1、Unit 6 Nature in words单元目标主题学习目标通过本单元学习掌握不同文体的特点, 树立欣赏和保护自然的意识, 建立感恩自然、珍视自然的信念。语言能力目标核心单词weekly, inspector, insist, shaving, prospect, bend, church, rhyme, innocent, enhance, wheat, gentle, sweep, ban, chorus, thorough, precise, launch, reputation, elegance, pasionate, diamond重点词块gypsy moth, dozens
2、of, of ones time, be sen as, nothing but, hang over, add to, replace. with., in ones opinion, all the time, be irelevant to, filter into, malaria control, as well as, be regarded as, aim to, the launch of, look forward to单元语法复习: 非谓语动词作定语、状语和补语（Review: non-finite forms as atributive, adverbial and co
3、mplement）写作能力利用本单元所学的语言知识和策略, 能够创作关于自然的作品, 表达对自然的热爱。背景导学Nature can provide almost everything human beings need if we follow her rules. But if we break the rules, she is likely to be cruel and punish us.The outbreak of COVID-19 is an example. Dr Peter Daszak, president of the US-based health organiza
4、tion, said, “This outbreak is a lesson for us. On a global scale （规模）, human population density （密度）, wildlife diversity, and land use changes are what drive new pandemics （流行病）.”In ancient times, people needed to rely on nature to survive so they treated it with awe （敬畏）. For example, American Indi
5、ans believed that humans were a part of nature and nature was a part of humans. Chinese ancient people always tried to keep the harmony between nature and human beings.However, as human beings master more knowledge and make more advanced tools, people try to change and even conquer nature. They use
6、more land to make buildings and capture wild and rare animals to suit their own needs. In this process, humans gradually lose contact with nature and even throw it off balance.Although we dont know for sure what first caused the COVID-19 outbreak, its time for people to reflect on our relationship w
7、ith our planet and reconnect to this world and everything that weve been given. After all, nature is not the place to visit. Its our home.1.What lesson should human beings learn from the COVID-19 outbreak?A.Humans should live peacefully with nature.B.Many wild animals are in danger.C.We should stop
8、the wildlife trade around the world.D.Its impossible to prevent new pandemics globally.答案：A2.What is the authors purpose in writing this article?A.To reflect on the COVID-19 outbreak.B.To explain what led to the COVID-19 outbreak.C.To describe experts predictions on new pandemics.D.To compare ancien
9、t and modern attitudes towards nature.答案：ASection Starting out & Understanding ideas自主学习激发潜能 . 课文翻译教材原文First SnowMr Robert Lynd once said of Jane Austens characters: “They are people in whose lives a slight fall of snow is an event.” Even at the risk of appearing to this fair and witty reviewer as a
10、nother Mr Woodhouse, I must insist that last nights fall of snow here was an event. I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children, whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again. The fact is
11、, however, that the snow was as strange and fascinating to me as it was to them. It is the first fall we have had here this winter, and last year I was out of the country, sweating in a hot climate, during the snowy season, so that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically c
12、arpeted. The first fall of snow is not only an event but it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different, and if this is not magic, then where is it to be found? The very secrecy and quietness of the thing makes it more magical. When
13、I got up this morning the world was a cold place of dead white and pale blues. The light that came through the windows was very strange, and it made the familiar business of splashing and shaving and brushing and dressing very strange too. Then the sun came out, and by the time I had sat down to bre
14、akfast it was shining bravely and flushing the snow with delicate pinks. The dining-room window had been transformed into a lovely Japanese print. The little plum tree outside, with the faintly flushed snow lining its branches and artfully disposed along its trunk, stood in full sunlight. An hour or
15、 two later everything was a cold sparkle of white and blue. The world had completely changed again. The little Japanese prints had all disappeared. I looked out of my study window, over the garden, the field, to the low hills beyond, and the ground went on and on, the sky was thick grey, and all the
16、 trees so many black and threatening shapes. There was indeed something curiously disturbing about the whole prospect. It was as if our kindly countryside, close to the very heart of England, had been turned into a cruel grassland. At any moment, it seemed, a body of horsemen might be seen breaking
17、out from the black trees, so many weapons might be heard and some distant spot of snow be reddened. It was that kind of landscape. Now it has changed again. The glare has gone and no touch of the disturbing remains. But the snow is falling heavily, in great soft flakes, so that you can hardly see ac
18、ross the shallow valley, and the roofs are thick and the trees all bending, and the weathercock of the village church, still to be seen through the grey loaded air, has become some creature out of Hans Andersen. From my study, which is apart from the house and faces it, I can see the children flatte
19、ning their noses against the window, and there is running through my head a rhyme I used to repeat when I was a child and flattened my nose against the cold window to watch the falling snow:Snow, snow faster:White alabaster!Killing geese in Scotland,Sending feathers here!（Adaptation from First Snow
20、by John Boynton Priestley）教材译文初雪罗伯特林德先生曾这样评论过简奥斯汀的人物：“在这些人的生命中, 场场小雪皆是大事。”在这位公正睿智的评论家面前, 即便是冒着让自己看起来像另一个伍德豪斯先生那样的风险, 我也得坚持说昨晚这儿的那场雪是件大事。今天早上我对此几乎和孩子们一样兴奋, 我看到他们都透过窗户望着外面神奇的世界, 兴奋地说个不停,好像圣诞节又突然来临了。事实是, 这场雪于我而言, 也是同样的奇异, 同样的迷人。这是今年冬天我们在这里的第一场雪, 而在去年的雪季, 我身在异国, 在酷热的天气里汗流不止, 所以离我上次欣赏到这银装素裹的世界着实过了些日子。这场初
21、雪不仅是一件大事, 而且还是一件具有魔力的大事。你入睡时, 世界是一个模样,醒来时发现是完全不同的另一番模样, 若非有魔力, 如何才能这般？神秘, 悄然, 这给雪又添了几分魔力。今早我起床时, 世界是一篇寂然的白色与浅淡的蓝色, 到处清清冷冷。窗子透进来的光线很是怪异, 使得洗脸、刮胡子、刷牙、穿衣服这些熟悉的日常行为也显得离奇古怪。接着太阳出来了,等到我坐下来吃早餐时, 太阳的光彩已是绚烂夺目, 给雪地添了一抹柔和的粉红色。餐厅的窗户成了一幅可爱的日本版画。在阳光的普照之下, 屋外的小李子树的树干和枝丫被淡粉的积雪精致巧妙地装点着。 一两个小时过后, 一切都闪着或白或蓝的微光。世界又彻底改变
22、了模样。小小的日本版画都消失不见了, 我从书房看向窗外, 越过花园、田野, 再望向远处低矮的小山, 沿着不断向前延伸的地面望去, 天空成了厚重的灰色, 所有的树木都显出很多黑黢黢和凶神恶煞的样子。整个景象确实会给人带来一种奇怪的、不安的感受。就好像我们这个靠近英格兰中心位置的亲切的乡村变成了残酷的草原。仿佛随时可能看见一群骑兵从黑黝黝的树丛中冲出, 可能听见很多武器的交错响声, 然后看见远处的白雪一点点被染红。这幅景象就是给人这种感觉。 现在, 一切又变了。炫目的日光消失, 也不再有那种紧张不安感。但大片柔软的雪花铺天盖地地飘落, 遮挡了你的视线, 让你几乎看不到浅浅的山谷, 屋顶上存了厚厚的
23、雪, 树木被压得弯下腰来, 村庄教堂的风信鸡在灰蒙蒙的空气中依稀可见, 像是从汉斯安徒生童话里走出来的活物。我的书房是和房子独立开来的, 书房在房子的对面。从书房看去, 可以看到孩子们把鼻子抵在窗户上看雪的样子, 我的脑海里出现了一首儿歌, 那是我小时候将鼻子抵在冰凉的窗户上看雪时会常常重复哼着的歌：下雪吧, 下快一点吧：石膏一样的雪白！在苏格兰宰些鹅,把雪白的羽毛送到这儿来吧！（根据约翰博因顿普里斯特利写的初雪改编而成）. 词汇拓展1. week / wi: k/n. 星期, 周 weekly / wi: kli/adj. 一周一次的, 每周的2. inspect /Inspekt/vt.
24、检查, 检验; 视察 inspector /Inspekto/n. 检查员, 巡视员 inspection /inspekJn/n. 检查, 检验; 视察3. insist /InsIst/v. 坚称, 坚决认为 insistence /InsIstans/n. 坚持 insistent /InsIstont/ adj. 坚持的4. shave /Jerv/ v. （用剃刀）刮（胡须等）; 为（某人）剃毛发 shaving /JeIvIn/n. 刮脸5. innocent /lnos （ a ） nt/adj. 天真无邪的 innocence /Inasns/n. 清白, 无罪; 天真. 情境
25、词块1.谈及 say of 2.冒的风险 at the risk of 3.来临 come round 4.使变形为 be transformed into 5.使变成 turninto 6.apart from 与分开; 除之外（还, 都） 7.used to 过去常常 . 情境佳句1.句型公式“find+宾语+宾补”结构教材原句You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different, and if this is not magic, then where is i
26、t to be found？你入睡时, 世界是一个模样, 醒来时发现是完全不同的另一番模样, 若非有魔力, 如何才能这般？中文例句我们很高兴发现我们的教室干净整洁。句式仿写We are delighted to find our classroom clean and tidy.2.句型公式虚拟语气教材原句It was as if our kindly countryside, close to the very heart of England, had been turned into a cruel grassland.就好像我们这个靠近英格兰中心位置的亲切的乡村变成了残酷的草原。中文例
27、句通过这样做, 我们可以与客户建立更紧密的关系, 就好像他们是我们的邻居或亲戚一样。句式仿写By doing so, we can form a closer relationship with our customers as if they were our neighbors or relatives .文本互动合作探究 . 文本理解 Reading for the main idea.1.What is the main idea of the text?A.The first snow was a small event.B.The first snow brought us mag
28、ical beauty.C.Everything was white and blue when it snowed.D.The writer was nearly as excited as the children about the first snow.答案：BReading for the structure.Fill in the following blanks with proper words.First SnowWhen I got up this morning.The world became a cold place of 1 and pale blues.The 2
29、 that came through the windows was very strange.The sun came out.The snow became 3 .The 4 changed into a lovely Japanese print.The little plum tree outside stood in full 5 .An hour or two later.Everything was a cold 6 of white and blue.The sky was 7 .All the trees had so many black and threatening 8
30、 .1. dead white 2. light 3. delicately pink 4. dining-room window 5. sunlight 6. sparkle 7. thick grey 8. shapes Reading for the details.Choose the best answer according to the text.1.Why did the writer think it did seem an age?A.Because Mr Robert Lynd said a fall of snow was an event.B.Because Chri
31、stmas had suddenly come round again.C.Because he hadnt see a fall of snow for a long time.D.Because he never saw so heavy a fall of snow before.答案：C2.How did the writer find the first fall of snow here?A.Magical. B.Quiet.C.Strange. D.Common.答案：A3.What happened to the dining-room window?A.It was flus
32、hed with delicate pinks.B.It became a lovely Japanese print.C.It was covered by the faintly flushed snow.D.It was artfully disposed in full sunlight.答案：B4.What made the writer hardly see the whole shallow valley clearly?A.The grey sky.B.The falling flakes.C.The bending trees.D.The white and blue lig
33、ht.答案：B. 难句突破1.I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children, whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again. 【分析】 本句为主从复合句。句中whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside
34、 and talking away as excitedly为whom引导的 非限制性定语 从句, 修饰先行词children; as if引导的是 方式状语 从句。【译文】 今天早上对此我几乎和孩子们一样兴奋, 我看到他们都透过窗户望着外面神奇的世界, 兴奋地说个不停, 好像圣诞节又突然来临了。 2. It is the first fall we have had here this winter , and last year I was out of the country, sweating in a hot climate, during the snowy season , so
35、 that it really does seem an age since I saw the ground so fantastically carpeted .【分析】 句中and连接两个表示顺承关系的并列分句, 分句中we have had here this winter为省略关系代词的定语从句, 修饰先行词fall;中so that引导 结果状语 从句, since引导的是 时间状语 从句。【译文】 这是今年冬天我们在这里的第一场降雪, 去年在雪季我身在异国, 在炎热的天气里汗流不止, 所以离我上次欣赏到这银装素裹的世界着实过了些日子了。 . 概要写作Step 1 Question
36、 Answering 根据课文内容回答下列问题。1.What did I think of the snow? The snow looked strange and fascinating to me. 2.What happened this morning? When I got up this morning the world was a cold place of dead white and pale blues. 3.What was the dining-room window like? The dining-room window had been transformed
37、 into a lovely Japanese print, and it was a kind of landscape. 4.How did I describe the kindly countryside close to the very heart of England? It seemed, a body of horsemen might be seen breaking out from the black trees, so many weapons might be heard and some distant spot of snow be reddened. 5.Wh
38、at does the snow make me think of finally? Snow is falling heavily. And there is running through my head a rhyme I used to repeat when I was a child. Step 2 Sentence Rewriting将上述句子转换句式（不能使用课文原句）。1.使用词汇snow改写上面第二句。 When I got up this morning, it was snowing. 2.使用词汇look like及定语从句改写上面第三句。 The dining-ro
39、om window looked like a vivid Japanese print, which was a kind of landscape. 3.使用独立主格结构和come to ones mind改写上文第五句。 Snow falling heavily, a rhyme I used to repeat when I was a child comes to my mind. Step 3 Summary Writing 1.将以上句子连成一篇语言流畅、用词准确、逻辑严密的文章概要。 The snow looked strange and fascinating to me.
40、When I got up this morning, it was snowing. The dining-room window looked like a vivid Japanese print, which was a kind of landscape. In my view, it seemed that a body of horsemen might be seen breaking out from the black trees, so many weapons might be heard and some distant spot of snow be reddene
41、d. Now, snow falling heavily, a rhyme I used to repeat when I was a child comes to my mind. 新知清障素养构建 核心词汇 1. inspector n. 检查员, 巡视员Priestley wrote many successful articles, essays, novels and plays, but is best remembered for his play An Inspector Calls.（教材P62）普里斯特利写了很多成功的文章、散文、小说和戏剧, 但他被世人铭记是因为他的戏剧巡
42、官登门。典例翻译The school inspectors were called in. 督学被叫来。 The plants are regularly inspected for disease. 对这些植物定期做病害检查。 Engineers carried out a thorough inspection of the track. 工程师对轨道进行了彻底检查。 The head teacher went on a tour of inspection of all the classrooms. 校长巡视了所有教室。 归纳拓展（1）inspect vt. 检查; 视察因某物而检查某
43、人/某物 inspect sb./sth. for sth. （2）inspection n. 检查; 视察巡视 a tour of inspection 进行检查 carry out an inspection 学以致用（1）单句填空The inspections （inspect） were supposed to be a surprise, but keepers sometimes had advance notice.The customs inspector （inspect） was on the watch for diamond smugglers.The teacher
44、walked around inspecting （inspect）their work.（2）完成句子两个警察让一辆卡车停住以便检查司机的驾驶证。Two policemen held up a truck so as to inspect the drivers license.2. insist v. 坚称, 坚决认为Even at the risk of appearing to this fair and witty reviewer as another Mr Woodhouse, I must insist that last nights fall of snow here wa
45、s an event. （教材P62）在这位公正睿智的评论家面前, 即使是冒着让自己看起来像另一个伍德豪斯先生那样的风险, 我也得坚持说昨晚这儿的降雪是件大事。典例翻译She insisted on leaving because it was so late. 她执意要走, 因为天太晚了。 The doctor insisted that he was seriously ill and insisted that he （should） be operated on immediately. 医生坚持说他病得很严重, 并坚决要求他应该立即动手术。 I still insist on my
46、viewpoint. 我仍坚持我的观点。 We must stick to our task till it is finished. 我们必须坚持我们的工作, 直至做完为止。 归纳拓展（1）坚持 insist on （2）执意继续做某事（ = persist in doing sth.） insist on doing sth. （3）“insist+that从句”表示“坚决要求”时, 从句中谓语动词用“should+动词原形”, should可省略;“insist+that从句”表示“坚持说”时, 从句不用虚拟语气。易混辨析insist on指坚持某种观点。stick to多用于坚持原则、
47、立场、观点、岗位、诺言等, 后接名词。学以致用（1）单句填空After checking the state of the patient, the doctor insisted that the situation was （be） bad and that he have （have） 10 days off work to have a rest. But he insisted on going back to work without hesitation.（2）一句多译他坚持要我同他一起去。He insisted that I （should） go with him .He i
48、nsisted on me/my going with him .（3）单句写作老师坚决要求要充分利用每一分钟来做好这项工作。 The teacher insisted that every minute （should） be made full use of to do the work well. 3. enhance v. 改进, 增强What images does the author use to enhance the description of snow? （教材P64）作者用什么比喻来加强对雪的描述？典例翻译The black headband enhanced the
49、whiteness of her skin. 黑色的束发带使她的皮肤显得更加白皙。 Being honest can enhance our reputation. 诚实能提高我们的声誉。 The moonlight enhanced the beauty of the scene. 月光使这景色更加美丽。 归纳拓展（1）提高某人的声誉 enhance ones reputation （2）增强的美 enhance the beauty of （3）enhance ones consciousness提高某人的意识学以致用（1）单句填空He said that the attractivene
50、ss of the book was enhanced （enhance） by excellent drawings.（2）完成句子他的回绝对提高他的声誉没有任何帮助。His refusal does nothing to enhance his reputation .在我们的日常生活中, 我们总是看到“防止地球变暖, 有效利用资源”这样的标语, 这提高了我们的环保意识。In our daily life, we always see the slogan of“prevent the earth becoming warm, efficiently use the resources”,
51、 and this greatly enhances our consciousness of environmental protection .重点句型 1. as if引导方式状语从句I was nearly as excited about it this morning as the children, whom I found all looking through the window at the magic outside and talking away as excitedly as if Christmas had suddenly come round again.
52、（教材P62）今天早上对此我几乎和孩子们一样兴奋, 我看到他们都透过窗户望着外面神奇的世界, 兴奋地说个不停, 好像圣诞节又突然来临了。典例翻译He behaved as if nothing had happened. 他表现得若无其事。 The teacher treats her students very well,as if they were her own children. 这位老师对她的学生非常好, 就好像他们是她自己的孩子。 He opened his mouth as if he would say something. 他张开嘴好像要说什么。 归纳拓展（1）as if也
53、可用在seem, smell, sound, taste等系动词后引导表语从句。（2）当as if/though从句表示的情况是事实或可能发生的真实情况时, 从句用陈述语气。（3）当as if/though从句表示的情况与事实相反或不可能发生时, 从句用虚拟语气。从句表示的情况与现在事实相反, 谓语动词用一般过去时（be动词用were）。从句表示的情况与过去事实相反, 谓语动词用“had+过去分词”。从句表示的情况与将来事实相反, 谓语动词用“would/could/might+动词原形”。学以致用（1）单句填空It was John who broke the window. Why are
54、 you talkingto me as if I had done （do）it?（2）完成句子快点！火车好像要开了。Hurry up! It looks as if the train is going to leave .他说起罗马来好像他以前去过那里似的。He talks about Rome as if he had been there before.2.“find+宾语+宾补”结构You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different, and if th
55、is is not magic, then where is it to be found? （教材P62）你入睡时, 世界是一个模样, 醒来时发现是完全不同的另一番模样, 若非有魔力, 如何才能这般？典例翻译She again found herself unable to blame him. 她又一次发现自己难以开口责备他。 Carrie found herself stared at. 卡丽发现有人在盯着她看。 When he awoke, he found himself in a room he didnt recognize. 等他醒来, 他发现自己在一个他不认识的房间。 归纳拓
56、展（1）find+宾语+形容词/副词/介词短语现在分词(表示主动或正在进行)过去分词(表示被动或完成)（2）find it+形容词/名词+to do（it是形式宾语, to do是真正的宾语）学以致用（1）单句填空I found my wallet stolen （steal） on the bus.Some students find it not easy to understand （understand） English grammar.A group of children were found playing （play） in the playground.（2）句型转换He f
57、ound that it was hard to finish the work on time.He found it hard to finish the work on time.素养达标迁移创新 . 语境填词根据语境和汉语提示写出单词的正确形式。1.All the tourists are impressed with the amazing prospect （景色） there.2.Mr. Johnson established the first church （教堂） in that part of the city.3.I still remember the rhyme （
58、儿歌, 童谣） that I learned as a child.4.These cruel devices are designed to stop prisoners from bending （使弯曲） their legs.5.This is a good opportunity to enhance （增强） the reputation of the company.6.Mary is an innocent （天真的） girl who likes painting so much.7.Chinese vases are disposed （摆放） around the gal
59、lery.8.The leaves turn yellow, and the maples redden （变红）, so beautiful and so graceful!9.He also insisted （坚决要求） that they should leave enough space for children.10.With the brilliant sparkle （闪耀的光）still in her eyes, she ran out of the door. 语境选词根据语境用方框内短语的正确形式填空。bend ones mind to, get across, turn
60、 up, at the risk of, apart from, break out, insist on, come out1.I must insist on your giving me a straightforward answer.2.She bent her mind to the new work so that she forgot to have supper.3.The man talked for nearly an hour at the meeting, but I really dont know what point he was trying to get a
61、cross .4.He promised to come but hasnt turned up yet.5.He saved my life at the risk of losing his own.6. Apart from the construction mentioned above, you have also learned the following phrases.7.A big fire broke out last night; as a consequence, the house was completely destroyed.8.I opened my mout
62、h to explain, but no words came out . 课文语法填空Last nights fall of snow was an event. I was nearly as 1 （excite）about it this morning as the children. The very secrecy and 2 （quiet）made it more magical. When I got up this morning the world was a cold place of dead white 3 pale blues. Then the sun was s
63、hining bravely and 4 （flush）the snow with delicate pinks. The dining-room window had been transformed 5 a lovely Japanese print. 6 hour or two later the world had completely changed again. The little Japanese prints had all disappeared. There 7 （be）indeed something 8 （curious）disturbing about the whole prospect. Now it has changed again. The glare has gone and no touch of the 9 （disturb）remains. From 10 （I）study, I can see the children flattening their noses against the window.1. excited 2. quietness 3. and 4. flushing 5. into 6. An 7. was 8. curiously 9. disturbing 10. my 13
