Lesson 4 Superhero

Objectives• To develop strategies for working o

ut meaning while reading.• To develop word attack skills to co

pe with new vocabulary and phrasal

verbs.• To practise asking for and giving p

ersonal information.

Pre-Reading

What do you know about Christopher

Reeve?

A superwoman in China. Do you

know her?

Reading

Look at the two pictures and answer

the questions.

1. What was his most famous film

character?

Superman

2. What terrible thing happened to him

in real life?

He fell off his horse and broke his back.

3. What did he do afterwards?

He promoted medical research

and made speeches all over the

USA about his experiences.

Match the topics with the parts of

the article.

a) the riding accident ( 1 )

b) his marriage ( )

c) his feelings after

the accident ( )

d) his death ( )

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e) his parents ( )

f) his belief ( )

g) how he get involved

with charity work ( )

h) his work ( )

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Post-Reading

True or False

1. After the accident, with his wife’s

help, Christopher Reeve pulled through.T2. Christopher Reeve got involved with

charity work because he wanted

to improve the quality of his life. F

3. Reeve was optimistic facing

the fact that he couldn’t stand up

any longer.

4. Both of Reeve’s parents loved

their son. T

T

Language points

1. be famous for 以…而著名

He is famous for his songs.

be famous as 作为…而出名

Li Lianjie is famous as an actor.

2. on one's own 独自；靠自己

She lives on her own. 她一个人过。

3. experience (1) 经验（不可数）

Experience is their preparation for

giving advice.

经验为她们进行咨询作了准备。

Experience teaches.; Experience does

it. 经验给人教训。 ; 经验给人智慧。

(2) 经历，阅历（可数）

Please tell us your experiences in A

merica.

请你告诉我们你在美洲的经历。

4 .suffer from 忍受 , 遭受

suffer from cold and hunger

饥寒交迫suffer from floods

遭受水灾

5. come to 涉及；谈及When it comes to politics, I know no

thing. 谈到政治，我一无所知。

获致；到达；结束The car came to a dead stop.

汽车蓦地刹住。

The water came to my waist.

水已达我的腰部。总共；共计

The bill came to $5.50.

账款共计 5 美元 50 美分。

突然想起

Suddenly the words of the song

came to me.

我猛然想起了这首歌的歌词。6. pull through

度过难关 , 恢复健康I believe that you can pull

through.

我相信你能够度过难关。

7. give up 放弃Don’t give up

give in 屈服give away 送掉 , 分发

give out 发出 ( 气味、热等 )

8. get on 生活 , 融洽相处 , 进展They are getting on well now.

他们现在相处融洽。I believe that we can get on

well with each other.

9. react to 与 ... 起反应

The eyes react to light.

眼睛对光起反应。

10. With the progress of new medical

research, I’m confident that……

with 短语作状语

He stands there, with a book in h

is hand.

他站在那儿，手里拿着一本书。With his head lowered, he

came into the classroom.

他低着头，走进教室。

Exercises

Work out the meaning of these words

from the text and use them to replace

the underlined words in the sentences.

disaster, on his own, depression,

injury, confident, get involved,

divorced

1. A really bad thing happened in

2003. Our school burnt down.

2. Many people suffer from feeling

very sad. It can be treated with

medicine.

3. Don’t just sit there! Take part

and help disabled people!

disaster

depression

Get involved

4. He won’t be able to walk by

himself ever again.

5. She’s sure that her mother’s

hurt will heal.

6. Many people’s parents are no

longer married these days.

on his own

confident injury

divorced

Choose the correct meaning for

the phrasal verbs.

1. come to a) to visit b) to reach a state

2. pull through a) to survive b) to walk

3. think of a) to carefully consider

b) to have an idea

4. give up a) to be afraid

b) to stop fighting

5. get on a) to have a friendly

relationship b) to escape

Use the phrasal verbs above to

complete these sentences.

1. Understanding his wife helps

Christopher well with her.

2. After the accident, doctors

warned Christopher that he wasn’t

going to and live.

get on

pull through

3. Talking with his family and friends

helped Christopher terms

with his disabilities.

4. Christopher says there is so much

happening in his life right now that

he is too busy to giving up

and dying.

come to

think of

5. After Dana told Christopher that

he had her support and love,

Christopher decided

not to living. give up

Speaking

Write questions to ask your partner

about changes in his/her life in the

last three years.

Example

• Have you started a new holiday

or sport?• Do you still like the same kind of

music?

Writing

Try to know more about Zhang H

aidi, then write an essay to depict

( 描写 ) her. Let everybody know t

hat she is a superwoman.