Module7 Unit4: Reading(2) 编号：NO:029

　　教学

　　目标 　　一、 Understand the passage better;

　　二、 Understand the languages points and use them correctly;

　　三、 Gain an overall understanding of the article. 　　教学重点 Understand the languages points and use them correctly; 　　教学难点 Understand the languages points and use them correctly; 　　学情分析 Students have known the general idea about the passage and have grasped the strategy of reading a tourist brochure. Even so, some language points are difficult for them while reading.

　　教学媒体 　　教 学 过 程 　　复 备 栏 　　Step1 Revision 单词拼写

　　1. My parents are going to celebrate their twenty-fifth wedding ____________(周年纪念日).

　　2. This computer printer is much more ____________ (容易使用的).

　　3. We ____________(扩建) the house by adding a west wing.

　　4. Newspaper is a ____________(主要的) medium of communication.

　　5. Do not ____________(承担) a project unless you can finish it.

　　6. It's raining cats and dogs. I think we have to ____________(延迟) our picnic.

　　7. Wires ____________(传送) electricity from power stations to the users.

8. I managed to ____________(哽咽，忍住) back my tears.

9. I think oil prices are ____________(令人难以置信地) expensive today.

Step2 Language points

1. Important words:

1.Horse­drawn buses，trams，cabs and carriages were used to convey people to and around the city centre.马拉汽车、有轨电车、出租车和四轮马车把人送到市中心或市中心周围地区。

convey vt.运送，输送；表达

convey to someplace把......运送到某地

convey one's appreciation表达某人的感激之情

(1)Words can't _______________________ (表达我的感受)．

(2)The results will enable us at least to _________ a sense of progress.

A．consult B．convey C．convince D．convert

2. ...so the digging was postponed until 1860.

......因此挖掘工作延期至1860年。

postpone vt.延迟，延期

postpone sth.to/until sometime推迟某事至某时

postpone doing sth.推迟做某事

put off推迟

delay sth./doing sth.耽误某事/做某事

cancel sth.取消

(1)Bad weather forced us ______________________(推迟了星期五的比赛)．

(2)-What led them to postpone ____________a child for a while?

-The pressure from work.

A．to have B．have C．having D．to have had

3. When London was bombed，many underground stations functioned as bomb shelters.当伦敦被轰炸时，许多地铁成了防空洞。

function vi.运转，工作；活动；起作用；n.(事物的)功能，作用；(人的)职责，机能

function as (＝serve as)用作......，起......作用

(1)This big room__________________________a meeting room.

这个大房间用作会议室。

(2)I need money to be able to__________________an artist.

我需要钱才能当一个艺术家。

(3)Surely it doesn't matter where the student associations get their money from；what _________ is what they do with it.

A．counts B．applies C．stresses D．functions

Ⅱphrases and sentences

1.They pick up and drop off people at different stops on the route.他们在沿途各站接送旅客。

pick up改善，好转；重新开始，继续；拿起；接收；(偶然)学会；染上；(尤指廉价或碰巧)买到；用车接某人

pick sb.'s pocket扒窃 pick out挑选；分辨

pick oneself up (跌倒后)再爬起来

写出下列句子中pick up的汉语意思

(1)The market always picks up in the spring. ________________

(2)Her health soon picked up after a few days' rest. _____________

(3)We'll pick up where we left off yesterday. _____________

(4)He picked up the child and put her on his shoulders. _____________

(5)The equipment picked up the signal from the satellite. _____________

(6)She soon picked up French when she went to live in France. _____________

drop off中途下客或卸货；减少，下降；打盹儿

drop across sb.偶遇某人

drop behind后退，落在......的后面

drop in顺便到(某处)一下；偶然访问某人(on sb.)

drop out (of sth.)辍学；脱离

(1)-I'll ________ at your place when I pass by.

-Thanks a lot.

A．drop you off B．drop in you

C．drop across you D．drop you ou

(2)If you won't work hard，I'm afraid you'll ___________

Jim in maths.

A．drop off B．drop in

C．drop out D．drop behind

2．The last line added was the Jubilee Line，which was opened in 1979 in honour of the twenty­fifth anniversary of Elizabeth II becoming the queen.最后增加的一条线路叫朱比利线，于1979年开通，以纪念伊丽莎白女王二世登基25周年。

(1)in honour of为向......表示敬意；为纪念......；为祝贺......

be honoured for因......受到尊敬

使某人有特殊的荣誉

be/feel honoured to do sth.做......感到荣幸

have the honour of doing/to do sth.有做......的荣幸

(2)常见的"in＋名词＋of"短语：

in need of需要 in search of寻找

in terms of就......而言 in possession of拥有；占有

in hopes of/in the hope of希望 in face of面对

in charge of负责；照料；管理

(1)The parents __________________________ their daughter's birthday. 为了庆祝女儿的生日，这对父母举办了一个晚会。

(2) ____________achievement，last week's ministerial meeting of the WTO here earned a low，though not failing，grade.

A．In terms of B．In honour of

C．As a result D．In face of

3．As better ways for digging tunnels were developed，the first railway tunnel under the River Thames was dug in 1884.随着先进的挖掘隧道方法的改进，第一条在泰晤士河下的铁路隧道于1884年开始动工。

此处as引导的是时间状语从句。

as用作连词，可引导下列状语从句：

(1)引导时间状语从句，"随着"，强调主句谓语动词与从句谓语动词的同时性。

(2)引导让步状语从句，"尽管，虽然，即使"，句子要用倒装结构。

(3)引导方式状语从句，"以......方式"。

(4)引导原因状语从句(＝since/because)，"由于，因为"。

(5)引导比较状语从句。

(1)The influence of automobile extends throughout the economy ________the car is so important to American people.

A．then B．as C．so D．which

(2) _________，he knows how to deal with the problem properly.

A．As he is young B．As is he young

C．As young he is D．Young as he is

Step3 Consolidation

1．The goods were ______ by plane, so we can get them quickly, please don't worry.

A. transportB. transported C. transportation D. transportable

2．The increasing number of cars on the road ___ traffic. This is the reason why we can't get here on time.

A. choke back B. choke down C. choke off D. choke up

3． Only your father can permit you ___ there, am I right? Need I ask for his permission.

A. go B. to go C. went D. having gone

4． Sometimes, some adverbs ____ as adjectives. You must pay attention to it when you read the English text.

A. are functioned B. function C. were functioned D. functions

5． I want to tell you good news, that is the two clubs will link___ to hold a meeting.

A. up B. with C. along D. down

Step4 Homework

1.Prepare the part Word power.

2.Read the passage on page 130 of the Workbook.