Exerise1 Replace the words underlined by ones of similar meaning form the reading passage .
1. Seeing the dark clouds above him , George hurried for home .
2. Sailing a boat alone far away form the shore made Flora’s parents worry about her safety .
3. Clare , would you please put your bicycle next to the others in the shed ?
4. “Why don’t you plot a more simple rout with the smallest number of spots?” asked Mary .
5. Setting out on a long journey by sea with unskilled sailors would be dangerous especially if there were no modern navigational instruments .
Exercise2 Find the words form the reading passage that are the opposite of these compound words .
Nowhere anywhere download upload outward inward
Reliable unreliable seaweed land flower shortcoming strong point
Exercise3:
Complete the following paragraph with the words below .
precise outward nowhere awkward reference seaweed
accelerate mercy randomly voyage alongside approximate
Samuel the sailor was extremely good at plotting his course using the stars a ________.
One day he was determined to set out on a ________across an unknown sea to an unknown continent . He set out with his instruments so he would not be at the _________ Of the sea . He found on his _______journey a rocky island . It seemed to be covered in nests. Suddenly, as Samuel looked , an enormous bird swooped down and picked him up as if he were a/an ______ parcel . It ______its speed and rose straight up into the air so as to reach the _______place on the rocks where its nest lay. Once there, it shook itself and threw Samuel in the ________ direction of the nest . There seemed to be ______to hide but then he noticed lots of ______ on his left and quickly hid under it . The bird landed nearby and pecked ______ at the rocks . Samuel rolled over swiftly and found himself at the edge of the cliff . He looked down slowly with a beating heart. Below him was his boat lying ______the shore! “How lucky I am!” Samuel thought to himself. He then gave a mighty leap and landed in it. Once inside he could safely sail away.
Period four : Reading speaking and writing
Aim :
to train the student’s ability of listening and speaking and writing
Contents : some language points
1〉 starvation : n. suffering or death from lack of food die of starvation
starve : vt/vi （使某人）饿死、挨饿
starve sb to death
phr: starve for sth to do sth
be starved of vt 缺乏……欠缺……
2> gradually : adj not suddenly
gradual : adj happening slowly
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