新版人教版初中英语8年级下册 Unit 1 What's the matter？单元教案
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Unit 1 What’s the matter?
教材分析：
本单
元是改版后的八年级下册英语教材的第一个单元。主要讨论的话题是询问某人的
健康状况以及遇到麻烦的
表达方法。本单元涉及到大量的表示人体部分的单词以及关于身
体某部位不舒服的短语。此外，本单元还
涉及到党当人身体不适时，医生、朋友或亲人提
出的意见的表达法。本单元共有阅读类文章两篇，文章的
主体时态都为一般过去时。主要
句型为.What’s the matter
with…?”“What should I you he shethey… do?” “I you
he
shethey should do…?” “I have a
headachestomachachetoothache.” “Does shehe have a
fevercoldtoothache…?”总的来说，本单元的相关语法知识并不难。
教学目标：
1. 知识目标：
（1）掌握一些相关的词和词组：matter,
sore, have a cold, foot, neck, stomach, throat,
fever, lie,
lie down, rest, cough, toothache,
headache, break, hurt, passenger, get off, to
one’s
surprise, trouble, get into, climber, be
used to, sick, risk, herself, sunburned等;
（2）掌握反身代词的用法；enjoy oneself, help oneself to,
（3）掌握情态动词should的用法;
（4）掌握以下主要句型：
.
What’s the matter with…?”
“What should I you
he shethey… do?”
“I you he shethey should
do…”
“I have a headachestomachachetoothache.”
“Does shehe have a fevercoldtoothache…?”
2. 能力目标：
1.能够用英语询问某人的身体状况以及关心他人是否遇到麻烦；
2.提高学生合作学习、自主学习的能力。
3.并能熟练运用所学知识就过去活动进行描述，学生听说读写的能力得到提高。
4.会使用部分情态动词；
情感目标：
1.教会学生关心他人，培养同学间团结、友善的精神。2.通过本单元的
学习能引导学生关注自己及身边人的身体健康、并学习如何去关心他人及提出适当的建议。
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3.能使学生意识到要如何去保持健康并养成良好的生活习惯。4.培养学
生主动救助处于危险
境地的人的精神，在紧急关头，有勇气做出正确的决定。此外，生活中遇到困境，需
要有
坚强的意志力去面对一切。
教学难点：掌握情态动词should
shouldn’t. 的用法
学习have的用法
课时划分：
Section A1 1a – 2d
Section A2 3a-3c
Section A3 Grammar Focus-4c
Section B1
1a-2e
Section B2 3a-Self check
Section A 1 (1a – 2d)
Step 1 Warming up
and new words
1. Look at a picture and learn
the parts of the body.
2. New words and
phrases.
Step 2 Presentation
1a Look
at the picture. Write the correct letter [a-m] for
each part of the body.
___arm ___
back ___ ear ___ eye ___ foot
___hand ___ head ___ leg ___
mouth
___ neck ___nose ___ stomach
___ tooth
Step 3 Listening
1b
Listen and look at the picture. Then number the
names 1-5
Listen to the conversations
again and fill in the blanks.
Conversation 1
Nurse: What’s the matter,
Sarah?
Girl: I ___________.
Conversation
2
Nurse: What’s the matter, David?
Boy: I
_________________.
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Conversation 3
Nurse: What’s the
matter, Ben?
Boy: I _________________.
Conversation 4
Nurse: What’s the matter,
Nancy?
Girl: I _________________.
Conversation 5
Betty: What’s the matter,
Judy?
Ann: She __________________.
Step 4
Speaking
1c Look at the pictures. What
are the students’ problems? Make conversations.
Examples
A: What’s the matter
with Judy?
B: She talked too much
yesterday and didn’t drink enough water.
She
has a very sore throat now.
A: What’s the
matter with Sarah?
B: She didn’t take care of
herself on the weekend. She was playing with her
friends at the park yesterday. Then it got
windy, but she didn’t put on her jacket.
Now
she has a cold.
Step 5 Guessing games
Guess what has happened to the students by using
the important sentences.
Step 6 Listening
2a Listen and number the pictures [1-5] in the
order you hear them.
2b Listen again.
Match the problems with the advice.
Step 7
Speaking
2c Make conversations using
the information in 2a and 2b
A:
What’s the matter?
B: My head feels
very hot.
A: Maybe you have a
fever.
B: What should I do?
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A: You should take
your temperature.
Step 8 Role–play
Imagine
you are the school doctor. A few students have
health problems. Role-play a
conversation
between the doctor and the students.
2d Role
–play the conversation
Step 9 Language points
and summary
1. What’s the matter?
这是人们特别是医生和护士询问病人病情时最常用的问句,
意思是“怎么了?”其后通常
与介词with连用。类似的问句还有:
What’s
wrong? 怎么啦?
What’s wrong with you? 你怎么了?
What’s your trouble? 你怎么了?
What’s the
trouble with you? 你怎么了?
What’s up? 你怎么了?
2. have a cold伤风, 感冒, 是固定词组
表示身体不适的常用词组还有:
have a bad cold 重感冒
have a fever 发烧
have a headache 头痛
have a stomachache 肚子痛, 胃痛
have a
toothache 牙痛
Summary
1. 牙疼 have a
toothache
2. 胃疼 have a stomachache
3. 背疼
have a backache
4. 头疼 have a headache
5.
喉咙疼 have a sore throat
6. 发烧 have a fever
7. 感冒 have a cold
8. 躺下并且休息 lie down and
rest
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9. 喝热蜂蜜茶 drink hot
tea with honey
10. 喝大量水 drink lots of water
11. 看牙医 see a dentist
12. 量体温
take one’s temperature
13. 看医生 go to a
doctor
Step 10 Exercises
根据上下文意思填空。
Mandy: Lisa, are you OK?
Lisa: I _____ a
headache and I can’t move my neck. What ______ I
do? Should I
_____ my temperature?
Mandy: No, it doesn’t sound like you have a
fever. What _____ you do on the
weekend?
Lisa: I played computer _____ all
weekend.
Mandy: That’s probably why. You need
to take breaks _____ from the computer.
Lisa:
Yeah, I think I sat in the _____ way for too long
without moving.
Mandy: I think you should ____
down and rest. If your head and neck still hurt
tomorrow, then
go to a _______.
Lisa: OK.
Thanks, Mandy.
翻译下列句子。
1. 你怎么了？我头痛。
2. 他怎么了？他发烧
3. 李雷怎么了？他喉咙痛。他应该多喝水。
4.
如果你的头和脖子明天仍然疼的话，请去看医生。
Homework
Make
up a conversation between a doctor and a patient.
Section A 2 (3a – 3c)
Step 1 Presentation
Look at the
picture. Discuss what happened and then what we
should do.
Teacher: What happened in
the picture.
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Students:
Teacher: What should we do to
help them?
Students:
Teacher: Did the bus driver help them?
Students:
Step 2 Reading
3a Read the
passage and answer the following questions.
Do you think it comes from a newspaper or a book?
How do you know?
Did the bus driver
help the man and the woman?
3b Read the
passage again and check the things that happened
in the story.
1 ____ Wang Ping was the
driver of bus No.26 at 9:00 a.m. yesterday.
2
____ Bus No.26 hit an old man on Zhonghua Road.
3 ____ The old man had a heart problem and
needed to go to the hospital
right away.
4 ____ The passagers on the
bus did not want to go to the hospital, so only
Wang Ping went with the woman and
old man.
5 ____ Some passagers helped to get
the old man onto the bus.
6 ____ The old man
got to the hospital in time.
Step 3 Speaking
3c Discuss the questions with a partner.
Step 4 Languages points
1. ... when the
driver saw an old man lying on the side of the
road.
...... 这时司机看到一位老人正躺在路边。
观察与思考：
你能看出“看到某人正在做某事”的句型吗?
see sb.
doing sth. 看见某人正在做某事
e.g. When I pass the
window I see him drawing a picture.
see sb.
do sth. 看见某人做过某事
e.g. I often see him draw a
picture.
活学活用
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1)
我看见他时他正在河边玩。
I saw him _______ by the
river.
2) 我看见过他在河边玩。
I saw him _____ by
the river.
3) 我看着他过了桥。
I see him
______ across the bridge.
4) 我看见她正在洗碗。
I see her _________ the dishes.
2. The bus
driver, 24-year-old Wang Ping, stopped the bus
without thinking twice.
3. He only thought
about saving a life.
观察与思考：
你能看出“without
thinking”、“about saving a life” 的共同点吗?
共同点：介词
+ doing
介词 + 名词
宾格代词
doing
活学活用
用适当的形式填空。
1) I am fine. What about
____ (she)?
2) Thanks for ______ (tell) me
the story?
3) It is a sunny day. How about
_____ (go) fishing?
4) It is good to relax by
______ (use) the Internet or _________ (watch)
game shows.
4. But to his surprise, they all
agreed to go with him.
to one’s surprise
使......惊讶的是，出乎......意料
e.g. To their
surprise, all the students pass the exam.
Much to everyone’s surprise, the plan succeeded.
5. ... because they don’t want any trouble,
...
当trouble意为“困难；麻烦”时，是不可数名词。如：
I’m
sorry to give you so much trouble.
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(1) be in trouble意为“有困难；陷入困境”。
如:
He always asks me for help when he is in trouble.
(2) get sb. into trouble 意为“使某人陷入困境”。
如:
If you come, you may get me into trouble.
(3)
主语 + have has trouble (in) doing sth.
意为“某人在做某事方面有困难”。如:
I have some trouble (in)
reading the letter.
当trouble意为“麻烦事；烦心事”时，是可数名词。如：
She was on
the phone for an hour telling me her troubles.
【运用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空词数不限。
(1)
他认为每天吃饭是一件麻烦事。
He thinks that eating every
day is _________.
(2) 你知道你现在为什么处于困境吗？
Do you know why you _____________ now?
(3) 我妹妹在学习英语方面有困难。
My sister
_____________________ English.
6. right away
意为“立刻；马上”，和 in a minute 意思相近。例如：
I’ll be
there right away in a minute.
另外，right now和
at once也可表示“立刻; 马上”的意思。
【运用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空词数不限。
你必须马上出发。
You
must start
_________________________________________.
重点短语
1) 看到某人正在做某事
2) 让某人吃惊的是
3) 下车
4) 上车
5) 多亏，幸亏
6) 考虑
7) 同意做某事
8) 造成麻烦
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see sb. doing sth.
to one’s surprise
get off the bus
get
on the bus
thanks to
think about
agree
to do sth.
get into trouble
Step 5
Exercises
用括号内的词的适当形式填空。
1. The driver saw
an old man _____ (lie) on the road.
2. I sat
in the same way without ________ (move).
3.
He only thought about ______ (save) a life and
didn’t think about _______ (him).
4. The old
man needed _____ (go) to the hospital.
5. A
woman was ________ (shout) for help.
6. He
expected them ______ (get) off the bus.
Section A 3 (Grammar focus – 4c)
Step 1
Revision (Guessing game)
Look at the
pictures, guess what has happened and revise the
important points the students
have learned.
Step 2 Grammar focus
What’s the matter?
What’s the matter with Ben?
I have a
stomachache. You shouldn’t eat so much next
time.
He hurt himself. He has a sore
He should lie down and rest.
back.
Do
you have a fever?
Does he have a toothache?
Yes, I do. No, I don’t. I don’t know.
Yes, he does. He should see a dentist and get
an X-ray.
What should she do? She should
take her temperature.
Should I put some
medicine on
Yes, you should. No, you
shouldn’t.
it?
观察与思考
读以下四个句子，总结出have的用法。
have has
I have a
bag.
He has noodles for breakfast.
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I have a bad cold.
They have
a look at the picture.
用法展现
1. 作“有”讲。 如：
I have a bag. 我有一个包。
He has a
red cup. 他有一个红杯子。
2. 作“吃、喝”讲。如：
have
breakfast (吃早饭)
have tea (喝茶)
have a biscuit (吃块饼干)
have a
drink (喝点水)
3. 作“患病”讲。
have a cold,
have a fever
4. 固定短语
have a try,
have a look, have a party
活学活用
1. 她有许多好朋友。
She ____ lots of good friends.
2.
当我们感冒时，应该多喝水。
When we _____ bad colds, we
should drink more water.
3. 他早餐常吃鸡蛋。
He
____ eggs for breakfast.
4. 他昨天去参加聚会了。
He ___________ yesterday.
用法展现
should
should 属情态动词, 后接动词原形, 没有人称和数的变化。用于提出建议劝告别人。
should 的否定形式为 should not, 通常缩写为 shouldn’t。
1.
— Tom, I have a toothache. 汤姆, 我牙痛。
— You
should see a dentist. 你应当去看牙医。
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2. — I’m not feeling well these days. I
have bad cough.
这些天我身体不适, 老是咳嗽。
— You
shouldn’t smoke so much, I think.
我认为你不该抽这么多烟。
3. — Should I put some medicine
on it?
— Yes, you should. No, you
shouldn’t.
4. — What should she do?
—
She should take her temperature.
活学活用
1. —
She has a stomachache.
— She __________ eat
so much next time.
2. — Should she see a
dentist and get an X- ray?
— Yes, she
_______. No, she _________.
反身代词
反身代词
又称为自身代词，表示动作行为反射到行为执行者本身。它还可以在句中起到
强调的作用，用以加强语气
。
粉墨登场
英语中共有八个反身代词，在使用时应注意和它所指的相应的对象在人称、性
别、数上保持
一致。其基本形式如下表所示：
单数
第一人称
myself
第二人称
yourself
第三人称
himself
herself
itself
复数
用法展现
1. 可用作宾语，指的是宾语和主语表示 同一个或同一些的人或事物。
如：Maria
bought herself a scarf.
玛丽亚给自己买了一条围巾。
We must look after ourselves very well.
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ourselves yourselves themselves
我们必须好好照顾自己。
2.
可用作表语，指的是表语和主语表示同一个或同一些人或事物。
如：She isn’t quite
herself today.
她今天身体不太舒服。
3.
可用作主语或宾语的同位语，常用来加强语气。
如：She herself will fly
to London tomorrow.
明天她自己将要坐飞机去伦敦。
I met the writer himself last
week.
我上周见到了那位作家本人。
4. 用在某些固定短语当中。
照顾自己 look after oneself take care of
oneself
自学 teach oneself sth. learn
sth. by oneself
玩得高兴，过得愉快 enjoy
oneself
请自用……（随便吃喝些……） help oneself to sth.
摔伤自己 hurt oneself
自言自语 say to oneself
沉浸于，陶醉于……之中 lose oneself in
把某人单独留下 leave sb. by oneself
给自己买…...东西 buy oneself sth.
介绍……自己 introduce oneself
温馨提醒
1. 反身代词不能单独做主语，但可以做主语的同位语，起强调作用。
如：我自己能完成作业。
(误) Myself can finish my
homework.
(正) I myself can finish my homework.
I can finish my homework myself.
2. 反身
代词表示“某人自己”，不能表示“某人的东西”，因为它没有所有格的形式。表达“某
人自己的（东西
）”时，须要用one’s own.
如：我用我自己的蜡笔画画。
(误) I’m
drawing with myself crayons.
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(正) I’m drawing with my own crayons.
活学活用
1. My classmate, Li Ming, made a card
for _______ just now.
2. Bad luck! I cut
_______ with a knife yesterday.
3. They tell
us they can look after __________ very well.
4. My cat can find food by _____.
5. Help
__________ to some beef, boys.
Step 3
Exercises
4a Fill in the blanks and practice
the conversations.
1. A: I hurt ______ when I
played basketball
B: You ______ see a
doctor and get an X-ray.
2. A: _______ the
matter?
B: My sister and I ______ sore
throats. _______ we go to school?
A: No, you
_________.
3. A: _____ Mike _____ a fever?
B: No, he ________. He ____ a stomachache.
A: He _______ drink some hot tea.
4b
Circle the best advice for these health problems.
Then add your own advice.
1. Jenny cut
herself.
She should (get an X-ray
put some medicine on the cut).
My advice:
_______________________.
2. Kate has a
toothache.
She should (see a dentist get
some sleep).
My advice:
________________________.
3. Mary and Sue have
colds.
They shouldn’t (sleep
exercise).
My advice:
______________________.
4. Bob has a sore
back.
He should (lie down and rest take
his temperature).
My advice:
______________________.
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yesterday.
What _______ I do?
4c One student mimes
a problem. The other students in your group guess
the problem and give
advice.
Name
Liu
Peng
Problem
fall down
Advice
go home and rest
A: What’s the
matter? Did you hurt yourself playing soccer.
B: No, I didn’t.
C: Did you fall down?
B: Yes, I did.
D: You should go home and
get some rest.
Section B 1 (1a-2e)
Step 1 New words
1. bandage n. 绷带 v.
用绷带包扎
2. sick adj. 生病的；有病的
e.g. Her
mother is very sick. 她母亲病得很厉害。
3. knee n.
膝盖
4. nosebleed n. 鼻出血
5. breathe v. 呼吸
e.g. Fish cannot breathe out of water.
鱼离开水就不能呼吸。
6. sunburned adj. 晒伤的
7.
climber n. 登山者
8. accident n. （交通）事故; 意外遭遇
9. rock n. 岩石
10. knife n. 刀
11.
blood n. 血
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12. control
n. & v. 限制；约束；管理
13. spirit n. 勇气；意志
Step 2 Presentation
1. Discuss: Did
these accidents happen to you?
When they
happen, what should you do?
e.g. get hit on
the head cut her finger fall down have a
nosebleed
2. 1a. When these accidents happen,
what should you do?
Put the actions in order.
(1) ____ Put a bandage on it.
____ Run it
under water.
____ Put some medicine on it.
(Key: 3, 1, 2)
(2) ____ Go to the hospital.
____ Get an X-ray.
____ Rest for a few
days. (Key: 1, 2, 3)
(3) ____ Clean
your face.
____ Put your head back.
____
Put on a clean T-shirt. (Key: 2, 1, 3)
Step 3 Listening
1. 1b. Listen to the
school nurse. Check the problems you hear.
Problems
Someone
felt sick.
√
Treatments
Problems
Someone
nosebleed.
Someone cut
√
his knee.
Someone
had a fever.
2. 1c. Listen again. Write the letter of
each treatment next to the problems you
Someone hurt
his back.
Someone
got
hit on the head.
√
had
a
√
Treatments
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checked in the
chart above.
a. put a bandage on it
b.
took his temperature
c. told him to rest
d. put some medicine on it
e. took him to
the hospital to get an X-ray
f. told her to
put her head back.
Problems
Someone
felt sick.
√
Treatments
b, c
Problems
Someone
nosebleed.
Someone cut
√
his knee.
Someone
had a fever.
Step 4
Speaking
1d. Role-play a conversation
between the nurse and the teacher. Use the
information in 1b
and 1c.
A: Who
came to your office today?
B: First,
a boy came in. He hurt himself in P.E. class.
A: What happened?
B: He has a
nosebleed.
Step 5 Presentation
2a.
Accidents or problems can sometimes happen when we
do sports. Write the letter of
each sport next
to each accident or problem that can happen.
A
= soccer B = mountain climbing C =
swimming
__ fall down __ have
problems breathing
__ get hit by a ball
__ get sunburned
d, a, b, c
Someone hurt
his back.
Someone got
hit on the head.
√
e
had
a
√
Treatments
f
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__ cut ourselves
__ hurt our back or arm
(Key: B C A C B
A)
Step 6 Reading
1. 2b. Read the
passage and underline the words you don’t know.
Then look up the words in a
dictionary and
write down their meaning.
阅读指导：
Finding
the Order of Events
Writers describe events in
a certain order. Finding the order of the events
will help you
understand what you are reading.
2. Reading tasks:
2c. Read the
statements and circle True, False or Don’t Know.
1 Aron almost lost his life
three times because of
climbing
accidents.
2 Aron had a serious
accident in April 2003.
3 Aron ran out of
water
after three days.
4 Aron wrote
his book
before his serious accident.
5 Aron still goes mountain
climbing.
2d. Read the passage again and answer
the questions.
1. Where did the accident
happen on April 26, 2003?
2. Why couldn’t Aron
move?
3. How did Aron free himself?
4.
What did Aron do after the accident?
True
False Don’t know
True False Don’t know
True False Don’t know
True False
Don’t know
True False Don’t know
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5. What does “between a rock and
a hard place” mean?
Key: 1. It happened in
Utah, America.
2. His arm was caught under a
360-kilo rock that fell on him when he was
climbing by
himself in the mountains.
3.
He used his knife to cut off half his right arm.
4. He wrote a book called “Between a Rock and
a Hard Place”.
5. It means being in a
difficult situation that you cannot seem to get
out of.
2e. Put the sentences in the correct
order. Then use them to tell Aron’s story to your
partner. Try
to add other details from the
reading.
1. On April 26, 2003, he had a
serious mountain climbing accident.
2. Aron
loves mountain climbing and doesn’t mind taking
risks.
3. Aron did not give up after the
accident and keeps on climbing mountains
today.
4. He wrote a book about his
experience.
5. Aron lost half his right arm
from the 2003 accident.
The correct order: 2,
1, 5, 4, 3
Step 7 Important phrases
摔倒
fall down
对感兴趣 be interested
in
习惯于 be used to …
因为
because of
用完 run out of
准备做 be ready to do sth.
切除 cut off
离开
get out of …
掌管，管理 in control of
…
继续或坚持（做某事） keep on doing sth.
Step 8
Language points
1. 观察下列句子。
1) He found
himself in a very dangerous situation.
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2) He was climbing by himself.
3)
He bandaged himself so that he would not lose too
much blood.
4) …we find ourselves “between a
rock and a hard place”…
himself
和ourselves称为_____代词。 (反身)
2. 填写下列表格。
单数
复数
3. 观察以下两个句子，总结so that，和so …
that 的用法。
1）He bandaged himself so that he
would not lose too much blood.
2）His love for
mountain climbing is so great that he kept on
climbing mountains even after this
experience.
so that 既可引导目的状语从句又可引导结果状语从句。
引导目的状语从句时可译为为了
引导结果状语从句时可译为“以便”。
e.g. I
speak loudly so that all the students can hear me
clearly. (目的状语从句)
Maria likes the woolen
dress so that she decides to buy it immediately.
(结果状语从句)
so...
that...中的so是副词，常用来修饰形容词或副词，“如此……以致于……”。
主语 +
谓语 + so + adj. adv. + that从句。
e.g. The boy
ran so fast that I couldn't catch him.
so +
adj. + a(n) + 单数名词 + that从句。
e.g. It
was so fine a day yesterday that we all went out
for a picnic.
昨天天气很好，我们都出去野餐了。
区别：
1) so that引导目的状语从句时，表示“以便；为了”，从句中常使用can could
may might
will would
should等情态动词或助动词；引导结果状语从句时，从句中一般不用can
和may等词。
第一人称
myself
ourselves
第二人称
yourself
yourselves
第三人称
himself
herself itself
themselves
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2) so that引导目的状语从句前不用逗号，so
that引导的结果状语从句与主句之间常有逗号
相隔开，“因此; 所以”。
e.g.
He worked hard at his lessons so that he could
gain high grades in the exams.
他努力学习，争取考试能获得好成绩。
He worked hard at his
lessons, so that he gained high grades in the
exams.
他努力学习，结果考试获得了好成绩。
3. There were
many times when Aron almost lost his life because
of accidents.
这是由when引导的定语从句。修饰前面的名词times。
e.g. I thought of the happy days when I stayed
in London.
He still remembers the time
when you give him the book as a gift.
4. … he
wrote a book called Between a Rock and a Hard
Place.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place.
此句为习语。表在艰难或危险的处境下“从两难中进行选
择”。
e.g. Who will
you save when your mother and wife are both in
water?
It’s between a rock and a hard
place.
5. This means being in a difficult
situation that you cannot seem to get out of.
mean v. “……意思是” 或 “意味着”。
e.g. What do you
mean? 你的意思是什么？
… before we have to make a
decision that could mean life or death.
……在我们做出可能意味着生死的决定前。
Step 9 Exercises
Choose the best answer.
1. Mr. More has
more money than Mr. Little. But he doesn’t enjoy
___.
A. he B. him C. his
D. himself
2. Lily was 9 years old. ___ was
old enough to go to school ___.
A. She, she
B. She, herself
C. Her, herself
D. Her. She
3. I made the cake by ___. Help
___, Tom.
A. ourselves, yourself B.
myself, yourself
C. myself, you
D. me, him
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4. Who taught
___ history last year? Nobody! He learned it ___.
A. him, himself B. his, himself
C. himself, himself D. his, him
5.
The camera is ____ expensive ____ I
can't afford it.
A. so, that
B. such, that
C. so, as to
D. enough, that
6. Miss Gao asked a question,
but it was ____ that nobody could answer it.
A. very difficult B. too
difficult
C. difficult enough
D. so difficult
Key: D. B. B. A. A. D.
Section B 2 (3a-Self check)
Step 1
Revision
Aron Ralston is an American
mountain 1_______. There were many times when Aron
almost
lost his life because 2___ accident. On
April 26,2003, He found himself in a very
dangerous
3_______ when climbing in Utah. On
that day, Aron’s arm was caught under a 360- kilo
rock that
fell on him when was climbing by
4_______ in the mountains. Because he could not
free his arm,
he stayed there for five days
and hoped that 5____ would find him. But when his
water ran
6______, he knew that he would have
to do something to 7___ his own life. He was not
ready to
die that day. So he used his knife to
8___ off half his right arm. Then, with his left
arm, he
bandaged himself so 9___ he would not
lose too much 10_____. After that, he climbed down
the
mountain to find help. His love for
mountain climbing is 11____ great that he kept on
12_____
mountains even after this experience.
Step 2 Writing
3a Imagine you are
the school nurse and a student just had an
accident or a health problem.
Make notes about
what heshe should and shouldn’t do
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Accident or health problem
have a sore back
have a fever
have a
sore throat
have a toothache
cut myself
He She should
lie down and rest
take some medicine
drink some hot tea
see a dentist
put some medicine on it
He She shouldn’t
do sports
…
…
…
…
3b Write a conversation between
the nurse and the student using the notes in 3a.
Use the
question and phrases below to help
you.
What’s the matter ? What happened? Are
you OK?
No, I don’t feel well. I feel… I have
a … Should I …?
You should … You shouldn’t…
fell down got hit by … cut myself hurt my…
Pair work. Role play the conversation with
your partner.
Step 3 Self-check
1. Write
different health problems next to the body parts.
Then write more health
problems you know of .
Head: _________________________
Back:
_________________________
Throat:
________________________
Tooth:
_________________________
Stomach:
_______________________
Other problems:
_________________
Keys: have a headacheget hit
on the head
have a sore backhurt one’s back
have a sore throat
have a toothache
have a stomachache
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have
a feverhave a nosebleedcut oneself
2. Put these questions and answers in order to
make a conversation.
___ I hurt myself
playing soccer. I have a sore leg.
___ What
should I do ?
___ I think you should see a
doctor and get an X-ray.
___ OK, thanks. I’ll
do that now.
___ What’s the matter ?
___
Oh, that doesn’t sound good.
Keys: 2 4 5 6 1 3
3. Write advice for these people.
1)
Problem: Alan cut himself.
Advice:______________________
2) Problem:
Cindy has a headache.
Advice:__________________________
3) Problem:
My cousins have bad colds.
Advice:________________________________
4)
Problem: Jack hurt his back playing volleyball.
Advice:________________________________
Keys: 1. Put some medicine on it.
2. Take
a temperature and rest.
3. Lie down, rest and
drink more water.
4. Go to the hospital and
get an X-ray.
Step 4 Exercises
I.
根据句意及首字母，填入适当的单词。
1. What’s the m______ with
you?
2. Your face looks a bit red, maybe you
have a f____.
3. He usually goes to school
on f_______.
4. I have a t________, so I want
to see a dentist.
5. When you have a
stomachache, please l___ down and r____.
6. I
get o____ at the next station.
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7. He h____ his knee, I should put a
bandage on it.
8. Aron almost lost his life
because of a________.
9. Their water r___ out.
II. 排序,组成符合逻辑的对话。
① Is it anything
serious?
② My head hurts. I feel terrible.
③ Please sit down. Let me have a look at you.
④ What’s wrong with you, young man?
⑤
No, nothing serious. Take this medicine, and you
can be better soon.
Step 5 Homework
1.
Write a conversation between the nurse and the
student using the useful
sentences in 3b.
2. Remember the words, phrases and sentences
in this unit.
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