The world of our senses

Word power

1. Once out in the street, she walked

quickly towards her usual bus stop.

2.‘Here we are, King Street.’ he

stopped.

Brainstorming

Part of

speech

Meaning Example

rest

(line

16)

(line

50)

He wants to see the rest of the world

Remaining

part

noun

verb relax My mother told me to rest.

Part of

speech

Meaning Example

once

(line 7)

(line

42)

left

(line 2)

conjunc-tion

adverb

verb

when

at sometime in the pastwent away from a person or a place

I once lived in Beijing.

I left for work earlier this morning.

Once she finishes her work, she can

help you.

Part of

speech

Meaning Example

(line

43)

still

(line 5)

(line

28)

adverb

adverb

adjective not moving

continuing

Can’t you sit still?

I’m still hungry though I’ve just had a big hamburger.

Look right and left before crossing the street.

on the side of your body which is towards the west when you are facing north

The air sometimes smells very bad. Do

you know what (1)_______this? One

(2)______is traffic. Dose anyone have

an (3)________to the problem of global

warming? So far even scientists can’t

(4)_______ this question. In some

countries you can see people without

(5)_______sleeping on the streets.

causes

cause

answer

answer

houses

It’s difficult to (6)______all the people

who need homes. In some other

countries, the price of food

(7)_________every year. Poor people

often have to go hungry because they

cannot afford the (8)________.

house

increases

increase

Practice

Decide the correct part of speech.

Sense

1.Doctors often _____uneasiness in

people.

2.Your _______are the physical

abilities of sight, smell, hearing,

touch and taste.

sense

(v.)

(n.)

senses

3.I looked at the printed page but the

words made no_____. (n.) sense

desert

1.All his friends have ________him.

2.On his return from his office, he

found the house________

3.They were lost in the _____.

deserted

deserted. desert

(v.)

(v.)

(n.)

time

1.It’ll take you a long ____to learn

English well.

2.I have seen the movie three_____.

3.He _____her as she swam a mile.

time

times

timed

(n.)

(n.)

(v.)

present

1.The _______situation in Middle East is

very dangerous.

2.The chairman himself _________the

first winner the prize.

3.The child received a lot of _________in

the Spring Festival.

(adj.)

(v.)

(n.)

present

presented

presents

deal

1.They learned to _____with

unexpected situation.

2.The workers are hoping for a better

pay______.

3.A great _____of work needs doing.

(n.)

(n.)

(v.)

deal

deal

deal

observe

As Polly observed the passengers on

the train, she sensed that she was

being watched by a tall man in a dark

coat.(page 2, line 14)

释义： a. to see or notice sb / sth

看到 注意到 观察到 b. to watch sb / sth carefully

观察；监视 c. to obey rules, laws, etc

遵守（规则、法律等）

猜猜下面各句中的 observe 的含义与上面哪种释义相匹配。 (1) The speed limit must be strictly

observed.

(2) The far side of the moon is difficult

for us to observe.

(3) They are observing her

movements. ( b )

( a )

( c )

练习

observe 的常见用法observe sth

observe sb that clause / wh-clause

observe sb doing

observe sb do

完成下列句子的英文翻译：

1. 你注意到他话里有什么奇怪的地方了吗？

______________________________

in her words?

2. 我没有注意到外面下那么大的雪。 I didn’t____________________

_____________.

Have you observed anything strange

that it was snowing so

heavily outside

3. 他看见一个男人在马路对面走着。 _________________________on the

opposite side of the road.

4. 他注意到了他们之间发生的事情。 He _____________was going on

between them.

5. 他不知道有人看见他上楼了。 He didn’t know he_______________

go upstairs by someone.

She observed a man walking

observed what

was observed to

There was no one in sight. (Page2,

Line 20)

sight 在作“视力”、“看见”解时，是不可数名词；作“景象”、“情景”解时，是可数名词；一般用其复数形式 sights 表示“名胜、风景”。

sight

将下列各句中 sight 的含义与相应的中文译义相搭配。

练习

A. 视力 B. 看见 C. 景象 D. 名胜

3.It was a fine chance to see the sights

of the city.

4.She would faint at the sight of blood.

( D )

( B )

1.Some famous musicians have had

little or no sight.

2.What a sad sight it was after the

war!

( A )

( C )

catch sight of

sight 的常见搭配

in sight

at first sight lose sight of

sb / sth

out of sight, out of mind

选择上述适当的搭配完成下列各句，使其意思完整。

1. My parents fell in love with each other

___________.

A. In sight B. catch sight of

C. at first sight D. lose sight of sb / sth

E. out of sight, out of mind

练习

at first sight

2.There was no one _______in that large

desert and it made me really frightened

at that time.

3. On entering her room, I ____________

a big picture on the wall that her bed

faced. A. in sight B. catch sight of

C. at first sight D. lose sight of sb / sth

E. out of sight, out of mind

catch sight of

in sight

reduce

However, your chances of being

attacked by a shark can be reduced if

you follow the advice below. (Page

18,Line 35)

将中文短句与英文表达配对，并尽量将这些常用搭配记下来。

1.reduce costs

2.reduce one’s weight

3.reduce the pressure

4.reduce the number of

5.reduce the price of

A. 减肥B. 减少数量C. 减轻压力D. 降低成本E. 降价

练习 :

活用 reduce to

1.reduce sb to sth / to doing sth

使某人陷入某种境地；使某人（沦落到）做某事

2.reduce sth / wh-clause to sth

将……概括成（简化为）……

翻译下列各句1. 我认为我们可以把他说的内容归纳

为两个要点。I think we can reduce what he said to

two key points.

They were reduced to begging along

the street in the end.

２ . 最后他们沦落到沿街乞讨。

3. 她的话让他一言不发。

4. 我们可以把这个问题简单地看成钱 的问题。

5. 她很容易就被弄哭了。

Her words reduced him to silence.

We can reduce the problem to one of

money.

She is easily reduced to tears.

London in the mist.Which city is it?

sunny

cloudy

overcast

fog/mist

storm

lightning

snow

drizzly

Page 7 Part B Answers:

(1)warm (2) fine

(3) sunny (4) cloudy

(5) cooler (6) overcast

(7) rain (8) cold

(9) thunder (10) lightning

(11) storm

1.What kinds of weather do you

prefer?

2.Please forecast the weather of

tomorrow.

Discussion

Try to find more words with different

parts of speech.

Do exercises on P84---85.

Talk about different kinds of weather

in different seasons and places.

Homework