新概念4B Unit46_Expensive_and_uncomfortable.ppt

Listen and answer Questions on the text: Where did the plane from London arrive? What did workers unload from it? Was one of the boxes extremely heavy or not? What did a worker do? What did he find on top of a pile of woollen goods? Was the man arrested or not? How much did he have to pay? How much does an ordinary ticket cost? Listen and fill in the blanks. 【Fill in blanks】 When a plane from London ___________Sydney airport, workers began to ______ a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing. No one could ___________the fact that one of the boxes was extremely______. It suddenly ___________one of the workers to _______the box. He was __________at what he found. A man was lying __________on top of a pile of wooden goods. He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to__________. After he was arrested, the man admitted _______in the box before the plane left London. He had had a _____________________trip, for he had been confined to the wooden box for over_________________. The man was ordered to pay _________for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is_________! Read loudly The text 【课文讲解】 1.When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unloade a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing. cloth是指做衣服用的“布、布料”。 clothes是指平时挂在嘴边的“衣服”的意思。比如: 多穿衣服－wear more clothes； 你的衣服真漂亮－Your clothes are very beautiful. 注意：clothes是复数形式名词，谓语动词用复数形式。 clothing是“衣服的总的称呼”， “服装”。十分正式。比如: “童装”－children’s clothing； “吃、穿、住”－food，clothing and shelter。其谓语动词是单数形式。 account for = explain 说明…的原因、对…作出解释 (1)The bad weather in England accounts for Harrison’s decision to leave the country. (2) He could not account for his absence from school. No one could account for the fact that… 谁也弄不清楚……这样一个事实 account做名词:帐户 on account of表示“因为”； take sth. into account表示“把…考虑进去” that从句为fact的同位语从句，说明fact的具体内容。 3. It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up t