展望未来3Unit1part1

Unit 1 Patterns of life Part 1 Changes Focus Topic: Changes in surroundings Grammar : used to do Skills: Reading: people’s memories Listening: a monologue Writing : about changes Speaking: giving opinions and reasons Procedures: Step 1. Warming up—Free talk: changes around us Have you found any changes around you? Senior school life, new look of city⋯ What influence do they have on you? Step 2. Getting Started& listening—changes in East London I. Look at the pictures of an area of London called ‘Docklands’ Describe the pictures II. Listening Where is Docklands? When was it busy? How busy? What happened in the 1950’s and 1960’s? What happened in 1980’s? III. Further introduction --Background notes IV. Language Study 1. dock: n. 码头 ,船坞 v. 靠码头 ,入坞 We can faintly see a coal dock . 还隐约可以看到煤炭码头呢。 Ships cannot dock outside garages. 船不能停靠在泊位之外。 Step 3. Reading Ex.3-5 I. Read the texts and match with topics II. Read again and finish Ex. 4 2. Contradict: be against sth. be in contradiction with eg. The report contradicts what we heard yesterday. 这个报道与我们昨天听到的有矛盾。 3. play an important role in III. Listen to the reading of the texts and further understand some sentences 1) You could travel to any place in the world just by looking at the different ships that passed. 2) In those days, the river was alive. 3) ⋯to see the pleasure boats returning from their trips to the seaside. 4) IV. Word Study Ex. 5 and more 4. Words for different kinds of boats Tug 拖船 Police launch 水上警察巡逻快艇 Sailing barge 驳船 River bus 水上客船 Pleasure boat 游乐船 5. jobs Conjuror: a person who performs magic tricks Stevedore: a person who works at the docks 码头工人 = docker Foreman: a person who is responsible for other people at work 工头 6. magical: adj. of strange power, mystery or charm 神奇的，魔术的 Words have a magical power. 言辞有不可思议的力量。 Magic n. Magician = conjuror 7. ships of all sizes and nationalities 大小不一的各国船只 8. alive: full of life and spirit 活跃，充满生机 she was wonderfully alive for her age. The lake was alive with fish. 湖里满是游来游去的鱼 . 9. depend on imagination 10. see film shows 11. traveling van: 12. pull ⋯ out of (conjure v. The magician ~d a rabbit out of his hat.) 13. wash house: a room or building used for washing, esp.clothes 洗衣房 14. fill up: make or become full He has filled up the tank with petrol. 他已给油箱装满汽油。 Fill up this form, please. 请填好这张格。 The room soon filled up with people. 15. domestic water: 家庭生活用水 Of home/ household: ~ animal, ~ servant, ~ trouble 家庭纠纷 Of one ’s own country: ~ affairs/issues 国内问题 V. Group work Change the texts into a short play by a name of life in docklands in the past. Prepare it in a group of 5 (father, mother, children , neighbors); settings include riverside, a park and a house Step 4 Grammar ---Used to Ex. 6-7 Form: Negative : didn’t use to , never used to Question: Did you use to ⋯? Where did you used to ? Practice: Ex 7. Make a dialogue about your childhood, including home, school, free time, family holidays, etc. Step 5 Listening I. Pre-listening Check the meaning of the words in Ex. 8 II. Listen and try to get a general idea of the monologue III. Second listening for more details IV. Third listening to finish Ex. 9. 2 1. A review of what is mentioned in texts 2. Find out more about docklands V. More useful language points Words 16. relevant: adj. connected with Oppo. Irrelevant These issues are directly ~ to the need of slow learners. What you say is not relevant to the subject. 17. skilled adj. having or needing skill ~ workmen; ~ jobs Skillful: having or showing skill A skillful team player 18. professional : adj. well-trained n. ~ advice/ painter/ standard 19. purchase: buy They have just purchased a new house in the country Purchasing power 20. constitute: to make up, form Seven days ~ a week. 21. sink v. (sank, sunk) to fall to a lower lever or position 22. estate n. a piece of land on which buildings have all ben built together in a planned way 房地产 Real estate Industrial estate 23. desert v. to leave empty They deserted their homes and fled to the hills. 24. thrive v. to develop very well and be healthy, be successful My uncle has a thriving business. 25. close-knit adj. tightly bound together by social , political, religious beliefs and activities 紧密的， 志同道合的 People who move from small close-knit villages to large cities often feel lonely and friendless. Expressions 26. tend to 27. go quiet: become quiet 28. at its most active 29. an awful lot of 30. community spirit 31. for instance Step 6 writing –Ex. 10