Unit 12 Fact and fantasy

What do the words mean? Explain how you guess them ?

rewrite,unhappy,disappear,impossible,invisible,nonsmoker,supermarket,worker,illness,movement,useful,action,cooperate,

cloudy,musical

Word Formation (2)Study the meaning of the word parts:

mis-=wrongextra-=outsideinter-=betweensub-=underunder-=belowover-=too muchdis-=not-marine=sea

Add a proper affix to each of the following words to form another word:

1.______curricular2.______ dependent3.______patient4.______stop5.______judge6.______tired7.______heading8.______clothing9.______advantage

extra-

im-in-

non-mis-over-sub-

under-dis-

Integrating skills

THE STORY OF DR FRANKENSTEIN

Frankenstein is one of the earliest books of science fiction.  It is considered one of the greatest gothic romantic novels of all time and Mary Shelley wrote it when she was only eighteen years old!

English Romantic novelist, biographer and editor . Wife of the famous poet Percy Bysshe Shelley

(1797-1851)

1. The general is a real b________ . He killed many people in the war.2.This is my p____________ address. Come and visit me whenever you are free.3.That means the c________ will go up for the next act in a minute.4.The members of the Chess L__________ arrange games with each other.5.When I give up work , I shall make a long sea v__________.

utcher

ermanent

urtain

eague

oyage

in public---in private throw light on 阐明某事 , 使某事显得非常清楚Can you throw light on these problems?The new facts threw some light on the matter.

phenomenon—phenomena( 复数 ) 现象Snow is a natural phenomenon in winter. phenomenon 有时表示 “奇迹，罕见的人才或事情”Beethoven was a phenomenon among musicians.

hesitate to do sth. 　对做某事犹豫不决 hesitate about/over/at (doing) sth. without hesitation 　毫不犹豫He who hesitates is lost.（谚）当断不断，必受其患．In case you need something, please don’t hesitate to ask me.She is still hesitating about sending her son to college.

　 cut up 　　切碎 cut down 　砍倒 cut off 　中断（供给），切掉 cut in 　插嘴 cut up vegetables into small pieces cut down a tree cut off water /electricity supply

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Read the passage quickly and then answer the following questions:1.What did Dr Frankenstein want to do when he was young?(para.1)2.After he was sent to university, what did he think of the things taught at university?3.what attracted his attention? (para.3)4.Did he discover the cause of life?(para.3)5.Although he knew how to create life, what remained a difficult work for him? (para.4)6.Why did he decide to create a larger human being than man about eight feet in height? (para.5)

Suggested answers1.What did Dr Frankenstein want to do

when he was young?(para.1) He wanted to learn the secrets of heaven

and earth when he was young.2.After he was sent to university , what did

he think of the things taught at university? (para.2)

He found all that was taught at university very disappointing and decided to pioneer a new way himself.

3.what attracted his attention? (para.3) The structure of the human body and any

animal that was alive attracted his attention.

4.Did he discover the cause of life? (para.3) Yes.5.Although he knew how to create life, what

remained a difficult work for him?(para.4) How to prepare a body for it with all its

muscles and organs still remained a difficult job for him.

6.Why did he decide to create a larger human being than man about eight feet in height? (para.5)

Because the small size of the parts slowed down his speed.

1.The sentence “No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself” means______.A.I think my childhood was the happiestB. my childhood was not the happiestC. my childhood was as happy as other childrenD. No children were happy except me

A

2.In order to create a creature, the writer _____.A.Made many parts by himselfB. made many parts with his father’s helpC. Bought many materials from the marketD. Managed to find some things he needed and arranged them

D

3.From “So I had to look for a road without having a map” we know_____.A.He would explore the secret of nature by himselfB. He would not lose his way though he had no mapC. He had to draw a map in order not to lose his wayD. He would not succeed without a map

A

4.This passage is mainly about_____.

A. a plan for the writer’s dream B. the writer’s dream coming true C. a creature D. one of the writer’s experiments

B

5. From the first two paragraphs of this passage, we know the writer

was interested in _______.

A. maths and physics B. literature C. the secrets of nature D. the medical science

C

1.No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself.大概没有什么人会像我那样欢快地度过我的童年。:My childhood was the happiest.

Nothing is more precious than time.:Time is the most precious.

2.It was with these feelings that I began the creation of a human being.就是怀着这种心情我开始造人。

It is(was)+ 强调部分 +that (who)+ 其它It is they who often help me with my lessons.It is I who am going to Beijing next week.It was because her mother was ill that she didn’t come to school yesterday.It was not until she took off her dark glasses that I recognized she was a famous film star.

3.I collected my instruments around me, with which I would light the flame of life in the dead thing that lay at my feet.我把身边的仪器都收集起来 , 用这些仪器我可以将生命之光注入到躺在我脚下的这个没有生命的东西里。介词 +which/whomThe knife with which he cut the apple was borrowed from me.There is a window in the wall, throughwhich he can see clearly what happens outside in the street.

4. While unfinished, he was ugly, but now he was a living horror. 当没有完成的时候他很丑陋 , 但是现在他活生生的令人毛骨悚然。While unfinished=while he was unfinished省略句：状语从句中省略一些词是非常普遍的现象。通常省略主语和系动词，省略的条件是主从句主语一致且谓语部分有 be 。 e.g.Often she would weep when (she was) alone.If necessary, ring me at home.Though not large, the room was well lit.

drive v. 　驱策，驱使，迫使某人Pride drove her to succeed.It was her pride that drove her to do it.

attract /catch/draw one’s attention 引起某人的注意pay attention to 注意The speech soon attracted everybody’s attention.We should pay attention to state affairs.

credible adj. 　　可信的，可靠的 incredible adj. 　难以置信的，不可思　　　　　　　　　议的 incredibly adv. 　不能相信地It is incredible that he should have gone to live in such a dangerous country.

remain 1.vi. 　剩下，遗留After the fire, very little remained of my house.2.vi. 　留待以后去做、去看、去说等Much work remained to be done.3. vi. 　逗留，留下I’ll remain to see the end of the game.4. l.v. 　继续保持，仍是He remained silent after class.The door remained closed.

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