First Impressions

Reading

Objectives

♠ get the details of the story;♠ find out words which described the change of the feeling of the author;♠ use the skill of “reading between the lines”♠ use the new words and phrases to retell the story.

By the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to

1. What words can we use to describe a person’s personality?

2. Have you ever met someone you didn’t like but became your friend later?

3. What were your first impressions on him/her?

Lead-in

Fast reading The main characters in the story are _____ and ______. They met in the ________ for the first time. ______ was preparing for an important _____ while ______was reading and _______. ____ was angry and left but she left her most important _________ behind. ______ found the book and returned it to _______. They became good_______.

JaneJenny library

examJane

Jenny singingJane

friends

textbook JennyJane

Careful reading Read and answer the questions1. What kind of books does Jenny like?

2. What exam was Jane studying for?

3. What was the last straw for Jane?

4. What kind of person do you think Jenny is?

5. How did Jenny get Jane’s phone number?

1. It was only when I got home two hours lat

er that I realised I’d forgotten it and there wa

s nothing I could do as the library was close

d.

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2. After confirming that I was, Jenny said that she had

noticed I’d left my book in the library and as my name

was in it, she’d asked the librarian to get my phone

number from their files.

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How did Jane’s feeling change?• I was getting more and more _________...• I turned around and ____________ the person...• … it made me even ________...• I picked up my books, ___________ her and ________

_________ …• I was so ________ that I almost cried. • I signed with _______...I was so _________.• I was _______ with shame and ____________ several

times for my rude behaviour. • I felt so ________.

annoyedglared at

angrierglared at

whispered angrilyupset

relief

guilty

filled apologisedgrateful

How can we describe the feeling of being upset / angry?

• full of anxiety• get annoyed• the last straw• glare at • think angrily• steam coming out of one’s ears• whisper angrily• be upset

4)Jane was upset that she had left her book in

the library.

3)Jane first saw Jenny near “English literature”

section.

1) Jane was pleased when Jenny started singing.Example 1 = pleased, singing

2) Tennyson must be a famous poet.

2. Use the reading the strategies and underline important words in the sentences below.

FFTT

5)Jane didn’t feel that it was necessary to

apologise.

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Guessing the new words Find the words from the text to replace the expressions in italics.

1. looked angrily --- glared

2. worry --- anxiety

3. would like to thank her for it --- was grateful

4. couldn’t stop --- couldn’t help

5. quickly looked ----- glanced

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Guessing the new words 6. person who works in a library --- librarian

place where they keep information --- files

7. feeling bad about behaving rudely --- guilty

8. bad things --- shortcomings

9. studying --- revision

spoken --- oral

10. making sure --- confirming

4

Tell the story using the following phrases

keep disturbing get annoyedturn around glare atpick up whisper angrilyleft…behind get my phone numberbring around fill withcouldn’t help laughing get along well

Homework

P61—Ex.1

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充满焦虑 充满羞愧为…作复习一直打扰某人怒目而视瞥一眼多亏相反急匆匆

轻松地叹口气，如释重负

因某事感激某人

忍不住……

老实说

be full of anxiety

be filled with shame do some revision for

keep disturbing sb. glare at

glance at thanks to

忘了带，遗留， 越过

if anything

in a hurry

leave …behind

sigh with relief

can’t help doing sth.

be grateful to sb. for sth.

to be honest 原谅某人的缺点

forgive one’s shortcomings

（生意）好转，转变 , 转过身来 turn around被 ... 惹怒、惹恼 get annoyed

1. The last straw was when I heard someone singing behind me.

1. I put up with a lot from this guy. He borrowed my clothes ; he borrowed my money; he borrowed my tennis racket. But when I caught him using my toothbrush _______________________, so I kicked him out.

当听到背后有人唱歌时， 我的忍耐到了最后。

that was the last straw

2."All these years I've tried to be a good wife, even though you're lazy, you drink too much and half of the time don't even have a steady job. But when I find out you are spending money on another woman,_______________________! I want you out of my house right now and I never want to see you again."

that's the last straw

the last straw/final straw

（事情 / 行动 / 任务）使人终于不胜负荷 的最后的量 ; 忍无可忍

grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草

2. I was getting more and more annoyed and of course,

the more upset I got, the less I was able to concentrate.

The _________ (high) the ground is, the ________ (thin) air becomes.The _______ (much) we do for our country, the _________________ (beautiful) it becomes.The ________ (far) an object is above the earth’s surface, the ______ (little) it weighs.

higher thinner

more more beautiful

farther

less

3. glare at

stare at

glance at

怒目而视凝视瞥一眼

(1) He __________over the letter he had just received and then left it on the table.

(2) The woman _________ at the man after he shouted rudely at her.

(3) I told my son to stop __________at that fat woman; it wasn’t polite.

(4) He _______ at the young man with his eyes wide open. For he simply couldn’t believe he was his long-lost son.

glanced

glared

staring

stared

• 同位语从句说明的名词常见的有： ability, advice, answer,belief, doubt,discovery,fact, fear, hope, idea, information, message,news,order,possibility, problem, question, story,suggestion,theory, thought, word( 消息 ) 等。

Eg. (1)There is no doubt____________________that the prices of cars will go down.

4. The fact that she looked like a sensitive, friendly girl didn’t matter. If anything, it made me even angrier.

虽然她看上去是一个敏感、友善的女孩，但这并没有用，反而使我更加恼火。

(2) Is there any possibility _________________________________________?that the meeting will be delayed(3) The problem ___________________________________________hasn’t been settled.that he has not enough money to afford further education

If anything if anything 用以表达无把握的看法，或者用于否定的话语中——译为相反； 如果有什么不同的话。 If anything, my new job is harder than my older one. 如果有什么不同的话，我的新工作比原先的更难了。 He is not a bad boy. If anything, he is a pretty good one. 他并不是个坏孩子，相反，他倒是一个很好孩子。

5. I’m surprised there was’t steam coming out of my ears!

6. Let me tell you the rest of the story though.

I am surprised I was not very angry

不过我还是讲一下后来发生的事吧。though adv.( 用于句末，一般前面有逗号隔开 )

= however 不过，然而；可是It’s hard work. I enjoy it, though. We all tried our best. We lost the game, though. He said he would come, he didn’t, though.

7. After comfirming that I was, Jenny said that …

=After Jenny comfirmed that I was Jane, she said…

comfirm v. 证实，确认，批准（条约、任命）

Can you confirm what happened ？When asked, she confirmed that she was going to retire.He was confirmed as captain for the rest of the season.

8. We are very much alike.

The two pictures are almost alike.All music is alike to him.

treat every child alike.

(adj. 相同的，一样的 )

(adv. 同样地 )

9. If Jenny hadn’t been a kind person who was willing to forgive my shortcomings, I would never have experienced such true friendship. 如果 Jenny不是这么善良和宽容的话，我就永远不会经历这段真挚的友谊。 If + had done; 主 +would(should,might, could) have done 表虚拟语气的条件句，表示与过去的事实相反

If he had come yesterday, I would have told him about it.If he had been in that train then, he might have been killed in that accident.

If she had worked, she would have succeeded.

1. Alan ___ the party if he had gone to London. A. would have missed B. had missed C. would miss D. missed2. If I had known you were coming, I ___ you at the airport. A. had met B. met C. would meet D. would have met

ExercisesA

D

8. 虚拟语气复习（注释）

3. If he ________(smoke) less, his cough might be well soon. 4.  If the lecturer should be late, you __________(have) to make a speech first.

smoked

would have

• 如果“过程”为强调的内容 , 即 : 表述动作先后用过去完成时 .• 如果“动作”为强调的内容 , 即 : 表述动作何时 , 何地… 用过去时 .

1. I felt very tired when I got home. So I _______ (go) straight to bed. The house was very quiet when I got home. Everybody

_________________(go) to bed. 2. Sorry I’m late. The car ________(break) down on my way here. We were driving along the road when we _______ (see) a car which

_____________(break) down, so we __________(stop) to see if we could help.

went

had gonebroke

had broken

saw

stopped

９．过去完成时态复习 用动词的适当形式填空

用于固定句型 hardly… when…; no sooner… than… scarcely… before…eg.1. We had scarcely gathered in the grain before it began to rain. 2. I had no sooner (or: No sooner had I ) reached home than he came to visit me .