高中英语必修7Unit4 Reading A letter Home.ppt

A Letter Home --By Jo (a volunteer works in Papua New Guinea) Skimming 1. It was wonderful for ________ to receive a letter from Rosemary. 2___________ is dying to hear about Jo’s life there. 3.___________ started jumping out of the window because they had never came across anything like it. 4._____ started crying “ieee ieee” to welcome them. 5 _______ led us to his house, a low bamboo hut with grass sticking out of the roof. 6 Jo felt it a privilege to have spent a day with his student, ________’s family. Language points 注意：adapt (oneself) to 的to是介词，后跟名词或 动词-ing形式。类似的词组有： look forward to 盼望 pay attention to 注意 give rise to 引起 be accustomed to 习惯于 be addicted to 沉溺于 be used to 习惯于 be related to 与……相关 lead to 导致/通向 devote oneself to 献身于 contribute to 为……作贡献 access to 接近/进入 (某 地的)方法 Complete the following sentences with proper words. 1. Colour and sex are hardly r_________ when appointing someone to a post. 2. A_________ to the climate there was more difficult than they had expected. 3. Everybody in the class is expected to p_________ in this discussion. 4. They walked along the country roads which were _________ (泥泞的). elevant djusting articipate muddy 5. She can’t grasp the basic _________ (概念) of mathematics. 6. Mail comes to this _________ (偏僻的) village only once a week. 7. Parking in this street is the _________ (特权) of the residents here. 8. He insisted three years is not enough for a good ____________ (作口译的人). 9. He picked up the b______ to help me sweep the floor. concepts remote privilege interpreter room II. Complete the following sentences without changing their meanings. 1. I haven’t received any letter from my elder brother studying abroad up to the present. I haven’t __________ my elder brother studying abroad up to the present