Learning about Language教学设计(第二课时)

Unit 2

Learning about language 学习目标

词汇学习及词汇拓展

confuse 、regret、reduce、comment、built

up、lead to、focus、keep…free from /of、have been doing

、turn to、thanks to等

教学过程

Step 1

Words and expressions

confuse

vt. 使迷惑，使困惑

(1)confuse...and/with...把……和……混淆

(2)confusion n．混乱；迷惑

(3)confused adj.困惑的，烦恼的(以人作主语) (4)confusing adj.令人费解的；使人困惑的(以物作主语) 【运用】

—What do you think of her speech last night? —Just so so. She gave us too much information，so that everyone got__________. A．confused

C．confusing

B．to confuse D．to be confused

2．There was a________look on his face when he met with the __________problem. A．confusing；confusing

B．confused；confused C．confusing；confused

D．confused；confusing

2. regret vt.

遗憾；惋惜

n.

遗憾；懊悔

【观察思考】

—Robert is indeed a wise man. —Oh, yes. How often I have regretted________his advice! A．to take

B．taking C．not to take

D．not taking



—Mr Black，what about my application? 

—Oh，I regret________you that it hasn’t successful. 

A．telling

B．to

tell 

C．having told

D．said

3 .reduce vt. 减少，缩减

reduce to

减少到……

reduce by

减少了……

【观察思考】

She reduced her weight________6 kilos/________50 kilos.

4. comment

n. 评论，议论

v. 评论，

发表意见

He commented that she was not fit for the job.

6. lead to 导致；通向

（=result in)

There is no doubt that stress can lead to physical illness. 7.

focus n．(兴趣、活动等的)中心；

v．(使)集中，聚集；

be in focus 焦距对准；清晰

be out of focus 焦距没对准；模糊

focus sth. on (upon) sth.＝fix...on...

使……集中于……

been

be focused on/upon sth.＝be fixed on 集中

【观察思考】

1.

_______your attention__________our work.

[答案]

Focus；on

2．The old man stood there with his eyes__________on the picture.

A．to focus

B．focusing

C．focused

D．focus 8. keep…free from /of

9. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger.

1) thanks to表示“幸亏,多亏”多用于表达正面意思, 相当于感谢, 在句中作状语和表语。

Thanks to your help，much trouble was saved.

【运用】

Animals’ living environments have been getting worse ___ the increase in industrial pollution.

A. thanks to B. because

C. as

D. since 11.

would rather 宁愿，宁可

[用法1]：would rather…than… 宁愿…而不…，与其…不如…

I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema. Step 2：

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