Unit 4 Legends of ancient Greece

1. Unit 4 Legends of ancient Greece

2. Lead-in Greece is an ancient country.

3. Ancient Greek architecture and sport world-famous .

4. Topic Learning Goals Knowledge Goals Legends of ancient Greece and China; legendary characters; influence of legends on modern language

5. Words and Expressions Word split; violate; statesman; statesmanlike ; unconditional; scar; heel; pint; socket; stagger; agony; belly; wrestle; arch; coarse; trough; slice; saucer; circus; plug; hydrogen; mustard; enlarge; combat; transparent ;transparently; tug; dismay; zoom ;insignificant ;fleece;

6. Expressions at the crack of dawn; quick as a flash; a wolf in sheep’s clothing; dead to the world; wear off; zoom in on; Functional Items 1. Expressing belief/disbelief I believe…. I’m certain of/that… I have two reasons to believe… I doubt whether/if… I’m sure that… I can’t imagine… It’s likely that… I can’t believe my eyes/ears. Can you believe it? It could be…but… Believe it or not!

7. 2. Expressing curiosity Could you tell me…? I want to know… What does it mean? I’m curious about… Do you know the ending of the story? I’m curious to know.. Could you explain…? What do you think…? 3. Telling stories Where/When would the story take place? What would be an exciting plot? What characters would appear in the story? Does the story have a happy ending or a sad ending?

8. Grammar Countable and uncountable nouns • 注意可数名词和不可数名词的区分在英汉 • 两种语言中的差别。 • There’s good news for you. • He came to me for advice. • 2. 有些名词可以兼作可数名词和不可数名词，但 • 意思不同。 • Light travels faster than sound . • The lights are on. • The rooms are to let. • There is room for

9. Ability Goals 1. Learn Chinese and foreign myths and legends, especially of ancient Greece and ancient Chinese legends. 2. Understanding of the Greek myth of Western culture and English language has an impact.

10. Emotion Goals To enable students to understand the myth of the story at home and abroad to enhance the students of the Chinese and foreign cultures.

11. Difficult Points Important and Difficult Points Important Points 1. Learning that "belief" " disbelief " " curiosity " of the term 2. Learning the vocabulary in this unit learn the story-telling skills

12. Warming up Look at the pictures and see if you know of these Greek stories.

13. Pre-reading This is the Trojan in Trojan War, do you know the story about it?

14. Reading Explanation • When the Trojan war ended, the other Greek • leaders returned in triumph to their families and kingdoms, but the people of Ithaca waited in vain for their king, Odysseus! • 特洛伊战争结束后，其他的希腊领袖都胜利返回王国与家人团聚，只有伊萨卡的人民却徒劳地等待着他们的国王奥德修斯。

15. in triumph, in vain中的in，表示状态或状况。本文中不止一处用到了这种结构。如：The patient is in agony of death. 那个病人正处于临死的痛苦之中。 类似的词组还有： in anger(愤怒地)， in ruins(一片废墟)，in poverty(贫困地)， in good repair(保养良好)， in poor health(健康欠佳)等。

16. 2.His son, Telemachus, arranged for men to watch the seas every day for a sign of his returning father’s ship. but there was none. 他的儿子忒勒玛科斯派人每天守望大海，期 望看到父亲归来的航海，但却杳无音信。 arrange 在这里是不及物动词，arrange for sb to do sth意思是“安排某人做某事”.如： We have arranged for immediate shipment as requested. 我已经安排了一辆车到车站接你。

17. 3.At the crack of dawn they climbed up a vertical cliff from the beach to my cave and entered it while I was out. 黎明时分，他们从海边爬上一处陡峭的悬 崖。在我外出时，进入我的山洞。 at the crack of dawn 意思是“黎明”。本文中 出现了许多习惯用语，如下文中的quick as a flash, a wolf in sheep’s clothing, dead to the world 等。

18. 4. But it seemed pointless to stay longer now that he knew Odysseus was no longer there. 但是，既然他知道奥德修斯已经不在这 儿，再呆下去也没有意义了。 It seemed pointless to do sth 意思是“做某 事没有意义”如： He  seemed to know intuitively how  to do it. 他似乎凭直觉知道如何做。 now (that)相当于because of the fact(that), 意思是“既然，由于”。如： Now that you have done that, stop blaming yourself. 既然你已经做了, 就不要自责了。

19. 5.It seemed she, too, had encountered Odysseus and his men and had had reservations about their behavior. 看来她也碰到过奥德修斯和他的部 下，但关于他们的所作所为，她的话却有 所保留。

20. reservation的基本意思是“预定（座位，住处等）”。如： Have you made the reservations for our holiday yet? 你为我们度假做好预订安排了吗? reservation在课文中的意思是“保留意见；保留态度”。如： I have my reservations about his ability to do the job. 我对于他做该项工作的能力保留看法。

21. 6. Luckily I appreciated the joke and later when the magic and worn off, we parted as friends. 幸亏我喜欢这个玩笑，后来魔力消失了，我 们分手时已是朋友。 wear off 意思是“逐渐消失”。如： The effects of the drug began to wear off. 药效开始减弱了。

22. Language Points 1. Odysseus’ long absence had led to growing unrest in the country and there was always the possibility that it could split into smaller kingdoms. 通过这个句子，总结复习表示“可能性”的结构。 There is the /a possibility that… One possibility is that… It is likely that… He may/might… Probably/Most likely/Maybe/Perhaps,…

23. 2. As Queen, I have unconditional faith that Odysseus will return home safely. that引导同位语从句。可以跟同位语从句的名词有：news, fact, idea, hope, story, admission, belief, conclusion, evidence, feeling, impression, message, order, opinion, possibility, proof, rumor, statement等。如： I’ve come from Mr.Wang with a message that he won’t be able to see you this afternoon． 我从王先生那里来，他让我告诉你他今天下午不能来看你了。

24. 3. Luckily I appreciated the joke and later when the magic and worn off, we parted as friends. 有关off的词组： badly off 潦倒；穷困 break off 停止讲话 carry sth off 赢得某物；成功应付 clean off 收拾；清除；摆脱 cool off 变凉；冷静 cut off 切断 drive off 赶走 fall off 数量或质量下降

25. Word Learning about language split; violate; statesman; statesmanlike ; unconditional; scar; heel; pint; socket; stagger; agony; belly; wrestle; arch; coarse; trough; slice; saucer; circus; plug; hydrogen; mustard; enlarge; combat; transparent ;transparently; tug; dismay; zoom ;insignificant ;fleece;

26. Morphology 过去式： dismayed 过去分词： dismayed 现在分词： dismaying dismay 及物动词 vt. 使诧异；使惊愕；使失望 The thought that she might fail the history test dismayed her. 想到历史可能考不及格时, 她很沮丧。 I was dismayed to learn that she had failed again. 得知她又一次失败, 我感到惊愕。

27. 名词 n. 诧异；惊愕；灰心；丧气 I am filled with dismay at the news. 我对这个消息极为震惊。 To their dismay, the door was locked. 使他们惊慌的是, 门已被锁上了。

28. Expressions at the crack of dawn; 破晓，黎明 quick as a flash; 疾如闪电 a wolf in sheep’s clothing; 披着羊皮的狼 dead to the world; 死亡世界 wear off; 磨掉，磨损，逐渐消失 zoom in on; 放大

29. Structure ——可数名词和不可数名词 1. 可数名词的数 可数名词所表示的人或事物是可以用数来计算的，有单、复数形式。单数用原型，复数有词形变化，通常在单数形式的后面加- s，-es构成，这是规则变化。除此之外，还有不规则变化。现将名词的复数变化及其读音规则列表如下: (1)规则变化

32. (2) 不规则变化

33. 2. 不可数名词的数 （1）不可数名词没有单复数形式的变化，前面不用不定冠词a/an。 （2）表示方法 如不可数名词需要计量时，用“数词或冠词+量词+of +不可数名词”这样的结构来表示，量词可以是单数也可以是复数，但of后的名词只用单数，如： a piece of apple pie一份苹果派 two cups of tea两杯茶

34. Using Language Speaking 1. In the same pair use your idea about Procrustes’ bed to finish the story. What do you think he is going to Theseus? How will Theseus escape from danger? 2. When you have thought of some ideas, exchange them with another pair. Explain your different ideas for finishing the story to each other. Choose the best ideas. Write notes for that story plan in the chart below.

35. Reading and Writing There are pictures from three Chinese legends below. In pairs, either retell one of these legends or create one of your won. Make the story as exciting as possible. Remember to use interesting and lively adjectives to describe your characters.

36. Summing up 1. Try to retell one of the legends that you have read in this unit. 2. List what ideas you have about Greek culture. 3. Useful words; 4. Useful expressions;

37. 5. Use the same noun (either in its singular or plural form) in each pair of sentences below. Use on article if necessary. (1)“Go and comb your immediately,” ordered my mother angrily. Sam didn’t notice that his coat was covered with cat’s. (2) The castle was made of which was brought all the way from Yorkshire. I like that small path made of beautiful . answer key : 1. hair , hairs 2. stone, stones

38. (3) Will you please show your to the immigration official? Please use bags instead of plastic ones. (4) If you lived in ancient would you believe in gods and goddesses? Sorry, I have no for selfish people. answer key : 3. papers , paper 4. times, time

39. 高考链接 1. Despite such a big difference in ___ towards what one eats, there is no doubt that people in the west regard the Chinese food as something special. (2007 湖北卷) A. point B. idea C. attitude D. sight C 解析：attitude意为“态度”,常与towards连用,表示“对……的态度”。表示人们在吃食方面的态度有很大不同。point 意为“特点,特征，要点”；idea 意为“主意，念头，思想，计划,打算，意见”；sight 意为“视力,视觉，意见,见解”。

40. 2. I can’t say which wine is best—it’s a(n) ______ of personal taste. (2007 山东卷) A. affair B. event C. matter D. variety C 解析：matter意为“事件,问题”。根据所提供的情景“I can’t say which wine is best”可判断出哪种酒最好,因为这是个人口味的问题。affair意为“事务,事件,私事”；event意为“事件,事变,结果,活动,精力,竞赛”；variety意为“变化,多样性,种种,品种,种类”。

41. 3. My morning _____ includes jogging in the park and reading newspapers over breakfast. (2007 上海卷) A. drill B. action C. regulation D. routine D 解析：routine意为“常规,日常事务”，句意为“我早上要做的事包括在公园慢走和吃早餐时读报”。drill意为“操练,(反复)练习”；action意为“行动,举动,行为”；regulation意为“规则,规章,调节,校准”。

42. Exercises Complete the following dialogues with the nouns in the brackets. Add a/an or some if necessary. 1. A: Are you busy now? B: I’m meeting a customer in the office. We’ve got to discuss. (business) 2.A: Did she manage to marry a rich man? B: Yes, her husband is running large shipping . (business) answer key: 1. some business 2. a; business

43. 3. A: Have you been to the dentist’s? B: Yeah, I had bad at the dentist’s. (time) 4.A: How was your outing, Grandpa? B: It was wonderful ,but I have to spendresting. (time) answer key: 3. a, time 4. some time

44. Choose the best answers to the following questions 1. A: I haven’t been to a party for ages. B: .I hate crowded rooms and noisy music. A. So have I B.So I have C.Neither have I D.Neither I have 2.Not until the game had begun at the sports ground A. had he arrived B.would he have arrived C. did he arrive D. would he arrive answer key: 1. C 2. C

45. 3．for the free tickets, I would not have gone to the concerts so often. A ．If it is not B ．Were it not C ．Had it not been D ．If they were not 4 ．The couple have been married for 10 years and never once quarreled with each other. A ．have they B．they have C．they had D．had they answer key: 3. C 4. A

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