Learning about Languageppt配套的教学设计及说课稿

UNIT4

Pygmalion

Learning about Language 1.

Colonel Pickering (P): an officer in the army and later a friend of Higgins’ who sets him a task.

皮克林上校(简称P): 陆军军官, 后来成为希金斯的朋友。希金斯给他安排了一项任务。

▲ officer与official

officer主要用于指军官, 也可指公司或政府机构中的高级职员;

official指政府内的文职官员, 用作形容词时指“官方的, 正式的”。

①

The officers live at headquarters and the soldiers live in the camps.

军官住在总部, 士兵住在军营。

② The president and his ministers are government officials.

总统和部长为政府高级官员。

2. I ain’t done nothing wrong by speaking to that gentleman.

我跟那位先生说话, 又没做什么坏事呀。

▲ ain’t 是不规范的语言, 相当于am not, is not, has not, have not. e.g. ① We ain’t coming. 我们不来了。

② They ain’t got it.

他们没有那玩意儿。

3. I thought maybe you was a policeman in disguise.

我还以为你是便衣警察呢。

▲ in disguise 乔装

e.g. The emperor liked travelling in disguise.

这位皇帝喜欢微服私访。

▲ 本单元还有不少in引导的介词短语：

1) in need of 需要；

in need处于困难（穷困）中

e.g. He is in need of a haircut. 他需要理发了。

We should help those in need. 我们应该帮助那些处于贫困中的人。

2) in terms of

根据，依照；以…..的措辞

e.g. Let each child read in terms of his own tastes and choices.

让每一个孩子根据自己的兴趣爱好选择书籍阅读。

He referred to your work in terms of high praise.

他对你的工作大加赞赏。

4. Here you are (hands over the paper covered in writing).

给你

(他把写满字的纸递过来) ▲ hand over 移交; 让与; 交给某人照料

e.g. ① The captain was unwilling to hand over the command of his ship.

船长不愿移交军舰的指挥权。

② The thief was handed over to the policeman.

小偷被交给警察处理。

It is certain that he will ____ his business to his son when he gets old.

A.

take over

B. think over

C. hand over

D. go over 5. There you are and you were born in Lisson Grove if I’m not mistaken.

你呀, 要是我没弄错的话, 你出生在格罗夫里森。

mistaken adj. 错误的，不正确的

e.g. The teacher has a mistaken opinion of this pupil.

老师对这个学生有不对的看法。

归纳拓展: mistake为其名词形式或动词形式。mistake … for…把……错认为

6. People begin their working life in a

poor neighbourhood of London with

80 pounds a year and end in a rich one with 100 thousand. 人们从伦敦的穷人区开始工作，年收入才80英镑，最后到了富人区工作，年收入就是十万英镑了。

begin ... with ... 以……开始；

end ... with ... 以……结束；

begin / end one’s days / life in ...（在某种状态或某处）开始生活/度过余生。

e.g. He always begins his lessons with a warm-up exercise.

他讲课前总是先让学生做热身练习。

They ended the play with a song.

他们以一首歌曲结束了这出戏。

He ended his days in poverty.

他在贫穷中度过余生。

7. But they betray themselves every time they open their mouths.

但是他们一张嘴就会露出马脚。

1) betray oneself 无意中暴露出本

性；背叛

e.g. Quite a lot of people will betray themselves when tempted by money.

相当多的人面对金钱诱惑便原形毕露。

I won’t betray his trust. 我不会辜负他对我的信任。

She would not betray his secrets to me. 她不会把他的秘密泄露给我。

His face betrayed that he was angry.

他的脸显露出他很生气。

其名词形式为betrayal, 如: an act of betrayal 背叛的行为。

1. He betrayed his friends _____ the enemy.

A. to

B. for

C. with

D. by 2. His accent at once betrayed the fact _____ he was a foreigner.

A. which

B. that

C. /

D. with that

8. Look at this girl with her terrible English: the English that will condemn her to the gutter to the end of her days.

你瞧那个姑娘，英语说得那样糟糕，命中注定要在贫民窟里呆一辈子了。

condemn 谴责；宣判；使……注定；宣告……不宜使用

1. The editor of the newspaper was

condemned as lacking honesty. 2. The judge condemned the criminal to

death for a case of murder. 3. His bad legs condemned him to a

wheelchair.

4. The meat was condemned as unfit for

human consumption.

9. But, sir, (proudly) once educated to speak properly, that girl could pass herself off in three months as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party. 可是, 先生(自豪地), 一旦那个女孩被教会说正确的英语, 她就能够在三个月后由一位大使举办的舞会上冒充一位女公爵。

这是一个复合句, 从句为once she is educated to speak properly 的省略形式。

▲ pass off … as … 冒充

e.g. ① She passed herself off as an American. 她冒充是美国人。

10. And I came to England to make your acquaintance!

我来伦敦就是为了结识你。

acquaintance n.相识；了解；熟人

e.g. I have some acquaintance with French, but I do not know it well.

我懂得一点法语, 但不精通。

He was my closest acquaintance.

他是我的老相识。

Where did you make his acquaintance?你在哪里与他相识？

11. Well, I never! A whole pound! A fortune!

啊, 我从没有! 一英镑! 一笔财富!

fortune n. 机会；运气；大笔的钱

e.g. By good fortune he was not hurt.

幸运的是, 他没受伤。

She had a good fortune to be free from illness all her life.

归纳拓展

a large fortune一大笔钱

make a fortune发财

seek one’s fortune外出找出路

try one’s fortune碰运气

12. generally speaking 一般来说

_________, the more expensive the camera, the better its quality.

A. General speaking

B. Speaking general

C. Generally speaking

D. Speaking generally 13. Show her in, Mrs Pearce.

皮斯太太, 领她进来。

show sb. in 领某人进来,

其反义词为: show sb. out 领某人出去

e.g. He showed me into a bedroom.

他把我领进一间卧室。

He showed me out.

他把我领了出去。

show构成的短语有:

show sb. around 领某人参观某地;

show off

炫耀;

show up 出现, 来到某处; 揭露; 显得好看

1.

It is unwise to _____ your greater knowledge in front of the manager.

A. show in

B. show out

C. show up

D. show off 2. He didn’t show ___ in the party last night.

A. up

B. off

C. over

D. in 14. But she’ll need to be cleaned first.

她得先把自己洗干净了。

need to be done表示“某事需要被做”,

可与need doing互换,表达被

动含义

类似用法的动词还有want, require等。

同义转换

(1) These desks need repairing.

These desks need ______________. (2) Your dirty shoes need to be washed.

Your dirty shoes need _________. 15. ... fades out as they go off stage together.

他们一块下舞台时……消失。

fade out (声音、画面)逐渐模糊、渐淡

e.g. When you turn on a transistor radio the sound comes on immediately; when you turn off, it fades out gradually.

打开半导体收音机时, 声音立刻响起；关闭时, 声音慢慢消失。

The sound of the cheering faded away in the distance.

加油声在远方慢慢消失。

As evening came the coastline faded into darkness.

夜幕降临时, 海岸线消失在黑暗之中。

fade out指声音的减弱;

fade away主要指自然界、记忆力的渐渐消失;

fade out, fade away, die away表声音的渐渐消失时, 可通用。