2015-2016学年度第5-6期总第608期

Little Prince is back (P1)

烟台经济技术开发区高级中学   唐福珍 

I. Warming up

1. Have you read the novel The Little Prince? 

2. Have you heard about the movie of The Little Prince?

II. Skimming 

Look through the passage and decide where it is most likely to come from.

A. a film poster    B. a fashion magazine

C. a film review    D. a tour guide

III. Scanning 

Read the passage again and answer the following questions.

•1. When will the movie come out in China?

•It will come out in China on Oct 16.  

•2. Why did the Little Prince come to Earth in the story?

•Because he wanted to look for a way to mend his broken heart after his unhappy love affair.

•3. Did he find something to end the sadness caused by his unhappy love affair? What happens at the end of the story?

•No. He could find nothing to mend his broken heart, and he dies in the desert at the end of the story. 

•4. What could the pilot learn from the Prince?

•He shouldn’t be hopeless. 

•5. Why is the book so popular with people of all ages?

• The generous, self-sacrificing Prince himself sets an example for us.

•The book is neither simply happy nor simply sad. The best word for this story is perhaps “bittersweet ”. It charms people and makes people cry, but people don’t quite understand why. 

IV. Sentence structure

Read the sentences and pay attention to their structure.

One was a king who hated other people and lived on a planet with no other people on it. 

•with no other people on it 为with复合结构，做定语修饰planet。

With复合结构的形式为with/without+名词/

代词+形容词/副词/介词短语/动词不定式/分词，

可以做定语和状语。 

1)We sat on the dry grass with our backs to the wall. (作伴随状语)

2)She could not leave with so many duties still unfulfilled. (作原因状语) 

3) He lay in bed with his head covered. (作方式状)

4) Jack soon fell asleep with the light still burning. (作伴随状语)

5) I won‘t be able to go on holiday with my mother feeling so ill. (作原因状语)

6) He sat with his arms clasped around his knees. (作方式状语)

7) Do you know the boy with the book in his hand? (作定语) 

V. Vocabulary

Expressions in the passage:

•对---着迷，对---疯狂 •be crazy about

•发行 • come out

•各个年龄的人们 • people of all ages

•寻找 • be in search of

•事实上 • in truth

•使某人想起 • remind sb. of sth.

•在这方面 • in this respect

Space has Internet troubles (P5)

烟台经济技术开发区高级中学   唐福珍 

I. Warming up   

1. How much do you know about astronauts’ lives in space? 

2. Can you imagine life without the Internet in space? How do you think astronauts use the Internet in space?

II. Skimming 

Look through the passage and answer the following questions.

1. Why was Internet access first given to astronauts by NASA five years ago?

Because it would help improve the astronauts’ quality of life in space and make them feel less lonely. 

2. What is the speed of the connection like?

It is slow.

3. What do you think about the future of the Internet?

It will be faster.

III. Scanning 

1. What technology can be used on the International Space Station now?

Computers can be used for e-mail, social media, and news. Tablets can be used for different tasks. Video calls can also be made to get in touch with family and friends on the ground.

2. What makes the Internet connection so slow?

The distance that the data has to travel.  

3. How can the Internet be made faster?

By changing to laser-based systems.  

IV. Sentence structure

Read the sentences and pay attention to their structure.

1. This is because the Internet connection in space comes from a network of satellites (卫星) – the same satellites that NASA engineers on the ground use to communicate with astronauts on the International Space Station, according to The Atlantic.

because 引导的是表语从句。

that引导的是定语从句，先行词前有the same, such, so 或as时，定语从句往往用as引导，但此处用that引导 ，注意区别：

This is the same bag as the one I lost yesterday.

这个书包和我昨天丢失的相似。

This is the same bag that I lost yesterday.

这正是我昨天丢失的书包。

2. This means that, even though the connection on the ground is fast, the signal is slow to go from space to Earth so the Internet runs slowly.

even though 引导的是让步状语从句，意为“即使”，还可以用even if。

Eg. Even if we achieve great success in our work, we should not be too proud. 即使我们在工作中取得了巨大成绩，也不应该自满。 

3. It’s a “much faster” way to send data, NASA said, and one that shows the possibilities for the “future of communications to and from space”.

One 指代前面的a way, 其后的that引导的是定语从句。 

V. Vocabulary

1. So what makes the connection so slow compared with broadband (宽带) Internet speeds on the ground? 

compared with: 跟---相比，在句中作状语,相当于一个时间或条件状语从句。

Eg. 1) This room is much bigger, compared with that one.

   2) Compared with more advanced countries, (=If/When our country is compared with more advanced countries,) we can see that our country still has a long way to go.

VI. Discussion

Do you think that communications in the future will be fast? Why or why not?

Learning to listen (P6)

深圳市宝安中学 袁小林

Warm-up        

Free talk

1. Do you have a car in your family?

2. Have your ever seen a car accident?

    Where? When ? What? Why  did it happen?

3. What happens after a car accident?

4. What do the police usually do?

Comprehension

Scanning

1. What kind of car did the writer have?

     A new and beautiful car

2. What happened to his car？

   It was destroyed in the accident.

3. Who was responsible for the accident？

    The other driver.

4. What is the city speed limit？

     50 kmph.

5. How fast was the writer driving at the time of the accident?

    55 kmph.

Detailed reading

Why did the accident happen ?

The other driver was talking on the phone when

he went through a red light .

2. Why did the policeman take statements?

He wanted to work out who was responsible for the

accident.

3. Why did the policeman repeat “you were going about 50 kmph”?

He wanted to help the writer.

Further discussion

1. Why did the policeman want to help the writer?

a) It was not the writer’s fault.

b)     The writer’s car was badly damaged.

c)      The writer’s niece was scared.

d)     He didn’t mind that the writer had been driving just 5 kmph over the speed limit.

2. Why did the writer insist on saying he was going 55 kmph?

 a) He thought the policeman hadn’t heard him clearly.

 b) He didn’t realize the policeman was trying to help him.

3. What was the result of the writer’s insistence that he was doing 55 kmph?

The other driver’s insurance company didn’t pay him for the damage done to his car.

4. Why didn’t the writer get the money from the other driver’s insurance company?

Because he was driving over the city speed limit when the accident happened.

5. What lesson did the writer learn?

Sometimes it is important to listen to the advice of others and toshut your mouth

Language study

Practice  用本文出现的下列词组填空

be involved in; be busy; pay for; help …out; end up

1.I am afraid that your son ________ a fight.

2.How much would you _____ a new house?

3.The poor boy couldn’t find a place to stay the night, and ______ sleeping in a park.

4. When I saw him, he was _______ his homework.

5.When I lost money last Saturday, a stranger _____ me _____.

(keys: 1. has been involved in ; pay for; ended up; busy with; helped… out)

Model sentences:

1.I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was shooting myself in the foot.

我当时没有意识到这点，但我完全是自找麻烦。

Shoot oneself in the foot = to say or do something wrong that will cause you a lot of trouble.

因说错或做错而自找麻烦/自寻烦恼      又如：

Tom really shot himself in the foot when he shouted at his

boss like that.

汤姆对老板这样大喊大叫完全是自找麻烦。

I2. However, I totally missed the boat on the other driver’s insurance company.

然而，我完全没有得到对方保险公司的赔偿。

Miss the boat/bus = (非正式) to fail to take an opportunity.

错过机会，坐失良机                                  又如：

You’ll miss the boat if you don’t buy these shares now.

如果你现在不买这些股票，你就会坐失良机。

注意：miss the train/bus etc 指没有赶上火车等

3. It suddenly struck me that the traffic policeman

had been trying to help me out.

我突然想到那个交警原来一直想要帮助我。

It strikes/hit sb that…

某人突然想起……

It suddenly hit me that I had an appointment today.

我突然想起来我今天有个约会。

类似句型还有 it occurs to/ happens sb that…

我突然想到我一整天没有见到汤姆。

It occurred to me that I hadn’t seen Tom all day.

4. I might have carried on insisting that I told the

truth, but I could at least have said “Thank you”

to him instead of acting so rudely.

我也许要坚持说出真相，但我至少可以对他说声“谢谢你”，而不是表现得那么无礼。

此句是过去时态的虚拟语气，表示和客观事情相反的假设。又如

I might have gone to see you if I hadn’t been busy yesterday.

4. What does the last sentence mean?

Never forget – to hear, you have to be able to listen.

永远别忘记-- 要能听见，你必须要能够倾听。

这里 hear 指听见； listen 指去听、倾听