Unit1knowyourselfReading.ppt

Language points paragraph 1 1. “Wu Wei is a born artist,” said his best friend. [解析]born adj. 天生的；问世的；诞生的 既可作定语修饰名词，又可作状语修饰形容词。 [短语]born rich 天生富有 born leader 天生的领袖 In all one’s born days 一生中；有生以来 e.g. 我认为他天生愚笨 I think he was born stupid. paragraph 1 2.His sculptures for the town square have won high praise from the art community. [解析]praise n.赞扬，赞美，表扬 [短语]receive praise 接受赞美 give praise 表扬 high praise 高度赞扬 praise sb to one’s face 当面表扬某人 e.g. 他赞扬她的勇气 He praised her for her courage. 朋友们的赞扬使这个孩子很自豪。 The praises of his friends made the body feel very proud impress sb. with sth. 用…...给某人留下印象 Practise 3. Wu Wei, the young artist, has impressed the whole country with his creative work. The girl impressed her friends with her excellent drawing skills. 她极好的绘画技巧给她的朋友们留下了很深的印象。 paragraph 1 paragraph 2 1.Su Ning gave up her job as an accountant five years ago and started to work for the sales department in a big company. [短语]Give up sth 放弃某物 Give up doing sth=stop doing sth 放弃做某事 e.g.你最好戒烟。它对你的健康有害。 you’d better give up smoking.It’s bad for your health. paragraph 2 2. Life is like a race. [解析]比赛,赛跑; 竞争 [短语] race of life 人生的历程 race between …之间的竞赛 e.g. 十四中的6个学生报名参加了赛跑。 Six students from No. 14 Middle School entered for the race. paragraph 2 3. You either take the lead or fall behind. （1）[解析] 处于领先地位 [短语] under the lead of 在…的领导下 e.g.日本在汽车生产中居首位。 Japan has taken the lead in car production. 他们带头做试验。 They took the lead in making the experiments. v. n. paragraph 2 （2）[解析] 领导，带领 [短语] lead to 通向 e.g.条条道路通罗马,殊途同归。 All roads lead to Rome. 这条路通向我家。 This road leads to my home. v. paragraph 2 （2）fall behind [解析] 落后 [短语] fall down 跌落，掉下 fall off 从…掉下来 fall back 后退 fall over 向前摔倒 e.g. 不要逾期缴房租。 Don’t fall behind in my work since last week