昌吉回族自治州第二中学 潘鲁阳

Unit 5

in advance no wonder… get close to

be famous for come to life preserve

advance be modelled after swing

cartoon translator jungle freeway

sunlight sword carpenter sneaker

Have you ever heard of Tarzan?

Warming Up

Oo-ee-oo-ee! Deep in the jungle in the land of adventure lives Tarzan. Oo-ee-oo-ee! I am Jane and I love to ride an elephant. My name is Tarzan. I am a jungle man, the tree-top swinger from jungle land. Come, baby, come! I will take you for a swing(秋千 ). Let's go, honey. I'm tinkling. Tarzan is handsome. Tarzan is strong. He is really cute, and his hair is long. Tarzan is handsome. Tarzan is strong, so listen to the jungle song. Oo-ee-oo-ee! I am Tarzan from jungle. You can be my friend. Oo-ee-oo-ee! I am Jane and I love to ride an elephant.

Look at the lyrics( 歌词 ) and listen carefully ！

Tarzan is from the jungle. Tarzan is a jungle-man.

jungle

Nouns

jungle

sunlight

Look at the photos, and guess the Chinese meanings of the words.

sword

cartoon

sneaker

carpenter

translator

translator

freeway

freeway

Memory Test

1 2

45

7 8

translator cartoon sneaker jungle freeway sunlight sword carpenter

jungle translator

carpenter

freeway

sunlight sneaker

6

cartoon

3

sword

Fill the blanks with the right words.cartoon translator jungle freeway

sunlight sword carpenter sneakertranslator

freewaysword

carpenter

sneakercartoon

junglesunlight

1. _____________: Someone who changes spoken or written words into another language, especially as their job.

2. _____________: A wide fast road.3. _____________: A weapon with a short handle and a long sharp

blade.4. _____________: Someone whose job is to make things from

wood or repair things that are made of wood.5. _____________: A shoe that you wear for playing sports.6. _____________: A film or TV program, especially for children,

that is made of a series of drawings in which people and things seem to move.

7. _____________: A thick tropical forest.8. _____________: The light from the sun.

Key Words and Phrases

Work with your partners and discuss the meanings of the words or phrases in bold( 黑体 ) in the 8 dialogues.

A: Lu Xun is famous as a writer just like Zhou Jielun is famous as a singer. Both of them are famous to Chinese people .

B: Yes, you’re right. Lu Xun is famous for writing a lot of books, and Zhou Jielun is famous for singing many good songs.

Dialogue 1

be famous as _________________

be famous to__________________

be famous for_________________

Guess the meanings of words by reading.

作为…而闻名对…来说闻名因为…而闻名

A: It is 9 o’clock now. The plane takes off at 10 o’clock. We must go to the airport one hour in advance, so let’s go NOW!!

B: OK, I’m ready. Let’s take a taxi and advance on the airport right now!!

A: Yes! We must hurry!!!

Dialogue 2

in advance_________

advance v._________

提前

前进 ; 向前移动

Dialogue 3A: I wonder how Li Ming learned to speak

English like a native speaker.

B: I also want to know why.

C: Actually, he grew up in New York City and just came back to China several weeks ago.

A: Really? Wow! It’s no wonder he speaks English so fluently and so naturally.

wonder v. _________

(It is) no wonder…_______

想知道

难怪

Dialogue 4A: You see the trees, flowers, the sunshine, and the

singing birds…B: Yes, so beautiful. Every time I get close to nature, I

feel very happy. A: Me, too. Oh, dear! Watch out! Look at the tiger!

Don’t get close to it! It’s dangerous!

get close to____________接近；靠近

Dialogue 5A: Wow! Look at this painting. It is Van Gogh’s(梵高 )!B: No. It is not Van Gogh’s. This painting is modelled aft

er one of his paintings. It is not a real one.A: What? It is not real? It looks exactly the same! B: Yes, but it is a fake(赝品 ). So it’s not valuable at all an

d won’t cost much money.

be modelled after

_______________模仿；仿照…

Dialogue 6A: I heard you went to Sichuan last week, did you?B: Yes. I went to Wolong nature preserve to see pandas. Yo

u know they are so lovely.A: Did you see pandas eat food？B: I did. They mainly eat a kind of bamboo(竹子 ), but the p

laces where the bamboo grows are fewer and fewer.A: We must preserve the places where bamboo grows, and a

lso protect the bamboos, or the pandas will have no food to eat.

preserven.________

v.__________

保护区

保护 ; 保藏

Dialogue 7A: I often feel sleepy in the afternoon. That’s

why I fell asleep again in English class today.B: Me, too. Many of my classmates were sleepy

this afternoon, so our English teacher told us a funny story. All the class came to life immediately, and we were laughing loudly. No one was sleepy after that.

A: Wow. That’s good.

come to life ______________活跃起来；苏醒过来

Dialogue 8A: Do you want to have a try on the swing（秋千） ?

B: The swing swings too violently for me. I’m afraid I may fall off it.

A: Don’t worry. I will hold you and make sure you are safe.

swingn. 秋千

v.___________摇摆；晃动

advanceswingcome to lifein advance no wonder… preserveget close tobe modelled afterbe famous for

Find the right English words or phrases.1. 因…而闻名2. 接近；靠近3. 栩栩如生4. 模仿…5. 提前6. 维护7. 难怪…8. 前进9. 摇摆；摆动

Memory Test

Fill the blanks with the correct words.

1. To our surprise, he finished his work____________(提前 ).2. He works very hard. _____________(难怪 ) he does so well in his s

tudy.3. These cakes____________________(模仿 ) dogs.4. Every time I________________(靠近 ) his house, he will know it is

me .5. He makes the sleepy class _______________(活跃起来 ).6. We should help to _________ (保护 ) our culture relics.7. The man ran away before I could_____________(前进 ) another ste

p.8. Don’t ________(摆动 ) your feet when you sit here.9. Xinjiang___________________(以…而闻名 ) its vastness and bea

uty.

in advance no wonder… get close to be famous for

come to life be modelled after preserve advance swing

are modelled after

in advanceNo wonder

get close to

come to lifepreserve

advance

swingis famous for

Read the story on the paper first, and finish the exercises later.

Using the Words

1. What was the carpenter famous for?

Questions

2. Why did the jungle men go to meet the carpenter?

3. How did the jungle men go to the carpenter’s village?

4. What gift did the jungle men give to the carpenter?

5. How long did it take the carpenter to finish making the things those jungle men wanted?

Making wooden animals and wooden swings.

They wanted him to make some wooden amimals.

They walked there.

Bird-like sneakers.

For 3 days.

True or False1. The carpenter liked watching cartoon films.

2. The jungle men wanted the wooden animals in 3 days.

3. The carpenter didn’t need anything from the jungle men.

4. The jungle men made a pair of bird-like sneakers for the carpenter as a gift.

5. The jungle men hunted some birds for the carpenter.

6. It took the carpenter 3 days to make the wooden animals.

7. The carpenter was so skilled that the wooden animals he made became alive.

8. The jungle men liked the wooden animals very much.

FF

F

TF

T

FT

Let’s see what we have learned.

Summary

in advance no wonder… get close to

be famous for come to life preserve

advance be modelled after swing

cartoon translator jungle freeway

sunlight sword carpenter sneaker

The best way to remember new words is to remember them in context ( 语境 ), so try to read as many English sentences as you can.

Easy to remember, and hard to forget.

1. Remember the new words learnt this period.

2. Read one English passage in your spare time.

Homework