《What's the matter?》PPT课件4

Read the words and expressions loudly.

Words and expressions

breathe  v. 呼吸

sunburned  adj. 晒伤的

ourselves  pron. 我们自己

climber  n. 登山者；攀登者

be used to  习惯于……；适应于……

risk  n. 危险；风险；冒险

take risks (take a risk)  冒险

accident  n. (交通)事故；意外遭遇

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Objectives

To learn the story of Aron Ralston

To learn new words: ourselves, climber, risk, situation, kilo, rock, knife, blood, mean, importance, decision, control, spirit, death, nurse…

Do you like climbing mountains?

Did any accidents happen during your climbing? What did you do to get out of  it?

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2a Accidents or problems can sometimes happen when we do sports. Write the letter of each sport next to each accident or problem that can happen.

A = soccer        C = swimming

B = mountain climbing

____ fall down         ____ get sun burned

____ cut ourselves    ___ get hit by a ball

____ have problems breathing

____ hurt our back or arm

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Read the statements and circle True, False or Don’t Know.

1.Aron almost lost his life three times because of climbing accidents.

2. Aron had a serious accident in April 2003.

3. Aron ran out of water after three days.

4. Aron wrote his book before his serious accident.

5. Aron still goes mountain climbing.

Read the passage again and answer the questions.

1.Where did the accident happen on April 26, 2003?In Utah.

2.Why couldn’t Aron move?

Aron’s arm was caught under a 360 kilo rock that fell on him when he was climbing by himself in the mountains.

3.How did Aron free himself?

He used his knife to cut off half his right arm.

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Put the sentences in the correct order. Then use them to tell Aron’s story to your partner. Try to add other details from the reading. 

__ On April 26, 2003, he had a serious mountain climbing accident.

__ Aron loves mountain climbing and doesn’t mind taking risks.

__ Aron did not give up after the accident and keeps on climbing mountains today.

__ He wrote a book about his experience.

__ Aron lost half his right arm from the 2003 accident.

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Language points

1. between a rock and a hard place 

英语中的一个固定习语，表示在艰难或危险的处境下“从两难中进行选择”。

Practise

当你的母亲和妻子同时落水，你会救谁？对许多人来说，这是一个两难的选择。

Who will you save when your mother and wife are both in water? For many people, it’s between a rock and a hard place.

所以，中国正处在一个相当两难的境地。 

So China is caught between a rock and a hard place.

2. This means being in a difficult situation that you cannot seem to get out of.

mean表示“……意思是；意为”，用来解释上句出现在书名中的习语的意思。

3. Aron is used to taking risks.

be used to 意为“习惯于”，其中to是介词，其后要接名词或V-ing形式。

他习惯步行上学。 

He is used to walking to school. 

used to do sth.  意为“过去常常做某事”。

I used to live in London.  

我过去一直住在伦敦。

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选择填空。

1. My parents ____ getting up early on weekdays.   (2013 四川雅安)

A. used to              B. be used to       

C. was used to       D. are used to

2. We’re talking about “China Dream” 

these days. It’s ___ exciting ____ all of the Chinese people are interested in it.  (2013 黑龙江)

A. such; that  B. so; that   C. too; to

从方框内选择正确的短语，并用其正确形式填空。

be used to,  take a risk, run out of

cut off,  get out of, be in control of, give up

1. I ___________ walking to school.

2. I want to help Lily to ____________ this big trouble. 

3. He threatened to ____  my hair ____. 

4. My grandma  ____________ this company.

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Preview

To preview the new words and expressions

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