北师大版高中一年级 ( 上 )

Unit 1

busy, dangerous, exciting, interesting, stressful

boring, easy, free, peaceful, relaxing

Can you imagine city and country lifestyles in Britain?

Key words:

office, farm,

underground, walk,

crowded, space,

quiet, noisy

Reading Strategies: Prediction

• Before you read a text, look at the title, photographs and drawings.

• Read the first two or three lines of the text.

• Try to guess what the text is going to be about.

Lesson 4Lesson 4

City and Country

Now listen to the tape and check your guesses.

City life

Traffic jams

Fresh air

Tall buildings

isolation

Country life

City life

Traffic jams

…pollution

Fresh air

crimemodern museums

firsthand information

isolation

Country life

inconvenient traffic

peaceful environment

…

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Read and fill the table with information about Debbie and Paul’s lives. Add information about your own life and compare.

Debbie Paul

Lives in A big city A small village

Wake-up time 7Job

Working hours

Works in

Evening activities

special activities

4

Go to the cinema drive to the country and go walking there

Dance classes, go to the gym, French classes

Center of London

Go to London for a weekend break

All day8An accountant

North of EnglandPlay with his children; study by distance learning

A farmer

1.From the paragraph of Passage 1, we can know that ___

A.Debbie has to get up very early but Paul doesn’t have to

B.Debbie goes to work by car every day

C.Paul has to travel far away to work every day

D.Debbie is rather tired of the underground

2. In the last paragraph of Passage 2, it can be inferred that ___A. Paul’s wife does not like moviesB. Paul often goes to see the filmC. The life of Paul is very

convenientD. When Paul’s children see the

tube, they will get very excited

3. The main idea of Passage 2 is that ___.

• A. Paul lives in a small village in the north of England

• B. it is easy for Paul to go to work • C. Paul’s life is very free• D. Paul’s busy but without the stress

of life

4. Whose life is better, Debbie’s or Paul’s? A. Debbie’s B. Paul’s C. Both

D. Different people have different ideas

5. Which o f the following is NOT true according to the passages?

A. Debbie has to spend all morning checking numbers every day on workweeks.

B. Debbie likes to go to the countryside to have a weekend break sometimes.

C. Debbie and Paul are both movie fanatics and both see movies a lot.

D.Paul’s work is freer than Debbie’s

Passage 11. Line 1 by… 时间 在…前我们必须 7 点前回到教室。

2. Line 4 It takes sb. sometime to do sth.

做某事花费某人多少时间我要花 30 分钟回家

We must come into the classroom by 7 o’clock.

it takes me 35 minutes to go back home.

• Line 5 so+a./ad. + that

such + n. ( 可名单；可名复；不可名 )+ thatLucy is so lovely a girl that we all like her.

Lucy is such a lovely girl that we all like her.

L 5 ( 英语周报第二期第二版 )

so+adj.+a/an+ 单名＋ that

= such +a/an+adj.+ 单名 + that

Tony is so naughty a boy that we all avoid him.

Tony is such a naughty boy that we all avoid him.

• Line 9 sb. spend sometime/ some money (in) doing sth.

sb. spend sometime/some money on sth.

I spent 35 minutes (in) finishing my homework.

=I spent 35 minutes on the homework I spent 12 yuan (in) buying this book.=I spent 12 yuan on this book.

• Line 21 fanatic 入迷的人I like watching TV very much, so my moth

er calls me a “TV fanatic”.

Line 25 far away from 远离My hometown is far away from my school,

so I have to live in the school.

Passage 2Line 9 that page 99

Line 12 sheep ， fish, deer, Chinese 单复同形

一只绵羊 两只绵羊 a sheep two sheep

ten fish一条鱼 a fish 十条鱼There are three ＿＿＿ and seven ＿＿＿ in the picture.A deers, sheeps B deers, sheepC deer, sheep D deer, sheeps

• Line 19. by… 通过 (方法，手段 ) 比较 passage 1, line 1

I go to school by bus.JinYong makes money by writing.

• Line 20 be interested in sth./ doing sth.

对…感兴趣I am very interested in this book.I am very interested in reading this book.

interested a. 感兴趣的（主语常为人）interesting a. 令人感兴趣的（主语常为物）

• Line 21

• Line 24 get/have the chance to do sth. 获得 / 有做某事的机会Jane has got the chance to do this project.

Line 26 take/have a break= have a rest 休息一会You must be very tired, please stop worki

ng and take a good break

• Line 31

especially specially“ 特别地，尤其是”

” 特意地，专门地“

一般修饰 a., prep 或状语从句前面一般用“，”隔开

一般用在 to do 或 for前，强调目的

I like the kite you ________ made for me.

She likes the country, _______ in spring. especially

specially

P15.5• 1. In England, the ____________is often called t

he _____. Many people travel on this to work.

• 2. I am a real book________. I have so many books in my flat. It looks like a library!

• 3. The _________ says that the weather this weekend is going to be sunny and warm.

• 4. If you like maths you could be an __________, __________you could be a maths teacher.

underground

otherwise

fanatic

tube

forecast

accountant

• 5. There is a restaurant ________ and it is always _______ because it is so popular.

• 6. I am studying by _______________ to improve my_______.

distance learning

career

crowdednearby

P60.1 vocabulary• 1.crowded 6. Otherwise• 2. Urgent 7. especially • 3. Forecast 8. career 4. Distance 9.anywhere • 5. Perfect 10. fanatic

Speaking • How are Debbie and Paul’s lifestyles differe

nt? How are they similar?• Where do you live? In a city or a countryside?

What do you like about where you live? List three things.

• Work in groups. Imagine your group live in an unusual place. Think about your lifestyle there and prepare a report.

Example we live in a cave in Shanxi. We have no electri

city but no pollution, either.

Pair work:

Ask and answer questions about each other’s routine life. Example : A: Where do you live? B: We live in a cave. A: What do you have for food ?