Under the sea Period 3 Language Study
period 3 language study
teaching aims
1.to learn the useful expressions and sentence structures in the reading.
2.to enable students to use language points both orally and in written forms.
3.to further understand the friendship between man and whales.
teaching procedures
step 1 learning words and phrases
1.witness vt.
(1)be present at(someplace)and see it 当场见到/目击
did anyone witness the accident？有人亲眼看到那次事故了吗？
(2)“见证了”，时间、地点等作主语。
recent years have witnessed the collapse of the steel industry.
近年来钢铁业日渐衰落。
n.[c]目击者，证人
the police found the witness to the murder case.
警察找到了那件谋杀案的目击者。
there was no witness at the scene of the accident.
在事故现场没有证人。
witness 还可表示“作证”“证明”，常用“witness to sth./doing sth.”
a live witness to...活生生的证人
bear/give witness to sth.为……作证
witness－box(英)＝witness stand (美)证人席
2.sort out
(1)分类，整理
i am just sorting out the papers that can be thrown away.
我在整理可以被扔掉的文件。
(2)解决(问题/困难)
we've got a few little problems to sort out.
我们有几个小问题要解决。
近义词：sort through 查看并挑选出
he was sorting through a pile of papers on his desk.
他在整理桌子上的一堆文件。
3.accommodation n.
(1)rooms，esp.for living in 房间/住所
the high cost of accommodation makes life difficult for students in london.
由于住宿费用昂贵，伦敦的学生感到生活困难。
(2)lodgings，rooms and food(often pl.)膳宿(在英国英语中为不可数名词，在美国英语中为可数名词，常用复数)
can we find accommodations at a hotel for tonight?
我们今晚能找到旅馆住宿吗？
短语：make accommodation for...为……提供膳宿
4.yell v.& n.叫喊/叫声，喊声
(1)v.shout often because you are frightened，angry，or excited
she yelled(out)at her naughty child.
她朝她那淘气的孩子大喊。
they yelled at him to stop.
他们朝他大喊，让他停下来。
(2)n.a loud shout.e.g.a yell of delight/warning
5.ahead of
(1)(时间、空间上)在……之前
(2)领先，比……强、好
6.head 朝……方向移动；带领
we headed the boat out to sea.我们将船驶向外海。
they are heading home. 他们正朝家走去。
who is heading the party？该党现在由谁在领导？
whose name heads the list?
谁的名字列在名单的最前头？
head for＝leave for/start for 朝……方向走去
7.flee(fled，fled)vi./vt. 逃走，逃掉，消失
and those others are stopping it diving or fleeing out to sea...
其他的虎鲸阻止它潜水逃入大海……
the spectators fled in panic when the bull got loose.
那只公牛挣脱了束缚，吓得观众四下逃窜。
we were forced to flee to the country.
我们被迫逃往国外。
8.aim.v.
aim(sth.)at sb./sth.瞄准，对准
aim at doing sth./aim to do sth.力求达到，力争做到
