【同步教育信息】
一. 本周教学内容：
Unit 4 Tales of the unexplained
二. 教学目标：
掌握阅读技巧 reading a newspaper
article
掌握Unit 4词汇及词性变化
三. 教学重难点：掌握阅读技巧 reading a newspaper article
（一）1. research
(1) 医学研究
medical research
research on sth
最近关于聋儿的研究
recent research on deaf children
(2) v. 他花了20 年的时间研究中国历史。
He spent 20 years researching the
Chinese history.
他正在研究年轻学生的阅读障碍问题。
He is researching the reading problems
of young school children.
2. rule out
警察排除了男孩被他叔叔谋杀的可能性。
The police ruled out the possibility
that the boy was murdered by his uncle.
医生排除了他得癌症的可能性。
The doctor has ruled out the
possibility that he has cancer.
3. look into
为调查这个问题，已成立了特别小组。
To look into this problem, a special
group has been set up.
也许你并不介意帮我看看这个问题。
Perhaps you wouldn’t mind looking into
the problem for me.
look for寻找
look after照顾
look up 抬头向上看
look sth up 查（字典）
look up to sb钦佩，仰慕
look down upon看不起
look out小心
look out of the window向外看
look at看＝have a look
look back on sth回忆，回顾
look forward to 盼望
4. make up
(1)invent a story, a poem or an excuse
eg. 编造故事
make up stories
(2) make up for sth: compensate
eg. 努力工作以补偿已经浪费的时间
work hard to make up for the lost time
他弥补了损失。
He made up for the loss.
(3) become friendly with someone again
after you have argued with them
让我们和好吧。Let’s make up.
(4) put sth on one’s face to make it
more attractive
eg. Tom看着姐姐为宴会精心打扮。
Tom watched his sister make herself up
for the party.
(5) be made up of
英国由英格兰、苏格兰、北爱尔兰及威尔士组成。
Britain is made
up of England, Scotland, North Irish and Welsh.
cf. contain
5. give up放弃
eg. They give up without a fight.
give out 发出；放出
eg. 发出光和热
give out light and heat
give away泄露
她把秘密泄露给了Tom。
She gave away the secret to Tom.
（二）合成形容词的构成方法，主要有下列 6 种：
①名词+形容词，如：
oil-rich, duty-free, praiseworthy,
life-long, carefree, worldwide, skin-deep, sea-sick, cock-sure, word-perfect 等。
②形容词+形容词，如：
bitter-sweet, red-hot, Afro-Asian, socio-political, dead-alive,
blue-black 等。
③名词+现在分词，如：
peace-loving, labour-saving,
law-abiding, time-consuming, painstaking, trouble-shooting 等。
④名词+过去分词，如：
examination-oriented,
man-made, poverty-stricken, bed-ridden, wind-blown, weather-beaten,
heart-broken 等。
⑤形容词+现在分词，如：
good-looking, easy-going,
eager-seeming, direct-acting 等。
⑥形容词+过去分词，如：
kind-hearted, narrow-minded,
single-handed, new-born, soft-spoken, strong-headed, many-sided 等。
在这六类合成形容词中，①、③和④的生产率最高。
【模拟试题】
选择填空
1. I was __________ my face in a dressing room when I heard someone
shouting “Fire!”
A. making up B.
wearing
C. putting on D.
covering
2. —___________to
the building?
—Terrible. I’ll never forget
that. A great fire ________.
A. What has happened; break out B.
What was happening; breaking out
C. How take place; broke out D.
What happened; broke out
3. When Tom knocked at the door, I was busy ___________ my homework
and my brother was busy __________ a model.
A. to do; with B.
doing; with making
C. with; making D.
with; to make
4. The government has promised to _________ the matter and will give
the workers a satisfactory answer.
A. look into B.
look through C.
put into D.
put away
5. —Did
you wait for him very long?
—Yes, I _______ to bed until
five in the morning.
A. did go B.
didn’t go C.
hadn’t gone D.
went
6. It __________ me that he always finishes his work in a short
time. He is well-known for his working at _________ speed.
A. amazes; amazing B.
amazed; amazed
C. amaze; amazed D.
amaze; amazing
7. I asked him to come at seven o’ clock, but he ___________. It’s
already eight o’ clock.
A. didn’t show off B.
didn’t show up
C. hasn’t shown up D.
hasn’t shown off
8. What do you think _________ to her? She is very angry now.
A. did he do B.
he did C.
does he do D.
has he done
9. This is the factory __________ we paid a visit last week.
A. that B.
where C.
to which D. which
10. China has many such beautiful cities __________ Beijing, Shanghai and so on.
A. that B.
like C.
with D.
as
【动物世界】
Why do Elephants Have Tusks?
Elephants have tusks because they sometimes need to dig for food.
They stick their tusks in the ground and dig up tasty roots. They use their
tusks to rip yummy bark off of trees.
Elephants also use their tusks for fighting. Male elephants fight
each other for female mates. Female African elephants use their tusks to
protect their babies from lions and tigers.
【试题答案】
I. 1. A 2.
D 3. C 4.
A 5. C
6. A 7.
C 8. B 9.B 10.
D
【励志故事】
命运
一个生活平庸的人带着对命运的疑问去拜访禅师，他问禅师：“您说真的有命运吗？”“有的。”禅师回答。“是不是我命中注定穷困一生呢？”他问。
禅师就让他伸出他的左手，指给他看说：“你看清楚了吗？这条横线叫做爱情线，这条斜线叫做事业线，另外一条竖线就是生命线。”
然后禅师又让他跟自己做一个动作，他手慢慢地握起来，握得紧紧的。禅师问：“你说这几根线在哪里？”那人迷惑地说：“在我的手里啊！”“命运呢？”
那人终于恍然大悟，原来命运是在自己的手里，而不是在别人的嘴里。