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扬中市第二高级中学高一英语备课组 命题人：WDM 审核人：CDM 使用日期：
Module2 Unit1 Tales of the unexplained
Reading 2
Learning aim:
Learn the new words and phrases appearing in reading part.
Key points:
Master the new words’ and phrases’ usages
Learning methods: Group work and discussion; brainstorming
Procedure:
一． 预习任务
Decide different people’s feelings towards the incident, including his friends, his sister, Mrs Marvis Wood and Detective Sam Peterson.

二． 激活课堂
Step1 Language points
1. Boy missing, police puzzled.男孩失踪, 警察迷惑。
= A boy _________________, and the police are puzzled.
● go missing=go lost : go 作连系动词, 意思为“变成某种状态（通常指不好的状态）”
如：_________________ (发疯) _________________(出故障) _________________ (变质)
1) His hair _________________ after his son’s death. 他的头发在他儿子死后都变得花白了。
2) In summer, milk can _________________easily. 夏天牛奶很容易变质。
● _________________ vt. 使……困惑 n. 疑惑，谜，智力游戏
_________________ adj. 困惑的（常用于指人，有时可以指人的表情）
_________________adj. 令人困惑的（常用于指物）
1) Her illness _________________ all the doctors. 使……困惑
2) Their reason for doing this is still a _________________ to me.
对于他们为什么要做此事我仍然莫名其妙。
3) The puzzling problem made me _________________. 这个令人困惑的问题使得我很困惑。
4) There is _________________ on her face. 困惑的表情
5) They are _________________what to do next. 他们对接下来该做什么感到迷惑不解。
● puzzle, interest, surprise, astonish, shock, upset, excite, disappoint, please, satisfy, frighten, amaze, convince 等意思为“使······”的动词都属于同一类，现在分词表主动，可译为“令人······的”， 过去分词表被动，表示“（本身）感到······的”。
1) ___ and happy, Tony stood up and accepted the prize.
A. Surprising B. Surprised C. Being surprised D. To be surprising
2) Tom sounds ____ very much in the job, but I’m not sure whether he can manage it.
A. interested B. interesting C. interestingly D. interestedly
3) 这个消息很激动人心，所以听到这个消息学生们都很激动。
The news was_________________ and the students were all _________________ at it.
4) His shouting was_________________ and the boys felt_________________.
他大吼一声把那些男孩都吓住了。

2. Police in America have stepped up their search for a fifteen-year-old boy who went missing … P2 Lines1-4
● police/people（人们）/cattle+ plv
The police _________________ the murderer.
● step up 走上前来；加快、加速；提升、提高
1) John waited until the teacher had finished speaking to Mary, and then he stepped up.
2) The factory stepped up the production to meet the increased demand.
3) Women’s social position in China has been much stepped up in the past 50 years.
● step:
_________________向前走/向后走
_________________采取步骤、行动、措施做某事
_________________ 小心谨慎，谨慎从事
_________________ 一步一步、逐渐地、逐步地
_________________与……保持同步，跟上……的步伐
_________________踏着某人的足迹；步某人的后尘； 效法某人的榜样
● search n. vi & vt. 搜索、搜查、搜寻
_________________在某人身上/某处搜查某物
_________________搜某人的身或搜查某处
_________________搜寻某人或某事物
_________________查遍
_________________搜 (查) 出、 探出
_________________寻找
1） 警察在那栋房子里搜寻被偷的珠宝。
_____________________________________________________________________________
2）超市无权对顾客搜身，查找丢失的东西。
_____________________________________________________________________________
3） 所有的村民都出去寻找那个失踪的男孩。
_____________________________________________________________________________
4）She searched in vain (徒劳) for her passport. ______________________________
● a fifteen-year-old boy
复合形容词常见的构成法：

n. n. n.
adj -N-ed(有) adj -V-ing (主动) adj -V-ed (被动)
num. adv adv
1) n.-Ned
baby-faced (娃娃脸的), horse-faced (马脸的)
2) adj.-Ned
good-mannered (____________) , narrow-minded (____________), absent-minded (____________) old-fashioned (____________), quick-witted(机智的)， bare-footed (赤脚的), hot-tempered（____________)，short-sighted（近视的）, simple-minded（头脑简单的）
3) num. -Ned
five-sided (五个边的), two-storied (两层楼的)，one-sided（单方面的）, one-legged（独脚的）
4) n.-Ving
body-building (强身的), peace-loving(____________)，（说英语的）English-speaking, time-saving（省时间的）
5) adj.-Ving
easy-going (随和的) ,ordinary-looking（相貌平平的）,nice-smelling（闻起来香的）
6) adv.-Ving
hard-working (工作努力的), fast-moving (快速移动的), far-reaching (影响深远的), ever-lasting（永恒的），best-selling（畅销的）
7) n.-V-ed
heart-broken (伤心的), hand-made (手工的), man-caused (人为的), heart-felt（衷心的），air-borne（空载的），home-made（家制的）， poverty-stricken（____________），flood-stricken areas（____________）。
8) adj.-V-ed
plain-spoken (坦白说话的), ready-made (现成的)
9) adv.-V-ed
out-spoken (直言的), well-balanced（很平衡的）, well-behaved (____________), hard-won（来之不易的）, well-written（写得不错的），well-known（著名的），,newly-published（____________）
另外还有：
10) adj-n. 如：low-cost (低价的), high-quality (高质量的), fast-food (快餐的)
11) n.-n. 如：day-care (白天代人照顾小孩的), name-brand (名牌的)
12) n.-adj. 如：fat-free (低脂的), duty-free (免税的), world-famous (世界有名的)
13）num.-n(-adj.): five-minute ; 8-meter-long , one-way (单行的) 注意：复数时，单位名词仍不加S。

3. The incident has received great interest due to reports of strange lights in the sky…P2 Lines4-8
● interest: n.兴趣，爱好；利益；利息 v. 使……感兴趣
________________________________________ 对……有/无兴趣
________________________ 培养对……的兴趣
arouse/stimulate one’s interest in … 激发对……的兴趣
________________________ （对……）失去兴趣
in the interest(s) of sb./sth. ________________________
a question of common interest ________________________
the interest rate ________________________
be/become interested in … ________________________
● due to 由于，因为（可作状语和表语）
近义短语：___________________________________________________多亏，幸亏
________________________ ······的结果（只作状语）
due 到期（偿付，举行……），定于（某时做某事/某时到达……）
1) 由于糟糕的天气，运动会不得不被推迟了。
_____________________________________________ the bad weather, the sport meeting has to be put off.
2) 这次事故是由于司机开车不小心所致。
_____________________________________________________________________________3) 该书定于十月份出版。
_____________________________________________________________________________
4) The rent is due tomorrow.
_____________________________________________________________________________

4. Justin Foster, a high school student, went missing last Friday night. P2 Lines9-11
同位语：一个名词(或其它形式)对另一个名词或代词进行修饰、限定或说明，这个名词(或其它形式)就是同位语。同位语与被它限定的词的格要一致，并常常紧挨在一起。
1) He himself told me that his brother John is a world-famous doctor.
2) They each have an English-English dictionary.
3) He always works hard even if he knows the fact that he is not in good health.
4) His failure was due to the fact that he had not practised for a long time.
5) Mary, monitor of our class, was invited to the party too.
(用同位语合并下列句子)
1) Mr. Smith is our new English teacher. He is very kind to us.
—Mr. Smith, ________________________ , is very kind to us.
2) Yesterday I met Tom. Tom is a friend of my brother's.
—Yesterday I met Tom, ________________________ .
3) Mr. James is my English teacher. Yesterday I talked to him.
—Yesterday I talked to my English teacher,________________________
4) We are Chinese people and we are brave and hardworking.
—We ________________________ are brave and hardworking.
5) He didn’t work hard. He failed in the exam.
—He failed in the exam due to the fact________________________

5. Witnesses also say they saw Justin walking towards his home at 10:45 p.m. P2 Lines18-19
● witness n. 目击者; 见证人 v. 目睹; 目击; 见证
1) 谁目击了这场车祸？ ________________________
2) __________________________________ 我是这次争吵的目击者。
3)___________________________________________________________________________
神舟六号的成功发射是我们伟大祖国日益强盛的有力见证。
● see +sb./sth.+ do/ doing/done:_______________________________________________(使，让)等动词与see有这种相同用法。
1) I pulled back the curtains and_________________________________
我拉开窗帘看见一个巨大的宇宙飞船正在外面飞行。
2) 我看见他进了那家饭店。 I _________________________________ into the restaurant.
3）有人看见他一小时前离开了。He_________________________________an hour ago.
4）看到儿子在托儿所受到很好的照顾, 我很高兴。
I’m very glad to_________________________________ good care of in the nursery.。

6. I heard him put on his favorite CD. P2 Lines 25-26
● put on穿上, 戴上；假装，伪装；增加，添上；表演，上演；打开（……的开关）；使（视听设备）开始播放
put on a coat (_____________); put on weight (_____________); put on the light/radio/television (_____________); put on a record (_____________); put on a wounded expression (_____________); put on performances (_____________)

7. Standing inside were lots of strange creatures with white skin and large black eyes.P2 Lines36-38(这是一个倒装句)
=Lots of white-skinned, strange-looking creatures with … were standing inside.
●本句倒装句结构是：表语+be+主语
1) _____________ at the back of the room _____________ with two big eyes.
坐在教室后面的是有双大眼睛的女孩。
2) Also _______________________a professor from Peking University.
出席会议的有一北京大学的教授。
3) 那个湖周围种着各种各样的树。
_____________________________________________________________________________
●倒装句常见句型归纳：
1） 地点状语+谓语（vi.）+主语，但主语为代词时不能用倒装。
Here comes the bus./ South of the city lies a big shoe factory./但 Here it is.
2) （半）否定词+助动词/be+主语，但in no time在句首时后面不能用倒装。
（半）否定词如neither; nor; not until …; not only … but also …; never; seldom; hardly … when …; no sooner … than …; at no time; by no means…
e.g. 直到昨天我才知道这个消息。Not until yesterday_______________________ the news.
3) only+状语+助动词/be+主语
Only when taken according to the directions ____________________________well .才会见效
8 However ，since Mrs Foster ………she assumed that Kelly ws having a bad dream,and sent her back to bed.P3 Lines46-51
●Since 既然（=_________________ ），由于
_________________ everyone is here ,let’s begin.既然每个人都在这里，我们就开始吧！
●assume （vt）假定；假设；认为
assume+sth 假定
assume+that从句 假定
assume sb to be 假定某人是
1: I ________you can do it ahead of time .
2: We must assume him _________ honest until he is proved guilty .

9. Mr Foster was …….job , and was not home when these events occurred.P3 Lines51-53
occur :1)发生2）被想起，被想到，浮现（+to）
基本句型
sth occurs/occurred to sb
It occurs/occurred to sb that
我突然想起她不知道我已经搬到新房子里了。
___________________________________________________________________________

10. The aliens took me away so that they could do research on me. P3 Lines60-61
● so that引导目的状语从句时，从句中须有情态动词；引导结果状语从句时，从句中不用情态动词。
1) I got up early this morning so that I could catch the early bus.（以便，为了）
2) I got up late this morning so that I missed the early bus.　（结果）
● research vt.&vi& n. 调查；研究
1)___________________________.; __________________ research into/ on 对……进行研究
2) __________________________________________ 对那个学科他做了很多的研究。
3)___________________________________________________________________________
他们正在研究癌症的原因。
11. Detective Sam Peterson, who has taken charge of the case, told journalists, ‘Sometimes people make up such amazing stories.’ P3 Lines69-71
● take charge (of) 负责（处理某事或照顾某人），接／看管; in charge (of ) 负责（某事）; in the charge of sb. ; in sb.’s charge 由某人掌管、负责；free of charge 免费
Who will__________________________________________ during the director’s absence?
厂长不在期间，谁来管工厂呢？
2) Tom works there,_______________________________. 汤姆在那儿工作，负责销售部。
3) The girl was safely left ______________________. 那个女孩安全地由一个护士看护着。
4) These books were sent to our school ______________. 这些书是免费送给我们学校的.
● case n. 情况，状况；事例；病例；案件；个案；箱；盒
__________________________ (在那种情况，状况);
__________________________(如果；万一；以防);
three cases of fever (__________________________);
a typical case（典型事例）；a civil case (民事诉讼案件); a suitcase (箱；盒)
● make up
1) She made up her face to look prettier. __________________________
2) 2) The boy made up a story; it was not true.__________________________
3) make up the bed for our guest __________________________
4) 30 boys and 21 girls make up our class __________________________
5) Hard work can make up for a lack of intelligence(聪明、才智)；__________________

Step 2 Practice
1. Fill in the blanks, using the proper forms of the following words:
due to, show up, look into, step up, according to, show great interest in, search for, make up, take charge of,
1. With the final exam coming near, you’d better _______ your preparation for it.
2. _______ his theory, it’s likely that life exists in outer space.
3. His speech was so interesting that the whole audience __________ it.
4. Not all the people invited _______ at his birthday party, so he was very disappointed.
5. He had to stop now and then________ his poor health.
6. The police are ______ the accident which caused ten deaths.
7. Australia __________ six states.
8. Now that the manager has retired, who do you think _____ the office?
9. The boy spent a lot of time _____ all sorts of information on the Internet.
2. Choose the best answers:
1. The police ___ the murderer everywhere when he suddenly appeared in a theatre.
A. was searching B. were searching C. was searching for D. were searching for
2. Meat ____ bad very soon in summer.
A. turns B. becomes C. goes D. falls
3. Those ___ the companies are to blame for the decrease in sales.
A. in charge of B. in the charge of C. in charge D. take charge of
4. The price of eggs ___ by 10% since last month.
A. increased B. is increased C. has increased D. had increased
5. ________ of the truth of the report, he told his colleagues about it.
A. Convinced B. Convincing C. To convince D. Having convinced
6. It was not ___ she took off her glasses ___ I realized she was a famous film star.
A. when; that B. until; that C. until; when D. when; when
7. ______ at the failure in the math exam, John would not like to talk about it to his parents.
A. Disappointing B. Disappointed C. To be disappointed D. Having disappointed
8. The ________ look on her face suggested that she ________ it.
A. puzzling; hadn’t expected B. puzzled; hadn’t expected
C. puzzling; wouldn’t expect D. puzzled; shouldn’t expect
9. When I return to the classroom, I found my pen ________.
A. going B. losing C. missing D. missed
10. Kate cried out in a _____ voice at the _____ of a rat.
A. frightening; scene B. frightened; sight
C. puzzled; sight D. puzzling; scene
11. Jane has made ______ in her studies______ her hard work.
A. great progress; because B. a great progress; because of
C. great progresses; because D. great progress; due to
12. A group of soldiers went into the woods ___ the missing pilot.
A. search for B. in search of C. searched for D. searched of
13. Allen ___ his MP3 and threw himself down on the sofa, ___ the music.
A. put on; enjoying B. put on; enjoyed C. open on; enjoyed D. turn on; enjoy
14. Why do you have the water ___ all the time?
A. ran B. running C. to be running D. being running
15. He must have ________ the funny story. I can’t believe that it’s true.
A. picked up B. turned up C. done up D. made up
16. –Why did he have to leave school?
–He ha