1、新知识预习探索词汇热身.根据音标和词义写出下列单词1/dIzst/_ n.灾难，灾祸；不幸2/fld/_ vt.淹没；充满；溢出 n洪水3/hrIkn/_ n.飓风，暴风4/kz/_ vt.引起；导致5/krnt/_ n.海流；潮流6/beri/_ vt.埋葬7/fe/_ n.羽毛8/k/_ vi.发生；出现；存在9/weIv/_ n.波浪10/straIk/_ vt.&n.(雷电、暴风雨等)袭击disasterfloodhurricanecausecurrentburyfeatheroccurwavestrike.根据语境用所给单词的不同形式填空1The _ teacher _ a seri
2、es of important events in his years of teaching.(experience)2There is a _ fighting against the sex and _ shown on TV.(violent)3The _ of violent storms in the area has been rare these years,that is to say,they seldom _ now.(occur)experiencedhas experiencedviolentviolenceoccurrenceoccur.根据语境猜测黑体短语的含义1
3、Many houses have been down to the ground because of a recent violent earthquake.()2Do you believe that tornadoes can pick up cars,trains and even houses into the air？()3He took the feathers off the chicken and cut it into pieces.()4How much do you earn a month on average？()5We agreed to have a big d
4、inner together,and somehow they ended up at my house.()由于，因为卷起，掀起去掉平均结果为，以结束.根据语境及汉语提示写出相应的短语1Please tell me who your words _(指的是，涉及，有关)2Would you go and _(调查清楚，弄明白)when the train for Jinan leaves this afternoon?3What is the worst disaster _(有史以来)in your opinion?4_(到时候为止)he was ten,he had already le
5、arned about 100 English words.5Is your home _(在的东面)the town?refer tofind outof all timeBy the timein the east of句型熟记1On average,there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year,causing about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries.平均起来，美国每年发生800次龙卷风，造成大约80人死亡、1 500人受伤。2The worst tornado of all time occurred in 1925
6、,affecting_three_US_states:_Missouri,Illinois and Indiana.有史以来最严重的一次龙卷风发生在1925年，影响了美国的三个州：密苏里州、伊利诺伊州和印第安纳州。3By the late 1890s,he had moved to Galveston,where he died in 1899,a year before the hurricane struck.19世纪90年代末，他移居加尔维斯顿，1899年在那里去世，也就是飓风袭击的前一年。4By_the_time it ended,more than 700 people had_be
7、en_killed and 2,700 had_been_injured.等到风停时，已有700多人死亡，2 700多人受伤。篇章理解根据课文内容选择正确答案1When was the worst hurricane of all time?A.On the 8th September 1900.B.In 1925.C.In the late 1890s.D.In 1899.答案：A2How much damage did the worst tornado cause to the US?A.The tornado had winds of more than 400 kilometres
8、per hour.B.The fur of the back of many cats and the feathers of many chickens had been taken off.C.It caused about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries.D.More than 700 people had lost their lives and 2,700 had been injured.答案：D3What are the similarities between the tornado and the hurricane?A.They both occu
9、r together with strong winds.B.America is the country affected often by both of them.C.They both can cause a lot of damage to people and the buildings.D.All the above.答案：D4Where was Charles Coghlan born indeed?A.In Ireland.B.In Canada.C.In New York.D.In Galveston.答案：A5What are the causes of these na
10、tural disasters?A.The different atmospheric pressure between two areas.B.The changeable weather in these areas.C.The destruction of the nature by human beings.D.Not mentioned in the passage.答案：D新课堂互动探究知识点详解重点词汇、短语1experience vt.经历，体验 n经验，经历【语境领悟】*Have you ever experienced a flood?你曾经经历过洪灾吗？*The city
11、 experienced over 2,000 such accidents last year.去年这座城市发生了2 000多起这样的事故。*We have much experience(in)dealing with all kinds of disasters.我们有很多经验对付各种灾害。*Can you tell me your experiences in America?你能告诉我你在美国的经历吗？【归纳拓展】(1)have much teaching/working experience教学/工作经验丰富from/by experience凭经验；从经验中(得出)(2)expe
12、rienced adj.有经验的，熟练的be experienced in 在方面有经验*My father is experienced in making all kinds of furniture.我父亲在制作各种家具方面很有经验。【名师点津】experience的双面性experience作名词，作“经验”讲时，指不可数名词，如rich experience；作“经历”讲时，是可数名词，如a terrible experience一次可怕的经历。作动词时，意为“体验，经历”，是及物动词。Mr Kroll is an officer with experience,who has ma
13、ny odd experiences.Even he has experienced what death means.克罗尔先生是位有经验的军官，他有着很多奇怪的经历。他甚至体验过什么是死亡。即学即用【用experience的适当形式完成句子】(1)You dont need any _ to work in gallery.(2)Almost every country of the industrial world is now _ economic problems.(3)Shes a kind,smart and _ architect.(4)Although Robert has
14、rich _ in hunting,he had a frightening experience last Saturdayhe was almost eaten by a lion.experienceexperiencingexperiencedexperience2cause vt.引起，导致【语境领悟】*Do you know anything about the events?For example,what causes them?你知道这些事件的有关情况吗？比如，是什么引起这些事件的？*A small sound caused him to turn his head.一声低音
15、引得他转过头去。*He apologized for causing me some embarrassment.He apologized for causing some embarrassment to me.他为给我带来难堪而道歉。【归纳拓展】cause sb.to do sth.引得/使得某人做某事cause sb.sth.cause sth.to sb.给引起cause n原因，理由；事业【易混辨析】cause,reason与excuse易混词辨析例句cause使某事发生的原因，常与of连用The cause of the accident was the fact that he
16、 was driving too fast.事故的原因实际上是他开车太快了。reason解释做某事的原因，常与for连用The reason for his driving so fast was that he would attend an important meeting.他把车开得那么快是因为他将要参加一个重要会议。excuse指为自己辩解，希望得到谅解时所提出的种种理由，是借口性的理由，常与for连用His excuse for being late was that he had missed the train.他迟到的理由是没有赶上火车。即学即用【完成句子】(1)The he
17、avy rain was _(洪水的原因)(2)What _(使他)change his mind?(3)The naughty boy caused his neighbours a lot of trouble.(句式转换)The naughty boy caused _.the cause of the floodcaused him toa lot of trouble to his neighbours3occur vi.发生【语境领悟】*Almost all of them occur in the US,in the area from Texas in the southeas
18、t to South Dakota in the north.几乎所有(的龙卷风)都发生在美国，这些地区分布在从东南部的得克萨斯州到北部的南达科他州。*The thought of giving up never occurred to me.我从来没有想到过放弃。*It suddenly occurred to me that it might be because of the power failure.我突然想到，这可能是因为停电了。【归纳拓展】sth.occur(s)to sb.某事浮现在某人的脑海中It occurs to sb.that./to do sth.的念头浮现于(某人)
19、脑海【易混辨析】occur正式用语，常与to连用，一般情况下可与happen互换；当表示在脑海中出现某种想法时用occurhappen普通用词，一般指意外事件的发生；表示“某人发生了某事”，用sth.happened to sb.；表示“碰巧做某事”用happen to do sth.take place通常指某事经过安排而发生break out多指战争、地震、火灾的突然发生即学即用【选词并用其适当形式填空(occur/happen/take place/break out)】(1)Two world wars _ last century.(2)Great changes have _ in
20、 my hometown since then.(3)Yesterday a traffic accident _ on this road,but luckily no one was injured.(4)It _ to me that I had left my book at home.(5)Why are you so late?I was in the half way when it _ to me that I had left my notebook at home,so I had to fetch it.broke outtaken placehappenedoccurr
21、edoccurred4pick up 卷起，掀起【语境领悟】*Tornadoes can pick up cars，trains and even houses and put them down in the next streetor even in the next town.龙卷风能卷起汽车、火车，甚至房子，把它们卷到旁边的街道甚至能卷到邻近的城镇。*I picked up my sleeves and began to plant trees.我卷起衣袖开始植树。【归纳拓展】pick up还可做“上车，用车接；接收，收听(节目等)；(偶然)获得，得到；好转；恢复(健康)”讲。*He
22、has never studied French;what he knows is what he picked upwhile living in France.他从未学过法语，他所懂的(法语)是他在法国居住时偶然学到的。*The bus stopped to pick up the students.公共汽车停下来让学生们上车。*My new radio can pick up the VOA programmes clearly.我新买的收音机能清楚地接收美国之音节目。即学即用【写出下列句子中pick up的意义】(1)He has picked up some bad habits a
23、t that club.()(2)During the morning Mrs.Carter picked up sticks in the yard.()(3)A bit of exercise will pick you up.()(4)I picked up Radio Beijing last night.()(5)She picked up a valuable first edition at a village book sale.()(6)The train stopped to pick up passengers.()偶然学到拾起，拿起好转收听顺便买搭载5take off去
24、掉，脱掉；(飞机)起飞，开始受欢迎【语境领悟】*They can take the fur off the back of a cat and the feathers off a chicken.它们可以将猫背上的皮毛和鸡身上的羽毛拔下来。*Take off your coat and have a seat,please.脱掉外衣坐下吧。*The flight takes off at midnight in Shanghai and lands about one and a half hours in Tianjin.本次航班午夜在上海起飞，大约一个半小时后在天津着陆。【归纳拓展】ta
25、ke along 带着take ones place 坐某人的座位，取代某人的位置take advice 接受建议take a taxi 坐出租车take a look at 看一看take away 拿走take down 拿下，记下take back 带回，收回(话)take out 取出take place 发生take the place of 取代take on 呈现；承担take up 开始从事，拿起，占用take in 吸收；欺骗；理解take a deep breath 深呼吸take over 接管take.seriously 认真对待某事即学即用【完成句子】(1)Im so
26、rry to have _(占据)so much of your valuable time.(2)The plane _(起飞)in five minutes.(3)Who will _(接管)the business after you have left office?(4)Please _(写下)what I said at your notebook.(5)He _(摘掉)his glasses and put them into pocket.(6)The insect can _(呈现)the color of its surroundings.taken uptakes off
27、take overtake downtook offtake on6on average平均起来【语境领悟】*On average,there are 800 tornadoes in the US each year,causing about 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries.美国平均每年会发生800次龙卷风，造成大约80人死亡，1 500人受伤。*On average,women live longer than men.平均说来，女性比男性寿命长。【归纳拓展】(1)above average 在平均水平以上below average 在平均水平以下with th
28、e average of 平均为(2)average adj.平均的，平均数的 v平均，平均为*His income is well above average/below average.他的收入大大高于/低于平均水平。*The cost of living in my home now averages about 2,000 yuan per month.我家现在的月平均生活费用大约是2 000元。即学即用【完成句子】(1)Her performance in the test was _(平均水平以下)(2)_(平 均 说 来),I receive about ten emails a
29、 day.(3)Winds today blow south _(平均速度为)15 miles per hour.below averageOn averageat an average speed of7strike vt.&n(strike,struck,struck/stricken)(雷电、暴风雨等)袭击【语境领悟】*By the late 1890s,he had moved to Galveston,where he died in 1899,a year before the hurricane struck.19世纪90年代后期，他搬到了加尔维斯顿，1899年即发生飓风的前一年
30、在这里去世。*A moderate earthquake struck the northeastern United States early on Saturday.美国东北部周六早晨遭遇了一次中等强度的地震。【归纳拓展】(1)sth.strike(s)sb.某人突然想到某事It strikes sb.that-从句 某人一下想到be struck by 被打动；给以印象(2)strike vt.打；敲击；(时钟)敲响 n罢工*The first thing that struck me about my deskmate was his confidence.关于我的同桌我想到的第一件事
31、就是他的自信。*I was deeply struck by the beauty of Shangri-La.香格里拉的美景给我留下了深刻的印象。*The town clock struck midnight when I got home.我到家时镇上的时钟刚刚敲响半夜的钟声。即学即用【完成句子】(1)_ we could do it better.我一下子明白了我们如何可以做得更好。(2)The visitors _ the beauty of the country.游客们被乡村美景打动了。It struck me howwere struck by知识点详解重点句型1The wors
32、t tornado of all time occurred in 1925,affecting three US states:Missouri,Illinois and Indiana.有史以来最严重的一场龙卷风发生在1925年，影响了美国的三个州：密苏里州、伊利诺伊州和印第安纳州。【句式分析】(1)本句中的affecting three US states是现在分词短语作结果状语。(2)现在分词作结果状语时，其逻辑主语就是主句的主语；作结果状语的动词对句子的谓语动词起补充说明的作用。*The child fell,striking his head against the door an
33、d cutting it.小孩摔了一跤，头撞在门上碰破了。*Football is played all over the world,making it a worldwide famous game.全世界都踢足球，使得它成为一项世界著名的运动项目。【名师点津】现在分词作结果状语与不定式作结果状语的区别现在分词作结果状语表自然而然的结果；不定式作结果状语表意想不到的结果，常用only/just/never to do结构。*He was caught in the rain，thus making himself catch cold.他淋雨了，因此感冒了。*I hurried to th
34、e post office only to find it closed.我匆匆地去了邮局，却发现它已经关门了。(“邮局关门了”这个结果出乎“我”的意料)即学即用【完成句子】(1)I hurried to his house,only _ him out.我急急忙忙地赶到他家，结果却发现他出去了。(2)The football team played in all the European countries,_ it famous.那支足球队在所有的欧洲国家踢球，使它自己出了名。(3)Last night,there were millions of people _ the opening
35、 ceremony live on TV.昨晚，几百万人通过电视观看了开幕式现场直播。(4)The sunlight is white and blinding,_ hard-edged shadows on the ground.阳光明亮而刺眼，在地上投射出轮廓清晰的影子。to findmakingwatchingthrowinb2By the time it ended,more than 700 people had been killed and 2,700 had been injured.等到风停时，已有700多人死亡，2700多人受伤。【句式分析】(1)本句中By the tim
36、e作连词用，引导时间状语从句，意为“到为止；不迟于”，此时主句常用完成时态。(2)由于本句中By the time后面的句子中使用了一般过去时，故主句中应该使用过去完成时。(3)如果by the time后面的句子使用一般现在时，主句常用将来完成时，有时也可用一般将来时。*By the time the letter reaches you，I will have arrived in the USA.你收到这封信时，我就已经到了美国了。*By the time she was 15,she had written three long novels.当她15岁时，她已经写了三部长篇小说。即学
37、即用【完成句子】(1)By the time I received his letter,_我收到他的信时，他已经离开上海了。(2)By the time you return,your son _ college.到你回来时，你儿子已大学毕业了。(3)By the time the fire caused by a careless smoker was put out,the factory _ completely.由粗心的吸烟者而引起的火灾被扑灭的时候，那家工厂已经完全被烧毁了。he had left Shanghaiwill have graduated fromhad been d
38、estroyed新思维随堂自测.根据所给的汉语释义或首字母写出单词的正确形式1Although he is young,he is an _(有经验的)architect.2.The couple have bought some _(家具)for their new home.3As a matter of fact,drunken driving is as harmful as _(暴力的)crimes to peoples life and safety.experiencedfurnitureviolent4What _(引起)the accident yesterday?5One
39、million and five hundred thousand people died in natural d_ between 1980 and 2000.6He has to give up basketball,for he is only about a_ height.7In 1998,the f_ caused by five days of heavy rain in that area made 233,000 people homeless.8People standing under a tree in a thunderstorm are likely to be
40、struck by l_.causeddisastersaveragefloodslightning.用所给单词或短语的适当形式完成句子be buried in；end up；occur；on average；pick up；strike；take off1Ever since the divorce,she _ her work.2The ceremony _ with fireworks.3The economy is finally beginning to _ again.4_，how much can you get every month?has been buried inend
41、ed uppick upOn average5A stone _ the little boy on the head.6Could you _ the feather of the chicken for me?Id like to have it for lunch.7An unexpected storm _ when we were enjoying the pleasant voyage at the Yellow Sea.strucktake offoccurred.根据课文内容完成下面短文Charles Coghlan,an Irish actor,_1_ to New York
42、 and became famous there.Then he moved to Galveston,where he died in 1899,a year before the hurricane _2_.The cemetery where he was _3_ was destroyed by the hurricane and his coffin ended up in the sea.Eight years later,the coffin was found by fishermen in the east of Canada.The Gulf Stream had _4_ it 3,000 kilometres up the eastern US coast to Canada.Coghlan travelled _5_ to Canada after he had been buried in Texas!答案：1.moved 2.struck 3.buried 4.carried5back