内容正文:
Unit 1 Teenage Life
课前检测:
I.语法
1.划出基本成分并判断句式
I hope you are very well. I'm fine, but tired. Right now, it is the summer vacation and I'm helping my Dad on the farm. August is the hottest month here. It is the time of year for the rice harvest, so every day I work from dawn until dark. Sometimes we go on working after dark by the lights of our tractors. We grow rice in the south of the States, but in the north where it is colder, they grow wheat. We have a lot of machines on the farm. Although the farm is large, my Dad has only two men working for him. But he employs
Although the farm is large, my Dad has only two men working for him. But he employs more men for the harvest. My brother takes care of the vegetable garden. It doesn't often rain in the summer here. As a result, we have to water the vegetable garden. Every evening we pump water from a well. It then runs along channels to different parts of the garden.
II.词汇
1. exchange [ɪksˈtʃendʒ] n./vt.
2. lecture [ˈlɛktʃɚ] n./vt.
3. register [ˈrɛdʒɪstɚ] vi./vt.
4. design [dɪˈzaɪn] n./vt.
designer [dɪˈzaɪnɚ] n.
5. annoy [əˈnɔɪ] vt.
6. impress [ɪmˈprɛs] vt./vi.
impressive adj.
7. concentrate [ˈkɑnsnˈtret] vt./vi.
________________ n. 专心,专注;关注,重视
8. explore [ɪkˈsplɔr] vi./vt.
________________ n. 探索;探测
________________ n. 探险者;勘探者;考察者
9. flash [flæʃ] n.vt./vi.
10. organize [ˈɔːrɡənaɪz] vt./vi.
________________ [ˌɔrɡənəˈzeʃən] n. 组织;团体;机构
11. improve [ɪmˈpruv] vi./vt.
12. revise [rɪˈvaɪz] vf./vi.
13. leave ... alone
14. look forward to
15. ________________ (愿望、希望等)实现, 成为现实
16. reflect
17. take notes
18. add
________________ 把……加到…
________________ 增加,增添
________________ 加起来总共,合计达到
19. depend on
20. decide on
be determined to do sth
III. 重点名词及短语
1. registration [ˈrɛdʒɪˈstreʃən] n.
2. sex [sɛks] n.
3. female [ˈfimel] n./adj.
4. male [mel] n./adj