选修8 unit4 reading

教师寄语：There is no such thing as a great talent without great will - power. -- Balzac 没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。

-- 巴尔扎克设计人：马丽娜备课组审核：领导审核：时间：班组：学生姓名：期数：Unit 4 PygmalionPeriod1 Warming up and readingLearning aims:1. To learn the useful new words and expressions in this part:2. To develop reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.Learning important and difficult point:To learn different reading skills, especially the reading ability of understanding implied meaning of the author’s.问题导读评价单This play by Bernard Shaw is _______________________________.It was also made into a film called________________________.What’s the Pygmalion Effect?The Pygmalion Effect is that people tend to behave as you expect they will. If you expect a person to take responsibility, they probably will. If you expect them not to even try, they probably won’t.Step1.Important words1___________n.适应性，改编本_________ vt. 使适应：改编；vi.适应新情况2. _________adj.第一流的；经典的n. 经典著作3._____________vi.犹豫；踌躇_______________n. 犹豫；踌躇4.___________adj.错误的；不正确的___________vt. 把……错当成；误会5.___________adj.光辉灿烂的；杰出的；才华横溢的6.___________vt,编排；分类；归类7.______________adj.不同寻常的；非凡的8.___________vt.谴责；使……注定9.___________adv.适当地；恰当地______________adj.正确的；恰当的10 ._______________n.机会；运气；大笔的钱____________adj. 幸运的；庆幸的11.__________n.言论；谈论；评述12 .__________adj. 真实的；真正的；可信的13.__________n. 身份；地位；职位14.光辉灿烂的__________________14___________adj.优秀的；较高的；上级的；n.上级；长官Important Phrases:1. 伪装;假扮______________2. 结识,与…相见_____________________3. 惊讶地______________________4. 一般来说_______________________5. (把某人) 改变或冒充成______________6. 一把; 少量的_______________7. 毫不犹豫_______________________ 8. 就……来说;从……角度_______________问题解决评价单1．This text is mainly about the first experience of Eliza meeting with__________.A.Professor HigginsB.Colonel PickeringC.Professor Higgins and Colonel PickeringD. a gentleman2．Eliza greeted to the gentleman in order to__________.A.ask him to buy some flowers from herB.talk with himC.ask him to teach herD.beg some money from him3．Why Eliza began to cry?Because__________ .A.she thought that the man might be a policeman.B. she felt hungry but she had nothing to eatC. she was wet in the rain4．Professor Higgins believed that he could judge a person by __________.A.his appearanceB.his actionC.his conversationD.his manners5．From the text,we can infer that Professor Higgins is a man described below EXCEPT that__________ .A.he doesn’t care about moneyB.he is an expert in phoneticsC.he is proudD.he is greedy。

Unit 4 课时跟踪练(二) Welcome to the unit & Reading -Language points一、全练语言点，基稳才能楼高Ⅰ.单词拼写1．Don't expose (泄露) your personal information to the strangers.2．The clerk must have overlooked (忽略) your name, because he said you weren't there.3．He does not resemble (看起来像) his brother in any way.4．Success in making money is not always a good criterion (标准) of success in life.5．People who work in banks know about finance (金融)．6．Your actions contradict (与……相矛盾) your principles.7．We put the product under a boycott (抵制)．8．He is modest (谦虚的) about his achievements.9．Nothing but water can be seen on the broad (宽阔的) ocean.10．The bank is sponsoring (赞助) a sports day for children in the area.Ⅱ.单句语法填空1．I don't know the reason why you were absent from the meeting, but I'm sure that someone will tell me the reason that/which you haven't told me.2．Distinguished guests and friends, welcome to our school. Attending (attend) the ceremony of the 50th Anniversary this morning are our alumni (校友) from home and abroad.3．As long as you meet these demands, you will be admitted into our school.4．The government placed restrictions on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.5．Telling twins apart as an adult is hard enough, but what happens when a baby meets someone who resembles (resemble) exactly her dad?6．It seemed that he deliberately (deliberate) upset her.7．Though small, the firm has_sponsored (sponsor) many students at the university so far.8．It's normal that he often contradicts himself (he)．9．In their spare time, the couple often take the kids to galleries, museums and theaters, hoping to expose them to as much art and culture as possible.10．We have both red and white wine. Do you have a preference for one or the other?Ⅲ.完成句子1．比起跳舞我妹妹更喜欢唱歌，而我宁愿跳舞而不愿唱歌。

Book 8 Unit 4 学习笔记（原创笔记，请同学们在笔记本上抄好笔记，开学检查）必背句型1：1. A man is hiding from the rain l istening to people’s language and watching their reactions. (listeningto…和watching…并列的现在分词作伴随状语。

现在分词在句中作状语时，往往表示一个与谓语动词同时或几乎同时发生的主动行为)类似句型：While watching, he makes notes.他一边观察一边记录。

仿写：He ran out of the house in a hurry, leaving the door unlocked. 他匆忙间跑出房子，没锁门。

2.Now once taught by me, she’d become an upper class lady ...(once taught为省略句，when /while/ until/as/as if/if/once/even if/although/though等从属连词引导状语从句时，如果主从句的主语一致或从句的主语为无意义的it，并且从句谓语动词含有be动词，可以省略从句的主语和be动词。

)类似句型：But, sir, (proudly) once educated to speak properly, that girl could pass herself off in three months as a duchess at an ambassador’s garden party.一旦有人教她说话得体，三个月后，她就可以冒充公爵夫人出席大使举办的花园聚会了。

仿写：Unless invited,I won’t go to her birthday party.除非邀请我，否则我不会去她的生日晚会。

3.But they betray themselves every time they open their mouths. (every time引导时间状语从句，类似的名词性引导词有each/(the) next time/the first time/the last time/the moment/ the instant/ the second/the minute…)仿写：Every time you say to yourself you will play with the cellphone just for 10 minutes, you will be certain to find you want to repeat it one more time. 每次你对自己说你只玩十分钟的手机时，你一定会发现你会还想再玩一次。

选修8Unit 4Pygmalion●重点单词1. adaptation n. 适应(性)；改编本→adapt vt.改编, (使)适应2. whistle vi.吹口哨；发出汽笛声n.口哨声；汽笛声3. hesitate vi.踌躇；踌躇→hesitation n. 踌躇；踌躇4. outcome n. 成果；效果5. brilliant adj.光辉灿烂旳；杰出旳；才华横溢旳6. classify vt.编排；分类；归类→classification n. 分类；归类7．remark n．谈论；言论；评述vt.& vi.谈论；评论；说起8. condemn vt.训斥；使......注定9．acquaintance n．相识, 理解, 熟人10. fortune n. 机会；运气；大笔旳钱11. status n. 身份；地位；职位12．superior adj.优秀旳；较高旳, 上级旳n．上级；长官13. rob vt.抢劫；盗窃；剥夺→robbery n. 抢劫(行为)14. antique adj.古时旳；(因古老、稀少而)宝贵旳n. 文物；古董；古玩15. shabby adj.破旧旳；寒酸旳16．compromise n.& vi.妥协；折衷17. horrible adj.可怕旳；恐怖旳→horror n. 恐怖18．disgusting adj.使人反感旳；令人厌恶旳→disgust vt.厌恶, 反感19. overlook vt.俯视；忽视；不理会20．fade vi.& vt.(使)褪色；减弱；逐渐消失●重点短语1. pass...off as...(把某人)变化或冒充成......2. make one's acquaintance 认识；与......相见3．in amazement 震惊, 惊讶4. generally speaking 一般说来5. in terms of... 就......来就, 从......角度6．rob sb.of sth. 抢劫某人某物7. show...in 带/领......进来8. once more 再一次9. in need of 需要10. fade out (声音、画面)逐渐模糊；渐淡●重点句型1. While watching, he makes notes.他边看边做笔记。

选修8 Unit 1 A land of diversity-ReadingCALIFORNIACalifornia is the third largest state in the USA but has the largest population. It also has the distinction of being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. This diversity of culture is not surprising when you know the history of California.Unit1 加利福尼亚加利福尼亚是美国的第三大州，而且是人口最多的州。

加州与众不同之处在于它也是美国最具多元文化的一个州，它吸引了来自世界各地的人们。

这些移民的风俗习惯以及语言在他们的新家都得以延续。

当你了解了加利福尼亚的历史后，你就不会对此感到惊讶了。

NATIVE AMERCANSExactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows. However, it is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago. Scientists believe that these settlers crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. In the 16th century, after the arrival of the Europeans, the native people suffered greatly. Thousands were killed or forced into slavery.In addition, many died from the diseases brought by the Europeans. However, some survived these terrible times, and today there are moreNative Americans living in California than in any other state.美洲土著人最早的一批人具体是在什么时候来到我们现在所知道的加利福尼亚地区的，谁也说不清楚。

Unit 4 Pygmalion李仕才一、阅读理解。

Vitamin B could help reduce the effects of the most dangerous type of air pollution, according to a new study published on Monday. In the first study of its kind, a team of international researchers looked into the damage caused by one of the pollutants that have the severest impact on health—PM 2. 5.They found that Vitamin B supplement could effectively reduce the impact of the tiny particles(颗粒)on the human body, although they stressed that the research was in its early stag es. According to the WHO, 92% of the world’s people are living in places where the PM 2. 5 level goes beyond the recommended level. So it’s urgent to find a solution to the problem.According to this study, published in the PNAS, 10 volunteers were initially exposed to clean air and given a placebo(安慰剂)to check their baseline responses. The group then kept on taking placebos for four weeks before being exposed to heavily polluted air from downtown Toronto, where an estimated 1, 000 cars passed every hour. The bad air was delivered to the volunteers through an “oxygen type” face mask. The experiment was then repeated, with each volunteer taking a Vitamin B supplement daily, made up of 2. 5 mg of folic acid, 50 mg of Vitamin B6, and 1 mg of Vitamin B12.Vitamin B6 can be found in liver, chicken, nuts and other things, and Vitamin B12 in fish, meat, eggs, milk and some cereals. The researchers found that four weeks of Vitamin B supplements reduced the damage of PM 2. 5 effects by 28-76%. The results emphasized how prevention at an individual level could be used to fight against the damage of PM 2. 5, the researchers said.【文章大意】本文主要通过一些实验告诉我们维生素B对减轻PM 2. 5对身体的伤害有什么样的功效。

英语选修8unit4词汇英译汉及课文翻译Module 8 Unit 4 Pygmalion (词汇识记?英译汉) 教案序号:33-34 备课人:审核人: 2016/6/2 1. adaptation n. 25. remark n. vt. & vi. 2. classic adj. n. 26. betray vt. 3. caption n. 27. upper adj. 4. plot n. 28. extraordinary adj. 5. professor n. 29. condemn vi. 6. phonetics n. 30. gutter n.7. colonel n. 31. properly adv. 8. fateful adj. 32. pass…off as…9. whistle vi. n. 33. duchess n. 10. garment n. (pl) 34. ambassador n. 11. woollen adj. 35. acquaintance n. 12. hesitate vi. 36. make one’s acquaintance 13. uncomfortable adj. 37. handful n.14. uncomfortably adv. 38. amazement n. 15. troublesome adj. 39. in amazement 16. wallet n. 40. fortune n. 17. outsome n. 41. authentic adj.18. thief n. 42. generally speaking 19. handkerchief n. 43. status n.20. disguise vt. n. 44. superior adj. n. 21. in disguise 45. interms of…22. mistaken adj. 46. disapprove vt. & vi. 23. brilliant adj. 47.rob vt.24. classify vt. 48. antique adj.;n.1班级姓名 49. musical adj. n. 65. compromise ni. & vi. 50. stocking n. 66. horrible adj. 51. believer n. 67. laundry n. 52. Buddhism n. 68. bathtub n. 53. Buddhist n. adj. 69. sob vi. n. 54. Buddha n. 70. waist n.55. vowel n. 71. vest n. 56. cookie n. 72. disgusting adj. 57. teapot n.73. once more 58. cream n. 74. in need of 59. nail n. 75. heartily adv.60. show…in 76. overlook vt. 61. wax n. vt. 77. alphabet n. 62. disk n.78. effective adj. 63. shabby adj. 79. fade vi. & vt. 64. referee n. 80. fade out 选修8 Unit 4 课文对照翻译 Reading One皮格马利翁主要人物:伊莱扎?杜立特尔(伊):穷苦的卖花姑娘，立志要改善自己的生活希金斯教授(希):语言学专家，坚信一个人的英语水平决定这个人的社会地位皮克林上校(皮):陆军军官，后来成了希金斯教授的朋友。

选修8 Unit 4 Pygmalion李仕才一、阅读理解AAccording to a team of researchers, an animal's ability to perceive(感知) time is linked to their pace of life.“Our results lend support to the importance of time perception in animals where the ability to perceive time in a very short time may be the difference between life and death for fast moving creatures，”commented the lead author Kevin Healy from Trinity College Dublin.The study was done with a variety of animals using a phenomenon based on the maximum speed of flashes of light an individual can see before the light source is seen as constant. Dogs, for example, have eyes with a refresh rate higher than humans.One example of this phenomenon at work, the authors say, is the housefly and its ability to avoid being hit. The research shows flies observe motion in a shorter time than our own eyes can achieve, which allows them to avoid being hit.Professor Graeme Ruxton of the University of St Andrews in Scotland, who worked jointly on the research project, said in a statement, “Having eyes that send updates to the brain at much higher frequencies than our eyes do is of no value if the brain cannot process that information equally quickly, Thus, this work highlights the impressive abilities of even the smallest animal brains. Flies might not be deep thinkers, but they can make good decisions very quickly.”In comparison, the tiger beetle (虎甲虫) runs faster than its eyes can keep up,basically becoming blind, which requires it to stop periodically to re­evaluate its prey's(猎物) position.Our results suggest that time perception offers an as yet unstudied dimension in which animals can specialize and there is a considerable range to study this system in more detail.【文章大意】本文是一篇科普说明文。