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Unit 1 Friends and Friendship,1. Look at the following pictures and work with your partner to describe the friendship shown in each one.,Friendship between adults (brotherly friendship),sisterly friendship,Friendship between mankind and animals,Friendship between animals,2. Read the following sentences and guess the meaning of each colored word through the context.,If something unpleasant eases, it is reduced in degree.,减轻,2) If a room or something such as a seat is occupied, someone is using it, so that it is not available for anyone else.,占用,3) If you say that something happens in the blink of an eye, you mean that it happen very quickly.,一眨眼功夫,4)A feeling of deep sadness or regret is called sorrow.,悲 哀,5)A statue is a large sculpture of a person or an animal, made of stone, marble or some other hard material.,雕 像,6) When you wrap something, you fold paper or cloth tightly round it to cover it completely.,包 装,Sam,and,Lightning,1. Read the passage carefully and fill in the table with the missing information.,Eight-week -old,husband,ease my pain,Of losing my job,were cautious with each other and kept,playing with each other and were always together,died of,little, gray, playful,neighbour,heartbroken,sleeping,2. Study the colored part in each of the following sentences and choose the one which is the closest in meaning to the word or phrase.,My husband gave me Sam, an eight-week-old dog. To help me ease the pain. A. cure B. increase C. calm down D. reduce,D,2) We decided to risk it and agreed to take a kitten. A. experience B. have a try C. make D. take a chance on 3) Sam and Lightning were very cautious with each other and kept their distance. A. frightened B. friendly C. careful D. helpful,D,C,4) If Sam barked at something, Lightning ran to see what it was. A. (a dog) made a loud noise B. shouted C. cried D. called 5) As the weeks went by, the cats sorrow seemed to be lessening. A. disappear B. become less C. increase D. become greater,A,B,1., to help me ease the pain of losing my job.,ease vt. 减轻,缓和 ease sb. of sth. 减轻或消除某人的 Walking helped to ease him of his pain. 散步可以帮助他减轻他的痛苦。,Language points,ease vi. 减轻或消除 The relationship between these two countries has eased. 两国之间的关系有所缓和。,ease n. 安逸；舒适 They moved to a quiet village and tried to find his ease of mind. 他们搬去一个安静的小村子，试着寻找精神的安逸。,Stand at ease! 稍息！ put/set sb. At ease 使放松 with ease 容易地 take ones ease 放松；休息 feel/be at (ones) ease 感到放松,拓展,2. .Sam would feel angry to have his place occupied, but we decided to risk it and agreed to take a kitten.,have his place occupied 他的地盘被别人占领 have sth done 让 被（别人）做 I will have my bike repaired this afternoon.,risk vt. 1)冒的危险 He risked his parents anger by marrying me. 他冒着让他父母生气的风险与我结婚了。 2) 冒险于 They risked losing their jobs. 他们冒着失去工作的风险。 risk doing sth(冒险做某事),risk n. 冒险；风险 He was ready for any risks. 他准备冒一切风险。 at the risk of 冒着的危险 He saved my life at the risk of losing his own. 他冒着生命危险救了我的性命。,run the risk of 冒着的危险 We dont want to run the risk of losing their business. 我们不想冒险失去他们的生意。,3. in the blink of an eye 眨眼工夫 blink vt. 眨眼晴 The girls disappeared from my sight in the blink of an eye. 那个女孩眨眼工夫就从我眼前消失了。,4. I happened to have a look at the floor,happen to 碰巧 1)Sb. happens to do sth. 2) It happens that ,It happened that he caught the ball when he jumped over. He happened to catch the ball when he jumped over. 他跳起来时碰巧接到了球。,happen, take place, occur,辨析,happen/occur 表示偶然的发生 take place 表示必然的、预先计划好的发生,1)Something unexpected occurred. 发生了一件出乎意料的事。 2)Great changes have taken place in our country. 我们国家发生了巨大变化。 3)It happened that they were all there. 正好他们都在那儿。,5.Lying next to it, one arm wrapped around the statues neck, was Lighting, satisfactorily sleeping with her best friend. “闪电”的一只前爪绕着它的脖子，心满意足地躺在雕塑旁边，和她最好的朋友睡在一起。,1）此句为倒装句，正常语序为： Lighting was lying next to it. 2）one arm wrapped around the statues neck 为独立主格结构，作状语。 分词wrapped 与主语Lighting不存在任何关系，因此，加了它的逻辑主语one arm ，构成独立主格结构。 The boy stood under a big tree, his eyes staring into the sky. It raining tomorrow, well stay at home.,3) satisfactorily sleeping with her best friend 为现在分词短语作伴随状语，表示与主句的谓语动词lie同时发生。 Suddenly a man rushed out, crying loud for catching a thief.,3. Discuss the following questions with your partner.,In the sentence “It seemed nothing could ever happen to change that”, what does “that” refer to? “That ” refers to very special bond Sam and the author developed.,2. What does “it” in the sentence “but we decided to risk it” refer to? “It” there refers to taking the kitten the neighbour offered. 3. What does the expression “in the blink of an eye” mean here? It means “very quickly”.,4. What is the subject in the last sentence of the passage? What is the function of “one arm around the statues neck” in the sentence? The subject of the sentence is Lightning. The function of “one arm around the statues neck” in the sentence is adverbial.,4. Work in groups and retell the story in the form of a “story circle”, based on your reading of the article. Your reading should include the following three parts.,1) How did Lightning and Sam come to their home? 2) How did they act at first to each other and then how did their friendship develop? 3) How was their friendship tested and what happened to Lightning after Sams death?,Tips In a story circle, one person Begins a tale and stops after A few sentences. Then next Person picks up the story and Continues it, then stops. Nest person adds to it and goes on Until the tale comes to an end.,4. Draw a picture according to the last sentence of the article and then say something about it in your own words.,I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母提示写出所缺单词的正确形式。 1. Everyone in the village showed great j_ at the fishermans success. 2. I have always been very c_ about giving my address to strangers. 3. The soldiers opened fire without w_.,jealousy,cautious,warning,练习坊,4. He moved to a quiet village and tried to e_ his troubled mind. 5. How to h_ the troublesome boys in her class made her troubled. 6. That defeat l_ our chances of winning the championship. 7. What is your attitude towards the USA i_ Iraq?,ease,handle,lessened,invading,II. 请用所给单词或短语的适当形式完成下列句子。 stairs；recently； loss；suffer from； bark at 1. If you cut your _, you stop what you are doing because it is making a bad situation become worse. 2. If you have done something _, it happened only a short time ago.,losses,recently,stairs；recently； loss；suffer from； bark at 3. We ran up the _ instead of taking a lift. 4. Many companies are _ a shortage of skilled workers. 5. Chewing the bone啃骨头, the dog did not _ me any longer.,stairs,suffering from,bark at,. 根据括号内所给的中文提示完成下列句子。 1. She disappeared into the distance _ (一眨眼工夫) . 2. The policeman _ (冒着生命危险) to save the old lady.,in the blink of an eye,risked his life,3. _ (多亏了) your help, were out of danger now. 4. After a long time waiting, I got a _ (令人满意的答案).,Due to,satisfactory answer,
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