新编英语教程4.docx

1、新编英语教程4新编英语教程4Unit one 一. Pre-reading Questions What is your new years resolution? To do a part-time job? To memorize more words? To have a boy/girl friend? When a person makes New Years resolutions, he makes up his mind to do or not to do certain things in the coming year. Some people may be able t

2、o carry out their New Years resolutions, but some may not. For most People, its often easier to make New Years resolutions than to carry them out What are the possible obstacles for your making true the resolutions? 二。Major language points . 1. A brief summary of the ways to express futurity 1) The

3、neutral future is formed by using the auxiliaries will/ shall and infinitive. Examples: Tomorrow will be his Sunday. Is it possible to make an atomic engine that will be really safe in every circumstance? 2) The construction to be going to is used to express future intention. Examples: This year it

4、is going to be different. I know what the kids are going to do. Note: This construction cannot be used for neutral futurity, which does not depend on any persons will or intention. For Example, both the following sentences are wrong. * Tomorrow is going to be his Sunday. * If you go to the U.S.A., y

5、ou are going to come across the remarkable, almost legendary hospitality of the American of the West. 3) The construction be to do (something) is used to express arrangement or command. Examples: Now let all men know that crops are to be planted as usual. (Level 3, Unit 11) Shaka ordered: “All women

6、 who are found with child are to be put to death with their husbands.” 4) The construction be about to is used to express near future. Examples: Roy and Sammy were about to perform open-heart surgery on Mrs. Robinson with a scout knife.=Roy and Sammy were just going to do an open-heart operation on

7、Mrs. Robinson with a scout knife. She was about to tell us the truth when you entered the building. 表示将来意图的，除了常见的将来时，will，还有哪些常见形式呢？ 比如：to 一种正式的方式表示将来必须要做什么。 e.g. Im to see the doctor at the first available opportunity. 我一有机会就去看医生。 如果要表达某件事你第二天要做，或者未来的某个时候要做，就可以用going to. Im going to visit my mother

8、 on Saturday. 有时候也可以用现在进行时加上一个强调未来时间的词，在这个时间内会做这件事。 e.g. Im swimming on Thursday. 。 能理解到吗？还是来看一个实例吧 Claire: Oh Rob! Hi! Ive finally found you! 嗨，Rob！我终于找到你了！ Rob: Ah.yeah.hi Claire. 啊。是啊。你好Claire。 Claire: Look, Im going to the ice-skating championships tomorrow, I just bought twotickets. But I dont

9、have anyone to go with! How about you come with me? 看，我明天要去滑冰锦标赛，我刚买了两张票。但我没人一起去！你陪我去好不好？ Rob: Oh,gee Claire, Im sorry. Im seeing my parents tomorrow night. 哦。Claire，不好意思，我明天晚上要见父母 2. The use of over in the text 1) I tiptoed over and kissed her on the back of the neck. Over adv. ：across a distance o

10、r open space, either towards or away from someone/something. More examples: We asked Kates two sailor friends over to help us gain our point indirectly. Go over to your Grandmother, my dear. Shes beckoning to you. 2)“What did you do over the holidays?” over prep.during, in the course of (a period or

11、 an event) More examples: She likes to listen to some light music over the weekend. Paul has become more mature over the years. 3) To ease the situation, I picked up her brand-new sweater from the floor and put it over a chair. Over prep. resting on top of something and covering something partly or

12、completely More examples: John was so tired that he was found sprawling on the floor asleep with his dripping raincoat over a sofa. 4) Take over one of your wifes chores, shell love you for it. Take overtake charge of More examples: The firm became more and more prosperous after the son took it over

13、. We expect Mr. Johnson will take over our class when Mr. Shaw retires. 3.“It wasnt my idea to stay out until four a.m.” The phrase ones idea to do something is used to express what one wishes to do. More examples: It was not my idea to argue with them. What I wanted was only to seek the truth from

14、facts. 4. Instead, I got a pencil and drew a sketch of the escapement mechanism. drawmake a picture with a pen, pencil or chalk draw a sketchmake a rough picture (drawing, diagram) with a pencil More examples: Fancy him drawing so well at the age of five. She cherished the sketch of the roaring sea

15、not because it was drawn by a famous artist but because it brought back some fond memories. Cf.: By now the kids were in the room, drawn by the commotion. be drawn by the commotionbe attracted by the noisy confusion. Here, draw means “attract”. More examples： The film that tells of the unusual faith

16、fulness between a miner and his wife drew large audiences when it was on. Supermarkets, which were unknown to the Chinese people some years ago, have begun to draw large numbers of customers in many cities in China. 5. She was in her pajamas.She was wearing her pajamas. inwearing More examples： Jimm

17、y Wells, the policeman in uniform, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace. Now the fashion is for girls to be dressed in pure silk in summer and in expensive fur coats in winter. 6. Maggie always dreads taking down the Christmas tree, so I thought I

18、d to it for her. 1) dreadfeel worried about. Dread is followed by an-ing participle. Another example： Small children usually dread paying a visit to the dentist. It is also correct to say: Small children usually dread a visit to the dentist. Small children usually dread that they will be taken to th

19、e dentist. 2) take down the Christmas treetake down the tinsel, coloured lights, etc., from the Christmas tree, and remove the tree itself. The antonym for take down is put up. More examples: It often takes a long time to take down a Christmas tree. When they went camping last summer, they had a goo

20、d time. Every evening they put up their tent and the following morning they took it down. 7. I was about two-thirds done when Maggie came in. I had finished about two-thirds of the work donefinished Two-thirds serves as an adverbial modifying done. More examples: His new novel is about two-fifths thicker than his previous one. At the end of last year the construction project was already four-fifths finished. Interaction Activities Free- debate For or against? Part-time work benefits university students in all-around aspects. Just love it! 我爱背单词 Differ Defer Deference indifference