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--Warming up/ listening / speaking
Step I. Introduction of Charles Dickens & his works on the following questions:
1. Have you read any novels by Charles Dickens? What are they?
2. Which of his books do you like best? What's it about?
3. Do you know sth about " A Christmas Carol"?
( You may refer to your English Coaching paper Issue 7 for the answers to the questions above.)
Step II. Listening comprehension:
(1) Listen to the tape and find the best answers to the following:
(2) Listen again and fill in the blanks in the following passage:
III. Speaking
(1) Read the two paragraphs on P. 56 and answer the following the questions:
*What kind of person is Ebnenezer Scrooge?
*What is he interested in ?
*Does he have any friends?
*Does he care about his employees?
*What will happen if some business people only think about making money and profits?
*Why do some people make and sell unsafe products?
IV. Explanation of some language points:
Neither Scrooge nor Marley cares for other people .They don' t care about their employees......
*care for/care about
care for 1)在意，放在心上（常用于否定句，疑问句和条件句中）
One shouldn't act without caring for public opinion.
（一个人的行为不能不在意公共舆论）
If you care for my advice, I don't think you should go.
（如果你愿意听我的话，我认为你还是别去。）
2）想要，喜欢（常用于否定句，疑问句和条件句中）
Would you care for a cup of coffee?（来杯咖啡好吗？）
I don't care for riding on a bike very much; I'd rather go on foot.
（我不太喜欢骑自行车，宁愿步行。）
3）关心，照料，照顾（肯定句）
She has a baby to care for; she can't go with us.
（她孩子要照顾，不能和我们一起去）
The patients are well cared for in the hospital.
(病人在医院里得到很好的照顾)
care about 感兴趣，在意
I don't care much about music. (我对音乐不太感兴趣)
She thinks only of herself; she doesn't care about other people.
( 他只想到自己，不关心别人)
She didn't care about when he would leave.
( 他什么时间离开她都不理会)
V. useful expressions and words:
dream about
by the end of
care for / care about
fake food product
make profit / make money
safety measures
food polluted with poisons and bacteria
VI. Home assignment:
Write a passage about the responsibilities of business people towards both their employees and their customers, using the words and phrases on P. 56.
Reading material:
---Reading Comprehension
Step I. Read the story and then find the best answer to the following questions:
1.What kind of man is Mr Ebenezer Scrooge?
A. He is mean. B. He is cold-hearted
C. He is a man with big heart. D. A and B
2.What is Fred like?
A. He looks down upon the poor. B. He is kind-hearted
C. He hates rich people D. The passage doesn't say
3.We can infer from the text that_________________.
A. no rich people want to help the poor.
B. there are still many people poor in the country.
C. Mr Scrooge hasn't given Bob a day off in the end.
D. Fred hates his uncle very much.
4.Why does Lisa want to leave Scrooge ? Because__________.
A. she loves money more than anything else
B. Scrooge pays more attention to money than to her
C. Scrooge' character has changed and differences arose between them.
D. Scrooge no longer loves her.
5.Who makes Scrooge change his attitude toward the poor?
A. Bob B. Fred. C. Santa Claus D. The passage doesn't say
Keys: DBBCC.
Step II: Listen to the tape and paraphrase some difficult sentences and phrases;
1. In the sentence on p. 57 Line 5 “Frost stands on the window.”
The underlined means_________?
A. remains B. rise C. raise D. arise
2. You’ll want all day off tomorrow, I suppose. The underlined means__________.
A. take a holiday B. ask for a day’s leave C. be on duty D. both A and B
3. The sentence “That’s a poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every twenty-fifth of
December!” on p. 57 really shows_________.
A. Scrooge was a mean but an honest man.
B. Scrooge was a generous and mean person
C. Scrooge was a mean and greedy man
D. Scrooge was a generous and honest man
4. The correct translation for the sentence on p. 58 Line 11 “ Let me leave it alone.” is___.
A. 那我就把它放到后面去吧。
B. 那我就由它去吧。
C. 让我单独谈谈这个问题。
D. 那我现在就不谈这个问题吧。
5. The phrase “badly off” in the sentence on p.58 Line 31 means_________.
A. rich B. poor C. bad D. worse
6. According to the dialogue, the sentence “Alone is what you are, and what you have been.”
really means________.
A. You are always alone without anyone around you.
B. You always like to do things without anyone present.
C. You will always live alone.
D. You are too greedy and mean to have true friends around you.
Answers: ADCDBD
Step II. Language points:
1. I'm freezing, Mr scrooge. Frost stands on the window. My hands are too cold to write.
(Line 5 p.57)
freeze ( froze frozen) vt 结冰 vi使......结冰
Water freezes when the temperature falls below zero centigrade. (结冰 )
Two of the men froze to death.（冻死）
If this frost lasts, the ships in the harbor will be frozen in.（被冰封住）
封存，冻结（财产，存款）稳定（价格，工资等），僵住
Smiles froze on his face.
freeze prices freeze his account
freezing 冰冷的,极冷的 frozen 冻了的，冰冻的
It was freezing last night.
What freezing weather!
Is there any frozen food in the fridge?
It's fun to skate on the frozen lake.
2.stand (p.57. Line 5)
1) vi 持续/持久/保持不变
The house will stand another century. (这房子还可以持续一百年)
The law still stands in force. 这条法律仍然有效）
2） vi 处于（某种状况）
The temperature stood at 0℃ yesterday. (昨天是0摄氏度)
Who stands first on the list? （谁名列第一？）
3）忍受/承受
Can you stand the horrible weather there?
（你受得了那儿可怕的天气吗？）
She can't stand having nothing to do. 没事干她受不了
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