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富兰克林的风筝实验表明,闪电和电是一码事.

有些人认为,核能源对环境构成的威胁远远超出它给社会带来的益处.

轻微的电击对人体无碍,但强电击却能致人死命.

关于这位科学家的家庭生活,众说纷纭.

Franklin’s kite experiment showed that lightning

and electricity are the same.

2. Some people think that the threat that nuclear

energy forms to the environment weighs much

more than the good it does for society.

3. A light electric shock does no harm to the human

body, but a strong one can kill.

4. There was a great deal of talk about the scientist’s

family life.

５．你怎么证明你没干这件事？

６．作为人类最早的发明之一，轮子至今仍在人类活动中发挥着重要作用．

７．琳达很生气，把信撕成碎片，扔进了垃圾筐．

８．根据英国法律，每一种新药必须在至少两种不同类的动物身上实验．

５. How can you prove that you didn’t do it?

6. The wheel, one of the earliest inventions, still plays an important role in human activities.

7. Linda was so angry that she tore the letter into pieces and threw them into the dustbin.

8. British law says that every new drug mist be tested on at least two different kinds of animals.

Famous Women

Question

What are you going to be when you grow up?

Warming up

Debate

* Women are able to do more than men

* Women are not able to do more than men.

Song Qingling

Mother Teresa

Pearl S.Buck

Madame Curie

Do you know them? What are they famous for ?

Answers to Part 1

What was her name?

Lily

Rose

What was she like?

What was she good

at?

What has become

of her?

serious

smart

friendly

helpful

maths

she’s now a teacher

loyal

honest

fat

singing

She’s married&

has a daughter

Answers to Part 1

What was her name?

Jane

Sandra

What was she like?

What was she good

at?

What has become

of her?

quiet

warm

kind

painting

She works in

a department store

pretty

strong

hardworking

nothing

She has her

own company.

Answers to part 2

1.serious

2.fire,water

3.get along

4.has changed,company,friend

Listening of workbook: Part2

Why do some women get the award that is talked about?

How has Mrs Adetona helped women in her village?

Why was Mrs Adetona’s work important?

1. Women may get the award when their ideas or work have helped to make life better in their villages.

2. Mrs Adetona has helped women in her village (get loans) to start small businesses.

3. Mrs Adetona’s work was important because with her help now more than a thousand people can take care of their families and send their children to school.

4. What did Mrs Zeng teach women in her village?

5. What happened to Mrs Zeng in 2002?

4. Mrs Zeng taught the villages

how to plant potatoes,

2) how to take care of sheep

3) how to take care of the environment by

planting trees on the hills around the

village.

5. In 2002 Mrs Zeng was chosen to be one of

the village leaders.

Speaking

strong smart honest friendly warm kind cheerful popular generous hardworking

weak stupid lazy dishonest mean tense cold unkind

Try to use words that describe

the persons.

She seems to me to be the kind of woman who….

The impression she makes on me….

I think she is the kind of person…

She could…

She might..

people like he…

She looks as if…

She can see that…

She doesn’t seem…

Alone In Antarctica

Is it beautiful?

where is it?

What’s the weather

like there?

How is the living

condition there?

What animals live

there?

Questions

Pre-reading

What will you take with you? Why?

2. Do you know the names of three countries that are part of the North Pole?

What about the South Pole?

3.Which animals live on the North Pole? And which on the South Pole?

4.Why do polar bear never eat penguins?

“T” or “F”.

She spent her 50th and 60th birthday in Antarctica.

2. During her first days in the expedition , the weather was very good though the wind was icy.

3.Every November there was bright sunshine 24 hours a day.

F

T

F

“T” or “F”.

4. Her birthday fall on the 22th day when she began her journey to the South Pole.

5.She had got self-rescue training before the expedition.

6.She will never forget her solo travel in the South pole.

F

T

T

Questions

What was the whether like during her expedition?

Where did she stay when the wind grew stronger?

How did she spend the day of November 12?

4,What happened when she was moving forward over a slop?

5.What happened on the 22nd day of the expedition?

Choices

Antarctica is another name for

A. Australia

B. the South Pole

C. the North Pole

D. Canada

2)The sun does not go down in Antarctica, so Helen’s workdays were usually____________.

A.2 hours

B. more than 12 hours

C. less than 12 hours

D.Canada

3)Helen Thayer was born on_____________. A.1 November 1937

B.12 November 1937

C. 22 November 1947

D.1 November 1997

4)On the 22nd day of the expedition Helen Thayer had an accident. What happened?

A.She was attacked by a polar

bear.

B.Her tent was blown away by the

storm

C. She fell into a hole that was a

few hundred feet deep.

D.The sled knocked her over and

hurt her leg.

5)What decision did Helen take after the accident?

A.She spent a whole day in her

tent.

B. She waited till she got better

and continued her journey.

C. She gave up and went back

home.

D.She was thankful for all the

training she had had.

Read and

understand

the text

1.What was the weather like?

2.How was the wind later?

3.How many hours did she travel when the

winds increased?

The first days

of the journey

2

1.What did she do at 50?

2.What would she do at 60?

3.When did she begin her

journey?

The journey of challenge and danger began

1

Detail

Outline

Par

Alone in Antarctica

Title

1.What happened when she was moving forward over a slope?

2.How did she rescue herself?

Self rescue

4

1.When was it?

2.How did she spend her birthday?

Her birthday in Antarctica

3

Detail

Outline

Par

Alone in Antarctica

Title

1.How did she hurt herself?

2.What’s the result of the accident?

A bad accident

5

How did she make

a decision?

Making a decision

6

Detail

Outline

Par

Alone in Antarctica

Title

Post-reading

What kind of woman is Helen Thayer?

Do you admire Helen Thayer? Why?

What should we learn from Helen Thayer?

Grammar—

Subject-Verb Agreement

Rules:

Singular nouns are used with singular verbs while plural nouns are used with plural verbs

Collective nouns can have a singular or plural verb. If the noun refers to a whole unit, the verb is singular. If it refers to the individual members of a unit, the verb is plural. Such collective nouns are:

army, class, family, club, company, audience,

committee, public, party, government, crowd, band

and so on.

Subject-Verb Agreement

The performance was very funny.

2) Serving the people is my great happiness.

3) Whether we’ll go depends on the weather.

4) Many natural materials are becoming scarce.

5) Both you and I are? students.

6) What I think and what I seek have been fairly reflected in my paper.

7.What we have to learn are the pieces of language that produce inversion.

8.The performance of the first three clowns was very funny.

9. My mother, as well as my father, has a key to the office.

10. The man together with his wife and children sits there watching TV.

11. Neither of them was in good health, but both worked very hard.

12.The bread and butter is served for breakfast.

13.The bread and the butter are on sale.

Exercises for grammar

A library with five thousand books_________(be) offered to us as a gift last year.

Growing around the lake_____________(be) wild flowers of different colors.

was

are

3) Each of the hotel’s 300 rooms_______________(be) equipped with television.

4)Different areas of the country

_______________(have) different customs.

5)The Olympic Games ,

which_________(be) held every

four years,will come soon.

is

have

are

1）His family______going to move.2）His family ______very well.3）The public _______requested not to leave litter in the park.

“Is” or “are”

is

are

is / are

1）The government who______ responsible

for this event tried to find a solution.2）The government which____ responsible

for this event tried to find a solution.

1）Cattle______ allowed to graze on the

village common.

2）The police_______ searching for a tall

dark man with a beard.

“was” or “were”

were

was

were

are

Integrating skills

What we have seen is their success and fame.

Does it mean all their life?

Is it easy for them to reach their achievements?

How Oprah Winfrey achieved success?

Discussion

What do you think

is needed

in order to be

a successful

woman?

Writing

Write a letter to a famous woman you admire.

附件

Revision for

Unit 17

二、本单元知识要览：

1、重点单词:

2、重点词组：

3、词汇拓展：

4、句型结构 :

5、 语法项目 :

1、重点单词: 

inspire vt. 鼓舞、感动、激发、启示

admire vt. 赞美；钦佩；羡慕

regret .vt. 为……感到遗憾；后悔

increase vt, vi 增加；增大

value vt. 估价；评价；重视

threaten vt. 恐吓；威胁；预示危险

bother vt. 烦扰；打扰 vi. 烦恼；操心

generous adj. 慷概的；大方的

cheerful adj. 愉快的；高兴的;极度的；偏激

stormy adj. 暴风雨的；多风暴的；激烈的

1、重点单词: 

cheerful adj. 愉快的；高兴的

mean adj. 卑鄙的；吝啬的

warm-hearted adj. 热诚的，热心的

cold-hearted adj. 冷漠的；无情的

tense adj. 紧张的，拉紧的

miserable adj. 痛苦的；悲惨的

dishonest adj. 不诚实的

dull adj. 迟钝的；无趣的；呆滞的

optimistic adj. 乐观的

extreme adj. 极端的；极度的；偏激的

2、重点词组 

be about to do. 即将，正要做某事

around the corner. 很近

struggle through. 艰难地渡过

find…doing. 发现---处于（状态）

increase to. 增加到

none of 毫无，一个也没有

lie down 躺下；（风）渐息

at the top of one’s voice以 最大的嗓音

tie to 系在，栓在

2、重点词组 

(be) in good health 身体状况好，健康

put up a tent 搭起，架起帐蓬

make a decision 作为决定

give up 放弃

think of 考虑、想起、记起

come to terms with 甘心忍受

（不愉快的处境）

rise to fame 出名

lead…to… 通向，导致

3、词汇拓展：

inspire (vt) → inspiring (adj) inspired(adj)

inspiration(n)

admire (vt) → admiring (adj) admirer(n)

admirable (adj) admiration(n)

value (vt) → valuable (adj) valuation(n)

valuables(n) valuer(n)

valueless(adj)

extreme (adj) →extremely (adv) extreme(n)

extremist(n) extremism(n)

cheerful(adj)→cheerfully(adv) cheerfulness(n)

cheerless(adj) cheery(adj)

4、句型结构

（1）It has often been said that life is difficult as it is.

（2）…during the next week the wind grew stronger

and I found myself spending a whole day in my tent.

（3）I was moving forward over a slope that seemed safe

when suddenly without warning my world dropped

out from under my skis.

（4）In her television shows she makes it possible to talk

about great moments and difficulties in people’ lives.

（5）I had travelled only two hours one day when the

winds increased so much that I had to put my tent up

before the winds became too strong.

5. 语法项目

Subject –Verb Agreement

Rules:

Singular nouns are used with singular verbs

while plural nouns are used with plural verbs.

Collective nouns can have a singular or plural verb. If the noun refers to a whole unit, the verb is singular. If it refers to the individual members of a unit, the verb is plural.

Background information

1.What is about the dialogue ?

2. When we look at the old school photos,what will we talk about?

Pre-questions