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Unit 1 Half a Day
Naguib MahfouzPart Ⅳ
Teaching Objectives:• To get the students to finish the exercises
related to the text
Main Contents:• Oral work• Quiz• writing
Lesson 1 – Half a Day
I. Oral WorkI. Oral Work
List:
1. Group discussion
2. Memorable quotes
3. Debating
Lesson 1 – Half a Day
I. Oral WorkI. Oral Work
If you had only half a day left to live,
what would you most want to do? List the
top five things you would do and give us
your reason.
Suppose the narrator found his home at
last. What would happen after that?
Work in groups. Make up your own story of
“Half a Day” and perform it.
Tell your funny stories about your first
day at school.
Brainstorm in
groups.
The end of Group discussion.
Lesson 1 – Half a Day
I. Oral WorkI. Oral Work
Education has for its object the formation of character. —Spencer, Herbert
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. —W. Durant
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to slave. —H. P. Brougham
How do you understand the following quotes?
Translation
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Lesson 1 – Half a Day
I. Oral WorkI. Oral Work
教育以造就人的品质为其目标。
— 斯宾塞（英格兰哲学家）
教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。
— 杜兰特（美国历史学家、散文家）
教育使一个国家的人民容易领导，但是难于驱使；容易
治理，却不可奴役。
— 布罗厄姆（英国政治家）
The end of Memorable quotes.
Lesson 1 – Half a Day
I. Oral WorkI. Oral Work
Topics for debating:
Do you think the world is changing
for the better or for the worse?
Give your reasons.
The end of Debating.
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II. Quiz II. Quiz
List:
1. Quiz 1
2. Quiz 2
3. Quiz 3
Lesson 1 – Half a Day
II. Quiz 1II. Quiz 1Put in appropriate prepositions or adverbs:
1. All these possibilities are consideration.
2. She feels ill ease with so many strangers
watching.
3. I was my wit’s end. I really didn’t know
what to do.
4. He was totally a loss for words.
5. Go and ask his wife. She must be the
know.
1. under 2. at 3. at 4. at 5. in
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II. Quiz 1 II. Quiz 1 6. Be your guard. Not everyone who
smiles at you is a friend.
7. This chair is place in this room. Get
rid of it.
8. A pay rise is the question. The
company is operating a loss this year.
9. She knew that she was against very
strong opposition.
10. They are very bad terms at the
moment. They don’t speak to each other.
6. on
7. out of
8. out of, at
9. up
10. on
The end of Quiz 1.
Lesson 1 – Half a Day
II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 21. When doing business in the Arab world, do not be surprised if your meeting is interrupted several times by people who come into the room ___, whisper, or speak softly to the person with whom you are talking, and leave.a. unannounced b. unaccouncingc. unannounce d. to announce
2. When coal, the __ of plants, is burnt, chemical energy is changed into heat energy.a. remains b. remainders c. traces d. remnants
a a
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3. We object to the idea that it is military force that should be __ in settling international disputes.
a. applied to b. resorted to c. fallen back on d. restrained from 4. The dean of our department asked that all the stude
nts ___ at the reception this afternoon in order to meet the representatives from other colleges.
a. are present b. will be present c. would be present d. be present
b d
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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 2
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5. The tremendous heat at a star’s core, __
tremendous gravity, joins the nuclei of hydrogen
atoms.
a. combined with b. having combined with
c. combining with d. being combined with
6. __ the choice of a fine home downtown and a
modest one in the suburbs, the latter will win.
a. Being given b. Given
c. If given d. When given
a b
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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 2
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7. Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards.
a. equivalent b. alike
c. uniform d. likely
8. Very few scientists _______ completely new answers to the world’s problems.
a. come up with b. come out
c. come round d. come up to
a a
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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 2
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9. At the party we found that shy girl ______ her mother all the time.
a. depending on b. coinciding with
c. adhering to d. clinging to
10. Time __ , the celebration will be held as scheduled.
a. permit b. permitting
c. permitted d. permits (TEM-4, 03)
d b
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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 2
11. Arriving at the bus stop, __ waiting there.
a. a lot of people were b. he found a lot of people
c. a lot of people d. people were found
(TEM-4, 94)
12. Much as __ , I couldn’t lend him the money because I simply didn’t have that much spare cash. (TEM-4, 99)
a. I would have liked to b. I would like to
c. I should have to like d. I should have liked to
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b a
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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 2
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13. The encouraging factor is that the __ majority
of people find the idea of change acceptable.
a. numerous b. vast
c. most d. massive
14. Animals that could not __ themselves to the
changed environment perished and those that
could survived.
a. change b. adapt
c. modify d. conform
b b
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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 2
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15. For the success of the project, the company
should __ the most of the opportunities at hand.
a. obtain b. grasp
c. catch d. make (TEM-4, 98)
16. The local police are authorized to __ anyone’s
movements as they think it.
a. pause b. halt
c. repel d. keep (TEM-4, 98)
d b
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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 2
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17.She was standing outside in the snow, __
with cold.
a. spinning b. shivering
c. shaking d. staggering (TEM-4, 04)
18. The accusation left him quite __ with rage.
a. quiet b. silent
c. mute d. speechless
b d
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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 2
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19. As the drug took __ the patient became
quieter.
a. force b. effect c. action d. influence
20. He is now convinced __ the truth of the
report.
a. about b. in c. at d. of
b d
The end of Quiz 2.
II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 2
Lesson 1 – Half a Day
II. Quiz 3II. Quiz 3Word Derivation
1. It took courage and _______________ (determined) to break the habit of smoking.
2. (admit) to this university is by examination only.
3. Children are usually taught not to play
(violence).
4. (nature), our pronunciation is far from perfect.
5. “But how can we pay for it?” said John
(practice).
determination
Admission
violently
Naturally
practically
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Fill out the blanks with the proper form of the given words.
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II. Quiz 3II. Quiz 3Word Derivation
6. He impressed me (favor).
7. The army is making (prepare)
for a full-scale invasion.
8. I am afraid I do not have the final
(decide) in these matters.
9. “Will there be any food left over?” he asked
(hope).
10. He did not pay close (attend)
to the details.
favorably
preparations
decision
hopefully
attention
The end of Quiz 3.
Lesson 1 – Half a Day
III. Writing III. Writing
Write a composition no less than 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline below.
On Change
1. We are living in an ever-changing
world.
2. Change is double-edged.
3. We can manage to take advantage
of changes.
The end of Writing.