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1、,Unit 4 Sharing,A Letter Home,Thanks for your letter, which took a fortnight to arrive. It was wonderful to hear from you. I know youre dying to hear all about my life here, so Ive included some photos which will help you picture the places I talk about.,You asked about my high school. Well, its a b
2、ush school the classrooms are made of bamboo and the roofs of grass. It takes me only a few minutes to walk to school down a muddy track. When I reach the school grounds there are lots of “good mornings“ for me from the boys. Many of them have walked a long way, sometimes up to two hours, to get to
3、school.,原句1:Thanks for your letter. It was wonderful to hear from you. 谢谢你的来信,收到你的信真是太高兴了。 hear from 收到某人的信 Eg: Have you heard about/of the new anticancer drug? 搭配归纳:hear of /about sb. / sth.听说,得知 练习: (1)毫无疑问我渴望收到你的来信。 There is no doubt that I am looking forward to hearing from you. 你一定听说过一些关于美人鱼的奇闻
4、。 You are bound to hear of some anecdotes about the mermaid.,原句2:I know you are dying to hear all about my life here . 我知道你急于了解我在这儿的生活情况。 2)be dying to do/for sth. 渴望做某事; 迫切想要 搭配归纳: die away (声音、光线、风等)减弱,渐息 die out 完全灭绝,消失 die from/of 因而死 练习: (1) We are dying to hear about your experience in the arm
5、y. (2)Nowadays many people die of cancer.,(3)Many old customs have died out (4) The noise of the crowd began to die away , as the group started playing. 与“渴望做某事/某物”的相关短语(eager, desire, long, keen , urge, anxious): be eager to do/for sth. ; have a desire to do/for sth. ; long to do/for sth. ; be keen
6、 to do/for sth. ; have an urge to do/for sth. be anxious to do/for sth,Theres no electricity or water and even no textbooks either! Im still trying to adapt to these conditions. However, one thing is for sure, Ive become more imaginative in my teaching. Science is my most challenging subject as my s
7、tudents have no concept of doing experiments. In fact there is no equipment, and if I need water I have to carry it from my house in a bucket! The other day I was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when, before I knew it, the mixture was bubbling over everywhere! The boys who had never
8、 come across anything like this before started jumping out of the windows. Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to these students, most of whom will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway. To be honest, I doubt whether Im making any difference to these boys lives at all.,原句3: Th
9、e other day I was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment. 不久前的一天,我正给孩子们做每周一次的化学实验的演示。 3)the other day不久前的一天,前几天= a few days ago 练习:(1)前几天,她目睹了一场可怕的事故。 The other day, she witnessed an awful accident. (2)不久前的一天,我收到了笔友的来信。 The other day, I heard from my pen friend.,原句4:Sometimes I wonder how
10、relevant chemistry is to these students, most of whom will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway. 有时候,我真想知道,化学对这些孩子究竟有多大的用处。 4) relevant 有关的; 切题的; relevance n. 有关 Eg: His nationality is not relevant to= has no relevance to whether hes a good lawyer. 搭配归纳:be (not) relevant to= has (no)
11、relevance to与相关/无关 “与有关”的短语还有(relate, link, associate, connect, involve ): be related to. be linked to , be associated with, be connected with, be involved with,练习: (1)我不认为你所说的跟我们正在谈论的问题有关。 I dont think what you say is relevant to the question that we are discussing. (2) 这些学生学不好英语的原因与英语老师无关 The reas
12、on why these students cant learn English well isnt relevant to = has no relevance to the English teacher.,You asked whether Im getting to know any local people. Well, thats actually quite difficult as I dont speak much of the local English dialect yet. But last weekend another teacher, Jenny, and 1
13、did visit a village which is the home of one of the boys, Tombe. It was my first visit to a remote village. We walked for two and a half hours to get there - first up a mountain to a ridge from where we had fantastic views and then down a steep path to the valley below. When we arrived at the villag
14、e, Tombes mother, Kiak, who had been pulling weeds in her garden, started crying “ieee ieee“. We shook hands with all the villagers. Everyone seemed to be a relative of Tombes.,Tombes father, Mukap, led us to his house, a low bamboo hut with grass sticking out of the roof - this shows it is a mans h
15、ouse. The huts were round, not rectangular like the school buildings. There were no windows and the doorway was just big enough to get through. The hut was dark inside so it took time for our eyes to adjust. Fresh grass had been laid on the floor and there was a newly made platform for Jenny and me
16、to sleep on. Usually Kiak would sleep in her own hut, but that night she was going to share the platform with us. Mukap and Tombe were to sleep on small beds in another part of the hut. There was a fireplace in the centre of the hut near the doorway. The only possessions I could see were one broom, a few tin plates and cups and a couple of jars.,原句5: The hut was dark inside so it took time for our eyes to adjust. 小屋内很黑,因此眼睛要过好