必修 5 Module 2

Vocabulary and Reading

商州区大荆中学 田 伟

Although we haven’t known before, I think that you are all hard-working. What is the aim to do like this? Why do you study so hard? What makes you so diligent ?

Can you name some of the following jobs ? What are your dream jobs ?

Ⅰ.INTRODUCTION

Cook / chef

electrician

miners

chemist biochemist

Barber / hair-dresser

volunteer

businessman

businesswoman

accountant

secretary

Every job is important whether it’s big or small.

Look at the picture and answer the questions:

1.Where is the man standing?

2. What is he holding ?

3. Can the bus driver see the lorry?

4. Can the lorry driver see the bus?

On a road bend in the mountains.

A large circular board.

No.

No.

To get general ideas

.Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.

1.Paragraph one

2. Paragraph two

3. Paragraph three

A.The man

B The road

C The reason

why he does it.

To get detailed information

.Read the passage again and give your best answers to check the comprehension about the text.

1. What is Timote’s job?A.He is a policeman. B. He is a lorry driver.C.He is a volunteer who directs the traffic. 2.Where does he work? A.In a small village in the mountains.B.At the side of a road in the mountains.C.In La Paz.3.Why is the road so dangerous?A. It’s narrow and in bad conditions.B. It’s high up in the mountains.C.Drivers don’t respect the rules.

4. What does Timoteo get for driving the traffic?

A. No money at all . B. A small salary from the state.

C. A small amount of money from some drivers.

5. What made him start the job?

A.An accident he had when he was young.

B. He likes to change jobs frequently.

C.The experience he had helping people in a bus crash.

6.Why dos he continue to do the job?

A.He loves it.

B.He feels it is his mission to help others.

C. He isn’t qualified to do anything else.

The Human Traffic Signal

At 3,500 metres, La paz, in Bolivia, roads are in bad condition. (p. 1)

Timoteo Apaza is a human traffic signal there. (p.2)

The reason why Timoteo directs the traffic. (p. 3)

1.Many roads are in bad condition and accidents are frequent.

  许多路况不好，事故频繁发生。in ….condition 处于。。。。。。状况

The car is in very good condition. 这辆汽车情况良好。

Ⅵ. Language points

on condition that 在……的条件下，倘若

You can go out on condition that you wear an overcoat.

你要穿上外衣才能出去。

I’ll come on condition that my parents are invited , too.

在我的父母也受邀请的条件下，我才来。

2.One road in particular, which goes north from Lasa Paz, is considered the most dangerous road in the world.

尤其是从拉巴斯通往北边的一条路被认为是最危 险的。

in particular 尤其，特别

be particular about/over sth

对……讲究，对……挑剔

She is very particular about what she wears.

她对衣着很讲究。

3.  Although there is not a lot of traffic, on average one vehicle comes off the road every two weeks.

尽管交通量不大，但平均每两周就有一辆车驶出公路

on (an/the)average 平均

平均每天有一千名参观者。 On an average ， there are 1000 visitors a day.

The car runs 15 kilometers per liter on the average.

这辆车平均每公升（汽油）跑辆公里。

We fail one student per year on average.

我们平均每年有一个学生不及格。

4. in theory 理论上 in practice 实际上，在实践中

这个计划很行的通。

The plan works well in practice.

6.But often they just pass by, taking the human traffic signal for granted.

但经常他们只是从他身边驶过，把人体交通标 志看作是理所当然的事情。

take … for granted 以为某事理所当然。 Don’t take anything for granted.

不要认为任何事情都是想当然的。

We must not take it for granted that the board of directors will approve of the investment plan.

我们决不可想当然地认为董事会一定会批准这个投资计划的。

7. He was driving a lorry load of bananas when he came off the road at a bend and fell three hundred meters down the mountain.

他正载运一车香蕉，这时，在弯道处驶出公路翻下山三百米处。

句中的 when 为并列连词，意思是“就在那时，突然”

That afternoon I was about to go swimming when luckily our guide saw me and stopped me. 那天下午我正要下水游泳，这时，幸亏我们的向导看到了我并阻止了我。I was about to go to bed when there was a knock on the door.

9. And so every morning, week in, week out, from down to dusk, Timoteo takes up his place on the bend and directs the traffic.

于是每天早晨，在山路的拐弯处 Timoteo 战好自己的位置，开始指挥来往的车辆，从拂晓到黄昏，一周又一周。

week in, week out = week after week

一周又一周地， 接连好几个星期；不断地Every Sunday, week in, week out, she writes to her parents.

她每个星期日都给她父母写信。

句中的 take up 意思是“站好位置以备……” At 7:40 a.m., the soldier all took up their respective fight stations.

早上 7 ： 40 ， 战士们都站在各自的战斗岗位上了。

Retell the passage by filling the blank.

• Timoteo is a gentle 46-year-old man who lives in a village near the most dangerous part of a road in Bolivia. The road is 1 ____ _________ because it is in high mountains, which rise steeply, and has 2 _sheer drop

• __________ Anyone who can survive from such a travel is lucky.

in bad condition

• But 3 ________ Timoteo, the 4 _________ has fallen. Every morning he 5__________ the bend with a large circular board in his hand, which is red on one side and green 6 ____ on the other ______. When two vehicles approach from 7________________, they can’t see each other and situation may be dangerous.But they can see Timoteo. In this way Timoteo 8________________.

opposite directions

directs the traffic

thanks to

death tollclimbs up to

•How much do you think Timoteo receive from doing it? Nearly nothing. Only a few drivers give him a tip which is just enough for him to 9_______, most of them just pass by, because they 10_____________. Actually Timoteo is a 11________, and nobody asks him to do so.

live on

take it for granted

volunteer

1. What do you think of his job?

2. Is it worth doing?

3. Is there any better way to help him?

•Exercise 1,p12 and exercise 5,p14

ⅴ. Homework