新编英语教程-3-Unit-10--Keep-Class-2-under-Your-Thumb
Unit ten Keep Class 2 under Your Thumb读书图片大全
Teaching objectives
1. to be familiar with the employment of striking contrast ,vivid similes and metaphors in narration
2. to know how a young inexperienced stand-in teacher attempts to control a class that frightened away a succession of teachers
Teaching procedure
I. Pre-reading questions
1. What is the meaning of “keep somebody one’s thumb”?
2. Tell each other your own experiences of your being a student and a teacher.
3. What should be the appropriate relation between teachers and students?
II. Background Knowledge
Give more phras related to thumb
thumb (拇指), index (食指), middle （中指）, ring（无名指）, pinky (little finger 小指，尾指)
光圈大小的区别thumb (one's) no: To express scorn or ridicule by or as if by placing the thumb on the no and wiggling the fingers.作蔑视的手势：把或似把拇指放在鼻子上并摆动其它手指以表示批评或嘲弄
The No. 1 fugitive practically thumbed his no at authorities for more than 40 years.
观察手thumb a ride: hitchhikers usually put their thumb out as cars pass by, indicating that they need a ride. （在美国）要搭顺风车的人通常翘起拇指表示他要搭顺风车，所以thumb a 爱德华之手rid
e的意思就是搭顺风车。
I'll thumb a ride to the movies and meet you there.
have a green thumb： be good at gardening
I guess I don't have much of a green thumb: every year I plant cabbage, beans and sweet corn in my backyard but all I ever get is a lot of weeds.
stick out like a sore thumb：be very different from other people or things around them
I'm not going to the party dresd like this, I'd stick out like a sore thumb.
thumbs down: An expression of rejection, refusal, or disapproval.
My new hairstyle got the thumbs down from my family.
thumbs up: An expression of approval, success, or hope.
The project had been given the thumbs up and we could now get started.陵水旅游攻略必去景点
be all thumbs: clumsy and awkward
Speaking of playing the piano, I am all thumbs.
香蕉热量多少under (one's) thumb: Under the control of someone; subordinate to.
She's got her husband under her thumb.
A rule of thumb: a rough method of calculation, bad on practical experience －粗略计算，根据以往实践总结出来的经验
A good rule of thumb is to cook two handfuls of rice per person.
III. Words and phras
Para. 1
1. Why do you think the writer felt pale when he saw the headmaster’s thumb?
The headmaster’s thumb looked like a short and thick club to the writer. He felt pale, perh
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1) he was astonished to be told that he had to keep the pupils under control by force;
2) compared with the headmaster’s huge thumb, his own thumb was quite small; so he felt embarrasd for being not so manly as the headmaster;
3) he was not ud to the idea of “keeping the boys under his thumb.”
2. I had reason enough to distrust my thumb.
I had good reason not to have confidence in my thumb, that is to say, I did not think I was able to keep the boys under control.
Para. 2
1. … a succession of startled substitutes had stood before them, ducked, winced and fled.
…
a number of teachers, one after another, took the place of their own teacher; none of them remained calm in front of them. They drew back in fear, felt frightened, unable to deal with the situation, and finally left in a hurry.
a. a succession of students （人）
the succession of the asons （物）四季的接续
上星期下了一场大雪，接连好几天都很潮湿。巴巴爸爸去度假
The heavy snwofall lastweek was followed by a succession of wet days.
Life was just an endless succession of parties and dinners.
b. Who is first in succession to the throne? （继承权）
