New Horizon College English
Book 1 Unit 7
1,Pre-reading Activity
2,While-reading Activity
3,Post-reading Activity
1,Pre-reading Activity
Background
Lead-in Activity
Background Information
Online learning
1,KFC,Kentucky Fried Chicken,known as KFC in
the US,is the world's most popular chicken
restaurant chain,The company originated and still
has its headquarters in the US,It now has more
than 30,000 restaurants worldwide,For more
information,check out KFC's homepage at
http://www.kfc.com
2,911,This is the emergency telephone
number in the US and Canada for contacting the
police department,the fire department or
medical emergency services.
3,Blake's Thames,Blake,William (1757 - 1827)
was an English poet and artist whose best known
books of poems are Songs of Innocence and Songs
of Experience,The quotation used in Passage A
comes from the first verse of a poem called
"London." More information about William Blake
can be found from links at
http://www.betatesters.com/penn/blake1.htm,
Collections of his works can be found at
http://www.blakearchive.org
4,The Thames is the main river
flowing through London,and
England's most important river,For
more information,check out the
website at
http://www.riverthames.co.uk,
Lead-in Activity
1,How many things did the thieves steal
from the man? What were they?
2,What saved the man's life?
3,What is the raging river?
(10 minutes’ group work or pair work)
2,While-reading Activity
Words and Phrases
a.
taking great care to escape possible danger
十 分 小 心 的,谨慎的
I'm very cautious about expressing my opinions in
public.
我对公开发表意见十分谨慎 。
My brother,intensely cautious,never makes a decision
lightly.
我弟弟特别谨慎,从来不轻易作决定 。
1,cautious
n.
a person or thing that is not included
除外,例外,除 外 的 人 或 事
Most of his songs are awful but this one is an
exception.
他 的 歌 大 多 数 很 糟 糕,但 这 首 歌 是 例 外 。
There's an exception to every rule.
每条规则都有例外 。
2,exception
v.
1,make something smooth and shiny by rubbing
擦，擦光，擦亮
She polished her shoes,
她擦了擦自己的鞋。
2,improve
使完美，改进
I need to polish up my Chinese before we go on
vacation,
我需要在我们度假前提高一下自己的汉语
3,polish
span
n.
the full time for which anything lasts
一段时间，持续时间
Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a
human life.
七十岁或八十岁是一个人的正常寿命。
4,Span
a.
extra
额外的,另 外 的
There will be an extra charge for any additional
passengers.
任何额外的乘客都需另外付费 。
additional cost
额外费用
additional problems
另外的问题
5,additional
6,rather than
instead of; less likely
而不
It's the managers that are at
fault rather than the workers.
是管理人员的过错,而不是工人们的过错 。
I think I'll have a cold drink
rather than coffee.
我想要一杯冷饮料而不是咖啡 。
7,get to one's feet stand up
站 起 来
At the end of game,the whole crowd got to
their feet and cheered wildly.
比赛结束时,整个人群都站起来疯狂地欢呼
8,look through
look quickly in; examine or study carefully
仔 细 检 查,浏览
I'll look through my notes but I don't think I
have a record of his name.
我仔细查看了一下笔记,却发现没有记下他的名字 。
Look through your examination paper for any
small mistakes,before you hand it in.
交卷前,仔细检查一下你的试卷,看看有没有什么小错 。
I looked through the letter again but could
find no sign of worry.
我又把信仔细地看了一遍,可没有发现什么让人担心的迹象 。 。
9,be out of control
be impossible to deal with or guide
失去控制
The revolution was out of control and fighting
broke out.
革命已失去了控制,发生了打斗 。
Language Point 1
Face to Face with Guns (title)Meaning,Face
guns in an encounter
face to face,1) close to and looking at someone or
something
We were in the downtown area when we came
face to face with Jack,遇到杰克时我们正在市中心 。
2) no escape from sth,and have to deal with it
I was bit by bit being brought face to face with
the fact that I had very little success,渐渐地我得面对 这 样 一 个 事 实,我 几 乎 没 取 得 什 么 成 功 。
Language Point 2
Like most city folks,I'm cautious,I scan the
street and pathways for anything — or
anyone — unusual before pulling into the
garage,(Para,1)Meaning,Like most people who
live in a city,I act very carefully in order to escape
possible danger,Before I drive my car into the
garage to park,I look at the street and pathways
very carefully to see whether there is anything
unusual or there is any unusual person.
Language Point 3
"Give it up,mother-," he threatened,"Give
it up." (Para,2)Meaning,He asked me to give
my money to him or he would do something
harmful to me,The word "mother" is used to
express a slight with radical anger or annoyance.
It is a very rude and offensive word if used in
this way.
Language Point 4
"Hey," I said,"just take it." As I spoke,I set the
KFC box on the planter beside the pathway,
contriving as I did so to toss my house keys into a
bush,(Para,3)Meaning,I asked him to take it,While
I was speaking,I put the KFC box on the planter beside
the pathway,and at the same time I tossed my house
keys on purpose into a
mix-up of the whole thing.
Language Point 5
Everything he said during our encounter was
repeated; instinctively,I did the same,(Para.
4) Meaning,During our encounter,he said
everything twice and by instinct,I said everything
twice too.
instinctively,ad,without thinking and without
having been taught
When attacked,he instinctively fought back to
defend himself.
Language Point 6
His dark eyes shone like polished glass; his arms
and legs moved unexpectedly,as if attached to
unseen wires,(Para,13)Meaning,His dark eyes
were very bright; he moved his arms and legs
suddenly as if they were connected to hidden wires.
polish,v,1,make something smooth and shiny by
rubbing
3,Post-reading Activity
Spell the following words with the help of their
definitions and the first letters,
1,C_______ a,careful to escape danger or
risk
2,E___________ n,a person or thing that is
not included
3,I________ n,the ability to act or behave
in a certain way without having to learn it or
think about it
4,E_________ v,to make something larger
or become larger
5,O______ v,to make someone angry or
hurt the feelings of someone; to do wrong
6,D______ n,a single part,fact or piece of
information about something
7,f _______ n,a basic idea,law,situation etc,
something develops from
Writing:
1),Manuscript form (20 minutes)
Arrangement
Indent Paging Beginning or end of a line
Word Division
Capitalization
Punctuation
Handwriting
★ Easy to read
★ Cross out a word
★ Ways of writing letter
Transitional words to show cause and effect
Conjunctions,because,for,since,when,as | that,so that
Verbs(Verbal Phrases),result from | give rise to,cause,
lead to,contribute to,result in,be responsible for
Phrases,because of,owing to,due to,for this reason,on
account of,thanks to | in this way,as a result
Adverbials,therefore,consequently,hence,thus,otherwise,
accordingly
Sentence Pattern:
1.There are many reasons for this increase /decline / change
in… First…Second… Finally…
2,Why …? For one thing…,For another One reason is…,
Another reason is…
3,Thanks to /Owing to /Because of /As a result of …
4,…,partly because…,partly because…
5,… not because …,but because…,
Homework,write a composition on the topic Air Pollution in
My City by cause and effect.
Book 1 Unit 7
1,Pre-reading Activity
2,While-reading Activity
3,Post-reading Activity
1,Pre-reading Activity
Background
Lead-in Activity
Background Information
Online learning
1,KFC,Kentucky Fried Chicken,known as KFC in
the US,is the world's most popular chicken
restaurant chain,The company originated and still
has its headquarters in the US,It now has more
than 30,000 restaurants worldwide,For more
information,check out KFC's homepage at
http://www.kfc.com
2,911,This is the emergency telephone
number in the US and Canada for contacting the
police department,the fire department or
medical emergency services.
3,Blake's Thames,Blake,William (1757 - 1827)
was an English poet and artist whose best known
books of poems are Songs of Innocence and Songs
of Experience,The quotation used in Passage A
comes from the first verse of a poem called
"London." More information about William Blake
can be found from links at
http://www.betatesters.com/penn/blake1.htm,
Collections of his works can be found at
http://www.blakearchive.org
4,The Thames is the main river
flowing through London,and
England's most important river,For
more information,check out the
website at
http://www.riverthames.co.uk,
Lead-in Activity
1,How many things did the thieves steal
from the man? What were they?
2,What saved the man's life?
3,What is the raging river?
(10 minutes’ group work or pair work)
2,While-reading Activity
Words and Phrases
a.
taking great care to escape possible danger
十 分 小 心 的,谨慎的
I'm very cautious about expressing my opinions in
public.
我对公开发表意见十分谨慎 。
My brother,intensely cautious,never makes a decision
lightly.
我弟弟特别谨慎,从来不轻易作决定 。
1,cautious
n.
a person or thing that is not included
除外,例外,除 外 的 人 或 事
Most of his songs are awful but this one is an
exception.
他 的 歌 大 多 数 很 糟 糕,但 这 首 歌 是 例 外 。
There's an exception to every rule.
每条规则都有例外 。
2,exception
v.
1,make something smooth and shiny by rubbing
擦，擦光，擦亮
She polished her shoes,
她擦了擦自己的鞋。
2,improve
使完美，改进
I need to polish up my Chinese before we go on
vacation,
我需要在我们度假前提高一下自己的汉语
3,polish
span
n.
the full time for which anything lasts
一段时间，持续时间
Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a
human life.
七十岁或八十岁是一个人的正常寿命。
4,Span
a.
extra
额外的,另 外 的
There will be an extra charge for any additional
passengers.
任何额外的乘客都需另外付费 。
additional cost
额外费用
additional problems
另外的问题
5,additional
6,rather than
instead of; less likely
而不
It's the managers that are at
fault rather than the workers.
是管理人员的过错,而不是工人们的过错 。
I think I'll have a cold drink
rather than coffee.
我想要一杯冷饮料而不是咖啡 。
7,get to one's feet stand up
站 起 来
At the end of game,the whole crowd got to
their feet and cheered wildly.
比赛结束时,整个人群都站起来疯狂地欢呼
8,look through
look quickly in; examine or study carefully
仔 细 检 查,浏览
I'll look through my notes but I don't think I
have a record of his name.
我仔细查看了一下笔记,却发现没有记下他的名字 。
Look through your examination paper for any
small mistakes,before you hand it in.
交卷前,仔细检查一下你的试卷,看看有没有什么小错 。
I looked through the letter again but could
find no sign of worry.
我又把信仔细地看了一遍,可没有发现什么让人担心的迹象 。 。
9,be out of control
be impossible to deal with or guide
失去控制
The revolution was out of control and fighting
broke out.
革命已失去了控制,发生了打斗 。
Language Point 1
Face to Face with Guns (title)Meaning,Face
guns in an encounter
face to face,1) close to and looking at someone or
something
We were in the downtown area when we came
face to face with Jack,遇到杰克时我们正在市中心 。
2) no escape from sth,and have to deal with it
I was bit by bit being brought face to face with
the fact that I had very little success,渐渐地我得面对 这 样 一 个 事 实,我 几 乎 没 取 得 什 么 成 功 。
Language Point 2
Like most city folks,I'm cautious,I scan the
street and pathways for anything — or
anyone — unusual before pulling into the
garage,(Para,1)Meaning,Like most people who
live in a city,I act very carefully in order to escape
possible danger,Before I drive my car into the
garage to park,I look at the street and pathways
very carefully to see whether there is anything
unusual or there is any unusual person.
Language Point 3
"Give it up,mother-," he threatened,"Give
it up." (Para,2)Meaning,He asked me to give
my money to him or he would do something
harmful to me,The word "mother" is used to
express a slight with radical anger or annoyance.
It is a very rude and offensive word if used in
this way.
Language Point 4
"Hey," I said,"just take it." As I spoke,I set the
KFC box on the planter beside the pathway,
contriving as I did so to toss my house keys into a
bush,(Para,3)Meaning,I asked him to take it,While
I was speaking,I put the KFC box on the planter beside
the pathway,and at the same time I tossed my house
keys on purpose into a
mix-up of the whole thing.
Language Point 5
Everything he said during our encounter was
repeated; instinctively,I did the same,(Para.
4) Meaning,During our encounter,he said
everything twice and by instinct,I said everything
twice too.
instinctively,ad,without thinking and without
having been taught
When attacked,he instinctively fought back to
defend himself.
Language Point 6
His dark eyes shone like polished glass; his arms
and legs moved unexpectedly,as if attached to
unseen wires,(Para,13)Meaning,His dark eyes
were very bright; he moved his arms and legs
suddenly as if they were connected to hidden wires.
polish,v,1,make something smooth and shiny by
rubbing
3,Post-reading Activity
Spell the following words with the help of their
definitions and the first letters,
1,C_______ a,careful to escape danger or
risk
2,E___________ n,a person or thing that is
not included
3,I________ n,the ability to act or behave
in a certain way without having to learn it or
think about it
4,E_________ v,to make something larger
or become larger
5,O______ v,to make someone angry or
hurt the feelings of someone; to do wrong
6,D______ n,a single part,fact or piece of
information about something
7,f _______ n,a basic idea,law,situation etc,
something develops from
Writing:
1),Manuscript form (20 minutes)
Arrangement
Indent Paging Beginning or end of a line
Word Division
Capitalization
Punctuation
Handwriting
★ Easy to read
★ Cross out a word
★ Ways of writing letter
Transitional words to show cause and effect
Conjunctions,because,for,since,when,as | that,so that
Verbs(Verbal Phrases),result from | give rise to,cause,
lead to,contribute to,result in,be responsible for
Phrases,because of,owing to,due to,for this reason,on
account of,thanks to | in this way,as a result
Adverbials,therefore,consequently,hence,thus,otherwise,
accordingly
Sentence Pattern:
1.There are many reasons for this increase /decline / change
in… First…Second… Finally…
2,Why …? For one thing…,For another One reason is…,
Another reason is…
3,Thanks to /Owing to /Because of /As a result of …
4,…,partly because…,partly because…
5,… not because …,but because…,
Homework,write a composition on the topic Air Pollution in
My City by cause and effect.
