Unit Seven

Not on My Block

Lead In Brief Introduction of Main Idea Warm-up Questions 1. How much do you know about drugs? Can

you name a few drugs you have heard of? 2. How do you feel about the photos you have

seen? 3. What will you do if you know someone living

in your neighborhood is taking drugs or is a drug dealer?

4. Do you know the story of the prodigal son? Are there any sayings about the prodigal son?

Language Points Words Study: (1) peer: vi. look closely, as if unable to see well e.g. He was peering through the wet windscreen at the

cars ahead. [phrases] peer at 凝视着… peer through 通过…凝视

peer into 盯着 peer from behind 从…后面往外看 [synonym]glance, stare & peer 这几个词都是动词，都有“看，看见”之意。 glance指被某人或某物所吸引或在匆忙中短暂地看，即“瞥视”、“匆匆一看”。 stare意为“盯住”、“注视”、“凝视”，指出于好奇、惊讶、茫然或赞叹等原因而瞪大眼睛长时间、直接地注视 peer通常指半闭着眼睛或眯着眼睛看，并伴随着向前移动，含有好奇地看或难以看清的意味。

Language Points (2) vacant: adj. empty; not occupied eg. Only a few apartments were still vacant. [synonym] empty, vacant & blank 这几个词都是形容词，都有“空的，空着的”之意。 empty主要表示某空间没有人或物，无任何内容。 vacant通常只限于指没有人占据的地方或位置。 blank指上面没有字迹或其他标记。   (3) occupy: vt. take up, fill (space, time,

attention, farm, country, town, etc.) eg. The house is occupied. [phrases] be occupied in / with 使…忙于，使…从事 occupy 的名词为 occupation。该词除了表示“占领”外，还有“职业”之意。

Language Points (4) drift: vi. ①(of persons) go hither and thither

without a clear purpose e.g. During our stay in the Czech Republic I

took some time off to drift through Prague. ②be carried along by a current of air or water e.g. The boat drifted out to the sea. [phrases] drift along 漫无目的地游荡；迷迷糊糊地过日子 drift apart 分开；疏远 drift into / toward渐渐进入；陷入 drift with 随…漂流 drift from… to… 从…漂流到… drift

back 逐渐回去 (5) confront: vt. face boldly (and deal with); face

(sb.) so that they cannot avoid it e.g. The problems confronting the new government were

enormous.

Language Points (6) fuss: ① n. unnecessary nervous agitation,

especially over unimportant things eg. James said he'd better be getting back or

there'd be a fuss. ②vi. pay too much attention to unimportant things eg. Don’ t fuss over the children so much. 不要为孩子们过于操心 [phrases] kick up / make a fuss 挑起事端；引起忙乱 a fuss about / over / of… 为…大惊小怪 make a fuss

about nothing小题大做 fuss about / over 为…而大惊小怪 fuss with… 对…过分讲究   (7) wage: vt. carry on, engage in (war, campaign, etc.) eg. The police are waging war on drug pushers

in the city.

Language Points Expressions study: (1) shoot up: ① inject oneself or another person (with a narcotic

drug) eg. Kids as young as twelve are shooting up heroin. ② rise suddenly and rapidly e.g. Demand for water has shot up by 70% over the last 30

years.   (2) rise to the challenge / occasion: act successfully in

response to a difficult situation which is entirely new or unexpected

eg. The UN Secretary General Coffi Annan called on G8 summit to rise to the challenge of fighting the world’s many ills.

eg. Responding to the tsunami tragedy, top athletes in the world rose to the occasion by donating generously and by urging others to follow suit.

Language Points (3) be addicted to: be given to, habitually or

compulsively eg. He was addicted to reading. 他嗜读如命。 addict作为名词，表示“入迷的人”、“上瘾的人”。 (4) turn over: ① fall over, upset, turn upside

down e.g. Five people died and ten others were

injured when the bus turned over. 公交车翻了，致使 5 人死亡， 10人受伤。 ② give the control of sb. / sth. to e.g. He turned over his business to his son.

Language Points (5) check in on: verify, ascertain or monitor the

condition of eg. Stephen checked (in) on her several times

during the night. (6) take to: adopt as a practice or a hobby, as a

means of livelihood eg. Don’t take to bad habits. 别染上恶习。   (7) take a stand: declare one’s position, opinion,

etc. eg. While he was still in prison, Nelson Mandela took

a stand for the liberation of all races, all people.  

Language Points Sentence Study: (1) What does “ row house”

mean? It means a row of houses built in

one block in a uniform style.  (2)... “foot traffic”? It refers to pedestrians moving

along a route. (3) What do we mean when we

refer to sb.’ s insides? We mean the person’ s stomach.

Language Points (4) “Gonna” is an informal way of saying

“going to”. “Wanna” is an informal way of saying “want

to” as in “You wanna go now?”   (5)… “Fussin’” is a non-standard way of

saying “fussing”. The young men said this word. In their

opinion, Armstead was “ fussin’”. (6) Less heat is lost at night … than

would be lost… : “than”为准关系代词， than=than what. eg. Children shouldn’t have more money than is needed.

Language Points (7) explode: v. ①burst out; show

violent feeling s ② burst with a loud noise

(8)get through: get across, be communicated

e.g. I left as soon as your message got through to me.

Structure T give the Ss the outline of the structure------ Section One (line 1-27): Main idea: ? After Mrs.

Armstead moved into the row house, she found drug dealers and addicts often appeared on her stoop.

Section Tow (line 28-67): Main idea: ? Mrs. Armstead fought against those drug dealers and they became friendly with her.

Section Three (line 68-72): Main idea: ? Mrs. Armstead participated in a community organization to step up the efforts of fighting against drug dealing.

Section Four (line 73-77): Main idea: ? Mrs. Armstead felt good with one drug dealer showing gratitude to her.

Homework Writing Practice — A Friendly

Letter Format A Brief Introduction A friendly letter format covers

the following five parts, namely, heading, greeting or salutation, body, closing and signature.