Tell him what you think of him ?

Lesson 71

江苏省泗中学 毕 胜

Pre-reading1.Why did the writer shout at the driver of the yellow car ?2. When did the writer next meet the driver ?3.When do you usually say “ We’ve already met , haven’t we ?”4.What does he mean by the sentence “…the last time we met I did most of the talking”?

5.What does he mean by the sentence “ …I say to everyone that I dare tell my manager exactly what I think of him”?

Further Reading

一，Main ideaParagraph 1

What happened to me on the way to the interview. Paragraph 2

I was astonished to find that the manager was the driver I scolded.

Paragraph 3--4

I treated the whole matter as a joke and got the job at last.

二 DISCUSSION

True or false

( )1.I wanted to get the important job and the interview was easy.

( )2.I went to the interview by bike in the rush hour.

( )3.The driver of the yellow car was at driving.

( )4.I fell off the bicycle and hit another

cyclist. Both of us were badly hurt.

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( )5.I was late for the interview.Fortunately they showed me into the interview.

( )6.The manager who interviewed me was the driver of the yellow car.

( )7.At last I treated the whole matter seriously.F

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( )8.I made a joke and the managerforgave me.

( )9.The interview went on very well

and I answered the questions honestly.

( )10. Two day later I received a letter which said that I was not offered the job.

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Watching and listening

Fill in the blanks with proper words

One day I was cycling along a street in the _____hour on my way to the _______.Suddenly a yellow car ____me and stopped. I had to____ hard and ____off. I got so angry____I______ at the driver. However, I was ___time for the interview. By accident, one of the interviewers, the______of the company, was the driver of the yellow car. Fortunately, the manager was not angry ____me for having been so____.Two days later he ____ me the job. I was very pleased and said to everyone jokingly that I told my manager exactly what I thought___him.

rush interviewpassed brake

fell that shouted

in

manager

with rude

offered

of

Retell the text

want to get an important jobthe hardest part, the interviewride a bike to…in the rush houra yellow car…stophit another cyclist

Scold him

shown into the interview roomintroduced to the three people

receive a letter offering me thejob

Language points

1. determine

1 ） determine 用在主动语态的句子中常表示“决定，断定”。如： We determined to leave at once ．

Can you determine the meaning of the new word ？

2 ） determined 常表示“有决心的，下决心的”。可以看作一个 形容词 。

Determination ( n )

Decide , make up one’s mind

He was determined to catch up with his classmates ．他决心赶上同班同学

I was so angry I was determined to tell what I thought of him ．

2. so angry I was determined… 是 so...that... 结构，其中 that 在句中省略了。例如：

It was so dark I couldn’t see her clearly ．3.tell sb ． what you think of him 意为“告诉

他，你对他有意见”。 

Go through the text .

HOMEWORK1.Read the text and remember all the useful phrases .

2.Finish all the left exx left in this unit .