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1、,Part II,Unit 2, Book 4,Reading and Language Activities,Pre-reading Task Comprehension Work Language Work,Reading and Language Activities,Unit 2, Book 4,Return to Menu,Pre-Reading Task,Unit 2, Book 4,Read the title, and the introductory part of the story. Guess the answer to the question below. Then
2、 discuss your choice with your classmates.,What is Mr. Boggiss secret? He stole antique furniture somewhere. Somebody gave him a big gift. He cheated his customers. He invented a clever way to do business.,d,Comprehension Work,Comprehension Questions Reading for Gist Difficult Sentences Drama,Unit 2
3、, Book 4,Comprehension Questions,Unit 2, Book 4,1. What is Mr. Boggiss business secret? He invented a clever way of searching for supply for his antique furniture business. He disguised himself as an amiable old parson who worked for local churches making visits to farmers on a labor of love for hel
4、ping preserving antique furniture for a local museum. His method was very successful and he did not like other people to know his business secret.,Unit 2, Book 4,2. How did he invent this clever way of doing business? It all started by chance. One day, his car was broken on his way back to London. H
5、e accidentally discovered a pair of valuable armchairs of the 15th century when he visited a farmhouse nearby for help. Out of quick wit, he persuaded the old lady to sell them to him at a price less than a twentieth of their real value. Inspired by his windfall, he discovered an important source of
6、 supply: those old, impoverished rich farmhouses in the comparatively isolated countryside.,3. Describe his business strategies according to the story.,Unit 2, Book 4,4. What is his strategy when he persuaded the old lady to sell him the two valuable armchairs at a price of twentieth of their real v
7、alue? His strategies are first disguising his real motive for asking to buy them. He pretended to ask about it very casually, just out of curiosity. He then offered an unbelievably low price (35 pounds) for something worth over 1000 pounds, and explained that they were not valuable and not easy to s
8、ell. The woman in the farmhouse had little knowledge about the real value of her chairs, so she was easily cheated by Mr. Boggiss trick.,Unit 2, Book 4,Reading for Gist,One day, Mr. Boggis drove to (1) _. His car (2) _ near a farmhouse in the middle of the journey. In order to fix the car, he asked
9、for (3) _ from the woman of the building. When he was waiting for her to fetch it, he was (4) _ by two chairs, which in his eyes were worth at least (5) _. So he make up his mind to buy them and (6) _ with the woman. In the end Mr. Boggis bought the chairs for something less than (4) _ of their valu
10、e. This lucky deal inspired Mr. Boggis. He (4) _ a good idea. If he could dress himself up like (9) _, going out for (10) _ for making an inventory of antique feature for a local museum he would be able to search every English farmhouse around London for what he wanted.,the country,broke down,a jug
11、of water,attracted,a thousand pounds,bargained,a twentieth,came up with,a parson,a labor of love,Unit 2, Book 4,Difficult Sentences,1. Whenever asked where he got the stuff, he would smile knowingly and wink and murmur something incomprehensible.,knowingly adv. in a way that shows one knows about so
12、mething secret or embarrassing,wink v. to close and open one eye quickly to communicate something or show that something is a secret or joke,incomprehensible adj. difficult or impossible to understand Incomprehensible instructions legal documents full of incomprehensible jargon,elliptical constructi
13、on,Unit 2, Book 4,不管什么时候叫这个女孩做点简单的家务，怎么她都要抱怨? 无论何时何地，一旦有必要，他们就会诉诸武力。 如果养得好，这只鸟可以活到五年。 这种病如果不加以治疗，患者就会完全失明。,They believed in the application of force whenever and wherever (it is) necessary.,If (it is) taken good care of, the bird can live as long as five years.,This is an illness that can result in
14、total blindness if left untreated.,Why does the girl complain whenever asked to do a simple chore?,1. Whenever asked where he got the stuff, he would smile knowingly and wink and murmur something incomprehensible.,每次有人问他从哪里拿到这些物件，他总是会心一笑，挤眉弄眼，低声地说这是一个小秘密。,Unit 2, Book 4,Unit 2, Book 4,2. He had gone
15、 out in the morning to visit his old mother, who lived in Sevenoaks, and on the way back the fanbelt on his car had broken, causing the engine to overheat and the water to boil away.,non-restrictive relative clause,present participle phrase that indicates result,boil away: continue to boil; boil unt
16、il nothing remains The kettle was boiling away merrily on the fire. The water had all boiled away and the kettle was empty.,那天早上，他出去拜访他住在七橡树的老母亲。在回家途中，他的汽车风扇带断了，以致引擎过热，造成水沸。,Unit 2, Book 4,3. Each of these squares covered an actual area of five miles by five, which was about as much territory, he estimated , as he could cope with on a single Sunday, were he to comb it thoroughly.,
