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1、Unit Two,Sailing Round the World,Look at the following pictures. In small groups, answer these questions.,Directions:,In which countries are these pictures taken? (Can you tell us where these photos are taken?) If you could sail to any place in the world, where would you like to go? Why? If you deci
2、ded to sail round the world, what would you need to take with you on the boat?,Discussion,Before Reading_3.1,Birthplace:,Devon, Britain,Sir Francis Chichester（1901 1972） English aviator and adventurer,Before Reading_3.11,Achievements:,As a young man, he went to New Zealand to work as a miner, salesm
3、an and land agent.,In 1929, he made a solo flight to Australia in a biplane.,New Zealand,biplane,Before Reading_3.12,In 1960, he won the first solo transatlantic ocean race sailing from Plymouth, England to New York City in 40 days.,In 1931, he made the first eastward flight across Tasman Sea from N
4、ew Zealand to Australia.,Achievements:,Tasman sea,Plymouth to New York,2. Global analysis,Part division,Main Ideas,Paras,Parts,1,1-2,2,3-8,3,9,His decision to sail round the world alone,The accomplishment of his great voyage,The significance of his great voyage,single-handed: adj./adv. (done) by one
5、 person alone, by oneself 单独的(地),e.g. He cant accomplish the task single-handed. The word-formation of this word: “a. n. -ed” (new) adj./adv. e.g. good-mannered 有礼貌的；warm-hearted 热心的；absent-minded 心不在焉的。 另外，solo： a. =single-handed “单独的 ”；作此意是，使用不太普遍，多用于表“独奏”。如： a solo play solo还可以作n., 意为“独唱(曲)，独奏(曲)
6、”; 如：a violin solo 小提琴独奏曲,adventure vs. venture, Adventure: vt./ n. 冒险(活动)，探险；多指经历一种令人兴奋的危险的艰难。e.g. Tom Sawyer set out in search of adventure. (汤姆.索亚踏上了历险的征途。) Venture: n. 冒险, 冒险事业；指有风险的事业以及商业投机，多指经济风险。e.g. a business venture (商业冒险),transatlantic: a. crossing the Atlantic Ocean 横渡大西洋的,trans- “横过，贯通，
7、在另一方;” e.g. transcontinental (a.横贯大陆的)transnational (a. 跨国的)transoceanic (a. 横渡大洋的),determine vs. determined vs. determination,determined is derived from the word root determine, the suffix ed can be added to some verbs or nouns to form adjectives, with the meaning “有”,“具有特征”; e.g. develop-ed develo
8、ped (发达的) advance-ed advanced (先进的) consider-ed considered (深思熟虑的) determine to do “决心做某事”；e.g. He determined to study harder at English at the beginning of this term. determine sb. to do “使某人决定做某事;” e.g. A serious illness determined him to give up smoking.(一场重病使他决定戒烟。),damage vs. harm vs. injury,da
9、mage(损害, 损坏, 毁坏): 多指直接对外观、价值、使用性和完好性的破坏、损害；e.g. The storm caused extensive damage.(暴风雨造成了巨大的损害。) 习惯用法: do damage to “对损害”; e.g. The accident did great damage to Johns car. (事故严重损坏了约翰的车。) harm(损害,伤害,危害): 指对身体、精神或名声的损害;e.g. A few late nights never did anyone harm. (偶尔熬几个夜对人没什么伤害。) injure(损害，伤害):可指损害身体
10、，健康，机能，感情等，还可指损毁某人的容貌，名声，成就等。e.g. That accident injured him physically and emotionally. (那场意外使他身心俱损。),cover: v.,Cover作动词的常见意思： =travel (a certain distance)行过(一段距离)；它用作“行走”时，没有被动语态。E.g. The Red Army covered 25,000 li on their long March. (在长征中红军走了二万五千里。) . 覆盖，包括，涉及。 如说,“桌子上布满了灰尘。” The table is covere
11、d with dust.,attempt: v. /n. = try 试图，尝试；企图,attempt指想尽办法做某事，其所含的失败的可能性比较大；e.g. He attempted walking until fell over. (他试图走一走，结果摔倒了。) 常用结构：attempt to do sth./attempt doing sth. /attempt sth. 试图(做)某事。 而try(试着，努力)；普通用法，泛指花时间或劳神费力的尝试。,dissuade vs. persuade, dissuade: vt. =prevent (sb.) from doing sth. b
12、y reasoning 劝阻；其常用结构是:dissuade sb. from doing (劝某人不要做); e.g.The old always dissuade the young from taking risks.(老年人总是劝青年人不要冒险。) 其反义词(antonym) 是：persuade persuade: v. =cause to do sth. by reasoning, begging or arguing 说服(强调结果)；常用结构：persuade sb. to do sth. / persuade sb. into doing sth. e.g. The moth
13、er persuaded her son to put on more clothes. (母亲说服儿子多穿些衣服。) Nothing would persuade him into accepting our opinion. (什么也不能使他接受我们 的意见。),fortunate：adj. =lucky幸运的,常用结构： be fortunate in 在方面幸运；e.g. Were fortunate in having a good teacher. be fortunate to (be) 很幸运做 e.g. We were fortunate enough to catch th
14、e last bus yesterday evening.,contact: v./n. get in touch with 联系, 接触, 交往,contact指人与人之间因交往或联系而接触； 它用作名词时的常用结构有： be in contact with 和接触/有关系 be out of contact with 脱离接触,失去联系 have contact with 接触到，和有联系 make contact with 和接触/联系 lose contact with 和失去联系，离开 e.g. Have you been in contact with your parents r
15、ecently? (你近来与你父母有联系吗？) The lost boy was out of contact with his parents for a long time. (失踪的男孩长期与他父母亲失去联系。) We first made contact with countries on the east coast. (我们首次与东海岸的国家接触。) The writer had no contact with the workers. (作家没有接触到工人。),nearby: 可作a.或adv. 意为“在附近，附近的”， 等于near, close by,e.g. A footb
16、all match is going to be played nearby. (此句中nearby为adv.) 当nearby修饰n.时，可以放在被修饰n.的前面或后面，意同not far away; e.g. The young couple went to a nearby church. 而not far away修饰n.时，只放在它修饰的n.后面。,drag: vt. pull along with great effort 拖,拉 (p.t. /p.p. dragged),其惯用法： drag on: 时间拖得很长； e.g. The meeting dragged on for more than three hours. (会议拖拖拉拉地开了三个多小时。) drag ones feet: 拖延时间(不愿做); e.g. The boy promised to hand in his homework today, but was dragging his feet now.,
