1. Unit7 Integrating Skills
A Christmas Carol

2. Divide the play into 3 parts. Try to find out what
caused Scrooge to turn over a new leaf.
Find out something about the firs scene
Place:_____________________________________
Time:______________________________________
Characters:_______________________________
Event:_____________________________________
Reasons:____________________________________
Scrooge’s reaction:_____________________________
The place where Scrooge live once lived
The time when Scrooge was young.
Young scrooge and his girlfriend
The girl wanted to be separated from Scrooge
Scrooge cared nothing except money
He felt very uneasy.

3. In the second scene, Scrooge saw the Christmas
party held in Bob Cratchit’s houses. Judge the
following sentences True of False .
1. In the dream it was Christmas Eve and the
Cratchits were having a Christmas dinner.
2. In the dream Tiny was ill but his father
couldn’t afford the medicine for him.
3. These things really happened to the Cratchits.
4. On seeing the scene Scrooge wanted to change
his life.
5. Scrooge ordered a big Christmas tree for the cratchits’. T T F T F

4. D Scene 3 From here we say the Scrooge turned over a
new leaf. How did Bob Cratchit feel when he saw
Scrooge and his turkey ?
A. Satisfied B. Interested
C. Angry D. Surprised D
He hadn’t expected that Scrooge would
be so generous

5. 1..Shadow n. (c, u)
阴影, 影子, 影像;影响力；庇护
1)The shadows of the trees grew longer as the afternoon went on. 树影
2)The earth's shadow sometimes falls on the moon. 阴影
3)He lived in the shadow of his famous father. 庇护

6. 2.take the place of in place take one’s place out of place
take place in place of
1)Tractors have______________ now horses and cows in most villages.
2) The task is carried out by robots____________ human workers.
3) Mr. Li is ill, and I’ve come to_____________.
4) She like everything to be _________ before she stars work.
5) Her criticism were quite _______________ because it didn’t agree with the fact.
taken the place of
in place of
take his place
in place
out of place

7. 3.You only have eyes for money. (P61 L16)
have eyes (an eye) for对…感兴趣,有眼光
have a nose for 对…敏感
have an ear for 对…有欣赏能力
1). She_______________ music.
2) A good reporter___________ news.
3) She_______________ color and style in clothes.
have one’s eyes for 看中,情有独钟
4)Of all the bicycles in the store, Jack had his eyes only for the white one.
has an ear for
has a nose for
has an eye for

8. have an eye on
= have one's eye on;
注视, 监视;看中
keep an eye on
照看, 留心瞧着, 注意
have an eye out for
= keep an eye out for
注意，留意

9. 4. be content with: be satisfied with
be content to do sth: be willing/ready to sth
1)The teacher____________ the student’s answer.
2) The Smiths____________ live a simple life.
3) Jenny stared at her boyfriend with __________a
look / smile.
is satisfied with
are content to
contented
(content 一般不用very修饰，而用well.类似的还有： be well worth doing sth.)

10. ◆相同之处 5.as 和which作为关系代词 当从句位于主句之后，引导词指代整个主句所表达的 全部意义时，as 和which有时可以互换。
1) The elephant is like a snake, as /which everybody
can see.
2) He is an Englishman, as /which I know from his
accent.
3) A big earthquake occurred in the west part of
Japan last night, as /which was reported on TV.

11. ◆ 不同之处 4) As has been said before, grammar is not a set of dead rules.
5)Air, as we know, is a gas.
6)He is very careful, as his work shows.
7)He married her, which was natural.
(可用as代替which)
8)He saw the girl, which delighted him.
( 不可用as代替which)
9)He was late for class again, which made the
teacher very angry.
(不可用as代替which)

12. B
10). ___________ is known to everybody, the moon travels round the earth once every month. (NMET2001)
A. It B. As C. That D. What
11). ___________ is mentioned above, the number of the students in senior high school is increasing. (NMET1999) B

13. 12). Dorothy was always speaking highly of her role in the play, ________, of cause, made the others unhappy. ( NMET2000)
A. who B. which C. this D. that
13) Wilma became the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track, __________ made her mother very proud.
A. it B. that C. which D. this B C

14. 6. I think it’s because he walks slower than he used to, as of late
6. I think it’s because he walks slower than he used to, as of late.(P62 L6)
(1) of late adv.=recently 近日，最近
I have been very busy of late.
(2) as of 在…时候;到…时为止;从…时起
e.g. As of now we don’t know much about Mars.
I know that as of last week he was still unmarried.
(3)You must finish the work by Friday at the latest.

15. 7. The metal box is 3 times heavier than the plastic one.
The metal box is 4 times the weight of the plastic one.
The metal box is 4 times as heavy as the plastic one.

16. 7. toast
1)Let’s propose a toast to the bride an bridegroom.
2)Let’s toast the bride and bridegroom.
3)Let’s drink a toast to your success.
4)Let’s toast our friends.

17. Homework checking Scrooge’s Diary December 24th Saturday Fine
First Santa Claus took me to the house where I lived when I was young. I was surprised to find my younger self was talking with my girlfriend. She said she wanted to say goodbye to me

18. because she thought I only cared about making money, which made me so sad that I wanted to leave as soon as possible.
Then Santa Claus took me to my employee—Bob’s house where they were having a Christmas dinner. His

19. because she thought I only cared about making money, which made me so sad that I wanted to leave as soon as possible.
Then Santa Claus took me to my employee—Bob’s house where they were having a Christmas dinner. His

20. son—Tiny Tim was seriously ill but he
couldn’t get medicine because of their poverty. His wife even didn’t want to toast to me. I felt so touched that I decided to change my life. So I spared no time in buying a big turkey for them and went to their house. They felt very

21. surprised because they hadn’t expected that I would be so generous.
Today was very important to me because I would turn over a new leaf.

22. Writing
Your opinion:
I think this play is very instructive because it can tell us many useful things. For example, what is the correct attitude towards money. Money is very important but money isn’t everything. We should value friendship and health

23. more than money. Only in this way can we live a meaningful life
more than money. Only in this way can we live a meaningful life. I am very pleased with Scrooge’s change of his life. I think he made a correct decision.