高三第六单元英语课件《going west》.ppt

,Unit6 Going West,彭琼华,Who were the native Americans?,Lead-in,For thousand years, the American Indians lived as hunters in North America.,What happened to them?,From 16th to 17th century, European settlers got to America and drove away the native Americans and ruled the country.,In the 1830s, the government decided to remove the Native Americans to the west to make room for European settlers,Fast Reading,1.Why did the heros family go west ? 2.What was their destination? 3.What difficulties did they have during the journey? 4.Why did the people call the desert Death Valley?,1.Why did the heros family go west ?,His father was inspired by the beautiful description of the land beyond the Rocky Mountains.,2.What was their destination?,They decided to move to California.,3.What difficulties did they have during the journey?,They entered the desert and lost their way, and didnt have enough water to drink. Their animals died from lack of water.,4.Why did the people call the desert Death Valley?,People showed coldness and were not willing to help others in trouble. They abandoned everything they could. Valley is in chaos and full of dead,Reading True or False: 1. We traveled alone. 2. We traveled day and night. 3. During walking through the desert, we couldnt ride the wagons. 4. For many weeks we had suffered from heat, thirst and starvation. 5. During the long journey, we could help each other. 6. When a young man in our group suggested that I stay behind with the children and wait for help, I agreed. 7. When the animals smelt the water, they all ran.,F,F,T,T,F,F,T,The text can be divided into three parts. Please find the main idea of each part!,Part1: (Para.1) Part2: (P2P5) Part3: (Para.6),Brief introduction: the beginning of the journey.,The hard time during thejourney.,The end of the journey.,The followings are the contexts from paragraph 2 to paragraph6, match them with each paragraph.,A long and hard journey in the desert The beginning of going west A strong will An unbelievable success Death Valley,Para.2:_ Para.3:_ Para.4:_ Para.5:_Para.6:_,B,A,E,C,D,Language points,Para. 1 1.account 2.beyond 3.leave behind 4.set off for,1)on or to the other side of,2)later than,3)more or greater than,4)beyond sb.=impossible for sb to understand,Eg.Im sorry its _ my power to make a final decision on the project.(上海 2004春) A. over B. above C. off D. beyond,D,Para. 2,5.destination 6.Indian Creek,Para. 3,7.trying 8.the Salt Lake Valley/Desert 9.barren 10.patch 11.be hard on,1)difficult 2)annoying ,worrying,1)be too hard to suffer 2)show no kindness to 3)wear out easily or quickly,12.drag ones legs / feet,Para. 4 13.be accustomed to = 14.in anxiety of doing,At nine oclock she dragged her legs to the office.,She wanted to sell the house,but her husband was dragging his feet.,be/get/become used to be /feel at home with be in the habit of doing,Para. 5,15.on all fours Para. 6,16.promised land e to an end,Retell the text time clue: .,the spring of 1845,by the middle of Oct,in the winter,in the spring of 1846,On Nov. 4,1846,April 12,1846,in the morning of Dec.25,Retell the text place clue: .,California (promised land),at home,four states,Indian Creek,the Salt Lake valley,the Salt Lake Desert,The California Desert,What can we learn from this text?,Discussion,When we come across problems, we shouldnt try to escape. Instead, we should learn to face reality and solve the problems. As long as we overcome the difficulties and never give up, we will achieve our goals and succeed. Moreover, we all have dreams in our heart. As long as we insist and keep making great efforts, I believe we will make our dreams come true one day.,Homework: Read the text again and find out the useful words and expressions,2. Translate the sentences on the EX. Paper.,Grammar,APronouns (including numerals） e.g. my teacher, his school, three books, all games, etc,BAdjectives e.g. a beautiful girl, a tall building, etc,1.What can be used as Attribute?,DGerunds e.g. a walking stick, a swimming pool, etc,EParticiples e.g. an interesting book, untouched food, etc.,CNouns e.g. a party member, a service center, etc,GPrepositional Phrases e.g. a map of China, the end of a year, etc,HAttributive Clauses e.g. This is the man who came yesterday.,FInfinitives e.g. a house to repair, a meeting to be held, etc.,高考热点（定语）,1.前置定语的排列顺序（口诀） 限定、描绘（大长高），形状年龄和新老。 颜色国籍和材料，作用类别向后靠。 限定词：数词、名词所有格、代词、冠词 描绘词：形容词（大-小、长-短、高-矮；方-圆-宽-扁； 新-老-旧；黑-白-红；国籍；木-石-胶；建筑用等） 2.定语从句 （非限制性定语从句；介词+关系词定语从句；定语从句的主谓一致；关系词与先行词分离的定语从句）,高考题精选练习 1. Are the new rules working? Yes. _ books are stolen. AFewer B More CSome D None 2. When I got back home I saw a message pinned to the door _ “Sorry to miss you, will call later.” Aread B reads Cto read D reading,A,D,3. Can you come on Monday or Tuesday? Im afraid _ day is possible. Aeither Bneither Csome DAny 5. Sarah has read lots of stories by American writers. Now she would like to read _ stories by writers from _ countries. Asome; any Bother; some Csome; other Dother; other,B,_,6. The Olympic Games, _ in 776 B.C., did not include women players until 1912 Afirst playing Bto be first played Cfirst played Dto be first playing 7. The boy _ in the examination room was later punished for doing so. Awas caught cheating Bcatching cheated Ccaught to cheat Dcaught cheating,C,D,8.I have many friends, _ some are businessmen. (全国卷II) A. of them B. from which C. who of D. of whom 9._students are required to take part in the boat race. (2004浙江卷) A.Ten strong young Chinese B.Ten Chinese strong young C.Chinese ten young strong D.Young strong ten Chinese,D,A,10.The _house smells as if it hasnt been lived in for years. (2004江苏卷) A.little white wooden B.little wooden white C.white wooden lttle D.wooden white little 11.How was your recent visit to Qingdao? -It was great.We visited some friends, and spent the _days at the seaside. (NMET 1995) A.few last sunny B.last few sunny C.last sunny few D.few sunny last,A,B,Integrating skills 0n P52,HEROES OF THE NORTH,Reading,Read the text and answer the following questions.,1 The text mentions two diseases that spread fast and give people a high temperature. What are the two diseases? 2 Do you know other diseases of that kind? 3 How could Dr Welch save the children of Nome? 4 Why was a relay of dog sleds chosen as the best transport from Nenana to Nome?,Answers,1 The text mentions two diseases that spread fast and give people a high temperature. What are the two diseases?,Flu and diphtheria.,2 Do you know other diseases of that kind?,SARS or bird flu.,3 How could Dr Welch save the children of Nome?,Dr Welch could save the children if he had enough vaccine.,4 Why was a relay of dog sleds chosen as the best transport from Nenana to Nome?,Because the seas were frozen, planes could not fly, there was no rail connection .Dog sleds were also the fastest way.,Languages points: 1 in the spring of 1845 2 leave behind 3 by the middle of October 4 set off 5 be ready to start 6 by day 7 at night 8 in the central part 9 on November 4,1846 10 hang out 11 in desperate need of water 12 be accustomed to 13 suffer from 14 get worse 15 be lined with 16 in anxiety of 17 get onto ones knees 18 on all fours 19 give up 20 Christmas Day 21 stare at 22 come to an end 23 as quickly as possible 24 day and night 25 at stake 26 before dawn 27 risk their lives 28 the promised land,Practising on P187,Vocabulary Exercise 2:,disaster,package,comfort,hunger,test,cookie,stop,fresh,deep,hopeful,easy,death,anxiety,receive,bedding,body,animal,food,family,tool,liquid,Exercise 3,1 circumstances 2 starvation 3 Barking 4 thirst 5 catastrophes 6 survival 7 assessment 8 relief 9 frontier 10 delivers 11 quitting 12 anniversary,Translation on P187,I will never forget the winter of 1846, when we crossed the Salt Lake Desert. Soon after we entered it, we lost our way. Anyone with common sense knows that people cannot go through deserts without water. Our water was getting less and less, and we could not find new water sources. The animals that were too weak to pull their burden were killed. We had to walk out of the desert. For many weeks we had been accustomed to seeing dead animals and abandoned wagons along the road.,The situation was so desperate that no one could take it easy. Each person was only interested in saving himself. Once I got too weak and tired, and was almost left behind, but I managed to keep up with the others. We had almost lost heart when a valley with fat cattle and horses came into our sight. We