高职国际英语教案book1 Unit 4(2)

5. I look to the future with excitement as we are moving to a new city next week.

2. Coming into Lesson 2

2.1 Listening 1: Single child vs. many children

2.1.1Directions:Listen to May Wong and Annie talking about brothers and sisters. Find out who has got siblings and who thinks that a noisy dinnertime is terrible.

2.1.2Directions:Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

True False

[ ] [ F ] 1. May Wong is happy to be an only child. [ ] [ F ] 2. Annie doesn’t want to be an only child. [ ] [ F ] 3. Annie has four siblings.

[ T ] [ ] 4. May Wong wants siblings.

[ T ] [ ] 5. May Wong finds her parents’ questions

terrible.

[ F ] [ ] 6. Annie is better at school than her sister. 2.1.2 Single child vs. many children

Directions:Work with a partner. Listen again and find the answers to these questions.

1. What are Annie’s two main reasons for wanting to be an only child?

She doesn’t like waiting to use the bathroom in the morning and it is always noisy at meals.

2. What are May Wong’s two main reasons for wanting siblings?

She would have somebody to talk to and her parents wouldn’t concentrate on her too much.

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2.1.3What makes an unhappy home life?

Directions:Listen to this expert talking on a radio show and find out what he says makes an unhappy home life.

What makes an unhappy home life is sibling rivalry.

2.1.4 Directions: List the problems that there can be in a family with more than one child.

Brothers and sisters borrow things. They don’t always return them in good condition.

Younger children sometimes feel that their older brothers and sisters can do whatever they want.

Older brothers and sisters think that the baby of the family gets

more attention. Sometimes brothers and sisters are jealous of one another.

2.1.5 Directions:Now work in a group of four or five students. Discuss the problems mentioned and try to find a solution. Questionnaire — relationship between you and your parents

2.1.6 Directions: Listen to the recording and write down the number of times your answer is YES. Be honest.

Now find out your relationship with your parents.

1-2 YES answers:

You have a good relationship with your parents.

3-5 YES answers:

Try to see things from your parents’ perspective.

6-10 YES answers:

You probably have a love-hate relationship with your parents.

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Unit 4. Relationships

Lesson 3

Text Study (Passage B)

1.Background Information

Facebook

a social networking site, created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris. Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, it is the largest social network in the world, with more than one billion users as of 2012.

Key words:

?open membership

?colloquial name

?user profile

?user groups

2. Words and Expressions

1.training n. practice 训练

2.disappear v. go away 消失

plain v. 抱怨

4.hairdresser’s n.理发店

5.ice cream 冰淇淋

6.chat v. talk in a friendly informal way 聊天

ptop n. 手提电脑

8.install v. put into 安装

9.hard-drive n.硬盘

10.painkiller n.止痛药

11.surgery n.诊所

12.fully booked no free appointment to be had 预定满的

13.available adj. able to be had 可获得的

3. Text

dentist’s appointment

3.1 Explanation of important words in details.

appointment

n. an arranged date 约会，预约

e.g. All consultations are by appointment only.

所有磋商都仅限预约。

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I had an important appointment that night.

我那天晚上有个重要的约会。

make an appointment

e.g. I’d like to make an appointment for 5 p.m. today.

我想要预约今天下午5点。

appoint

v. 任命；委派；指派

e.g. The commission appointed a special investigator to

conduct its own inquiry.

委员会委派了一个特别调查员自行调查。appointed

adj. （时间）指定的，约定的

e.g. The appointed hour of the ceremony was drawing nearer.

既定的典礼时间就快到了。

disappear

v. go away 消失

e.g. The sun had disappeared behind a cloud.

太阳消失在一片云的后面。

The rumour had to disappear before facts.

谣言在真相面前不得不销声匿迹。

disappear from

从……处消失

e.g. But the rain is coming in now, and it will soon disappear

from sight.

但是就要下雨了，它会很快会从我的视线中消失了。complain

v. express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment 抱怨e.g. He complained that the examination was too hard.

他抱怨考试太难了。

The American couple complained about the high cost of

visiting Europe.

这对美国夫妇抱怨到欧洲旅行的花销太大。complain of

诉说(病痛)

e.g. He complained of a headache.

他说他头疼。

complaint

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n. 投诉；意见；抱怨

e.g. If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.

如果你有不满意的事，你应该坦白对我说。complaining

adj. 诉苦的，抱怨的

e.g. He is a habitually complaining and irritable person.

他是一个爱发牢骚且容易被激怒的人。

fully booked

no free appointment to be had 全被订满，预订完了

e.g. The flight is fully booked.

这次航班的票已全部预订完了。

We are fully booked for all types of rooms on that night.

那天晚上各种房型都预约满了。

available

adj. to be had 可以得到的，可以买到的

e.g. We have a single room available.

我们有一间单人房间可以租（给你）。

All our products are available by mail order.

我们的商品都可以邮购。

availability

n. 有效；有益；可利用性；可得到的东西（或人）

e.g. Before travelling we must ensure the availability of petrol

and oil.

旅行前，我们必须确保能够买到汽油和机油。

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