在某人的支配(控制)下

1、Teaching Plan of Unit Ten in Book IIITeaching Aims:In this unit students are required to:1. Practice reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, guessing, etc.2. Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich students vocabulary;3. Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions, role play and

2、interaction activities to help to develop the students oral communicative abilities;4. Appreciate the two texts in this unit and learn some writing skills and practice it along with letter writing;5. Do some other after-class exercise including listening and translation to improve students comprehen

3、sive skills.Teaching Emphasis: 1. The comprehension and appreciation of Text I;2. New words and expression: duck; wince; placatory; indefensible; negligently; studious; shrug; wry; dissolve; guffaw; nail down; trail away; be shocked to the core; every nook and crannyProcedure: (4 hours)1. Review the

4、 main points of last class;2. Begin the new unit:1) Answer the pre-reading questions orally;2) Allow students 3 minutes for rapid reading to get the main idea of Text I; 3) Do the guesswork of vocabulary;4) Study Text I intensively;5) Answer the questions of Text I both in SB(students book) and WB(w

5、orkbook) orally;6) Listen to the tape and study Text II extensively to enlarge their vocabulary and widen the scope of their knowledge;7) Do oral work;8) Study the main points of guided writing, including the paragraph writing of narration, and the letter writing as to show ones thanks;9) Homework,

6、finish all the exercise both in SB and WB.supplementKnowing the certain phrases of “thumb”: under your thumb: under your control 在某人的支配（控制）下    I cant tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my fathers thumb.all thumbs (fingers): clumsy, unable to hold it

7、, fingers feel like thumbs (手指不灵巧,笨手笨脚)When I try to sew a button on my shirt, Im all thumbs.have ten thumbs=be all thumbsgreen thumb: good gardener, naturally good with plants (绿手指, 指种植花木蔬菜的高超技能)    Willie is the green thumb in our group. Hes the gardener.by thumb: to somewhere by st

8、opping the driver to give you a lift 以免费搭车的方式    He traveled to other parts of the country by thumb.thumb down: reject , not accept 否定，反对    He tends to thumb down all my best ideas.thumb up: approve, be for sth. 赞成    The chairman thumbed up our plan.twi

9、ddle ones thumbs: to do nothing while you wait impatiently for sth. to happen闲着无事    For the next half hour I was twiddling my thumbs, waiting for my friends to arrive.thumb through: turn the pages of a book, magazine etc without reading much of it 快速浏览    She thumbed t

10、hrough the guidebook, looking for somewhere to visit in the afternoon.thumb ones nose (at): behave in a way that you do not care what they think 蔑视    He has always thumbed his nose at the media.stick out like a sore thumb: very noticeable because they are unusual or inappropriate 显得十

11、分不自然，显得很不合适    The ugly painting stuck out like a sore thumb in the art gallery.rule of thumb: rule that you follow which is not based on exact calculations but rather on experience (根据实际经验的经验法则)    A good rule of thumb is that a broker must generate sales of ten times

12、his salary if his employer is to make a profit. For learning more English idioms, visit:Language points: 1  a succession of: a number of persons or things following on one after the other 一系列, 一连串 A succession of unexpected visitors came to our department on the first day of school. 开

13、学第一天, 一个接一个的不速之客来到我们系里。Last summer there was a succession of uncomfortably hot days. 去年夏天接连好几天天气很热， 令人不舒服。The worst misfortune that befell her was to bear a succession of girls. 她遭到的最倒霉的事就是一连生了好几个女儿。2  nail down （not fml.）:be sure about 确定，弄清Hard figures are impossible to nail down. 确切的数字无法弄清。A

14、n agreement has been nailed down by the partners of the firm. 公司的合伙者已拟订了一项协议。3  make out: to see or understand with difficulty （勉强地）看出，辩认出，听出 Can you make out his handwriting? 你能辩认出他写什么吗？She spoke in such a soft voice that I could hardly make out what she said. 她说得这么轻声细语，我几乎不能听清她说什么。4 . ta

15、ke （no） notice （of）: 注意（到），察觉（到）Take no notice of what they are saying about you. 别去理睬他们对你的议论。Please take particular notice of the road signs. 请特别注意道路标志。It has come to my notice that she is making great progress. 我注意到她正在进步。5. to the core 直至核心，透顶的，十足的She is English to the core. 她是个地道的英国人。Her refusal

16、shocked us to the core. 她的拒绝使我们惊呆了。He is honest to the core. 他这人真是诚实到家了。6. get nowhere：make no progress, accomplish nothing （口）（使）无进展，（使）不能成功Are you getting anywhere in computer science? 你在电脑学科方面有何进展？She practiced the piano so hard that she was really getting somewhere. 她狠练钢琴，真的进步很大。7. consist of 包括

17、，包含A year consists of twelve months. 一年有12 个月。The committee consists of ten members. 委员会有10 个成员。8.  a note of in ones voice   note: a quality of voice 语气，口气There was a note of desperation (warning, envy, sarcasm, respect, nostalgia) in what he said. 他的话带有一种绝望（警告，羡慕，讥讽，尊敬，怀旧）的口气。His voice heldcarried a menacing note. 他说话时带有一种威胁的口吻Language points for Text II1.filter: 1) pass a liquid through a filter Eg: All drinking water must be filtered. 2) in/out/through: become known gradually eg: New ideas are slowly filtering into peoples mind.(深入人心)2.