新概念2 L17-18课件.ppt

Lesson 17Always young How old are they? How old are they? How old are they? How old are they? How old are they? Time is a knife, curving lines of ages in our faces! My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress. If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up! 【New words and expressions】 appear v. 登场，扮演 stage n. 舞台 bright adj. 鲜艳的 stocking n. （女用）长筒袜 sock n. 短袜 【New words and expressions】 1. appear ① vi. 出现，显露（反义词是disappear） The flight MH370 disappeared from the radar. The wreckage of the plane appeared in the south of Indian Ocean. ② vi. 当众露面；登场（演出等） I can’t appear in this dress at the party. appear as 扮演……角色 He appeared as a prince. ③ vi. 似乎，看起来好象（与seem同义）， 显得(系动词，后面直接加形容词) He appears a little nervous. Now it appears (that) you are wrong. 2. bright adj. 明亮的; 鲜艳的;聪明的 bright red 鲜红色； bright yellow 明黄色； bright blue 宝蓝色 He is very bright and there is no doubt that he will go to the university. He has a bright future. 【language focus】 1、My aunt Jennifer is an actress. 以-ess结尾的是女性；以-or、-er结尾的是男性 actor 男演员 ； actress 女演员 : waiter 男服务员 ；　 waitress 女服务员 prince 王子　 　； 　princess 公主 lion 公狮子 　； 　 lioness 母狮子 god 神 ； goddess 女神 steward 乘务员； stewardess 女乘务员 2、She must be at least thirty-five years old. 年龄的两种表示方法： ① 数字+years old，作表语 She is 35 years old. ② 数字+-year-old，作定语 my four-year-old daughter He is a once-go-away-and-never-come-back father. must + 动词原形；(对现在的)推测 Look at her bodyshape, she mu