2017-2018学年度第2期总第624期

 

The master of fright returns (P4-5)

辽宁省沈阳二中 李珊珊

I. Lead-in   

1. Look at the book cover. What kind of book do you think this is? 

 

Horror Story/

Thriller

(恐怖小说/惊悚小说）

2. Do you know the famous author of this scary book?

Stephen King,

who is nicknamed “the king of terror”. 

The Shining (《闪灵》) is one of his world-famous works. Today we are going to learn about Stephen King and his terrifying works. 

 

II. Fast reading

Read the article quickly and and answer the following questions.

1. What was the turning point of Stephen King’s writing career?

    Just as he was about to give up, his wife’s good judgment was the turning point. She rescued a few pages of a story Stephen King threw away, and the result was Carrie, a bestseller and later a movie that made a fortune at the box office. 

    Since then, a vast number of novels and stories have flowed from King’s pen, making him one of the most famous and successful writers in the world. 

2. Why are JK Rowling and George R.R. Martin mentioned in the text? 

   To emphasize that Stephen King is as popular as them. He is one of the most famous and successful writers in the world. 

 

III. Intensive Reading

Read the article carefully and fill in the form below.

 

 

Sentence understanding

“King also has many strings in his regular literary bow.” (Para 8) 

 What does this sentence mean?

It means that besides horror stories, Stephen King is also good at writing other types of stories, such as his most famous non-horror story, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. 

string 绳，弦； bow 弓箭； 

string 与 bow  在文中是比喻的用法，表明King有多种写作风格

词组：another string to one‘s bow 两手准备 

 

IV. Vocabulary Bank

Match the English word in column A with its definition in column B

 

Choose the right word to fill in the blanks.

1.be based on;    2. break through;   3. turning point;   4. make a fortune;   

5. slow down 

1. The discovery of the law marked a _____ turning point ______ in the history of Physics.

2. Farmers abandoned the land and went to big cities to ____ make a fortune ________.

3. Grades for each course will __ be based on _________ participation and examinations.

4. The road is slippery; you’d better __ slow down _________.

5. After the heavy rain, sunlight had ___ broken through _________ the clouds. 

 

V. Grammar Focus

1. Since then, a vast number of novels and stories have flowed from King’s pen, making him one of the most famous and successful writers in the world. 

making在句中作结果状语.

-ing形式作状语，可以表示时间、原因、结果、条件、让步、伴随等。如： 

Hearing the bad news, he got frightened.  时间状语 

Not knowing her address, I can’t write to her.  原因状语 

Mary failed all her exams, making her parents very angry.  结果状语 

Working hard, you will succeed.  条件状语 

Working so hard, he failed again.  让步状语 

He sat in the chair, reading a newspaper.  伴随状语 

注意：only to do用来表示意料外的结果状语。如： 

Yesterday I went to see him, only to learn that he had gone abroad two days before.

2. Despite turning 70 this year, the author shows no sign of slowing down, and neither should he. 

despite在此处为介词，后接名词、名词短语或代词，与in spite of同义，表示“尽管”、“虽然”、“不顾”。更多例句，如： 

Despite numerous failures, they continued to conduct the experiment.

Despite his lack of experience, he got the job.

We were there on time, in spite of the rain.

In spite of careful checking, there were still mistakes in her essay.

注意：although/ though为从属连词，后面需要接从句。如： 

Although he is nearly 70, he is very energetic.

 

Ⅵ. Exercises

1. _______ that he was in great danger, Eric walked deeper into the forest.

·Not realized

·Not to realize 

·Not realizing

·Not to have realized 

2. The reporter got to the airport, ________ the superstar had left.

·only to tell

·only to have told

·only to be told

·only telling 

Translate the sentence with requirements. 

不管不顾他受伤的腿，他仍然参加了赛跑。 

（分别用despite和although造句）

Despite his injured leg, he still took part in the race. 

Although he injured his leg, he still took part in the race. 

 

Ⅶ. Discussion 

Look at the last sentence of the article, “King is a man who loves to write books, and he’s frighteningly good at it.” Why did the author choose the word “frighteningly” here? 

“Frighteningly” is used here to stress King is extremely good at writing horror stories. The word comes from “fright”, reflecting the feature of King’s novels.

 

Ⅷ. Assignment 

Search the internet to learn more about Stephen King’s books. Write a short article describing your impression of the writer. 

 

 

 

One step too far? (P6)

河北省邯郸市第一中学  余云娟

I. Lead-in   

·Do you think it would be possible to change human genes? 

·If it were possible, what kind of things do you think we’d be able to change?

·Do you think it would be a good idea if we could change genes as we liked? 

 

II. Skimming

Read Para 1-2 quickly and fill in the blanks.

 

 

III. Scanning

Read Para 3-6 carefully and answer the following questions.

1. What is CRISPR?

CRISPR is a gene-editing tool that allows scientists to “cut and paste” human DNA. 

2. What is the function of the two examples of edited genes in the text? 

They are used to support the idea that the benefits of gene editing have already been tested in living patients. 

Read Para 7-11 carefully and answer the following question.

1. What is an advantage of human gene editing technology?

With the technology, diseases or birth defects could simply be “edited out” in the future. 

2. What are people’s concerns about gene editing?

Besides some ethical concerns, such as so-called designer babies or greater inequality, they believe we still don’t understand genes enough to give an unborn child greater brainpower or better abilities.

 

IV. Language study

Translate the sentences. Pay attention to the sentence structures.

1. But while this may seem like a great step forward in science, some also believe that it’s one step back when it comes to ethics.

 

But是转折作用，while在这里表示“虽然；尽管”

 when it comes to (sth/doing sth) 当谈及，当提及

句意为：但是，尽管基因修改技术看起来像是科技的一大进步，一些人也认为这是道德伦理的一大退步。

 2. In August, a group of scientists from the US and South Korea worked together to successfully edit a human embryo and remove a genetic mutation that would have led to heart disease, reported The Guardian.

·edit: 编辑，剪辑             embryo: 胚芽，胚胎

·would have led to: 本可能会导致，这里用虚拟语气表示与过去事实相反的情况。

· 句意为：八月，一组来自于美国和韩国的科学家成功地编辑了一个人类胚胎，并且移除了本可能导致心脏疾病的一种基因突变，卫报报道。

 

V. Learn to use

Fill in the blanks with proper words.

·_______ this was the first example of an embryo’s genes being changed successfully, the benefits of gene editing have already been tested in living patients. 

·However, others believe this could lead to so-called designer babies, _____ (give) parents the option to choose everything from eye color to intelligence.

·3. You could find wealthy parents buying the latest ‘upgrades for their children, _____ (lead) to even greater inequality than we already live with.

·4. ___ ____ ____ (尽管) these ethical concerns, experts say it’s not possible to create the “perfect” human being. 

·5. _______ the progress scientists have made, we don’t understand human genes enough to give an unborn child great brainpower or amazing singing abilities.

·6. So it looks like ___ we want good exam results, or to impress people _____ our piano skills, we’ll have to stick _____ the old fashioned method of plain hard work. 

Key: Although; giving; leading; In spite of; Despite; if; with; with

 

VI. Discussion

   Discussion:

   If we could edit our genes as we liked, how would you change your genes? Why?