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Section 8 Writing Workshop
课时目标
1.了解课文的关键信息和结构。
2.判断邮件的写作对象及写作风格之间的关系,并归纳总结个人邮件的语言特点及基本结构。
3.使用简单句结构书写邮件基本信息。
1.You are going to write an email to a junior secondary school classmate about your new school. 你要给你的一个初中同学写一封关于你的新学校的电子邮件。
★ junior adj.低年级的
[用法感知]
①(“丰富细节”写作佳句) When I started senior English in the beginning, I found it much more difficult than what we learned in junior school and I almost lost heart.
当我开始学习高级英语时,我发现它比我们在中学学到的要难得多,我几乎失去了信心。
②She is junior to me in the company.
她在公司职位比我低。
[归纳点拨]
(1)be junior to 比……职位/年级低;比……年少
比某人小……岁
(2)senior adj. 资深的;(级别、地位等)较高的;年长的
be senior to 比……年长;比……高级
be senior to sb. by ... years 比某人大……岁
[应用融会]
(1)介词填空
③My brother is senior to me by two years.
④He is my manager, though he is junior to me.
(2)一句多译
她比他小四岁。
⑤She_is_junior_to_him_by_four_years.
⑥She_is_four_years_his_junior.
⑦She_is_his_junior_by_four_years.
2.I hope you have adapted well to the new situation and are enjoying your new school.
我希望你已经很好地适应了新环境,并且喜欢你的新学校。
★ adapt vi.& vt.(使)适应;改编;改写
[用法感知]
①It took him a while to adapt himself to his new surroundings.
他过了好一阵子才适应了新环境。
②Although he missed his old friends very much, he managed to adapt to his new school life and soon made a lot of friends.
虽然他非常想念他的老朋友,但他设法适应了新的学校生活,很快就交了很多朋友。
③This new film is said to be adapted from a novel by Jane Austen.
据说这部新电影是根据简·奥斯汀的一部小说改编的。
归纳点拨
adapt to 适应
adapt oneself to 使自己适应或习惯于
adapt sth.to 使某事物适应或适合
adapt from 根据……改编
对比识记
The film describes how an orphan adapted to her new life after she was adopted by an American couple.
这部影片描述了一个孤儿在被一对美国夫妇收养之后是如何适应她的新生活的。
[应用融会]
(1)单句语法填空
④The children have adapted well to the heat.
⑤You should adapt yourself (you) to the new environment.
⑥The play is adapted from a novel.
(2)替换加蓝词汇
⑦We have had to adjust quickly to the new system. adapt
3.I look forward to hearing all about what's happening with you soon.
我期待着尽快听到你的近况。
★ look forward to (doing) sth.期待,盼望
[用法感知]