2014-2015学年度第8期总第572期
哈尔滨市第一中学 张婳
British accents are different from North to South (P4-5)
I. Pre-reading
Do you want you work in the North or in the South in future?
II. Reading
•In what aspects(方面) do the rich and the poor in the UK differ from each other?
•People in the two worlds speak in different ways.
•Alongside accents, the economy also changes. 
II. Reading
True or False?
1. There are still differences between the South and the North.
2. Everybody agrees which part of Britain is the southern part.
3. Southerners think that they are educated people.
4. The North-South Divide makes it impossible for the two halves of the UK to live together.
TFTF
III. Vocabulary
Look at some sentences and try to figure out the meanings of the underlined words.
•The class system still exists.
•class: 阶级
•exist:存在
•A kind of rare animal exists in China - the panda.
•此句可替为There is…
•Alongside accents, the economy also changes.
•在…旁边，与…一起，与…同时
•Today, the career you have and the person you marry don’t depend on where you were born or what class you are from.
•取决于,随…而定
•But as London is getting richer and people are moving to the South for work, the North-South divide is getting bigger.
•随着
•As time goes by, he’s getting better and better.
IV. Structure
Please translate this sentence.
•The rich southern city of London slowly becomes the North where people generally have less money.
•南方富都伦敦慢慢变成了北方之地，那里的人总的来说钱越来越少。
•Where引导定语从句。
Look at the sentences and pay attention to their structures.
•现在分词做状语的用法
•The posh people are upstairs, worrying what clothes they should wear for dinner, and the poor people are downstairs, working hard to make food and tea.
•做伴随状语
•Depending on where someone comes from in Britain, you’ll get a different answer.
•做条件状语
•如果你随不同地方的人而定的话，你就会得到不同的答案。
•1)原因 Being a good student, I must study hard.
•2)时间 (While) reading the book, he nodded from time to time.
•时间 When heated, water can be changed into steam.
•3)条件 We can do the work much better if given more time.
•4)伴随He stood there, surrounded by a crowd of listeners.
•5)结果He dropped the glass, breaking it into pieces.
•6)让步Though it’s snowing heavily, it will clear up very soon.
Soccer is played in 80 countries, ____ it the most popular sport in the world.
A. making
B. makes
C. made
D. to make 
He sent me a letter,  ____ to get further information.
A. hoped
B. hoping
C. to hope
D. hope 
Finding her car stolen, _____.
A. a policeman was asked to help
B. the area was searched horoughly
C. it was looked for everywhere 
D. she quickly went to a policeman for help 

New changes to brains (P5)
I. Pre-reading
Do you ever do homework while listening to music, or watch TV while texting friends?
II. Reading
•According to the study, what could the effects of multitasking be?
•It could be changing our brains.
•Those who reported more media multitasking had less gray matter in their brains.
•What is gray matter used for?
•Gray matter is the part of the brain that helps to deal with information and control emotions.
•Is multitasking really more efficient, according to the article?
•No. It wastes your energy and slows you down. And once you’ve slowed down, it can be hard to pick back up where you left off.
III. Vocabulary
Look at some sentences and try to figure out the meanings of the underlined words.
•It may seem like an obvious question since most of us multitask all the time.
•明显的
•There is increasing concern about its impacts (影响) on our cognitive (认知的) and social-emotional well-being.
•n. v. 有关，关心，担心
•People using several media devices at the same time were more likely to be anxious or depressed.
•设备
•It seems that more research into the issue is needed.
•n. 问题,（报刊的）期, 发行物
•v. 发行
•Multitasking doesn’t actually work if you’re trying to be more efficient.
•奏效，起作用
IV. Structure
Look at the sentence and pay attention to the structure of the sentences.
•But no matter what, you should consider limiting (限制) yourself to one screen at a time.
•不管怎样
•No matter what等于whatever吗？
•_______ happened, he wouldn’t mind.
•A. Whatever      B. No matter what
•答案：A&B
•Prisoners have to eat ________ they're given.
•A. whatever      B. no matter what
•答案：A
•引导让步状语从句：whatever, no matter what
•引导名词性从句: whatever
•No matter what happened, he wouldn’t mind. 让步
•Prisoners have to eat whatever they‘re given. 名词性从句中的宾语从句
•名词性从句包括主语从句，宾语从句，表语从句，同位语从句
•Whatever he said was popular. 主语从句
•其它词也符合这个用法：
•Whoever
•Whenever
•Wherever
•Whichever
•However
•Translate the sentences.
•无论你要什么，我都买给你。
•Whatever/No matter what you want, I will buy it for you.
•无论何时你有时间，请给我打电话。
•Whenever/No matter when you have time, please call me.
•任何在教室里的人都应该认真听讲。
•Whoever/No matter who is teaching the class, you should listen to them carefully.

Clearing my name (P6)
I. Pre-reading
Have you ever not been allowed to enter somewhere?
II. Reading
•Why was the writer not let in?
•Because her name was similar to the name of someone who was on the wanted (缉拿的) list.
•How long did she have to wait?
•2 hours.
•Is the writer going to change her name?
•No.
III. Vocabulary
Look at some sentences and try to figure out the meanings of the underlined words.
•I was approached by one of the officers.
•v. 接近
•n. 接近，道路，方法
•my approach to learning English
•What can I do to keep it from happening again?
•阻止 = prevent/stop…from, 但如果用keep的话，from就不可以省略，其它两个词可以。
•He smiled the empty smile …
•空洞的微笑
•my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective (看法) on what diversity (多元性) and tolerance (忍耐) are supposed to mean.
•应该 = should
•I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.
•不知道
IV. Structure
Look at the sentence and pay attention to the structure of the sentences.
•A name is a part of anyone’s personal and professional identity – just like the town you’re born in.
•you’re born in 做定语。由于be born in的宾语town放在了前面，所以in很容易被忘写，实际上in是不可以省略的。
•Give me a pen to write with.
•She is a very nice person to work with.
•Please translate the sentences.
•请找把椅子坐下。
•Please find a chair to sit on.
•对于我们，没有什么可去担忧的。
•There’s nothing for us to worry about.