UnitSixSometimesUp,SometimesDownObjectivesStudentswillbeableto:Obtainthegeneralidea(Lifeislikeatrainride.Atcertainstopstherearesurprises.Someofthesewilltranslateintogreatmomentsofjoy;somewillresultinprofoundsorrow.)andthestructure(tellingastoryandconcludeitbyastatement)Acquiretheimportantwordsandkeygrammarpointinthearticle.Acquirethekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthetext;4.Participateinaseriesofreading,listening,speakingandwritingactivitiesrelatedtothethemeoftheunit.SuggestedTeachingStepsLead-inTextADetailedStudyStructureStudyAfter-readingAdditionalMaterialsLead-inDirections:Variousfeelingsandemotionscanbefoundinlife.Pleaselakeacloselookatpictureandfindfivepositivewordsandfivenegativewordsrespectively.10.joy2.urunderstandingoflife and:thisistheideallife.Lifeistooshorttowakeupinthemorningwithregrets.So,lovethepeoplewhotreatyourightandforgetabouttheoneswhodon't.Andbelievethateverythinghappensforareason.Ifyougetachance—takeit;Ifitchangesyourlife—letit;Nobodysaidthatitwouldbeeasy.Theyjustpromiseditwouldbeworthit.TextALifeislikeaTrainRideLifeislikeatrainride.Wegeton.Weride.Wegetoff.Wgetbackonandridesomemore.Thereareaccidentsandtherearedelays.Atcertainstopstherearesurprises.Someofthesewilltranslateintogreatmomentsofjoy;somewillresultinprofoundsorrow.Whenwearebornandwefirstboardthetrain,wemeetpeoplewhomwethinkwillbewithusfortheentirejourney.Thosepeopleareourparents!Sadly,thisisfarfromthetruth.Ourparentsarewithusforaslongasweabsolutelyneedthem.They,too,havejourneystheymustcomplete.Weliveonwiththememoriesoftheirlove,affection,friendship,guidanceandtheirconstantpresence.Thereareotherswhoboardthetrainandwhoeventuallybecomeveryimportanttous,inturn.Thesepeopleareourbrothers,sisters,friendsandacquaintances,whomwewilllearntolove,andcherish.Somepeopleconsidertheirjourneylikeajauntytour.Theywilljustgomerrilyalong.Otherswillencountermanyupsets,tearsandlossesontheirjourney.Othersstill,willlingerontoofferahelpinghandtoanyoneinneed.Somepeopleonthetrainwillleaveaneverlastingimpressionwhentheygetoff.Somewillgetonandgetoffthetrainsoquickly;theywillscarcelyleaveasignthattheyevertravelledalongwithyouorevercrossedyourpath.Wewillsometimesbeupsetthatsomepassengers,whomwelove,willchoosetositinanothercompartmentandleaveustotravelonourown.Thenagain,there’snothingthatsayswecan’tseekthemoutanyway.Nevertheless,oncewehavefoundthem,wemaynotevenbeabletositnexttothembecausethatseatwillalreadybetaken.That’OK…everyone’sjourneywillbefilledwithhopes,dreams,challenges,setbacksandgoodbyes.Wemuststrivetomakethebestofit.Nomatterwhat.Wemustconstantlystrivetounderstandourtravelcompanionsandlookforthebestineveryone.Rememberthatatanymomentduringourjourney,anyoneofourtravelcompanionscanhaveaweakmomentandbeinneedofourhelp.Wetoomayhesitate,eventrip.Hopefully,wecancountonsomeonebeingtheretobesupportiveandunderstanding.Thebiggermysteryofourjourneyisthatwedon’tknowwhenourlaststopwillcome.Neitherdoweknowwhenourtravelcompanionswillmaketheirlaststop.Noteventhosesittingintheseatnexttous.Personally,IknowI’llbesadtomakemyfinalstop.I’msureofit!MyseparationfromallthosefriendsandacquaintancesImadeduringthetrainridewillbepainful.LeavingallthoseI’mclosetowillbeasadthing.Butthenagain,I’mcertainthatonedayI’llgettothemainstationonlytomeetupwitheveryoneelse.They’llallbecarryingtheirbaggage,mostofwhichtheydidn’thavewhentheyfirstgoton.I’llbegladtoseethemagain.I’llalsobegladtohavecontributedtotheirbaggageandtohaveenrichedtheirlives,justasmuchastheywillhavecontributedtomybaggageandenrichedmylife.We’reallonthistrainridetogether.Aboveall,weshouldallstrivetomaketherideaspleasantandmemorableaswecan,rightupuntilweeachmakethefinalstopandleavethetrainforthelasttime.Allaboard!Safejourney!Bonvoyage!DetailedStudy1.(Para.1)Someofthesewilltranslateintogreatmomentsofjoy;somewillresultinprofoundsorrow.【譯文】或化作片刻歡悅，或以銘心悲痛收?qǐng)?。translate(sth.)(intosth.):tochangesth.,ortobechanged,intoadifferentform變成e.g.It’stimetotranslatewordsintoaction.是時(shí)候?qū)⒀哉Z化為行動(dòng)了。e.g.Ihopeallthehardworkwilltranslateintoprofits.我希望所有的辛苦都能變成利潤(rùn)。resultin:tomakesomethinghappen導(dǎo)致e.g.Anaccidentthatresultedinthedeathoftwopassengers一次導(dǎo)致兩位乘客死亡的事故【擴(kuò)展】resultfrom:ifsomethingresultsfromsomethingelse,itiscausedbyit由……引起/造成e.g.wearestilldealingwithproblemsresultingfromerrorsmadeinthepast.我們?nèi)匀辉谔幚碛捎谶^去的錯(cuò)誤所造成的問題。profoundadj.1)verygreat;feltorexperiencedverystrongly極大的；深切的e.g.takeaprofoundinterestinsth.對(duì)某事物產(chǎn)生極大的興趣profoundchanges深刻的變化2)showinggreatknowledgeorunderstanding知識(shí)淵博的；見解深刻的e.g.profoundawarenessoftheproblem對(duì)問題的深刻理解amanofprofoundlearning博學(xué)的人(Para.2)Ourparentsarewithusforaslongasweabsolutelyneedthem.【譯文】在我們確實(shí)需要父母時(shí)，他們會(huì)在我們身邊?！窘馕觥孔⒁鈇slongas的意思和用法。此句中l(wèi)ong與前面的for構(gòu)成搭配，與as…as結(jié)構(gòu)放在了一起，不是指“只要”。試比較以下三個(gè)例句：e.g.Thisriverisaslongasthatone.這條河同那條河一樣長(zhǎng)。（long為形容詞）Youcanstayhereaslongasothersdid.你可以像其他人那樣在這里住那么久。（long為副詞）weshallsucceedaslongaswetryourbest.只要我們盡到最大努力，就會(huì)成功。（aslongas為一個(gè)體，引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句，可移到句首，意為“只要……；如果……”）請(qǐng)注意下面這一例句：Youcanlivehereaslongasyoulike.此句可以理解為“只要你喜歡，你就可以住這?！被蛘摺澳憧梢韵胱《嗑镁妥《嗑谩！?。類似的結(jié)構(gòu)還有asfaras，如以下三個(gè)例句：e.g.Shewalkedinsilenceasfarastheseashore.她靜靜地一直走到海邊。（far為副詞，asfaras不是一個(gè)整體，意為“直到……那么遠(yuǎn)”）Shewalkedinsilenceasfarasshesawthelighthouse.她默默地一直走到能看見燈塔。（asfaras不是一個(gè)整體，far為副詞，意為“直到……那么遠(yuǎn)”）HeisnoscholaratallasfarasIknow.就我所知，他算不上什么學(xué)者。（asfaras為一整體，作連詞，引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句，亦可換用sofaras這種從句也可放在句首）(Para.2)Weliveonwiththememoriesoftheirlove,affection,friendship,guidanceandtheirconstantpresence.【譯文】帶著他們的愛、深情、友誼、指引和時(shí)刻相伴的這些記憶，我們繼續(xù)前行。【解析】此句中的liveon不是指“以……為生”，on為副詞，可以表示“……繼續(xù)或持續(xù)”，所以這里的liveon指繼續(xù)生活。onisusedtosaythatsomeonecontinuestodosomethingorsomethingcontinuestohappen,withoutstopping.持續(xù)e.g.Wedecidedtoplayoneventhoughitwassnowing.盡管下雪了，我們決定繼續(xù)玩。Hewentonandonabouthisjoballevening.他整晚都在談?wù)撍墓ぷ鳌?.(Para.5)Somewillgetonandgetoffthetrainsoquickly;theywillscarcelyleaveasignthattheyevertravelledalongwithyouorevercrossedyourpath.【譯文】一些人匆匆上車又匆匆下車，幾乎沒留下任何曾與你同行一段或擦肩而過的痕跡?！窘馕觥看司渲衪hattheyevertravelledalongwithyouorevercrossedyourpath為同位語從句，對(duì)sign進(jìn)行說明。1)有很多名詞后面可以跟that引導(dǎo)的從句說明其內(nèi)容，為同位語從句。e.g.Therewasnodoubtthathewasafinescholar毫無疑問，他是位優(yōu)秀的學(xué)者。I'vecometotheconclusionthatitwon’tbewisetodoso.我得出結(jié)論這樣做是不明智的。2)同位語從句有時(shí)和前面的名詞分開。e.g.Thethoughtcametohimthatmaybetheenemyhadfledthecity.他突然想到敵人可能已經(jīng)逃離這座城市。3)在少數(shù)情況下，可用連接副（代）詞引導(dǎo)的從句作同位語。e.g.YouhavenoideahowworriedIwas.你不知道我有多發(fā)愁。5.(Para.6)Thenagain,there’snothingthatsayswecan’tseekthemoutanyway.Nevertheless,oncewehavefoundthem,wemaynotevenbeabletositnexttothembecausethatseatwillalreadybetaken.【譯文】但話說回來，我們主動(dòng)去找他們也無不可。只是一旦找到，我們?cè)S會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，自己不能再坐到他們身旁了，因?yàn)槟莻€(gè)位置已被別人占據(jù)了?！窘馕觥縮eekv.1)(~sb./sth.out)tolookforsomeoneorsomething,especiallyforalongtimeuntilyoufindthem（尤指費(fèi)時(shí)地）找出，查出，尋找e.g.Childrenseekoutregularitiesandrulesinacquiringlanguage.兒童在學(xué)習(xí)語言過程中會(huì)找出各種規(guī)律和規(guī)則。NowisthetimeforlocalcompaniestoseekoutbusinessopportunitiesinEurope.對(duì)于當(dāng)?shù)毓緛碚f，現(xiàn)在是時(shí)候去歐洲尋求商機(jī)了。2)(~sth.fromsb.)toasksb.forsth.向某人尋求某事e.g.seekhelp,advice,information,etc.請(qǐng)求幫助、征求意見、尋找信息Youmustseekpermissionfromthemanager.你需請(qǐng)求經(jīng)理批準(zhǔn)。【短語】seekone'sfortune尋找發(fā)財(cái)機(jī)會(huì)；闖世界6.(Para.8)Wemuststrivetomakethebestofit.Nomatterwhat.【譯文】無論如何，我們得努力使我們的人生之旅過得充實(shí)精彩?！窘馕觥看司湟鉃镹omatterwhatwemayencounteronthejourney,wemusttryourbesttoenjoythejourney.nomatter可引導(dǎo)一個(gè)讓步狀語從句，表示“不管……；無論……”。e.g.Nomatterwhereyougo,I'llfollowyou.不論你到哪里我都跟著你。Nomatterwhathappened,hewouldnotsayaword.不管發(fā)生什么，他一句話都不肯講。有時(shí)nomatter引導(dǎo)的從句中動(dòng)詞會(huì)被省略。e.g.I’vedecidedtoleavetomorrow,nomatterwhat.不管發(fā)生什么情況，我已決定明天走。strivev.(~for/aftersth.)totryveryhardtoachievesth.ortodefeatsth.努力；奮斗e.g.striveforsuccess力爭(zhēng)獲得成功strivetoimproveone’sperformance努力提高演技2)(~against/withsb./sth.)tocarryonaconflict;struggle進(jìn)行斗爭(zhēng)；爭(zhēng)斗e.g.striveagainsttheenemy抗擊敵人3)makethebestofsth.togetasmuchadvantageasyoucanfromasituation充分利用……e.g.Ifyoucannothavethebest,makethebestofwhatyouhave.如果你得不到最好的，先把你有的利用好。7.(Para.9)Hopefully,wecancountonsomeonebeingtheretobesupportiveandunderstanding.【譯文】但愿，我們能依靠身邊的人給予我們支持和理解。【解析】此句意為Hopefully,wecanexpectsomeonetobethere,andrelyontheirsupportandunderstanding.hopefullyadv.awayofsayingwhatyouhopewillhappen有望；可望e.g.Hopefully,we'llcatchtheplane.我們有望趕上飛機(jī)。Hopefully,themeasureswillbeadopted.這些措施有望被采納。counton/upon(sb./sth.)1)todependonsb.orsth.,especiallyinadifficultsituation依靠/指望（某人、某物）做某事e.g.YoucanalwayscountonMichaelinacrisis.在危急關(guān)頭你總能依靠邁克爾。toexpectsomething預(yù)計(jì)e.g.Wedidn’tcountonsomanypeoplebeingonvacation.我們沒有想到會(huì)有那么多人在度假。(Para.10)I'mcertainthatonedayI'llgettothemainstationonlytomeetupwitheveryoneelse.【譯文】我確信，總有一天，我會(huì)抵達(dá)主站，和其他所有人會(huì)合?！窘馕觥縪nlytomeetupwitheveryoneelse在句子中為不定式作結(jié)果狀語。e.g.Herushedtothestation,onlytofindthatthetrainhadgone.他匆匆趕到車站，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)火車已經(jīng)離開了。Theyarrivedatthepartyhalfanhourlate,onlytofindallwereaway.他們晚半小時(shí)到達(dá)聚會(huì)時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)全部人都離開了。meetup(with)tomeetsomeoneinordertodosomethingtogether碰頭；相聚e.g.I’vegottogonow,butI'llmeetupwithyoulater.我現(xiàn)在要走了，我們稍后見。Let’smeetupattheentranceaftertheplay.看完表演后我們?cè)谌丝谔幣鲱^吧。9.(Para.10)They’llallbecarryingtheirbaggage,mostofwhichtheydidn’thavewhentheyfirstgoton.【譯文】他們都會(huì)提著各自的行李，而其中大部分行李是他們初次上車時(shí)不曾擁有的。【解析】“mostofwhich+從句”為非限定性定語從句，在句中作定語，對(duì)所修飾詞baggage作補(bǔ)充說明。除了引導(dǎo)詞which之外，whom也可以加介詞引導(dǎo)非限定性定語從句。e.g.Thebuses,mostofwhichwerealreadyfull,weresurroundedbyanangrycrowd.公共汽車大部分都已滿載，周圍是一大群憤怒的人。Imetthefruit-pickers,severalofwhomwerecollegestudents.我碰到那些摘水果的人，其中有幾個(gè)是大學(xué)生。baggagen.thecases,bags,boxes,etc.carriedbysomeonewhoistravelling(不可數(shù)名詞)行李e.g.Checkyourbaggageinatthedesk.去服務(wù)臺(tái)托運(yùn)行李。10.(Para.11)I’llalsobegladtohavecontributedtotheirbaggageandtohaveenrichedtheirlives,justasmuchastheywillhavecontributedtomybaggageandenrichedmylife.【譯文】自己曾作為部分記憶裝進(jìn)他們的行李，豐富了他們的人生，正如他們?cè)鳛椴糠钟洃浹b進(jìn)我的行李，豐富了我的人生一樣。對(duì)此，我會(huì)感到開心。【解析】本句的主干為“I’llalsobeglad”，“beglad”后跟了兩個(gè)由and連接的并列的不定式短語，分別是“tohavecontributedtotheirbaggage”和“tohaveenrichedtheirlives”。此句中as…as后跟比較狀語從句。as＋adj./adv.＋as＋比較狀語（從句）同……一樣e.g.Theywantpeaceasmuchaswedo.他們同我們一樣希望和平。Ican’trunasfastasIusedto.我不如以前跑得快了。contributev.1)(~tosth.)toincreasesth.＋toaddtosth.增加；添加e.g.Herworkhascontributedenormouslytoourunderstandingofthisdifficultsubject.她的工作極有助于我們對(duì)這個(gè)困難問題的了解。2)(~sth.)(to/towardssth.)togivesth.tohelpsb./sth.捐助e.g.Everyoneshouldcontributewhatheorshecanafford.人人都應(yīng)該盡自己的能力作貢獻(xiàn)。3)(~tosth.)tohelptocausesth.促成e.g.Doessmokingcontributetolungcancer?吸煙會(huì)導(dǎo)致肺癌嗎？enrichvt.1)toimprovethequality,flavor,etc.ofsth.改善；使豐富e.g.Readingenrichesthemind.讀書可以充實(shí)頭腦。tomakesb./sth.richorricher使……富?；蚋辉.g.anationenrichedbytheprofitsfromtourism因旅游業(yè)的贏利而富裕起來的國(guó)家StructureStudyDirections:Fillintheblankswithappropriatewordsaccordingtothetext.Lifeislikeatrainl)ride.Whenwefirstboardthetrain,wemeetour2)parents.Thenwelearntoloveand3)cherishthoseimportanttous.ourjourneyisfilledwithhopes,dreams,challenges,4)setbacksandgoodbyes.Wemuststrivetomakethe5)bestofit.Thoughwedon'tknowwhenour6)laststopwillcome,I'mcertainthatonedaywe'llmeetupwitheveryoneagain.I'llbegladtohavecontributedtoothers'7)baggageandtohave8)enrichedtheirlives.Directions:Lookatthefollowinglistofideas.Putacheck(√)infrontoftheideasthatarepresentedinthetext.l)√Thereareaccidentsanddelaysalongourjourney.2)Wemayhavequarrels,orevenfightswithourtravelcompanions.3)√I'llbegladtohavecontributedtoothers'baggageandenrichedothers'lives.4)√I'llfeelpainwhenseparatedfromthoseclosetome.5)Withoutupsanddowns,ourlifewillbedullandmeaningless.6)√Somepassengers,whomwelove,mayleaveustotravelonourown.7)√Weshouldallstrivetomakeourridepleasantandmemorable.8)Ourparentsaretheoneswho'llbewithusfortheentirejourney.9)Weneedtobewellpreparedbeforewemakeourfinalstop.l0)√Anyoneofourtravelcompanionsmayhaveaweakmoment.After-readingKeytoExercises—Vocabulary1.1)H 2)I3)A4)E5)B6)G7)C8)D9)J10)F2.counting2)cherish3)impression4)boarding5)seeking6)encountered7)contribute8)profound9)upset10)challenge3.resultedfrom2)resultedin3)enriched4)richencountered6)counting7)impressive8)impressionKeytoExercises—StructureDirections:StudythemodelandcompletethefollowingsentencesbytranslatingtheChineseintoEnglishusingthesentencepatternbelow.l)Sherantothestation,onlytofindthatthetrainhadleft.(火車已經(jīng)開走了)2)Iarrivedattheshop,onlytofindI'dleftallmymoneyathome.(卻發(fā)現(xiàn)錢全放在家里)3)Ihurriedtohishouse,onlytofindhewasout.(結(jié)果卻發(fā)現(xiàn)他不在家)4)Hereturnedhome,onlytobetoldhisdaughterhadjustgotengaged.(被告知他女兒剛剛訂婚了)5)yesterdayIwenttoseehim,onlytofindhehadgoneabroadtwodaysbefore.(才知道他兩天前已經(jīng)出國(guó)了)KeytoExercises—Cloze1)affect2)discovered3)paths4)lifestyle5)regraded6)qualities7)contentto8)chose9)gained10)positiveKeytoExercises—TranslationDirection:TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish,usingthewordsandphrasesgiveninblankets.l)他設(shè)法在人群中找到了自己的朋友。(seekout)Hemanagedtoseekouthisfriendinthecrowd.2)他豈止不喜歡,簡(jiǎn)直討厭烹任。(farfrom)Farfromenjoyingcooking,hehatesit.3)別指望今年會(huì)加薪了。(counton)Don'tcountonasalaryincreasethisyear.4)我簡(jiǎn)直認(rèn)不出他來了。(scarcely)Icouldscarcelyrecognizehim.5)我相信我們每個(gè)人都能對(duì)世界的未來有所貢獻(xiàn)。(contribute)Ibelievethateachofuscancontributetothefutureoftheworld.After-readingActivity1Directions:Peoplesaythebestthingsinlifearefree.Thefollowingpicturesareallrelatedtothingsinlifewhicharebothfreeandvaluable.Doyouknowwhattheyarereferringto?After-readingActivity2Directions:Practicethefollowingdialogueaboutcollegelifewithyourpartner.A:Hey,Jordan,isthatyou?Longtimenosee!B:oh,hey,nokidding!Ihaven’tseenyousinceorientationthreemonthsago!sohow’veyoubeen?settlingintocollegelifeOK?A:Yeah,Ithinkso!whataboutyou?whathaveyoubeenupto?B:IjoinedtheGreatOutdoorsClub,whichhasbeenalotoffun.We’vegoneontwocampingtripsalready,andI’vemadesomegoodfriends.A:That’scool.Hey,sohaveyoudecidedonyourmajoryet?B:Definitelycivilengineering.Whataboutyou?A:Istillhavenoclue...butwedon’thavetodeclareamajortilloursophomoreyear,soI’vegottime!Oops,I’mlateforclass.Gottarun!B:OK,takecare!Hey,nicerunningintoyou!A:Yeah,youtoo!Directions:Practicethefollowingwithyourpartnerbymakingyourowndialogue.A:Hey,,isthatyou?Longtimenosee!B:Oh,hey,nokidding!Ihaven’tseenyousince!Sohow’veyoubeen?OK?A:Yeah,Ithinkso!Whataboutyou?Whathaveyoubeen?B:Ijoined,whichhasbeenalotoffun.We’vealready,andI’vemadesomegoodfriends.A:That’scool.Hey,sohaveyouyourmajoryet?B:Definitely.Whataboutyou?A:Istill...butwedon’thavetodeclareamajortilloursophomoreyear,soI’vegottime!Oops,I’mlateforclass.!B:OK,takecare!Hey,!A:Yeah,youtoo!After-readingActivity3Directions:Completethefo11omingdialoguewiththewordsorphrasesinthetextandactitout.A:Whatwouldyoucomparelifeto?B:Inmyopinion,lifeislikeatrainride.A:That’sinteresting.Whenwearebornweboardthetrain.B:Yes,butwegaindifferentexperienceduringthejourney.A:Youmeansomepeopleconsidertheirjourneylikeajauntytour.Theywilljustgomerrilyalong.B:Conversely,otherswillencountermanyupsets,tearsandlossesontheirjourney.A:Afterall,everyone’sjourneywillbefilledwithhopes,dreams,challenges,setbacksandgoodbyes.B:You’reright.Themostimportantthingiswemuststrivetomakethebestofit.