高中英语牛津译林版 (2019)选择性必修 第四册Unit 1 Honesty and responsibilityReading导学案

Unit1  Honesty and responsibility

Welcome to the unit & Reading(1)

一，课前检测

阅读下列课文原句，写出句中加黑词汇的汉语意思。

1．It was barely ten o’clock at night.

2．“It was here until five years ago，” said the policeman.“It was torn down then.”

3．The light showed a pale face，with keen eyes，a square jaw and a little white scar near his right eyebrow.

4．I came a thousand miles to stand in this doorway tonight，and it’s worthwhile if my old partner turns up.

5．The man who had come a thousand miles to keep an appointment with the friend of his youth smoked his cigar and waited.

6．The two men walked up the street，arm in arm. The man from the West was beginning to outline the history of his career.

二，理解课文

1. The main idea of the passage is a short story about              

                                                          .

2. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer.

1．Why did Bob choose the doorway as the meeting place?

A．Because he wanted to meet his best friend in no time.

B．Because he thought it was convenient for his friend to find him.

C．Because he just arrived and didn’t get into the store yet.

D．Because it was convenient for him to observe the condition and escape in an emergency.

2．For what purpose did Bob travel to the West twenty years ago?

A．To make his fortune.          B．To meet his friend.

C．To enjoy the scenery.          D．To join the army.

3．Which of the following statements is RIGHT?

A．Bob exactly knew Jimmy was still alive.

B．Jimmy was 38 years old after twenty years.

C．Bob was 38 years old after twenty years.

D．They kept in touch after their departure.

4．When did Jimmy know Bob was the criminal wanted in Chicago?

A．When he saw Bob at the first sight.

B．After they had a long chat.

C．When Bob struck a match to light his cigar.

D．When Bob was arrested.

5．What’s the meaning of the phrase “a plain-clothes man” in the last paragraph?

A．A criminal wearing ordinary clothes instead of costly dress.

B．An ordinary-looking man wearing ordinary clothes instead of costly dress.

C．A police officer wearing ordinary clothes instead of costly dress.

D．A police officer wearing ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.

6．What is Jimmy’s attitude towards Bob’s current situation?

A．Broken-hearted.          B．Satisfied.

C．Indifferent.              D．Optimistic.

三，深度学习

Activity 1　词汇学习

“动词＋down”和“under＋名词”构成的短语。

这部短篇小说使用了带有“down”和“under”的不同短语。用下面方框中短语的正确形式填空，试着想出更多这种形式的短语。

1．Twelve people                    in connection with the attack.

2．This report is too long and needs                             .

3．Some of the old buildings          ，and more affordable housing would be put up.

4．Working            for long periods may lead to health problems.

5．Do you think sport can help                     racial barriers?

Activity 2　美句欣赏——细节描写

这部短篇小说包含了很多关于鲍勃的细节描写，以表明他在西部的生活。找出故事中的这些细节，并试着用细节来描述一个人。

Activity 3　文本讨论

1．How do you like the ending of this short story?

2．What do you think is the message of this short story?

3．Supposing the story did not end here，what would happen next?

四，家庭作业

课文语法填空

Bob was standing 1.      “Big Joe” Brady’s restaurant used to be，waiting for his friend “Jimmy”，when a policeman 2.     duty walked up to him. On seeing the policeman getting close to him，Bob took the initiative to talk with him about his story and appointment with Jimmy 3.

       (make) twenty years earlier. According to what Bob said，the policeman knew that Bob left New York and traveled to the West to make his fortune twenty years earlier. Although they had been out of touch for nearly 20 years，Bob thought Jimmy always was the truest and 4.     

              (reliable) fellow in the world. After 5.         (chat) for a while，the policeman left.

About twenty minutes later，“Jimmy” in a long overcoat，with collar turned up to his ears，came up to Bob hurriedly. To Bob’s surprise，Jimmy had changed a lot. When they walked to a bright place，Bob suddenly recognized that the man standing before him wasn’t Jimmy.6.         

       (actual)，he was a plain-clothes man who 7.          (appoint) to arrest Bob.8.      turned out that the policeman chatting with Bob at first was Jimmy. It was when Bob struck the match to light his cigar that Jimmy realized Bob was the criminal wanted in Chicago. It was 9.     

 difficult decision to put his best friend to prison，but Jimmy stuck to his 10.         (principle) anyhow.