Period 1 new words
Teaching aims:
1.Ask Ss to pronounce the new words correctly
2.Get Ss to grasp the usages of the new words and phrases
一、previewing work
1 Translation
环境；情况 ___________ 评价；评定 _____________
存活；幸存 ___________ 边疆；边界 _____________
绝望的；极严重的________ 挨饿；饿死 ______________
雕刻；雕塑 __________ 纪念物；纪念碑 ___________
周年纪念（日）_________ 大灾难 __________________
2 Change the forms of the below words
apply n._______ survival v.________ox pl. __________
salty n._________thirst adj. ________anxiety adj._________
assessment v.______starvation v. __________
二、words explaining
1. quit (quit, quit)放弃，停止，离开
e.g. He got his present job when he quit the army.
I’d like to ________ the responsibility.
2. apply…to…运用， 应用
e.g. New technology is being __________ almost every industrial process.(工业流程)
apply to sb for sth 申请
e.g. _________ the publisher __________permission to reprint an extract. 向出版者申请准予转印节录
applied adj.(通常作定语)应用的，实用的
e.g. applied mathematics
application n. 申请
3. add up
e.g. The waiter can’t add up. 这个服务员不会算帐。
add up to 加起来总和是多少， 总计
e.g.The ten figures_________ 1000.
add to sth 增加
e.g.His coming _______ our difficulty.他的到来增加了我们的困难。
add sth to sth
e.g. Add some salt to the soup. 汤里加些盐。
In addition (to sb/sth) 加之，除….之外
e.g. ________ there are six other applicants.除此之外，还有六个申请者。
4. lose heart 灰心
lose one’s heart to sb 爱上某人
lose control of 失去控制
lose hold of失去控制
lose face丢脸
lose interest in 失去兴趣
lose one’s way 迷路
lose one’s weight 减肥
lose one’s life 失去生命
lose one’s breath 喘不过气
lose oneself in(be lost in) 全神贯注于…之中
5． take it easy 别紧张，放松点
take sth for granted 认为…是当然的
take over 接任；接管；接受
take up 开始从事；专注于；占用；接下去
take back 撤消
take for 当作；误以为
take in 收容；领悟；蒙骗
take off 脱掉衣服；（飞机）起飞
take on 雇佣；聘用；开始显现；承担（工作，责任）
6 keep up 维持；保持
keep up with 跟上；不落后；赶上
e.g. we should __________the pace of modern times
keep back 阻止；阻挡；隐蒙
e.g. He can ________ nothing ________ from his friends.
Keep off 避开；不要靠近
e.g. _________the grass
Keep on doing
Keep out 关在门外；不准入内
e.g. This coat _________ the wind.
Keep to 坚持；保持
e.g. He always_________ his promises.
7. survival V. survive survive the crash
e.g. Of the six people in the plane that crashed ,only one____________.
8. beyond prep. 在（或向）…的那边；远于；超过
beyond one’s ability
beyond description
beyond words
beyond sb’s grasp
beyond belief
9. leave behind 忘带；留下；落后
leave sth aside 把某事搁置起来；不考虑
leave alone 让独自呆者；不打扰
leave ….at the mercy of 任由…摆布
leave out 遗漏；漏掉
10. burden n.负担v.使…成负担
e.g.He could not carry the ________ alone.
I don’t want to_________ you with my problems.
11. accustomed adj. 习惯的；通常的
be accustomed to /accustom oneself to 习惯于；适应
e.g. I’m not _________ to getting up so early to do morning exercises.
12. starvation
die of starvation
V. starve starve to death__________
13. anxiety n.
anxiety for sth/to do sth
adj. anxious
be anxious about/for sth.忧虑的；担忧的
e.g. I am ________about my son’s health..
be anxious that/for sth.渴望某事物
e.g. They were _____________ that aid should be sent promptly.
14. deliver n. deliverer
deliver sth to sb.
e.g. Did you ________ my message ________my father?
deliver oneself of sth
deliver oneself of an opinion
三、Homework(学后巩固)
1、 words
放弃 ________ 酒精__________ 剃刀___________
边疆 ________ 嗓子__________ 递送____________
纪念碑_______ 渴望___________ 被子____________
2、 phrases
运用__________________ 加起来__________________
维持____________________ 常识__________________
忘带_____________________ 迷路_________________
系；捆___________________ 为。。。去 _____________
3、Fill in the blanks
1. This account of the wonderful land b________ the Rocky mountains gave him the idea to move there.
2. Our first destination was Indian Creek in Kansas, which was then the f_________.
3. On November 4,1846, we entered the desert and soon ________(迷路)
4. The animals dragged their legs, too weak to pull their b________, and their tongues hung out in d______ need of water.
5. For many weeks we had been a__________ to seeing horses and oxen.
6. In a_________ of reaching a place of safety, no one stopped to look or help.
7. In fact, the situation was so d________ that, in most cases, no one could help another.
8. Our days of hardship had ______________ (结束)。

Period 2 Fast reading
Teaching aims:
1. Review the words and phrases appearing in the last two periods.
2. Train the Ss’ reading ability
Teaching procedures:
Step1. Greeting
Greet Ss as usual.
Step2. Revision
Ask Ss to decide the new words of this unit.
Step3.Reading
Ask Ss to scan the passage and decide which of the following sentences is true or false and correct it if false.
1. In the spring of 1845, my father read a book about New York. ( )
2. Indian Creek in Kansas was the meeting place for people moving to the east. ( )
3. On November 4,1846, we entered the Salt Lake Desert and soon lost our way. ( )
4. A young man in their group suggested that the writer stay behind with the children and wait for help. ( )
5. At three o’clock in the morning of New Year’s Day, we reached the edge of the desert. ( )
Then ask Ss to read the passage again, and try to find the topic sentence of each paragraph or summarize the main idea of each paragraph . After 5”, check the answers,。
P1. My father decided to go west after reading a book about California.
1 When did my father read a book? 2 What did he react to this account?
this account of give him the idea In the spring of 1845
2 What did he react to this account?
this account of give him the idea
3 When did they set off?
by the middle of October set off
in the spring of 1845
when half a year later
by the middle of
　
how long /far / who/why
P2. We get ready for the journey westward by reaching the first destination of Indian Greek in Kansas.
1. How many states did we travel through? And then what did we decide to do?
four spend winter move on
2. What was our first destination?
Indian Creek in Kansas frontier
3. What was our starting day toward west?
April 12, 1846 chose
P3 We experienced the hard journey across the Salt Lake Desert.
1. What did we do with the wagons at night when we camped?
by day driven form around
2. What was the most trying part?
through central sometimes lift pull up
3. What was the hard ship in the Salt Lake Desert?
lost our way 90 Water and grass
4. How did we get through the “long drive”?
Walk beside burnt the wagon packed with on our feet 500
p4 We made the hard and bitter journey through the Death Valley
1. What did we see during our journey for many weeks?
Be accustomed to be lined with dead abandoned
2. Did we can help each other? Why?
In anxiety of safety situation desperate
P5 I was very tried but persisted on the journey.
Did I give up when a young man suggested me giving up? Why?
a shallow grave
got onto one’s knees --- on all fours -----suggested------ knew ----won’t give up ----meant--
P6. We at last arrived at the promised land
When did we reached the edge of the desert? And what’s the end of the hard journey?
Christmas Day the promised land
reached---ran---smelt---stared---believed---looked---thought---come to an end
Step4 post reading
Ask Ss read again and try to retell the passage according to the answers.
Step5 Homework
Read the passage again and try to retell and better recite it.

Period 3 Careful reading
Teaching aims:
Enable Ss to grasp the phrases and important sentences
Teaching procedures:
Step1 Greeting
Greet Ss as usual
Step2 Revision
Ask Ss to retell or recite the passage.
Step3 Reading
Ask Ss to read the passage and underline the difficult phrases and sentences
Then explain the passage paragraph by paragraph.
Key phrases:
1. set off for
head for
set out to
set sail to
leave for
2. by day=during the day
They sleep ________and work at night.
3. prove
prove sth
It has ________ again and again that frequent advertising can increase product sales.
Prove (to be) n/adj
He proves (to be ) an excellent student./ excellent.
4. be hard on
The task _______ such little boys.
5. pull up
The driver ______ his car.(vt.)
The train ____________ at the Beijing station.(vi.)
6. in desperate need of=in great need of
The teacher is _______________ teacher.
7. be/become accustomed to=be/become used to doing
The boy soon ______________ hard work and poor food.
He has ____________________ reading aloud in the morning.
8. be lined with/by
The street ___________ both sides _____ people.
9. come to an end
The term has ______________.
Drills:
1. This account of the wonderful land beyond the Rocky Mountains gave him the idea to move there.
2.Our first destination was Indian Creek in Kansas, which was then th frontier.
3.Water that was shown on the map proved to be salty ponds and not drinkable.
4.The animals dragged their legs, too weak to pull their burden, and their tongues hung out in desperate need of water.
5.Lying around them were chains, guns, tools, bedding, clothing , and many other articles.
6. I was so weak and tired that I got onto my knees and started moving across the sands on all fours.
7. When we saw the valley with fat cattle and horses, we thought we had reached the promised land.
Step 4 Homework
Ask Ss to read the passage again and grasp the useful phrases and important sentences.

Period 4 Grammar
Teaching aims:
1. Review the language points
2. Review the Attribute
Teaching procedures:
Step1. Greetings
Greet Ss as usual.
Step2. Language study
Ask Ss to finish word study on p50.
Then check the answer.
Step3. Grammar
Review the Attribute
定语是对名词或代词起修饰、限定作用的单词、短语或句子，汉语中常用“……的”表示。
定语有限制和非限制之分。对中心词来说必不可少的定语叫限制性定语。一般不用逗号将两者分隔；只起补充说明、用逗号隔开的定语叫非限制定语。
She had a red pencil.(red作限制定语)
She had a pencil, red.(red作非限制定语 )
1． 形容词作定语
The little boy needs a red pen.
There is something wrong with the radio.
2． 数词作定语
Two boys are playing table tennis.
Thirty students attended the party.
3． 代词或名词所有格作定语
His bicycle needs repairing.
Tom’s hair needs cutting.
4． 名词作定语
There is only one ball pen in the pencil box.
They are talking about a maths problem.
5． 介词短语作定语
The boy in the classroom is a friend of mine.
The boy in blue is Mike.
6. 副词作定语
The school there is a key middle school in our city.
The best boy here is Tom.
7. 不定式作定语
The boy to write this letter is our monitor.
There is nothing to do today.
8. –ing（短语）作定语
He is sitting in the smoking room.
He bought some sleeping pills.
9. 过去分词（短语）作定语
The pen bought by her is made in China.
There are five boys left.
10. 从句作定语。
The boy who is reading needs the dictionary which you bought yesterday.
There are five boys who will play the game.
多个词修饰名词作形容词的顺序：
限定词→序数词→基数词→描述性形容词→大小、长短、形状→新旧、年龄、程度→颜色→国籍→材料→作用→中心词
This is a charming small round old yellow French wooden reading room.
这是一间漂亮的、小巧的、呈圆形状的、有些陈旧的、黄颜色的、法国式的、木质的书房。
Step4. Practice
1 Underline the Attribute in each sentence and tell what is used as Attribute.
1) The world in which we live is made of matter.
2) The homework for today is to write a six-hundred-word composition about your hometown.
3) This is the lab set up by the students themselves.
4) The room facing south is our bedroom.
5) He is always the first to come and the last to leave.
6) She took the second place in the beauty contest.
3 choices
1) He dropped the _______ and broke it.
A. cup of coffee
B. cup for coffee
C. coffee’s cup
D coffee cup
2). The _________ is just around the corner and you won’t miss it.
A. bicycle’s shop
B. bicycle shop
C. bicycles shop
D. bicycles’s shop
3). There are five pairs of shoes _____________. But I’m at a loss which to buy.
A. to be chosen B. to chosen from
C. to choose D. for choosing
4) ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬—How was your recent visit to Qingdao?
—It was great. We visited some good friends. And spent the _________ days at the seaside.
A. few last sunny
B. last few sunny
C. last sunny few
D. few sunny last
5) If I had _______ ,I’d visit Europe, stopping at all the small interesting places.
A a long enough holiday
B an enough long holiday
C a holiday enough long
D a long holiday enough
6) _______ to take this adventure course will certainly learn a lot of useful skills.
A. Brave enough students
B. Enough brave students
C. Students brave enough
D. Students enough brave
7) I’d like you to give me _______ to read.
A. different nothing
B something different
C. different anything
D. anything different
8) —Look! My name is on the bag.
— Yes. I think this is the same bag ______ you lost yesterday.
A. as B. that C. like D. who
9) Is this reason ________ at the meeting for his carelessness in his work?
A. he explained
B. what he explained
C. how he explained
D. why he explained
10) A fast food restaurant is the place ________, just as the name suggests, eating is performed quickly.
A. which B. where C. there D. what
Step4. Homework Review the Attribute

Period 5 Integrating skills
Teaching aims:
Enable ss to understand the passage and grasp the useful phrases.
Teaching procedures:
Step1. Greeting
Greet Ss as usual.
Step2. Revision
Review the attribute.
Step3 Integrating skills
Ask Ss to read the passage and try to answer the following questions:
1. What are two diseases mentioned in this passage?
2. Do you know other diseases of that kind?
3. How could Dr Welch save the children of Nome?
4. What is a relay? Can you give other examples of relays?
5. Why was a relay of dog sleds chosen as the best transport, from Nenana to Nome?
Step4.Notes to the passage
1. anniversary
an anniversary party
the thirtieth anniversary
We were married on 20 may 1964, so every year we have a party on our anniversary.
2. cover a distance of
I want to cover 100 miles by dark.
We __________ 400 km in three hours.
The Red Army ________ 25000 during the long march.
cover an event
My school covers about 150 mu.
be covered with
The book covers all language points.
Cover up 掩盖
Lies can not _______ facts.
under (the )cover of 趁着， 假托……的名义
they escaped ________ darkness.
the cover of the book
3. tie up
1) 系牢
________ this package.
2) （交通）堵塞
The accident _______ all traffic.
tie … to…
tie with
tie with sb in … game(match)
end in a tie
4. at stake
Thousands of lives will be at stake if emergency aid does not arrive in the city soon.
This decision puts our lives ___________. 这么一决定，我们的生命就吉凶难仆了。
5．little more than=no more than 仅仅
He is little more than an account.
revision : not more than
more than
more…than…
6. memorial
a memorial to (prep.)sb
7. risk
run(take)the risk of … 冒……的危险
I don’t run the risk of losing my friend.
at the risk of
He saved her at the risk of her life
risk sth/doing sth
he risked his fortune to complete to his life work.
8.achieve one’s goal
9.adapt oneself to
10.cast sb. away(通常用于被动语态)
Step5. Homework
Read the passage again and review the whole unit