Learning about Language教案设计范例

Book9 Unit1 Breaking records approximate adj. 近似的，大概的(rough) an approximate estimate大概的估计

▲ What is the approximate number of students in each class? approximately

adv.近似地,

The job will take approximately three weeks, and cost approximately ￡1,000.

conventional

传统的，习俗的；依照惯例的，约定俗成的

It is the conventional happy ending.这是传统的大团圆结局。

"Good morning" is a conventional greeting."早安"是习用的招呼语。

▲ He made a few conventional remarks about the weather. 他说了几句关于天气的客套话。

laughter n. 笑，笑声

burst into laughter 突然/情不自禁大笑

a house full of laughter 充满欢声笑语的房间

reality in reality 事实上

相当于in actual fact; really; actually The house looks very old, but in reality it is quite new.

▲ She was apparently confident but in reality she felt extremely nervous. accept reality

承认现实

face reality 面对现实

bring sb back to reality

be divorced from reality

脱离现实

adjustment

n. 调整，调节；适应

▲ I’ve made a few adjustments to the design. her adjustment to her new role 她对自己新角色的适应

tough

adj.

艰难的，艰苦的，棘手的；严厉的，强硬的；坚强的，顽强的，能出苦耐劳的；

have a tough time 日子艰难

make a tough decision

作出艰难决定

be tough on/with 对...严格/采取强硬态度

He was tough on groups that might threaten him.他对那些具有威胁性的团体采取强硬的态度

▲

Are you sure you're physically tough enough for this job?

你确信你有足够的体力胜任这份工作

吗

?

extreme 1. [usually before noun] very great in degree极度的，极大地

We are working under extreme pressure at the moment.

people living in extreme poverty

▲

I’m having extreme difficulty in not losing my temper with her.

The heat in the desert was extreme. 2.

not ordinary or usual; serious or severe异乎寻常的，严重的，严厉的

Children will be removed from their parents only in extreme circumstances.

只有在极端情况下才会让孩子离开父母。

Don’t go doing anything extreme like leaving the country.

It was the most extreme example of cruelty to animals I had ever seen.

这是我见过的最严重的虐待动物的事例。

extreme weather conditions 极端恶劣的天气状况

fascinate

attract or interest sb very much: 迷住；使神魂颠倒

China has always fascinated me.

▲ It was a question that had fascinated him since he was a boy.

The private lives of movie stars never fail to fascinate. The changing vivid colors of the sunset fascinated the eye. fascinated adj. (人)着迷的

be fascinated with 迷上

fascinating adj.(物)吸引人的

They were fascinated to see that it was similar to the one they had at home.

他们极感兴趣地发现这个和他们家中的那个相似。

▲ It’s fascinating to see how different people approach the problem. 看到不同的人怎样处理这个问题真是有趣。

spiritual

adj. 精神的，心灵的

(反义material)

spiritual growth/needs精神上的成长/需要

a spiritual experience心灵体验

There is no limit to people's physical abilities. 人的体能是没有局限的。

句型：There is (no) limit to.... (没)有……的局限/限制。

▲ Life is limited, but there is no limit to learning. 生命是有限的, 但学问是无限的. There is a limit to one's life, but no limit to serving the people.

人的生命是有限的, 但为人民服务是无限的. In this factory，there is a strict limit to the height of the workers.这个工厂对工人的身高有严格的限制。

urge v 敦促；促使

urge sb.to do sth.=urge sb.into doing sth. 催促/ 力劝某人做某事

urge that sb.(should) do sth. 强烈要求某人做某事

Motoring organizations are urging drivers not to travel by road if possible.

n. 迫切的要求

have an urge to do / for sth.有做某事的强烈愿望

The report urged that all children (should) be taught to swim.

拓展：urgent adj. 急迫的；紧急的；紧要的

urgency n. 紧迫；迫切

So, when he won the third place, he came to the understanding that his body was just an instrument of the spirit and that...(P3) come to 表示涉及；达成，到达; 总计

come to a conclusion 得出结论； come to an end 结束；

When it comes to sth 提到某事

When it comes to politics I know nothing.

They came to the conclusion that they had made an unforgivable mistake. The performance of the opera has come to its climax.

accomplish: to succeed in doing or completing sth, achieve 完成，实现

The first part of the plan has been safely accomplished.

计划的第一部分已顺利完成。

Though the task was difficult, they managed to accomplish it in time. I don’t feel I’ve accomplished very much today.

我觉得我今天没干成多少事。

She seems to accomplish nothing. 他似乎没有任何建树。

▲ Above all, he badly wanted to accomplish something.

motivation: the reason why you want to do something 动机；诱因;刺激

What was your motivation for becoming a teacher? Escape can be a strong motivation for travel. ▲ They lack the motivation to study. 他们缺乏学习的积极性.

What is the motivation behind this sudden change?

Most people said that pay was their main motivation for working.

He’s intelligent enough but he lacks motivation.

All research proposals must be accompanied by a full motivation.

devotion 1. great love, care and support for sb/sth挚爱，关爱，关照

His devotion to his wife and family is touching. 2. the action of spending a lot of time or energy on sth奉献，忠诚，专心，热心

Her devotion to the job left her with very little free time. ▲ Everybody sang high praise for her devotion to the cause of education.

大家高度赞她献身教育事业的精神.

soul

n..灵魂，心灵；精神，人

There was a feeling of restlessness deep in her soul. The dark side of the human soul ▲

There wasn’t a soul in sight

It was a very polished performance, but it lacked soul.

deed (formal, literary) a thing that sb does that is usually very good or very bad act行为，行动

a brave / charitable / evil / good deed

a tale of heroic deeds

英雄事迹的故事

doom vt注定...(失败，遭殃，死亡)

n. 厄运，劫数，死亡，毁灭

be doomed to sth./ to do sth.注定(失败，死亡，毁灭等) The marriage seems doomed to failure/fail. 这桩婚姻似乎注定会以失败告终。

The murderer is doomed to die. 那个杀人犯注定会死。

▲ The species was doomed to extinction.这一物种注定要灭绝。

The project was doomed to failure from the start.这项工程从一开始就注定要失败。

All mortals are doomed to die.所有人都注定要死。

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to the point of... 达到……程度/地步；近乎

The middle-aged woman was rude to the point of being aggressive (好斗的). 那个中年妇女粗鲁到蛮不讲理的地步。

She hates him to the point of not talking to him. 她讨厌他到不和他讲话的程度。

bid

出价；投标

bid ...for sth 为某物出价... He bid $5 for an old book. A French firm will be bidding for the contract. 一家法国公司将投标争取这项合同。

bid也用作名词，表示“出价；投标”相当于an offer or proposal of a price, make a bid for sth 投标某事

Park wants to sell his farm, and he has already had two large bids for it. Many cities made the bid for the sponsorship of the 2012 Olympic Games and London succeeded in the end.

Using language In his teens, he was a triathlete but at 16 he began to concentrate on cycling.

in one’s teens

十多岁

He is not yet out of his teens.

in one’s fifties 五十多岁

therefore adv. for that reason, so 因此；所以

I was ill, and therefore could not come. ▲ Jones was not selected as part of the national team and therefore did not complete in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. We do not have enough money. Therefore we cannot afford to buy the new car. He was the only candidate; therefore, he was elected.

have a passion for 【原句回放】He has a passion for swimming the world’s great river. (P8) 【点拨】 have a passion for表示“

热爱，酷爱”；

Your having a passion for roses doesn’t mean you can freely pick them up in the garden.

attain

vt. to succeed in getting sth, usually after a lot of effort(通常经过努力)获得

(formal) to reach a particular age, level or condition达到(某年龄，水平，状况) Most of our students attained five ‘A’grades in their exams. This car can attain speeds of up to 220 kph. entire

adj. [only before noun] (used when you are emphasizing that the whole of sth is involved) including everything, everyone or every part全部的，完全的，整个的

The entire village was destroyed.

I wasted an entire day on it.

▲ I have never in my entire life heard such nonsense!

The disease threatens to wipe out the entire population.

appreciate感激；感谢，鉴赏；后跟名词或-ing形式

I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. 我认为小孩子常常比任何别的人都能更好地鉴赏现代图画.

▲ They failed to appreciate significance of the precautions.

他们没有意识到这些预防措施的重要性. We appreciate your efforts for the development of the company. We greatly appreciate your timely help. ▲ We'd appreciate your leaving as fast as possible. 如果您能尽快离开，我们将不胜感激。

▲ I would appreciate it if you could pay in cash. .I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't mention it. 如果你不提它，我会很感激。