Unit 4 Creatures large and smallppt专用说课稿内容

Unit 4 Friend or Enemy?

Section A: Please fill in the blanks with the words given in the box.

A.

shelters

B. ignoring

C. fright

D. creatures

E. views

F. copied

G. Surviving

H. realized

I. approaches J. protected

K. properties

L. point

M. elastic

N. poisonous O. rarely

P. treat

Read the excerpt from the play Winston and the Spider to learn about one kind of small creature. The scene begins with Winston and his wife Betty standing in their kitchen.

Betty:

(jumping in _____1____, and then shouting) Kill it!

Winston:

(calmly) Certainly not. Betty:

Why? You're not frightened of it, Winston, are you? It's only an insect. Winston:

It isn't an insect, Betty. It’s a spider. Actually, spiders are very useful ____2_____. I watched a TV programme last night that completely changed my ____3_____ about spiders. Do you want to hear about it? Betty:

Not really, (She sighs.) but I suppose you're going to tell me anyway. Winston:

Spiders are the enemies of insects and the friends of humans. Chinese farmers ____4_____ that years ago. Do you know that in parts of China, in autumn, farmers build ____5_____ for spiders and put them all over their fields?

Betty:

No, I didn’t know that. Winston:

(____6_____her remarks) The shelters are like little tents. _____7____winter in them, the spiders emerge healthy and hungry when spring _____8____. At the same time, millions of insects arrive to attack the farmers' crops. The spiders fill their empty stomachs, and the farmers become happy because their fields have been ____9_____. Betty:

So everyone's happy except the insects. Winston:

Right, and now this natural method of pest control is being ____10_____all over the world. Betty:

(looking bored) Interesting, but now I must go and...

Winston:

(becoming excited) Wait! There's more. What’s stronger than steel, lighter than a feather and as ____11_____as a rubber band?

Betty:

What?

Winston:

It's the silk that spiders make their webs with. Scientists are trying to develop a material having similar ____12_____. They plan to use it in spacecraft, artificial organs like hearts, and to make really bullet-proof vests. Betty:

I still think spiders are nasty and should be killed. Their bites are _____13____, aren't they?

Winston:

To insects, yes, but to people, _____14____. But even their poison is useful. Doctors think it might be used to ____15_____brain disorders in humans.' Betty:

That's good news for you, then. (she laughs) But seriously, I get your ____16_____, Winston. We should try to understand things in nature and not destroy them.'

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Section B: please translate the following phrases into Chinese and learn them by heart.

let out a sigh of relief

shelter sb. from sth

松了一口气_____________________________ 保护某人不受到。。。。。的伤害___________________ 躲雨_______________________________ 对某人的话置之不理_______________________ 搭起帐篷____________________________________ 健康又饥饿地出现了__________________________ 比之前更强壮地出现了_______________________ 渡过冬天____________________________________ 填满空空的肚子____________________________________ take shelter from the rain

ignore one’s remarks

put up a tent

emerge healthy and hungry

emerge stronger than before survive winter

fill their empty stomachs

this natural method of pest control 天然的控制害虫的方法_________________________ look bored

看上去对。。。。感到很无聊，厌倦____________________ 比钢铁还强硬____________________________________ 轻如羽毛____________________________________ 像橡皮条一样有弹性____________________________ stronger than steel lighter than a feather

as elastic as a rubber band

develop a material having similar properties 研制出有类似特性的材料_______________ artificial organs like hearts

make bullet-proof vests

像心脏之类的人造器官__________________________ 生产防弹背心____________________________________ Section C: Please translate the following sentences into English.

1.

演出以五十多岁的人耳熟能详的经典音乐开始。(begin) The performance began with the classic music that people in their fifties are familiar with.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.

昨晚我看了个电视节目，它完全改变了我对野生动物的看法。(view) Last night I watched a TV program, which completely changed my view on wildlife.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3.

他无视学校纪律，也不听老师的话。(nor) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4.

为帮助蜘蛛渡过严冬，农民们为它们搭起了帐篷。(To…) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5.

经过几次失败，他才意识到此类事件需谨慎处理。(Not until…, approach )

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6.

这一年轻研究人员组成的团队正致力于研发出一种与蜘蛛丝有相似特性的材料。(commit) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

参考答案

演出以五十多岁的人耳熟能详的经典音乐开始。(begin) The performance began with the classic music which was familiar to people in their 50s.

昨晚我看了个电视节目，它完全改变了我对野生动物的看法。(view) Last night I watched a TV program which completely changed my view about wild animals.

他无视学校纪律，也不听老师的话。(nor) He neither obeys the school rules nor follows his teacher’s advice.

He neither obeys the school discipline nor follows his teacher’s words.

He doesn’t obey the school rules, nor does he listen to his teacher’s words.

(值得商榷)

He ignores the school discipline, nor does he listen to his teacher’s words.

He ignores/turns a blind eye to the school discipline. Nor does he follow his teacher’s advice.

为帮助蜘蛛渡过严冬，农民们为它们搭起了帐篷。(To…) To help spiders survive the cold winter, farmers put up tents for them.

经过几次失败，他才意识到此类事件需谨慎处理。(Not until…, approach )

Not until he had failed several times did he realize that such matters should be approached with caution.

这一年轻研究人员组成的团队正致力于研发出一种与蜘蛛丝有相似特性的材料。(commit)

The team consisting of young researchers are committed to developing a material having properties similar to that of spider silk.