内容正文:
the saying goes
DIf too close,we will feel that we cannot
get respect from each other.
8If too close,we will feel that we cannot
get respect from each other.On the contrary,if
the relationship between friends is too distant,
it seems that there is a gap between us.
【妙笔成篇】
As Schopenhauer puts in a fable:In winter,
porcupines need to keep a proper distance to
keep each other warm without hurting each other.
From this story,we can get the enlightenment:
Keeping a proper distance is of great importance.
The same is true of the interpersonal
relationship between friends in real life.If too
close,we will feel that we cannot get respect
from each other.On the contrary,if the
relationship between friends is too distant,it
seems that there is a gap between us.
As the saying goes,"Distance produces
beauty.”
针对训练
Of all the fables of Aesop,what impresses
me most is the story The Farmer And The
Snake.It goes like this:A kind farmer saved a
frozen snake,which bit and killed the farmer at last.
Many of us have all surely had the experience
of being hurt by the people we ever helped.
Some old people lied and accused the helper of
hurting them in order to get a lot of money.
But on the other hand,some people in trouble
died because of lack of timely help.
In conclusion,we should never have pity
on people who are as evil as the snake.It is
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very important to extend a helping hand to the
people who are kind and really in need.
Unit 2 Making a difference
激情早读·拓视野
【做练习】
1.C
2.Their incredibly simple possessions and
unique cooking method impressed the writer
most.He was also deeply touched by their
warm hospitality and the privilege of sharing
their family life and traditions.
Section A Starting out Understanding ideas
Part 1 Reading comprehension
第一步速读课文理清脉络
Activity 1
Ryan built a well to help solve the problem
of water shortage in Africa
Activity 2
1.good deeds 2.clean water 3.a well
4.build more wells 5.courage 6.perseverance
第二步精读课文领悟细节
Activity 3
1~5 BBDCD
Activity 4
1.Kind-hearted,enthusiastic...
2.略
Activity 5
1.(1)He cleaned windows and did gardening
for his family and neighbours.
(2)He started to ask for help from his
classmates and neighbours and persuaded them to
donate money.
(3)After several months,Ryan had raisedUnit 2
Making a difference
(主题语境:人与社会—优秀品行与社会责任感)
素养导航·明目标
阅读关于伟大人物的文章
了解英、美等国家的伟大人物
读写能力
文化意识
写人物传记
学习和借鉴人类文明的优秀成果
语言
元
熟练运用本单元词汇及语言现象
过去分词作定语语法学习
能力
学习能力
正确看待志愿者工作的价值
contribution,relief,effective,earn,
养
丰富自己的相关知识,开阔眼界
donate,sensitive,generous,.hesitate,核心
assistance,aid,achievement,major,
单词
了解对社会有突出贡献的人物
treatment
语言基础
思维品质
概括与总结志愿者工作的特点
核心
积极探索与现代社会共同进步的方式
give up,break into a smile,take up,
短语
rise to one's feet,in danger
激情早读·拓视野
17 April
kau(sweet potato).ripe corn.and greens.He then covered
Last weekend I made my first visit to a remote village home
the vegetables with banana leaves and left them to steam.It
to one of our students.Tombe.Another teacher and walked for
smelled delicious.We ate inside the hut sitting round the fire.
two and a half hours to get there first.up a mountain from
I loved listening to the family talking softly to each other in
where we had fantastic views,and then down a shaded path to the
their language,even though I could not participate much in
valley below.When we arrived at the village Tombe's mother.Kiak
the conversation.Luckily.Tombe interpreted for us.
saw us coming and started crying "eee ieee".We shook hands with
Later.I noticed a can standing upside down on the grill
all the villagers.Everyone seemed to be related to Tombe.
over the fire.After a while Tombe threw it out of the doorway.
Tombe's father.Mukap.a man with a strong jaw and a
Tombe told me that the can was heated to dry out the leftover
wrinkled'forehead2,led us to his house,a low.round
food.His family believes that leftovers attract bad spirits
bamboo hut with no windows,with a door just big enough to
in the night,so any leftover food is dried up in a can
get through,and with grass sticking out of the roof-this
and the can is then thrown out of the hut.
shows it is a man's house.Such housing is dark inside so it
We left the village the next morning after many goodbyes
took time for our eyes to adjust.Fresh grass had been laid on
and firm handshakes.My muscles were aching and my knees
the floor and there was a platform?for Jenny and me to
shaking as we draggeds ourselves down the mountain towards
sleep on.There was a fireplace in the centre of the hut.The
home.That eveningI fell happily into bed.It was such a privilege
only possessions I could see were one broom.a few saucers.a
to have spent a day with Tombe's family.
kettle cups,pans.and a couple of jars.
Mukap built a fire outside and laid stones on it to heat
He then placed the hot stones in an empty oil drum with kau
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>英语|Unit2 Making a difference
【积词汇】
【做练习】
1.wrinkle ut.&i.(使脸上)起皱纹;皱起n.皱纹
1.What was the primary purpose of heating the can
2.forehead n.额;前额
over the fire and then throwing it out?
3.platform n.平台;站台;舞台
A.To cook the food for the next meal.
4.ripe adj..成熟的;时机成熟的
B.To sterilize the can for future use.
5.drag vt.拖;拽t.&.vi.缓慢而费力地移动
C.To dry and dispose of leftovers to ward off bad
【赏美句】
spirits.
His family believes that leftovers attract bad spirits
D.To create a signal for other villagers.
in the night,so any leftover food is dried up in a can
2.Describe two aspects of the host family's life that
and the can is then thrown out of the hut.
made the deepest impression on the writer during
他的家人认为剩饭剩菜会在夜间招来恶灵,所以任何
the visit.
吃剩的食物都会被晒干装进罐子里,然后把罐子扔出
小屋。
Section a Starting out Understanding ideas
Part 1 Reading comprehension
第一步速读课文理清脉络
Activity 1 Reading for the main idea.
The main idea of the passage is that
Activity 2 Skimming for main structure.
Read the passage quickly and then fill in the blanks.
Ryan heard that many people in developing African countries
couldn't get enough 2.
Ryan managed to earn $70 but was told it needed $2,000 to
Paras.1-4:Ryan's 1.
build 3.
Ryan raised $2,000 and a well was built.
Ryan saw the finished well with his own eyes.
The Well That
Changed the
More and more support is attracted to 4.
World
Para.5:Ryan's foundation
Over 800,000 people in 16 African countries have had clean
safe water.
He grew from a boy with 5.
and 6.
Para.6:Comments on Ryan
to an adult who suggests that one should ask himself how to
help others.
第二步精读课文领悟细节
C.People didn't want to walk to fetch water.
Activity 3 Read the text carefully and choose the
D.People used too much water and polluted it.
best answer.
2.Knowing that many people in African countries
1.What was wrong with the water in some
couldn't get enough clean water,Ryan was
developing African countries?
A.The countries were too dry to have enough
A.happy and worried
water.
B.surprised and concerned
B.The wells were too far away and the water was
C.excited and curious
dirty.
D.angry and disappointed
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