Reading (2)

UnitUnit 11

▲ experience(1) un. 经验，从经验中获得的知识和技能 (2) cn. 经历(3) vt ．体验，经历▲ experienced adj ．有经验的，经验丰富的

1.Going to a British high school for one year

was a very enjoyable and exciting

experience for me.

The ___________ mountain climber

___________a lot, and he gained much

__________ from his own adventurous

__________.

experienced

experienced

experienceexperiences

那个有经验的登山者经历了许多，他从自己的冒险经历中获得了许多经验。

2. On the first day, all the students went to

attend assembly.

(1) vt. 出席，参加 ( 讲座、会议、婚礼等）(2) attend (on) sb.

attend to sb.

(3) attend to sth.

take care of/ look after

pay attention to

The young man

______________________.

But he _______________what others were talking about.didn’t attend to

attended the meeting

The nurses are taking care of the baby.

attend, join, join in, take part in

1. He _______ the army in the year of 2003.

2. How many of you will ____________ the coming sports meeting?

3. Who is going to ______ the concert with me tomorrow?

4. Won’t you ____ us ___ the tennis match?

joined

take part in

attend

join in

3. He also told us that the best way to earn respect was to devote ourselves to study and achieve high grades.

1) 献身于……；专心致力于…… devote oneself to / be devoted to2) 为……付出时间 / 努力 / 金钱等 devote time/effort/money to

devoted adj. 挚爱的、忠诚的

This is a devoted mother.

这是一位慈爱的母亲。

his ________to her job

对工作的全心投入

devotion n. [U] 奉献、现身；挚爱、忠诚

devotion

4. look back on

to think about something that happened in

the past

1.When I ________________those days, I realize I was very unhappy.

当我回想起那些日子，我觉得自己很痛苦。2.When I ____________________my childhood, I feel_____

_____. 当我回忆童年，我感觉……。

looked back on

look back on

5. I missed Chinese food a lot at lunch time.

miss v. 思念 , 想念 ; 错过 , 躲过 ; 未击中 , 未达到( 目标 ) missing adj. 丢失的，不在的，失踪的

1 ） He fired at the tiger but missed (it).

2 ） Her son has gone to the USA, and she misses

him very much.

3) He missed the 9.30 train and therefore

missed the accident.

4) We missed seeing the beginning of the film

when we got to the cinema.

Luckily, I ___________by the hunter just now. Haha!

missed being caught

Sentence structures:

1.Going to a British school for one year was a very enjoyable experience for me.(P1,L1)

Eg. 1. Walking after a meal is a very good habit. 2. Playing with fire is dangerous.

2. This means I could get up an hour later than usual, as schools in China begin before 8 a.m. (P1, L4)

3. I found that the homework was not as heavy as what I used to get in my old school. (P4, L20)

4. I felt lucky, as all my teachers gave me much encouragement and I enjoyed all my subjects. (P4, L22)

5.My English improved a lot, as I used English every day and spent an hour each day reading English books in the library. (P5, L26) 6. Cooking was really fun as I learnt how to buy, prepare and cook food. (P5, L31)

7. We also had different students in some classes, so it was a struggle for me to remember all the faces and names.(P3, L17)

8. It was a bit challenging for me at first. (P4, L21)

9. I was very lucky to experience this different way of life. (P8, L47)

10.Though it did not look very beautiful when it was finished, I still liked it very much. (P6, L40)

Please use the words below to make up a story according to the words given below. (at least use 6 of the words)

attend stop miss experience

achieve for free earn challenging

Brain storm

One day, I (1) _________ an assembly with my

classmates. We had a heated discussion about how to (2)

________ some money on Saturdays and Sundays. Some

students thought that it was a bit (3) ___________, others

thought it was very easy to (4) ________ this goal. Then

we were trained for it and did some part-time jobs. But

we didn’t (5) ________ doing our lessons. While doing

part-time jobs, we can get some useful (6) ___________.

In future we may run our own business.

attended

earn

challenging

achieve

stop

experience

Sample writing :

1.make ends meet

2. pull the bus over

3. drop off

4. in case

5. hit

6. rather than

7. well- paid

Review all the language points we’ve learned.

Finish D1 on page 89 of the workbook.

Preview Word Power of this unit.

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