综合英语教程3 Unit_3_Saved_by_His_Mistakes

1、Unit 3 Saved by His MistakesPart I Listening & Speaking Activities Part II Reading Comprehension & Language Activities Part III Extended Activities Part I Listening & SpeakingBrainstormingListeningSpeaking BrainstormingExpressions for describing difficult or problem situations: accident, incident, d

2、isaster, calamity, catastrophe, a boat/car collision, a car/plane crash, mishaps, shipwreck Phrases: be in difficulty/trouble/danger, have difficulty/trouble (in) doing something, have a hard time doing something, be left stranded on/in/at, etc., be landed with (unpleasant tasks, people, etc.), be c

3、aught/stuck/jammed in (a traffic jam, etc.), get stuck Expressions of fear: frightened, panic-stricken, panicked, panicky, terrified, horrified, scared, appalled, shaken, startled, astounded, dismayed, devastated, become hysterical (歇斯底里的), act frantically/furiously/desperately (因害怕而行为发狂的)Expression

4、s for solving problems: putright, sort things out, clear things up, figure out what to do /how to do it, straighten things out, get to the bottom of thingsExpressions for rescue work: aid, rescue, come to ones rescue, the first aidListening: An unforgettable experience Listen and answer the followin

5、g questions:1. How was the speaker thinking of doing when the passengers were told to fasten the seat belt? - She was thinking of having a good sleep at home. 2. What happened when the plane was over the airport? -It was circling over the airport and moving unsteadily through the air. 3. What did th

6、e air hostess tell the passengers? - The pilot had fainted and nobody was flying the plane. She asked if there was anyone who knew something about machines and flying a plane. 4. How did the passengers take the news ? -Many passengers started to panic at her words. The speaker could hear hopeless an

7、d horrified screams here and there, and she herself was also scared. 7. What did the crowd waiting outside do? -They rushed forward to congratulate the speaker on the perfect landing. 5. What did the speaker decide to do then? -After hesitating for a while, she decided to do something. She unfastene

8、d her seat belt, got up, and followed the air hostess into the pilots cabin.6. How did she deal with the situation? -First, she moved the pilot aside, and took his seat. She then followed the radio instructions from the airport below. After circling over the airport for several times to get familiar

9、 with the controls, she managed to guide the plane towards the air field and landed safely. Retell the StoryAn OutlineI. On her way home from a business tripII. Something wrong with the plane A. Circling over the air port B. Moving unsteadily through the airIII. The appearance of an air hostess A. T

10、elling the truth B. Requesting someone to pilot the plane C. The responses of the passengersIV. The speakers decisionV. The speakers attempt to lead the plane safelyGroup Oral TasksTask 1: A Conversation (p.28) Work with your partner to find out what difficult/unpleasant or even dangerous situations

11、 they have ever been in. You may ask him/her the following questions: (1) Have you ever been in a difficult or risky situation? (2) How did you feel when happened? (3) How did you cope with the situation? You could talk about the topics on p. 28Task 2: Make up a story about the picture (p29) (1) Who

12、 is the man in bed and what is his job? (2) Why is he in the ambulance? (3) What has happened to him? (4) How did the accident happen? Task 3: A Story Have you ever experienced any risky adventures in your life?Task 4: A Story Some animals, especially pets, as many people believe, could save their m

13、asters from danger. Have you read any such stories? Part II Reading Comprehension & Language ActivitiesPre-reading TasksRead the TextPost-reading TasksWords & ExpressionsLanguage Work (A, B, C)Text: Saved by His MistakesQuestions for skimming: 1. What can you learn from the title? 2. Whats the story

14、 about? -A mans adventurous hunting trip: his accidentally falling into the deep hollow of a huge tree and his rescue with the help of his dogs. 3. What do “his mistakes” refer to? -These are his two pups, Mistake No.1 and Mistake No.2, which he had bought them for 5 dollars and were mocked at by hi

15、s elder brother. Questions for close comprehension: 1. What did Jerry Cram set out to do? - He was hunting for a racoon. 2. How did Bob respond when told that the two beagle hound pups cost Jerry five dollars? - He roared with laughter. 3. What did Jerry think about the pups when he hunted for sever

16、al hours without any luck? -He also had to admit that they were not much help. 4. What did he spot toward evening? - A racoon high in a beech tree. 5. How was the tree described? - forty-foot tall, dead, its top carried away in some storm, the trunk gutted by rot and insects. 6. What did Jerry inten

17、d to do? - capture him by hand.7. What happened when he got level with the top of the trunk? -The limb on which he was standing cracked ominously under his feet. He jumped to the rim of the tree trunk and the edge crumbled. He plunged down, too suddenly to make a sound, into the deep hollow of the d

18、ead tree. 8. What happened as he fell? - His fall was broken for a moment by a jutting piece of wood that caught his clothing. 12. What idea at last came to him? - sending the dogs for help13. What did the Shep do? How about the two pups? - He streaked across the field to Bobs home. The pups remaine

19、d, yelping encouragement to their master. 9. Was he hurt when his fall was done? - No, he picked himself up miraculously unhurt; shaken, dazed. 10. What did Jerry hear then? - the pups sniffing and yelping to him; the shepherd barking in alarm. 11. What was the situation like? Could he find a way ou

20、t? - desperate: no handholds inside, the snag out of reach; not able to enlarge the hole by kicking; nobody would hear him since he was too far away from home. 15. Who guided Bob to the right tree? - It was the barking of the sad-eyed pubs that guided him to the right tree. 16. What efforts were mad

21、e to rescue Jerry? - It took a rescue party, ropes and fifteen hours to get him out of his sodden prison. 17. Why did he say that Mistake No.1 and Mistake No.2 saved him? -The two pups stayed with him during the mishap, giving him hope and comfort. What is more, it was the barking of the two pups th

22、at guided Bob to the right tree to rescue Jerry. 14. What happened later? - A storm broke and the rain poured into the hollow trunk. Jerry was drenched by the rain. How did the pups help him at that moment? - They were frightened but still remained, moved closer to comfort the master and stuck their

23、 muzzles to lick his feet. Post-reading TasksSummarySummarize the paragraphs:The third & fourth paragraphs: -Jerry fell from a broken limb of a dead beech tree when he tried to capture a racoon and plunged down into the deep hollow of a huge tree but was miraculously unhurt.The fifth & sixth paragra

24、phs: -Jerry examined his situation inside the tree, and having found no way out, he then sent his dog Shepherd to get help from home.The eighth & ninth paragraphs -Bob came to his rescue with Shepherd but it was the pups barking that guided him to the right tree and Jerry was at last saved by a resc

25、ue party.Summarize the story - The story is about a boys adventurous hunting trip in which he was trapped in the deep hollow of a huge tree and was eventually saved with the help of his three dogs. Reproduce the story Reproduce the storygo racoon hunting with three dogs- Shep and Mistake No. 1 & 2ru

26、n out of shells, spot, beech tree, dead, top gone, guttedcapture, got level with, cracked, jump, rim, crumbled, plunge, too sudden, deep hollowhalfway down, jutting wood, tumble, miraculously unhurt, shaken, pick updark inside, hole at feet, hearscared, get out, no handholds, out of reach, enlarge b

27、y kicking, no good to call, send for, streak across, remain, encouragementstorm, writhed, rain poured, drenched, move closer, lickBob follow, too tired to jump, barking of pups, guide, right treerescue party, rope, 15 hours, out, exhaustedlast mistake, not give up hope, savedWords & Expressionsset o

28、ut start a journeygloomy (1) (of weather) dark and cloudy e.g. What a gloomy day were having! (2) (of a person) depressed and unhappy e.g. The vet is rather gloomy about my cats chances of recovery. (3) (of a situation) having little hope e.g. a gloomy economic forecastroar with laughter Word Study

29、laugh loudly and nosily e.g. Those naughty boys roared with laughter when Tom made a silly mistake in class. shells bulletsrun out of use up; have no more of spot find, see, recognize gut destroy in the inside get level with reach the same height asominous suggesting that something unpleasant is lik

30、ely to happen e.g. There was an ominous silence when I asked whether my contract was going to be renewed. The heavy clouds were ominous of a fierce storm.crumble break into piecesDown he plunged Word Study Down he fell suddenly e.g. The man never caught the handle. Down he tumbled to the stair landi

31、ng.a jutting piece of wood a piece of wood which stuck outtumble fall quickly and without control e.g. I lost my footing and tumbled down the stairs. miraculously surprisinglypick oneself up get to ones feet slowly and with much effortyelp utter a short, sharp bark or cryback off move backwardsslow

32、(sth) up/down make sth become slower e.g. We slowed up when we saw the police.be out of reach be out of the distance within which they can stretch out their arm and touch something e.g. The top shelf is within/out of (his) reach. It does no good to do sth. Word Study It is useless to do sth. e.g. Yo

33、u must understand it does no good to cry over spilt milk. (an idea or a thought) come to sb. sb. remember or start to think about an idea/thought e.g. I cant remember his name - itll come to me in a minute.send sb. for Word Study to ask sb to bring or deliver sth to you e.g. Mum put the boy on the s

34、ofa and sent Tom for the doctor. streak run quickly in a straight line e.g. The motorbike streaked off down the street.writhe twist ones body e.g. The pain was so unbearable that he was writhing in agony.drench vt. (often passive) to make someone or something extremely wet e.g. A sudden thunderstorm

35、 had drenched us to the skin.whimper make small weak criesfrantically desperately; wildly e.g. We slowed up when we saw the police.party a group of people involved in an activity or duty e.g. a search party sodden adj. extremely wetLanguage Work (A)The aeroplane went out of control. It plunged into

36、a deep valley and crashed. As the doctor pressed his fingers on the patients belly, the patient yelped in pain. The explosion caused a huge round store to tumble down the hill. The boy was nervous, so his mother hugged him to comfort him. The seriously wounded soldier miraculously recovered in a mon

37、th. After years of neglect, the bridge one day crumbled. The kidnapper pointed his gun at the woman, grinning ominously. I dont like to go boating on such a gloomy winter day. The captain suddenly spotted an immense iceberg floating towards his ship. The ferryboat overturned and many passengers were

38、 drowned. The couple were rearranging their furniture to make room for the new piano. The wounded bird flapped its wings furiously to gain height. When the game was over, all the footballers were drenched with sweat. The general manager admitted that his corporation was on the verge of bankruptcy. D

39、ont shout at the little girl, or you will scare her. Language Work (B)Food production in this nation has increased in proportion to got level with the population growth. My great-uncle planned intended to take up teaching in a private school when he resigned from the ministry. Early in the morning,

40、the father set out got on his way set out to visit his daughter on farm. To his disappointment, the boy found that he was too short to reach the bird nest up in the tree was out of reach. My nephew always uses up his runs out of pocket money before the end of each month. At first, he refused to acce

41、pt any suggestion but eventually in the end he gave in. The driver got lost in the mountains. He had to drive slowly slow down to look for road signs. In a slip of the tongue, the speaker said in his opening remarks “Good ladies, morning and gentlemen.” The audience laughed hilariously roared with l

42、aughter. The editor was not satisfied with the news story and asked sent the journalist to get for more information. Language Work (C)1. a. The naughty boys roared with laughter when Tom made a mistake when answering. b. The comedians funny remarks made the conference roar with laughter. c. The youn

43、g men roared with laughter when they heard the joke. 2. a. The man never caught the handle. Down he tumbled to the stair landing. b. The murderer never got to know what happened to the basement door. Down he slipped into a deep hole at the bottom. c. The pilot never saw who was behind his jet. Down

44、the jet plunged into the sea. 3. a. You must understand that it does no good to cry over spilt milk. b. It would do no good to talk to him; he wouldnt listen to you. c. Did it do you any good to get yourself drunk like that?4. a. Mum quickly put the boy on the sofa and sent Tom for the doctor. b. Th

45、e soldiers on the top of the mountain sent the message for support. c. She sent a letter to the university for an application form. 5. a. It took lots of struggling for her to get her foot out of the rock crevice. b. Finally it took an hour for the doctor to get the fish bone out of his throat. c. I

46、t took almost years struggle to get the political prisoner out of jail. Part III Extended Activities Dictation Read MoreGrammar WorkVocabulary WorkTranslationRaise QuestionsCultural InformationDictationScript of the dictation Mary, who had been in a deep sleep, was woken suddenly by a strange noise,

47、 /which seemed to come from outside her window. /She sat up, startled. /Then she froze as she saw that the window, /which she thought she had locked the night before, was wide open. /With a shock, she remembered that her husband had taken the children to visit their sick grandmother, /and that she w

48、as alone in the house./ Something cracked ominously behind her. /Turning, she saw, to her great relief, /that it was only the little dog, /which had accidentally knocked over a pitcher on the small table. /Suddenly it occurred to her that she had left the window slightly open for the pup, /as it had

49、 not returned after dark. /At this moment, the little dog, whimpering, came to her side to lick her feet /as if it knew it had done something wrong./Read MoreQuestions for Reading Comprehension: 1. Why were the narrator and his wife in Afghanistan? 2. What did the inhabitants of the village come to

50、tell them?3. Why were the villagers so certain about the grains in their storage places being stolen?4. What did the village council announce to the narrator?5. What did they ask the narrator to do?6. What did the narrator see when he got up very early to catch the “bird”?7. What did he see at 2:30

51、a.m. the next morning? What did he do? How did the guards respond?8. What or who turned out to be the thief? 9. How opinions were divided among the villagers after the kill?10. What point does the narrator want to make with the story of the schgoon? - When the real thief was caught, opinions were di

52、vided among the villagers. The point here is that once people have formed an opinion, it is very difficult to bring them around.Words & Expressionssquabble n. argument over trivial thingsculprit a person who has done sth wrong or against the lawbeyond a doubt certainly, undoubtedlyat intervals of ha

53、ppening regularly after equal periods of time in between e.g. The willow trees stand along the lakeside at interval s of three meters.imprint to print or press a mark or design onto a surface e.g. The T-shirts are imprinted with the logos of sports teamstelltale only before noun showing that sth exi

54、sts or has happened e.g. telltale clues/sounds/marksinsofar in so far as/ as far asbe streaked with be covered or marked with long thin linesberate (formal) to criticize or speak angrily to sb e.g. She berated herself for being a bad mother. slump sit or fall down heavilydrafty = draughty: uncomfort

55、able because of cold air blowing through spy formally or literally: suddenly notice or see sb./sth. move ponderously move slowly and clumsily because of great size and weightbleary-eyed unable to see clearly because one is tiredgrunt give a low sound to show your annoyance, lack of interest, disagre

56、ementexcavate to dig in the ground to look for old buildings or objects that have been buried for a long time;Grammar Work Compare these two sentences: (1-a) As he was interested in animals when he was young, he went to work at the zoo. (1-b) An early interest in animals led him to work at the zoo.

57、(2-a) We Chinese respect knowledge and love learning. (2-b) We Chinese show a high respect for learning and a love of knowledge.Their decision to raise the price again was bound to be unpopular. She had no intention of hurting/to hurt him. She was just too outspoken. The army attacked the plane desp

58、ite the terrorists threat to kill the hostages. The director was dreadfully upset by the famous stars refusal to play the part of the villain. Although he worked day and night, he didnt have the slightest desire of taking/to take a rest for a moment. I accepted his offer to take me to the fun park.

59、He regretted his failure to attend his daughters wedding ceremony. There was a lot of controversy about the proposal to build/for building a nuclear power station in the suburbs. She told me of her wish to go abroad. The competition was held with the aim of encouraging new writers. Mrs. Brown remind

60、ed her husband of his promise to buy his son a new bicycle. The zoologists started the journey in the tropical forest with the sole object of finding and filming rare creatures. Fuels for heating being scarce, the scientists put forward the suggestion of using solar energy. Vocabulary Work & Raise Q