Period 1. Words and expressions
Teaching aims:
1. Get Ss to read the words correctly.
2. Grasp the usages of the words.
一、Read and spell the following words.
接待____________ 壯麗的____________ 緊張 ___________
無(wú)辜的__________ 評(píng)論 ____________ 玷污 ___________
處方 ___________ 查詢(xún) ______________ 說(shuō)服 __________
二、Words explaining:
1. reception:
Her calm _________of the bad news surprised us.
她得知惡訊時(shí)之冷靜使我們大為驚訝。
(2)n.接受 the manner of receiving
The delegation enjoyed a very friendly _____________.
代表團(tuán)受到非常友好的歡迎。
(3)n.歡迎會(huì)
They held a ___________ in honor of the foreign visitors.
他們?yōu)閲?guó)外來(lái)訪者舉行了招待會(huì)
2. Considerate: always thinking of what other people need or want
It was very __________ of you to let us know you were going to be late.
She is always polite and ___________towards her employees.
It is ___________ of somebody (to do something)
Be considerate towards sb
considerate 意為“體諒的，為別人著想的”
considered 意為“經(jīng)過(guò)考慮的，被尊重的”；
considerable 意為“相當(dāng)多的，可觀的”；
considering 意為“就……而論
3. astonish: to surprise sb very much,
Adj. astonished/ astonishing
He was ____________ to learn he’d won the competition.
My parents looked _________ at my news.
She seemed____________(that) I had never been to Paris.
It was an ____________ story.
4. vital
(1)adj.<書(shū)>致命的; 關(guān)系生命的
vital organs
a vital wound 致命傷
(2)adj.極為重要的
a vital question 極為重要的問(wèn)題
a matter of vital importance 極為重要的事情
It is absolutely_________ that food supplies should be maintained
5. convince vt.
(1)使確信,使信服;
He _________ me of his innocence. 他使我相信他是無(wú)辜的。
I was _________ that he knew the truth. 我確信他知道事實(shí)。
(2) 說(shuō)服=persuade
What __________you to vote for them?
The doctor ___________me to stop smoking.
6. assume
I ____________ that he had gone for a stroll.
I______________ the responsibility.
His look of happiness is only ________.
7. commit
1)commit 做, 犯;通常指做不合法,錯(cuò)誤的事.
commit murder/suicide/theft…
2)commit sb./oneself to sth./doing sth
向某人保證.---make a commitment
8. curse
1)咀咒,咒罵
The rider _________ his unwilling horse.
2)curse sb. for (doing) sth.”為…咒罵某人“
The old woman________ the little boy for his bad manners.
3)be cursed with “因…而苦惱/而受害”
He is ________ with his lazy son.
三、Consolidation
Choose the best answer.
1. The Chinese film,____ Tang Dynasty, is well received by many foreign viewers.
A. is set in B. setting in
C. set in D. be set in
2. It’s ____ of you not to smoke with
guests present.
A. considerable B. considerate
C. considering D. considered
3. ______ no one has thought of this before.
A. I astonish that
B. I am astonishing
C. It astonishes me that
D. It is astonished that
4. I find it quite___ that none of you likes play.
A. astonished B. astonishment
C. astonishing D. astonish
5.I__________that we were doing the right thing. A. was believed B. was convinced C. was no doubt D. persuaded
6. You’ve done very well, ___ the adverse circumstances.
A. to consider
B. considering
C. considered
D. having considered
7. I have been making some ___ about it.
A. inquiry B. inquiries
C. inquire D. enquire
8. The meeting is beginning at 8 o’clock. ___let’s make some preparations for it.
A. At the same time B. Meanwhile
C. While D. During
(meantime/ in the meantime 在此期間)
9. I'm wondering why he hasn't turned _____ at the meeting.
A．down B．up C．out D．over
10. The young doctor could not sleep at night, the worsening condition of a
patient _____ him.
A．disturbing B. disturbed
C．being disturbed D．to disturb
11. It is __ to me that he should be absent.
A. astonishing B. astonished
C. astonishment D. astonish
12. She offered __ the box for the old man.
A. carrying B. to carry
C. carry D. carried
13._____ you are a doctor, what should you do?
A. Assuming B. Think
C. Expect D. Supposed
14. He has engaged __ for years.
A. to teach B. to teaching
C. in teaching D. for teaching
15. They led __ hard life before liberation and lived mainly __ potatoes.
A. a; by B. /; on C. /; by D. a; on
16. The theory he’s stuck ____ us that earthquake can be forecast.
A. to prove to B. to proves to
C. proves to D. which proved
四、Homework
Read the new words.
Recite the new words
Period 2 Fast reading
Teaching aims: Get Ss to understand the passage
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Greetings
Step 2 pre-reading.
Discuss the following questions:
1.Can you name some famous detective story writers?
2.Do you know anything about Wilkie Collins?
3.What do you already know about the story The Moonstone?
4.What do you think happens next in the story?
Step 3 Fast reading
Task 1:Find the characters in the novel and say something about them
1.An English man
2.Rachel Verinder
3.Franklin Blake
4.Godfrey
5.Dr.Candy
6.Sergeant Cuff
7.Rosanna
8.The strange Indians
Task 2:Main ideas of the three parts
part Main idea
Step 4 Careful reading
Read the passage and answer the following questions
Part 1
1.where and when was the story set?
2.when did the story really begin?
3.who gave Rachel the Moonstone?
4.why did he give it to her?
Part 2
1.What does Rachel Verinder look like? Can you describe her?
2.Say some information about Godfrey and Franklin?
before the party
What happened during the party
after the party
Part 3
1.Why did Sergeant Cuff suspect the Indians, Godfrey, Dr Candy, Rosanna, Rachel and Franklin?
2. Why did Sergeant Cuff believe that the garment with the paint stain belonged to the thief?
subject Reason for suspicion
True or false statements
( )1.The story really began in 1848 in English.
( )2.Rachel’s uncle left the diamond to her because he liked her.
( )3.The diamond was cursed and the man who stole the diamond would live a sad and lonely life.
( )4.Godfrey was Rachel’s childhood friend and he painted the door for her.
( )5.Franklin had an argument with Dr Candy.
( )6.Godfrey was an elegant and successful bachelor with many lady admires. He asked Rachel to marry him ,and she accepted.
( )7.Some Indian entertainers were very skilled and behaved strangely.
( )8.The servant Rosanna was very fond of Godfrey.
( )9.At the end of the party everyone left except for Franklin and Godfrey.
( )10.The Moonstone was gone the next morning.
( )11.Sergeant Cuff only suspected Indians.
( )12.Sergeant Cuff had one vital clue.
Step 5 Blank-filling:
The Moonstones that was once stolen from an Indian is given to Rachel Verinder. She receives the stone as a gift and does not realize that it has been to her in an act of by her uncle, got the Moonstone by means of murder and The jewel also brings luck.. From the moment Rachel to her dress, things start going wrong. First Godfrey asks Rachel to marry him at the party, but she .Over dinner, Franklin with Dr Candy. Finally some Indians offer to the guests, but they are not skilled and behave .
Then, the stone on the very night when it is given to Rachel, though. by the loss of such a jewel, Rachel’s mother Sergeant Cuff, a famous London detective to the theft. At first he the Indians. He finds out that they are not real entertainers, but followers of the moon god. They are waiting for an to take the diamond back to Indian. Then he wonders whether Dr Candy or Godfrey the moonstone as revenge for the of face. He also suspects the servants, Rachel and Franklin, but that is just .He is not sure who stole the diamond.
Step 6 Homework
1. Try to retell the passage.
2. Read the passage and underline the difficult words and expressions.
Period 3 Careful reading
Teaching Aims: Grasp language points and some useful sentences
Teaching procedure:
Step 1.Revision:
Ask students to retell the story in their own words.
Step 2 Language points:
Para1
1. be set in 以------為背景
2. be cursed with ___________
under the curse of = as a result of curse
3. live a sad, lonely life ____________
4. leave sth. to sb. 將某物遺贈(zèng)給某人
leave the moonstone to his sister’s daughter ______________
4. in an act of revenge （在）作為報(bào)復(fù)（的行動(dòng)中）
take the Moonstone as revenge for the loss of face 因丟了面子而將寶石拿進(jìn)行報(bào)復(fù)
get/have/take revenge on sb. for sth.因某事而報(bào)復(fù)某人
in revenge 作為報(bào)復(fù)
類(lèi)似的：in return/exchange___________
5. pass on sth.to sb.轉(zhuǎn)交； 將------傳遞給------
pass on his bad fortune to her___________
6. on the reception for her eighteenth birthday
Para 2
7. be considerate towards sb.對(duì)------體貼
句型：It is considerate of sb. to do sth.
considering(prep.) 就------而言；考慮到
considerable(adj.)值得考慮的;重要
consideration(n) eg . take sb/sth. into consideration(account)
Para3
8. bring ---back （1）將某人（物）帶回
eg. Please bring back the book tomorrow.
(2) 恢復(fù)某事物 eg.They voted against bringing back the death penalty. 他們投票反對(duì)恢復(fù)死刑。
（3）使某人（物）恢復(fù)某物
eg. A week by the sea brought her back to health.______________
bring ---back to life ________ bring sb./sth.( with one)___________
bring about____________ bring ---down ______ ]
bring on ___________ bring up_______
bring out 使某物出現(xiàn)；顯現(xiàn)出；闡明
9. fasten it to her dress 將寶石系在他身上
tie---to---________ fix---to---______ pin ---to---______
10. go wrong 變?cè)愀猓鰡?wèn)題，出故障 類(lèi)似的有 ：
go hungry/bad/white
系動(dòng)詞歸納：表變化的有become/turn/grow/go等
表感覺(jué)的feel/sound/look/smell等
表狀態(tài)持續(xù)的 keep/remain/stay
較特殊作為考點(diǎn)出現(xiàn)的有：prove/make/stand
Para4.
11. over dinner 在吃飯時(shí);過(guò)了飯后
12. in unusual foreign clothes 穿奇裝異服
13. offer to entertain the guests 主動(dòng)要求給客人演節(jié)目
14. behave strangely 舉止怪異
behave+adv.(towards sb.)
eg. behave well/badly/shamefully_____________
behave (oneself) 表現(xiàn)好
eg. Children, please behave ( yourself)! 孩子們，規(guī)矩些！
A bachelor with many lady admirers有好多女子追求的未婚男子
Para.5
15. except for / except except for 強(qiáng)調(diào)部分與整體，不同類(lèi)事物之間
eg. Your composition is wonderful ______________(except/ except for) some spelling mistakes.
考點(diǎn) : except + that,when等引導(dǎo)的從句
She is excellent except that she is a little careless._________
I go to work every day except when it is rainy. _____________
Para.8
16. cause a disagreement between ---and--- 在某人之間制造矛盾
Para 9
17 be stubborn in resisting his enquiries about the moonstone
執(zhí)意不讓警官詢(xún)問(wèn)關(guān)于月亮寶石的事
18.give sb. as much assistance as sb. can 盡可能給予某人幫助
與此類(lèi)似的有：do as much as one can to do sth.
do all/everything/whatever one can to do sth.盡力做某事
19.be guilty 有罪 be guilty of a crime 犯了罪
eg. Because I am not guilty, they set me free. ______________
She had a guilty expression on her usually cheerful face.(內(nèi)疚的)
That makes him guilty of treason. 那使他犯了叛國(guó)罪。
The pilice said he was guilty _______ the murder.
A.with B. for C. of D .to
20．His move to quit smoking cigars to please her is seen by the servants as evidence that he is in love with Rachel.
move(n) (1)行動(dòng)；步驟
eg. The government’s announcement ]is seen as a move
towards settling the strike.
(2)地點(diǎn)或位置的移動(dòng)
eg. She sat in the corner , watching my every move.
她坐在角落里，注視著我的一舉一動(dòng)。
make a move 出發(fā)，動(dòng)身 on the move 在移動(dòng)中
evidence (n) 證據(jù)
eg. She admitted that she had hidden the evidence because she
loved him and and wanted to keep him out of trouble.
evident(adj.) 句型： It is evident/obvious that---
be/fall in love with sb. 愛(ài)上某人
Step 3.Some key sentences:
21.Franklin’s reply that doctors just guess which drug they should recommend makes Dr Candy extremely angry..(reply后是同位語(yǔ)從句)
22.Troubled by the loss of such a valuable jewel, Rachel’s mother hires the famous detective Sergeant Cuff to investigate the theft.
23.As the story develops,(With the development of---) we discover some secrets about the people at the house that night, and the reasons why they might have stolen the diamond.
24.Rachel is stubbon in resisting his enquiries about the Moonstone to the degree that she makes it seem as if she does not want the mystery( to be )solved.(seem/look/appear+as if 引導(dǎo)的表語(yǔ)從句)
25.If he can find the stained garment , he will have found the thief. （將來(lái)完成時(shí)）
26.Whoever (=Anyong who ) is guilty must have a stain on his or her clothes.（疑問(wèn)詞+ever可引導(dǎo)名詞性從句，亦可引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句）
Homework: Read the text and the content above..
Period 4. Integrating skills
Teaching aims: 1.Review the useful expressions learnt in this unit by practice.
2. Improve the student’s reading and writing ability.
Step 1. Revision:
Check language points by giving a dictation.
Step 2. Fast reading
Question: Who actually stole the Moonstone?
Step3. Detailed reading
1. Who did the detective suspect?
2. Why didn’t Rachel answer Sergeant Cuff’s questions?
3. Why didn’t Franklin remember taking the diamond?
4. Who do you think was guilty for Godfrey’s death?
What clues can you find to support your opinion?
Step 4.Language points
1. have heavy debts 負(fù)債累累
pay off the debt _________
in debt (to)____________
2. cancel= call off
3. be mistaken about sb.=misunderstand sb.
4. keep sb. out of trouble 使某人避免麻煩
keep ---out_________ keep(sb/sth) away from __________
keep off ________ keep up (with)__________
keep back ________
5. find the news deeply disturbing
6. hear of a thief having such a loss of memory
沒(méi)聽(tīng)說(shuō)一個(gè)竊賊會(huì)有這么大的忘性
7. upset Dr Candy with his remarks about doctors
說(shuō)了一些關(guān)于醫(yī)生的話(huà)弄得坎迪醫(yī)生很不高興。
remark(v/n) 評(píng)論，評(píng)說(shuō) (=comment)
remark on/upon sb.________
make a few remarks about sb./on a subject____________
the perfect solutions to his financial problems從經(jīng)濟(jì)困境中解脫出來(lái)的最好方法
ticket to success have access to ______
key /visit(n)/entrance to---
8. commit the crime 犯罪
commit murder/ suicide/theft________
commit sb./oneself to (doing) sth.向某人保證（做）某事
make a commitment__________
9. justice was done 正義得到伸張
10. pay a high price for his crime 為犯罪付出沉重的代價(jià)
pay a/the price/penalty for sth.為------付出沉重的代價(jià)
11. be engaged/married to___________
be engaged（engage oneself） in doing sth. 從事某事
12. What happened later proved me wrong .
Later that evening Dr Candy had put some some opium to prove(vt.) to him that it would help.
I cannot prove(vt.) who killed Godfrey.
prove用法小結(jié) 1) Vt 證明，證實(shí)（見(jiàn)上文）prove+賓從 或prove sth.to sb.
2) Vi eg. The task proved (to be) more difficult than we had thought.
13. It turned out that Godfrey had seen Franklin move the diamond that night and, knowing that Franklin would be accused, he had taken it.
turn out其他用法跟prove相類(lèi)似
The woman turned out( to be) a thief
14. Desperate for (急需)money, he tried to persuade Rachel to marry him.
15. He had no choice but to go abroad to sell the diamond.
Step 5. Listening and reading
Step 5.Homework.
Read the text again and remember the content above.