Lesson 1 Living in a community Lesson 1 Living in a community

What are the people doing in the pictures? Discussion

What should we do when living in a community?

Drummer hits the road

Read the first newspaper report. Whose side are you on, the drummer’s or his neighbours’? Why?

Read the text and decide if the following statements are true or false. Read to learn 1. Yang Ming has decided to move apartments because his neighbours made complaints about loss of sleep. T

2. Though his music is noisy at sleeping time, people still appreciate his music skills. 3. The neighbours thought Yang Ming set a good example to the young. 4. Lots of cases caused such conflicts as Yang Ming often happened in this area. F F F

5. Most of Yang Ming’s neighbours were driven mad by his music. 6. Yang Ming affected his neighbours so badly that the local council take action to punish him. F F

Read the title and first paragraph of the second newspaper report. In pairs, discuss what you think might have happened. Think about how Mr Mckay might have got wet. Grandpa jailed after one shower too many

1. How many days had Smith lived above the Mckays before he got into trouble with them? Two weeks. Questions

2. Are there lots of candles on Mr Mckay’s birthday cake? How do you know? Yes. As the passage mentioned, the candles were a great sight. 3. Why didn’t Mr Mckay get to blow them out? Because all the candles were put out by the water emptied from above.

1. Seldom has drumming caused such conflict. = Drumming has seldom caused such conflict. 2. …rarely did they get a full night’s sleep. = they did rarely get a full night’s sleep. = they rarely got a full night’s sleep. 3. Neither could they relax or read a book without plugging their ears. = They could neither relax or read a book without plugging their ears. 否定词放在句首表强调时，使用部分倒装： not, never, little, not only…but also

1. It was only after careful consideration that we gave Yang Ming a warning. = We gave Yang Ming a warning only after careful consideration. … it is the fact that people have classified his music as “noise” that upsets him most. =… the fact (that people have classified his music as “noise” ) upsets him most. The opinion that I got from Tom is totally wrong. You have already solved the problem that we saw in the textbook yesterday. I know the news that he is ill I know the news that he doesn't know

强调句： it is/ was + 强调结构 + that.. It was 9 o’clock in the morning that the plane left. It was at 9 o’clock in the morning that the plane left. 1. 注意区分强调句和主从复合句 It was the reason ______ her uncle moved out of New York and settled down in a small village. A. which B. why C. that D. how 2. 注意 not.. until 在强调句中的用法、位置 The mother didn’t fall asleep until her son went home. = It was not until her son went home that the mother fell asleep. B. why

用主语从句 +is/was+ 被强调部分，主语从句常用 what 引导 ( 强调事或物 sth.) I need some rest.= It’s some rest that I need. All+ 定语从句 + is/ was + 被强调部分 I’m dreaming about a cup of tea. What I’m dreaming about is a cup of tea. All I’m dreaming about is a cup of tea. We must talk to John first. What we must do first is talk to John. All we must do first is talk to John. some restisWhat I need some restisAllI need

1. appear (to be) +n. /adj. to do / to be doing / to have done It appears that…… as if / as though……( 虚拟语气 ) He appears ( to be ) a fool / old. He appears to like children. He appears to be saying to himself. He appears to have made a big mistake. It appears that he has made a big mistake. It appears as if he had lost interest in his work. 显得

appear 出现 vi.-----turn up appearance 出现, 外表 n. He suddenly appeared in the crowds. His sudden appearance made me surprised. We can’t judge one from / by one’s appearance. 2.look adj. / n. like…… It looks +as if…… He looks happy. He looks like a scholar. It looks as if they are old friends.

3.seem (to be) adj. / n. like…… to do / to be doing / to have done It seems that…… as if……( 虚拟语气 ) He seems ( to be) disappointed. The book seems like a heavy burden to carry. They seem not to know each other. It seems that they don’t know each other. He seems to have finished the task. It seems that he has finished the task. It seems as if nothing had happened to him.

He appears to know less than he really does. = It appears that he knows less than he really does. Smoking does not only harm to you, it is a bad influence on your son. = Not only does smoking harm to you, it is a bad influence on your son.

She added that it wasn’t so much the water (falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plants ) that bothered them, it was more the way he cleaned his fish tanks. (L11) falling... his plants 是现在分词短语作定语修饰 “water” he cleaned his fish tanks 是定语从句，修饰先行词 “way” 她又补充道，其实使他们真正烦恼的不是史密斯浇 花落到阳台上的水，而是史密斯清洁鱼缸的方式。 句型： it is not…, it is more… 不是 … 而是 … 不是他的过失把我逼疯，而是他说话的样子。 It was not his mistake that drove me mad, it was more the way that he spoke.

We’d be sitting there happily reading our newspapers, when suddenly so much water would come from above that we’d be as wet as if we’d showered with our clothes on! (13) reading our newspapers 现在分词作伴随状语 with our clothes on with 复合结构作状语，修饰 showered 我们本来坐在那里开开心心地看报纸，突然间 很多水从天而降，我们就好像穿着衣服洗澡 一样全身湿透了。

1.Seldom has drumming caused such conflict. 2. No sooner had they moved in than the noise… Make a list of negative words and expressions that these sentences begin with.

3. Neither could they relax or read a book… 4. Neither could we get rid of the smell… 5. Rarely had Laurene seen Mckay move…