Unit5

Book1HumanTouchTextA

1.Skimforthemainideaandscanforthekeyinformationofthetext;2.Appreciatethewritingskillofnarrativesaccordingtothetimeorderdemonstratedinthetext;3.Graspthelanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthetext;4.Conductaseriesofreading,listening,speakingandwritingactivitiesrelatedtothethemeoftheunit.

NewWords&ExpressionsTextStudyTextOrganization&ComprehensionI.Lead-inII.Pre-readingIII.While-readingIV.Post-readingExercisesTheCryingEarth

HelpingEarthisprotectingourselves!!!Inrecentyears,ourplanethasseenmoreandmoreextremeweathertakingplace!西伯利亞虎(SiberianTiger)山地大猩猩(MountainGorilla)紅狼

(RedWolf)

西部灰鯨(WesternGrayWhale)Someofourfriendshavealreadydisappearedfromourworld.Pleasejustlikeprotectingoureyestoloveourplanet,ourfamilyandourEarth!!

Newwords&Expressions

miracle

n.

奇跡creek

n.

小灣，小溪stream

n.

河流,水流bankrupt

v./a.

（使）破產(chǎn),破產(chǎn)的arduous

a.

費(fèi)力的，艱巨的process

n.過(guò)程lately

ad.

最近involve

vt.包含，使卷入，

與……有關(guān)

render

vt.

提供，致使severe

a.劇烈的，嚴(yán)重的；嚴(yán)格的，嚴(yán)肅的rationing

n.

定量供應(yīng)witness

v./n.目擊，見(jiàn)證；目擊者，證人carefree

a.

無(wú)憂無(wú)慮的abandon

vt./n.放棄，遺棄；放縱youth

n.

年輕人，青少年,青春still

a./ad.靜止的，不動(dòng)的；仍然，更

purposeful

a.

有目的的，有決心的stride

n./v.步伐，一大步；大踏步走，闊步前進(jìn)creep

v.

爬，蔓延cup

v.

使成杯形spill

v.

溢出，灑tablespoon

n.

一湯匙容量tiny

a.

極小的，微小的sneak

v.

偷偷地走；偷偷地做thorn

n.

刺,荊棘

slapvt.

拍擊leanv.

倚靠，傾斜spyv.

偵察，發(fā)現(xiàn)loomv.

朦朧地出現(xiàn)，赫然聳現(xiàn)screamv.

尖叫buckn.

雄鹿,公羊,公兔等elaboratea.精細(xì)的，詳盡的antlern.

鹿角，茸角

threatenv.

恐嚇，

威脅kneelv.

跪下fawnn.

未滿周歲的小鹿dehydrationn.

脫水exhaustionn.

疲憊，筋疲力盡liftv.

升高，舉起lapv.

舔spigotn.

栓,塞,龍頭tricklen.

細(xì)流

dripn./v.

滴,水滴；滴下makeshifta.

臨時(shí)的hosen.

水管，橡皮軟管trekn.

艱苦跋涉potn.

罐，壺coincidencen.

巧合，同時(shí)發(fā)生bounda.

必定的,注定的goabout著手做takeit經(jīng)受得住checkupon檢查，調(diào)查spyon暗中監(jiān)視，窺探getaway逃脫，離開(kāi)lapup舔食，欣然接受shutoff關(guān)掉，切斷alltheway完全，自始至終creepout偷偷溜出beatdown

(太陽(yáng)等)強(qiáng)烈地照射下來(lái)attendto照料ontheedgeof在……的邊緣rolldown滾下beboundto必然，必定TextStudyTextOrganization

&Comprehension

TextStudyAMiracleofTears⑴Itwasoneofthehottestdaysofthedryseason.Wehadnotseenraininalmostamonth.Thecropsweredying.Cowshadstoppedgivingmilk.Thecreeksandstreamswerelonggonebackintotheearth.Itwasadryseasonthatwouldbankruptseveralfarmersbeforeitwasthrough.Everyday,myhusbandandhisbrotherswouldgoaboutthearduousprocessoftryingtogetwatertothefields.Latelythisprocesshadinvolvedtakingatrucktothelocalwaterrenderingplantandfillingitupwithwater.Butsevererationinghadcuteveryoneoff.Ifwedidn’tseesomerainsoon,wewouldloseeverything.ItwasonthisdaythatIlearnedthetruelessonofsharingandwitnessedtheonlymiracleIhaveseenwithmyowneyes.

TextStudy⑵IwasinthekitchenmakinglunchformyhusbandandhisbrotherswhenIsawmysix-year-oldson,Billy,walkingtowardthewoods.Hewasn’twalkingwiththeusualcarefreeabandonofayouthbutwithaseriouspurpose.Icouldonlyseehisback.Hewasobviouslywalkingwithagreatefforttryingtobeasstillaspossible.

TextStudy⑶Minutesafterhedisappearedintothewoods,hecamerunningoutagain,towardthehouse.Iwentbacktomakingsandwiches,thinkingthatwhatevertaskhehadbeendoingwascompleted.⑷Momentslater,however,hewasonceagainwalkinginthatslowpurposefulstridetowardthewoods.Thisactivitywentonforanhour:walkcarefullytothewoods,runbacktothehouse.FinallyIcouldn’ttakeitanylongerandIcreptoutofthehouseandfollowedhimonhisjourney(beingverycarefulnottobeseenashewasobviouslydoingimportantworkanddidn’tneedhisMommycheckinguponhim).Hewascuppingbothhandsinfrontofhimashewalked,beingverycarefulnottospillthewaterheheldinthem.Maybetwoorthreetablespoonswereheldinhistinyhands.Isneakedcloseashewentintothewoods.Branchesandthornsslappedhislittleface,buthedidnottrytoavoidthem.

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⑸AsIleanedintospyonhim,Isawthemostamazingsite.Severallargedeerloomedinfrontofhim.Billywalkedrightuptothem.Ialmostscreamedforhimtogetaway.

⑹Ahugebuckwithelaboratedantlerswasdangerouslyclose.Butthebuckdidnotthreatenhim.Hedidn’tevenmoveasBillykneltdown.AndIsawatinyfawnlyingontheground,obviouslysufferingfromdehydrationandheatexhaustion,liftitsheadwithgreatefforttolapupthewatercuppedinmybeautifulboy’shand.

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⑺Whenthewaterwasgone,BillyjumpeduptorunbacktothehouseandIhidbehindatree.Ifollowedhimbacktothehousetoaspigottowhichwehadshutoffthewater.Billyopeneditallthewayupandasmalltricklebegantocreepout.Hekneltthere,lettingthedrip,dripslowlyfilluphismakeshift“cup”,asthesunbeatdownonhislittleback.Anditcamecleartome:Thetroublehehadgottenintoforplayingwiththehosetheweekbefore.Thelecturehehadreceivedabouttheimportanceofnotwastingwater.Thereasonhedidn’taskmetohelphim.Ittookalmosttwentyminutesforthedropstofillhishands.Whenhestoodupandbeganthetrekback,Iwasthereinfrontofhim.Hislittleeyesjustfilledwithtears.“I’mnotwasting,”wasallhesaid.

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⑻Ashebeganhiswalk,Ijoinedhimwithasmallpotofwaterfromthekitchen.Ilethimattendtothefawn.Istayedaway.Itwashisjob.IstoodontheedgeofthewoodswatchingthemostbeautifulheartIhaveeverknownworkingsohardtosaveanotherlife.Asthetearsthatrolleddownmyfacebegantohittheground,theyweresuddenlyjoinedbyotherdrops…andmoredrops…andmore.Ilookedupatthesky.ItwasasifGodhimselfwasweepingwithpride.

TextStudy⑼Somewillprobablysaythatthiswasalljustahugecoincidence.Thatmiracledoesn’treallyexist.Thatitwasboundtorainsometime.AndIcan’targuewiththat.I’mnotgoingtotry.AllIcansayisthattherainthatcamethatdaysavedourfarm,justliketheactionsofonelittleboysavedanother.

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TextOrganizationPartI(Para.1)Thebackgroundofthestory:theseverelackofwateronthehottestdaysofthedryseason.

PartII(Paras.2-7)Theauthorwitnessedhowhersonsavedatinyfawnsufferingfromdehydrationandheatexhaustion.PartIII(Paras.8-9)Theauthorwasmovedtotearsbyherson’sbeautifulheartandtheresuddenlycamethemiracle:thetimelyrain.

TextComprehensionI.Readaloudthefollowingparagraphsandlearnthembyheart.Then,translatethemintoChinese.

IwasinthekitchenmakinglunchformyhusbandandhisbrotherswhenIsawmysix-year-oldson,Billy,walkingtowardthewoods.Hewasn’twalkingwiththeusualcarefreeabandonofayouthbutwithaseriouspurpose.Icouldonlyseehisback.Hewasobviouslywalkingwithagreatefforttryingtobeasstillaspossible.

Minutesafterhedisappearedintothewoods,hecamerunningoutagain,towardthehouse.Iwentbacktomakingsandwiches,thinkingthatwhatevertaskhehadbeendoingwascompleted.TextComprehension當(dāng)我在廚房為丈夫和他的兄弟們做午餐時(shí)，我看到了6歲的兒子比利正向樹(shù)林走去。他的樣子很?chē)?yán)肅，一點(diǎn)也沒(méi)有平常走路時(shí)充滿孩子氣的橫沖直撞。我只能看到他的背部，很顯然他走得很費(fèi)勁，盡可能做到悄無(wú)聲息。幾分鐘后，他便消失在樹(shù)林里。很快他又跑出樹(shù)林，奔向家中，我繼續(xù)做著三明治，暗自在尋思比利剛剛完成了一件什么“任務(wù)”。

TextComprehensionII.Answerthefollowingquestions.Whyhadcowsstoppedgivingmilk?2.Whatshouldthefarmersdotogetwater?

3.WhowasBilly?Becauseithadn’trainedforalongtime.Theyhadtotakeatrucktothelocalwaterrenderingplantandfillingitupwithwater.Billywasthesix-year-oldsonofthenarrator.4.WhatwasBillydoingwhenhismotherwasinthekitchenmakinglunch?5.WhydidBillywalkverycarefully?6.WhydidthemotheralmostscreamwhenshesawseveraldeerappearinfrontofBilly?

TextComprehensionHewaswalkingtowardthewoods.Nottospillthewaterheldinhishands.Shewasafraidthatthedeermightattackhim.7.WheredidBillygetwaterforthefawn?8.HowdidBillytakethewatertothefawn?9.Whatdidtheauthormeanbysaying“ItwasasifGodhimselfwasweepingwithpride.”?10.HowdoyoucommentonBilly’sactions?

TextComprehensionAspigotHeheldthewaterinhiscuppedhands.Itwasasiftheboy’smovingactionsevenmovedGod,soitrained.OpenquestionTextComprehension1.Howimportantiswater,especiallyinthedryseason?Whatshouldwedotosavewater?2.Tryingsohardtosavethefawn,thelittleboyinthetextundoubtedlyhasabeautifulheart.Whatthendoyouthinkisabeautifulheart?3.Didyoueverexperienceorwitnessamovingevent?Shareitwithyourclassmates.4.Listsomenaturaldisastersthreateningtheworldandputforwardsomesuggestionstodealwiththem.

III.DiscussthefollowingquestionsinpairsorgroupsandmakepresentationsviaPPT.Exercises

IV.Fillintheblankswiththewordsorexpressionsgivenbelowandchangetheformwherenecessary.

Exercisesabandonbankruptcoincidencecreepinvolverendersevere spill threaten witnessHeisalwaysreadyto

helptoothers,soheisthemostrespectablepersonintheneighbor.2.Sherationalizedherdecisionto

herbabysayingshecouldnotaffordtokeepit.renderabandon

3.Thetoyindustryhas

greatleapsintechnologyinrecentyears.4.SomepeoplethinkthattheuseofEnglishwordsis

thepurityoftheirnativelanguage.5.Thedirector’sseriousmistakemadeallthestaffget

inworkingextrahours.6.Shereceived

headinjuriesintheaccident.severeinvolvedthreateningwitnessedExercises7.Thethreatofgoing

isveryunpleasant,butitcertainlyconcentratesthemind.8.That’sthemostincredible

I’veeverheardof!9.Ifyoucarryafullglassofwatercarelessly,youwill

someofthewaterontothefloor.

10.We

upstairssoasnottowakethebaby.bankruptcoincidencespillcreptExercisesExercisesV.Completeeachofthefollowingsentenceswiththeproperformofthewordgiveninbrackets.Theygotintoan(argue)

aboutwhethertostayathomeortogototheseasidefortheholiday.2.Holdingthewrongopinionthatthereisan(exhaust)

supplyofmineralresources,somepeoplehavewastedalotofourpreciousresources.3.Thisisagroupof(care)

youngpeople,withoutanycommitmentsorrestrictions,hangingaroundcaféeveryday.4.The1920sintheUnitedStateshasbeendescribedbymanyhistoriansasaperiodofmaterialsuccessandspiritualfrustrationand(purpose)argumentinexhaustiblecarefreepurposelessness

5.His(appear)

isbeinglookedintobythepolice.

6.Hesenthisopponentthree(threat)

letters,claimingthathewouldresorttolawifhecouldn’tgethismoneyback.

7.Justasthesayinggoes,(act)

speaklouderthanwords.disappearancethreateningactionsExercises8.He’s(amaze)

cheerfulconsideringallthathe’sbeenthrough.9.Snowisa(n)(usual)

sightinthiswarmplace.10.Theplanewasdescending(danger)

steeplybutthepilotwasabletopullitoutjustintime.amazinglyunusualExercisesdangerously

ExercisesVI.Rewritethefollowingsentencesafterthemodel.

Model

Onthisday,IlearnedthetruelessonofsharingandwitnessedtheonlymiracleIhaveseenwithmyowneyes.ItwasonthisdaythatIlearnedthetruelessonofsharingandwitnessedtheonlymiracleIhaveseen

Thehighhumidity,notthelowtemperaturemakesLondonwinterssochilly.2.Sciencecanreallyservethepeopleonlywhenthepeoplehavebecomemasteroftheirowncountry.3.Thefirstfullyautomaticfactorywasnotbuiltintheworlduntiltheforties.

→

Itisthehighhumidity,notthelowtemperaturethatmakesLondonwinterssochilly.→

Itisonlywhenthepeoplehavebecomemasteroftheirowncountrythatsciencecanreallyservethepeople.→

Itwasnotuntilthefortiesthatthefirstfullyautomaticfactorywasbuiltintheworld.

Exercises

4.Thefootballmatchhadtobecancelledbecauseofbadweather.5.DidMarybegintolearnRussianinherfifties?→Itis/wasbecauseofbadweatherthatthefootballmatchhadtobecancelled.→WasitinherfiftiesthatMarybegantolearnRussian?

Exercises

ExercisesVII.CompletethefollowingsentencesbytranslatingtheChineseintoEnglish,usingthestructure“not…but

”.

1.TheydecidednottomakeatriptoEngland_________________________(而是待在原來(lái)的地方).2.IcamehomenotbecauseIwantedtomakesomeinvestigations_________________________________________(而是因?yàn)槲蚁Ｍ灰恍┡笥?.ModelsHewasn‘twalkingwiththeusualcarefreeabandonofayouthbutwithaseriouspurpose.

butbecauseIhopedtomakesomefriendsbuttostaywheretheywere

3.ItwasnotthatIforgotcompletely,________________________________(而是我腦子里有別的事).4.2011is

（不是一個(gè)結(jié)束，而是一個(gè)開(kāi)端).5.WhatIameatingis

(不是面條是寂寞).

Exercisesnotanend,butabeginningnotnoodlebutlonelinessbutIhadotherthingsonmymindExercisesVIII.CompletethefollowingsentencesbytranslatingtheChineseintoEnglish,usingthewordorphraseinbrackets.Itisnouse

(為灑掉的牛奶哭泣).(spill)2.Thenewdiscovery________________________________________（對(duì)于人類必定大有用處).(beboundto)isboundtobeofgreatservice/usetomankindcryingoverspiltmilk3.Don’tabandon_______________________________________(那些生活在世界邊緣的人).(ontheedgeof)4.Whensheheardthenews,__________________________(眼淚從她的臉上滾落下來(lái)).(rolldown)5.I’mtoobusynow___________________________________(除自己的工作以外沒(méi)功夫管別的事).(attendto)toattendtoanythingelsebutmyworktearsrolleddownherfacethosewhoarelivingontheedgeoftheworld

ExercisesIX.Readthefollowingpassagecarefullyandchoosethebestwordorphrasetofillineachblank.OnedayinPhiladelphia,threemenwalkedintotheThirteenthStreetStation.OneofthemwenttotheInformationCenterinthemainlobbytocheckthedeparture-arrivallistings.Therehe

thatthethreeo’clocktraintoNewYorkwasgoingtoleaveanhourlatethatday.

Whenhetoldhisfriendsaboutthe

,theysuggestedthattheyallgotoanearbybartowait.Sothattheywent.Aboutanhour

,theyreturnedtothestationlaughingandtalkingandrelaxed.Whentheyarrivedattherighttrack,theysawthetrainwasalreadymovingslowly

thestation.foundout

delaylater

outof

Allthreemenran

thetrainshouting,“Wait!Wait!Comeback!”Twoofthemcaughtupwiththelastcar,

therailingoftherearboard,pulledthemselvesup,andboardedthemovingtrain.

thistime,thethirdmanhadstoppedrunning.Ashehopelesslywatchedthetrain

outofthestationhecouldstillseehisfriendswaveand

themcall.Atfirsthehadaconfusedlook

hisface.Thenafterabriefmoment,heturnedawayandslappedhiskneeashelaughed

laughed.after

grabbed

At

pullhearon

and

Aman

nearby,whohadseenitallturnedtohimandasked,“What’sso

,fellow?Afterall,yourtwofriendsmadeit,andyoudidn’t.”Thatmanwasstilllaughingsohard

hehadtearsinhiseyesashereplied,“Youdon’tunderstand,Thosetwoguyscametoseeme

.”standing

funny

thatoff

1.A.workedout B.madeout C.discovered D.foundout2.A.delay B.accident C.lateness D.relay3.A.late B.after C.laterD.before4.A.into B.off C.away D.outof5.A.on B.from C.after D.up6.A.grabbed B.took C.held D.shook7.A.Until B.At C.Till D.Since8.A.pulled B.pullC.topull D.bepulled9.A.hear B.watch C.listento D.understand10.A.in B.of C.at D.on11.A.after B.or C.an D.out12.A.wasstandingB.standing C.isstanding D.hadstood13.A.funny B.interestingC.exciting D.stirring14.A.when B.that C.before D.as15.A.out B.away C.off D.again

*miracle

n.［C］anyamazingorwonderfuloccurrence奇跡

e.g.Thistransactionisnothinglessthanamiracle.e.g.Thecompactdiscisamiracleofmoderntechnology.

*bankrupt

v.tocausetobecomefinanciallyruined（使）破產(chǎn)

a.financiallyruined破產(chǎn)的e.g.Iwasbankruptandunabletopayhisdebts.

*involve

vt.containasapart包含；engageasaparticipant使卷入；connectclosely與……有關(guān)e.g.Paintingtheroominvolvesmovingoutthepiano.e.g.Howdidyougetinvolvedinthetrafficaccident?*render

videorfurnishwith提供causetobecome致使

e.g.You’verenderedmeaservice.*severea.verybad,intense,difficultetc.劇烈的，嚴(yán)重的strictorhardinthinkingortreatment嚴(yán)格的，嚴(yán)肅的，嚴(yán)厲的

e.g.Shereceivedsevereheadinjuriesintheaccident.e.g.Shesufferedfromseveredepressionafterlosingherjob.

*witness

v.toseeaneventandreportwhathappened目擊，見(jiàn)證n.someonewhoseesaneventandreportswhathappened目擊者，證人e.g.Didanyonewitnessthetrafficaccident?e.g.Heisakeywitnesstothemurder.

*creep

e.g.Thecatwascreepingsilentlytowardsthemouse.

v.(crept,crept)moveslowly，inthecaseofpeopleoranimalswiththebodyneartheground爬，蔓延

*spill

v.cause