1、Unit 4 Growing up Study skills,Guessing the meaning of a word by formation,阅读理解(策略):猜测词义,If you come across the new words when reading,What will you do ?,Ignore them and continue reading,Look them up in the dictionary,Guess the meaning,(忽略),因果,猜,构词法,How to guess the meaning of words?,定义,同/反义词,对比转折,上
2、下文,生活常识,同位语,派生法(Derivation),合成法(Compounding),转化法(Conversion),缩略法(Abbreviation),1. The underlined word “ ” refers to (means) . 2. Which of the following words can take the place of the word “ ”?What does the underlined word “”in the 1st paragraph most probably mean ? 4. Which of the following has the
3、 closest meaning to the word “ ”?,常见词义猜测题型,常用词义猜测技巧,根据构词法猜测词义,特征: 1、利用前缀和后缀构成新的单词 2、利用合成两个意义不同的词组合构成新的单词 3、利用转变单词的词性构成新的单词 4、利用缩略法构成新的单词,由一个词根(root)加前缀(prefix)或后缀(suffix)构成。一个新的单词,该法是猜测英语单词的主要方法。,1、派生法(Derivation),in-, im-, un-, dis-, mis-, dis- 常表示否定 如:incorrect, impossible, unfair, disappearmisund
4、erstand 2. re-, 再,又 如: rebuild, repeat,前缀,技能训练,完成下列练习 1 Its _(fair) for the workers to get so little money for so much work. 2014 盐城 2 Its_ (polite) of Tom to push in before others in public. 2015镇江 3 Emilys mother didnt allow her to watch her favourite programme Running Man and it made her _ (happy
5、). 【2015江苏淮安】,unfair,impolite,unhappy,(例1)The Beijing Undergrounds Line Ten will soon have 40 “reverse vending machines(有偿自动回收机)”,which will pay people for their empty plastic bottlesThe company is also considering covering more recycling materials, including used books and teaching materials.【 2013
6、 盐城】Which sign probably represents the meaning of the underlined word “recycling”?,Exemplifying in Skills (例证与技能) 选择,并说出所用的构词法,名词后缀:,1. adj.-ness,如: happiness, illness, selfishness 2. V.-ing,如: meaning, beginning 3. V.-ion,如: education, operation, discussion 4. V.-er, or/ist,如: driver, actor, artist
7、N.-(i)an, -ese,如: electrician, American, chinese 5. V.-ment,如: agreement, movement,思考 哪些名词后缀构成可数名词? 哪些构成不可数名词?,用所给词的适当形式完成句子。(2015南通) It is difficult work,but the sense of is huge 2. To make a green world,we should try to reduce air ( pollute )by walking more and driving less 69. The UK is an old _
8、country, where there are many palaces and castles. (Europe) 2015盐城,achievement,she child pollute achieve seventy,pollution,European,Exemplifying in Skills (例证与技能) 选择,并说出所用的构词法,(例2) Time is not so important to everybody in the worldWhen you visit a country in South America,you will find that people t
9、here dont like to rushIf you had an appointment with somebody,he could probably be late,because he may not want to arrive on time The underlined word“appointment”probably mean _in ChineseA计划 B约见 C等待 D采访,1. n.-y,如: foggy, cloudy, noisy,lucky 2. n.-ly,如friendly, weekly, daily 3. n.-ful,如: careful, hel
10、pful, hopeful, 4. n.-less,如: careless, helpless 5. n.-able, -al, -ish, -ous, -ern, -ed, -ing 如: comfortable, physical, childish, dangerous, Western,interested, interesting,形容词副词后缀:,adj.-ly adv.如:carefully,easily,用所给词的适当形式完成句子。 1. Reaching the top of the moutain,we were all breathing _. (heavy) 2015扬
11、州 2. I didnt hear the bell because it was too _ inthe classroom.(noise) 2015扬州 3. It was _ (believe) that Spud Webb beat out many other players in the Slam Dunk Contest. He was so small! 4. It is not polite to ask a stranger questions about his (person) life. 【2015常州】 5. The new system is now (wide)
12、 used byIT companies all over the world. 【2015常州】 6. It was (care) of Jim to leave the tap running all night.【2015泰州】,heavily,noisy,unbelieveabl e,personal,widely,careless,Once there was a child ready to be born. So he askedGod, “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going
13、to live there being so small and helpless?”God replied, “Among the many angels, I choseone for you. “Ive heard that on earth there are bad men, who will protect me?” “But I will always be sad because I will not see you any more, ”the child continued warily.,Wary adj. 谨慎的;机警的;惟恐的;,1.Which of the foll
14、owing can best replace the underlined word “warily”? A. angrily B. proudly C. carefully D. happily,Exemplifying in Skills (例证与技能) 选择,并说出所用的构词法,(例3),2、合成法(Compounding),highway blackboard kind-hearted bookworm,把两个或两个以上独立的词合成一个新词。,A wellknown poem by Tang dynasty poet Du Mu tells of a sad scene in earl
15、y April: “Rains fall heavily as Qingming comes, and passersby with lowered spirits go.” This scene takes place on Tomb Sweeping Day, also known as Qingming Festival. Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival. 【2013江苏泰州】( )41. The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “passersby” is _A. 行人
16、 B. 陌生 C. 故人 D. 古代人,合成词,Exemplifying in Skills (例证与技能) 选择,并说出所用的构词法,(例4),3、转化法( Conversion ),由一种词性转化为另一种词性的词。,n.,v. take/bear,4、缩略法( Abbreviation ),DV MVP SOS WWW,Digital Video,Most Valuable Player,Save Our Ship,World Wide Web,Never trouble trouble untiltrouble (trouble) you.,troubles,技能训练,小试身手:,Imp
17、ortant Ages in the UK,构词法与语境法,The underlined word “maturity” means“ ”.,mature adj. 成熟的;充分考虑的;到期的;成年人的 vt. 使成熟;使长成;,Exemplifying in Skills (例证与技能) 选择,并说出所用的构词法,The underlined word “refund” means _. A. 入场 B. 出场 C. 退票 D. 签票,Unit 4 Growing up,Task,friendly,clever,fair,patient,curious,polite,creative,kin
18、d,hard-working,Who is the person that has influenced you most? Whats he or she like?,Mr Wu is asking each of the Class 1, Grade 9 students to write about the person who has influenced him or her most. He shows them an article. Listen to it and answer the following questions.,The person who has influ
19、enced me most,A,* Who has influenced the author most?* How old is her father?* What is her father like?* What has her father done since 1990?* What surprised the author?* What does the author realize now?,Her father.,He is in his fifty.,She realizes that her father has a heart full of love.,He is ki
20、nd and helpful.,He has donated blood many times.,Her father has decided to donate his body for medical research after his death.,Summarise the main points about the article.,What he/she looks like,What is special about him/her,What you think of him/her,What he/she has done,the person who has influen
21、ced me most, is in his/her twenties/ thirties/ forties/ You will not find anything unusual about him/her until has always been kind/ helpful/ has a heart full of love,What he/she looks like,1 2 3 ,What he/she has done,You will not find anything unusual about him/her untilTo my surprise, ,What is spe
22、cial about him/her,When I was a little girl/boy, I could not understand Now I realize that,What you think of him/her,Write about the person who has influenced you most.,Language points,1. My father is in his fifties.,in ones fifties 在五十多岁时(fifties 前可插入 early, late, mid-, middle) 类似表达: in ones teens/
23、 twenties/ thirties/ forties/,她有二十五、六岁。 She was in her mid-twenties. 他当时已经快八十岁了。 He was then in his late seventies.,Practise,2. He is ready to help anyone.,be ready to do sth. (1) 乐于做某事(2) 准备好做某事,我准备好开始我新的校园生活。 Im ready to start my new school life.,托尼乐于和我们一起做家务。 Tony is ready to do the housework wit
24、h us.,Practise,donate意为“捐赠,赠送(财物等)(尤指对慈善事业)”,常用donate . to “捐献给”。如:,She donated her books to the library. 她把自己的书捐赠给了图书馆。,3. He has also donated blood cells to people with blood cancer.,Practise,4. To my surprise, he has decided to donate his body for medical research after his death.,surprise 作动词,意为
25、“使惊奇”;surprise作名词,意为“惊奇,诧异”;surprising是形容词,意为“令人惊讶的”,常用来修饰事物;surprised也是形容词,意为“吃惊的,惊讶的”,常用来指人。,类似结构:to ones joy,Practise,用所给单词的适当形式填空。 The most _ (surprise) thing is that he has been fired after working there for only half a month.,句中的to everyones surprise意为“令大家惊讶的是”。,令我吃惊的是,他没有告诉我就去日本了。 To my surprise, he went to Japan without telling me.,Practise,surprising,根据提示翻译下列句子。,1. 令我惊讶的是爸爸不同意给我买新自行车。_ 2. 王老师乐于帮助别人。_ 3. 简才刚刚四十出头。_,To my surprise, my father didnt agree to buy me a new bike.,Mr Wang is ready to help others.,Jane is only in her early forties.,Homework,1. Finish off the exercises.,