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What have you learned about the customs and lives of the people in Tombe’s village? Read Jo's letter and look at her photos. Then complete the table below.Type of houses Family relationships Cooking methods Sleeping arrangement Diet Possessions Agriculture Beliefs

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Type of houses

Small, round, made of bamboo, wood and grass.

Family relationships Cooking methods

Everyone seemed to be a relative of Tombe’s. Hot stones are placed in an oil drum, then vegetables are placed in the drum, covered with banana leaves.

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Sleeping arrangements

a new sleeping platform for the guests sweet potato, corns, greens, peanuts not many – one broom , a few tin plates and cups , a couple of jars. a digging stick. The villagers believe in evil spirits.

Diet Possessions Agriculture Beliefs

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Facts1. The boys jumped out of the windows in the science lesson. 2. Jo wondered how relevant chemistry was to the boys.

ReasonsBecause they were frightened; they had never seen anything like this before. Because most of them would live all their lives as farmers.

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Facts

Reasons

3. Tombe's mother It was her way to welcome cried "ieee ieee" visitors to the village. when she saw Jo. 4. There were no windows in Mukap's hut. Perhaps it’s because that was a man’s house.

5. The tin can was The tin can was used to dry standing upside out the leftover food, which down on the grill. might attract evil spirits.

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Words & phrasesadjust 调整; 调整 使合适 purchase 购买 sew 缝制 participate参加 operate 工作 运转 工作; donate 捐赠 relevant 有关的 soft 软的 political 政治的 remote 偏僻的 privilege 特权 hear from 接到…的信 接到 的信 be dying to 渴望; 渴望 极想 come across 偶然遇到 stick out 伸出 in need 在困难中 participate in 参加

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1. be dying to do/for sth. 渴望做 渴望做sth;迫切想要 迫切想要 She is dying to go abroad. I'm dying for a glass of water.“渴望”的类似说法有： 渴望”的类似说法有： 渴望 be thirsty for sth.; have a strong desire for sth.; desire to do sth.; long to do / for sth.

2. picture v. 描绘；想象 imagine 描绘；想象= The artist pictured her as a Spanish dancer. I can't quite picture myself as a mother.

你能说出类似用法的词吗？ 你能说出类似用法的词吗？head:向…前进 hand:交出 water:浇水 ： 前进 ： : book:预订 dry: 使…干燥 ： 干燥

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3. It takes me only a few minutes to walk to 我步行几分钟就可以到达学校了。 school. 我步行几分钟就可以到达学校了。 “花费时间/金钱干某事”的常用句型： 花费时间/金钱干某事”的常用句型： 1)It takes sb. time to do sth. ) 2)It costs sb. money to do sth. ) 3)sth. costs sb. money ) (in) doing sth. 4)sb. spends time / money on sth. ) 5)sb. pays money for sth. ) with sb.

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翻译：花了我30分钟才把这道数学题解出来。 翻译：花了我30分钟才把这道数学题解

出来。 30分钟才把这道数学题解出来

It took me 30 minutes to work out the math problem.

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4.for sure =certainly so 肯定 确切地 毫无 肯定;确切地 确切地;毫无 疑问

him. No one knows for sure what happened to him.没人确切知道他发生了什么事。 没人确切知道他发生了什么事。 be sure of/about 确信，对…有把握 确信， / 有把握 be sure that clause (从句 确信 从句) 从句 确信… make sure 确信，查明，核实 确信，查明， to be sure 的确，诚然 作插入语用 的确，诚然(作插入语用 作插入语用)

翻译： 毫无疑问，他会参加这次聚会的。 翻译： 毫无疑问，他会参加这次聚会的。 He‘ll be at the party, for sure. . 我确信你会学好英语的。 我确信你会学好英语的。 I am sure that you can learn English well.

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5. imaginative adj. 富有想象力的 爱想象的 富有想象力的,爱想象的 你知道下列单词吗？ 你知道下列单词吗？ imaginary adj. 想象中的 假想的imagine v. 想象 想象中的,假想的 imaginable adj. 可想象的 image n. 肖像 imagination n. 想象力选词填空： 选词填空： 完成句子. 用imaginative, imaginary, imaginable 完成句子

1) Albert Einstein is known as an ___________ imaginative scientist. 2) The story is wholly imaginary . __________. 3) The house has the most beautiful views ___________. imaginable .

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6. make a difference (1) 紧要， 重要 ) 紧要， 翻译： 翻译：What you said makes a difference to my teaching. 你所说的对我的教学很重要。 你所说的对我的教学很重要。 填空:1) 填空 They are now in great need of help. So your support will certainly make a ___. D A deal B decision C point D difference (2) make a/no/little/much difference to sb. / sth. 对…有/没有 很小 很大影响 没有/很小 有 没有 很小/很大影响 翻译： 翻译：The rain didn’t make much difference 这雨对运动会没多大影响。 to the sports meeting. 这雨对运动会没多大影响。 2) 他去不去对我没啥影响。 It makes no 他去不去对我没啥影响。 difference to me whether he goes or not.

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短语： 短语： be different from 与...不同 不同 differ from 与...不同 不同 be different in 在...方面不同 方面不同 make a difference between 区别对待 tell the difference between 说出 的差别 不同 说出...的差别 的差别/不同 练习： 练习：The twins are different ___ many in ways, such as diet and behavior. 翻译：你能区别adapt 和adjust吗？ 翻译：你能区别 吗 Can you tell the difference between “adapt” and “adjust?”

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7.Tombe’s father, Mukap, led us to his . house, a low bamboo hut with grass sticking out of the roof. .他的父亲领我们到他的房子，一间低矮的屋顶长着 他的父亲领我们到他的房子， 草的小竹屋。 草的小竹屋。 区别下列短语： 区别下列

短语：

stick out 伸出 stick with sb. 继续支持sb. 继续支持sb. 坚持， stick to 坚持，不放弃用适当的介词填空： 用适当的介词填空： out 1) It‘s rude to stick ____ your tongue at others. . with 2) I will stick _____ my friends throu …… 此处隐藏：3811字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……