What man cannot live in a house?

What never asks questions but gets a lot of answers?

What kind of dog never bite?

What's the poorest bank in the world?

How do you deal with the new words or phrases that you meet while reading?• Ignore （忽视） them and continue reading

• Look them up in the dictionary

• Guess the meaning

词义猜测题常用提问方式 :1. The word “…” underlined probably means ___.

2. What does the word “…” refer to?

3. The underlined word “…” is the closest in meaning to ______.

4. By saying that“…”, the writer means that ___.

Just guess!

green hand

lady bird

big potato

shanghai

japan

john

On the way to the factory, Jack sang a pop song ha

ppily. Because it is the first day for him to work. Wh

en he was working, he talked with his workmate. Su

ddenly, the machine broke down because of his car

elessness. Jack was afraid of the blame ( 责备 )of hi

s boss. His workmate told him , “ Take it easy, you a

re a green hand.” 新手

Do you like a lady bird? It is not a kind of bir

d. It is an insect （昆虫 ). It can fly. Its wings

are red. It is very small.

瓢虫

Tom is a great man. Tom is treated

as a big potato.

大人物

Tourists shanghaied into buying expen

sive fakes( 假货 ). Some guides told th

em that fakes are good. They are worth

buying. 诱骗

Kate: Do you know japan? Alice: Of course, it lies to the east of China? Kate: No, japan is not Japan. Alice: Why? Kate: Japan just like china, you can use japa

n paint your desk, or furniture. 立邦 do you know? 日本亮漆

Tim drank too much water last night,

so he went to visit john twice.

厕所

猜

词义猜测方法　 The penguin is a kind of bird living in the south pole. It is fat and walks in a funny way. Although it can’t fly, it can swim in the icy water to catch the fish.

构词法

The colour of Hawaii in summer are unforgettable.

定义描述

同义词反义词

He is so homely, not at all as handsome as his brother.

因果关系

You shouldn’t have blamed him for that, for it wasn’t his fault.

对比转折

John usually wastes a lot of money on such useless things. His wife, however, is very thrifty.

上下文

But sometimes. No rains falls for a long time. The drought is serious.

生活常识

Most of the roses are beginning to wither

because of the cold.

同位关系

The modern age of medicine began with the stethoscope, an instrument for listening to patients’ heartbeat and breathing.

句法功能

Bananas, oranges, pineapples and some other kind of fruit grow in warm areas.

例举的事例

You can take any of the periodicals: “the World of English”, “China Daily ” or “Times ”.

Practice makes perfect!

1. Jane is usually prompt for all her classes, but she arrived in the middle of her first class.

A. late B. on time C. pleased

2. Tom saw an owl last night but it flew away when he got near ．

A. a bird B. an animal C. the sun

3. The boy wants to ride a brown pony.A. dog B. cat C. horse

4. The children are looking at a large, hairy ape at the zoo ．A. a kind of monkey B. a kind of snake C. a kind of bird

5. The fresh trout is very cheap, but I don’t know how to cook it ． A. fish B. fruit C. apple

6. The lady asked the waitress to get her a clean saucer to put her coffee cup on ．A. a glass B. a cake C. a small plate

7. We seldom see a sparrow in the sky because the air is not so clean now as used to be ．A. a kind of dog B. a kind of plane C. a kind of bird

实战演练

Task 1-10Ⅰ

Task 11-20 Ⅱ

Task 21-29Ⅲ

1. Sociology is the term used to describe the scientific study of human society.

2. Jane is indecisive, that is, she can’t make up her mind.

3. Though Tom’s face has been washed quite clean, his neck still remains grubby.

社会学

犹豫不决的

肮脏的

4. A person who is skilled at making or repairing wooden objects is called a carpentercarpenter.

5. His uncle is a zoologistzoologist, an expert who does research on animals.

6. The herdsmanherdsman, who looks after sheep, earns about 650 yuan a year.

木匠

动物学家

牧人

7. In the old days, when girls from rich families were married to their husbands, they expected to bring with themselves plenty of dowry.

8. The river is so turbid that it is impossible to see the bottom even when it is shallow.

嫁妆

浑浊不清的

9. If you don’t stop doing like this, you’ll impair your health.

10. He strayed because of the darkness, and didn’t know where he was.

损害

迷路 , 走失

11. I am moved by the story of this boy. We need the courage to face death, and we should also feel the thankfulness for those who help us.

12. If you agree, write “Yes”; if you dissent, write “No”.

感激

不同意

13.…Yet, shopkeepers may have to spend extra hours to deal with problems, such as shoplifters, who always take away things from the shop without paying for them. …

14. Doctors believe that smoking is detriment

al to people's health. They also regard drinki

ng as harmful.

商店窃贼

有害的

15. She wanted the hairdresser to trimtrim her h

air a bit because it was too long.

16.Li Ming’s always dawdling, but his sister is hurry.

修剪

闲逛的

17. After Ann put the letter in the envelope,

she sealed it and put a stamp on it.

18. The tree will have to be cut down for it

obstructs the view of oncoming traffic.

封口

妨碍，阻挡

19. Mr.Jones, this is Sally Smith. I’m sorry, but I can’t come to work today. I’m feeling under the weather.

20. There are some glaciers moving down the mountain valley. A glacier is a river of ice.

身体不适

冰河

When you visit London, one of the first

things you will see is Big Ben, the famous

clock which can be heard all over the world

on the B.B.C. If the Houses of Parliament

had hot been burned down in 1834, the

great clock would never have been erected.

the Houses of Parliament

erect

[’pɑ:ləmənt]

[ɪ’rekt]

The parliament of some countries, for example Britain, is the group of people who make or change its laws, and decide what policies ( 政策 ) the country should follow.

议会 , 国会

国会大厦If people erect something such as a building, or a bridge, they build it or create it.

建起

Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin

Hall who was responsible for the making

of the clock when the new Houses of

Parliament were being built.

was responsible for[ ri’spɔnsəbl]

Each student should be responsible for their own work .

Do you want to be responsible for your own life decision?

A man should be responsible for his own action.

为…负责

It is not only of immense size, but is

extremely accurate as well. Officials

from Greenwich Observatory have

the clock checked twice a day.

immense[i’mens]

extremely accurate[ɪk’stri:mli] [’ækjurət]

official

Greenwich Observatory[əb’zɜ:vətəri]  [’ɡrenitʃ]

[ə’fɪʃəl]

That museum is so immense that it will be impossible to see all the exhibits in one day.

巨大的，极大的

My mobile phone is extremely useful.These headaches are extremely common.Three of them are working extremely well.

非常，很

The clock is so accurate that it will never lose a second in more than 200 million years.

精确的

An official of the local government called to see him.

官员 , 行政人员

An observatory is a building with a large telescope from which scientists study things such as the planets by watching them.

天文台格林尼治

On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down !

rarely [’rɛəli]

oI very rarely wear a raincoat because I ospend most of my time in a car.

很少地，难得

Lesson 71 A famous clock

Questions on the text

Whyis Big Ben so named?is Big Ben extremely accurate?can Big Ben be heard on the BBC? did Big Ben fail to give the correct time once?

It is yours, but others use it more than you do. What is it? Name.

  What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? A blackboard.

Which letter is a drink?  T (Tea).

What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T?

The more you take away, the bigger I become. What am I?

1.Go over the ideas we talk about today and finish the related exercises.

2. Consult the teacher if you still have any questions on today’s topic.

Homework

Enjoy English, Enjoy life !

And thank you for your attending !