高中英语必修2 Unit6 Lesson 4.ppt

1、北师大 高一 (2) Unit 6,Lesson 4 Dream Houses,Unit 6 Design,Work in pairs. Discuss what your dream house would be like. Use the Key Words to help you.,Example: Id like a big, modern flat in central Shanghai. It would have ,Pre-reading,Key Words,houses: cottage, flat, house, palace, castle rooms: bathroom,

2、 bedroom, dining room, sitting room, hall, games room, kitchen,Different kinds of houses,Cottage,Flat / Apartment,Castle,Palace,Different kinds of rooms,Dining room,Sitting room,Washroom,Garage,Basement,games room,sitting room,dining room,kitchen,bedroom,bathroom,Sandra Cisneros,Sandra Cisneros is o

3、ne of the most interesting Latina writers in the USA. Her father was Mexican and her mother was Chicana. She is both a poet and short story writer. Conveying (传递) the riches of the Latin American Culture is the writers literary goal.,The author:,The House on Mango Street was about a dissatisfied lit

4、tle girl named Esperanza, the main character of the novel. She was brought up in a poor family.,An introduction to the book,Esperanza was a young girl of many hopes and dreams. One dream she had was to leave her childhood memories behind one day and live in a rich family with a nice husband and fami

5、ly. One remarkable thing about Esperanza was that she wanted to make herself different from all the other female genders (女性).,Reading,Read the text quickly. Which of these things did the girls dream house have?,A swimming pool, a big garden (yard) with trees, a balcony, running water, a games room,

6、 three washrooms, “real” stairs, a basement,balcony,running water,a basement,swimming pool,a yard with trees,Three washroom,games room,“real” stairs,Read the text carefully, finish the multiple-choices.,1. How many places the writer lived are mentioned in the text? A. one B. two C. six D. we dont kn

7、ow the exact number.,2. Which of the following statements about the house on Mango street is TRUE? A. We need to pay rent to landlord. B. The house is not a wanted house at all. C. We should share the garden with others. D. We cant make too much noise there.,3. A landlord is _. a businessman B. a pi

8、ece of land C. an owner of a house D. a cleaner,4. Why did they leave the flat on Loomis? A. Because the house was too old. B. Because water pipes broke and nobody would fix them. C. Because we should share the washroom with others and carry water by ourselves. D. All of the above.,5. Can you find o

9、ut the words in the text to replace them: garden, repair, toilet? yard, flat, pipe fence, fix, pipe C. gallon, fix, basement D. yard, fix, washroom,6. The passage is mainly about _. A. the places where they lived before moved to Mango street. B. the life on Mango street C. a dream house and a real h

10、ouse on Mango street D. the reasons why they moved to Mango street.,Answer these questions.,1) How many places has the girl lived in?,A lot/ She cant remember.,Post-reading,2) Where did she live before Mango Street? Why did they leave?,A third floor flat on Loomis. They had to leave because the wate

11、r pipes broke and the landlord wouldnt fix them.,3) Why did the girl want at least three bathrooms?,So that, when she took a bath, she wouldnt have to tell everybody.,4) Who did Mama and Papa talk to about their dream house?,To the children.,5) What do you think was the biggest problem with the hous

12、e on Mango Street?,Language points,rent n. 租金 v. 出租；租用 e.g. They let the house to me at a rent of 100 dollars a month. My friend moved away and I had to pay more rent. Tom rented this house from Mr. Little, and rented two rooms to Mrs. Addams.,1. , and we dont have to pay rent to anybody, ,hold ones

13、 breath 屏住呼吸 e.g. How long can you hold your breath? The whole hall held its breath to wait for the announcement of the winner of the first prize. The girl held her breath at the sight of the snake.,2. that youd think they were holding their breath.,catch ones breath 屏息；歇一口气 out of breath 喘不过气来 take

14、 breath 歇息 waste ones breath 白费口舌 take ones breath away 目瞪口呆; 大为惊讶,拓展,American British English,Do you know the difference between each of the two words?,apartment; flat gasoline; petrol long-distance call; trunk call second floor; first floor fall; autumn elevator; lift,Vocabulary,automobile; motor

15、car baggage; luggage bill; note canned goods; tinned goods department store; stores drawers; pants,Each pair has the same meaning, but the former is American usage and the latter is British usage.,A joke,Once a farmer from Oklahoma, USA travelled by ship to England. One morning he ordered a plate of

16、 biscuits as his breakfast. As he was thinking how to enjoy the fine food, he found the waiter brought him hard soda crackers. He was very surprised and angry. At that time a kind Englishman explained to him that biscuits means soda crackers in British English.,Find words in American English in the

17、text which mean the same as these: garden (line 9), to repair (line 14), toilet (line 15),Answers: 1 yard 2 to fix 3 washroom,Match the American words with the British ones (underlined) in the text below.,After the (1)holidays I moved into my new (2)flat. Its not in the (3)centre of the city, but it

18、s near an (4)underground station. Its on the,vacation,apartment,downtown area,subway,(5)ground floor of an old house. Its got a living room, a kitchen and a bedroom. The only problem is the (6)lorry which goes past at 7 oclock every morning to collect the (7)rubbish and which wakes me up!,first floor,truck,garbage,How many of the objects below can you see in the photo of the room from Fallingwater House?,Key words ceiling, walls, floor, door, window, French