Language points

1.      as a result   结果；因此 （放在句首或句中，用逗号与句子其它部分隔开,常用在有上下文表示原因的情况下）

e.g. He was lazy. As a result, he was late for school. 他懒。结果，他上学迟到了。

△ as a / the result of + n.  由于…的结果（表示因果关系）

e.g. As a result of his laziness, he was late for school.

△ result in  导致；造成…的后果

   (vi.)

  e.g. His laziness resulted in his being late for school.

△ result from 因…引起；起因于

  eg. His being late for school resulted from his laziness.

2.      die out : disappear completely  灭绝

eg. Many animals have died out in the past. 在过去几年间，许多动物都灭绝了。

△ die away  慢慢消失

  eg. He hid behind the door until the footsteps had died away.

他一直躲在门后边，直到脚步声（完全）消失。

3.  endanger  vt. 危害

eg. Smoking endangers your health.   吸烟危害健康。

△endangered   adj. 濒危的 （动词的过去分词做形容词）

endangered wildlife 濒危野生动物

  *动词的-ing形式和过去分词都可以做形容词。

surprising / surprised;  exciting / excited;  interesting / interested;

frightening /frightened; etc.

4.  in peace  和平地；安祥地  （=peacefully）

5.  (be) in danger  在危险中；垂危

   (be) out of danger  脱离危险

eg. The tiger is in danger now. Let’s help it, or it won’t be out of danger.

   现在老虎处于危险中。我们帮帮它吧，否则它不会脱离危险的。

 

Part2

 Language points

1. get dressed   穿戴起来；穿上衣服

  eg. She quickly got dressed and went out for breakfast.

她赶快穿上衣服到外面吃早餐

  △dress sb. / oneself   给某人/自己穿衣服

  eg. Tom is not old enough to dress himself. 汤姆年纪太小，还不会自己穿衣服。

  △be dressed in   穿着

  eg. She was dressed in white.  她穿着白色的衣服。

2. rise  vi. to come or go upwards    上升(没有被动语态形式)

  eg. The river has risen (by) several inches.  河水上涨了好几英寸。

  △raise   vt. lift or move (sth.) to a higher level   举起或升起

  eg. He raised his eyes from his work.  他停下工作举目观看。

△两词的变化形式如下：

  rise    rose    risen    rising

  raise   raised   raised   raising

3. She turned round and there was an antelope with a sad face looking at her. 

她转过身就发现有一只羚羊面色凄惨地望着她。

  with a sad face looking at her 是复合结构，在句子中作antelope的定语。复合结构with + O.+O.C.（现在分词）表示作宾语补足语的分词与宾语之间是逻辑上的主谓关系。adj. / p.p. / adv. /prep. phrases也可以作宾语补足语。

  eg. The boy came in, with a dog following him.      （现在分词）

The thief was taken in, with the hands tied back.    (p.p.)

He would like to sleep, with the door open.        (adj.)

A lady got on the bus, with a baby in her arms.     (prep. phrase)

The door was locked, with nobody in.            (adv.)

4. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you.

  is being used 是现在进行时的被动语态：am / are / is being done

△be used to do sth. 是use… to do…的被动语态结构;意为“被用来做…”。

  △be / get used to sth. / doing sth. “习惯于…”

△used to do sth. “过去常常做…”

  eg. Wood is used to make desks and chairs.

The old man is used to the country life/ living in the country.

He is getting used to the weather in England.

I used to have a walk after supper.

5. We are being killed for the wool that is taken from under our stomachs. 

为了取得我们肚皮底下的羊毛，他们把我们杀了。

  注意介词from后面有接一个介词短语的用法。

  eg. Suddenly, a cat jumped out from behind the door.

 突然，一只猫从门后面跳了出来。

Slowly, the man came out from under the bed.

慢慢地，这个人从床底下（爬）了出来。

6. suggest  vt. 建议

1）~ sth. to sb. / ~ to sb. sth.

eg. She suggested an early start to me. / She suggested to me an early start.

2) ~ doing sth.

  eg. She suggested starting early.

3）~ (to sb.) that sb. (should) do …

  eg. She suggested that I (should) start early.

△其名词suggestion的表语从句、主语从句、同位语从句也用虚拟语气（should）+do…。类似的词有：demand, order, propose, insist, command, require, request, desire, etc.

eg. Her suggestion is that we (should) start early.        （表语从句）

   That we (should) start early is her suggestion.       （主语从句）

   Her suggestion that we (should) start early is good.   （同位语从句）

7. protect … from / against … 保护…免受…的伤害

  eg. The hat can protect you from the strong sunlight.

8. powerful  (adj.) ↔ powerless

  -ful是形容词的后缀，加在名词后面构成形容词。以-ful结尾的形容词的反义词是去-ful加-less。如：

  careful / careless   fearful / fearless  helpful / helpless 

hopeful / hopeless  useful / useless

9. affect   vt. have an effect on  影响

  eg. A sudden change in weather may affect your health.

突然的天气变化可能影响你的健康。

     His opinion will not affect my decision.  他的意见不会影响我的决定。

 

  △容易同该词混淆的词是 effect (n.) change produced by an action or cause; result or outcome效应；结果；后果。构成的短语：have an effect on sb. / sth.

  eg. Did the medicine have any effect?  这药有什么疗效？

     The film had quite an effect on her. 这个影片对她影响很大。

  △side effect  副作用

10. pay attention to sb. / sth. / doing sth. 注意…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fifth Period (Using language)

Revision:

1. Check the homework with the whole class.

2. Change the following sentences into Passive Voice or Active Voice.

1)      A new book is written by him.

2)      Will the meeting be held tomorrow?

3)      They can finish the work on time.

4)      Tom broke the window.

5)      Have you paid the money?

6)      Mary is cooking the meal.

7)      Are the books being sold?

 

Reading:

1. Show students some pictures of the dinosaurs.

2. Ask Ss to read the passage and answer the questions.

1) When did the dinosaurs live? 

2) What’s the rare new species dinosaur?

3) Why did the dinosaur die out?

Answers: 1) tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being;

        2) It is a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur. They could run like other dinosaurs, but also climb trees.

        3) Some scientists think it was after a large rock hit the earth…(Para 2)

 

Language points:

1. come into being = begin to exist   开始存在；发生；产生

  eg. We don’t know when the world came into being.

2. for sure = certainly 的确；确实地

Listening:

1. Show the pictures of dodo to students.

2. Play the tape and ask Ss to get the main idea for the first time, and do Ex 2 on P30.

3. Go through Ex.1 for the second time, then check the answers with the whole class.

Speaking:

1. Ss talk in pairs how to help dodos when they are in trouble.

2. Ask some Ss to report their discussion

Writing:

1. Show the writing tips on the slide.

1) Collect your ideas for the letter and write an outline of the ways to help it

2) Decide the intention and the purpose of each of your ways.

3) Begin the letter with your address and the solution. Then write the ways as the body of the letter.

4) Finish the letter with your best wishes and your signature.

2. Write a letter to the dodo to tell him how you will help him.