高中英语优秀课件：Life stories

Objectives Students are going to:nReview and try to use the vocabulary from the text;n Understand and use synonyms and opposites.1. We can do anything we wantto do if we stick to it long enough. Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. Some Quotes Helen Keller wrote:2. Keep your face to the sunshine and you will not see the shadows. 3. One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. 4. I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. 5. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor touched but are felt in the heart.6. When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. 7. Security is mostly a superstition.It does not exist in nature.8. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.9. When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. straightforward complex stubbornnot flexibleWord understanding“I dont like to change my mind and always want to get my own way.”“If I dont like something, Ill tell people rather than try to hide it.” 3. “People say that they have a hard time getting to know me and dont understand why I behave the way I do.”Understanding the words using synonymsNothing is more precious to me than my good health.Our former headmaster was Miss Yingang, and she retired in May this year.Lots of people thought the answer to the question was apparent, but I dont think so.We wanted to enter the contest but we couldnt because there were lots of restrictions.=valuable=previous=obvious=limitsUnderstanding the words in contextHe is a superb chef. He works in New Yorks best restaurant.outstanding; not awfulbreakthroughan important advance or discovery, often after earlier failuresan unforgettable moment in life 突破; 进展A. The government should cancel the _(限制) on importing cereals from America. She never listens to other peoples suggestions. She is a little _ (顽固的) and her behaviors are _(难以忍受的)restrictionsstubbornunbearableFill in the blanks with the new words:He was so _（渴望） to have a _ （突破）on his English study that he decided to recite 100 words one day. I think he is a _ （了不起） student.eager breakthroughsuperbFill in the blanks with the new words:apparentEasy to see, easy to understand.nThe meaning of love was still not apparent to Helen, but she kept on trying to understand.nHis sadness is apparent to us all.nIt is apparent to us that he is upset.eager keen anxiousneager excited about something that is going to happen or about something you want to do keen especially BrE someone who is keen on something is very interested in it or enjoys doing it very much anxious worried about somethingnMrs. Miller is very keen on art.nHe was eager to get out of the (common) rank and distinguish himself in some way.nHe seemed anxious about the meeting.Synonyms （同义词）Exe.3 P11n1. severen2. preciousn3. eagern4. straightforwardn5. restrictionsn6. formern7. apparentOpposites （反义词）Exe.4 P11n1. precisen2. complexn3. warmthn4. uncertainn5. troublesomen6. gradualn7. stubbornSentence UnderstandingnThis was because Helen couldnt see or hear.nThis is how she described it in her book.nThis was before I knew many words.nhow, because, before 引导的名词从句作表 语。Now thatnNow that Helen understood the key to language, she was eager to learn more and use it as much as she could.nNow that theyve got to know each other a little better, they get along just fine.nWhat can we do with it now that weve found the “Hidden Web” ?It was the first time Helen had understood such a complex word.It is / was the + 序数词词 + time + （that） . 表示“是第次 做”。这这是一个特殊的句型， 当主句用is时时，that从句应应 该该用现现在完成时时；当主句用was时时，that从句应该应该 用过过去完成 时时。还还可以用This /That代替It。如：It / This / That was the first time that your grandpa had been to America.这这是你外公第一次去美国。这这是他第一次上学迟迟到。 That was the first time that he had been late for school.用所给给短语语的适当形式填空。 be eager to, now that, uncertain about , relate to, open up n1. Im going to relax _ the school year is over. n2. What time does the Xinhua Bookstore _? n3. We are _ the place where he lives.n4. The cost _ the amount of time spent on the job. n5. To tell you the truth, I _ meet my friends tonight. now thatopen up uncertain aboutrelates toam eager tonHomework: Ex 1 P56