Today we will(1)_________(解释) some expressions about birds. For example, if something is \the birds\it is(2) __________(无价值) or not very interesting. Someone who eats like a bird eats very little. And \__________(总体的) look at an area from above.
Did you know that if you tell a young person about \explaining about sex and birth. Have you ever(4)_________(观察) that \feather flock together?\do things together.
There is some good advice. \you should not risk(5)_________(失去) something you have by trying to get more of something you do not have.
Sometimes, I can do two things by performing only one (6)_______(动作). This is called \two birds with one stone\But I would never really kill any birds. I love all kinds animals. This is \be(7)_______(骄傲) of.
Most of the people I work with are \birds\They believe that \early bird catches the worm\for work has the best chance of(9) _________(成功). Everyone in my office works hard but some people have \wings clipped\Their jobs have been limited. This is because the office is organized by packing order. People with more years and (10)____________(经验) are given more (11)________________(责任).
Some bird`s expressions are about crows, chickens and ducks. For example, when I am driving. I always travel \the crow flies\I go the most（12）___________(直接) way. Anyone who \
Now let`s talk about my sister. She is not very young. She is \spring of chicken\She will work any job for \feed\a small (13)_______（数量） of money. She is easily frightened. For example, she is too \livered\to walk down a dark street alone at night. Often she will \night.
My sister was \grew up to be a beautiful woman. Sometimes she thinks too much about having something in the future before she really has it. She \hatched\words cause trouble for her. However my sister does not worry about what people say about her. (14)_________（批评） falls off her like water off a duck`s back. Politicians are sometimes considered \have little time left in office and no much power. Congress holds a \session after an (15)__________(选举). Important laws are not passed during this period.
二 从上文中找出下列说法对应的英文： 1． 一文不值： 2． 鸟瞰： 3． 物以类聚：
4． 一矢二鸟：
5． 两鸟在林不如一鸟在手： 6． 早起的鸟儿有虫吃： 7． 得意之物： 8． 束缚手脚： 9． 论资排队： 10. 胆小如鼠: 11. 招灾惹祸:
12. (对别人的批评)充耳不闻: 13. 吃苍蝇: 14. 蝇头小利: 15: 过早乐观:
三、选择正确的答案完成下面一段对话： A: Who is it? B: Dad.
A: come on in, Dad.
B: (1)______________________. I brought you a sandwich . A: I am hungry. Thanks, Dad. What time ist, anyway? B: Ten o’clock. What are you working on?
A:.(2)___________________________________________ B: And….what do you feel?
A: Me? (3)__________________________________________ B: I felt the same way.
A:(4)_________________________________________
B: Oh,(5)___________________________. Well, don’t work all night. A: I don’t mind, I enjoy writing.
B: Well, maybe you should think about becoming a writer. A: Mybe I should.
B: You have lots of time to decide.
A: (6)__________________________________________ B: You will be OK. Good night, son. A: Good night, Dad.
A.I thought you might be hunger
B. That’s the worst part—making decisions. C. A little scared and excited, too.
D. The scary part is leaving home and going to college E. I’m writing an article on the feelings about graduation F. leaving home is part of growing up 参考答案
一、 1. explain2. worthless3. general4. observed5. losing6.action7.proud 8. who 9. success10.
experience11.responsibility12. direct13 amount14. criticism 15. election
二、1．for the birds
2．a bird`s eye view
3．Birds of a feather flock together 4．Kill two birds with one stone
5．A bird in a hand is worth two in a bush 6．The early bird catches the worm
7.a real feather in my cap 8.had their wings clipped
9．Packing order 10. chicken livered
11. the chickencomes home to roost
12. Criticism falls off her like water off a duck`s back.. 13. eat the crow 14.chicken feed
15.count one’s chickens before they are hatched. 三、AECDFB
牛津高中英语模块一（第四讲）
主讲教师：邵磊
主审 ：孙德霖
【教学内容与教学要求】 一、 教学内容：
牛津高中英语模块一Unit 2 （下） 二、教学要求：
1．了解英语语调的作用。 2．学会写感谢和建议信。 3．学习编写、表演对话。 4．语法：定语从句（复习） 【知识重点与学习难点】 一、 重要单词：
upset, sincerely, insist, chat, valuable, period, argument, freedom, relationship, suggest, spare, unloving, forbid, tone, frustrated, express, volume, stress, pause, exact, emotional, mood, gist, merely, regular, solve, column ,columnist, resource, proofread, version, nervous.
二、重点词组：
rising/falling tone升调、降调, talk show谈话节目, main point要点, supporting information辅助性信息, a diary entry一篇日记, be proud of为….感到骄傲, stay up late熬夜, mix up混淆, after all毕竟, take one’s advice接受建议, miss doing sth怀念以前做的某事, keep in mind记住, get it tidied up把它整理好, clean up打扫干净, make a difference要紧, provide sb with sth/provide sth for sb为某人提供, provided that假如, to one’s surprise使某人惊奇的是, as though就好像, insist on doing坚持要做, allow him his freedom允许给他自由, send sb to bed叫某人去睡觉, forbid sb from doing sth禁止某人做某事, assign roles to分派角色, argue about sth with sb为某事和某人争吵.
【难点讲解】
1. They are meant to be read aloud, and often use less formal language than other type of writing. 剧本是要被朗读的，它使用的语言没有其他文体那么正式。
“Be meant to be”+被动语态、名词或形容词，表示“应该用作、本应当作”和“be supposed to be”相似。例如：
Flowers are meant to be admired, not picked.
Sitcoms are meant to be light-hearted, but this one is full of violence.
副词aloud表示“出声’, loudly表示 “大声”。注意loud可以当作副词和talk, speak, laugh连用，例如：They laughed loud and long.Can you speak a little louder?
2. You can’t write exactly the way people speak. 你不能原封不动地按照人们日常说话的习惯来写。
the way people speak在这里是方式状语，people speak是定语从句,修饰先行词the way。这句话较正式的写法可以是：
You can’t write exactly in the way that people speak. You can’t write exactly the way in which people speak.
3. But I don’t think you are being fair at all. 但我觉得你这样做一点也不公平。
Be+being 构成了be动词的进行时，后面跟形容词或名词，表示主语当前的状况，也可以表示进行时的被动语态。例如：
You are silly.你很蠢。(对人的评价，在这里是一种人身攻击) You are being silly你现在的行为或想法很蠢。(就事论事) He is polite.他有礼貌。
He is being polite.他这样做是出于礼貌。
Many rivers and lakes are being polluted through out China.
4. I understand you used to spend a lot of time together back when Christina was younger. 据我所知当克里思蒂娜小的时候你和她一起度过很多时光。
I understand是访谈节目和外交场合中一个常用的辞令，它比I know,I hear, I guess更灵活，对所提及信息的来源和可信度都没有明确的说法，可以根据上下文译成“据我所知、我听说、我猜、我个人的理解是…等”, 也可以说My understanding is…….。 Back= in the past, 常出现在口语当中。
5. Many people in families become upset with each other over small problems. 许多家庭成员之间因为一些小问题彼此不愉快。
Upset 作vt/ vi 时重音在第二个音节上，过去式和过去分词同形，表示“弄翻、倾覆、扰乱、使不安”。也可作名词，重音在前。本句话里upset是过去分词，become的表语。 表示纷争的起因，用介词over. 例如： The two countries often fight over border disputes. They are always quarreling over minor differences.
6. Small problems become big ones, however, if they are not discussed and dealt with early on. 然而，如果不尽早商讨解决，小问题就会变成大问题。
Deal: n. 数量，a (good/ great) deal of +不可数名词，交易，如： It’s a deal(成交)；v.分配、经营。词组deal with 有 和….做生意、与…有来往、对待、对付、相关、处理等意思。它作“处理”讲时，要和do with区分清楚。deal with作“处理”讲时是指“怎样对付或解决”，提问时用how; do with作“处理”讲时是指“使用、处置”，提问时用what。例如： How did you deal with pollution in the river?—We tried to treat the city’s sewage before it poured into the river.
What did you do with the sewage?-- We treated it and recycled it for industrial use. Early on：near the beginning“在早期、刚开始的时候”，多用于口语中。