北师大版高二 Module 8

Unit 23

Lesson 1

Living in a community

Lesson 1

Living in a community

What are the people doing in the pictures?

Discussion

What should we do when living in a

community?

Drummer hits the road

Read the first newspaper

report. Whose side are you on,

the drummer’s or his

neighbours’? Why?

Read the text and decide if the

following statements are true or false.

Read to learn

1. Yang Ming has decided to move

apartments because his neighbours

made complaints about loss of sleep.

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2. Though his music is noisy at sleeping

time, people still appreciate his music

skills.

3. The neighbours thought Yang Ming set

a good example to the young.

4. Lots of cases caused such conflicts as

Yang Ming often happened in this

area.

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5. Most of Yang Ming’s neighbours were

driven mad by his music.

6. Yang Ming affected his neighbours so

badly that the local council take

action to punish him.

F

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Read the title and first paragraph

of the second newspaper report. In

pairs, discuss what you think might

have happened. Think about how Mr

Mckay might have got wet.

Grandpa jailed after one shower too many

1. How many days had Smith lived

above the Mckays before he got into

trouble with them?

Two weeks.

Questions

2. Are there lots of candles on Mr Mckay’s birthday cake? How do you know?

Yes. As the passage mentioned, the candles were a great sight.

3. Why didn’t Mr Mckay get to blow them out?

Because all the candles were put out by the water emptied from above.

Language points

1. make complaints about

complain about

e.g. The mother complains about her

son’ laziness.

2. loss of sth. 损失 , 遗失 loss of a patent 专利权丧失

3. bid something (somebody) goodbye (good

morning)

向某事 ( 某人 ) 告别 ( 问候 )

e.g. Ten days later, they bade their home

goodbye and headed for the city.

10 天后 , 他们告别了家乡 , 动身前往城市。 She bade me good morning when

she met me yesterday.

昨天她遇到我时向我道了一声早安。

4. influence on/upon sb. (sth.)

对某人 / 某物的影响 e.g. What exactly is the influence of

television on children?

电视对儿童究竟有什么影响 ?

Those friends are a bad influence

on her.

那些朋友对她有负面的影响。

5. in a flash=suddenly=all at once

刹那间 , 立刻 , 马上 e.g. I’ll be back in a flash.

我马上就回来。 The plane disappeared in a

flash.

刹那间飞机就不见了。

1.Seldom has drumming caused such

conflict.

2. No sooner had they moved in than

the noise…

Make a list of negative words and

expressions that these sentences

begin with.

3. Neither could they relax or read a

book…

4. Neither could we get rid of the

smell…

5. Rarely had Laurene seen Mckay

move…