Unit 2

1. Unit 2 Diaries

2. Daily English • Life is a chain of moments of • enjoyment, not only about survival.

3. 译文：生活是一串串的快乐时光,我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存。译文：生活是一串串的快乐时光,我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存。

4. 2. Growing old is not upsetting, being perceived as old is. —— Kenny Rogers

5. 译文：老了并不烦人，烦人的是别人眼中你老了。译文：老了并不烦人，烦人的是别人眼中你老了。 —— Kenny Rogers

6. Learning goals 1. Understand the three sentence structures. ( simple sentence, compound sentence and complex sentence) 2. Knowing the format of a diary 3. Master the main points of writing a diary.

7. The First Part: Pre-reading

8. Why do people keep • diaries? • 2. Do you often keep a • diary? What do you • write about?

9. Oh! What delicious food!

10. 3. In such a beautiful place with so much delicious food to eat, what do you think of ? Do you want to go camping ? Just go!

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12. The Second Part: Reading

13. My friend: November 2nd Thursday Windy Kitty, one of my classmates, is ill again. I think that her poor health has something to do with her bad habits. For example, she seldom eat on times. She likes eating food rich in fat but doesn’t like eating fruit and

14. vegetables. She doesn’t do any exercise. Besides, she is always studying late into the night late, yet she has to get up early to go to school in the next morning. So she seldom gets enough rest. As is known, early to bed and early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise. I should learn a lesson from her and try to form good habits and keep healthy.

15. A visit to the Great Wall August 3rd Sunday Fine Today I paid a visit to the Great Wall. The Great Wall, which is called the Ten Thousand Li Wall in China, is over 6000 kilometers long. It winds its way, just as an huge dragon, towards the sea from west to east, passing high mountains and crossing deep valleys. It is one of

16. the wonders of the world! Walking on the Great Wall, I thought of its long history. I also met many foreign people. They showed much admiration for it. Hearing their words, I was very glad. I was proud to be a Chinese.

17. The Third Part: Comprehension

18. Grammar: 1. Simple sentence: (1) Simple sentence includes only a subject- predicate structure of sentences. (2) E.g. I know nothing about it. E.g. We have made great progress in the past two years. E.g. I like the novel “Gone With The Wind” very much.

19. 2. Compound sentence: (1) By a coordinating conjunction or other means to connect two simple sentences together, in this way, a compound sentence formed. (2) E.g. The bus was very crowed, but we managed to get in. E.g. The sun is shining brightly and the sky is blue.

20. 3. Complex sentence: Some sentences have one main clause and one or more other clause that add more details to the main clause. These kinds of sentences are called complex sentences. (1) Complex sentence always contains two or more subject-predicate structure.

21. (2) E.g. He realized that he got lost. E.g. The woman who dresses in a red coat is a famous star. E.g. When I got home, my little sister had gone out. E.g. The point was that we didn’t know how to solve the problem.

22. 4. Diary format English diary usually consists of two parts, one part is used to state the date and weather conditions, the other part is the body of the dairy. Attention: (1)Diaries are always written in first person. (2)Diary verb tenses are mostly past tense. (3)Style to colloquial.

23. The Forth Part : Language Points

24. New Words: • 1. apartment n.公寓套房 • E.g. You can visit the whole palace except for • the private apartments. • 2. circus n.马戏团,引人注意的人或事 • E.g. A media circus surrounded the royal • couple wherever they went.

25. 3. correction n.改正 correct adj. 精确地，恰当的 E.g. Do you have the correct time? E.g. They reasoned, correctly, that she was away for the weekend. correct v.修正，批改 E.g. Read through your work and correct any mistakes that you find.

26. 4. disappointed adj.失望的，失意的 E.g. I was disappointed by the quality of the wine. disappointment n.使人失望的人或事 E.g. To our great disappointment, it rained every day of the trip. disappointing adj.令人失望的，令人沮丧的 E.g. The outcome of the court case was disappointing for the family involved.

27. 5. draft n.草稿 E.g. I have made a rough draft of the letter. 6. envelop n.信封 E.g. A writing paper and envelop. 7. file n. 文档 E.g. A stack of files awaited me on my desk. E.g. Police have reopened the file on the missing girl 8. thirsty n.口渴的 9. wave n.波浪，海浪

28. 10. embarrassed adj.（感到）局促不安的，尴尬的 E.g. Her remark was followed by an embarrassed silence. embarrassing adj.使人害羞的 E.g. It was so embarrassing having to sing in public. embarrass v. 使窘迫，使尴尬 E.g. His questions about my private life embarrassed me.

29. 11. event n. 事件 (1) incident n.严重事件，冲突 E.g. There was a shooting incident near here last night. E.g. In the normal course of events, she would have gone with him. (2) affair n.公共事务，政治事务，事件（current affairs 时事政治） E.g. The debate was a pretty disappointing affair.

30. 12. expression n.表达方式，措辞,表情 a polite/slang expression 礼貌用语/俚语 E.g. There was a worried expression on her face. express v.表达，流露 E.g. His views have been expressed in numerous speeches. 13. sleepin睡过头 14. vocabulary n.词汇

31. 15. extra adj.额外的 n.额外的事务 E.g. Breakfast is provided at no extra charge. E.g. Take extra care on the roads this evening. E.g. The monthly fee is fixed and there are no hidden extras. 16. pack v.把…收拾起来 E.g. I carefully packed up the gift. package n.袋子，包v.把……包好 E.g. The luggage was already packaged.

32. 17. opinion n.意见，想法 E.g. We were invited to give our opinions about how the work should be done. in sb’s opinion 以…看来 E.g. In my opinion ,this is a very sound investment. 18. partner n.伙伴 19. paragraph n.段落 E.g. Write a paragraph on each of the topic given below.

33. 20. extension n.扩展，延伸 E.g. The bank plans various extensions to its credit facilities. extent n.程度，限度 E.g. She was exaggerating the true extent of the problem. to…extent到……程度，在一定程度上 E.g. To a certain extent, we are all responsible for this tragic situation.

34. 21. stare v.凝视 stare at sb / sth E.g. I stared blankly at the paper in front of me. be staring sb in the face显而易见的 E.g. The answer was staring us in the face. be staring sth in the face 不可避免 E.g. They were staring defeat in the face. 22. underline v.在……下面画线 23. topic n.主题，话题

35. Expressions: 1. weeks: 星期日： Sunday — Sun; 星期一： Monday— Mon; 星期二： Tuesday— Tues; 星期三： Wednesday— Wed; 星期四： Thursday— Thurs; 星期五： Friday— Fir; 星期六： Saturday— Sat;

36. 2. months: 一月：January—Jan; 二月：February—Feb三月：March—Mar; 四月：April—Apr 五月：May—May； 六月：June—Jun 七 月：July—Jul; 八月：August—Aug九月：September—Sept; 十月: October—Oct十一月：November—Nov; 十二月：December—Dec;

37. 3. weather: 晴天：fine, sunny, clear 多云：cloudy, overcast 雨天: (小雨:light rain; 大雨:heavy rain; 阵雨: heavy rain, shower ) rainy 暴风雪：stormy; 雪：snowy 雾: foggy; 风: windy; 干燥: dry; 炎热: scorching hot寒冷: icy cold

38. 清早: early in the morning; 中午: at noon 过了一会: after a short rest/while… 晚上: in the evening晚饭时间: lunch time 首先: at first然后: then最后: finally 在阳光下: in the sunshine植树: plant trees 在操场上: on the playground 在山脚下: at the foot of the mountain 做作业：do one’s homework 去野餐/露营 go picnicking / camping 购物: do shopping去钓鱼: go fishing

39. (1) There was a…in a place today. It was very exciting… (2) It was already…pm. I had to .. (3) Time passed quickly before we knew it, we had to… (4) How glad/ happy I felt today! (5) I enjoyed myself very much!

40. The Fifth Part : Writing

41. Reading May 4th Sunny Today we visited a farm. Early in the morning we met at the school gate and went together. When we arrived, the head of the farm showed us around. How glad we were to see the crops growing well! At noon we had a picnic lunch in the sunshine. After a short rest, we left the farm. How a wonderful day today!

42. September 1,2001 Sunny Today I became a middle-school student! The bell rang. It was our first English lesson. Every student in the class wondered what our English teacher would be like. A short but good-looking woman entered the classroom. She was our English teacher. She looks lovely. She spoke fast but every word sounded clear. She spoke English so wonderful that I liked her very much!

43. Writing exercise Write a diary about your wonderful experience during the winter vacation. My Happy Times During Winter Vacation I often go to see my grandma and grandpa during winter vacation. They are both seventy years old and live in the country happily. I can do many interesting things there. I am used to

44. getting up early in the morning and breathing the fresh air the countryside. After snow, I would like to skate and ski with my friends. When night comes, I am used to sitting by the fire and listening to grandma telling me many funny Stories. And I tell her some new things happened in the city. When I have to go back, I am always reluctant to go. I really feel happy living in the country.

45. The Sixth Part : Exercise

46. Join these clause with conjunctions from the box. and but or nor so and so and then either…or neither…nor not only…but also so/and so 1. It was hot Jane and I went to the beach. but 2. It was pleased Tim was unhappy. 3. We went for a swim and then we had something to eat. 4. Lily played football Janet watched. and

47. 5. You can watch TV you can read a book. or but also/nor 6. John visited me, not only/ neither visited Jack. and also 7. Lisa was lonely we invited her to our party.

48. The Seventh Part : Extension

49. January 13 2008 It was the first day of our winter holiday. All of us were very happy. Why? Because we would have one months to do things we loved to. We were free! Although we had some homework, but we could finish them in several days. And the rest time we could make good use of. My God! We have been very tired after hard studying. In winter holidays, I wanted to have full sleep and ate good food in order to replenish myself. Last but

50. not least, I would have a good rest. January 14 2008 It was the second day of our winter holiday. I felt good! I felt I was free. I had a lot of time to do things I liked. My parents were in Beijing, so I lived alone but I didn’t feel lonely. I stayed at home and watched TV. Oh! Comfortable! I wrote an English daily composition. It was my homework. Today, I had slept for 14 hours but I still felt very tired. Why?