Using Language
CHANGING ELIZA
H = Higgins CP = Colonel Pickering E = Eliza
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
H: Good morning, Eliza. My goodness, how pretty you are after a good bath! Ready for your first lesson?
You see, Colonel Pickering and I are both here waiting.
E: Than’ you sir!
H: So let’s begin. Say your alphabet.
E: I know my alphabet. Do yer thin’ I know noffink!
H: Now, now! Let’s start again. Say this after me. (very slowly, loudly and carefully) Do you think I
don’t know anything?
E: Do yer think I don’t know anythink!
CP: Do you know, Higgins, I think that was better!
H: (far from satisfied) Once more, Eliza. (emphasizing each word) Do you think I don’t know anything!
E: (very slowly and carefully too) Doo yoo think I don’t know anything?
H: Now to the alphabet, my girl. Don’t argue — just say it.
选修8
黎巨森、蒋茹、罗培芳、罗丽霞
Unit 1 A land of diversity
Period 1 Reading
Teaching goals
Enable the students to talk about things about the USA.
Help the students learn the huge diversity of races and cultures in America, especially in
California.
Teaching important and difficult points
Learn the huge diversity of races and cultures in California.
Teaching methods
Fast and careful reading; asking and answering activity; individual, pair or group work.
Teaching aids
A map, a blackboard and a computer
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Warming up.
Ask the students to describe what they learn about the USA.
Ask the students to tell things about California including its location, size, population, economy,
history etc. What do you learn about California
Show the students some pictures and encourage students not only to say what each picture is about
Unit 5 第4课时Using Language
Ⅰ.单项填空
从A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1．(原创)I always had the dream to dance like a beautiful ballerina twirling around and
around and hearing people ________ for me.
A．applaud B．entertain
C．welcome D．encourage
答案：A 本题题意：我一直梦想着像一个美丽的芭蕾演员一样跳舞，轻盈地旋来转去，耳边是人们的掌声。applaud表示“鼓掌”。
2．(原创)In order to catch up with and surpass the advanced world levels we'll have to
________our speed.
A．accelerate B．accumulate
C．accomplish D．approve
答案：A 本题题意：要赶超世界先进水平， 我们还得快马加鞭。accelerate 表示“(使)加速，加快”。
3．(原创)He had begun to eat with great appetite when his attention was ________by a
stealthy footstep on the stairs.
A．struck B．arrested
C．trapped D．seized
答案：B 本题题意：他正吃得津津有味，忽听楼梯上有悄悄的脚步声。arrest表示“吸引(注意)”。
4．(原创)To my great ________， the difficulties were all overcome.
A．relief B．brief
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选修8 Unit 1 A land of diversity-Reading
CALIFORNIA
California 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.
NATIVE AMERCANS
Exactly 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,
