Unit 5
Language Structure
Main Teaching Points: Sentence of unreal conditions:
1. 快纤瘦related to something being done at prent
e.g. If you were taking a short cour in computer science, you我和岳父’d be learning computer programming fast.
2. with the connective unless
e.g. Lu wouldn’t sing the English songs unless she had learned them properly.
3. with connective supposing
e.g. Supposing the price were lowered, then Sue would certainly buy the fur coat.
4. with the connective otherwi
e.g. Bob didn’t work hard. Otherwi he wouldn’t have been sacked.
5. in the if it hadn’t been for… pattern
e.g. If it hadn’t been for the sports meeting, I would have come to the video show.
Dialogue Save Our Heritage
A. Listening to the recording
B. Questions on specific details
1. What happened to the Drum Tower and the Buddhist Temple?
2. What’s the fate of the 1000-year-old corridor and the tombstone of a member of the Tang court?
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3. What do A and B think the government should do about the people who damage ancient monuments?
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4. What is your opinion about the prervation of historical monuments?
C. Language Points
1. legendary a. very famous and celebrated in many stories传奇的，有名的；celebrated in fable or legend传说中的
e.g. 1) Heracles is a lendary Greek hero.
2) Her enormous appetite is legendary in our company.她的胃口之大在我们公司是出了名的。
2. drown v. die in water becau one is unable to breathe淹死；flood or drench sth.淹没，盖过
e.g. 1) The flood drowned the whole village.
2) The desperate woman drowned herlf in the river.冰破绝望的女人投河自杀了。
3）The teacher’s voice was drowned out by the noi outside.外面很吵，把老师的声音都盖过了。
3. precinct n. （由建筑物或围墙围成的）场地；周围区域；选举区，警区
e.g. 1) It’s a shame to e so many buildings inside the temple’s precincts.学钢琴要多久寺庙周围建了这么多现代建筑，这真让人感到羞愧。
2）It is very common in the precincts of a college.在大学校园里这样的事情司空见惯。
3）This block will be rebuilt into a shopping precincts.这一街区将改造成一个商业区。
4. refined a.精炼的，精制的；polite, having good manners and good taste有教养的，举止文明的
refine v. 净化；精炼，使文雅 unrefined a. 不文雅的，庸俗的
refined gold 纯金 refined manners 文雅的举止
近义词：purified 精炼的；cultivated 有教养的
civilized 文明的，有礼的
elegant 优雅的，端庄的
urbane 文雅的，有礼貌的
polished 优雅的，有教养的
e.g. 1) We should not eat too much refined foods such as sugar and white flour.我们不应该吃太多经过精加工的食品，如糖和白面。
2）The story was told in a refined language. 这则故事的语言非常优美。
3）A refined young woman shall never laugh in that way.一位娴静的淑女不该那么笑。
5. crude a. natural or unrefined 天然的，未加工的；rough；not well finished 粗糙简陋的；coar粗鲁的
crude oil原油 crude facts 赤裸裸的事实
a crude notion 不成熟的想法户外活动教案中班
e.g. 1) The Middle East is well-known for the production of crude oil.
中东以盛产原油著称。
2）He made a crude sketch for the lake but forgot to paint it.他把湖面画成一张简略的草图，但是忘了着色。
3）He’s good at telling crude jokes.他擅长于讲粗俗的笑话。
6. ravage v. destroy; damage badly 毁坏；rob and plunder with violence蹂躏，劫掠；n. (pl.) destructive effect of sth.; damage done by sth.毁坏的结果
e.g. 1) Sandstorms are the revages of deforestation on the hills. 沙尘暴实滥伐山林的恶果。
2）The country has been revaged by civil war and foreign intervention.国家遭到了内忧外患的双重蹂躏。
7. ignorance n lack of knowledge of information 无知；不知道
e.g. 1) He is in complete ignorance of history. 他对历史一无所知。
2) Ignorance is the mother of fear. 无知是恐惧的根源。
3）She ignored criticism about hr new book. 她无视人们对她新书的批评。
8. counteract v. act against and reduce the force or effect of sth.抵消，中和；抵制
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