Learning about Language教学设计案例

Unit 3

Computers Section Ⅰ— Warming Up, Pre-reading,Reading & Comprehending 【anyhow&goal&be of+n.】

Anyhow,my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. 不管怎样,我的目标是给人类提供高质量的生活。

考点一

anyhow adv. 无论如何;即使如此

You won’t be late for school anyhow.

无论如何你上学不能迟到。

I have tried,but I can’t open it anyhow.

我已经试过了,但即使如此,我也打不开它。

Martin’s not feeling too well but he’s going to come over anyhow.

马丁觉得不太舒服,但他无论如何要来。

1)anyhow与somehow的不同用法: anyhow的同义词是anyway,意思是“无论如何;即使如此”,可以置于句首、句中或句末。

somehow意为“以某种方式;由于某种原因;不知怎么地;想方设法”。

Somehow,I don’t feel I can trust the man.

不知怎么地,我觉得不能信任这个人。

2)含有any的常见合成词有: anyhow (无论如何),anybody(任何人),anyone(任何人),anything(任何事/物),anymore(不再),anyplace(任何地方),anytime(任何时间),anywhere(无论何处)

考点二

goal n. 目标;目的;球门;(进球)得分

典例

Additionally,group exercise creates a community feel and the shared common goal motivates participants to work hard. 此外,集体锻炼能营造出团体的感觉,共同的目标也会激励参与者为之努力。

Only after talking to two students did I discover that having strong motivation is one

of the biggest factors in reaching goals. 只有当我和两个同学谈话后,我才发现有强烈的动机是达到目标的最大因素之一。

He kicked the ball towards the other team’s goal.

他把球朝对方的球门踢去。

John scored a goal in the football match. 约翰在这次足球比赛中攻入一球。

归纳: goal为可数名词。

相关短语: achieve one’s goal实现目标

set one’s goal 确定某人的目标

score a goal进一个球;得一分

kick/get a goal踢进一个球

考点三

of high quality的含义是“高质量的”,在句中用作后置定语。

“of+修饰词(如high,great,little,some,no,any,much等)+抽象名词”结构除了用作定语,还常用作表语。此结构中的名词,除了quality外,还常用value,importance,use,help,interest等。如: be

of

great

value=be

very

valuable

be

of

no

value=be

valuelessbe

of

great

use=be

very

useful

be

of

no

use=be

uselessbe

of

great

interest=be

very

interesting

be

of

no

interest=be

uninteresting

【as a result】

As a result I totally changed my shape. 结果,我完全改变了我的形状。

考点

as a result结果

典例

They wear out,and as a result,we get old and eventually die. 它们(细胞)慢慢消耗尽,结果我们就会变老并最终死亡。

As a result of the timely warning,few people were hurt at the hurricane. 由于得到了及时的警报,没有人在这次飓风中受伤。

归纳: as a result后接of短语时,表示“作为……的结果,因为”。

阅读下列句子,体会result常用短语的含义

They worked hard,but without result. 他们努力工作,但没有什么结果。

This kind of sickness often results from eating too much. 这种疾病通常是由于吃得过多造成的。

His angry words resulted in a fight. 他愤怒的话语引起了一场打斗。

归纳

without result 没有结果;白费

result from 由……造成;因……而产生

result in 引起,导致

【explore】

I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars. 我还被放置在航空火箭里去探测月球和火星。

考点

explore vt.& vi. 探索;探测;探究

典例

Welcome to the Electronic Village to explore new ways of language teaching and learning.

欢迎来到电子村,在这里你可以探索语言教学的新思路。

The experts are exploring every part of the island. 专家们正在探测这个岛的每一个地方。

The conference explored the possibility of closer trade links. 大会探讨了在贸易上进一步加强联系的可能性。

派生词:exploration n. 探索;勘探

explorer n. 探索者

形近词:explode v.爆炸

【from...on...】

From then on,I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. 从那时起,我在体积和脑容量方面迅速成长。

考点

from ...on 从……时起

From now on,we should pay more attention to protecting the environment. 从现在起,我们应该更加注意保护环境。

From then on he refused to talk about it. 从那时起,他拒绝谈那件事。

From tomorrow on I will be a happy man. 从明天起,我要做一个快乐的人。

【human race】

I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race! 现在我充满了幸福感,因为我是人类忠实的朋友并时时给他们提供帮助。

考点

human race 人类

The human race won’t survive without water.

没有水,人类将不能生存。

human race,human being,man,mankind的不同用法: human race表示“人类”,一般为单数,表示抽象概念,侧重“人种”。如: The human race is made up of all kinds of people who live on the earth. 人类是由居住在地球上的各种各样的人组成的。

human being表示“人、人类”,有单复数形式,可以用a human或humans表示区别于动物的“人”的含义。有时只用human或being。如: Men and women are human beings. 男人和女人都是人。

man作“人类”讲时是抽象名词,用单数,没有复数形式,不加冠词,其代词为he。另外,man和woman还可以用来表示一般的男人和女人,都为可数名词。如: Man can conquer nature.人定胜天。

mankind作“人类”讲,做主语时谓语动词用单数或复数均可。如:

Mankind has struggled forward no matter what difficulty lies in its way. 不管道路上有什么困难,人类总是要奋勇前进。

【solve】

In 1936 my real father,Alan Turing,wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any difficult mathematical problem.

在1936年,我真正的父亲,艾伦·图灵写了一本书,讲述了怎样能使我成为一台“通用机器”来解决任何数学难题。

考点

solve vt. 解决;解答

典例

We need to get to the root of the problem before we can solve it. 在我们解决问题之前,我们必须弄清问题的根源。

However,this is not enough to solve our problem.

然而,这还不足以解决我们的问题。

We tried to solve a crossword puzzle. 我们试着解答一道纵横字谜。

归纳: solve意为“解决”时,其宾语多为problem,mystery,puzzle,difficulty等,指找出解决问题的办法。

solution n.解决

There is no simple solution to the problem of overpopulation. 对人口过多的问题没有简单的解决方法。