Graceful Hands
Unit 5
Stage 1,Warming-up Activities
Stage 2,Reading-Centred Activities
Stage 3,Vocabulary Exercises
Stage 4,Translating and Writing
Warming-up Activities
Listening and discussing
Enriching your vocabulary
Comparing the following words
Listening and discussing
Listen to a short passage carefully
and then answer the following
questions on page 124,
Tell a story in groups about the
suffering you had experienced of
seeing one of your familiars die.
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.
This industry has been in decay for
some time,
She smelt the unpleasant smell of
decaying meat,
Our intellectual power will decay in
old age.
衰败期 腐烂 衰退
Add the vinegar and salt and cook
for a further 2 minutes,
They'd dug a shallow pit and left the
rubbish in it,
The miners were told that three pits
would be closed.
醋 坑 矿井
Children should drink milk to help
them develop strong skeletons,
I've written the skeleton of my
report,but I have to fill in the details,
The radio wasn't working because of
a loose connection in the wires,
The animals were loose in the zoo,
骨骼 纲要 接触不良 自由
Secure all the doors and windows
before leaving,
This form of investment is an excellent
way of securing your children's
financial future,
They've secured the government's
support for the project,
Are we secure from attack here?
The young man felt secure about his
future,
关紧提供保障获得安全无忧无虑
The doctor took her pulse and
looked worried,
The news sent the blood pulsing
through his veins,
May I have a straw for my drink?
The cows need fresh straw,
脉搏 涌动 麦管 稻草
We've got one of those doors in the
kitchen that slide open,
The thief quickly slid behind the
curtains,
The car went into a slide on the ice,
My dad showed us some color slides
of us when we were children,
滑动 溜 打滑 幻灯片
Working in the sun soon gave us a
thirst,
He has a burning thirst for wealth,
The students had to wear gowns at
graduation ceremony,
The long drought was followed by
famine,
口渴 贪 a strong desire
女长服；罩衣 饥荒
I can't lift the lid of this jar.
She was so nervous that her palms
were all cold and sweating,
She sat in the shade below the palms,
I hope I didn't injure her feelings,
盖子 手心 棕榈树 伤害
The outline of Italy suggests a boot,
The teacher gave a brief outline of
the work planned for the term,
At the interview she outlined what I
would be doing,
I rested my head on a soft pillow
filled with feathers,
轮廓图 要点 略述 枕头
The bird's beautiful wings were shining
with all colors of the rainbow,
There is a large collection of butterflies
in the zoo,
She is a social butterfly,
He was a very gentle being who was
much loved by all those who knew him,
We don't know exactly how life first
came into being,
彩虹蝴蝶交际花人诞生
Tomorrow it will be mostly cloudy,
with a few sunny intervals.
During the interval,we were taken to
the coffee bar,
He seemed to have only a shallow
understanding of his subject,
This type of fish lives in the shallows,
有时 幕间休息 肤浅的 浅水处
The children of the rich and powerful
experience privilege from birth,
The latest episode has shocked a lot of
people,
This is the last episode of the serial,
The British Medical Association is trying
for a complete ban on tobacco advertising,
I benefited much from my association
with the firm,
特权 事件 一集 协会 协作
Comparing the following words
a) graceful coarse vulgar
b) chart table graph diagram pie
c) preceding previous prior former
d) solid fluid liquid gas
e) drip drop
f) faint weak dim vague
g) moisture damp wet
h) naked bare exposed uncovered undressed
i) lid cover cap
j) hint indication clue evidence sign
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.
Reading-Centred
Activities
1,Global Reading Task
Understanding idiomatic expressions;
Look at passage A and match the
following topics with the paragraphs
in the text;
Try to get the main idea of the text by
answering my questions.
To understand idiomatic
expressions in a reading passage,
one must be good at:
1,Searching for context clues;
2,Looking at examples if there are any;
3,Finding explanations if there are any;
4,Locating opposite or similar
expressions.
She lies motionless,the head seems
unusually large on a skeleton body; the
skin is dark yellow and hangs loosely
around exaggerated bones that not even a
blanket can hide.
I reach for the light switch,and as it
silently lights the scene,I return to the
bed to observe the patient with an
unemotional,medical eye.
Swing from or round
Stretch so as to touch or get
They are ice cold,and I quickly move to
the wrist and feel for the faint pulse,
She is too weak for conversation,so
without asking,I go about providing for
her needs.
When I am finished,I pull a chair up
beside the bed to face her and,taking her
freehand between mine,again notice the
long,thin fingers.
Try to find sth,by touch
Start to work at sth.
Move a chair forward
a) The patient's conditions
b) The patient's room
c) I have never seen the patient before,but
I know that she will die tonight,
d) The exchange between the two human
beings,
e) What do I remember of her?
f) Who was the patient?
g) I offer service to the patient.
h) The patient dies,
3-4
2
1
6-7
10
9
5
8
According to which one of the following
orders does the author write this
narrative?
write by time
write by space
write according to order of importance
write from specific observations to
generalization
write from generalization to specific
observations
Reading-Centred
Activities
2,Detailed Reading Task
Language points
Simulated writing (exercises 8
and 9 )
Unit 5
Stage 1,Warming-up Activities
Stage 2,Reading-Centred Activities
Stage 3,Vocabulary Exercises
Stage 4,Translating and Writing
Warming-up Activities
Listening and discussing
Enriching your vocabulary
Comparing the following words
Listening and discussing
Listen to a short passage carefully
and then answer the following
questions on page 124,
Tell a story in groups about the
suffering you had experienced of
seeing one of your familiars die.
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.
This industry has been in decay for
some time,
She smelt the unpleasant smell of
decaying meat,
Our intellectual power will decay in
old age.
衰败期 腐烂 衰退
Add the vinegar and salt and cook
for a further 2 minutes,
They'd dug a shallow pit and left the
rubbish in it,
The miners were told that three pits
would be closed.
醋 坑 矿井
Children should drink milk to help
them develop strong skeletons,
I've written the skeleton of my
report,but I have to fill in the details,
The radio wasn't working because of
a loose connection in the wires,
The animals were loose in the zoo,
骨骼 纲要 接触不良 自由
Secure all the doors and windows
before leaving,
This form of investment is an excellent
way of securing your children's
financial future,
They've secured the government's
support for the project,
Are we secure from attack here?
The young man felt secure about his
future,
关紧提供保障获得安全无忧无虑
The doctor took her pulse and
looked worried,
The news sent the blood pulsing
through his veins,
May I have a straw for my drink?
The cows need fresh straw,
脉搏 涌动 麦管 稻草
We've got one of those doors in the
kitchen that slide open,
The thief quickly slid behind the
curtains,
The car went into a slide on the ice,
My dad showed us some color slides
of us when we were children,
滑动 溜 打滑 幻灯片
Working in the sun soon gave us a
thirst,
He has a burning thirst for wealth,
The students had to wear gowns at
graduation ceremony,
The long drought was followed by
famine,
口渴 贪 a strong desire
女长服；罩衣 饥荒
I can't lift the lid of this jar.
She was so nervous that her palms
were all cold and sweating,
She sat in the shade below the palms,
I hope I didn't injure her feelings,
盖子 手心 棕榈树 伤害
The outline of Italy suggests a boot,
The teacher gave a brief outline of
the work planned for the term,
At the interview she outlined what I
would be doing,
I rested my head on a soft pillow
filled with feathers,
轮廓图 要点 略述 枕头
The bird's beautiful wings were shining
with all colors of the rainbow,
There is a large collection of butterflies
in the zoo,
She is a social butterfly,
He was a very gentle being who was
much loved by all those who knew him,
We don't know exactly how life first
came into being,
彩虹蝴蝶交际花人诞生
Tomorrow it will be mostly cloudy,
with a few sunny intervals.
During the interval,we were taken to
the coffee bar,
He seemed to have only a shallow
understanding of his subject,
This type of fish lives in the shallows,
有时 幕间休息 肤浅的 浅水处
The children of the rich and powerful
experience privilege from birth,
The latest episode has shocked a lot of
people,
This is the last episode of the serial,
The British Medical Association is trying
for a complete ban on tobacco advertising,
I benefited much from my association
with the firm,
特权 事件 一集 协会 协作
Comparing the following words
a) graceful coarse vulgar
b) chart table graph diagram pie
c) preceding previous prior former
d) solid fluid liquid gas
e) drip drop
f) faint weak dim vague
g) moisture damp wet
h) naked bare exposed uncovered undressed
i) lid cover cap
j) hint indication clue evidence sign
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.
Reading-Centred
Activities
1,Global Reading Task
Understanding idiomatic expressions;
Look at passage A and match the
following topics with the paragraphs
in the text;
Try to get the main idea of the text by
answering my questions.
To understand idiomatic
expressions in a reading passage,
one must be good at:
1,Searching for context clues;
2,Looking at examples if there are any;
3,Finding explanations if there are any;
4,Locating opposite or similar
expressions.
She lies motionless,the head seems
unusually large on a skeleton body; the
skin is dark yellow and hangs loosely
around exaggerated bones that not even a
blanket can hide.
I reach for the light switch,and as it
silently lights the scene,I return to the
bed to observe the patient with an
unemotional,medical eye.
Swing from or round
Stretch so as to touch or get
They are ice cold,and I quickly move to
the wrist and feel for the faint pulse,
She is too weak for conversation,so
without asking,I go about providing for
her needs.
When I am finished,I pull a chair up
beside the bed to face her and,taking her
freehand between mine,again notice the
long,thin fingers.
Try to find sth,by touch
Start to work at sth.
Move a chair forward
a) The patient's conditions
b) The patient's room
c) I have never seen the patient before,but
I know that she will die tonight,
d) The exchange between the two human
beings,
e) What do I remember of her?
f) Who was the patient?
g) I offer service to the patient.
h) The patient dies,
3-4
2
1
6-7
10
9
5
8
According to which one of the following
orders does the author write this
narrative?
write by time
write by space
write according to order of importance
write from specific observations to
generalization
write from generalization to specific
observations
Reading-Centred
Activities
2,Detailed Reading Task
Language points
Simulated writing (exercises 8
and 9 )
