Unit11 Sad movies make me cry.Section A (3a—4b)
king n.
国王
queen n.
王后
minister n.
大臣；部长
prime minister
首相；总理
banker n.
银行家
palace n.
王宫；宫殿
3a Read the story and answer the questions.
1. Can medicine help the king?
Why or why not?
2. Why does power not make the prime
minister happy?
3. Why does money not make the banker happy?
4. Why does fame not make the singer
happy?
The Shirt of a Happy Man (Part Ⅰ)
A long time ago, in a rich and beautiful country, there lived an unhappy king. He slept badly and didn’t feel like eating anything. His face was always pale as chalk. He often cried for no reason. This made the queen and his people worried.
One day, a doctor was called in to examine the king. But he found nothing wrong with his body. “It’s all in his mind. Neither medicine nor rest can help him. What he needs is the shirt of a happy person to wear. That’ll make him happy.”
The prime minister was called to the palace. But when they explained the king’s situation to him, he said, “Although I have a lot of power, it doesn’t make me happy. I’m always worried about losing my power. Many people are trying to take my position.”
Then, the king’s banker came to the palace. “Oh, I’m afraid I’m not happy either,” he said. “I have a lot of wealth, but I’m always worried about losing my money. Someone tries to steal my money every day.”
1. did not want to eat _____________________
2. was asked to come and help _______________
didn’t feel like eating
was called in
Find words or phrases from the story
with meanings similar to these phrases.
3. look carefully at ________
examine
4. becoming less important ______________
5. get my job ___________________
lose power
take my position
Role-play the story with your group in
Activity 3a.
Grammar
Focus
Think of appropriate words for the
blanks. Then compare your choices
with your partner.
Dear Diary,
June 29th
I thought today was going to be really bad. To start with, it was cloudy and grey, and cloudy days make me
____________. And this was the day we would get our exam results back, but I didn’t answer the exam questions very well last week. That made me _________.
uncomfortable
worried
I walked to school with my best friend Holly. She didn’t say much to me. That made me a little_______. In class, the teacher handed back our exams. That made me________. But I found out that I didn’t do too badly. That made me very_______. Then things got even better. Holly bought me my favorite lemon
juice and a turkey sandwich for lunch, and we talked a lot. That made me_______. We both did quite well on the exam,too.
sad
nervous
relaxed
happy
Complete the survey. Then ask two
other students.
What makes
you angry?
When people
throw rubbish
on the streets,
it makes me
angry.
Me, too. It makes
me want to tell
them to clean up
the streets.
1. He slept badly and didn’t feel like eating.
feel like 作动词，意为“想，想要”,常用feel like doing sth =want to do sth=would like to do sth.表示“想要做某事”。
如：It’s hot, I feel like taking off my coat.
= It’s hot, I want/ would like to take off my coat.
我有点热了，我想脱下外套.
Do you feel like going to a movie?
你想看电影吗?
Language points
2. One day, a doctor was called in to examine the king.
(1)call in 意为“叫（某人）进来；来访；召集，拜访”。
如：My first port of call in town was the bank.
我进城的第一站是银行。
How many friends will you call in?
你将邀请多少位朋友？
Language points
(2)examine作动词，意为“检查；调查”。
如：If you examine something, you look at it carefully.
如果你要检查某东西，你应该仔细看看它。
Language points
3. Neither medicine nor rest can help him.
neither...nor 意为“既不……也不”。
如：She seemed neither surprised nor worried.
她似乎既不惊讶也不担心。
Neither volleyball nor basketball is a hundred years old. 排球和篮球都不到一百年的历史。
Language points
4. I’m always worried about losing my power. Many people are trying to take my position.
（1）lose my power 意为“丧失权利；下台”。
如：The Prime Minister lose his power.
那位首相下台了。
【拓展】lose heart 灰心；丧气
Language points
（2）take my position 意为“取代我的位置”，相当于take place of sb.。
如：The manager made Tom take
Jack’s position.
经理让汤姆取代了杰克的位置。
Language points
5. To start with, it was cloudy, it was cloudy and grey.
(1) to start with 意为“起初的，开始时”，作为“首先”来讲时，相当于firstly, first of all。
如：To start with, he is a politician.
首先必须说，他是一个政治家。
（2）grey 作形容词，意为“（天空）阴沉的；昏暗的；灰色的”。
如：It was a grey, wet, April Sunday.
那是一个阴沉、潮湿、4月里的星期天。
Language points
1. He feels like _____ his hometown.
A. leave B. to leave C. leaving
2. ____ my mother _____ my father has been to
Beijing, but they have been to Wuhan.
A. Both, and B. Either, or
C. Neither, nor
3.---Why do you like staying in Guiyang?
--- Because the weather there is ____ too hot
_____ too cold.
A. either, or B. neither, nor C. both, and
C
C
B
完成课后提升作业。
如果学习只在于模仿，那么我们就不会有科学，也不会有技术。
—— 高尔基