Unit 12 Western China教案

by the way, a new teacher              to teach us. she’s a volunteer from guangzhou. she’s been to many places and has shown us some of her photos. she often tells us interesting stories. we all like her. right now, she’s gone to xi’an to buy some computers for our school. also, we have a new school library. there are many new books and magazines. i borrowed harry potter from the library yesterday. have you heard of it? i can’t wait to read it.
we have a telephone in our house now. give me your phone number so that i can call you.
looking forward to hearing from you soon.
best wishes!
brain
 
（三）詞匯
  1. amaze      v. —— cause surprise
your knowledge amazes me.   
你豐富的知識讓我大吃一驚。
it amazed us to hear that you were leaving.
we were amazed to hear that you were leaving.
聽到你要走，我們都大吃一驚。
to my amazement i got there first.
令我吃驚的是，我是第一個到的。
2. discover       —— v. to find (something that already existed but was not known about before)
columbus discovered america in 1492.
哥倫布于1492年發現美洲。
—— v. to find out (a fact, the answer to a question or problem.)
we soon discovered the truth.
我們很快就查明了真相。
n. discovery
3. reflect          —— v. to throw back
the mirror reflects my face.
鏡子照出我的臉。
the mountains were reflected in the lake.
山在湖面上反映出來。
—— to express, make clear, show
his behaviour reflects his lazy attitude to work.
       他的行為反映了他對待工作的懶惰態度。
4. admire     —— v. to think of or look at with pleasure and respect
i admire her for the way she solve the problem.
我欽佩她解決問題的方法。
he gave her an admiring look.
他向她投以贊賞的一瞥。
he’s always looking in the mirror, admiring himself!
他常常對著鏡子自我欣賞！
5. a volunteer from…              
6. can’t wait to do sth.
7.in one’s life            
8. borrow …from…
9.hear from sb.     
10 hear of …     
11. take a look         
12. look forward to doing sth.
13.buy sth. for sb.             
    =buy sb. sth.
14. watch sb. doing sth./do sth.