Unit 8

1. Unit 8

2. Objectives • The relative clause introduced by • 1. that (as the subject) • 2. that (as the object of a verb) • 3. who • 4. who(m)

3. Language Structure Practice(1课时) • LSP 1 • Identifying and asking somebody to identify something • Directing somebody to do something • LSP 2 • Identifying the thing that somebody has (not) done • LSP 3 • Identifying the person one wants to see • LSP 4 • Identifying people

4. Dialogue 1 Broad questions Questions on specific details Main idea Language teaching points and practice Dialogue 2 Describing objects Substitution practice Dialogues (2课时)

5. Useful words and expressions • 1. mobile a. able to move freely or easily • a mobile phone/ library • Cf. portable a. able to be easily carried or moved • a portable record-player. 2. preferential a. of or involving preference or favor ~ duties 特惠关税 ~ trade terms 特惠贸易条件 3. stumble v. trip or lose one’s balance She ~ over the words. 结巴 ~ across/on/upon 偶然发现 ~ about/along/around 蹒跚，行动不稳 4. close-up n. 特写镜头 5. two-way a. 双向的；收发两用的 a ~ interview /traffic/ radio

6. Reading 1 Sample questions New words and phrases Language teaching points Reading 2 Sample questions Language teaching points Readings (2课时)

7. Language Points • 1. malnutritionn. lack of proper nutrition, causing by not eating enough right things. • mal- bad, wrong, not • e.g. malfunction, maltreat, malicious, maladjustment • 2. preservation n. the action of preserving sth. • e.g. the ~ of world peace • The old building is in good ~ . • preserve v. maintain in its original or existing state, keep safe from harm or injury. • 3. regulatev. control systematically, cause to obey a rule or standard • e.g. ~ the speed/ a clock/ the expenditure

8. 4. Verbal phrases formed by put( WB P.79): • put across –make oneself understood • put away---- save • put down---- write down • put forward--- offer for consideration • put off--- move to a later date • put out--- make sth stop burning • put up--- build • put up with---- stand, bear

9. Guided Writing (1课时) • Paragraph writing • Thank-you note

10. Background Information ＊The New World ＊Information Superhighway

11. Assingments • 1. Guided writing • 2. Exercises in WB

12. The New World 1. What is the New World ? The New World is one of the names used for the non-Eurasian/non-African parts of the Earth, specifically the Americas. When the term originated in the late 15th century, the Americas were new to the Europeans, who previously thought of the world as consisting only of Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively, the Old World). The term "New World" should not be confused with "modern world"; the latter generally refers to a historical period, not a landmass .

13. The New World • Origin Of the New World a.In 1493, Christopher Columbus returned to Spain from his first voyage to the Americas, and on 1 November that year Peter Martyr d'Anghiera referred to Columbus in a letter as the discoverer of "the New World" .In another letter a year later he again referred to "the New World" .In 1516, Martyr published a work whose title began De orbe novo ("On the New World"). In 1524, the term was also used by Giovanni da Verrazzano in a record of his voyage that year along the coast of what would later become the United States and Canada.

14. The New World • Origin Of the New World b.Currently, one might speak of the "New World" in a historical context when discussing the voyages of Christopher Columbus, the Spanish conquest of Yucatán, and other events contemporaneous to the term; additionally, the term "New World" is sometimes used in a biological context, when one speaks of Old World and New World species. c.While the term "New World" always encompasses the Americas, Australasia may only be described as "New World" in certain contexts. In a biological context, Australasia is neither New World nor Old, as flora and fauna differ markedly from both those of Eurasia and of the Americas.

15. The New World • Origin Of the New World d . Long before Columbus, legends existed in Europe of Western continents across the sea. Examples include: the Norse Great Ireland or Hvítramannaland ("White Men's Land"); the "abode of saints" visited by St. Brendan, Abbot of Cluainfert, documented in the Irish Book of Lismore; the Welsh Legend of Madoc; and Plato's Atlantis. See the article Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact for more details.

16. InformationSuperhighway • What is Information Superhighway? The information superhighway was a term used to refer to the Internet up until the early 1990s. Its usage decreased as the term cyberspace became more common

17. InformationSuperhighway • Al Gore and the Information Superhighway Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) was the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore receives the Nobel Peace Prize in the city hall of Oslo, December 10, 2007

18. InformationSuperhighway • Gore’s contribution to Internet Gore has been involved with the development of the Internet since the 1970s, first as a Congressman and later as Senator and Vice-President. Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn stated in the 2000 article "Al Gore and the Internet", that Gore was "the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development.“ His High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991 (often referred to as the Gore Bill) was passed on December 9, 1991 and led to the National Information Infrastructure (NII) which Gore referred to as the "information superhighway."