Unit 1 Module 3Unit 1 Module 3

Which word do you think is used twice besides the noun street in the two sentences?

1.Once out in the street, she walked

quickly towards her usual bus stop.

2.“Here we are, King Street.” He stopped.

Look at the following two sentences:

stop

Can you define( 解释 , 说明 ) the two meanings and describe two parts of speech?

a place at which someone or something stops

Sentence 1

Sentence 2

to put an end to what one is doing

Read the speech bubbles on page 6

Can you describe the different meanings of the word rest in different parts of speech?

1.While the rest of the passengers were getting out , she glanced at the faces around her .(Line 16)

2.Would you like to come in and rest for a while ?(line 50)

the remaining part

Sentence 1

Sentence 2

to relax

Try to find out more words in the text Fog that can be used as both a noun and a verb.

“Polly leaves work early.”

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_______________________________

“Polly works very hard.” ___________________________________

n. something that one is doing, especially

as a job (工作 )

v. do an activity which uses effort ( 工作 )

“She sensed she was being watched.”

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“People have five senses.”

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______________

vt. to become aware of 感到 ,感觉到

n. sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch

感官 , 感觉

“…felt a rough hand brush her face ...”

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“paint the wall with a brush”

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vt. to touch lightly in passing 拂过

n. an instrument for painting 刷子

“I can help you.”

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“pay back the help”

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__________

vt to give assistance or aid to帮助

n. the act of helping or assistance

帮助

1.Once out in the street, she walked quickly towards her usual bus stop .(Line 7)

2.I was young once (line 42)

Can you define the following words in the following sentences ? (Part A )

when

Sentence 1

Sentence 2

at sometime in the past

1.When Polly left home, that morning ,the city was covered in a grey mist .(Line 2)

2.Turn left here .(line 43)

Went away from a place or a person

Sentence 1

Sentence 2

The opposite word for “right”

1.She wondered if the buses

would still be running .(line

5)

2.But fear held her still

Continuing

Sentence 1

Sentence 2

not moving

1. causes 2. cause 3. answer 4. answer 5. houses 6. house 7. increases 8. increase

What words do you often use to describe different kinds of weather ?

cloudy, sunny, fine, cold, cool, warm, hot, dry, wet, rainy, snowy and foggy

rainthunderstormfloodtornadosnowstorm

下雨雷暴洪水龙卷风暴风雪

Sunny/fine

cloudy

overcast

fog/mist

storm

thunder/lightningsnow

Rain(drizzly)

Do you know them?

shower

Sentences used in a weather report:

It will be cloudy/overcast/drizzly…The morning/afternoon will be …, with heavy showers around lunchtime.

A thin mist/cloudy weather will develop.

A thin mist will turn to fog.

Practice:Morning

Afternoon

The morning will be fine, with showers in the afternoon.

A mist/fog will develop in the morning and the afternoon will be sunny.It will be overcast in the morning and there will be snow in the afternoon.

How to describe the temperature:

°C(Celsius )

(0 °C-100 °C)

°F(Fahrenheit)(32 °F =0 °C, 212 °F =100 °C)

20 degrees centigrade/Celsius(20 °C )

minus 5 degrees centigrade/Celsius(-5 °C ) 5 degrees centigrade/Celsius below freezing

40 degrees Fahrenheit (40 °F )

32 °C, 0 °C, -5 °C

Example:

Morning Afternoon Evening

16 °C 12 °C -1 °C

In the morning the temperature will be 16 °C. It will drop to 12 °C in the afternoon. And in the evening it will be freezing and drop to -1 °C.

Read the second speech bubble and complete it according to the three pictures below.

Here is the weather forecast for tomorrow. It will be______, _______and _______ in the morning, with a fair chance of ______ weather developing before midday. It will become______ in the afternoon. The sky will be ________with heavy _____. In the evening, the temperature will drop a lot and it will become very _____. There will be _______ and _________, with a______ likely after midnight.

warm fine sunnycloudy

coolerovercast rain

coldthunder lightning storm

★ 引起某人做某事★ 到目前为止★ 看到人睡在大街上★ 挨饿★ 付得起增长的费用★ 随后有雷暴雨★ 去取伞★ 最近，近来★ 有很大的可能性★ 气温将下降很大。★ 有暴雨的可能

cause sb. to do sth.so far

see people sleeping on the streetsgo hungry

afford the increasefollowed by a thunderstorm

fetch the umbrella

latelywith a fair chance of

The temperature will drop a lot.

with a storm likely

The book caused great interest and argument.

这本书引起了人们的极大兴趣和争论。

什么原因使他改变主张的？

vt. 导致 , 引起

What caused him to (made him) change his mind?

n. 1) 原因；起因

The dog was the cause of the accident.

这只狗是造成交通事故的原因。

这件事的起因是什么？

What was the cause of it?

What’s the reason for doing so? 事由

你这样做的原因是什么 ?

n. 2) 事业；（奋斗的）目标

the common cause 共同的事业 the public cause 公众事业 the cause of education 教育事业

Poor people often have to go hungry because they cannot afford the increase (in the price of food). vt. 供应得起 , 担负得起 ( 指金钱 , 时间 , 精力等方面 )

I can't afford (to buy) a new computer.

我买不起一台新电脑。

我抽不出一小时吃午饭．I can't afford an hour for lunch.

can/could/be able to afford sth. / to do sth.

(2005NMET III) 68. Few students in my class can______( 付得起 ) a trip to New Zealand.

【正确答案】 afford

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If we could afford the cost, we'd like to go abroad for our holidays.

如果出得起旅费 , 我们想到国外去度假。

vt.&vi. 增大，增多

His boss has increased his wages from ￥ 1000 to ￥ 1500.

n. 增加；增大；增多an increase in the number of the students学生数量的增加

My wages have increased by 10% this year.

我的工资 (wage)今年增加了 10%。

老板把他的工资从 1000元增加到 1500元。

Homework

There are many words in English

that can have more than one part of

speech. Try to find out some more

examples.