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1、Lesson 9 Flying cats 飞猫 一、【Text】 课文Cats never fail to fascinate human beings. They can be friendly and affectionate towards humans, but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well. they never become submissive like dogs and horses. As a result, humans have learned to respect feline independence.
2、 Most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives. One of the things that fascinaes us most about cats is the popular belief that they have nine lives. Apparently, there is a good deal of truth in this idea. A cats ability to survive falls is based on fact.Recently the New York Animal medical C
3、entre made a study of 132 cots over a period of five months. All these cats had one experience in common: they had fallen off high buildings, yet only eight of them died from shock or injuries. Of course, New York is the ideal place for such an interesting study, because there is no shortage of tall
4、 buildings. There are plenty of high-rise windowsills to fall, from! One cat ,Sabrina, fell 32 storeys, yet only suffered from a broken tooth. Cats behave like well-trained paratroopers, a doctor said. It seems that the further cats fall, the less they are likely to injure themselves. In a long drop
5、, they reach speeds of 60 miles an hour and more. At high speeds, falling cats have time to relax. They stretch out their legs like flying squirrels. This increases their air-resistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hid the ground. 二、【New words and expressions】 生词和短语fascinate v. 迷住，吸引住af
6、fectionate adj. 充满情深的，柔情的mysterious adj. 神秘的，难以理解的submissive adj. 服从的，顺从的feline adj. 猫的independence n. 独立，独立性high-rise adj. 高层的windowsill n.窗槛paratrooper n. 伞兵squirrel n. 松鼠air-resistance n. 空气阻力impact n. 冲击力fascinate v. 迷住，吸引住vt. 主系表结构：be fascinated with 被 迷住了，被吸引住了He is fascinated with chess.Are y
7、ou fascinated with English.like, love, be fond ofThe boy is fond of football.be crazy about:着迷be mad aboutHe is crazy / mad about music.He is fascinated with music.fascination n.fascinating adj.Sweet music is fascinating.affectionate adj. 充满情深的，柔情的Cats are affectionate animals.affectionately adv.The
8、 lady is looking that man affectionately.affection n. mysterious adj. 神秘的，难以理解的a mysterious plana mysterious explanationmystery n. 迷团，神秘感His death is a mystery.submissive adj. 服从的，顺从的obedient Are you obedient?Dogs and horses are submissive, but Cats are never submissive to us.be submissive to sb.sub
9、mit v.Submit oneself to sb. / sth. 屈服于，顺从于submission n.feline adj. 猫的independence n. 独立，独立性independent adj.You have already grown up, you must be independent. depend 依靠You must depend on yourself.depend, dependenceindependence, independenthigh-rise adj. 高层的windowsill n.窗槛paratrooper n. 伞兵squirrel n.
10、 松鼠air-resistance n. 空气阻力impact n. 冲击力三、【课文精析】nver fail to do 双重否定肯定If you aks for help in the polite way, you never fail to succeed.If you receive requests like this, youll never fail to accept.常用的双重否定结构（加强语气）1 never fail to, cant fail to, dont fail to , 否定词+fail to（语气较强烈）2 否定的形容词之前加以否定 unreasonabl
11、e- not unreasonableEg: What he said is not unreasonable.It is quite common (not uncommon ) for us to make mistakes.3 not + without Eg: You cant obtain english without working hard.He doesnt have any meal without meat.4.no+not Eg: There is no cat that doesnt like fish. There is nothing that he cant d
12、o. There is no rule that has no exception.as wellas a resulthave learned to:学会了，习惯了People have learned to expect that trains are punctual.Children have learned to expect that their parents are very able.be suspicious of sb. 对什么表示怀疑，存有戒心One of the things that fascinaes us： that 引导定语从句that 引导同位语从句One
13、of the things that fascinaes us most about planes is the popular fact that they are safe and fast.truth,不可数名词，a good deal of apparently 显然，显而易见It seems that. Key sentence: A cats ability to survive falls is based on fact.survive v. fall v.&n.be based on:基于事实基础之上base sth. on: 把某事加强在什么基础之上We base the
14、theory on the factThe theory is based on fact.make a study of sth:对什么作出研究in common = the samefall off 坠落， 掉落die from:死于死于疾病：die of illness / disease / hunger / thirst,自然的死亡用 of死于非自然原因：die from shock / injures / wound, 用 fromthere is no shortageshortage:缺乏 = lack, 与 of 搭配，shortage / fack ofshortage o
15、f money led to the failure of the experiments.suffer from: 遭受什么痛苦A lot of people in the world are suffering from terrible disease.behave like = act likewell-trained: 训练很好的，well-decorated:装饰漂亮的the further cats fall, the less典型的 the more.the more.句型，用定冠词 the 修饰形容词或副词的比较级The harder you study English, t
16、he better you an learn it.The more you eat, the fatter you will be.be likely to do:有可能如何，强调可能性In cold winter, We are likely to catch a cold.and more 甚至更多stretch out 充分伸展Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic“泰坦尼克“号的沉没一、【Text】 课文The great ship, Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th, 1912. She was carrying 1316 passengers and a crew of 8
