B2-U4inclass_-_复制_-2课件.ppt

;A Fun Test: Come Along on an Incredible Journey into the Desert ; The desert represents a hardship. Each of the animals represents an aspect of your life. The order in which you sacrifice the animals might be said to represent the importance of these things to you. The one that you sacrifice first is the least important, and the one you kept is the most important. ;The desert represents a hardship. The cow represents basic needs. The sheep represents friendship. The lion represents pride. The monkey represents creativity. The horse represents passion. ;VOCABULARY ;潦状姓丰桐剥市锥咀伴傍替凹棺修奸酪敢共阴柳吕吏赁讼埠兜孪坦秆节萤B2-U4inclass_-_复制_-2课件B2-U4inclass_-_复制_-2课件;Swear He swore by all the angels and saints of heaven. The mayor will be sworn in next month. I think she said she was going to the library, but I couldnt swear by it. (informal) ;Root Word: scrib, script;In terms of faith in God, the current US president is not different from his predecessors. After the September 11 incident, his ________ reaction was to embark on（着手）a crusade against Osama bin Laden and Islamist terrorism. A. immediate B. quick C. urgent D. chain ;;Assure or ensure ;;;;Part One Preparation ;What can we learn from the story? ;Part Two In-class reading;A nationwide survey this year suggested that as many as half of U.S. doctors prescribe a fake treatment — or placebo — at least once a month. Adam Kolber suspects that his doctor is one. Kolber visited the doctor because after his bug bites had faded, the itching （痒）didn’t. The doctor offered a small bottle of lotion（涂剂） and said it ought to provide relief. He didnt explain why, Kolber recalls. Sure enough, the itching stopped after he applied the lotion, and Kolber, a law professor who has written about placebos, suspects that the doctor‘s assurance of relief, not any ingredient（成份） in the lotion, is what scratched his itch. “Something like itching has a very strong psychological component（成分）, Kolber says. Doctors have known about the placebo effect, a pr