About American cestures

Question：In what situations do American people use these gestures?

一、單元課程概述

1、單詞

unfair adj 不公正的；不公平的

反義詞 fair

customer n 顧客；主顧

fold vt 折疊；合攏；抱住

vary vt 改變；使多樣化

vi 變化；不同

crazy adj 瘋狂的；狂熱的

（建筑等）不安全的

part vt& vi 分開；分離

firm adj （指動作）穩定而有力的；牢固的

用法：make a bow 鞠躬

fist n 拳頭

bend vt&vi (bent , bent )彎曲；專心于，屈服

tap vt&vi 輕拍；輕敲

gently adv 輕輕地；逐漸地

anger n 怒；憤怒

useless adj 無用的；無效的

反義詞：useful

occur vi 發生；出現

focus n （興趣活動等的）中心；焦點

specific adj 具體的；特有的

2、詞組

ahead of （在空間或時間上比栽、某物）更前；更早

give sb a hand 給某人幫助

get through 通過；度過；到達

tear down 弄倒某物；拆除某物

tear open 撕開（信封等）

hold up 舉起；拿起；舉出

make a face （對某人）做鬼臉；扮怪相

in order 按順序；整齊

3、語法：

The usage of V-ing （動詞－ing的用法）（２）

（1）作主語（subject）

Walking is good for your health．

（2）作賓語 ( object )

You can’t stop him doing what he wants．

3．作表語 ( predicative )

Seeing is believing. 百聞不如一見。

二、重點難點講解

（一）、詞匯

1、avoid v

1) keep oneself away from (sb/sth)

eg．We avoided (driving in) the center of town．

2）stop (sth) happening; prevent

We must try to avoid accidents.

2．manage v

1）負責（某事物）；管理；經營 manage sth /sb

eg．manage a shop , business, factory, etc

2）設法做（某事） manage to do sth

In spite of these insults, She managed not to get angry.

manage to do 設法做成（某事）＝succeed in doing sth

try to do 設法做（某事） （成功于否？不得而知）

請用try 和 manage 填空，注意使用適當的形式 ：

①Jenny__________ to pass her driving test on the fifth attempt, and finally got a license．(managed)

②You look so slim(苗條) . How do you ________ to stay so．(manage)

③He______ to catch the early bus, but it had already started moving when he got to the bus station．(tried)

④I_________ hard not to laugh , but I failed．(tried)

⑤You haven’t even _______ to lift it． (tried)

3．fold v． 折疊；對折

She folded the handkerchief and put it in her pocket．

4．opposite

① n. 相反的人（事）

② adj． 相反的；對立的

③ prep． 在…對面

1) Black and white are opposites．( n.) 黑與白相反。

2) the opposite sex (adj.)異性

3) They live in the houses opposite the station ( prep.)

5．get through

We were all delighted when we heard you’d got through your exam．

6．tear down

These beautiful old houses are being torn down to make way for a new road．

（二）句子

1．While there are many different interpretations of our body language, some gestures seem to be universal．

2．And if we are feeling down or lonely, there is nothing better than to see the smiling face of a good friend．

lonely adj．

比較：alone adj.& adv．單獨的(地)；獨自的(地)

請根據下面漢語完成句子，正確的使用lonely和alone。

①自從妻子離開他之后，他一直非常孤寂。

He has been very ______ since his wife left him． (lonely)

②鄉下一間孤零零的房子

a ________ house in the country (lonely)

③荒涼的山坡

the ________ hillsides (lonely)

④她獨居。

She lives ________． (alone)

⑤那所房孤零零地座落在小山上。

The house stands _______ on the hill．(alone)

⑥房子里只有我孤零零一個人。

I was all ______ in the house． (alone)

⑦我只有一個人，但并不感到孤獨。

I was _______，but I didn’t feel _________.(alone, lonely)

（三）語法-The v-ing form (2) 在句中作主語、賓語和表語的用法。

①動名詞起名詞作用，可在句中作主語、賓語、表語。

例如：

Reading French is easier than speaking it．

②使用動名詞時應注意以下幾點動名詞可以帶自己的邏輯主語。如：

I’ll never forget his/him imitating the headmaster．

有些動詞只能跟動名詞作賓語：avoid , enjoy ,

appreciate , enjoy , keep , mind, excuse, finish , forgive , mind , imagine , delay , miss , suggest , put off , look forward to等。

有些動詞如remember, forget, regret, mean, stop, try等接動名詞和不定式時，意思不一樣。例如：

I remembered to post your letter.

(我記住要給你寫信。)

I remembered posting your letter．

(你的信我記得給你發了。)

三、作業

1．She focused her eyes_______ the page．

A．about B．on C．with D．in

2．He can________ a whole chicken．

A．get away B．get together C．get through D．get up

3．These fish vary _______weight______3 pounds to 5 pounds．

A．in; in B．from; from C．in; from D．from ; in

4．-Do you mind my_______ here?

-You’d better not．

A．to smoke B．to have smoked C．smoking D．being smoked

5．It suddenly________ to me that they went there by bike．

A．occurred B．happened C．took place D．looked

6．He didn’t agree with us. That’s to say, his opinion is ______ours．

A．common B．the same C．opposite D．similar

7．A club is a place to make frequent ________with friends．

A．connection B．touch C．reach D．contact

8．Please give me all the_________．

A．advices B．informations C．suggestion D．details

9．She’s crazy_________ dancing．

A．with B．on C．about D．of

10．He________ to escape from the prison, but he couldn’t find anybody to help him．

A．succeeded B．tried C．managed D．offered

11．She didn’t feel _____ though she lived ____ in a ____house．

A．alone; alone ; alone B．lonely; lonely; lonely

C．alone; lonely; alone D．lonely; alone; lonely

12．She remembered________ to Beijing as a child．

A．to take B．to be taken C．taking D．being taken

13．-Can I help you with your case? -___________．

A．My pleasure B．It doesn’t matter

C．That’s all right D．No, thanks .I can manage it myself

14．Seeing is _________________．

A．believing B．being believed

C．to believe D．to be believed

15．I just avoided______ over the cat．

A．to run B．to have run C．running D．being run

16．The workmen _________ the old house and built a new one in its place．

A．tore across B．tore away C．tore down D．tore up

17．Don’t take anything away．Mother likes to put everything ________．

A．in an order B．in the order C．in order D．in orders

18．You might wonder how it_____ to live without eating for so many months．

A．keeps B．succeeds C．manages D．tries

19、_______ made his parents unhappy.

A、His coming back late B、Him coming back late

C、He came back late D、Why he came back late

20、In the forest, I saw a _______ deer ______ by a hunter.

A、running; killing B、run; killed

C、run; killing D、running; killed

答案：

1、B 2、C 3、C 4、C 5、A 6、C 7、D 8、D 9、C 10、B 11、D

12、D 13、D 14、A 15、C 16、C 17、C 18、C 19、C 20、C