Unit 6 Going west (詳案)

2. learn some language points.
step 1 revision
1.what can we learn from this text?
when we come across problems, we shouldn’t try to escape. instead , we should learn to face reality and solve the problems. as long as we overcome the difficulties and never give up, we will achieve our goals and succeed. more over, we all have dreams in our heart. as long as we insist and keep making great efforts, i believe we will make our dreams come true one day.
2.consolidation
in the ______ of 1845, after his father read a book about _________, he decided to _____ there. his family and many other families ________ for their journey by the middle of october. after traveling through _________, they had to spend __________ in kansas. until ____________ , they wouldn’t leave. they traveled by day. on november4, 1846, they entered __________ and soon lost their way. due to lack of ______________, the oxen had no strength to pull the wagons and were burnt. people had no choice but to cover another 500 miles ________. at last, they _________ all the difficulties and got to the west on the morning of _____________. they started their new life there.
keys: spring, california, move, 4 states, the winter, april 12, 1846, the desert, water and grass, on foot, overcame, christmas day
step 2 language study
1. beyond [ ] 介詞 prep.
1).在（到）…較遠的一邊
what lies beyond the mountains? 山的那一邊有什么？
2).晚于；超過
this work is beyond my grasp. 這件工作非我力所能及。
don\'t stay there beyond midnight. 不要過了午夜還留在那兒。
3).為…所不能及；多于；超出
understanding this article is beyond my capacity（能力）. 我看不懂這篇文章。
it\'s quite beyond me why she married such a heavy smoker. 我實在無法理解為什么她會嫁給這樣一個煙鬼。
the fruit is beyond my reach. 那個果子我夠不著。
4). (常用于含疑問或否定意義的結(jié)構(gòu)中)除...之外
he has nothing beyond the house. 除這幢房子外,他別的什么也沒有。
* beyond all praise 贊美不盡 beyond belief難以置信
beyond compare 無與倫比的 beyond description無法形容
beyond words無法用語言表達
2.leave behind忘了帶;留下
i\'ve left my pen behind. 我忘了帶筆。
i’m afraid we must leave xiao lin behind.恐怕我們得把小林留下。
when he went to work in saudi arabia, he had to leave his family behind.
他前往沙特阿拉伯工作時，他不得不留下他的家人。
* leave sth aside 不考慮 leave alone不打擾
leave out遺漏 leave off停止
3.burden n.負(fù)擔(dān)；責(zé)任，義務(wù)：
the old man bent with a heavy burden on his back. 老人因背著重負(fù)而彎腰。
he could not carry the burden alone. 他一人挑不起這副擔(dān)子。
the burden of organizing the campaign fell to me. 組織這次活動的責(zé)任落到了我頭上