5.kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line.
III.Word Finding.
Cross out the word that does not belong to the group.
1.anthem chorus pastoral sing.
2.strong sturdy slender stalwart.
3.fool nerd idiot genius.
4.profile silhouette style outline.
5.murder rouse assassinate slaughter.
Class Activity
I.Proverbs Study.
The ideas in the following proverbs are at variance with the theme of our text.Could you translate them into Chinese?
1.Practice makes the perfect.
2.Constant dropping wears away a stone.
3.No sweet without sweat.
4.The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
5.That which was bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.
6.You make the failure complete when you stop trying.
7.A willful man will have his way.
8.Never do things by halves.
9.Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
10.A little of everything, and nothing at all.
II.Word Distinguishing.
Choose a suitable word from the groups to complete the following sentences and try to figure out the difference in meaning.
1.assure/convert/convince/persuade
（1) I you that there is no danger.
（2) Do you think it s possible to him out of his foolish idea?
(3) He tries to his son to the pleasure of poetry.
(4) I cannot myself she is dead.
2.graceful/gracious/gratuitous
（1) The queen greeted the public with a smile.
（2) She is an elegant woman with clothes.
（3) Lawyers will not offer you service; you have to pay for it.
III.Words or Phrases.
Replace the underlined parts in the following sentences with words or expressions from the text that best keep the original meanings.
1.Reading and is a pleasant way to spend one s free time.
2.He has always been a little strange: he wears a pair of black gloves wherever he goes.
3.If these anxieties continue, her health will be seriously damaged.
4.No one could have come out of that bombardment with his sensible and reasonable judgment.
5.The old woman stagger along with the aid of her stick.
6.He invited me to dinner at an extravagant restaurant.
7.Leave the dog alone; you don t have any time to idle away.
8.She is a jazz fan.she has over 100 jazz records.
9.The beauty of the scenery surpassed my expectation.
10.During the Spring Festival, I ate lot and now I am not as fit as I used to be.
Post-class Activity
I.Synonyms and Antonyms.
Decide if the following pairs of words are synonyms or antonyms.If they are synonyms, circle S.If they are antonyms, circle A.
1.vow promise S A.
2.awkward elegant S A.
3.ashamed abashed S A.
4.fanciful imaginative S A.
5.snobbish generous S A.
6.competitive uncompetitive S A.
7.enthusiastic indifferent S A.
8.mutter grumble S A.
9.expert layman S A.
10.shape condition S A.
II.Working for Phrasal Verbs.
Study the following phrases with“eat” and“tone” and then fill in the blanks with them in their proper forms.
1.eat away/eat up/eat out
(1) The river has been the west bank.
(2) He valuable minutes with long, dull answer.
（3) On Friday evening, we often and then go shopping.
2.tone up/tone down/tone (in ) with
（1) These curtains well your furniture.
（2) You d better to some of the offensive statement in your article.
（3) Adequate exercise can the muscles.
III.Compound Word Practice.
Complete the following sentences with a word from the list.Change the form where necessary.
1.A cake tastes as good as the one bought from the Much.
2.She is a : she spends most of her time watching TV or reading novels at home.
3.A proverb is a simple and way of expressing a general truth.
4.Aster hotel provides warm, service to its guests.
5.Before the Spring Festival, millions of Chinese take their journey.
IV.Vocabulary Expansion.
Find someone in the street who is wearing each of these items, and then add to the list anything else you can see people wearing.
1.clothing
2.footwear
Text B
I.Translation.
Translate the following into English by using expression from the text.
1.返璞归真。
2.失去兴趣。
3.双职工夫妻。
4.减少消费。
5.融为一体。
6.近郊社区。
7.节能房屋。
8.与……和谐。
9.梦幻世界。
10.旧货商店。
II.Word Distinguishing.
Complete the following sentences with one word from each of the confused pairs.
1.simplification & simplicity.
Her clothes were characterized by their and good taste.
2.resource & source.
Do you believe that money is the of all troubles?
3.wet & humid.
I just hate the climate here.It rains almost every day.
4.maintain & sustain.
The roads around the town have been very poorly.
5.illusion & allusion。
That man wears toupee and he does not like people to make any to it.
III.Word Matching.
Match the words in Column A with their anonyms in Column B.
A B.
1.wasteful A.economical.
2.voluntary B.exclude.
3.suburb C.outdoors.
4.belief D.unwilling.
5.sanction E.disbelief.
6.dismount F.mount.
7.indoors G.downtown.
8.include H.disapproval.
IV.Prepositions or Adverbs.
Put an appropriate preposition or adverb into each blank in the following sentences.
1.This house is bought a large loan.
2.Hundreds of people jammed the supermarket to buy the cheap eggs.
3.He is not a successful father social standard.
4.How can a couple two part-time jobs afford to build their own house?
5.The present generation has grown up with the household appliances, so they cannot do them.
6.My father has always read the newspaper to keep track current events.
7.The soft spring air is saturated the scent of the flowers.
8.I often felt inadequate the face of a highly competitive society.
Unit 8
Text A
Pre-class Activity
I.Translation.
Translate the following expressions into Chinese.
1.laser printer.
2.three-dimensional television.
3.submarine cable.
4.global system for mobile communication.
5.artificial intelligence.
6.satellite navigation.
7.liquid crystal display.
8.palm computer.
II.Word Spelling.
Spell the following words or phrases with the help of their definitions and the first letters.
1.d--place where rubbish may be unloaded and left.
2.i--arouse the interest or curiosity of.
3.l--something that attracts or invites.
4.p--move or work by the use of a lever.
5.p--probably.
6.g--small contrivance or device.
7.i--not qualified.
8.m--handbook or textbook.
III.Word Finding.
Cross out the word in each group that does not belong.
1.cherish value treasure admire.
2.odd peculiar rare bizarre.
3.consume presume suppose assume.
4.hunger long yearn appreciate.
5.complicated complex sophisticated anticipate.
Class Activity
I.Word Choices.