上外版综合英语1Unit7whenlightningstruck

1、Unit 7When Lightning StruckWarm-up questions Have you ever gone travelling by air? How did you feel the first time on a plane?What happened to the plane in the video?Can you retell what people were doing in the video?1. 2.The plane has been hijacked.Some were calling back home at the very last momen

2、t of their lives. Some were praying to God. Imagine that your plan has been struck by lightning. What will you do?Role-play1. What happened to the plane? And what did it have to do?The plane was hit by lightning. As a result, it was jolting and swerving. It had to make an emergency landing in New Or

3、leans.2. What is the writers purpose of presenting her extraordinary and unforgettable travel experience on an airplane? To eulogize her fellow passengers, praise their fine deeds and inspire others to copy them.Text Analysis3. What about the tone of the text? The tone is objective and emotional, wi

4、th concrete or detailed accounts of the actual situations and touching scenes.Text AnalysisHow is the plot developed or organized? The plot is developed or organized by means of the natural time sequence of the happenings (chronological order). Structural AnalysisParagraphsMain ideaThe author tells

5、us about the setting and the unexpected happening, and introduces some main characters including the writer.This part narrates and delineates the feelings, thoughts, and actions of the writer and other passengers on the plane when they were faced with the dangerous situation.Structural Analysis1-45-

6、9ParagraphsMain ideaThis part tells the readers what the passengers saw and did after they landed safely.These two paragraphs constitute the last part of this story.Structural Analysis10-1213-14Detailed ReadingPart I( Para.1-4):1.What must have happened to the author s plane when she was in the bath

7、room? The plane must have been hit by the lightning.2.What do you know about the girl who was seating beside the author? She is from a small town in east Texas, and this was only her second time on an airplane. She had won a trip to England by competing in a high school geography bee and was suppose

8、d to make a connecting flight when the plane landed in Newark.Part I( Para.1-4):3.Why did the young businessman look worried? Because he knew that there was sth wrong with the plane, which was showing signs of a terrible tragedy.4.What did the pilot decide to do? The pilot decided to make an emergen

9、cy landing in New Orleans.5. Why did many passengers never pay attention to the emergency procedures instruction before take-off? Because they thought they would have already died of terror if they ever got to the point where they needed to use life jacket.Detailed ReadingStrike (v./n.) : struck str

10、uckv.: 1.Subject (sb/sth) to an impact; hit (sb/sth) 使（某人/某物）遭受撞击; 打, 击, 敲（某人/某物）e.g.: He struck the table a heavy blow with his fist. 2. If something such as an illness or disaster strikes, it suddenly happens. (过去分词也可用stricken)e.g.: A powerful earthquake struck the Italian island of Sicily early t

11、his morning.Collocation:strike a balance (between A and B) find a sensible middle point between two demands, extremes, etc; compromise 找到折衷办法e.g.: It was difficult to strike the right balance between justice and expediency. 在公正与私利之间很难两全.Detailed Readingn.: When there is a strike, workers stop doing

12、their work for a period of time, usually in order to try to get better pay or conditions for themselves.e.g.: Staff at the hospital went on strike.Derivation:stricken (adj.): (by/with sth)Affected or overcome (by sth unpleasant) 经受、遭受e.g.: stricken by poverty=poverty-stricken 贫困不堪的 grief/panic/terro

13、r/earthquake-strickenDetailed ReadingSlam (v./n.)v.: shut loudly and with forcee.g.: slam the door/window slam the door in sbs face 把某人砰地一声关在门外，拒绝见某人 slam dunk 灌篮n.: noise of sth being slammed e.g.: the slam of a car door 关汽车门时发出的声音Detailed ReadingSwerve (v./n.)v.: suddenly turn to one side while mo

14、ving alonge.g.: The bus swerved to the right, bumped against a tree, and slid into a ditch.n.: a sudden turn to one sidee.g. : The car made a sudden swerve to avoid the dog.Comparison:swirl: turn around quickly in a circular movement 打旋，旋动，起旋涡Detailed ReadingThe snow glows white on the mountain toni

15、ghtNot a footprint to be seenA kingdom of isolation and it looks like Im the queenThe wind is howling like this swirling storm insideCouldnt keep it in, heaven knows Ive triedDont let them in, dont let them seeBe the good girl you always have to beConceal, dont feel, dont let them knowWell, now they

16、 knowLet it go, let it goCant hold it back anymoreLet it go, let it goTurn away and slam the doorI dont care what theyre going to sayLet the storm rage onThe cold never bothered me anywayScramble(v.)v.: 1.climb up or over something with difficulty, using your hands to help youe.g.: The boys scramble

17、d over the wall.Translation (P 133)我爬上峭壁，以便饱览大海的景色。I scrambled up the cliff for a good view of the sea.Detailed ReadingScramble(v.)2. Struggle or compete with others, esp. to get sth. or a share of sth. e.g.: The children scrambled for the coins.It was raining cats and dogs, and many people were scr

18、ambling madly for shelter.Detailed ReadingProcedure (n.) 程序，手续，步骤，工序e.g.: He is familiar with export procedure. 他对出口程序很熟。Whats the procedure for opening a bank account? 在银行开帐户要办什么手续？Detailed ReadingDrill (n.)1. practice session to test peoples knowledge of this 演习e.g.: Therell be a fire-drill this m

19、orning. 今天上午有消防演习.2. procedures (to be followed in an emergency)（紧急情况下的）步骤, 方法, 措施，手续e.g.: lifeboat drill 救生艇上的应急措施Whats the drill for claiming expenses? 费用报销的手续, 是怎样的?3. exercises, military exercises 练习，军事训练e.g.: pronunciation drills 发音练习Detailed ReadingPart II( Para.5-9):1. How did the writer reas

20、sure the high school girl?The writer reassured her that they were doing to make it. What a story youre going to tell when you get home!she said. After this, Londons going to seem like small potatoes.”2. How did the glamorous young woman comfort the writer? The glamorous young woman across the aisle

21、reached over when she saw how scared the writer was. Holding tightly the writers hand with her ringed hand, the young woman confided in her Southern drawl, I tell you, the problems I brought up on this plane with me sure dont seem real big right now.Are you Okay? she kept asking the writer.Detailed

22、ReadingPart II( Para.5-9):3. What could be heard as the plane jolted and screeched its way downward? Small pockets of soothing conversation.4. What is suggested about the wonderful gift of the authors friends dying father? The peacefulness of ones last moment of life. Detailed ReadingPull oneself to

23、gether:Control ones feelings使自己镇定，使自己冷静下来e.g.: He was able to pull himself together in the face of danger and hardship.Translation: (P133)别像个孩子似的，要控制住你自己！Stop acting like a baby/child. Pull yourself together!Detailed ReadingReassure (v.) If you reassure someone, you say or do things to make them sto

24、p worrying about something.e.g.:reassure sb about sthThe police reassured her about her childs safety.reassure thatTranslation: (P133)董事长力图让股东们放心，公司业绩不佳的情况不会再发生。The chairman/The president of the board of directors made efforts/an effort/every effort to reassure the shareholders that the companys bad

25、 results would not be repeated.Detailed ReadingDerivation:reassuring (adj.) that reassures 使人消除恐惧或疑虑的; 使人放心的e.g.: a reassuring glance 使人恢复信心的目光Detailed ReadingConfide (vt.)Tell sb secrets and personal information that you do not want other people to know 吐露，倾诉 Confide sth to sbe.g.: Why didnt you co

26、nfide the secret to me? confide to sb thate.g.: He came and confided to me that he had spent five years in prison.Compare:Confident /knfdnt/ (adj.): 自信的Confidant /knfdnt/ (n.): 知己， 密友Confidential /knfdenl/ (adj.) : 机密的Detailed Readingconfide in sb trust sb enough to tell a secret to him 充分信赖某人e.g.:

27、Jane felt she could only confide in her mother.Translation: (P133)他是个非常隐秘的人，从不向任何人透露自己的秘密。Being very much a private man, he does not confide in anyone.Detailed ReadingIndiscriminate (adj.)Not carefully chosen不加选择的，不加鉴别的Indiscriminate in sthindiscriminate in his choice of friends择友不慎重Translation: (P1

28、33)我们憎恨恐怖分子对普通人不对区别的施暴行为。We all hate the terrorists indiscriminate violence against ordinary people.Derivation:Discriminate (v.)Discriminating=discriminatory (adj.)Discrimination (n.)e.g.: racial, sexual, religious, political discrimination 种族 性别 宗教 政治.歧视Detailed ReadingPanic (v./n.) : panicked pani

29、ckedHave a sudden feeling of fear that makes one act without thinking carefully惊恐，惊慌e.g.: The crowd panicked at the sound of the guns.Collocation:In (a) panic处于恐慌中Throw into a panic 使慌乱panic sb. into doing sth.e.g.: The protests became more violent and many landowners were panicked into leaving the

30、country.Detailed ReadingPart III( Para.10-12):1. How did the passengers react to their safe landing?After they landed safely, the passengers felt greatly relieved, thinking that they were fortunate enough. They clung together. They chatted about the lives they now felt blessed to be living, as diffi

31、cult or rocky as they might be.2.What acts of kindness were done after the safe landing? After the safe landing, the young businessman lamented that he did not have a chance to buy his two little girlas a present. An older woman offered him her box of expensive chocolates, still untouched, tied with

32、 a lovely bow. The writers glamorous aisle mate took out her cellphone and passed it around to anyone who wanted to make a call to hear the reassuring voice of a loved one.Detailed ReadingPart III( Para.10-12):3.Why did the authors aisle mate take out her cell phone? To let anyone who wanted to make

33、 a call to hear the reassuring voice of a loved one.4.What had the writers husband been complaining about? The writers husband had been complaining that he wasnt getting to see very much of his wife because of her book tour.Detailed ReadingTransfer (v./n.)move from one place, job, position, etc. to

34、another调动，转移，转让e.g.:The head office has been transferred from London to Cardiff.He transferred the ownership of the house to his wife.-r- or rr-:/f/: differed, offered, suffered/f/: inferred, preferred, referred, transferredDetailed ReadingTrans-:having changed from one thing to anothertransfer 转移tr

35、ansport运输 transform 使变形，使改观 transmit 传送Practice:1) In the last 20 years Korea has been _ into an advanced industrial power. 2) The company has _ to an eastern location.Detailed Readingtransformedtransferredalternative (adj./n.)adj.: that can be used instead of something else可用以代替其它事物的; 另一可选用的e.g.: W

36、e returned by the alternative road.n.: choice of two or more possibilities 可能性中的选择e.g.: You have the alternative of marrying or remaining a bachelor. 你可以结婚也可以仍做单身汉, 任你选择Derivation:alternate (adj.)： 交替的，轮流的 (v.): （使）交替Detailed ReadingCling (vi.) clung clunghold tightly; stick firmly 紧抓住，紧紧抱住Cling (on

37、) to sb/sthe.g.: They clung to one another as they said good-bye.His wet shirt clung to his body.Collocation:cling (on) to (a belief, idea, feeling, etc.):continue to think that is it true even when this seems extremely unlikely 舍不得放弃，坚持e.g.: We clung to the hope that we might see her again one day.

38、Detailed Readinglament (vi./vt.): 1.express sorrow or regret (for)为（某人/某事）感到悲痛; 哀悼; 痛惜lament (for/over) sb/sthe.g.: The whole country lamented the death of their great leader.lament (for) a dead friend 哀悼亡友 lament (over) ones misfortunes 悲叹自己的不幸2.Complain 抱怨e.g.:Shes always lamenting the lack of spo

39、rts facilities in town. 她总是抱怨城里缺少体育设施.Detailed Readinganticipate (vt.): 1. Expect 期待anticipate sth/doing sthe.g.: We anticipate hearing from you again. Organizers are anticipating a large crowd at the party.2. Feel or realize beforehand; foresee预见，预料e.g.: A good general can anticipate what the enemy

40、 will do. 善战的将领能预知敌军动向.Translation: (P133)我们预料敌人可能设法过河，所以我们把桥摧毁了。We anticipated that the enemy would try to cross the river. That was why we destroyed the bridge.Detailed Reading3. Act in advance so as to prevent 抢先于某人做某事e.g.: Earlier explorers probably anticipated Columbuss discovery of America. 早期的探险家可能在哥伦布之前已发现美洲. We anticipated their complaint by writing a full report. 我们没等他们投诉就抢先写好了一份详尽的报告. Derivations:anticipatory(adj. ):预先的anticipation(n.): 预料，预期，预测Detailed ReadingPart IV( Para.13-14):1. Why does the