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Module 9 Life history
Unit 1 He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
词汇导学
单词及短语 词性及中文释义 拓展延伸
March n.3月 in March 在三月份
Women's Day 妇女节 on Women's Day 在妇女节
find out 发现;查明;弄清 强调经过研究、调查而得出结论
newspaper n.报纸 复数形式:newspapers
a newspaper 一份报纸
exact adj.准确的;确切的 the exact date 准确的日期
date n.日期 — What day is it today?今天星期几?
— It's Sunday. 星期天。
— What's the date today? 今天几号?
— It's June 5th. 六月五号。
in the 1860s 在19世纪60年代 in 1860 在1860年
课文导学
要点1
Tom Sawyer,by the famous American writer,Mark Twain.
《汤姆·索耶历险记》,这本书是由美国著名作家马克·吐温所写的。
(1)这是一个省略句,用来回答上文的“What are you reading?”。完整句子应该是“I am reading Tom Sawyer,by the famous American writer,Mark Twain.”。
(2)by是介词,在这里意为“由……创作;作者是……”。
如:The song isn't by him.这首歌不是他写的。
拓展
by+交通工具名称(单数)
by+n./ doing (sth.) 通过做(某事)
如:by bike / train / bus / taxi / plane
骑自行车 / 坐火车 / 坐公共汽车 / 坐出租车 / 坐飞机
by email 通过电子邮件的方式
by hand 用手工(制作)
I improve my English by watching English films.
我通过看英文电影提高我的英语水平。
要点2
… we can find out about him on the Internet. ……我们可以在网上找到关于他的信息。
find out意为“发现;查明;弄清”。
拓展
★辨析 find和find out
(1)find是指找到或发现具体的东西,也可指偶然发现某物,强调找到的结果。
(2)find out是指通过观察、探索发现事物的真相或者查明事件的原因。
如:They found the lost child at last.最后他们找到了那个走失的孩子。
They found out where the lost child was.他们弄清楚那个走失的孩子在哪里了。
要点3
He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
他十二岁离开学校,并开始工作。
(1)leave school意为“离开学校”。
leave some place for some place意为“离开某地去某地”。
如:The guests will leave Guangzhou for Beijing tomorrow.
客人们明天会离开广州去北京。
拓展
leave的其他用法:
leave sth.in / at some place意为“把某物遗留在某地”。
如:I'm sorry.I left my purse at my office.
对不起,我把钱包留在办公室了。
(2)at the age of意为“在……岁时”,可与由when引导的时间状语从句互换。
如:He left school and began work at the age of twelve.
=He left school and began work when he was twelve years old.
要点4
… he took the name Mark Twain and became very famous in the 1860s.
……他以马克·吐温为笔名,在19世纪60年代变得很出名。
become意为“成为;变成;变得……”,常作连系动词,后面接名词或形容词。
如:The little girl became a famous singer. 那个小女孩成了一名著名歌手。
This song is becoming more and more