(
课件网) LESSON 3 WAR MEMORIES UNIT 11 CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE LEARNING OBJECTIVES To read and talk about war memories; To read for general understanding; To read for specific information and deep understanding; To compare personal opinions with the ideas of others; To understand and learn words and expressions in context; To recall and summarise information; To learn and practise using verbs with similar meanings. KEY POINTS AND DIFFICULT POINTS To read and think about war memories; To answer the comprehension questions; To get key information from the passage; To recall and summarise information after reading. To learn words and expressions in context; To struggle with complicated sentence structures; To think critically and express opinions freely. LEADING IN Verbs with Similar Meanings sob chat reply swear greet tell weep speak shout whisper mention Cry has a similar meaning to: _____ Say has a similar meaning to: _____ FOCUS ON LANGUAGE: VERBS WITH SIMILAR MEANINGS Put the words in the Word Builder into two groups and explain their difference in usage. sob; weep chat; reply; swear greet; tell; speak; shout; whisper; mention A soldier from World War Ⅰ tells one of his war memories... During the war, I had to work on an air base in South Africa. I remember once we had 24 hours off-duty, my friends and I had a night out in the town. We were walking slowly back to the base at about midnight, talking about the evening, when FOCUS ON LANGUAGE: VERBS WITH SIMILAR MEANINGS Complete the text by choosing the correct options. someone 1. mentioned/ spoke South Africa's famous wild animals. We were 2. chatting/ swearing about stories we'd heard when suddenly my friend, Bob, begged us to be quiet. "Be quiet yourself!" somebody 3. sobbed/ replied. Then I heard them. "No, everyone be quiet," I 4. whispered/ wept. And then we all could hear the lions."Quick, run!" someone FOCUS ON LANGUAGE: VERBS WITH SIMILAR MEANINGS Complete the text by choosing the correct options. _____ _____ _____ _____ 5. told/ shouted. We all ran towards our base. Everyone made it back except me—I fell into a trench! I stayed there till morning when I climbed out and walked back to the base. My friends 6. whispered/ greeted me like a hero. They thought I'd been eaten! I 7. swore/ chatted that I'd never go drinking and then walking in the wild at night again. FOCUS ON LANGUAGE: VERBS WITH SIMILAR MEANINGS Complete the text by choosing the correct options. _____ _____ _____ GRAMMAR 词义相似的情感行为动词 一、表示“哭” 1. cry通常指难过伤心地哭。当我们喜极而泣时也用cry，同时cry还表达喊叫的意思。 The bride cried in delight at the wedding. 新娘在婚礼上喜极而泣。 As the saying goes: it's no use crying over spilled milk. 常言道：覆水难收。 GRAMMAR 一、表示“哭” 2. weep是因悲痛或悲哀而流泪。换句话说，weep是从心底发出来“声泪俱下”的恸哭。weep 常用于写作，并指流泪多于哭声，也就是重“泪”而不重“声”；cry 则是相反，是重“声”而不重“泪 ... ...
