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课件网) Unit 9 Lesson 52 The Power of a Smile 新课导入 微笑的力量 1.掌握本课单词 : difficulty, dining, simply, somehow, adapt, notice 2.掌握本课短语: adapt to, join sb., (a) part of…. 3.了解微笑的重要性并且学会适应新环境 预习检测 1.It is hard for me to _____the new environment. A.seem to B.used to C.turn to D.adapt to 2.When I arrived, I notice a boy_____towards me. A.coming B.comes C.came D.to come D A 3.English is a common language. It_____everywhere. A.understands B.understood C.is understood D.is understand 4.Would you like to_____me playing basketball A.join in B.join C.take part in D.take part 5.We have great difficulty_____the task in such a short time. A.finish B.to finish C.finishing D.finishes C B C 知识梳理 1.adapt v. 适应 adapt to (doing) sth. 适应（做）某事 e.g. He must adapt himself to the new life. e.g. I adapt to getting up early. 注：adapt还有“改编”的意思。 e.g. The writer adapted the story for television. 2.notice v .注意到，察觉到 notice sb. do sth.注意到某人做某事(全过程) e.g. Did you notice her walk into the zoo notice sb. doing sth.注意到某人正在做某事 e.g. I noticed my sister reading English. notice 作名词，指“布告；通知” 3.join v .参加，加入 e.g. Our music teacher joined a tennis club. e.g. Would you join us in the run join 参加组织，俱乐部，成为 其中一员 Join a club join in 参加竞赛，游戏等 Join in the exam join 侧重指加入某个党派、团体组织等，成为其成员之一 take part in 侧重指参加群众性活动等，着重说明句子主语参加该项活动并在活动中发挥作用 take part in 和join都可表示 “参加”，区别如下： e.g. When did your father join the basketball team e.g. Many students took part in the May 4th Movement. 谈论微笑的力量 The power of smile Students often gather together in small, closed groups. If you are not part of a group, it can be difficult for you to be accepted. This is especially true if you can't speak to the members of the group in their language. This was the situation Sam faced each day as he went to class. Sam and his family moved to France last month. Before he arrived, he knew there would be many difficulties. But they were even worse than he imagined. Every lunch hour, after arriving at his new school, Sam sat alone in the dining hall. He looked at all the different groups of students around him. But he had no way to let them know that he was a good person. He simply couldn't find the right words to reach them. Sam knew he had to find a way to change the situation. Somehow, he had to adapt to this new environment. He did a little research on the Internet and discovered that smiling is a universal language—it is understood everywhere. One morning, as Sam was walking by a group of students, he smiled at them. A boy in the group smiled back at him. For Sam, that was a good beginning. Later, he noticed the boy coming towards him in the hall with a warm smile on his face. Sam returned the smile. Soon the boy asked Sam to join him and his group of friends for lunch ... ...
