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.
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