文档介绍：Unit 7
Reading I My First Day at School
Teaching Outline
Pre-reading Questions
Famous Quotations of Study
Passage Analysis
spelling
word derivation
language points
useful expression
Pre-reading Questions
When was the boy shy?
What did the teacher ask him to do on his first day at school?
Could he write? Why not?
What did some students do when he could not write his name and address?
What did the teacher do?
When the whole room burst into a loud and prolonged laugh, how did he feel?
Famous Quotations of Study
Cultivation to the mind is as
necessary as food for the
body.
---Cicero,Ancient Roman Statesman and Orator
A little learning is a dangerous
thing.
---Alexander Pope, British poet
Learning is the enterprise of
a lifetime.
---, American president.
Spelling
stiff
giggle
flash
titter
prolong
whisper
dumb
perform
lean
void
rush
tender
redeem
blank
Word Derivations
unable
confidence
shyness
prolonged
fluently
expressively
Language Points
1. in the presence of: before, in front of
I can never express myself well in the presence of many people.
The contract must be signed in the presence of a witness.
2 . be about to do sth.
Mrs. Green was about to begin, but Jennie spoke first.
He waited until she was about to leave.
He met her in the doorway just as she was about to go away
3. have confidence in sb. 对某人有信心
build confidence in oneself 建立信心
Language Points(con.)
1. collect one’s senses: come down
No matter how hard I tried to collect my senses, I simply could not dial the number.
2. redeem: make up for
You should try to redeem your error.
I spoke in a gentle voice so as to redeem my rudeness.
3. burst into sth.
He burst into a storm of abuse.
He burst into angry speech.
As soon as she saw me, she burst into tears.
Useful Expressions
go blank
be sure of
a sense of humor
lean against
The end of Reading I
Reading II
They Never Gave Me the Present