Module 4 Unit 3. Word Power Jeff Bezos has played an important role in the development of Amazon.com, an online shop selling mainly books and music.

牛津版高一 Module 4

Unit 3

Unit3

Word Power

江苏 徐艳 满静

Jeff Bezos has played an important

role in the development of Amazon.co

m, an online shop selling mainly books

and music. He decided to set up Amaz

on.com when he saw the growing pop

ularity of the Internet.

Enjoy a passage:

During the first few years, the com

pany did not make a profit and Mr.

Bezos thought that his efforts woul

d end in failure. However, Internet

connection became faster and a lot

of improvements were made to ho

me computers.

Words like development, popularity, failure, connection and improvement that refers to an idea, an action, a general quality or something that cannot see or touch directly are called abstract nouns.Most abstract nouns are uncountable. Only a few of them are countable, e.g. a hope, an idea, and a situation.

Abstract nouns

Can you think more abstract words?

illness, dependence, performance,

admiration, training…

We can form abstract nouns from

some verbs and adjectives by adding

suffixes.

Nouns Adjectives Suffix

loyalty -ty

illness -ness

loyal

ill

1.adjectives → abstract nouns

1)Thanks to his ________ we are all

saved, and all of us think he is such a

_____ person. (kind; kindness)

2)The man carried the boy to ____ as the

train come over, and the boy was _____

at last. (safe; safety)

kindness

kind

safety

safe

Nouns Verbs Suffix

direct -tion

movement move

dependence -ence

perform -ance

failure -ure

training train

direction

-ment

depend

performance

fail

-ing

2.verbs → abstract nouns

1). When Julia _____ in the exam, her

mother told her “______ is the mother

of success”.

failed

Failure

2).Many wild animals ______________

because of pollution. We have to take

some actions to prevent the

_____________ of wild animals.

(disappearance; disappear)

have disappeared

disappearance

3). The new motorway between the two

cities has finally ______.

The manager made a speech at the

________ ceremony of the

supermarket. (open; opening)

opened

opening

1.We sometimes need to change the final

letter (s) of a word before adding the

suffix:verb produce ___________ production

decide ___________ decision

please ___________ pleasure

adj. silent ___________ silence

pretty ___________ prettiness

Tips:

-e+ tion

-de+ sion-e+ ure

-t+ ce

-y+ness

Read about the history of the world’s

most successful online businesses. Use

the plural forms to fill in the blanks.

Answers:

1) development 2) popularity

3) failure 4) connection

5) improvements 6)

presentation 7)

achievement 8) admiration

Try to recognize the different parts of

computers in the picture:

printer, monitor, speaker, mouse, screen,

keyboard, floppy disk, CD-ROM, DVD-

ROM,U-Disk, CPU…

Do you know any words about

computers? Give some examples.

Words related to computers

printer monitor

screen

speaker

floppy disk

keyboard mouse

Ok, let’s fill in the form together.

Part function

a flat piece of plastic for

storing information

a set of keys for typing

a machine that puts the words

and pictures onto paper

floppy disk

keyboard

printer

a part where you can see the

words and pictures

a screen that shows information

from a computer

screen

monitor

Use some of the words in the picture and

the words in the box to complete the

poster on Page 47.

Answers:

1) keyboard 2) mouse 3) data

4) floppy disks 5) CD-ROMs 6)

CUP 7) connect 8) e-mails

9) information 10) Web

Practice:

More words related to computers

scanner sound card

Hyperlink network card

cursor click

扫描器超链接

光标

声卡网卡

点击

1. Revise what we have learnt in this

part.

2. Try to find more information

about computer science.

3. Preview Grammar and usage.

Homework