Module7Unit 1 reading 1

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笨拙的 撞击 外向、友好的 适应、改编长凳 显微镜 缺席 同伴 恼火、生气 公司、坚定 软件 鹦鹉 缸、桶龟 心理、精神上 鼓励 百万分之一 健康的孩子 我的同学 clumsy bump outgoing adapt (to)bench microscope absence fellow annoy (annoyed) firm softwareparrot tanktortoise psychology/psychologically encouragementone in a million healthy childrenmy fellow students

clumsy bump outgoing adapt (to) bench microscope absence fellow annoy (annoyed) firm software parrot tank tortoise psychology/psychologically encouragement one in a million healthy children my fellow students 笨拙的 撞击 外向、友好的 适应、改编长凳 显微镜 缺席 同伴 恼火、生气 公司、坚定 软件 鹦鹉 缸、桶龟 心理、精神上 鼓励 百万分之一 健康的孩子我的同学

Marty ’ s Story Reading Comprehension

Marty ’ s story His disabilities and difficulties: His dream: His ambition: He has a muscle ______ which makes him very _______. He can ’ t run or climb stairs as ______ as other people. He is ______ and drops things or bumps into furniture. disease weak quickly clumsy To play professional ___________ and possibly to represent his country in the __________. football World Cup To work for a ______ that develops computer __________ when he grows up. firm software

His achievement: His hobby: His advice: His motto: He invented a computer football game and a big company has decided to ________ it from him. buy Going to the movies and football matches and keeping pets such as rabbits, a _______, a tank full of fish and _______. parrot tortoise Don ’ t feel sorry for the disabled or _______ them and don ’ t _____ them. Just _____ them for who they are and give them _____________to live a rich and full life. make fun ofignore encouragement accept To live one day at a time

Can you say sth about Marty with the help of the form that you ’ ve just filled in?

Further understanding (1): hopeful the change of Marty’s feelings: (adj) hopelessstupid not get annoyedgood/busy

Further understanding (2): We can see that Marty is a ____ person. optimistic, brave, stupid, pessimistic, independent, strong-minded… optimisticbrave independentstrong-minded

What kind of things does Marty do in order to make his life happy and satisfying? He keeps busy doing things that do not require strength, like computer programming, going to movies and football matches with his friends and raising pets. Besides he also studies hard.

Can you write a summary of the text within 30 words? Just have a try.

The text is about a disabled boy. He never loses heart when he comes across difficulties. He is always full of ambition and tries his best to do everything well and lives a busy and rich life. The text is written by a disabled boy who never loses heart though he can ’ t do many things as ordinary people do. He lives a rich and full life.

Homework A. Get ready for the dictation tomorrow. B. Try to make a summary of the text.

Reading 2

glance at benefit / beneficial one in a million in other words in addition bump into outgoing adapt /to at a time used to out of breath too--- to absence /absent all in all annoy / annoyed as well as in many ways be worth doing make fun of live as rich a life as you do 看一眼 有益 百万分之一 换句话说 除此之外撞上、到 外向的、友好改编、适应 每次、每一次 过去常常 上气不接下气 缺席 太 --- 以至于不能 总之 恼火 / 生气 也, 既... 又 在许多方面 值得一做 取笑 像你们一样过着丰富多彩的 生活

The main idea of each paragraph: P1: P2: P3: P4: P5: An introduction to Marty and his muscle disease How his disability developed Marty met a lot of difficulties at school How his life has become easier The advantages of his disease

Language study 1. benefit n / v beneficial adj : be of great benefit to----= be beneficial to Eg: That experience was of great benefit to me. That experience was beneficial to me. That experience benefited me.= I benefited a lot from that experience. 模仿：每天锻炼对我们的身体有益处。 （ daily exercise ） a. b c. d We benefit from daily exercises. We get benefit from --- Doing daily exercises is beneficial to our health. Daily exercises benefits us.

2. in other words : that ’ s to say Eg: a. He is working on his novel. In other words, he can ’ t spare us a minute to take a trip with us. His wife is my daughter. In other words, I ’ m her mother-in-law. 模仿：他们请他走人，也就是说，他被解雇了。 They asked him to leave. In other words, he was fired.

知识拓展： keep one ’ s word (promise) 守信 break one ’ s word 食言 eat one ’ s words ( 承认说错了 ) have words with sb= have a word /talk with sb word for word 逐词地 Can you make up some sentences with them?

3 one in a million one out of a million one in ten one out of ten 4 in addition/to, besides, apart from sth what ’ s more--- 除了失去了一只胳膊，他还失去了一条腿。 (loss) Apart from a loss of an arm, he also lost a leg. He lost a leg. In addition/ besides, he also lost an arm. Eg: In addition to English, we also learn other subjects.

5 adapt 改编、改写使 ---- 适应、适合； adapt (oneself) to / adjust----to adaptation n Eg: a. It took him a while to adapt himself to the new conditions. b. He made a quick adaptation to the new surroundings. C. The author is going to adapt his play for the television. 模仿 : 那个残疾孩子很快就使自己适应了新的学校生活。 The disabled child adapted himself to his new school life.

⑥ too +adj / adv (a + N ) to do sth = so +adj / adv ( a + N ) + that sb can ’ t do sth. Eg: This text is too difficult for me to understand. This text is so difficult that I can ’ t understand it. This is too difficult a text for me to understand. This is so difficult a text that I can ’ t understand it. 模仿 : 这个箱子太重了我拿不起它。 （你能用几种方法译呢？） a.The box is too heavy for me to carry. b. The box is so heavy that I can ’ t carry it. c. This is too heavy a box for me to carry. d. This is such a heavy box that I can ’ t carry it.

知识拓展 : How +adj / adv (a + N )+ Subj + predi ! --- as +adj / adv (a + N ) + as 这本书多么有趣啊！ 这本书跟那本书一样有趣。 How interesting a book this is. This is as interesting a book as that one. 模仿：他是多么聪明的孩子啊！ 他和那个孩子一样聪明。 How clever a boy he is. He is as clever a boy as that one.

7 out of breath hold one ’ s breath take a deep breath breathe in / out 知识拓展： out of sight / out of mind out of control out of order out of work out of date out of reach out of repair 那辆小车失去了控制，撞上了一颗大树。 The car went/was out of control and bumped into a big tree.

8 absence / absent during /in one ’ s absence absent from work / school / a meeting 缺勤 absence of mind ( 心不在焉 ) absent-minded absent in class -----presence / present What is a good student? Can you say sth using the phrases above? A good student is a one who listens to the teacher attentively in class and is careful in doing his homework and exams. He is never absent-minded in class and never absent from school.

9 all in all in all in general / generally eg: All in all, it was a pleasant trip today. 知识拓展 : above all after all first of all not at all all the best all over a. The cost of the trip added up to dollars ____________. b. Joe should not be punished for eating those cookies, __________ he ’ s only five. c. At first she didn ’ t like physics ____________. d. He is strong, brave and,__________ honest. e. ___________, you did a perfect job and made great progress this time.. in all after all at all above all All in all

课文句型运用： ① One problem is that I don ’ t look any different from other people. (P3 表语从句 ) 翻译 a. 问题是他们不能按时到达这里。 b. 我们的问题是我们在哪里可以找到一个地方开会。 c. 他的就是我们要每天坚持阅读. （ keep on doing ） a. The problem is that they can ’ t get here on time. b. Our problem is where we can find a place for our meeting. c. His suggestion is that we should keep on reading every day.

② Every time I returned after an absence, I felt stupid because I was behind others. every time / each time 每当 时候 引导时间状语 Eg: Every time he fails, he will start all over again. 模仿 : 每次遇到困难，他都会去找老师。 （ come across / meet with ） Every /Each time he comes across difficulty, he will go to his teacher for help.

1 百万分之一 2 换句话说 3 爬楼梯像 …… 一样快 4 撞上某人 5 使适应 6 一次 7 和 …… 相同（一样） 8 过去常常 习惯于 …… 被用来做 …… one in a million In other words climb stairs as quickly as bump (knock)into adapt to at a time the same as used to do get/be used to (doing) sth be used to do sth All the phrases in this text

9. dream about/of (doing)sth. 10. at the stadium 11. in the end 12. at least 13. under a microscope 14. In my/the primary school at high school 梦想 在体育馆 最后 至少 at most 至多 在显微镜下 在小学 in the kindergarten in the university/college 在中学 在幼儿园 在大学

1 百万分之一 2 换句话说 3 爬楼梯像 -- 一样快 4 撞上某人 5 使适应 6 一次 7 和 …… 相同（一样） 8 过去常常 习惯于 …… 被用来做 …… one in a million In other words climb stairs as quickly as bump (knock)into adapt to at a time the same as used to do get/be used to (doing) sth be used to do sth All the phrases in this text

9. dream about/of (doing)sth. 10. at the stadium 11. in the end 12. at least 13. under a microscope 14. In my/the primary school at high school 梦想 在体育馆 最后 至少 at most 至多 在显微镜下 在小学 in the kindergarten in the university/college 在中学 在幼儿园 在大学

Homework A. Get ready for the dictation tomorrow. B. Make up some sentences using the words or phrases that you’ve learned today.

1). Marty has ____ disease. A. a mental B. a muscle C. a brain D. a hand B. 4 Choose the right answer.

2). When Marty says “I am one in a million”, he really means _____. A. he is unique B. he has a rare disease C. he has a muscle disease D. he lives a hard but happy life B

1. What kind of person do you think Marty is? Marty seems to be a fairly positive person who considers he has a good life. He is realistic about his disability, but does not let this stop him doing as much as he can. He is a psychologically strong, independent boy. 3 Discuss these questions.

3). Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? _______ A. While at high school, not all Marty’s classmates accept him. B. A big company bought the computer game from Marty. C. The doctors know Marty’s disease well but they hide the truth. D. Marty looks quite different from others because of his disease. A

4). Why did the doctors cut out a piece of muscle from Marty’s leg? A. Because they could cure the disease by cutting it out. B. Because they wanted to use it as a specimen ( 标本 ). C. Because they would transplant the new muscle. D. Because they wanted to find out the cause of the disease. D.

5). From the passage we can infer that ____. A. Marty asks others to feel sorry for him. B. Marty never loses heart. C. Marty is afraid of being made fun of. D. Marty will not accept any encouragement because he has grown stronger. B.

6). What’s Marty’s dream? A. Being a famous football player and representing his country in the World Cup. B. Being a doctor. C. Being a college student. D. Being a basketball player. A.

7). Which of the following is false? A. Although there are a few students who look down upon him, Marty never gets annoyed. B. Marty leads a meaningful life and does not feel sorry for being disabled. C. Marty only spends time with his pets and never with his friends. D. Marty disability has made him more independent. C.

8). What is the tone of the text? A. sad. B. happy. C. positive. D. negative. C

What kind of person is Marty? brave, unlucky, weak, clumsy, strong-minded, optimistic, happy, independent, stupid Please answer the following questions.