1、Unit 3 Project班级：_ 小组：_ 姓名：_ 【使用说明与学法指导】1. 阅读文章并完成Task I、Task II。2. 再快读课文一遍，在课文中划出导学案上出现的短语和句子，完成Task III、Task IV。3. 难理解的句子要结合课后注释做好理解，未能解决的要用问号标注出来。4. 必须记住导学案上的短语和句子。【Learning aims】1. To help students improve English through doing a project.2. To learn to catch the main idea and detailed informatio
2、n by self-directed study and cooperation.3. To prepare an oral report about a colour which represents different things in different cultures and discuss both its positive and negative meanings.【课前预习】Free talkWhat colour do you like best? Can you give the reason? 【课内探究】Task I: Fast reading1. What doe
3、s the colour red mean in China, the USA and South Africa?2. What is green most strongly connected to? 3. What does in the black mean? 4. What people is white usually associated with? Task II: Detailed reading Read the whole passage carefully and complete the following form.colorMeaning Positive Coun
4、try /regionNegativeCountry /region red yellowgreenblackwhiteTask III: Find the following phrases and remember them 1. 考虑 _2. 由于这个原因 _3. 同时_4. 此外，除此之外_5. 在交通标志这方面_6. 谨慎 (动词词组_7. 失败的象征_8. 数十年_9.完全相反的意义_10. 在自然界_11. 将绿色和妒忌相联系 _12. 指几乎没有经验的人_13. 赚钱、盈利_14. 在葬礼上_15. 在医疗业_16. 穿白色的连衣裙_17. 在婚礼庆典上_18. 在某些情况下_
5、Task IV: Translate the following sentences and then analyze them, paying special attention to the bold parts. 1. The same colour can have a good meaning in one society, while in another, a bad meaning.2. Usually associated with positive meanings, green is most strongly connected with life.3. It has
6、long been associated with Ireland, whose national flower is green.4. In ancient Egypt, green represented hope and spring, which is the time of year when things in nature start to grow after a long winter.【课后训练】一、 仿写高分句型1. 根据前面内容省略2. 分词作状语提前 3. whose 引导定语从句4. 定语从句里还有一个定语从句二、单选1. Did you forget about
7、my birthday? _. Ive booked a table at Michels restaurant for this evening. A. What then? B. Im afraid so. C. How could I? D. For sure2. So you gave her your phone?_. she said shed return it to me when she could afford her own. A. My pleasure B. Not exactly C. No doubt D. All right3. Im sorry I broke
8、 the vase. Oh, _. It wasnt very expensive. A. youd better not B. Im afraid not C. as you wish D. thats all right4. We got here Tuesday afternoon. _Why didnt you call us earlier? A. Good luck! B. You did? C. Its no surprise. D. You are welcome5. Linda didnt invite us to the party._? I dont care.A. Fo
9、r what B. So what C. Whats on D. Whats up6. Can I come and have a look at your new house? Yes, _! A. with pleasure B. I like it C. I quite agree D. by all means7. I need to advertise for a roommate for next term._? Mary is interested.A. Why bother B. Why not C. So what D. What for8. Jack，you seem in
10、 high spirits._We won the match 4-0. A. Guess what? B. So what? C. No wonder. D. No double9. I probably shouldnt have any more cake. Oh, _. It wont kill you. A. go ahead B. hold on, please C. youre welcome D. Thatll do10. Misunderstandings _ from lack of social communication, unless _ with properly,
11、 may lead to serious problems.A. resulted; dealtB. resulting; dealt C. resulted; dealing D. resulting; dealing三、任务型阅读Its every students dream to do well in the national college entrance examination and enter a good university. In the eyes of students and parents, a good university should have a high
12、 ranking, and the employment rate of its graduates should be high. But be careful! The employment rate they tell you might not always be true.Recently, people created a Chinese phrase “Bei jiuye”, which has become popular on the Internet almost overnight across China. The word “bei” has a grammatica
13、l use in Chinese: it has a function similar to the passive voice in English. But now people often use it to express their doubts about something. Here, the phrase “Bei jiuye” has the literal meaning of “to be hired”, but people understand that it really means “to be hired without ones knowledge” or
14、“be hired for jobs that may not exist at all”.The story of “Bei jiuye” goes like this. Zhao Dongdong, a graduate of a university in Shanxi province, was surprised to find that he got a job from a company he never applied to, which he wasnt even sure was a real place. On his last day of graduation ce
15、remonies, he was surprised to come across the employment contract.“God! At that time, I had not landed a job yet, but they gave me an employment contract! I wondered who on earth signed the contract with the company.” When Zhao made a phone call to the company to check it out, no one answered. He wa
16、s not the only one in his college who was “hired” for a job that did not exist. One of his classmates signed a contract with a company called Xian Beilin Industrial Corporation, which could not be found on the Internet either. In the end, it turned out that the college had faked the contract to make
17、 it seem like the employment rate for new graduates was higher than that. By doing this, the college could build up a “good” reputation that could help it attract new students. “Bei jiuye” is just one of many hot “bei” words on the Internet. See some of them in “Bonus”. The use of “bei” is a satiric
18、al (讽刺的) way for the public to express its helplessness and criticize abuses of power, some people say. People also use “bei” words to bring attention to social problems, hoping they will be noticed by authorities.Standards of students and parents good universityHaving a high 1 Having a high graduat
19、e employment 2 3 of the phrase “ Bei jiuye”To be hired 4 To be hired with no knowledge or for no 5 jobs6 of the appearance of the phrase “ Bei jiuye”Seemingly to 7 employment rate for new graduatesTo form a good 8 9 to the hot phrase “Bei jiuye”on the InternetA way of expressing helplessness and 10 power abusesA way of paying attention to social problems and being noticed by authorities1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _