1、Reference for Teaching I.异域风情1. Agencies at work News agencies(通讯社) usually work in the background. As the major news providers, news agencies provide reports, photos or graphics to newspapers, television stations, websites and magazines worldwide. Though their names are often hidden, they are every
2、where,Reuters (路透社) Founded in 1851 in the UK, Reuters bills(用海报宣传) itself as the worlds largest international multimedia news agency. Reuters supplies news text, graphics, video and pictures-to media organizations and websites around the world. It operates in 200 cities in 94 countries and has staf
3、f at 197 news bureaus. Founded in 1848 in the US. the Associated Press is another of the biggest andclaims that it is a source of news, photos, graphics, audio and video for more than l billion people a day. In the US, AP serves 5 000 radio and television stations and 1 700 newspapers. In addition,
4、there are 8 500 newspaper, radio and television subscribers(订户) in 121 countries overseas. It has 3 700 employees working in 242 bureaus. AP has received 47 Pulitzer Prizes (普利策奖) and has 28 photo Pulitzers.AFP(法新社) Agence France-Press is a worldwide multimedia news agency, founded in 1835 in France
5、. It has more than 2 000 employees, 900 working outside France. It says it produces 400 000600 000 words of text, 700 photos and 50 news graphics every day. AFP is present in 165 countries, with 110 bureaus.DPA(德新社) Deutsche PresseAgentur is Germanys leading news agency. It has a network of correspo
6、ndents around the globe, providing news stories, photos, graphics and radio reports. That includes offices and staff in 100 countries.Xinhua(新华社) Xinhua News Agency is Chinas largest news and information gatherer. It puts out 400 000 characters of various types of news every day to newspapers, radio
7、 stations and TV stations at the country. Overseas, it releases 400 000 words daily in Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabian and Portuguese.2. The Origin of Coffee There is a legend from the 15th century. A shepherd in Africa noticed his herd remained awake, jumping and leaping around
8、the whole night after consuming the red cherries of a nearby shrub, having tasted the fruit himself, he was delighted by its invigorating effects. The new discovery even impressed a group of nearby monks, who soon began to boil the bean themselves and use the liquid to stay awake during all-night ce
9、remonies. Cultivation of coffee trees all began in Arabia. They obtained me extract by chewing the berries of the coffee shrub. It was not until much later that coffee beans were first roasted, ground and had boiling water poured over them to make a drink. The drinking of coffee spread worldwide ove
10、r years and become a part of many cultures II知识归纳 1alone作形容词时用法归纳 (1)alone作形容词时意为“单独的，独自的”一般只作表语，不作定语。 egHer parents were dead and she was alone 她双亲死了，留下她独自一人。 Alone as he is。he doesnt feel lonely 他虽然独居，却不感到孤寂。 (2)alone作定语，意为“只有”。通常用在名词或代词后面，可换用only。 egThe key alone will open the door 只有这把钥匙能开这个门。 H
11、e alone knows the secret 只有他一人知道秘密。 MrSmith alone knows what happened 只有史密斯先生知道发生了什么事。 He alone knows it=He is the only person who knows it 他是唯一知道此事的人。 2impress用法归纳 (1)impress为及物动词，意为“使明白重要性，留下了深刻印象”。 egThe film impressed me deeply 那部影片给我留下了深刻的印象。 His words impressed deeply on my memory. 他的话深深地印在我的记
12、忆里。 What impressed me most was their brave spirit 给我印象最深的是他们的无畏精神。 (2)其被动式be impressed很常用，后可接withby。 eg1 was greatly impressed bywith the headmasters speech 我被校长的话深深感动了。 She was deeply impressed by/ with the scenery in Guilin 桂林的景色给她留下了深刻美好的印象。 (3)impress sthonupon ones mind意为“把牢记在心”。 egPlease impre
13、ss what you see on your mind 请把你见到的牢记在心上。 3以1y结尾的常见形容词归纳 下列以1y结尾的不是副词而是形容词使用时，需当心，不要误用： friendly友好的一a friendly smile友好的微笑 lovely可爱的一a lovely girl一位可爱的姑娘 lively活泼的一a lively child一位活泼的小孩 lonely孤独的一a lonely traveller一位孤独的旅客 deadly致命的一a deadly blow致命的一击 silly傻的，无聊的一a silly question愚蠢的问题 orderly秩序的一an or
14、derly mind有条不紊的头脑 manly男子气概的一a manly person具有男子气概的人 fatherly像父亲的一a fatherly teacher一位父亲式的教师daily每日的一daily work日常工作weekly每星期的一a weekly magazine周刊 yearly每年的一a yearly income年收人 词语辨析 1comparetocomparewith compareto“把比作”，着重注意两者间的相似点。comparewith“拿与相比较”，侧重于两者间的区别。即compare之后接to是比作，with是“比较”，不能混淆。 egHe compa
15、red the noisy children to monkeys 他把吵闹的孩子比作猴子。 Chairman Map compared young people to the sun at eight or nine in the morning 毛主席把青年人比作早晨八、九点钟的太阳。 He likes to compare his pupils with his son 他喜欢拿自己的学生和儿子比。 No one can compare with him in English 在英语方面无人能和他相比。 2summitconference，meeting，meet 四个词均可指“会c义”
16、，但使用场合各不相同。summit指“最高级会议、首脑会议”；conference也比较正式，指重大、规模较大的会议或专业性较强的学术(研讨)会议；meeting为普通用词，指一般性会议；meet在美国用，多指“集会”。 egChinese President Hu Jintao arrived here on Monday afternoon for a three day state visit to RussiaDuring his stay in Russiahe will take part in the third summit of the Shanghai Cooperatio
17、n Organization members states to be held in Moscow 国家主席胡锦涛周一下午到达这里，对俄罗斯进行三天的国事访问。在俄罗斯期间主席将要参加将在莫斯科举行的上海合作组织成员国第三次首脑会议。 The International Economic Conference was held in Shanghai last week 国际经济会议上周在上海举行? Our headmaster has gone to Beijing to attend the conference on education 我们校长去北京参加教育工作会议了。 We hav
18、e a class meeting every Monday 每周一我们有班会。 When is the school sports meetmeeting going to be held? 校运会什么时候举行? 3cause，reason，excuse cause意为“起因，原因”，指引起某种结果的必然原因，即主要事实方面的原因。 reason指在事实的基础上通过逻辑判断推出来的理由，常与for连用。 excuse指为免受指责和推卸责任而找的“理由，借口”。 egHeart trouble is one of the most serious causes of death among o
19、ld people 心脏病是导致老年人死亡的最重要的原因之一。 Tell me the reason for changing the plan 告诉我你改变计划的原因。 A bad excuse is worse than no excuse 与其作个差劲的辩解不如不辩解。 能力训练 1用倒装句式改写下列句子 (1)The days are gone which we spent together in the middle school 答案：Gone are the days which we spent together in the middle school (2)He spoke
20、 so rapidly that we could hardly follow him 答案：So rapidly did he speak that we could hardly follow him (3)He had hardly got into the room when the telephone rang 答案：Hardly had he got into the room when the telephone rang (4)一Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother? 一I dont know and l dont care，ei
21、ther 答案：答句变为I dont knowNorNeither do I care (5)Man didnt know what heat was until the early years of the 19th century 答案：Not until the early years of the 19th century did man know what heat was (6)The door opened and a middle-aged woman came In wearing an expensive turcoat 答案：The door opened and in
22、came a middle-aged woman wearing an expensive furcoat 2看图作文 根据下面四幅图及提示，用英语写出切题的短文。注意：1文章的开头已写出，不计人总词数。2词数100左右。 提示：1看电视已成为多数家庭生活的一部分，很多人认为，电视对儿童不利。2看电视对儿童的不良影响是3因此， Nowadayswatching TV has become part of peoples life in most familiesAlthough there are many excellent programmes for childrenmany peopl
23、eOne possible version： Nowadays，watching TV has become part of peoples life in most familiesAlthough there are many excellent programmes for children, many people feel it harmful forthemThere are several reasons for this First of a11，some programmes are not good for children to watchSecondly，televis
24、ion can affect childrens eyesightThirdly，if they watch TV too long each day，they wont be able to finish their homework in timeAlso，if they stay up too late at night watching TVthey will feel sleepy in class，and thus wont be able to follow others So watching too much television can be harmful to children，both mentally and physicallyParents should know what programmes their children are watchingEvery coin has two sidesChildren must be under control when they watch television