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10 Unit 1 Nothing ventured, nothing gained Writing

一、Teaching aims: 1.Ss can read the passage and learn their optimistic spirits 2. Ss can use the language in this unit and improve writing skills 二、教学步骤

I Reading Task1 Let Ss read the passage and try to get the main idea of the passage. Task2 Let Ss read the passage again and answer the questions. 1.What kind of problems did the men have to face on Elephant Island? 2.What do you think was their greatest worry? How do you think they overcame this difficulty? 3.Why did Shackleton encourage them to have celebrations? How do you think the celebrations helped? Task3 Group discussion

Let Ss discuss the question: What do you have learned from the passage? II Writing Step1 Words and expressions Read the passage and find the phrases

1.be loyal to

2.feel low and discouraged 3.give off

4.die down

5.be particular about

6.bone-numbing cold 7.preserve in doing

8.suffer from sun-blindness Step2句式提升

1 This gave off oily, black smoke but had the advantage of burning strongly in fierce winds. _______________________________________________________ _________________________________ (改为用although引导的让步状语从句) 2 It was almost as dangerous to become too hot from wearing too many clothes as to become too cold from wearing too few .(省略it 改写句子)

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Step 3 语言学习

1. gratitude

感恩，感激

反义词_______________ express one’s gratitude to sb. for sth.因某事表达对某人的感激

Out of gratitude 出于感激，报恩的

with gratitude

感激的

2. loyal

adj. 忠诚的

be loyal to sb.______________________ 3. delay

v/n ______________

同义

___________________ delay sth.

delay doing sth

. without delay a delay of two hours

Exx.、1)why have they delay __________(open) the school? 2)First aid must be given to the injured __________（毫无耽搁）。

3)----why were you late for such an important concert? ----the plane arrived at the airport after a ______of three hours. A

delay

B rest

C tour

D request

4.remains

n..\pl\.1).剩余物，残余。

the remains of a meal 残羹剩饭

the remains of an army 残兵败将

human remains 人的尸体

The remains of the supper were taken away. 联想：remain

vi.1）剩下，留下

After the fire, little of my house remained ..(我的房子所剩无几)。

2）停留

我在伦敦一直呆到五月. I remained till may . Link-v. +n.\ adj \ adv \to be done\ p.p保持，仍然是

保持沉默，

In spite of their quarrel, they remained

best friends.

(最好的朋友) Vt.留待以后去看、去做等。Eg: Much remains to be done . It remains to be seen whether------ 是否---留待以后观察

5.die down 渐息，渐弱

The wind died down．

风势渐渐弱了下来。

The excitement soon died down．

那股兴奋劲儿渐渐冷了下来

词语联想

die away

(声音,风,光等)渐渐减弱,甚至停止

die off

(有生命的群体)一个接一个地死去

die out

(家族,种族,习俗,观念等)完全消失；绝种

6.repay

(_______, _______ ) Vt.1)偿还

repay sb. for sth.

repay sb. with / by doing sth.

When do you think you will be able to repay us? I couldn’t find a way of repaying the family’s kindness．

我不知该如何报答这一家人的好意

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n.

_________________.偿还，回报。

7.commit vt 1）犯（错误，罪行），干（坏事，傻事）

commit a mistake

犯错误

2）commit sb\sth to….把…交予、转交…处理，保留等

3）使承担义务，使做出保证

commit sb to doing sth\to do sth. commit oneself to the cause of revolution

.献身于革命事业

commitment

n.承诺，保证；提交，交托；致力，献身

Step4 Writing

Write a review of Perce Blackborow's story for a newspaper. In a review you should: * give a summary of the story; state what you liked / disliked about it and why; Homework Improve your own composition.

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