Unit 17 Life in the future
1. Lesson65 Dialogue中有多处重点短语和句型,
如:have a new factory built; have
been talking of it a lot recently;
But some people don’t want good
farmland to be built on.
What do you think is likely to
happen?Is there anything that
we can do?
所以,对话内容尽量要求学生背诵,表演,形成语感。对重点短语,句型要重点练习,突破难点。
2. Lesson66课文1中重点短语句型不是很多,重点在于对课文内容的理解。学生可分组活动,汇报,调动学生的积极性。
3. Lesson67课文2中出现了一些较重要的词汇短语,如: a waste of money, against,
way of life, share fairly,
treat sick people, get
ill, practical, keep
fit, meanwhile……学生应关注在上下文中这些词的灵活用法。
另一方面,引导学生对现代,未来的生活方式与过去的生活方式作比较,什么是真正的生活质量,组织学生讨论,探究。可就“现代文明与回归自然”组织一次英语辩论比赛。
词语辨析:
1.fairly与rather
1)fairly和rather都可以译作“相当”、“十分”,并常修饰形容词和副词。但fairly多用于具有喜欢、愉快意义的形容词。例如:fairly clean十分干净;fairly well(身体)相当好;而rather则多用于说明具有厌恶,不愉快意义的形容词。例如:rather dirty很肮脏; rather foolish相当傻。请比较下列各句的意思:
2)①It is fairly warm here. 这里很暖和(令人感到舒服)。
②It is rather warm here.
( rather = too) 这里太热(令人感到不大舒服)。
3)但是,rather有时也可以修饰具有积极意义的形容词。例如:
①He was rather pleased when
he saw her. 见到她时,他相当高兴。
②It is rather a good idea.这是一个相当不错的主意。
2.sound, voice与
noise
1)sound
sound是指that which is or can be heard(任何可以听到的)声音。多用作可数名词。例如:
While I worked
in my room, I heard a strange sound。在房里工作时,我听到了一个奇怪的声音。
2)noise
该词指的是:loud and unpleasant
sound esp. when confused and undesired噪音;闹声,喧声。既可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词。例如:
①Don't make .so much noise/such
a loud noise. 不要这么吵闹。
②The noise of traffic kept
him awake.交通的喧闹声使他不能入睡。
3)voice
与sound和noise不同,voice是指sounds made when speaking
or singing,即由人发出的声音:说话声和歌声。例如:
①We could hear the voices
of the children in the garden.我们能听到孩子们在花园里的声音。
②My daughter has a sweet
voice.我女儿有着一个甜美的嗓音。
3.labour与work
1)labour
该词的词源意义是指妇女的分娩,因而labour是指人类的艰苦劳动,尤指艰苦的体力劳动。用于脑力劳动时,强调呕心沥血。另外,labour还可用来表示劳工,劳动力。例如:
Much labour
went into building the pyramids. 为建筑金字塔,耗费了大量血汗。
Labour creates
the world. 劳动创造了世界。
2)work
这是一个概念非常广泛的名词,既指人的体力或脑力劳动,也可指机器的工作。Work还可指“工作量”。例如:
The work of
building the new. bridge took six months. 那座新桥梁的工程历时半年。
He leaves
his work at 5:30 every day.他每天五点半下班。
4.Possible,likely,
l)possible
(1)It is possible
that… 例如:
①It is possible that you
forgot to hand in your homework. 你可能忘了交作业。
②I Is it possible that we
will go fishing next Saturday?
在下周星期六我们可能去钓鱼吗?
2)likely
be likely
to do:
① They are likely to telephone us in the evening. 晚上他们可能会给我们打电话。
② A storm is likely to come tonight.今天晚上可能会有暴风雨。