Words and expressions
预习：根据要求写出相应的词。
1.apply n application______2.survival v. survive
3.ox pl. oxen 4.salty n_ salt____
5.thirst adj.___thirsty_______6.anxiety adj. __anxious____
7assessment v.___assess____8.starvation v. ____starve__
用法：
Warming up listening and speaking:
1.Failure happens when you quit.
●quit vt. (quitted/quit, quitted/quit, quitting)
(1)从…离去,离开; 停止;辞职 (to eave; to give up; to stop) +n./doing
I’ve quit my job. 我辞职了.
Quit smoking in this room, please.
Quit fooling around! 别胡闹了!
(2)to rid oneself of by paying 偿清
quit a debt
(3)举止；以一种特定的方式表现(自己)
Quit yourself like adults.
(4) be quit of sb./sth: 摆脱某人/某物
I was glad to be quit of the troublesome job.
2. I can quickly adapt myself to new circumstances.
● circumstances n.情况,环境;情势
In normal circumstances I would have resigned immediately.在正常情况下,我本会马上辞职的。
under no circumstances ，in no circumstances，无论如何不；决不
词组：under the circumstances或in the circumstances 在这些情况下；情况既然如此
The circumstances forced me to accept. 环境迫使我不得不同意。
Maybe under these circumstances we may say that man can conquer nature.
也许在这样的情况下我们可以说人定胜天。
It depends on [upon] circumstances. 这要视情况而定。
Under no circumstances should you step out of the house.
2.Imagine that you are cast away on a desert island in the Pacific Ocean like Robinson Crusoe.
●cast away ( 通常用于被动语态)
Reading—Going west
Read the text and finish the following questions:
Scan the passage and decide which of the following sentences is true or false and correct it if false.
1. In the spring of 1845, my father read a book about New York. ( )
2. Indian Creek in Kansas was the meeting place for people moving to the east. ( )
3. On November 4,1846, we entered the Salt Lake Desert and soon lost our way. ( )
4. A young man in their group suggested that the writer stay behind with the children and wait for
help. ( )
5. At three o’clock in the morning of New Year’s Day, we reached the edge of the desert. ( )
Read the passage again, and try to find the topic sentence of each paragraph or summarize the main
idea of each paragraph . After 5”, check the answers,。
P1. My father decided to go west after reading a book about California.
1 When did my father read a book? 2 What did he react to this account?
this account of give him the idea In the spring of 1845
2 What did he react to this account?
this account of give him the idea
3 When did they set off?
by the middle of October set off
in the spring of 1845
when half a year later
by the middle of
how long /far / who/why
P2. We get ready for the journey westward by reaching the first destination of Indian Greek in
Kansas.
1. How many states did we travel through? And then what did we decide to do?
four spend winter move on
2. What was our first destination?
Indian Creek in Kansas frontier
3. What was our starting day toward west?
April 12, 1846 chose
P3 We experienced the hard journey across the Salt Lake Desert.
1. What did we do with the wagons at night when we camped?
by day driven form around
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