Using LanguageⅡ教案评析

Unit 3 A taste of English humuor

Using Language 重点词汇

单词：outstanding, gesture, particular, occasion, budget, slide, amuse, explanation, mountainous, whisper, mess, react, drunk, vast 短语：pick up, cut up, cut down, burst into laughter, play on words, react to, bring out, add up, in the open air Reading I. Read some of the customer and waiter jokes and match the joke with the explanation.

II. 阅读课文，判断正(T)误(F)：

1. The passage mainly tells us a story told by two famous detectives.

2. In the first dialogue the customer in fact means that he is not content with the soup. 3. In the second dialogue the customer really wants to know the shape of the pancakes. 4. From the story we can know that Doctor Watson was cleverer than Sherlock Holmes. 5. The story shows the humor in English. III. Language points: 1. particular (adj.) 特殊的；挑剔的

be particular about 对…挑剔

in particular 尤其;特别;格外

be particular to 是……特有的

即学即练：

(1) The coconut __________________ the tropics.椰子是热带地区特有的。

(2) She __________________ her clothes. 她对衣着很讲究。

(3)She loves the song ____________, because her mother used to sing it. 她特别喜爱这首歌，因为她妈妈过去经常唱。

(4)There is one _________ guest I’d like you to see. 我想让你见一位特殊的客人。

(5)There was nothing __________ in this letter. 这封信里没有什么特别的内容。

(6)You should pay ___________ attention to spelling. 你应当特别注意拼写。

(7)Mary is ___________ about the food. 玛丽对食物很挑剔。

(8)I like the song in ___________. 我尤其喜欢这首歌。

高考链接：

She has already tried her best. Please don't be too ____

about her job. (2011年江西卷) A．special

B．responsible

C．unusual

D．particular 2. occasion (n.) 时刻；场合

on that occasion 那时

on this occasion这时候

on several occasions 好几次

on one occasion有一次

on occasion(s) 有时；偶尔

I was not at work ___________. 那时候我正好不上班。

I’ve met him ____________. 我曾见过他几次。

He came to see me ____________. 他偶尔来看看我。

I've seen Jana with them _________. 我几次看见贾娜和他们在一起。

_________we were sitting in a park in Madrid. 这时候我们正坐在马德里的一个公园里。

I send my best wishes __________. 在这个愉快的时刻我送上我最好的祝愿。”

_________, he was found crying in a deserted car park.

有一次，有人发现他在一个废弃的停车场里大哭。

3. pick up

①拾起；捡起

He picked up a pen on the road. 他在路上捡起一支钢笔。

②(开车)接某人或者去某物；让某人中途上车

The bus stopped to pick up passengers. 公共汽车停下来让乘客上车。

③(指不是通过正规教育和指导不经意中)学会

He picked up English while he worked in London. 他在伦敦工作期间学会了英语。

④(生意；经济；贸易；身体；健康等)改善；好转；有起色

They won't let him out of hospital until his health has picked up quite a lot.

除非他的健康状况有相当大的好转，否则他们不会让他出院的。 pick out 挑选出；辨认出

即学即练：

(1) Let me ____________ some good ones for you.让我来替你挑几个好的。

(2) It’s easy to ___________ in a crowd because he is very tall.

很容易从人群中辨认出他，因为他个子很高。

(3) The bus ___________ passengers outside the airport.

公共汽车在机场外接乘客。

(4)写出下列句子中pick up的意思。

①I'll pick you up at the gate tomorrow morning.

②My mother asked me to pick up the parcel at the post office.

③He picked up some French while he was staying in Paris. ④Sales picked up last fall.

IV. Homework

1. Review the words and expressions learnt in this unit.