Unit 1  Making a difference

unit 1  making a difference
section i  課前準備、聽力、口語
1. genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine per- cent perspiration. 天才是百分之一的靈感加百分之九十九的汗水。(p.1 warming up 右圖上)
(1) genius天才，天資 [u]；有天才的人[c] 如: ① genius is needed to solve the problem. 解決這個問題需要天才。② wuthering heights is one of the most extraordinary books that human genius has ever produced.《呼嘯山莊》是人的天賦所創造出的是非凡的作品之一。③ shakespeare was a genius. 莎士比亞是個天才。
【短語】have a genius for... 在……方面有天賦。如: ① she has a genius for mathematics. 她有數學天賦。② your mother has a genius for managing such things. 你母親在管理這些事情上很有天賦。
(2) percent = per cent百分之…… 如: ① ten percent of the pupils are absent today. 今天有10%的學生缺席。② fifty percent of the work has been finished. 50%的工作已經完成。③ i think it's ninety percent probable. 我想有90%的可能。
【注意】用percent構成的短語作主語時，謂語動詞應根據of后的名詞確定。
【拓展】per 意為“每……”。如: per day 每天 / per week 每周 / per pound 每鎊 / per person 每人
2. it takes a very unusual mind to undertake the analy- sis of the obvious. 分析明顯存在的事物要非凡的頭腦。(p.1 warming up 左圖下) 教育博客
(1) mind表示“腦子，心(思)；有某類頭腦的人”時是可數名詞。教育博客如: ① he doesn't have a particularly complex mind. 他的頭腦并不特別復雜。教育博客② he is the greatest mind of our time. 他是我們這個時代最有頭腦的人。③ great minds generally look at life in a way peculiar to themselves. 智者通常以他們獨特的方式看待生活。教育博客
(2) undertake著手做，從事，承擔(undertook, under- taken) ① we can undertake the work for the time being. 教育博客暫時我們可以著手做這項工作。教育博客② she herself undertook the preparation of the room. 她親自布置房間。教育博客 ③ he undertook the leadership of the team. 他擔負起領導全隊的責任。教育博客
【拓展】undertake后接動詞時需用to do形式。如: ① next he undertook to pay off godwin's debts. 接下來他著手償清戈德溫的債務。② he undertook to finish the job by friday. 他答應在周五前完成這份工作。教育博客
【提示】undertake也可接賓語從句，意為“保證”。如: 教育博客 i'll undertake that all the cattle shall grow well. 我保證所有的牲畜都能長得好。教育博客
(3) it takes (sb.) sth. to do為固定句式，take意為“花費、需要”。如: ① that night it took him a long while to sleep. 那天晚上他很久沒睡著。② it takes two to make a quarrel. (prov.) 一個巴掌拍不響。(諺) ③ it took unusual courage and determination to break away from his family. 與他的家庭決裂需要非凡的勇氣與決心。教育博客