Warming-up Activities
Group work
Questions for thought and
discussion
Background information
Enriching your vocabulary
Comparing the following words
Group work
Think about the pre-reading
questions before listening
and anticipate what we are
going to read.
Questions for thought
and discussion
Listen to a short passage
carefully and then answer the
following questions on page,
Background information
the Hyde School
Bath
Baltimore
New Haven
Background information
the Hyde School
In 1966,Joseph W,Gauld founded the
first Hyde School in Bath,Maine in
response to a system of education which
he believed was failing its children
because of conflicting priorities,
Background information
Bath
Bath is an old seafaring town,Its recorded
maritime history began only 12 miles down
the Kennebec when 400 years ago the first
ship built by settlers in the New World was
launched,Shipyards once lined the river's
edge and Bath-built vessels sailed the seas
of the world.,
Background information
Baltimore
Baltimore is a city of northern Maryland
on an arm of Chesapeake Bay northeast
of Washington,DC,It has been a busy
port since the 18th century,A city on the
move with new attractions,Baltimore is
an exciting city with charming
neighborhoods,ethnic and cultural
diversity,and a wealth of history.
Background information
New Haven
Less than four centuries ago the area
which is now New Haven was the home
of a small tribe of Native Americans,the
Quinnipiack,who built their villages
around the harbor,They harvested
seafood,hunted with bow and arrow for
food and furs and grew maize,the
staple of their diet.
Enriching your vocabulary
Read the sentences carefully and
guess the meaning of the italicized
term in each sentence according to
the context and your own
experiences.
The film actress's marriage got a
lot of publicity,
The publicity material sent out by
the company stressed their
concern for the environment.,
public notice or attention advertising
At this school we aim to cultivate the
minds of all the children we teach.
Most of the land there is too poor to
cultivate,
She has a comprehensive grasp of the
subject.
develop and improve for growing crops
全面的
He is a controversial person.
The shipping service has been
suspended because of bad weather.
The young man was given a
suspended sentence.
争议 stop 缓刑
We saw smoke suspended in the still air,
She was suspended from her job shortly
after the incident,
The recent decline in the dollar has put a
bigger strain on the economic system.
hang sth,up
send sb,away from his/her school,job,
position,etc,for a period of time,usu,as a
punishment for doing sth,bad
压力
The rope broke under the strain,
Don't read in this light or you'll strain your
eyes!
She strained her ears and tried to hear what
they were saying.
She strained against the ropes which tied
her.
use all one's power,energy,etc,(to do sth.)
Use to the greatest possible degreehurt or weaken
拉紧，绷紧
Our team got beaten in the preliminary
rounds of the competition,
There are a lot of preliminaries to be
gone through before you can visit
certain foreign countries,
Preparations for the queen's visit are
almost complete,
预备的，初步的 初步做法，准备工作准备工作
This disco is a magnet for young
people,
Nothing will stop them in their quest
for truth.
a person or thing that has a powerful attraction
a long search for sth,that is difficult to find
As an artist I found him very dull
and conventional — he's not
prepared to try anything new,
The point in controversy is not
whether we should do it,but
whether we can do it.
争论守旧的
A society's morals change slowly as
time passes.
The moral of this story is that
honesty is always the best policy.
It's her moral duty to tell the police
what she knows.
道德规范 寓意 道义上的
His first reaction was a strange
mixture of joy and anger.
Admission to British universities
depends on examination results.
They made admission that their
newspaper had been fooling the
public,
录取 承认 又 …
又 …
Compare：
The journalist tried to gain
admittance to the minister’s office,
No admittance.
being allowed to enter a place (esp,a
private one); the right to enter
How can you manage to do it if you
don't have a positive outlook?
The outlook for the company seems
fairly bright.
观点 前景
Dancers who attend the workshops
find them very helpful,
A workshop was built on his estate,
The professor is giving a seminar
tomorrow.
研讨会，讲习班 车间，工场，作坊研讨会
They're expecting a large attendance
at the meeting,
Attendance at the lectures is
necessary,
The nurse is in constant attendance
on the patient.
出席 参加 护理
The 21-year-old runner twisted his
ankle in a training session last
Friday,
The session begins on 1 October.
学年；学期；上课时间
(从事某项活动的 ) 一段时间
The faculty is meeting tomorrow at
10 a.m,
A school's job is to cultivate
students' critical faculties.
能力全体教员
I felt most insulted when they made
me sit at a little table at the back,
She made the usual insults about my
appearance,
I could curse her for losing my key!
With a curse,she picked up the
papers from the ground.
侮辱 咒骂
Comparing the following
words
minority majority
energetic enthusiastic optimistic pessimistic
fruitful abundant ample fertile enough
sufficient scarce scanty sparse rare
curriculum course subject
worthwhile worthy worth
outset beginning start
jail prison
Homework
Learn the new words and
expressions of the text by heart,
Go over the text and try to get the
main idea of the text.
Analyze the structure of the text.
Group work
Questions for thought and
discussion
Background information
Enriching your vocabulary
Comparing the following words
Group work
Think about the pre-reading
questions before listening
and anticipate what we are
going to read.
Questions for thought
and discussion
Listen to a short passage
carefully and then answer the
following questions on page,
Background information
the Hyde School
Bath
Baltimore
New Haven
Background information
the Hyde School
In 1966,Joseph W,Gauld founded the
first Hyde School in Bath,Maine in
response to a system of education which
he believed was failing its children
because of conflicting priorities,
Background information
Bath
Bath is an old seafaring town,Its recorded
maritime history began only 12 miles down
the Kennebec when 400 years ago the first
ship built by settlers in the New World was
launched,Shipyards once lined the river's
edge and Bath-built vessels sailed the seas
of the world.,
Background information
Baltimore
Baltimore is a city of northern Maryland
on an arm of Chesapeake Bay northeast
of Washington,DC,It has been a busy
port since the 18th century,A city on the
move with new attractions,Baltimore is
an exciting city with charming
neighborhoods,ethnic and cultural
diversity,and a wealth of history.
Background information
New Haven
Less than four centuries ago the area
which is now New Haven was the home
of a small tribe of Native Americans,the
Quinnipiack,who built their villages
around the harbor,They harvested
seafood,hunted with bow and arrow for
food and furs and grew maize,the
staple of their diet.
Enriching your vocabulary
Read the sentences carefully and
guess the meaning of the italicized
term in each sentence according to
the context and your own
experiences.
The film actress's marriage got a
lot of publicity,
The publicity material sent out by
the company stressed their
concern for the environment.,
public notice or attention advertising
At this school we aim to cultivate the
minds of all the children we teach.
Most of the land there is too poor to
cultivate,
She has a comprehensive grasp of the
subject.
develop and improve for growing crops
全面的
He is a controversial person.
The shipping service has been
suspended because of bad weather.
The young man was given a
suspended sentence.
争议 stop 缓刑
We saw smoke suspended in the still air,
She was suspended from her job shortly
after the incident,
The recent decline in the dollar has put a
bigger strain on the economic system.
hang sth,up
send sb,away from his/her school,job,
position,etc,for a period of time,usu,as a
punishment for doing sth,bad
压力
The rope broke under the strain,
Don't read in this light or you'll strain your
eyes!
She strained her ears and tried to hear what
they were saying.
She strained against the ropes which tied
her.
use all one's power,energy,etc,(to do sth.)
Use to the greatest possible degreehurt or weaken
拉紧，绷紧
Our team got beaten in the preliminary
rounds of the competition,
There are a lot of preliminaries to be
gone through before you can visit
certain foreign countries,
Preparations for the queen's visit are
almost complete,
预备的，初步的 初步做法，准备工作准备工作
This disco is a magnet for young
people,
Nothing will stop them in their quest
for truth.
a person or thing that has a powerful attraction
a long search for sth,that is difficult to find
As an artist I found him very dull
and conventional — he's not
prepared to try anything new,
The point in controversy is not
whether we should do it,but
whether we can do it.
争论守旧的
A society's morals change slowly as
time passes.
The moral of this story is that
honesty is always the best policy.
It's her moral duty to tell the police
what she knows.
道德规范 寓意 道义上的
His first reaction was a strange
mixture of joy and anger.
Admission to British universities
depends on examination results.
They made admission that their
newspaper had been fooling the
public,
录取 承认 又 …
又 …
Compare：
The journalist tried to gain
admittance to the minister’s office,
No admittance.
being allowed to enter a place (esp,a
private one); the right to enter
How can you manage to do it if you
don't have a positive outlook?
The outlook for the company seems
fairly bright.
观点 前景
Dancers who attend the workshops
find them very helpful,
A workshop was built on his estate,
The professor is giving a seminar
tomorrow.
研讨会，讲习班 车间，工场，作坊研讨会
They're expecting a large attendance
at the meeting,
Attendance at the lectures is
necessary,
The nurse is in constant attendance
on the patient.
出席 参加 护理
The 21-year-old runner twisted his
ankle in a training session last
Friday,
The session begins on 1 October.
学年；学期；上课时间
(从事某项活动的 ) 一段时间
The faculty is meeting tomorrow at
10 a.m,
A school's job is to cultivate
students' critical faculties.
能力全体教员
I felt most insulted when they made
me sit at a little table at the back,
She made the usual insults about my
appearance,
I could curse her for losing my key!
With a curse,she picked up the
papers from the ground.
侮辱 咒骂
Comparing the following
words
minority majority
energetic enthusiastic optimistic pessimistic
fruitful abundant ample fertile enough
sufficient scarce scanty sparse rare
curriculum course subject
worthwhile worthy worth
outset beginning start
jail prison
Homework
Learn the new words and
expressions of the text by heart,
Go over the text and try to get the
main idea of the text.
Analyze the structure of the text.
