优品课件之上海新世纪英语高二全部课文及重点词组

优品课件

上海新世纪英语高二全部课文及重点词组

上海新世纪英语高二全部课文（包括

Additional Reading

）及重点

词组

高二第二学期

17. Words and their stories 18. English

proverbs 19. Tips on making a public speech 20. Keep it short

for the audience’s sake 21. Making friends 22. What does

friendship

mean

to

westerners?

23.

Adjo

24.

Ryan,

his

friends,

and his incredible torch run 25. The father of modern physics

26. The survival of the fittest 27. Miracle in the rice field

28. Newton’s three important laws 29. Oliver wants more

(Adapted from Oliver Twist Charles Dickens) 30. Enjoy the

classics 31. Is she guilty? (Adapted from The Prince and the

Pauper Mark Twain) 32. Mark Twain

高二第二学期

17. Words and

their stories EAGER BEAVER An eager beaver is a person who is

always

willing

to

do

and

is

excited

about

doing

what

is

expected

of

him.

Suppose,

for

example,

that

a

teacher

tells

his

students

they each must solve one hundred math problems before coming

to school the next day. The children complain about so much

homework.

But

one

student

does

not

protest

at

all.

That

student

is an eager beaver. He loves to do math problems, and does not

mind

all

the

homework.

The

expression

is

said

to

have

come

from

the name of a hard-working animal---the beaver. Beavers are

strange-looking

creatures.

They

spend

a

lot

of

time

in

the

water,

building dams to create little lakes or ponds. They use their

huge

teeth

and

work

hard

to

cut

down

trees,

remove

branches

and

put them across streams. They use their tails to pack mud on

the branches

to

make

the

dams

solid. Few other animals work

so

hard. Historians say the beaver had an important part in the

settlement of North America. There were hundreds of millions

of beavers when European settlers first arrived. The settlers

put

great

value

on

the

fur

of

beavers.

In

fact,

for

two

hundred

years

or

more,

beavers

provided

the

most

valuable

fur

in

North

优品课件

America. Beaver skins often used as money. Young men looking

for adventure headed west across the country to search for

beavers. In their search, they explored much of the western

territories. The trading posts, where they exchanged beaver

skins for the goods they needed, became villages, and later

towns

and

cities.

IT’S

IN

THE

BAG

The

bag

---one

of

the

simplest

and

most

useful

things

in

every

man

or

woman’s

life

---has

given

the world many strange expressions that are not very simple.

A number of these expressions are widely used in the United

States

today.

Some

were

imported

from

England

a

long

time

ago.

When

you

are

sure

of

something,

you

can

say,

“It’s

in

the

bag.”

This phrase seemed to have arrived with the modern paper bag.

Before,

Americans

used

to

say,

“It’s

all

wrapped

up.”

Then,

things you bought were wrapped in plain brown paper, or

sometimes

in

old

newspaper.

Another

widely

used

expressions

is

“to

let

the

cat

out

of

the

bag”,

meaning

to

reveal

a

well

-kept

secret.

No

one

can

explain

how

the

cat

got

into

the

bag,

or

why

it

remained

there.

But

there

is

an

old

story

about

it.

Long

ago

tradesman sold things in large cloth bags. Once a woman asked

for a pig. The tradesman held up his cloth bag. Inside there

was supposed to be a live pig. The woman asked to see it. When

the

dishonest

tradesman

opened

the

bag,

out

jumped

a

squealing

cat,

not

a

pig.

The

tradesman’s

secret

was

out:

he

was

tricky,

and now everybody knew it. 18. English proverbs Characters

Teacher

of

English:

Ms

Smith

(MS)

Students:

Li

(LI),

Mao

(MA),

Anne (AN), Rivera (RI) MS: Good morning, everyone. I hope you

all

know

what

we

are

here

for.

The

topic

of

our

discussion

this

morning

is

“English

Proverbs”.

LI:

So,

I’m

in

the

right

group.

MA: Me, too. RI: Me, too. MS: But I was told we would have

four…and yet… AN: I’m coming. Good morning. Am I late? MS:

Morning. “Speak of angels and you hear their songs.” AN: Is

优品课件

that

a

proverb

referring

to

my

coming?

MS:

Exactly.

LI:

We

have

a saying in Chinese, which I think is very close in m

eaning…

MA: Speak of Cao Cao and he appears. MS: Right. Well, “first

things

first”.

A

proverb

is

a

traditional

saying

which

offers

advice

or

presents

a

moral

in

a

short

and

brief

manner.

A

proverb

normally

is

a

sentence,

into

which

the

writer

often

works

rhyme.

For

instance,

“East

or

west,

home

is

best.”

Sometimes

it

comes

out in the form of a phrase. MA: I’ve seen dictionaries of

proverbs.

MS:

Well,

there

are

thousands

of

proverbs.

They

fall

into three main categories. Those of the first type take the

form

of

abstract

statements.

They

express

general

truths.

Here

are two good examples: “One is never too old to learn.” and

“A

man

who

neglects

his

studies

in

youth

will

regret

it

in

later

years.” RI: I think there is some truth in both proverbs. To

encourage

a

person

who

has

had

little

education

for

some

reason

as

a

young

man,

we

may

use

the

former.

With

us,

I

guess

the

latter

works.

MS:

So

you

have

to

keep

this

in

mind.

Never

use

proverbs

out of context. “One man’s meat is another man’s poison.”

LI: I see. Then, what is the second type? MS: The second type

uses specific observations from everyday experience to make a

general

point.

AN:

“Don’t

put

all

your

eggs

in

one

basket.”

Does

it

fall

into

the

second

category?

MS:

You’re

right,

dear.

Then the third type consists of sayings from particular areas

of traditional customs and beliefs. “After dinner, rest a

while;

after

supper,

walk

a

mile.”

is

an

example

of

this

type.

Such proverbs are often related to agriculture, the seasons,

and

the

weather.

LI:

Many

people

hold

the

opinion

that

proverbs

are

going

out

of

fashion.

Is

that

true?

MS:

The

fact

is,

as

some

old ones are falling into disuse, new ones are being created.

The

computer

world

has

recently

given

us

lots

of

them.

AN:

I’ve

got

one:

“Rubbish

in,

rubbish

out.”

MA:

It

also

goes

“Garbage