内容正文:
Unit 1 Honesty and responsibility
Extended Reading
学习目标
1. 掌握本节生词、短语及句型的表达与运用。
2. 通过课堂练习,对课文内容有更深入的了解。
知识运用
1. disappointed
词性_________ 意思___________
be disappointed (not) to do sth. 因(未)做某事而失望
be disappointed at/by/with sth. 对某事感到失望
be disappointed with/in sb. 对某人感到失望
be disappointed (that)… 对……失望
disappointment n. 失望;使人失望的人(或物)
disappoint vt. & vi.(使)失望
disappoint one's expectations 让某人的期望破灭
to one's (great) disappointment=(much) to one's disappointment 令某人(非常)失望的是…
练习:As the twins looked around in ___________ (disappoint), their father appeared.
2. pretend
词性_________ 意思___________
pretend to be +n./adj. 假装……
pretend (not) to do sth./to be done 假装(不)做某事/假装被……
pretend to be doing sth. 假装正在做某事
pretend to have done sth./to have been done 假装已经做了某事/假装已经被……
pretend (that)… 假装……
练习:The salesgirl pretended not ___________ (hear) me and went on chatting with a lady in blue.
3. mercy
词性_________ 意思___________
at the mercy of 任……处置,任由……摆布
out of mercy 出于怜悯
have mercy on... 宽恕/怜悯……
show mercy to…宽恕/怜悯……
ask/beg for mercy 请求/乞求宽恕
without mercy 无情地,毫不留情地
It's a mercy that...……真是万幸。
练习:She is a kind-hearted woman and often ______________(怜悯) people who are in trouble.
4. fault
词性_________ 意思___________
be at fault有过错,应当负责
find fault with… 挑……的错,找……的茬
faultless adj. 完美无缺的
faulty adj.有错误的
练习:Old Tommy is such a stubborn person that he never accepts that he has been ______ fault.
5. threaten
词性_________ 意思___________
threaten to do sth. 威胁要做某事
threaten sb. with sth. 用某物威胁某人
I threaten (that)… 威胁……
threat n.威胁,恐吓;凶兆;构成威胁的人(事)
pose a threat to 对……造成威胁
练习:Our neighbour threatened __________ (call) the guard if we didn't stop the noise.
句型梳理
重点句式 not...without...
(教材原句P12)A man cannot be perfected without trials.
一个人不经考验是不可能完美的。
句式分析:本句中的not...without...意为“没有……就不能……”,是一个双重否定结构,表示肯定。双重否定常用not,never,nothing加介词without或具有否定意义的派生词来表示。
[例1] She never goes anywhere without her laptop computer.
她身边总是带着笔记本电脑。
[例2] At that moment I knew if I set my mind to something,nothing is impossible.