1、Mobile: Wechat Group:Contact me:Lesson 1 A puma at largeObjective: Get familiar with the usage of simple, compound, and complex statementsI Warm up on the pictureWhat can you see in the picture? (A man, a Tree) What is the man holding in his hand? (A walking stick, a rope for a pet)Whats hiding in t

2、he tree? (An animal looks like a lion.) Leopard, cat, pumaI Warm up on the pictureWhats falling down from the tree? (Half of a neckband.) What happened between the man and the animal? (Maybe the animal escaped from the man and hid in the tree.) II New words & Expressionsspot : v. (stative verb, not

3、used in the continuous tense) pick out one person or thing from many, discover, catch sight of , recognize, especially visually（靜態動詞，不用于進行時）辯認, 認出，發現, 特別指用眼睛看出eg. She finally spotted just the skirt she wanted. I cant spot the difference between them.II New words & Expressionsoblige: v. compel or req

4、uire (sb.) by law, agreement or moral pressure to do sth. 迫使，使感到必須做phrase：oblige sb. to do sth. 迫使某人做某事 be/feel obliged to do sth. 不得不(做某事), 必須(做某事)eg. The law obliges parents to send their children to school. They were obliged to sell their house in order to pay their debts. I feel obliged to say s

5、orry to him.II New words & Expressionscorner : v. get sb./sth. into a position from which it is hard to escape, put sb. into a difficult situation 使走投無路，使陷入困境phrase：be cornered 陷入困境,走投無路eg. The dog cornered the rat. The rat was cornered by the dog. The runaway horse was cornered in a field.賣火柴的小女孩走投

6、無路，在寒冷和饑餓之中死去。 The little match girl was cornered and died in coldness and hunger. Cornered beasts will still fight. 困獸猶斗（狗急跳墻）。II New words & Expressionscling clung clung v. To hold fast or adhere to something, as by grasping, sticking, embracing, or entwining 緊握，粘著； To remain close; resist separat

7、ion 依靠保持親近；防止分開phrase：cling to sth.eg. The baby monkey clung to its mother. 小猴子緊緊偎著它媽媽。 We clung to each other in the storm. 我們不應墨守陳規。 We should not cling to outdated customs. II New words & Expressionsconvince v. make sb. feel certain, cause sb. to realize 使確信，使信服Phrase: convince sb. of sth.; convi

8、nce sb. thateg. How can I convince you of her honesty? What she said convinced me that I was mistaken. 考試結果使媽媽相信我是努力的. The exam result convinced Mother that I was hard-working. II New words & Expressionsdisturb v. break the rest, concentration or calm of sb./sth., cause (sb.) to worry 打擾，擾亂 disturbi

9、ng adj. 煩擾的, 令人不安的eg. Please dont disturb me while Im working. Exam in progress. Do not disturb. 考試進行中，請勿打擾。 This news disturbs the students who are going to take the exams tomorrow. This news is disturbing to the students who are going to take the exams tomorrow.Free TalkSelf-introductionMottoIII T

10、ext StudyClose your text books. Listen to the tape of the text carefully and try to answer the question: Whom must this puma have belonged to? (It must have belonged to a private collector.)Read the text by yourselves and find out the conjunctions(連接詞 eg. which, for, and).III Text StudyExplain the t

11、ext: When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously.(1) Structure: the whole sentence is a complex statement; “when” introduces an adverbial clause of time; inside the clause “that” introduces an appositive clause t

12、o modify “reports”. 全句為復合句。“When”引導時間狀語從句，時間狀語從句內又出現了“that”引導的同謂語從句來修飾“reports”。III Text StudyExplain the text: (2)Phrase: take sth. seriously sth. be taken seriously 認真對待eg. We should take the childrens words seriously.The childrens words should be taken seriously.We must take this problem seriousl

13、y.This problem must be taken seriously.III Text StudyExplain the text: However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen it were extraordinarily similar.Structure: “for” introduces a compound

14、statement; the former half of the compound statement contains an adverbial clause of time introduced by “as”; the latter half contains a past participle phrase “given by people” used as attributive to modify “the descriptions” and an attributive clause led by “who” to modify “people”.全句為“for”連接的的并列句

15、，并列句的第一個分句內出現了“as”引導的時間狀語從句，后一個分句內又出現了一個過去分詞短語“given by people”做定語修飾“the descriptions”和一個由“who”引導的定語從句來修飾“people”。 III Text StudyExplain the text: (2) Phrase: began to accumulate: began to pile up, gathered gradually extraordinarily similar: very alike, surprisingly alikeclaim to do 聲稱要做claim to hav

16、e done 聲稱做了eg. He claimed to revenge on me. 他聲稱要報復我。The thief claimed to have robbed the bank. 那個賊聲稱搶了銀行。 他聲稱要辭職. He claims to resign.他聲稱已經辭職了. He claims to have resigned. III Text StudyExplain the text: It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a hum

17、an being unless it is cornered.Structure: “and” introduces a compound statement; the former half of the compound statement contains an adverbial clause of time introduced by “when”; the latter half contains an objective clause led by “that” after verb “confirmed”; and the objective clause is made of

18、 an conditional clause introduced by “unless”. 全句為“and”連接的的并列句；并列句的第一個分句內出現了“when”引導的時間狀語從句；后一個分句內又出現了一個由“that”引導的賓語從句作動詞“confirmed”賓語；這個賓語從句里又出現了 “unless”引導的條件狀語從句。 Wherever it wentNo matter where it wentIII Text StudyExplain the text: As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the count

19、ry, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.Structure: The whole sentence is a complex statement. “As” introduces an adverbial clause of reason; and the main clause is a compound statement joined by “and”. 全句為復合句。 “As”引導原因狀語從句，主句是一個由“and” 連接的并列句

20、組成的。III Text StudyExplain the text: (2)Phrase: must have been: certain guess about the past event, must have belonged to 對過去的肯定的猜測，肯定是eg. It must have rained last night, for the ground is wet.燈是亮著的，肯定已經有人回來了。 The light is on. Someone must have come back. You must have been very excited when you saw

21、the sea for the first time. 昨晚那么晚給你打電話大肯定是你男朋友啦. It must have been your boyfriend who called you late last night. III Text StudyExplain the text: (2)Phrase: in the possession of sb. / in sb.s possession 屬于eg. The house is in my brothers possession / in the possession of my brother.The house belongs

22、to my brother.III Text StudyExplain the text: (2)Phrase: managed to escape: succeeded in running away despite difficulties 終于設法成功逃跑了eg. Ill manage to finish this task, though its late at night. Although it was raining heavily, he managed to come to work on time.It is disturbing to think that a dange

23、rous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.structure結構 “It” is the form subject; the infinitive phrase “to think that” is the real subject. Inside the infinitive phrase “that” introduces an objective clause after verb “think”. “It”是形式主語，不定式短語“to think that”才是真正的主語，不定式短語中“that”引導一個賓語

24、從句做動詞“think”的賓語。at large 未被捕的;自由的,不受約束的;逍遙法外的;隨便地,任意地;詳細地,詳盡地;充分地,全面地;整體上,一般地; e.g. The students are now being held on immigration charges. 8 others remain at large.這幾名學生現在因非法移民指控而被扣押，其余8人仍逍遙法外。殺人兇手仍逍遙法外。 The murderer is still at large. People have more to do than to allow their imaginations to roam

25、 at large. 人們在任其想象力自由遨游之外還有更多的事情要做。 我們自由自在地在校園里溜達。We wandered at large on the campus. He talked at large about his plan of writing a play for children. 他詳細地談了他要寫一本兒童劇的計劃。她詳盡談論了她的計劃。 She talked at large about her plans.The people at large support the policy of the open door. 一般老百姓都擁護開放政策。When we talk

26、 about the world, we mean the world at large. 當我們說到世界, 是指整個世界。IV Drills & ExercisesRead the text after the tape. Pay attention to the stress and intonation and where to stop.Look for the answers in the text individually first, then try to answer the questions without looking at the text. (P15 Summar

27、y writing)Key to Vocabularyspotted: seenaccumulated: piled up, gatheredobliged to: bound toclaimed: statedextraordinarily similar: surprisingly alikeimmediately: at onceconvinced: sure, made to believeLetter WritingAddress: _, _, _, _.Date:Beginning of letter(Dear,)IntroductionPurposeConclusionEndin

28、g(Yours,)SignaturePostscript(PS,)The English Training Centre,The Continuing Education College,Guangdong University of Foreign Studies,Guangzhou City,Guangdong Province,The P.R.C.Sept. 13th, 2009Dear Mary,IntroductionPurposeConclusionYours, DanaPS: Could you send me your recent photo, please?Jan.Feb.

29、MarchAprilMayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.1st2nd3rd4th11th12th13th21st22nd23rd24th31st32nd33rd2012.9.15Sep. 15, 20122nd 22nd 1st 21st 31st 3rd 23rd Dear Miss Yang, Yours student, Coco Yuexiu District, GuangzhouGuangdong Province, China Yuexiu District, Guangzhou,Guangdong Province, China. I work ver

30、y hard。I work very hard.Extra exercises for Key StructuresTry to judge whether the following sentences are simple, compound, or complex statements. (1) It is sunny today.(2) I finished breakfast, then went to the classroom.(3) If I had enough money for the tickets, I would have been to Beijing to wa

31、tch the Olympic Games.(4) Both my sister and I came to the show.(5) Yao Ming not only likes basketball, but plays it very well.(6) You could have told me earlier, but you didnt.(7) Do you know the girl who is in red?(8) I can not lend you this dictionary, for I am using it now.Special DifficultiesPr

32、ep. + Wh-. / Wh-. + prep.I. used in special questions: 介詞在后可用主格提問From Where had it come? Where had it come from?(2) About whom are you talking?Whom / who are you talking about?II. used in attributive clauses:介詞在后可省略引導詞(3) That is the film about which I told you.That is the film (which) I told you about.(4) This is the book for which I am looking.