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Unit 4 

Unforgettable Experiences

The third period

Lead-in and Discussion

What natural disasters do you known?

(flood,earthquake,fire,typhoon,mud-rock flow(泥石流),sandstorm)

Have you ever experienced a natural disaster? Can you describe what it was like? If you were in the classroom when a flood happened, what would you do ?

Pre-reading

Listen to the tape carefully and then answer the questions below.

1.What does the word “rescue” mean according to the context?

2. What disaster happened? And who were trapped?

3.Where were they when the water came?

4.How did they try to escape?

5.What was the end of the story?

Reading

Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.

What were Flora’s first two feelings when she turned around and saw the water coming ?

Why was Jeff looking for the chimney?

(Because he thought the chimney would stand in the flood .)

(She felt surprised and frightened .)

Important Sentences

Work out what the underlined words refer to .

1.Before she could move , she heard a great noise, which grew to a terrible roar .

2.There she saw a big mass of water that was quickly advancing towards her .

3. She wanted to watch it .

4. Flora, whose beautiful hair and dress all cold and wet ,started crying .

5. For some moments both were silent .

Language Points

1.The usage of “before”

(1)与情态动词Can/could 连用,译为“…才…”“还没来得及…就…”

She was angry before I could explain to her.

(2)主句动作发生在前，从句动作发生在后，译为“然后” “…后…才…”.

Look before you leap .(三思而后行。）

（3）主谓语动词为否定形式时，译为“…便…”“…就…”。

I hadn’t waited long before he phoned me .

(4) 主句含有hardly , scarcely 等半否定副词时，译为“刚…就…”

I had hardly fallen asleep when he woke me up .

(5) Before 的主句含有情态动词will /would 时,译为“宁愿…也不…”

I will die before I give in .

2.be upon (逼近,临近)

The Christmas holiday will soon be upon us .

3.sweep down (冲倒,打倒)

Sweep away (冲走)

The water swept the trees away .

4.swallow (1)吞下,咽下.e. g. Swallow the pills with the help of warm water .

(2)吞没,掩盖.e. g. The fog swallowed the whole city .

(3)忍受e. g. He swallowed anger and went on working .

Swallow one’s words 收回自己的话

It’s impossible to swallow your words .

5.drag ---pull along with effort and difficulty. (拖拉笨重,阻力大的东西.)

pull ---common word (用力, 但不强调力的大小)

Draw ---more normal than pull ,easier than drag .

Draw one’s attention (吸引…的注意力)

6.(1)沉没e. g. The ship went down with all on board . (2)(太阳,月亮)落下 e. g. The sun goes up in the east and goes down in the west . (3)(价格等)下降e. g. The price of petrol is going down .

7.pull up (1)把…拉上来, 把…往上拉

e. g. Don’t pull him up . Let him pull himself up .

(2)(车辆等)停下,使…停下.

e. g. The train pulled up at the station and the passengers began to get off .

8.hold onto =hold on to (1)抓住(不放), 抓牢.

e. g. It was so windy that I had to hold onto my hat all the way .

(2)保持,不放弃,不卖 掉. e.g. The old man held onto his job and would not retire .

9.struggle against 为反对…而斗争;与…斗争.

struggle for 为争取…而斗争

struggle with 与…斗争;和…一起战斗

1)They had to struggle against /with all kinds of difficulties .2)China struggled with Korea against America in that war .3)They struggled for national independence .

10.get on one’s feet, stand up ,rise to one’s feet .站起来,站住.

1) As soon as the question was put forward, he got on his feet to answer .

2)When you are asked a question ,you should rise to your feet .

stand on one’s own feet (自立)

You should learn to stand on your own feet .

11.fight for ,为了…而战

People in the world are fighting for their peace .

Fight against ,与…作战;为反对…而斗争.

Chinese people were fighting against SARS then .

Fight with 和…作战;和…一起战斗.

English fought with /against Germany in that war .

12.finally, at last, in the end

1)Finally 最后.既可表示时间位置(相当于at last ,in the end ),也可表时间顺序,(同first, second ,next )

e. g. Finally ,I’d like to thank you all for coming .

2)at last 终于(只表示时间位置,指经过周折,期待,耽搁等)

e. g. At last his wish has come true .

3) In the end 与at last 基本一样,但可用于将来时态中.

e. g. I hope that everything will be all right in the end .

13.Flow—flowed ---flowed ---flowing fly ---flew ---flown ---flying

14.look into (1)向里面看 He looked into each room to see if anyone was in .

(2) 观察(后接face, eye ) He looked into my eyes to make sure I was telling the truth .

(3) 调查 The police are looking into the cause of the accident .

15. stair 室内楼梯,常用复数

Step 室外台阶,也可指楼梯的一阶

Flight 楼梯的一段 a flight of stairs

16.cut down (1)砍断,砍倒. The woodcutter first cut the tree down and then cut it up . (2) 降低,减少.  e. g. At first they wanted 80 for the coat ,but we cut them down to 50 yuan.  We have cut down expenses . (3) 缩短 e. g. You’d better cut the story down one third .

17.go through 穿过,通过.

(1)审阅,检查.e. g. I can’t go through the letters in an hour .

(2)翻找,搜寻.e. g. He went through the drawer for his glasses .

(3) 经历(困难)e. g. They would go through fire and water to serve the people .

(4)通过,成功. e. g. The plan did not go through .

Reading Again

Please listen to the tape carefully and think you have understood the passage well enough .

Homework

Retell the story in your own words using “first”, “Next”, “Then” and “Finally .”