2024-2025学年高一英语课外阅读《怦然心动Flipped》第八章任务单

Class: _________________ Name: ____________________ Reading Log on Flipped Chapter 8 The Yard (P100-116) Activity 1. Vocabulary Learning Part 1 Locate the following words in the book and learn about their meanings in the corresponding contexts.exponentially adv.指数地 dandy n.好打扮的男人 flop v.重重地落下 sizzle v.发出咝咝声 lurch v.摇晃 furrow v.形成沟 hoe n.锄头 rake n.耙子 dandelion n.蒲公英 hose n.（灭火、浇灌花园等用的）软管 scoundrel n.流氓 grumble v.嘟囔 decipher v.破译 salmonella n.沙门氏菌 bicker v.（为小事）争吵 retarded adj.智力迟钝的 rummage v.翻找 nail n.钉子 saw n.锯 prune v.修剪（树枝） dilapidated adj.破败的 Part 2 Match the words and phrases in bold with their English definitions. 1) But it was a low grumbling, not worthy of deep concern. 2) If they were old enough to adopt a snake, she told my brothers, they were old enough to clean their own room. 3) Matt and Mike translated this to keep the door closed, and became quite diligent about doing just that. 4) Matt and Mike did ask for things a lot, but even though my mother would tell them, No, boys, we just can't afford that, I took this to mean, No, boys, you don't deserve that, or, No, boys, you don't really need that. 5) It's a major undertaking, and fencing is not cheap. 6) I can't see putting that sort of investment into a property that's not ours. 7) This isn't the picture I had for my life, either, but sometimes you have to sacrifice for what's right. 8) We have lived here for twelve years. It's not temporary anymore! 9) If we ever want to have a decent place with our own yard, if we're going to help the kids through college or do any of the other things we've promised each other, we're going to have to move him into government care. 10) And in the morning, as I rode my rusty bike out the driveway to school, I promised myself that when I got home, I'd tackle the yard. 11) It's easy to see that you're a very competent person. 12) And with those two sentences, my anger vanished. “Really?” 13) How could he stand there like my supervisor and tell me, Nice job? 14) And as I lay in bed trying to read, I realized that upset had been overshadowed by uneasy. worthy adopt diligent deserve undertaking property sacrifice temporary decent tackle competent vanish supervisor overshadow 1) a job, business, or piece of work 2)   socially acceptable or good 3) a building or area of land, or both together 4) to try to deal with something or someone 5) to legally take another person's child into your own family and take care of him or her as your own child 6) able to do something well 7) deserving respect, admiration, or support 8) not lasting or needed for very long 9) careful and using a lot of effort 10) to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person 11) a person whose job is to supervise someone or something 12) to have earned or to be given something because of the way you have behaved or the qualities you have 13) to cause someone or something to seem less important or less happy 14) to disappear or stop being present or existing, especially in a sudden, surprising way Activity 2. Read for Understanding 1. Why did Juli decide to tidy the yard which had been in a mess for many years? 2. Draw a mind map to show Juli’s attitude change towards Bryce’s grandad. 3. What kind of persons do you think Juli’s parents are? Find evidence to support your opinions. Character of Juli’s parents Evidence Activity3. Language Reinforcement Part 1 Write down the Chinese meaning of the following action description, and summarize them on your notebook. 1) My parents stopped eating and stared at me. My mother quit looking at me and stared at my father, instead. 2) My father sighed and said, “The yard is not our responsibility, Julianna.” 3) He shook his head and said, “It's Mr. Finnegan's.” 4) My father cleared his throat and said, “The landlord.” 5) My father frowned and said, “When we signed the lease, he assured us he would fix the fences, front and back, and plant sod in the front yard. Obviously that never happened.” 6) “But we live here,” I whispered, “and it looks so bad.” 7) My father studied me. “Julianna, what happened?” 8) So I took a deep breath and said, “The Loskis have been throwing my eggs away because they were afraid they'd have salmonella because our yard is such a mess.” 9) My father said, “Oh, that's ridiculous,” but my mother gasped, “What?” Then she cried, “Did Patsy say that?” 10) My father let out a deep sigh and whispered, “We've discussed this so many times, Trina. In the end you always agree that keeping him at Greenhaven is the right thing to do.” 11) He stuck out his hand, so I took off my work glove and watched my hand completely disappear inside his as we shook. Part 2 Find out the description of the first meet between Juli and Bryce’s grandad. Write down the expressions the author uses to describe the grandad. Character Description Part 3 Figure out the same sentence structure of sentence clusters and summarize how to use it. 1) It wasn't until Bryce called our home a complete dive that I started really seeing things. It was on this last day that Chet asked, “Your family's not moving, are you?” 2) They looked at each other, having some private wordless conversation I couldn't decipher. My mother tried to laugh through her tears, saying, “We always have, and we always will.” “Nice to meet you, Mr. Duncan,” I said, thinking that this man was way bigger than he looked from the sitting-room window. “What's the matter?” he asked, throwing his clippings into my pile. I just stared at him, not trusting myself with the words sizzling on my tongue. I avoided him the rest of the day, but by the end of school there was a tornado inside me, tearing me up from one end to the other. It was Bryce, standing right there on our driveway. 3) “But it must've been a family discussion!...” “They assume that, by association, something must also be wrong with you. Trust me, I know.” I just thought you might like a little help. “I'm talking about the eggs that I've been bringing over to your house for more than two years— eggs that my chickens laid that I could've sold! 4) First it took me half an hour of rummaging through the garage to find a hammer and a box of nails, a saw, and some pruners. It took me until nearly midnight to understand what it was. 4 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$