北师大版高二 Module 8Unit 23

Lesson 1

Living in a community

What are the people doing in the pictures?

Discussion

What should we do when living in a community?

Drummer hits the road

Read the first newspaper report. Whose side are you on, the drummer’s or his neighbours’? Why?

Read the text and decide if the following statements are true or false.

Read to learn

1. Yang Ming has decided to move from the community because his neighbours made complaints about loss of sleep. T

2. Though his music is noisy at sleeping time, people still appreciate his music skills.

3. The neighbours thought Yang Ming set a good example to the young.

4. Lots of cases caused such conflicts as Yang Ming often happened in this area.

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5. Most of Yang Ming’s neighbours were driven mad by his music.

6. Yang Ming affected his neighbours so badly that the local council take action to punish him.

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Read the title and first paragraph of the second newspaper report. In pairs, discuss what you think might have happened. Think about how Mr Mckay might have got wet.

Grandpa jailed after one shower too many

1. How many days had Smith lived above the Mckays before he got into trouble with them?

Two weeks.

Questions

2. Are there lots of candles on Mr Mckay’s birthday cake? How do you know?

Yes. As the passage mentioned, the candles were a great sight.

3. Why didn’t Mr Mckay get to blow them out?

Because all the candles were put out by the water emptied from above.

Language points

1. make complaints about complain about e.g. The mother complains about her son’ laziness.2. loss of sth. 损失 , 遗失 loss of a patent 专利权丧失

3. bid something (somebody) goodbye (good morning) 向某事 ( 某人 ) 告别 ( 问候 )

e.g. Ten days later, they bade their home goodbye and headed for the city.

10 天后 , 他们告别了家乡 , 动身前往城市。

She bade me good morning when she met me yesterday.

昨天她遇到我时向我道了一声早安。

4. influence on/upon sb. (sth.) 对某人 / 某物的影响

e.g. What exactly is the influence of television on children?

电视对儿童究竟有什么影响 ? Those friends are a bad influence

on her. 那些朋友对她有负面的影响。

5. in a flash=suddenly=all at once 刹那间 , 立刻 , 马上 e.g. I’ll be back in a flash. 我马上就回来。 The plane disappeared in a flash. 刹那间飞机就不见了。

1.Seldom has drumming caused such conflict.

2. No sooner had they moved in than the noise…

Make a list of negative words and expressions that these sentences begin with.

3. Neither could they relax or read a book…

4. Neither could we get rid of the smell…

5. Rarely had Laurene seen Mckay move…

Lesson 2

Conflict Resolution

Before you start

1. Read the questionnaire, then match the verbs below with those underlined in the text.

1) talk…over put forward

discusssuggest

4) go back go to

quarreltolerate

come back

3) going off with give in

takesay OK

2) make a scene put up with

approach

Lesson 3War Memories

Decide if the war below refers to.

a) World War I

b) World War II

c) The Vietnam War

1. The USA ended the war in the Far East By dropping two atomic bombs on Japan.

2. The main countries involved were : Britain, France and Russia against Germany, Austria, Hungary and Turkey.

a) World War I

b) World War II

c) The Vietnam War

3. The war began when Germany invaded Poland.

4. The main countries involved were: Britain, Russia and the USA against Germany, Italy and Japan.

a) World War I

b) World War II

c) The Vietnam War

5. Most of the battles were fought in Belgium and France.6. The USA secretly bombed Cambodia during the war.

a) World War I

b) World War II

c) The Vietnam War

7. More civilians died than soldiers in this war, including 6 million Jews in concentration camps.8. Poison gas was first used in this war.

a) World War I

b) World War II

c) The Vietnam War

A Brave Patient Death of a Village A Happy Ending Trapped No More Fighting

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Match these titles with the extracts. There is one extra title

Complete the gaps in the text B with these sentences.a) Just before midnight we all decided not to start firing before they did.b) We told him he wasn’t the only one who was fed up with it.c) The enemy had stuck up a similar one.d) The noise of the guns was terrible.e) Then we all got out of the trench.

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★ be marched = be forced 强迫走 He was marched out of the house. 齐步走；正步走 The soldiers marched along the street. 前进 the Long March 长征

Language Points

★ flee 逃避 , 逃跑 , 逃走 (run away from / escape) 因为某种原因他逃离他的祖国。 He fled (from) his country for some reason. He succeeded in fleeing the burning building. The robbers fled in different directions at the sound of gun.

★ stick up 竖立 , 直立 Please stick up the bulletin board. be stuck in 陷住 , 困住 The car was stuck in the mud. n. 棍子 a walking stick

★ throw off ( 从 ......) 扔开 匆匆脱下 ( 衣服 ) The thief threw off the bag and ran away.

★ with their hands above their heads with both his legs blown off with + n. + prep phrase/-ed/-ing/adj./adv. 此结构常在句中作定语或状语 Anyone with eyes in their heads can see it. We have our lessons with the doors closed and the windows open and the lights turned on.

★ as bad a state as as [ so]…. as 结构中如名词为单数可数 ,

用此结构 as + adj. + a/an + as He is as good a student as his old brother. We can’t find so comfortable a place as home.

★ be fed up with 厌倦 , 厌烦 I’m fed up with all this fatty food.★ set the ball rolling 使事情开始运行

★He was all of about twenty years old. (all 与 of 连用 ) 整体；全部 那东西要整整 500 美元。 It’ll cost all of $500.

★ admire sb. for sth. 赞美；赞赏； 钦佩 我钦佩她的勇气。 I admire her for her bravery. 人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感。 Everybody admires him for his fine sense of humor.

★ sort of / kind of adv. 有几分地 我有几分觉得这会发生。 I sort of think this will happen.

★We didn’t dare go near it. dare 用作实义动词时否定句中省略 to He didn’t dare go out at night alone.

★ head for 朝着……前进 They are heading for London. 他们正往伦敦的方向去。 We headed for the mountain, with th

e guide in the lead. 我们在向导的带领下进山了。

Communication Workshop

Read the letter. Classify the underlined linking words and expressions.

mannerconditioncontrastpurposereason

so, as ifdespite, unless, ifas though, not to, howeverin order tosince, as

Linking Review

resulttimeadditionrelative pronoun

thatafter, just as, when, as soon asas well as, not only, either, also

that, which

1. I was worried. I went to the doctor.

I was so worried that I went to the

doctor.

Combine the two sentences using linking words.

2. I receive a positive reply within the next three weeks. I intend to take further action. Unless I receive a positive reply within the next three weeks, I intend to take further action.

3. I stayed at home. It was raining. I stayed at home because it was raining. It was raining, so I stayed at home. Because it was raining, I stayed at home. It was raining, therefore, I stayed at home. I stayed at home due to the rain. Because of the rain, I stayed at home.

Language points

1. as soon as possible: 尽快 e.g. You should put on your clothes

as soon as possible when you get up.

2. pay for: 偿还；赔偿 e.g. You should pay compensation f

or the injuries that I have received.

3. the more…, the more…: 越……，越……

e.g. The more, the better. 越多越好。 The harder you study, the better

your marks will be. 你学习越努力，成绩就会越好。

4. in contact with: 与……取得联系 e.g. I have been in contact with Poli

ce Station for the accident. 5. look forward to doing something:

期望做某事 e.g. I am looking forward to hearin

g from you. 我期望着你的来信。

Language Awareness

Perfective Verb FormsRead the text again and pay attention to the following sentences. Match the names of the verb forms with the structures in bold in the sentences below.

1. By the time I get back I will have read that book. Future Perfect

2. I expect you have been working hard for your exams!

3. I’ve finished most of mine.

4. Having come here every summer means that all of the people in the village are really friendly.

Present Perfect Continuous

Present Perfect

Perfective –ing form

5. My brother remembered once having been taken round the tower.

6. I had been standing there for a minute or so when there was a noise.

Passive perfective –ing form

Past Perfect Continuous

7. I suppose they must have known me since I was a baby.

8. My brother had finished it all!

Perfect infinitive

Past Perfect

Read the sentences below from the text. Which of these (a-c) do the perfective verb forms refer to?

a. something happening before a time in the past b. something happening before the present c. something happening before a time in the future

Exercise 4

1. I’ve been staying with my family here on the coast.

2. My grandfather has lived here for years.

3. By the time I get back I will have read

that book. 4. He had been standing there for a

minute or so when there was a noise.a

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1. ---- How long _______ you (employ) _____________ at this job?

---- Since 1990.2. By the end of last year, another new gymnasium _________________ (complete) in Beijing.

havebeen employed

had been completed

Practice

3. He _______________ (learn) English for eight years by the time he graduates from the university next year.

4. John and I _________ (be) friends for eight years. We first got to know each other at a Christmas party. But we _________ (see) each other a couple of times before that.

will have learnt

have been

had seen