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Seven The Greatest Invention(2011-03-17
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Lesson Seven The Greatest Invention
Work
Discuss
the following questions.
1)
In
the
story,
the
scientist
said,
“I
do
not
work
for
use,
but
for
wonder.”
Great
scientists
like
Newton,
Darwin
or
Einstein
might
have
the
same
thing.
But
on
the
other
hand,
a lot
of
other
scientific
and
technological
discoveries
have
been
the
result
of
very
careful
planning
and
have
been
made
to
meet
very
practical
needs.
What
is
your
view
on
this?
Which
do
you
think
produces better results, “the idle
curiosity” of scientists or their “purposeful
effort”?
2) Do
you think terrorism is justifiable for small
nations or nationalities who have “just
aspirations”
and yet do not have any
other way to make their voice heard or their
demand taken seriously?
Interview other
students. Summarize their ideas and be prepared to
present them to the class.
lary
1. Practice
using the rules of word formation.
1) Examine how the words “socialism”
and “warmth” are formed. Find out the meaning of
the
suffixes
“
-
ism” and
“
-
th” with the help of a
dictionary.
socialism:
＋
warmth:
＋
2)
Turn
the
following
into
words
ending
in
the
suffix
“
-
ism”
and
then
give
their meaning.
And
more words to the list.
Example: capitalist
→
capitalism
communist internationalist
environmentalist Marxist
fascist nationalist
feudalist racist
idealist realist
industrialist socialist
sexist
3) Complete the sentences based on the
Chinese in the brackets.
(1) (
信念
) will
move mountains.
(2) This
book shows the author
’
s
(
高深
) of learning.
(3) We were stunned by the
(
宽度
) of the waterfall.
(4)
(
真理
) lies at the bottom of
life.
(5) In the
confrontation between the stream and the rock, the
stream always wins, not through
(
力量
) but by
perseverance.
(6)
(
健康
) is better than wealth.
(7) I closed my eyes and
felt the (
温暖
) of the sun on
my face.
(8)
(
财富
) is only yours when you
enjoy it but not when you just have it.
(9) Alfred
Nobel
’
s name has brought
fame and glory to others since his
(
死亡
). But he felt he
should have died at
(
出生
) because his invention
had been used in wars to kill people.
(10) We perhaps
can
’
t control the
(
长度
) of our life but we can
control its (
宽度
) and
(
深度
).
2. Give words or expressions with
similar meanings.
1) to
change 8) to finish
2)
content (adj.) 9) wonderful
3) to exclaim 10) disaster
4) deadly 11) difference
5) decent (wines) 12) important
6) to dominate 13) effect
7) intelligence 14)
likewise
15) peculiar 18)
considerate
16) situation
19) reasonable
17) actually
20) wholly
3. Complete the
sentences with the expressions listed below in
their proper forms.
but for
to appeal to
to spur on if only
to the capable of
to turn out to aim at
to get rid of
to
let sth. loose
1) Something must be done
to the broken desks and chairs in the corridor.
They stand in our way.
2)
Each time she went out, she would her dog .
3) We had many anxious days
and sleepless nights, but things to be all right
in the end.
4) her
encouragement an
d generous help, I
wouldn’t have come to college.
5)
Professor
Robinson
giving
dates,
figures
and
names
from
memory.
He
seldom
refers
to
his
nots.
6) He
winning two gold medals at the 21st Universiade
and that him .
7) I had
been there, I would have had the chance to try my
English on him.
8) The city
government has the citizens to save water and
electricity.
9) I looked
for my ID card everywhere. As it , it was right
under the pillow.
10) Even
the most intelligent people making stupid mistakes
sometimes.
11)
By
joining
the
WTO,
China
is
further
improving
its
economic
cooperation
with
the
international community.
12) In his letter, he the
government for more support of agriculture.
4. Fill in the blanks with
appropriate prepositions or adverbs.
1) He said that he would regard our
gift a token of friendship.
2) “As a Chinese saying goes: seeing is
believing,” he went , “we hope more of your people
will
come to visit China.”
3) She came home a look of
joy and excitement because she had been admitted
the drama club.
4) Many
people think of safety a problem when going
a journey.
5) How can we be silent their attack on
us?
6) Dorothy opened her
eyes the sound of the door being opened.
7) She devoted her last
years of life caring for the disabled.
8) The parking lot is to be built
behind the hotel. It has been marked
already.
9) It
was foolish them to threaten others
sanctions(
制裁
).
10)
Just
like
the
children
in
the
city,
these
kids
were
also
born
the
right
to
receive
a
good
education.
11) When dinner was over, Mr. Fang and
I went the draft of the joint statement while we
went to
the acrobatic show.
12) George said nothing. He gazed the
distance, deep in thought.
5. Put the following into English.
1)
举一个例子
7)
驱使他（拼命地干）
2)
取得进步
8)
作出了一项发明
3)
散布细菌
9)
摧毁那个国家
4)
进行威胁
10)
实现他们的愿望
5)
给我看全过程
11)
统治世界
6)
把他吸引住
12)
（船）驶进大连港停泊
6. Choose the right word or
expression and put it in the proper form.
1) ?alive ? living ? live
(adj./ adv.)
(1) The court
issued an order for his arrest when they learned
that he was still .
(2)Scientists have made several
experiments with mice.
(3)
Things are getting better. Now people in most
rural areas can watch TV programs broadcast .
(4) The blue whale is the
largest animal.
2) ? able ?
capable
(1)
Helen
Keller
was
not
to
see
or
hear
or
talk
and
yet
she
learned
to
read
and
write,
and
to
become an
author.
(2) Computers are
of doing calculations billions of time in a
fraction of a second now .
(3) Mrs. Xu is a very woman. She is
successful in her career and she is a good mother
and wife,
too.
3) ? to check ? to examine ? to inspect
(1) I can't tell you
anything about this case. I have to the evidence
first.
(2) According to the
plan, the mayor had to a public school that
morning.
(3) I think the
door is licked. But I’ll go and .
(4) Did you our mail today?
I’m expecting a letter form my parents.
(5) I don’t like the way
they the students. It kills their interest in
learning.
7.
Examine
the
uses
of
“offer”
and
“work”
in
the
sentences
below.
List
other
possible
uses
of
these words and then make sentences
after the models.
So I
asked him if I might offer him a glass of wine.
(para.5) ( to offer sb. sth. )
Yes, he worked and he was working for
us on something wonderful. (para. 20)
( to work vi. ) ( to work on sth. )
Other possible of “offer”
and “work”:
offer:
work:
1) Up to now, they have not
offered any explanation yet.
2)TheUNDP(United Nations Development
Program) offered to cooperate with China in
improving
China’s land planning and
management.
3)
The company made an offer to train our workers.
4) I think it’s a good
plan. It’s going to work.
5) Don’t work her too hard .She’s still
weak.
6) I’ll be
at work from 7 to 10. So call me after
1
0. will you?
8.
Give the verb pattern of the underlined part in
the sentence below. List other possible adverbs
and then, using the pattern, put the
Chinese into English.
?
or that the influence of
the strange wine was over, … ( para.45)
Verb pattern:
Other possible adverbs:
1)
你去哪里？
( use
“
off
”
)
2
）贝克先生在外面散步。
3
）你从泰国回来多久了？
4
）他们还没有起床呢。
5
）为什么白天还开着灯？
6
）电影还在放呢，要到
10
点才能结束。
7
）汽车展览会已展出了两个星期了。
8
）李燕不在，她去武汉开会了。
9
）看完这些杂志后请放回原处。
10
）我妈不在家，她去办公室值夜
班了。
9. Put in
the missing words.
There
were three engineers in a car: an electrical
engineer, a chemical engineer and a microsoft
engineer. Suddenly the car (1)_______
by the roadside, and the three engineers looked at
each
other (2)_______ what could be
wrong and what could be (3) .
The electrical engineer (4) that they
strip down the eletronics of the car and try to
trace (5) a
fault
might
have
(6) .
The
chemical
engineer,
not
(7)
much
about
cars,
said
that
the
fuel
(8)
becoming
emulsified(
乳酪
) and getting
(9)_______ somewhere.
Then,
th
e
microsoft
engineer,
(10)
didn’t
know
much
about
anything,
came
(11)
with
a
suggestion,
“why
(12)
we
close
all
the
windows,
get
(13)
,
get
back
in
,
open
the
windows
(14)
,and maybe it will(15) !”
III Grammar
1
．
Complete the
sentences by translating the Chinese in brackets.
1) China’s national economy
achieved an increase of 7.8% in 2000,
(
正如不少经济学家所预料的那样
).
2)
(
正如一位科学家所说
), no invention is
the work of a single person.
3) These tales are described
(
作为西藏人民的一部史诗
).
4) (
就自然灾难而言
),
this earthquake is not too bad.
5) Joe and Delia finally decided to get
married (
正如双方家庭所希望的那样
).
6) Wuxi is known
(
中国的威尼斯
).
7) Liu Feng has a very large vocabulary
and is regarded
(
我们班的活字典
).
8)
(
众所周知
), Taiwan has been
China
’
s territory since
ancient times.
9) Customs
officers are forbidden to accept anything
(
作为礼品
)from
business people.
10) Global
warming has both negative and positive effects on
our environment,
(
如科学家所证
明的那样
).
2. Rewrite the sentences as
shown in the examples.
Example 1: To know if tomorrow week
will be fine is impossible.
→
It
’
s impossible
to know if tomorrow week will be fine.
Example 2: You would be surprised if
you realized how things have changed.
→
It would
surprise you to realize how things have changed.
Example 3: I had to work
for two hours before finishing the job.
→
It
took me two hours to finish the job.
Example 4: I wish Linda could win the
scholarship. How wonderful that would be.
→
It
would be wonderful if Linda could win the
scholarship.
Example 5: You
missed Professor Li’s lecture on
g
lobalization. What a pity.
→
It was a pity
that you missed Professor
Li
’
s lecture on
globalization.
1) To find a
qualified person for the position is not very
easy.
2) To deal with complaints
from difficult customers requires patience.
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