牛津英語模塊一word power unit2 module 1全面版

1、WORD POWER UNIT TWO MODULE ONE Lead inLead inStep 1Reading a dialogueJane is an American who has come to Britain for the first time. Read the dialogue and answer the questions:Lily : Oh, there you are. Now did you have a good flight Jane : Sure. We flew all the way .Lily: You must be very tired. Jan

2、e: Yes. Could I use your bathroom? Lily: Sure, just make yourself at home. It is on the first floor. Let me give you a clean towel.Jane: A Towel?( after a while)Lily: Have you found it?Jane: Well, I mean no. I cant find it. Is it on the first floor?Lily: Yes. Its the second door on the left. Look, i

3、t is there.Jane: Oh, it is here.(2 minutes later)Jane: I find the bathroom, but I cant find what I m looking for.Questions: Why cant Jane find the bathroom at first? What cant Jane find in the bathroom? Why?Questions:Why cant Jane find the bathroom at first? first floorsecond floorfirst floorground

4、floorAmerican English British English(2)What cant Jane find in the bathroom? Jane cant find the toilet. She wants to go to the toilet, but Lily thinks she wants to take a shower. bathroom(AmE) a toliet (BrE) a bath or showerOne more question:In which aspect does American English differ from British

5、English from the dialogue above? In vocabularyStep 2 Word power1. Discussion: In what ways does American English differ from British English? Vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, spelling 2. American vs British EnglishpronunciationcolourcolorspellingsweetcandyvocabularycentervacationThat skirt fit ba

6、dly.Is this Lily? (on the phone) AmericancentreThat skirt fitted badly.Is that Lily? (on the phone)grammarholiday Britishdancedns d:nsagaingeingen Match the word in column A with another word meaning the same as the word in column B A (American English) Can Garbage Candy Honor Tire Elevator program

7、First floor B (British English ) Dustbin Honour Tyre Tin Sweets Programme Lift Ground floorMatch the word in column A with another word meaning the same as the word in column BA game: Do you have a good memory?Can/tinvacation/holidayPants/trousersTraveler/travellerSoccer ball/footballTire/TyreLabor/

8、labourGarbage/dustbinCenter/centreElevator/liftA game: Do you have a good memory?Can/tinvacation/holidayPants/trousersTraveler/travellerSoccer ball/footballLabor/labourGarbage/dustbinCenter/centreElevator/lift tire/tyreA game: Do you have a good memory?Can/tinvacation/holidayPants/trousersTraveler/t

9、ravellerSoccer ball/footballTire/TyreLabor/labourGarbage/dustbinCenter/centreElevator/liftA game: Do you have a good memory?Can/tinvacation/holidayPants/trousersTraveler/travellerSoccer ball/footballTire/TyreLabor/labourGarbage/dustbinCenter/centre elevator/liftA game: Do you have a good memory?Can/

10、tinvacation/holidayPants/trousersTraveler/travellerSoccer ball/footballTire/TyreLabor/labourGarbage/dustbinCenter/centreElevator/liftA game: Do you have a good memory?Can/tinvacation/holidayTraveler/travellerSoccer ball/footballTire/TyreLabor/labourGarbage/dustbinCenter/centreElevator/liftpants/trou

11、sers3. Use the information from above to change the underlined words and phrases from American to British English. Then, practise the new dialogue with a partner. Li Hua: Hello, (1)is this _ Dai Jun?Dai Jun: Yes, Hi, Li Hua, how are you?Li Hua: I m okey now, but I just had the worst morning ever!Dai

12、 Jun: What happened?Li Hua: I went to the shopping (2)center _near Huaihai Road, to change the new shoes I bought, the ones that (3)fit _ badly, for bigger ones. One saleswoman was in the (4)bathroom _and Other was watching a TV (5)program _ behind the counter. Neither of them woud help me! Finally,

13、 I got help, but they only had the shoes in a (6)color _ I didnt like. I wanted to complain, but when I asked to see the manager, they told me, Oh, sorry, (7)she just went home _.Dai Jun: What a terrible shop! What did you do?Li Hua: They gave me a number to phone the manager (8)at _,so I called whe

14、n I got home. Now I feel a bit better, but I still dont have new shoes!is thatcentrefittedtoiletprogrammecolourshes just gone homeonThoughts after reading Thoughts after reading 1. Whats Li Huas feeling?.Guess the meaning of cost an arm and a leg Bai: your new car is really nice. Kevin: It should be

15、. It cost me an arm and a leg. Bai: Really? Im sorry to hear that when did the car accident happen?Kevin: Come on, friend. Im fine. I mean the car costs a lot of money.Colloquialism A colloquialism is an informal expression used in spoken English. Colloquialisms are never used in formal English or i

16、n writing, but are often used in conversations. Read these colloquialisms and look at the matching pictures. Choose the correct meaning for each one from the box below. joke with someone something easy to understand listening carefully boring/ afraid to have fun1.2.I can tell you that. Thats a no-br

17、ainer!Dont be a wet blanket. Have some fun! something easy to understandboring/ afraid to have fun joke with someone something easy to understand listening carefully boring/ afraid to have fun3.4.Go on, tell me. Im all ears.Are you serious? Dont pull my leg.listening carefullyjoke with someoneGuess

18、what the following italicized expressions mean and then look them up in a dictionary.1 Mrs blacks garden is the best in our town. She has real green fingers.2 He just cant do anything right. He is all thumbs.3 You are telling me Im lazy. Ha,look what a mess your room is! That is like the pot calling

19、 the kettle black!4 I wish I had brought my umbrella. Its raining cats and dogs. 5 Dont make a mountain out of a molehill. Its not that serious.6.Though you are busy, could you just lend me an ear for a moment?7.As a green hand , Robert nearly drove into the grocery on roadside8.Because Tod failed i

20、n his maths exam, he was as quiet as a mouse .skill in gardeningbe very clumsy, esp when handing thingscriticizing someone else for a fault you have yourselfrain very heavilymake a trivial matter seem important to listen and pay attention to new hand,a person without much experience making very litt

21、le sound6123451. Because Tod failed in his maths exams, he was as quiet as mouse when his father scolded him.2.When the British invite you to their flat(公寓), the Americans will ask you to come around to their _apartmentWhen Americans buy a ticket for the subway（地鐵),Englishmen would buy it for the_un

22、derground2.Though you are busy, could you just lend me an ear for a moment?1. In Britain, cars run on petrol(汽油),but the same thing is called _ in American.2. All the family members come to persuade Jim to change his idea, but he is as stubborn as a mule.gas1. In American, high school students go on

23、 to college. While in Britain they would go to _2. How many times have I told you to work on time. But my words just go in one ear and out the other, so I dont have any choice but to fire you.university 1. Joe is really in hot water now - his girl friend just found out hes seeing another woman2. Tha

24、t excuse simply doesnt hold water.1. As a green hand , Robert nearly drove into the grocery on roadside2. I have never expected lily to act as cool as a cucumber in the traffic accident.2. Try to make a short dialogue or a short story with the colloquialisms learned today.a no-brainer, a wet blanket

25、, be all ears, pull my leg, green fingers,all thumbs, the cattle calling the kettle black, rain cats and dogs, make a mountain out of a molehill, as cool as a cucumberStep 5 Homework1.Try your best to keep the examples of American English and British English in your mind.2. Write the dialogue or sto

26、ry in your exercise-book, using as many colloquialisms as you can.只要我們堅(jiān)持了，就沒有克服不了的困難?；蛟S，為了將來，為了自己的發(fā)展，我們會把一件事情想得非常透徹，對自己越來越嚴(yán)，要求越來越高，對任何機(jī)會都不曾錯過，其目的也只不過是不讓自己隨時陷入逆境與失去那種面對困難不曾屈服的精神。但有時，“千里之行，始于足下?！蔽覀兏枰脮r間持久的用心去做一件事情，讓自己其中那小小的淺淺的進(jìn)步，來擊破打破突破自己那本以為可以高枕無憂十分舒適的區(qū)域，強(qiáng)迫逼迫自己一刻不停的馬不停蹄的一直向前走，向前看，向前進(jìn)。所有的未來，都是靠腳步去丈量。

27、沒有走，怎么知道，不可能；沒有去努力，又怎么知道不能實(shí)現(xiàn)？幸福都是奮斗出來的。那不如，生活中、工作中，就讓這“幸福都是奮斗出來的”完完全全徹徹底底的滲入我們的心靈，著心、心平氣和的去體驗(yàn)、去察覺這一種靈魂深處的安詳，側(cè)耳聆聽這僅屬于我們自己生命最原始最動人的節(jié)奏。但，這種聆聽，它絕不是僅限于、執(zhí)著于“我”，而是觀察一種生命狀態(tài)能夠擴(kuò)展和超脫到什么程度，也就是那“幸福都是奮斗出來的”深處又會是如何？生命不止，奮斗不息！又或者，對于很多優(yōu)秀的人來說，我們奮斗了一輩子，拼搏了一輩子，也只是人家的起點(diǎn)。可是，這微不足道的進(jìn)步，對于我們來說，卻是幸福的，也是知足的，因?yàn)槲覀兦迩宄闹雷约盒枰氖鞘裁?/p>

28、，隱隱約約的感覺到自己的人生正把握在自己手中，并且這一切還是通過我們自己勤勤懇懇努力，去積極爭取的!“寶劍鋒從磨礪出，梅花香自苦寒來?！碑?dāng)我們坦然接受這人生的終局，或許，這無所皈依的心靈就有了歸宿，這生命中覓尋處那真正的幸福、真正的清香也就從此真正的燦爛了我們的人生。一生有多少屬于我們的時光？陌上的花，落了又開了，開了又落了。無數(shù)個歲月就這樣在悄無聲息的時光里靜靜的流逝。童年的玩伴，曾經(jīng)的天真，只能在夢里回味，每回夢醒時分，總是多了很多傷感。不知不覺中，走過了青春年少，走過了人世間風(fēng)風(fēng)雨雨。愛過了，恨過了，哭過了，笑過了，才漸漸明白，酸甜苦辣咸才是人生的真味！生老病死是自然規(guī)律。所以，面對生活

29、中經(jīng)歷的一切順境和逆境都學(xué)會了坦然承受，面對突然而至的災(zāi)難多了一份從容和冷靜。這世上沒有什么不能承受的，只要你有足夠的堅(jiān)強(qiáng)！這世上沒有什么不能放下的，只要你有足夠的胸襟！一生有多少屬于我們的時光？當(dāng)你為今天的落日而感傷流淚的時候，你也將錯過了明日的旭日東升；當(dāng)你為過去的遺憾郁郁寡歡，患得患失的時候，你也將忽略了沿途美麗的風(fēng)景，淡漠了對未來美好生活的憧憬。沒有十全十美的生活，沒有一帆風(fēng)順的旅途。波平浪靜的人生太乏味，抑郁憂傷的人生少歡樂，風(fēng)雨過后的彩虹最絢麗，歷經(jīng)磨礪的生命才豐盈而深刻。見過了各樣的人生：有的輕浮，有的踏實(shí)；有的喧嘩，有的落寞；有的激揚(yáng)，有的低回。肉體凡胎的我們之所以苦惱或喜悅，

30、大都是緣于生活里的際遇沉浮，走不出個人心里的藩籬。也許我們能挺得過物質(zhì)生活的匱乏，卻不能抵擋住內(nèi)心的種種糾結(jié)。其實(shí)幸福和歡樂大多時候是對人對事對生活的一種態(tài)度，一花一世界，一樹一菩提，就是一粒小小的沙子，也有自己精彩的乾坤。如果想到我們終有一天會灰飛煙滅，一切象風(fēng)一樣無影亦無蹤，還去爭個什么？還去抱怨什么？還要煩惱什么？未曾生我誰是我？生我之時我是誰？長大成人方是我，合眼朦朧又是誰？一生真的沒有多少時光，何必要和生活過不去，和自己過不去呢。你在與不在，太陽每天都會照常升起；你愁與不愁，生活都將要繼續(xù)。時光不會因你而停留，你卻會隨著光陰而老去。有些事情注定會發(fā)生，有的結(jié)局早已就預(yù)見，那么就改變你

31、可以改變的，適應(yīng)你必須去適應(yīng)的。面對幸與不幸，換一個角度，改變一種思維，也許心空就不再布滿陰霾，頭上就是一片蔚藍(lán)的天。一生能有多少屬于我們的時光，很多事情，很多人已經(jīng)漸漸模糊。而能隨著歲月積淀下來，在心中無法忘卻的，一定是觸動心靈，甚至是刻骨銘心的，無論是傷痛是歡愉。人生無論是得意還是失意，都不要錯過了清早的晨曦，正午的驕陽，夕陽的絢爛，暮色中的朦朧。經(jīng)歷過很多世態(tài)炎涼之后，你終于能懂得：誰會在乎你？你又何必要別人去在乎？生于斯世，赤條條的來，也將身無長物的離開，你在世上得到的，失去的，最終都會化作塵埃。原本就不曾帶來什么，所以也談不到失去什么，因此，對自己經(jīng)歷的幸與不幸都應(yīng)懷有一顆平常心有一顆平常心，面對人生小小的不如意或是飛來橫禍就能坦然接受，知道人有旦夕禍福，這和命運(yùn)沒什么關(guān)系；有一顆平常心，面對臺下的鮮花掌聲和頭上的光環(huán)，身上的浮名都能清醒看待?；ú怀ｉ_，人不常在。再熱鬧華美的舞臺也有謝幕的