The United Kingdom(Period 4 Language Focusing)
t: “set”here means“decide or establish”.in english there are many“set”phrases, which are very useful.here are the explanations to some“set”phrases.please write down the“set”phrases in the bracket before each of them.
1.( )to behave in a way that shows others how to behave
2.( )to allow someone to be free
3.( )to start doing something especially something that needs a lot of time and effort
4.( )to keep something especially money and time, for a special purpose and only use it for that purpose
5.( )to write about something so that you have a record of it
6.( )to start to go somewhere
7.( )to place or build something such as a sign or statue somewhere
s: no.1 set an example; no.2 set sb.free; no.3 set about doing sth./set out to do sth.; no.4 set sth.aside; no.5 set down; no.6 set off; no.7 set up.
t: excellent.
s: in the fourth paragraph, there is a word“thrill”.how can we use this word?
t: the word“thrill”can be a noun and a verb.as a noun, it means a sudden strong feeling of excitement and pleasure, or the thing that makes you feel this.as a verb, it means to make someone feel excited and happy.hence, we have“thrilling”(exciting) and“thrilled”(excited).look at the following sentence: i always take a thriller to read on the train.what does“thriller”mean?please pay special attention to the context.
s: it means a person who feels thrilled.
t: does anyone have a better explanation?
s: it must refer to something instead of someone.
t: you are right.“thriller”refers to a book or film that tells an exciting story about murder or crime.
t: if you have some other questions, please come to ask me after class.
step 4 consolidation
t: turn to page 50 and try to finish part 2.read these phrasal verbs and use them correctly in the passage.
(teacher gives the students several minutes to finish the task.)
(teacher checks the answers with the whole class.)
s: no.1 consists of; no.2 break away from; no.3 take the place of; no.4 divided into; no.5 break down; no.6 left out.
step 5 homework
1.revise all the difficult words and phrases in this unit.
2.find out the phrases from the text to fill in the blanks:
1) 與……連結__________ 2) 令某人驚訝的是__________
3) 到處尋找, 觀光__________ 4) 睜大眼睛__________
5) 在特殊的場合__________ 6) 為了紀念……__________
7) 拍一張照片__________ 8) 展出__________