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Task 1.Word Formation
1. complain v.抱怨;投诉→ ___________ n.投诉;抱怨
2. warn v.警告→ ___________ n.警告,警示→ ___________ adv.警告地
3. resolve v.解决;决心→ ___________ n.决定;解决
4. depart v.离开;出发→ ___________ n.离开,起程
5. prejudice n.偏见;成见→ ___________ adj.有偏见的,有成见的
complaint
warning
warningly
resolution
departure
prejudiced
Task 2.Word Formation
2. please v.使满意;讨好→ ___________ adj.礼貌而友善的,和蔼可亲的 ___________ n. 快乐,满足
3. violent adj.暴力的 → ___________ n.暴力行为,暴力→ ___________ adv.暴力地
4. warn v.警告→ ___________ n.警告,警示→ ___________ adv.警告地
5. resolve v.解决;决心→ ___________ n.决定;解决
6. depart v.离开;出发→ ___________ n.离开,起程
8. tolerate v.忍受;容忍→ ___________ n.容忍;宽容→ ___________ adj.宽容的
9. keen adj.着迷的;渴望的→ _______ adv.热切地;敏锐地→ __________ n.热衷;敏锐
pleasant
violence
violently
warning
warningly
resolution
departure
tolerance
tolerant
keenly
keenness
pleasure
conflict and compromise
Lesson 1
Living in a Community
Warming-up
鼓手走人
Drummer Hits the Road
Fill in the blanks to grasp the key information of the story.
Who
When
Ma Ming, the ____________ of the rock band “Storm”.
Other people: His neighbours, the flat owner, and the community council.
Not clearly stated, but it happens after Ma Ming moved into the ______.
Why
5W1H
Where
What
How
At first: In his ______ flat.
Later: He stays in a ______ in Shanghai.
rented
Ma Ming had to ______ his bags and move out of his flat.
The community council gave him a _________ to stop drumming or leave.
pack
His neighbours __________ about the loud noise from his late-night drumming.
They couldn’t get a full night’s _________ and felt disturbed.
The council said they had to take ______ after many complaints.
complained
Ma Ming left the flat and went to a hotel in ______.
His neighbours are ___________ because life will go back to normal.
Ma Ming feels people are __________ against him, but he is now looking for a new home.
action
warning
sleep
drummer
flat
hotel
Shanghai
pleased
prejudiced
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Ma Ming, drummer for the rock band “Storm", had to pack his bags. He moved out of his rented flat after complaints from his neighbors about disturbing the peace.
Being single, Ma Ming often held parties at night, but the biggest problem was his tendency to drum late at night. Ma Ming’s neighbors said they were being driven mad being exposed to such noise.
现在分词做状语
tend to do sth.倾向于做某事
be exposed to 暴露于...;置身于...中
摇滚乐队
扰乱治安
The flat-owner said if he had known that Ma Ming was a drummer, he wouldn’t have rented the flat to him.The neighbors quickly realized they were in trouble when he moved in. And from then on, they rarely got a full night’s sleep. They couldn’t relax or read a book without plugging their ears. One neighbor also claimed that Ma Ming had a bad influence on his teenage son.
if 引导的条件状语从句(虚拟语气)
宾语从句
be in trouble 陷入困境
从那时起
have a good/bad influence in 对...有好/坏的影响
plug one’s ears 塞住耳朵
1. He moved out of his rented flat after complaints from his neighbors about ____________(disturb) the peace.
2._________(be) single, Ma Ming often held parties at night.
3. The flat-owner said if he _____________ (know) that Ma Ming was a drummer, he wouldn’t ______________(rent) the flat to him.
4.One neighbor also claimed that Ma Ming _____(have) a bad influence ______ his teenage son.
Exercise 1
disturbing
had known
Being
have rented
had
on
In the end, the community council took action. “We took a vote, and came to a resolution. We gave Ma Ming a warning. We told him that he ought to cease drumming or leave the property,” a council member said. “Getting enough sleep is important for people’s health and, after such a chorus of complaints, we had to take action.”
Ma Ming’s departure has pleased his neighbors. “Life will go back to normal now, "they said.
最终
take action 采取行动
应该做某事
give sb. a warning 给某人一个警告
达成一项决议
cease to do sth =cease doing sth 停止做某事
go back to normal 恢复正常
社区委员会
For Ma Ming’s version of the story, we found him in a hotel in Shanghai. Ma Ming felt that they were prejudiced against him. He’s bitter over the fact that people thought of his music as noise.” Otherwise he didn’t really mind having to leaving the flat. “Living in a hotel means the hotel staff makes the bed every day and I don’t have to do my own washing! Anyhow, I’m now looking for a remote house
on the edge of the city.”
be prejudiced against sb. 对某人有偏见
同位语从句
think of ...as 把...看作是;认为...是
mind doing sth 介意做某事
make the bed 整理床铺
look for 寻找
on the edge of 在...的边缘
1. In the end, the community council ______(take) action. “We took a vote, and came to a resolution.
2.We gave Ma Ming a ________(warn). We told him that he ought to cease __________(drum) or leave the property,”
3. __________(get) enough sleep is important for people’s health.
4.He’s bitter over the fact that people _________(think) of his music as noise.
Exercise 2
took
drumming
warning
Getting
thought
Read the passage and choose the best answer.
1. What is the main idea of Lesson 1 "Living in a Community"?
A .The importance of communication in a community.
B . The conflicts and compromises people face in a community.
C .The characteristics of a harmonious community.
D . The role of leaders in a community.
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Read the passage and choose the best answer.
2. What can be learned from the flat-owner’s words?
A. He likes listening to Ma Ming’s playing the drum.
B. He disagrees with most of the neighbours.
C. He regrets renting the flat to Ma Ming.
D. He did know Ma Ming was a drummer.
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Read the passage and choose the best answer.
3.What did the community council do to deal with Ma Ming’s matter?
A. They forced Ma Ming to leave the community.
B. They voted on the matter and gave Ma Ming a warning.
C. They warned Ma Ming to have enough sleep.
D. They asked Ma Ming to stop drumming and leave the community.
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Read the passage and choose the best answer.
4. What’s the meaning of the title “Drummer Hits the Road”?
A. The drummer has nothing to hit but the road.
B. The drummer has to start a journey to look for a proper
house to stay in.
C. The drummer hits another car on the road.
D. The drummer falls down on the road from the sky.
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Grandpa Arrested After One Shower Too Many
洗了“大澡”而被逮捕的爷爷
Fill in the blanks to grasp the key information of the story.
Who
When
___________and his neighbour ___________.
On _____________ evening.
Smith
Why
Saturday
5W1H
Where
What
How
On James’ ___________.
balcony
Just as James was _____________ the candles, he and the cake were _______ through. He went upstairs and hit Smith with his
_____________. James spent Saturday night in a _______.
blowing out
Smith, a keen gardener and ___________, lives above James. He often made James get wet, which _______ James and his family a lot. This time, he couldn’t tolerate it any more.
fish collector
Smith promised to ________ his ways from now on.
change
James
wet
walking stick
cell
bothered
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Eighty-year-old retired tailor, James McKay, spent Saturday night in a cell after hitting 30-year-old Keith Smith over the head with his walking stick. McKay's wife, Laurene said that, while McKay is usually a peaceful and pleasant person, he had been driven to this act of violence by literally getting wet just once too often. He could
no longer tolerate it.
让步状语从句
hit sb. over the head 打某人的头
不再...
be driven to 被迫做某事
拐杖
一次就够了
Smith lives above the McKays. He is a keen gardener, and also a fish collector. Unfortunately, the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the Mckays' floor, or too often, on the unsuspecting McKays themselves.
"For the last two weeks, since Smith moved into the flat above us, we dared not go onto our balcony," said Laurene.
定语从句
最终;
时间状语从句
不敢
She added that it wasn't only the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plants that bothered them, but also the way he cleaned his fish tanks. "We'd be sitting there happily reading our newspapers, when suddenly so much water would come from above that we'd be as wet as if we had showered with our clothes on! We could hardly get rid of the smell of fish!“
it is/was+被强调的部分+that+剩余的部分
定语从句
be doing...when...正在做某事,这时...
方式状语从句
with复合结构做状语
去掉;摆脱
1. McKay is usually a peaceful and _________ (please) person.
2._____________(fortunate), the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the Mckays' floor.
3.She added that it wasn't only the water falling onto their balcony from Smith watering his plants that bothered them, _____ also the way he cleaned his fish tanks.
4.We'd be ________(sit) there happily reading our newspapers, when suddenly so much water would come from above that we'd be as wet as if we ____________(show) with our clothes on!
Exercise 3
pleasant
but
Unfortunately
sitting
had showered
And on Saturday evening it was just too much. "It was James' birthday," Laurene recalled, "and it was such a beautiful night to enjoy the starry night outside.
I made him a birthday cake. The candles were a great sight as you can imagine, but James didn't get to blow them out." Instead, Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake were wet through. "I have never seen him move so fast and I couldn't stop him. He was up there
in a flash.”
be too much (for sb) (非人)所能忍受
get to do sth 有机会做某事
blow out 吹灭
浑身湿透
瞬间;立刻
定语从句
Smith is not going to take things further with the police. He has also promised to change his ways from now on. And what of James McKay?
As he left the police station, a large crowd of 30 supporters sang him "Happy Birthday'. "Definitely the most exciting birthday ever!" said the cheerful old man. 'The best since my youth, I'd say!"
进一步做某事
promise to do sth
承诺做某事
从现在开始
=what about?......怎么样
一大群
1. The candles were a great sight as you can imagine, but James didn't get __________(blow) them out.
2.He has also ___________(promise) to change his ways from now on.
3.As he left the police station, a large crowd of 30 supporters _____(sing) him "Happy Birthday".
Exercise 4
promised
sang
to blow
Read the passage and choose the best answer.
1. Why didn't James get to blow his birthday candles out?
A. He was too forgetful to blow them out.
B. His neighbour prevented him from blowing them out.
C. His candles were wet through because of his neighbour.
D. He ran out of the room before blowing his candles
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Read the passage and choose the best answer.
2. What was the result of James’ conflict with his neighbour?
A. His neighbour was arrested.
B. His neighbour took many requests.
C. He got much support from other neighbours.
D. He lost the friendship.
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