高一英语Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of

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照对市爱民阳光实验学校高一英语Module 6

Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World社

【本讲信息】

一. 教学内容:

Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World

[教学目标]

本模块通过对自然奇观的介绍, 为我们展示了自然界的神奇与奥秘, 由此我们可以掌握相关的词汇及表达方式。

单词.短语:

monster attack footprint hairy frightening

creature

gray claw exist sharp nail

journal

sighting seal mysterious claim surface

horn

dive calm sceptical unlikely volcanic

cover

adapt disappear extinct evolve die out throw light

on come straight to the point fierce

destruction

generous unpredictable emperor robe

reputation

border positive indicate identity due to myth fortune

[词语]

attack footprint hairy frightening

exist sharp

journal sighting mysterious claim surface

dive calm unlikely cover adapt

disappear extinct evolve die out throw

light on

come straight to the point fierce destruction

generous

reputation positive indicate identity due

to

myth fortune [词语要点归纳]

1. Although no one really got a clear look at the mysterious creature,

Xue Junlin, a local photographer claimed that its head looked like a

horse.

Claim v

〔1〕根据权利要求, 认领, 索赔

Did you claim on the insurance after your car accident?

I claimed the coat that the teacher found.

Every citizen may claim the protection of the law.

〔2〕声称, 自称, 主张

He claimed that he hadn’t done it, but I didn’t believe him.

Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the

sea.

2. silent/ quiet/still/calm 辨析

〔1〕silent 主要指人“沉默的, 不出声的〞,但不一没有活动。

Would you please keep silent because the baby is sleeping?

〔2〕quiet 意为 “安静的, 宁静的〞, 指人时表示生性安静, 不易冲动;

用于自然环境时, 指没有干扰活动, 没有喧闹声的寂静状态。

After retiring, he had a quiet life. 〔3〕still 意为安静的, 不动的, 不指心理状态, 指环境和人处于静的,

静止的状态。

Attention please, everybody! Please keep still for a moment. And let

me take a photo.

〔4〕calm 意为镇静的, 平静的, 主要指人沉着镇静,指自然界无风无浪。

The sky is blue, and the sea is calm.

Although she was frightened, she answered with a calm voice.

3. Lake Tianchi is the highest volcanic lake in the world. It is 2189

meters high and covers an area of about ten square kilometers.

Cover v

〔1〕盖,覆盖 常与with 连用

She covered the table with a table.

Much of the country is covered by forest.

〔2〕藏, 隐匿, 掩盖

Cover the chicken loosely with foil.

She covered her face with her hands.

〔3〕占 时间 或 空间

The town covers 5 square miles.

〔4〕走过路程; 通过 I want to cover 100 miles by dark.

〔5〕报道; 对……进行闻采访

She is covering the party’s annual conference.

The BBC will cover all the major games of the tournament.

〔6〕包括, 包含, 论及

The review covered everything we had learned last term.

The lectures covered a lot of ground.

4. If you can adapt to something, you can change in order to make the

situation better.

Adapt v 使适, 适合

He adapted himself to cold weather.

She lacked the ability to adapt easily.

When he moved to Canada, the children adapted to the change very well.

相关短语:adapt for adapt sth. to adapt oneself

to

5. Perhaps too much fighting caused the dinosaurs to die out.

Die out 灭绝

This species has nearly died out because its habitat is being

destroyed. Die away 逐渐停止, 逐渐消失

The noise of the motorcar died away.

Die down 逐渐减弱, 逐渐模糊

After the excitement of the audience died down, the speaker restarted

his speech.

Die off 相继死去

As the widow was still middle-aged, her relatives all died off.

6. If you throw light on something you make it easier to understand.

throw light on 帮助弄清楚, 说明某事

Before I go there, you must throw light on the thing that happened

last night.

In order to throw light on the theory, I stayed in the library to look

up information in the afternoon.

相关短语:bring sth. to light set light to sth.

come to light see the light cast light on sth.

7. Some experts believe it is due to the animals the myths grew out

of.

Due to

〔1〕由于, 因……而造成 Her illness was due to bad food.

This is a mistake due to carelessness.

〔2〕欠的, 给的

Our thanks are due to him.

Respect is due to teachers.

〔3〕即将的(与be 动词连用)

It’s said that Mr. Li is due to go abroad for further study.

表示原因的其它短语:

thanks to owing to because of as a

result of

[语法知识]

情态动词+ have +过去分词

1) may(might) have + done sth., can (could) have + done sth. 表示过去,推测过去时间里可能发生的事情。

Philip may (might) have been hurt seriously in the car accident.

Philip can (could) have been hurt seriously in the car accident.

2)must have +done sth.,对过去时间里可能发生的事情的推测,语气较强,具有“肯〞,“谅必〞的意思。

---Linda has gone to work, but her bicycle is still here. ---She must have gone by bus.

3) ought to have done sth., should have done sth.