.
When you want your parents to let you do something, you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry with their choice in clothes, in entertainment and in music. But they do not mean to cause any trouble: it is just that they feel cut off from the older people’s world, into which they have not yet been accepted. That’s why young people want to make a new culture of their own, and if their parents do not like their music or entertainment or clothes or their way of speech, this will make the young people extremely happy.
Sometimes you are so proud of yourself that you do not want your parents to say, “ Yes” to what you do. All you want is to be felt alone and do what you like. It is natural enough, after being a child for so many years, when you were completely under your parents’ control.
If you plan to control your life, you’d better win your parents over and try to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have a high sense of responsibility, they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do.
1. ___ are to blame for the quarrels between parents and their children according to this passage.
A. Parents B. Young people
C. Neither parents nor their children D. Both parents and their children
2. According to the passage, young people prefer to ___.
A. ask for advice before they really start to do anything.
B. do things without thinking carefully ahead.
C. think in the same way as their parents do.
D. be very strict with themselves
3. Young people like to have clothes, entertainment and music in their way, because ____.
A. they want to make their parents happy.
B. they try to get their parents to believe them.
C. they want to try on something new and look different from the older.
D. they want to test whether they are cleverer than old people.
4. According to the passage, young people want to make a new culture of their own, because ___.
A. they don’t feel they belong to the world of the older people.
B. they do not want to get into trouble.
C. they feel they are as clever as old people.
D. they want to show they have grown up.
5. If a young man intends to control his own life, it’s better for him to ___.
A. do everything according to his own wish.
B. do everything the way his parents do.
C. do everything beyond his parents’ control.
D. hold himself responsible for everything he does.
【試題答案】
一. 單項選擇:
1. D 他們請他們那些失業的鄰居一起吃飯真是很慷慨大方。
2. A 他由于遲到而被公司解雇了。
3. D 河水很清澈都能倒影出岸邊的樹木。
4. D 英語教師必須不斷地更新教材以滿足學生日益增長的要求。
5. A 現有的三本雜志中,只有一本仍然流行。
6. C 有些老人不喜歡流行音樂是因為他們不能忍受那么大的聲音。Resist:抵抗;undertake:從事,承擔,ignore:忽視。
7. D 在句型it’s… since+陳述句。陳述句中的動作是非延續的動作。Fall in love with表示動作。
8. A 我們面臨的問題方方面面都考慮到了。
二. 完型填空:
1. D,他很喜歡他的工作和旅行出差
2. B,從到俄羅斯的令人疲憊不堪的出差回到美國。Tiring預示下文提到的Mr. Cousins生病。
3. D,在旅途中,他把他的身體的體力推向了極限
4. C,于是他的身體內部發生了變化
5. A,他的骨頭之間的物質變得脆弱了。本題另外三個選項與主語搭配不合適。
6. C,他幾乎無法站立了
7. A,他所做的每一個動作都讓他感到疼痛。做運動:make a move
8. B,醫生告訴他他們無法解決他的問題,他可能不能從他的疾病中恢復過來。get over:從病中恢復過來。
9. B,Mr. Cousins拒絕放棄治療的希望。
10. D,Mr. Cousins認為一些不愉快的想法正在他的體內產生著某種化學變化。此處與下文的happy thoughts相對應。
11. A,他不想進行藥物治療,相反。
12. C,他認為愉快的想法或放聲大笑 能治愈他的疾病。
13. D,在住院期間他開始用觀看滑稽電視節目來進行實驗。experiment on somebody: 那某人做實驗。
14. A,他發現白天10分鐘的開心大笑能給他帶來夜間兩小時的舒適睡眠。during the day對應下一句的at night.
15. B,已經肯定醫生無法再幫助他了。 Deciding :確定。
16. C,他離開醫院在旅館里繼續他的實驗。
17. A,他在房間里反復看電視娛樂節目,讀書,睡覺,做這些事直到他感到累了為止。
18. D,他感到身體足夠健康了
19. A,他開始出國度假并在海邊跑步鍛煉。
20. C,他通過笑使自己恢復了健康。
三. 閱讀理解:
1. D,根據第二段It is true that parents often find it difficult to win their children’s trust and they tend to forget how they themselves felt when young. 以及最后一段作者對年輕人提出的建議you’d better win your parents over and try to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have a high sense of responsibility, they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do.可以判斷出:父母和孩子雙方對他們之間的分歧都負有責任。
2. B, 根據第三段,特別是young people like to act on the spot without much thinking.可以得知,孩子們做事之前欠仔細思考。
3. C, 根據第五段That’s why young people want to make a new culture of their own, 可以知道年輕人喜歡某種娛樂方式的原因
4. A, 同樣在第五段But they do not mean to cause any trouble: it is just that they feel cut off from the older people’s world, into which they have not yet been accepted.可以得出結論。
5. D,根據最后一段If your parents see that you have a high sense of responsibility, they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do.可以得出結論:年輕人要想主宰自己的生活,最好要對自己做的每件事有責任心。