Learning about Language教学设计(第二课时)

Learning About Language 1.

This play by George Bernard Shaw is an adaptation of a classic Greek story. 萧伯纳的这个剧本是根据一个经典的希腊传说改编的。

◎用法详解

adaptation

n. 改编本；适应

adaptation to

对……的适应

◎归纳拓展

adapt

vt.使适应；改编，改写

vi.&vt.

适应（新情况）。

常见搭配：

adapt…to…

使……适应……

adapt to

适应……

adapt oneself to…

使某人自己适应……

adapt…for…

把……改编为……

adapt…from…

根据……改编……

adaptable

adj.

能适应的，有适应能力的

(1) 他正致力于把他最新的一本小说改成电影。

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他很快适应了当地风俗。

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这部电视剧改编自一部历史小说。

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2.

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。

◎用法详解

mistaken

adj.

错误的, 不正确的

be mistaken about…

对……持错误的见解

be mistaken in doing…

做……是错误的

◎归纳拓展

mistake

n. 错误

v. 误会，误解

by mistake

错误地；无意中

mistake…for…

把……错当成……

(1) 他似乎对新疗法有误解

________________________________________________________________ (2) 我没留心把自己锁在外面了。

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3.

Simply phonetics studied and classified from people’s own speech.

语音学对人们说的话进行研究、分类，如此而已。

◎用法详解

classify

vt. 归类, 分类, 编排

classify…into…

把……分为……

classify…as…

把……划分/界定为……

◎归纳拓展

classified

adj. 分类的；保密的，机密的

classification

n. 分类；分级

(1) 为了方便，我们可以把学生分为四个组。

________________________________________________________________ (2) 具体的细节至今仍是机密。

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4.

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。

◎用法详解

阅读下列句子，注意condemn的词性、意思及用法。

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. ◎[归纳]

通过观察上面的句子，我们发现condemn作_________，意为“谴责；宣判；使……注定；宣告……不宜使用”。常用结构有：

condemn sb. / sth. for / as (doing) sth.

________________________（句1）；

condemn sb. to (do) sth.

________________________（句2）；

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迫使某人接受困境（或不愉快的状况）（句3）；

_________________

宣告……不宜使用（句4）。

(1)

她知道社会将会谴责她遗弃孩子。

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(2)

老年人常出于无奈而孤独生活。

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5.

superior

◎用法详解

（1）adj. 更好的，占优势的；（在级别、重要性或职位上）更高的

be superior to

比……好/级别高

be superior in

在……方面更好

（2）n. 上级，上司

◎特别提醒

◆be superior to 中

to是介词，后接名词、代词或动名词。

◆superior本身已经暗含比较含义，故无比较级形式，也不与than连用。

◎归纳拓展 不用than而用to表示比较的短语还有：

be junior to sb. 比某人地位低

be senior to sb. 比某人地位高

be prior to sth. 比某事早/重要

be inferior to sb./sth. 比某人/某物差或级别低

be preferable to sth. 比某事更可取

(1)关于这两本书，我认为这本比那本好。

_________________________________________________________________ (2)他与他的上司有着良好的工作关系。

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答案

1（1）He’s working on a screen adaption of his latest novel.

(2) He adapted himself quickly to the local customs. (3) This TV play was adapted from a historical novel.

2 (1) He seems to be mistaken about the new treatment.

(2)

I locked myself out by mistake.

3. (1) For convenience, we may classify the students into four groups.

(2) The details still remain classified today.

4[归纳]

及物动词 指责某人/某事/某物为…… 判某人某种刑罚

condemn sb. to sth. condemn sth. as ... (1) She knew that society would condemn her for abandoning her child.

(2) Old people are often condemned to a lonely life.

5 ⑴

Of the two books, I think this one is superior to that one. ⑵

He had a good working relationship with his superior.