Lesson 4 First Impressions教案
☆vocabulary: opposites
●you can often make opposites of adjectives using a prefix.
example able/unable, pleased/displeased, considerate/inconsiderate
use prefixes to make opposites of the underlined words.
peter is very organized and reliable. he is also sociable, sensitive and tolerant. he seems interested in or aware of other people’s feelings and is often kind. when you ask him for something, he is always sympathetic and helpful. i think he must be very satisfied with his life.
answers: unreliable, intolerant, unaware, unkind, unsympathetic, unhelpful, dissatisfied
●sometimes adjectives have a direct opposite.
example old/young, short/tall
●think of opposites for these adjectives:
bad-tempered, generous, hard-working, nervous, shy, strong
answers: good-tempered, mean, lazy, confident, out-going, weak
●now use adjectives to write five sentences about yourself and people you know.
example i am sometimes disorganized, but usually i am reliable.
writing and speaking
☆ make notes about the first time you met someone.
who/when/where you met
xiaoming (my new neighbour), last month, in the street
what he/she was doing
going into his house with his bike
what he/she said or did
asked about my family/showed me his cat
what he/she seemed like
cheerful, a bit shy
language points:
1.the day that i met my best friend for the first time i was in a terrible mood.第一次遇到我最好的朋友那天，我情緒很壞。
in a …mood 帶著某種情緒。如：
let’s discuss it in a calm mood.讓咱們心平氣和地討論這件事。
i am in no mood for that. 我可沒(méi)情緒。
2. i was getting more and more annoyed and of course, the more displeased i got, the less i was able to concentrate.我越來(lái)越煩躁，當(dāng)然了，我越不高興，就越難集中精力。
more and more 越來(lái)越…。如：
he became more and more interested in playing tennis. 他越來(lái)越喜歡打網(wǎng)球。
e-commerce has become more and more popular as people have discovered the advantages of online shopping.電子商務(wù)越來(lái)普及，因?yàn)槿藗儼l(fā)現(xiàn)了網(wǎng)上的購(gòu)物的好處。
3. i turned around and glared at the person who was humming.我轉(zhuǎn)身怒視著那個(gè)哼唱的人。
glare at 怒視。如
the fighting men were glaring at each other. 兩個(gè)打斗的男人憤怒地對(duì)視著。
the angry father glared at his son. 憤怒的父親瞪著兒子。
4.the fact that she looked like a sensitive, friendly girl didn’t wipe the frown off my face however, if anything, it made me even angrier.她看起來(lái)是個(gè)善解人意的友善的女孩，但這并沒(méi)有拂平我緊皺的眉頭，而是平添了我?guī)追峙瓪狻?br>句中that 所引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)同位語(yǔ)從句。
緊跟在名詞之后并說(shuō)明該名詞是指何人何物的詞語(yǔ)稱為同位語(yǔ)。如：