Unit 4 Achievements 同步课文资料

中小学教育资源及组卷应用平台 Unit 4 Achievements 同步课文资料 Objectives A.Reading and interaction ·Describe challenges in life,and how to deal with them as reflected in the passage B.Grammar activity ·Use the to-infinitive as the adverbial correctly in the given context C.Listening and speaking ·Express ideas about successful people in different areas D.Writing ·Write an opinion essay on PE classes with arguments and examples using appropriate language and format E.Cultural focus ·Interpret the definition of success as reflected in the success stories ·Describe the experiences of three teenagers pursuing their goals A.Reading and interaction Pre-reading activity 1.Before you read,discuss these quotes about success.Which quote do you like most?Why? a.Success is falling nine times,and getting up ten. b.Success is being able to live your life in your own way. c.Luck is the best way to explain the success of people that you don’t like. d.A successful person is someone who can build something with bricks that others have thrown of him. e.No pain,no gain. 2.Have you ever heard of Ernest Hemingway and his works?How much do you know about his novel The Old Man and the Sea? The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway’s most famous works. It tells the story of an old man called Santiago who goes out on the sea to fish. At this point in the story,he has finally caught a huge fish after 84 days of catching nothing. As the fish is too large to be carried on his little boat, he ties it along the side of it. However, he knows that he will face many dangers on the way home,because the blood from the wounds of the big fish could attract sharks.The fish is likely to become the target of attack.This passage begins at the moment when a large shark approaches the fish.Can the old man survive a shark attack?Will he be able to fight off the bloodthirsty shark?Read and find out. The old man took one look at the great fish as he watched the shark close in. I cannot keep him from hitting me, （keep sb from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事）he thought,but maybe I can get him. The shark closed fast on the boat and when he hit the fish the old man saw his mouth open and his strange eyes and his sharp teeth as he drove forward in the meat just above the tail. The old man could hear the noise of skin and flesh ripping （rip n. 裂口，裂缝vi. 裂开，被撕裂vt. 撕；锯）on the big fish when he threw the fishing spear into the shark’s head at a place where the line between his eyes crossed with the line that ran straight back from his nose. There were no such lines.T here was only the heavy sharp blue head and the big eyes and the powerful teeth. But that was the location of the brain and the old man hit it. He hit it with his wet, bloody hands driving a good spear with all his strength（此处是现在分词做状语，表示hit的伴随状态）. He hit it without hope but with determination and complete hatred（hatred n. 仇恨）. The shark turned over and the old man saw hi ... ...