new friends, new faces

New Friends, New Faces

环球英语教程 1

Unit One

1. An English Song

I Have a Dream

2. Warm-up Questions

3. Background Information

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Before Reading Detailed Reading After Reading

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Body Size

Lesson B What does he look like?

Wearing Glass

Impersonators

I Have a Dream

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Directions: Enjoy the song.


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I have a dream, a song to singTo help me with anything If you see the of a fairy tale You can take the future even if you I in angels Something good in everything I seeI believe in angelsWhen I know the time is right for meI'll cross the stream I have aI have a dream, a fantasyTo help me through

cope____wonder______

fail___believe______

dream_____

reality_____

I Have a Dream


And my destination makes it the while through the darkness still another mileI believe in angelsSomething good in everything I see I believe in angelsWhen I know the time is me I'll cross the stream I have a dreamI have a dream, a song to singTo help me cope with anything If you see the wonder of a

worth_____Pushing_______

right for_______

fairy tale_______


You can take the future even if you failI believe in angelsSomething good in everything I seeI believe in angelsWhen I know the time is right for meI'll cross the I have a dream I'll cross the stream I have a dream

stream______


Guess Who

Divide the whole class into two parts. Each part makes ten students describe ten famous athletes, and let the other part guess who he/ she is. See which part can guess more athletes.



Body Size Many people in North America are overweight, and body size is a sensitivetopic. People (especially women) do not like to tell their weight. There are many adjectives to describe body size, with different connotations.Fat is considered rude, because it’s too direct. A person would say, “My dog is fat,” but not “ My mother is fat.” Heavy is considered more polite. Obese ( 超重）is a medical term. Clothing stores for overweight people are usually labeled withPleasant-sounding terms like plus-size for women, or big and tall for men. There are also several adjectives for underweight people: Thin is a neutral,( 中性）Descriptive word for both sexes. Slender is a positive( 褒义 )word applied to women.Skinny is negative ( 贬义 ) for both sexes and gives the idea of poor health.

Wearing Glasses

Culture notes: The Chinese invented eyeglasses. The explorer Marco Polo saw people in China wearing glasses as early as 1275.


Nearsighted glasses Farsighted glasses Contact lenses


Who are those people? Are they Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, or Lady Gaga? Absolutely not. They are the impersonators of those people. They actually sing and play instruments like their famous “twins” and perform in concerts. Hundreds of singers are doubles of Elvis Presley. There is even a Professional Elvis Impersonators Association in the U.S.


1. Words to Know

2. Pair Work

3. Discussion

4. Grammar

have 的用法

be 和 have 的用法练习


height

英 [hait] 复数： heights

名词 n.

1. 高度 , 身高

为了达到新高峰 , 我们努力工作。We work hard to reach new height.3. 顶点 , 极度 , 最佳点 , 最强点 , 顶点 2. 高处 , 高地 , 高位这座城市的高度是海拔 300 英尺。The city is a height of three hundred feet above sea level.


weight

英 [weit] 复数： weights

名词 n.

average weight 正常体重overweight 超重

这些柱子无法承受屋顶的重量。The pillars couldn't support the weight of the roof.1. 重量 , 分量


hairstyle

英 [ˈheəˌstaɪl]

straight [streit] 直发curly [ ˈkɜ:li] 卷发spiky [ˈspaɪki:] 短直发他做了一个复杂的发型。He made an elaborate hairstyle.你喜欢我的新发型吗 ?Do you like my new hairstyle?1. 发型 , 发式名词 n.


blond英 [blɔnd]

形容词 adj.

3.( 人 ) 白肤金发碧眼的。2.( 皮肤 ) 白皙的她那淡黄色的长发披垂在双肩。Her long blond hair spilled down over her shoulders.1. 淡黄色的 , 亚麻色的

名词 n.

简是一个性感的金发女郎。Jane is a sexy blond.1. 肤色白皙的金发女人


celebrity

英 [siˈlebriti] 复数： celebrities

名词 n.

她说在美国社会阶层主要由名声决定。She said social class in America was largely decided by celebrity.2. 名声 , 名誉许多名人出席了电影的首映式。Lots of celebrities were at the film premiere.1.( 尤指娱乐界的 ) 名人 , 名流


Describe a friend or a family member to a partner. Use the words in Page 7 Ato help you.

Pair Work


1. Are celebrities always happy with their lives? Why or why not?

2. Who are popular celebrities in our country? What are they famous for?

3. Can you list the benefits and disadvantages of being a celebrity?

Discussion

1. Useful Expressions

3. Talk about the Pictures

4. Proverbs and Quotations


2. Writing

1. 二十多岁

2. 平均身高

3. 平均体重

4. 看上去像

5. 长直发

6. 电影明星

7. 挣钱

8. 他长什么样 ?

in one’s 20s

average height

average weight

look like

long and straight hair

famous movie star

earn money

What does he look like?

Useful Expressions

9. 你长得像谁 ? Who do you look like?



My classmate is in his twenties. He's average height-he’s about 172

centimeters. He has short, straight brown hair. He has

dark brown eyes. He’s clean-shaven, and wear

glasses.

Writing Read the paragraph on the right. Then write five or six sentences about a Classmate. Don’t write your classmate’s name.

Talk about the Pictures What are they look like? Use six or seven

sentences to describe them.


Proverbs and Quotations

1. A wise man thinks all that he says, a fool says all that he thinks.

智者思其所言，愚者言其所思。

2. All things are difficult before they are easy.

凡事都是先难后易。

3. An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.

乐观的人在灾难中看到希望；悲观的人在希望中看到灾难。


4. The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. — Mark Twin, American writer

具有新想法的人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。

— 美国作家马克•吐温

5. The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it. — Johann Wolfgang von Geothe, German poet and dramatist

人生重要的事情是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。 — 德国诗人、戏剧家 J.W. 歌德

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