able agree appear lead novel regular respect Read the following words and answer the questions with them. 1. You can’t find your pen. What happened to your pen? (It disappeared.)

2. You want to get the book on the top shelf, but you are not tall enough. Do you think you will be able to reach the book? 3. The two groups don’t agree with each other. They argued fiercely. So what is the problem between them called? (I am unable to do so.) (Disagreement.)

4. Many people respect Mr. Li and think he is a good man. He helps people out and is a good citizen and friend. So can you find a word to describe Mr. Li? 5. Mr. Wang has published several books. He loves his job writing novels. So what is Mr. Wang’s occupation? (respectable) (He is a novelist.)

6. You can’t find the order of the numbers in a group of members. So can you find a word to describe the order of the numbers? (It is irregular.) (They are misleading.) 7. Some ads say that if you take their pills, you’ll be healthy, look younger, become smarter and sleep better. What can you say about these ads?

independence in depend ence prefix( 前缀 ) root ( 词根 ) suffix( 后缀 ) Prefix: a group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning. Suffix: a letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to make a different word.

Work in pairs and try to guess what a word means by looking at its prefix. Prefix Example Meaning anti-anti-smoking dis-disappear in- il- im- ir- incorrect illegal immoral irresponsible against, opposed to not, opposite of not, without

Prefix ExampleMeaning pre-preview re- recreate un-uncertain early, before again not opposite of

Try to guess what a word means by looking at its suffix. SuffixExamples Meaning -ablecomfortable -fulcheerful -istscientist worthy of, able to be full of, characterized by someone who does something

SuffixExamples Meaning -lesshopeless -mentagreement -nessdryness without indicate a state or condition indicate a quality, state or character

Let’s fill in the blanks with what we learned just now. irresponsible illegal harmful uncertain disrespect I am strongly against cloning humans. I think it is (1)___________ for us to do that. People who want to clone human begins show their (2)__________ for nature. irresponsible disrespect

They are hardly aware of the (3)________ effects of cloning humans. It is (4)_________ what a cloned human being would be like. It could turn out to be a monster! In my opinion, tight laws should be put in place to make cloning human being (5)_______. harmful uncertain illegal

Work in groups of four and try to give more prefixes and suffixes and list several words as examples. Discussion

Prefix ExampleMeaning de- mal- non-not decompose, declassify maltreatment, malnutrition non-smoker, non- alcoholic, non-profit apart, from badly, ill inter- international, interaction, interrupt between tele- telescope, telegram, telecommunication far off

PrefixExampleMeaning trans- transport, translate, transnational across mis- misunderstand, mislead, misdeed wrong sub- subtitle, subway, submarine under over- overeat, overwork, overact too much

Some other commonly used suffixes -al cultural, national, original of or concerning -ion invitation, competition, protection action or condition of… state of being, skill -ship hardship, scholarship, relationship -dom freedom, kingdom, condition or state of… of the nature of… -ish childish, selfish

-proof waterproof, fireproof, soundproof protect against -enwiden, sharpen, shorten make or become -ward eastward, homeward, backward in the direction of -likewomanlike, childlikesimilar to

Organs of the body

Name more parts of your body throat gallbladder stomach liver heart lung trachea large intestine

Fill in the blanks with the names of body parts. Think of the body like a school. At the top of the school is the headmaster, known as the _____. This is the organ that controls the rest of the organs, just like the headmaster controls the school. After this comes the _____. brain heart

It is like a teacher. This organ pumps the blood around the body so it can run well. This is similar to the knowledge a teacher gives to students. Next is the _____, which is the only one that can regrow itself. It helps to clean the blood. This is like the knowledge students get from teachers. Students always grow with newly found knowledge. liver

The _____ are the organs that use the oxygen we breathe. Think of the oxygen as the life we lead at school. The _______ is very useful as it stores the food we eat until we can digest it properly. This is similar to the learning process. We store the information for later revision, so this organ is like a notebook. The _______ are the organs that remove waste products lungs stomach kidneys

from the blood and produce urine. They are like the cleaners, repairmen and security guards who look after our school. Now you can see how similar our school life is to our body and we can look after then both.

Revise what we learned in this class and prepare for the checking. Homework