1. Unit 11

2. objectives The nominal clause introduced by 1.who used as the direct object 2. (that) used as the object of I don’t think 3. (that) preceded by an adjective, used as the subject complement 4. that used as the postponed subject in the pattern It is + adjective+ that clause

3. Language Structure Practice(1 课时 ) 1. did you ask Pan who would be going…? 2. I don’t think he will… 3. Are you sure that… will…? 4. Is it true that there will be…?

4. Dialogues (2 课时 ) Dialogue 1 Broad questions Questions on specific details Main idea Language teaching points and practice Dialogue 2 Agreeing and disagreeing Substitution practice

5. Readings (2 课时 ) Reading 1 Sample questions New words and phrases Language teaching points Reading 2 Sample questions Language teaching points

6. Language points 1. solid:adj.(1)of definite shape and volume; not liquid or gaseous. (2) solid structure is strong and not likely to collapse (3) solid evidence/ information: reliable (4) solid period of time, a time without interruption

7. 2. indicate: (1) to show the way to or the direction of; point out: an arrow indicating north; indicated the right road by nodding toward it. (2) to serve as a sign, symptom, or token of; signify: The cracking and booming of the ice indicate a change of temperature. (3) to suggest or demonstrate the necessity, expedience, or advisability of: The symptoms indicate immediate surgery.

8. 3 interlock – (1) things that are interlocked or interlock go between or through each other so that they’re linked Joyce sits with her fingers interlocked under her chin. A series of interlocking rings (2) If systems, situations or plans are interlocked, they’re closely related eg. The problems of Israel, Lebanon and the Gulf are tightly interlocked

9. Guided Writing (1 课时 ) Writing in indirect speech Note of giving information

10. Background Information

11. Definition A puzzle in which an arrangement of numbered squares is to be filled with words running both across and down in answer to correspondingly numbered clues. Also called crossword puzzle.

12. History On Dec. 21, 1913, the Sunday New York World printed a puzzle called a "word-cross," devised by Liverpudlian Arthur Wynne. The puzzle was an immediate success and became a weekly feature. The name evolved into the more euphonious "cross-word," and finally, the hyphen was dropped… In 19th-century England, word squares had become the basis for primitive crossword puzzles for children, sometimes with pictures as clues or with an educational slant. Adults didn't do them until the World's word-cross in 1913.

13. Word Squares in Pompeii Word squares go back to ancient times—a word square was found in the Roman ruins of Pompeii. Word squares are difficult to compose—the really satisfactory 10-letter word square has yet to be devised by either person or computer.

14. Word games Along with the standard crossword puzzle, newspapers today have word jumbles, word searches, cryptic crossword puzzles, diagramless puzzles, acrostics, and other word games.

15. The New York World has disappeared, as well as the 1920s fads of flagpole sitting and goldfish swallowing, but Simon & Schuster still publishes books of crossword puzzles and the crossword's popularity continues on into the 21st century

16. A Crossword---Solar System Across 3 ____________Way (5) 4 7th planet from the sun (6) 6 Nearest planet to Earth (5) 8 Largest planet (7) 10 Look at all the _________in the sky! (5) 12 8th planet from the sun (7) 14 Planet closest to the sun (7) Down 1 There are nine in our solar system (7) 2 Black __________ (4) 3 The red planet (4) 5 ____________System (5) 7 This planet is known for its rings (6) 9 Farthest planet from the sun (5) 11 This star heats the Earth (3) 13 The planet we live on. (5)