Reading and Thinking Tasks.ppt

Reading and Thinking Tasks: 1. Read the title “I have seen amazing things”. With the help of the picture in the passage, guess what the writer will see. 2. Skim over the passage, underline the amazing things that the writer has seen. 3. Compare your answers with your partners. Reading and DiscussingTask 1: In pairs use the information from the reading passage to fill in this poster for the Space Station. Reading and DiscussingTask 2: Now in pairs discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living on a space station. For example: would you like to live and work in one? What would you do with your spare time? Prepare to report to the class. Language points 1. My first visit was to a space station considered the most modern in space. considered 过去分词作后置定语，表被动。 consider doing sth. 考虑去做某事 be considered to be 被认为是…… e.g. I am considering going abroad. e.g. He is considered to be one of the greatest artists in the world. 2. Inside was an exhibition of the most up-to-date inventions of the 31st century. 这是什么语法？怎么用？这个句子的主语是什么？ 当表示方位的介词词组、副词放在句首时，句子完全倒装。 e.g. In front of the house is sitting a boy. Out rushed an angry man. 3. What’s the difference among later, late, lately, latest? late adj. 迟的，迟到的，晚的 adv. 迟地，迟到地，在晚期地 later 1) late的比较级 2) adv. 以后，后来，过一会 lately adv. 相当于recently 最近 latest 1) late的最高级 2) adj. 最近的，必威体育精装版的 3) n. 必威体育精装版的事物 这四个词经常出现在短文改错中。 4. But we cannot blame the tools for the faults of the user, can we? blame sb. for sth. 因为某事责备某人 回忆：在本册书，我们还学了关于blame的哪一个重点词组？ be to blame for … 因为某事应该被责备。用主动表被动。 e.g. Who is to blame for the broken vase? 5. A giant machine, always greedy for more, swallows all the waste available. greedy a. 贪婪的 available a. 可利用的，可得到的，空闲的，有效的，可与之联系的（单选重点考查词汇） e.g. Is there water available around here? This film ticket is no longer available. The principal is available now. 6. I stared at the moving model of the waste machine, absorbe