Learning about LanguagePPT配套教学设计内容

Unit 5 Meeting Ancestors

Learning about language Teaching objectives: 1.

To help students fully understand the usage of some important words and expressions in this article 2.

To help them well use the words and expressions in different contexts 3.

To strengthen their awareness of appropriate use of English Teaching aids: Teaching media, the Internet Teaching process: 1.

Review of the previous passage 2.

Word study acute 敏锐的，精明的，有观察力的

shrewd, perceptive He is a(n) ______ boss, and he can always tell the employees who have more potentials from the rest. A. acute

B. mean

C. outspoken

D. aggressive 他的判断力是敏锐的。

His judgement is acute. 他脑袋好使。

He has an acute mind. 他可以对公司的前景做出敏锐的分析。

He can give acute analyses of the outlook of the company.

Unfortunately, he was caught in an accident and he lost his sight. However, his other senses grew more acute. 2)极大的，严重的

serious, severe, strong (situation, feeling, problem, etc) 战争导致了严重的经济危机。

The war led to an acute economic crisis. 现在急缺劳动力。

There is an acute shortage of labor. 他受伤了，忍受着巨大的疼痛。

He is injured and he suffers from acute pain. 我深刻的体会到，空气对于人就向水对鱼一样重要。

I am acutely aware that what air is to humans what water is to fish. Assume 认为，以为

I assumed that the foggy weather was caused by explosion. Many people assumed that wearing masks could ease the threat posed by the polluted air. I assume him (to be) acute. But actually he often makes wrong judgement. 装出（样子）

He assumed a look of surprise. He assumed an air of indifference.

开始执行（任务），开始掌权

You will assume your duties tomorrow. The director assumed power/office/the role of CEO yesterday. Assuming that (if)(supposing that) alternative

( alternatives )

N-COUNT If one thing is an alternative to another, the first can be found, used, or done instead of the second. 替代品

例: New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.

治疗关节炎的新方法可能会提供一种止痛药的替代品。

ADJ An alternative plan or offer is different from the one that you already have, and can be done or used instead. 另外的

[ADJ n]

例: There were alternative methods of travel available.

有另外的旅行方式可采用。

ADJ Alternative is used to describe something that is different from the usual things of its kind, or the usual ways of doing something, in modern Western society. For example, an alternative lifestyle does not follow conventional ways of living and working. 另类的

[ADJ n]

例: ...unconventional parents who embraced the alternative lifestyle of the Sixties.

…信奉60年代另类生活方式的与众不同的家长们。

What other alternative do we have?

我们有其他什么替代方法？

There is an alternative that should be welcome to all.

还有一种选择应该会受到各方欢迎。

We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative.

我们为我们不得不这么做而感到难过，但是现在没有其他的选择。

have no alternative but to do sth

tentative

ADJ Tentative agreements, plans, or arrangements are not definite or certain, but have been made as a first step. 初步的

例: Political leaders have reached a tentative agreement to hold a preparatory conference next month.

政治领导人已经就下个月召开准备会达成初步协议。

tentatively ADV 初步地

例: The next round of talks is tentatively scheduled to begin October 21st in Washington.

下一轮谈判初步定在10月21日于华盛顿进行。

ADJ If someone is tentative, they are cautious and not very confident because they are uncertain or afraid. 犹豫的

例: My first attempts at complaining were kind of tentative.

我头几次的投诉尝试都有点儿犹豫。

tentatively ADV 犹豫地

例: Perhaps, he suggested tentatively, they should send for Dr. Esteves.

他犹犹豫豫地建议道，他们也许应该派人去请埃斯特维斯医生。

The proposal is, however, only a start – and a tentative one at that.

但是，这个建议只是一个开始，并且也是一个试探性的举措。

The government tended to have a tentative negotiation with those terrorists.

政府趋向于同那些恐怖分子进行试探性的谈判。

acute ADJ You can use acute to indicate that an undesirable situation or feeling is very severe or intense. 严峻的

例: The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis.

这场战争加剧了一场严峻的经济危机。

例: The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government.

这份报告使政府极其尴尬。

ADJ An acute illness is one that becomes severe very quickly but does not last very long. Compare chronic. 急性的

[MEDICAL] [ADJ n]

例: ...a patient with acute rheumatoid arthritis.

…一位患急性风湿性关节炎的病人。

ADJ If a person's or animal's sight, hearing, or sense of smell is acute, it is sensitive and powerful. 敏锐的

例: When she lost her sight, her other senses grew more acute.

失明以后，她的其他感官变得更加敏锐了。

N-VAR An impulse is a sudden desire to do something. 冲动

例: Unable to resist the impulse, he glanced at the sea again.

他抑制不住冲动，又看了一眼大海。

N-COUNT An impulse is a short electrical signal that is sent along a wire or nerve or through the air, usually as one of a series. 脉冲

例: It works by sending a series of electrical impulses which are picked up by hi-tech sensors.

它通过传输由高技术传感器收集的电脉冲而起作用。

ADJ An impulse buy or impulse purchase is something that you decide to buy when you see it, although you had not planned to buy it. 一时心血来潮的

[ADJ n]

例: The curtains were an impulse buy.

这窗帘是一时心血来潮买下的。

PHRASE If you do something on impulse, you suddenly decide to do it, without planning it. 凭一时冲动

例: Sean's a fast thinker, and he acts on impulse.

肖恩是个思维敏捷、凭一时冲动行事的人。