unit 1 Good Friends the second period
Deserted: Survive: a knife a box of matches a minor a frying pan a gun a book a hammer a saw an umbrella a rope a compass Sentence structure: I think that _______would be most useful, because I could use it to_________, to ________,and to________. a gun Make fire Hunt for food Protect myself. Of a place where no person can live. Continue to live.
Read the passage, and answer the questions. 1.what’t Chuck’s job? 2.what happens to Chuck one day? 3.what things must Chuck learn to survive on the island ? 4.what does Chuck learn about himself when he is alone on the island?
1.play: to perform a part on the stage or on the television. Play the part/role of/in ex. He played the hero very well in the film. 2. Crash: V. collide ; collapse; make a loud noise. ex: The car and the truck crashed on the highway. N. violent fall, blow or breakage. ex: Eighty-one people were killed in the air crash.
3. across: prep. From one side to another. ex: She swam across the river. adv. To or on the other side. ex: ran across 4. On the island, Chuck has to learn to survive all alone. all alone = (without help from others) all by one self ex: She lives all alone/all by herself. all along = all the time ex: I know that all along.
5.Collect vt. To get together. Ex: I enjoy collecting stamps. collection n. collective adj. 6.challenge. n. Summons to take part in a contest or to prove or justify something. Ex: Parents should educate their children to be ready to meet the challenge of life. v. Issue a challenge to ; dispute; deny. Ex: SARS challenges doctors, nurses and researchers.
7.In order to = so as to Ex: In order to stay longer, he did the work slowly. 8.develop: v. make or become bigger, stronger, more elaborate. Ex: The small river port has developed into a big city. Developing adj. ~ country Developed adj. ~ country Development n. The process of being developed.
9.Share v. Have or use with others, have something in common. ex: The twins share the same tastes and interests. They would share the joys and sorrows.
Discuss. 1.If you were alone on an island, what would you do in order to survive? 2.Imagine that four people are in an airplane that is going to crash. One is a policeman, one is a doctor, one is a teacher, and one is a scientist. There is only one parachute. Decide who should get the parachute and explain why?