Adventure

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.---Helen Keller.

生活要么是一场勇敢的大冒险，要么什么都不是。 Adventure is the champagne of life.

---G.K Chesterton, English writer

The excitement of adventure costs courage.

要享有其妙的探险 , 总需要一点点勇气Let’s explore our adventure of life with courage.

• Champagne [ʃæm'peɪn]

Champagne is an expensive French white wine with bubbles in. It is drunk when there is something worth celebrating.

• Words revision• 1How do the tourists differ from local people?• 2From that moment they started to feel anxious and

they slept badly that night.• 3They know all the best routes and best places to

camp.• 4We can organise your travel and accommodation

too.• 5The men were soon exhausted and were running

out of food.

• 1 The hike costs £2,500 including all flights and a_______.

• 2 We should choose the most direct r______ to the downtown.

• 3After a month’s flight, the soldiers were all e_______ and they were eager to have a good sleep.

• 4 The mother was a_______ about the children when they didn’t come back home from school on time.

• 5 Their house _________( 不同 )from mine in having garage.

accommodation

route

exhausted

anxious

differs

• 6 The young man was born in a w______ family, but he doesn’t think money can buy happiness.

• 7 All work and no play makes Jack a d_____ boy.

• 8The bus company provided e______ buses because there were so many people.

• 9 As a teacher, it is a must for you to have a wide range of knowledge as well as ________ （耐心 ).

• 10 Drug abuse has long been a ______( 主要的，重大的 )problem for the local government there.

• 11 The alarm system was not ___________ ， ( 运转，起作用 ), when the paintings were stolen.

• 12 We’d all be in _________( 避难所 ), if we hadn’t banded together.

wealthy

extra

patience

major

functioning

shelter

dull

• 拓展 --- 词性转换• 1 Snowboarding is ________ to skiing. It means

snowboarding has similarity with skiing.• 2 These children were provided with some equipment

and they e________ themselves with torches and rope, and then started off.

• 3 Life is _______( 有限的 ), but there is no limit to learning.

• 4 we are the very o__________ you can depend on. We will organise all the flights and accommodation for you.

• 5 They organise food bases in p___________ for their journey. Then after they reached the Pole, they prepared for the return journey.

equipped

limited

orgnisation

preparation

similar

• 6 If you have a preference for something, you p_______ to have or do that thing rather than something else.

• 7 He was not ambitious. Even when he was young, he never had any a_________.

• 8 My words surprised and confused him. He thought my words was surprising and ________.

• 9 We waited for news with a growing sense of __________.(anxious)

• 10 The child felt _____________in his tight boots.(comfort)• 11 He was the only ________who ________ the earthquake ．

Everyone said his survival was a wonder.• 12 I am of Chinese __________. （ nation ）

prefer

ambition

confusing

anxietyuncomfortable

survived

nationality

survivor

• 1 similar adj. 相似的 __________n. 类似；相似点• 2 equip v. 装备，设备 _________n. 装备，器材• 3 limited adj. 有限的 -________n./v. 限制；限度• 4 organise v. 组织 -______________n. 组织• 5 prepare v. 准备 _____________ n. 准备• 6 prefer v. 更喜欢，宁愿 ___________n. 偏爱，优先权• 7 ambitious adj. 有雄心的 _________ n. 雄心，抱负• 8 confuse v. 使…迷惑，混淆 __________ adj. 令人迷惑的• ___________adj. 感到迷惑的 ___________ n. 混淆，困惑• 9 anxious adj. 忧虑的，渴望得到 __________n. 忧虑焦急• 10 comfort n. 舒适 v, 安慰 __________ adj. 舒服的

_____________ adj. 不舒服的• 11 survive v. 幸存 __________ n. 幸存 ___________ n. 幸

存者 12 nation n. 国家 , 民族 ___________ n. 国籍

similarityequipment

limitorganisation

preparationpreference

ambitionconfusing

confused confusionanxiety

comfortableuncomfortable

survival survivornationality

• I decided to take up bungee jumping and now I am really into it. When I turned up for my first jump I was so nervous that I tried to back out. But my friends persuaded me to go through with it. You don’t have to put on any special clothes, just a sweater and jeans, but obviously you need a lot of time to set up the equipment. But it’s worth waiting for. It’s difficult to get across how exciting it is!

• 1 I have just ________ jogging in order to get fit.• 2 I waited for him for ages but he didn’t ______• 3 What kind of music _____ you ______?• 4 What extreme sports couldn’t you _________.• 5 He was inspired to have a try but ___________ at the last

minute.• 6 What I want to ___________is that it’s important that you

remember what is truly important to you.

taken upturn up

are into go through with

backed out

get across

phrases

词组填空 break out, break down, take off, in turn, stand by, upside

down, right now1The painting was hung ______________2. If another world war __________, what would become

of human beings? 3. She will __________ every word she said.4. A helicopter is able_____________ and land straight

up or down. 5. My computer is always ________________.6 How I wish I could go there _____________.7Life becomes possible only when food is converted into

energy ， which ___________is used to seek more food to grow ， to reproduce and to survive ．

upside downbroke out

stand byto take off

breaking down right now

in turn

• 1This book differs from that one in the writing style.• 2The twin brothers are alike in appearance but differ

greatly in character.• 3Their tastes are different from mine.• 4Can you tell the difference between the twins?• 5 Changing schools made a big difference to my life.

• 1 differ ________ 与……不同 • 2 differ ________( 在…方面 ) 不同• 3 be____________from 和……不同• 4 _______________between A and B 区分 A 与 B 的不

同• 5 ______________________ 有影响，起重要作用• 6 ______________________( 对… ) 没影响，不起作用

from

indifferent

tell the difference make a difference

make no difference (to …)

Useful expressions

• The local government differs with consumers on the prices of flats.

• differ with sb. about/on/over sth. 与某人就…问题意见不一

• She always differs ____ me ____ how to spend the vacation.

A.in, with B. with, on

C. at, with D. from, in

B

• 完成句子• They are sisters but they are ________ _______( 不同 )each

other ____their habits and they also _____ ________( 不同 )each other in many ways. But that ________ ________ ________ _____( 不影响 )to their close relationship.

• 每个人的观点不一样。• Opinions differ from person to person.• 如果每个人都做些小小的改变，那么我们就将产生很大的影响

。• If everyone makes a little change, then we’ll make a big

difference.

different fromin differ

fromdoesn’t make any difference

various 不同的 ，各种各样的1Beijing is filled with people from various parts of China.

2 People like to live a life full of variety.

3 Everyone's usual temperature varies with the times of the day.

4 More and more people choose to shop in a supermarket as it offers a great ____ of goods.

A. variety B. mixture C. extension D. combination

A

• (1)________ n. 种类 • (2)________ vi. 变化，不同• (3)vary ________ 随……变化• (4)a variety/varieties ________ 不同种类的，各种各样

的 • ■ 运用：根据所给提示词翻译下面的句子。• 1 每个人的观点各不相同• Opinions vary from person to person.• 2 这个学院提供多种课程。• The college provides varieties of courses

variety

vary with

of

risk

1 We must stop the rumours; the firm’s reputation is at risk.

2 At the risk of drowning, he came to the boy’s rescue.

3 She won’t take the risk of losing the good chance.

4 She risked her life to protect her child.

5 The soldier risked being knocked down by the car to save that little girl.(1) at risk 有危险，冒风险 at the risk of 冒……的风险(2) ＿＿＿＿ the risk of doing sth. 冒险做某事(3)___________the risk of doing sth. 减少做某事的风险(4)risk ＿＿＿ sth. 冒险做某事(5)_____________________ 冒生命危险…

take/run

reduce/cut

doing

risk one’s life to do…

vt. 冒……的风险 n. 冒险，风险

运用：用不同的搭配翻译下面的句子。他冒着生命危险救了那个落水 (drowning) 男孩。(1)

___________________________________________.

(2)

___________________________________________.

(3)

___________________________________________.

He saved the drowning boy at the risk of losing his own life.

He took the risk of losing his life to save the drowning boy.

He risked (losing) his life to save the drowning boy.

observe

• 1 His neighbor observed a stranger enter his house and take away some valuables.

• 2 Everyone must observe the traffic rules.• 3 I want to learn about your holidays. Could you tell

me how you usually observe Thanksgiving Day in your country?

观察，观测遵守

庆祝1 observe sb.do/doing sth. 观察某人做 / 在做某事2 observer n ．观察者，观测者，遵守者3 observation n ．观察，注意，监测，观测4 be under observation 受到监视

• 完成句子• 1 The expert spent two years________( 观

察 )the animal’s daily activities.• 2 You should______ _____ ______ ______( 遵

从当地风俗 )when you go abroad.• 3 Can you say something about how the

Chinese ________ ________ ___________( 庆祝春节 )?

observing

observe the local customs

observe the Spring Festival

have difficulty (in) doing sth. 做某事有困难 find difficulty (in) doing sth. There is difficulty (in) doing sth.(no, little, some, much, lots of, great)拓展 : have trouble/ problems/a hard time (in) doing sth have fun/ a good time (in) doing sth  have difficulty with sb./sth. I wasn’t familiar with that city and________________________________________. （我费

了很大劲才找到他家）。你很难想象到我费了多大劲才找到他家。You can hardly imagine what great difficulty

_________________________________.

I had great difficulty in finding his house

I had (in) finding his house.

1. When I turned up for my first bungee jump I was so nervous that I tried to back out, but my friends persuaded me to go through with it.

turn up, so…that…, back out, persuade sb to do sth., go through with

学以致用：用 when…for the first …so…that…, but… 翻译下句子。

当我第一次参加工作面试时 , 我感到太自卑 (inferior) 了以致我想放弃，但是我的父母最终说服我接受这个挑战。

When I turned up for my first job interview, I felt so inferior that I almost backed out, but my parents persuaded me to take the challenge.

句型

2. Although people enjoyed reading his book, many of them thought that Marco’s stories about China were too fantastic to be true. 虽然人们爱读他的书，但许多人认为他写的东西太离奇而不可信。

学以致用：用 although…, …too…to… 翻译下列句子。虽然我被他们的勇气所感动，我认为他们太草率

(unprepared) 以致没有从探险中幸存下来。Although I am deeply touched by their courage, I still think that they were too unprepared to survive their adventure.

3 First, his two sledges broke down, and then the horses began to have serious difficulties with the snow and the cold.

结构分析 : ： first…and then…, break down, have difficulties with。

学以致用：用 first…and then… 翻译下列句子。先是他们在沙漠中迷路了，后来他们的水和食物也没有了。 First they got lost in the desert, and then their food and water ran out.

结合本单元所学，表达以下我第一次参加英语演讲比赛时的经历：

1 紧张，想放弃，老师的笑脸和同学的掌声鼓励

2 调整（先…然后…）3 结果（被授予特别勇气奖）4 感受 ( 一时难以相信 , 很难让大家理解我的兴奋）

学以致用

When I ________ up for my first English speech contest, I was ______ nervous that I had great ___________ coming up with the words. I failed to concentrate and was about to _______ out. However, I was greatly encouraged by my teacher’s smiling face, as ______ as the audience’s warm applauses. First , I collected my thought and then I took a deep _______ in order to stay calm. Although I was not the winner, I was a______ a special prize of courage, which I thought was too good _____ be true at that moment. It was really worth c________, wasn’t it? I find it hard to get ______ how excited I was.

turnedso

difficulty

back

well

breath

awardedto

celebratingacross

学以致用

the adventure of Tom Sawyer

爱冒险， 既勇敢，又机智， 乐于帮助弱者

课堂无聊， 退出，渴望自由， 逃学

在一次冒险中，在山洞中迷路， 先是，发现大量的海盗藏的金币

接着， 食物和蜡烛用完了，难于找到出口

依靠勇敢机智，克服各种困难 成功逃出山洞。

The hero ,Tom, is adventurous, clever as well as brave, always ready to help the weak. Every time he turned up for the class, he found the lesson dull and confusing ,which made him try to back out. At the same time,what is different from his classmates is that he was so anxious for a free and exciting life that he did usually cut class. One of his real adventures was that first he and his beloved girlfriend Betty was lost in a cave, where they found a large quantity of gold coins hidden by pirates. And then, they ran out of food and candles and had difficulty finding a way out. With his bravery and wisdom,they finally got over various difficulties and succeeded in getting out of the cave.