Learning about Language第二课时教学设计

必修三Unit 5

Canada —“The True North ”

第3课时 Useful words

学习目标：熟练掌握运用课文中的词汇。

Ⅰ.词语辨析。

1. within / in 【解释】

within指在时间或距离范围之内，表示“在这一范围内”，“不到”或“不超过”，常和一般将来时，一般现在时或一般过去时连用

in 是经过若干时间，表示“过多少时间”时，通常和一般将来时连用

[经典例句] I’ll be there within an hour.（一小时之内）/ I’ll be there in an hour.（一小时之后）

【练习】根据句子意思用within或in填空。

1). My birthday is six days away. = My birthday is ______ six days’ time / is ______ six days.

2) He finished drawing the horse ______ five minutes.

3). Keep the dictionary _______ your reach. 4). My house is_____ walking distance of my university.

2. broad / wide / widely / broadly 【解释】

broad adj. 宽阔的(着重于幅面的宽广)；可修饰背、肩、胸、心胸等的宽阔；开朗

wide adj.&adv. 宽阔的(着重于一边到另一边的宽度)；广泛的

widely adv. 很开(阔)；广泛(多用于引伸意义中) broadly adv. 广泛地；大体上(generally)

【练习】根据句子意思用broad，wide，widely，broadly填空。

1). The hotel manager was shocked and stood there with his mouth ______ open. 2). He was six feet tall, with ______ shoulders. 3). English is _______ used all over the world. 4). _______ speaking, I agree with you.

5). The room is three meters long and two meters _______.

3. in / on / to (表示方位) 【解释】

in “在……之内”，即一个小地方处在一个大地方的范围(疆域)之内。

on “在……端／边”，即一个地方在另一个地方的某一端或某一边，两个地方只是相邻或接壤，却互不管辖。

to “在……面”，即一个地方在另一个地方的范围之外，互不管辖。尤其当两个地方相隔较远，且有湖泊、大海等区域相隔时，通常用to。把河流、山脉、铁路等事物当作两地的分界线或基点，且不说明河流、山脉、铁路等是属于哪一方，通常使用介词to，译为“以……(方向)”。此外，表示一个地方离另一个地方有多远，也用to。

【练习】根据句子意思用in，on，to填空。

1). China faces the Pacific ______ the east.

2). China lies ______ the east of Asia and ______ the east of Japan. 3). North Korea is ______ the northeast of China.

4). Taiwan is ______ the southeast of Fujian Province.

5). The little town lies about one hundred miles ______ the west of Guilin.

4. manage to do sth. / try to do sth. / attempt to do sth. / seek to do sth. 【解释】

manage to do sth.= succeed in doing sth. difficult 设法做成某些困难的事

try to do sth. = seek to do sth. 设法做某事（不一定做成）

attempt to do sth.= try to do sth. difficult设法做某些困难的事（不一定做成）

【练习】根据句子意思用manage，try，attempt，seek的适当形式填空。

1). He was stubborn, but we _______ to persuade him. 2). He _______ to swim across the river, but failed.

Ⅱ. 词性变化

1. Canada n.加拿大

2. multi-

(构词成分) 有

很多……的

n.极端，过分

4. slightly adv. 轻微地

5. confirm vt. 证实，肯定；确认；批准

6. wealthy adj. 富有的；丰

富的

7. distance n. 距离

8. tradition n. 传统，惯例

9. approximately adv. 近似

地，几乎正确地

Canadian adj.加拿大的

n.加拿大人

multicultural adj.多元文化的multiracial adj.多种族的

地

slight adj.轻微的；纤细的

confirmation n. 证实

multicolored adj.多色的

multimedia n.&adj.多媒体(的) distantly adv. 淡然地

3. extreme adj.极度(端)的；

extremely adv.极端地；非常wealthily adv.富有地，丰富地

wealth n. 财富

distant adj. 远方的

traditional adj.传统的，习惯的

approximate adj.大概的vt.接近vi.(to) 近似

traditionally adv传统上的

【练习】用括号内所提供词的适当形式填空或翻译。

1). When asked, she _________ (confirmation) that she was going to retire.

2). He left as a poor, working class boy and returned as a ________ (wealth) man.

3). Instead of stopping to speak, she passed by with only a ________ (distance) nod.

4). Britain is increasingly a ________ (多元文化的) society. 5). Earthquakes are ________ (extreme) difficult to predict. 6). The ________ ( distant) between his house and school is quite short. 7). The color black is ________ (tradition) associated with mourning. 8). Nowadays many young people still have ________ (tradition) family values. 9). Among my pen pals, two are ________ (Canada). 10). The job will take ________ (approximate) three weeks.

Ⅲ.重点词汇

1. chat vi.&n. 聊天；闲聊

[典例]

1). What were you chatting to him about? 你和他聊了些什么? 2). I had a long chat with her (about her job).（关於她的工作）我和她聊了很久。

[重点用法] chat to/with sb. (about sth.) = have a chat with sb. (about

sth.) 与某人聊天、闲谈……

[练习] 根据句子的意思在括号里填入所给词的适当形式或介词。

1). She often spends hours on the phone _______ (chat) to her friends. 2). We had a nice chat _______ (介词) a cup of tea. 2. eastward adv. 向东

adj. 向东的；朝东的

[典例]

1). They were traveling eastward(s) to the city which appeared in their dreams. 他们朝着东边向梦想中的城市进发。

2). The plane flied in an eastward direction. 飞机向东边飞去。

[词语归纳] eastward(s) adj./adv. 向东的，向东地 southward(s) adj./adv. 向南的，向南地

westward(s) adj./adv. 向西的，向西地

northward(s) adj./adv. 向北的，向北地

northeastward(s) adj./adv. 向东北的，向东southeastward(s) adj./adv. 向东南的，向东南地

北地

southwestward(s) adj./adv. 向西南的，向西南地

东北地

[练习] 根据句子的意思在括号里填入适当的词。

northwestward(s) adj./adv. 向东北的，向1). It is said that Tangseng and his four apprentices(徒弟) traveled ________ in order to obtain the sacred Buddhist scripture. 2). When winter comes, the migratory birds travel in a __________ direction.

3. surround vt.&vi. 包围；围绕

surrounding adj. 周围的

surroundings (常用pl.)环境

[典例]

1). Trees surround the pond. 树木围绕着池塘。

2). The house was surrounded by high walls. 房子的四周有高墙。

[重点用法] surround...with... 用……包围……

是……

[练习] 用surround的短语或其适当形式填空。

1). _______ by a group of children, he felt happy.

be surrounded by/with... 周围都

2). There is no such kind of modern hospital in the ________ areas.

3). She has always been _______ _______fashionable friends. 4). She hopes to bring up her children in healthy _______.

5). With the house_______, the thief couldn’t flee and was caught.

4. measure vi.&vt. 测量；衡量；判定

n.[c,u]

尺寸；量具；计量单位；措施

[典例] 1). Can you measure accurately with this ruler? 用这把尺子能量得准吗? 2). It’s hard to measure his ability when we haven’ t seen his work. 没有见过他的作品, 很难估计他的能力。

[重点用法] measure A by B 用B衡量A

sth. measures 2 metres by 4 metres 某物长4米宽2米

measure sb. for a suit = make a suit to sb’ s measure 给某人量身做一套衣服

[练习] 用measure的短语填空或翻译句子。

1). The tailor made a suit ______ _______ _______.

2). Success isn’ t _______ _______ how much money you have.

3). 我们教室的尺寸是长10米宽6米。

_______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. mix vt.&vi. 混合；调配

mixture n.[u,c] 混合（物）；混合状态

[典例]

1). The chemist mixed (up) some medicine for me. 药剂师给我配了些药。

2). Oil and water don’ t mix. 油和水不能混合。

3). Oil won’ t mix with water. 油不能和水混合。

[词语归纳] mix的短语：

mix A and/with B 把甲与乙拌和起来

mix sth. in/into把某物掺进去

混在一起

[练习] 用mix的短语的适当形式或介词填空。

1). Don’ t try to _______ business ______ pleasure. 2). Mix the eggs ______ the flour.

mix sth. up 把某物拌和；混淆某物

be/get mixed up with sth./sb. 与某事有关；与某人

3). I don’ t want to ______ ______ ______ in the affair.

6. nearby adj.附近的；邻近的

adv.在附近

[典例] 1). Her mother lived in a nearby town. 他的妈妈住在一个附近的城镇。

2). Her mother lived nearby. 他的妈妈住在附近。

[重点用法] nearby作形容词时，既可放在被修饰词之后也可放在被修饰词之前。如：

There were complaints from nearby residents / residents nearby.

7. terrify vt.使恐怖；恐吓

terrified adj.恐惧的；受惊吓的

terrifying adj.（令人）可怕的

[典例] 1). He terrified his children with ghost stories. 他讲鬼故事吓坏了他的孩子。

2). Her husband’ s violence terrified her. 她丈夫的暴力使她感到恐惧。

[重点用法] be terrified at/by sth. 被某事（物）恐吓

be terrified of sth. = be afraid of 害怕某事（物）

[练习] 用terrify的适当形式或介词填空。

1). She ______ that Ronnie would kidnap Sam.

2). She was terrified ______ the thought that Ronnie would kidnap Sam. 3). It was a ______ experience. 8. impress vt.使印象深刻；使铭记

impression n.[c]印象；感想

impressive adj.给人印象深刻的

[典例] 1). The sights of the city never fail to impress foreign tourists. 外国游客无一不对该市留有深刻印象。

2). We were most impressed with/by your efficiency. 你的工作效率很高，我们极为钦佩。

[重点用法] impress sth. on/upon sb. = impress sb. with/by sth. 使某人铭记某事物

make/give/crate an impression on/upon... 给……一个印象

have/get the impression that 有……的印象

[练习] 用impress的短语或介词填空。

1). Father _______me _______ the value of hard work.

2). One candidate in particular ______ us ______ her knowledge. 3). You ______ an excellent ______ ______ us. 4). When I first met him I ______ ______ ______ ______ he was a humorous man.