Unit 4 Unforgettable Experiences

• 1.Do you have any experience that is unforgettable?

• 2.When and where did it take place?

• 3.What did you do then?

• 4.Why is it unforgettable?

Discussion:

Zhang Heng is the man who made the earliest seismograph in 132.

Howard Carter is the man who found King Tut’s tomb in 1937.

The Titanic is the ship that/which sank after hitting an iceberg.

Beijing is the city that/which has got the chance to host the 2008 Olympic Games.

Earthquake

Situation 3:

A: Help! Help! Fire!

B: Please step aside. Everything will be OK.

A:You don’t understand. There’s still a little girl inside, who’s

sleeping.

B: What! Where is she?

A: In her bedroom. Oh, I’m so worried.

B: Which room is that?

A: It’s the room on the second floor.

B: Don’t worry. We’ll find her. Don’t be afraid.

Fun ：

好玩，趣事 ( 不可数名词，前面不加 a )e.g. * It's great fun to jump into the river and swim in

the hot summer.

*You’re sure to have some fun at the party tonight. *He is learning French for fun. ?’

make fun of 取笑、嘲弄*People make fun of him only because he is wearing such a strange jacket. funny *He looks very funny in his father's jacket.

Pre-reading:1.What natural disasters do you know about?

2.Have you ever experienced a natural disaster? Can you describe what it was like and how you felt?

3.What would you do in the following situations?

Disaster Flood Earthquake Typhoon Fire

Situation You’re in the classroom.

You’re sleeping in your bedroom.

You’re riding a bike on the road.

You’re shopping in a supermarket.

What would you do?

First,…

Next,…

Then,…

Finally,…

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Next,…

Then,…

Finally,…

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We had been practising our English lessons when our Headmaster used the Intercom to tell all the students that the river was flooding our village. First, we all ran out of the classroom. Next, we started climbing to the roof of the school building. Then, we waited for a team of soldiers to come in boats and brings us to a safe place. Finally, I found my parents and was happy we were all saved.

Disaster

Questions:1.What does the word" rescue" mean (according to the context)?

2.What disaster happened? And who were trapped?

3.Where were they when the water came?

4.How did they try to escape?

5.What was the end of the story?

Language Points 1).wall of fire/water etc: a tall mass of something such as fire or water, that stops anything from getting pass.

2). sweep ——clear (dust,dirt)away with sth ：

*sweep the house clean

*A storm swept over the country. 席卷*The old man’s eyes swept the distance. 扫视

*A new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火。

e.g. The boat was hit by a wall of water.

3 ） . swallowing the garden 现在分词短语作伴随状语，

*Before they reached the house, a new great wave came, sweeping down the trees, and sweeping them down too.

e.g. There she stopped, listening to the strange sounds. 4). must/can/may + have + 过去分词 : 表示对已发生的事情进行猜测

e.g. I met Jeff at the gate a moment ago. He can't have gone to Australia.

6)tree after tree 一棵树接一棵树地* day after day

* time after time

* bus after bus

* page after page

5)get/stand on one’s feet 站起来*He got on his feet when the teacher asked him to answer some questions.

Mount Emei

The Buddha in Leshan

2)Looking up at the large head and down at the large feet makes you feel so small. 句中的 looking up at the large head and down at the large feet 是动名词短语，在句中做主语。*Learning English well is no easy job. *My part-time job is delivering newspapers in the early morning. *We are looking forward to hearing from you soon.

1)a two-day trip 数词 + 度量衡名称 = 复合形容词

* a sixty-thousand-dollar house

定语从句（ The Attributive Clause) P180

1 、 Imagine that you have a machine that lets you travel in time.

2 、 You could visit any year you wish.

3 、 Then ask three classmates about the year and the place they want to travel to.

4 、 They want to see other countries and visit places that are famous, interesting or beautiful.

5 、 Yet there are other reasons why people travel.

6 、 The basic equipment you need for hiking is simple.

7 、 A raft is a small boat that you can use to paddle down rivers and streams.

8 、 If you want a normal rafting trip, choose a quiet stream or river that is wide and has few fallen trees or rocks.

9 、 It is done on rivers and streams where the water moves quickly.

*I have a friend who likes listening to classical music. ( 句中的 who 可用 that 代替 )*I know the student that has never been abroad is studying English very well. ( 句中的 that 可用 who 代替 )*I have finished reading the novel, which I like very much. ( 句中的 which 不可用 that 代替 )*I' m going to meet my friend at the airport, who is coming from the States. ( 句中的 who 不可以用 that 代替 )

阅读短文，划出定语从句与被描述的名词，如需要，请填写适当的关系代词：

Penicillin is a kind of medicine ____ is now widely used in hospital. It has played a very important part in saving those ____ have got serious diseases. But do you know anything about the person ____ discovered it?

Penicillin was discovered by a British scientist, Alexander, ____ was bom on Aug. 6, 1881. After graduating from a medical university, he worked in a laboratory, where his research began. After World War I, he continued his research tor the substances ____ would cure people without bringing harm to human bodies.

In the autumn of 1928, he found through his experiments that penicillin was not harmful to man but it would stop the growth of many dangerous germas.Fleming wrote a paper in _____ he described penicillin in detail. The paper was published in 1929.