UNIT ONE

UNIT ONE

The Dinner Party

LEAD IN

Brief Introduction of the Main Idea The setting of the story was in India, a British

colony. A young giel and a majior had a heated discussion about how women would react to a crisis at a dinner party given by a colonial official and his wife. Then one of the guests, an American naturalist, noticed a strange expression come over the face of the hostess and wondered what was happening. It so happened there was a cobra in the room and it was crawling across the feet of the hostess! In the end, the crisis was tackled in a perfect way. After the crisis, the discussion finished. The story showed us that women are able to face a crisis with perfect calmness and great self-control.

LANGUAGE POINTSWords study: (1)heated : a. with strong,excited,and often

angry feelings [phrases]: heated discussion heated term

( 美国 ) 夏季 [derivative] ： heat n. /v. 热， 加热 heater n. 加热器 heating a. 加热的 / n. 加热，

供热 (2)naturalist: n. one who makes a special

study of plants or animals outdoors. 博物学家（尤指直接观察动植物者） [phrases] ： in nature 本质上，性质上； by

nature : be born with 天生，生来，本质； against nature: unnatural, immoral 违背自然规律的

eg. She is proud by nature. 她天生傲慢。

LANGUAGE POINTS (3)shortly: adv.. [phrases] be short of: run out of 短缺

cut short 打断，裁短 in short ： in a word 简言之 shortcut 近路，捷径

[derivative] shorten short, (5) space n. [derivative] spacious a.

spacing n. 空隙 [compound] spacecraft 宇宙飞船（单

复数形式相同） spacship space station space suit space walk

LANGUAGE POINTS (6) bare: a. ① empty or almost empty bare of sth. eg. a room

bare of furniture ② without clothing eg. bare legs ③without covering or protection 缺少遮盖的，无保护的 eg. bare floors bare hillside 光秃秃的山坡 barefoot bareheaded 光头

的 bareback 不用鞍马的 [synonym] bare 指人（部分）裸露： bare hands empty 空的，无物的 bald (of people) having little or no hair on the scalp 头顶没有头发的 bare facts 简单的事实 naked without clothing or covering 全身裸体的 eg. Naked bathing is not allowed on the bench. Trees naked of leaves nude unclothed eg. nude human figure ( in art) 裸体人像 （注： 指人时， nude 比 naked 要文雅些） vacant 房屋、座位无人占用，也可指职位空缺 blank 空，空白，指表格纸张等没有填写过 hollow 指空心的，喻“空洞的”

LANGUAGE POINTS (7) outgrowoutgrow: ① growtoo big for one’s clothes eg. The boy has outgrown his suit. ② grow taller than sb. eg. He already outreown his older brother. ③ leave sth. behind as one grow older ( such as bad

habits, childish interests, etc.) eg. He has outgrown his passion for pop music. [idiom] outgrow one’s strength: grow too quickly so that

one easily becomes weak or ill “out” 作为前缀 “ far, outside” “ 在外，向外，突出，超过” 注意两点： ① 与动词、名词或分词（形容词）合成，新词的词性从属原

来的词性；与动词合成时也可以产生一个名词 eg. outweigh(more important than…) output outcome (result)

outstanding outdated outmooded outlive (live longer than…) ② 合成名词或形容词（分词）时，重音通常在 out 上，若为动词，重音

通常在第二音节以后， eg. ‘outbreak, ‘outgoing; out’do, out’grow, out’run

LANGUAGE POINTS (8) : era n. a period of time start from a

particular time or event eg. We are living in the computer era. [synonym] epoque: ( beginning of ) a period

of time ( in history) eg. The founding of PRC marks an epoque in

Chinese history. age : a period of time eg. the Stone Age , the Middle Ages   (9) crisis: n. time of difficulty,danger,etc.

（ pl. crises ） [phrases] at a crisis 在紧急关头； bring… to a

crisis 使陷入危机 , ； come to a crisis 陷入危机；face a crisis 面临危机 , ； pass a crisis 渡过危机

LANGUAGE POINTS (10) ounce: ①1 ounce ＝ 28.35kg ② an ounce of = very little eg. There is nat an ounce of truth in his story.   (11) muscle : n. [phrases] not move a muscle 毫不

动容 have plenty of muscle but no brains 肌肉发达，头脑简单   (12)contract: vi ① become shorter or smaller 收缩

( antonym ： expand) eg. Metals expand when heated and contract when

cooled. ② 订合同 contractor 立合同者 n. 合同 by/on contract 依约  

LANGUAGE POINTSExpressions study (1) be seated : sit down 但比 sit down 更礼貌些 (2)at the sight of : on seeing 一看见 类似的短语有： at the sound /voice of 一听到 at the mention of 一提及到 at the smell of 一闻到 at the touch of 一碰到   (3)feel like : have a liking for; wish for 想要 feel like doing sth. e.g: He felt like going to beijing

LANGUAGE POINTS Sentence Study: 1) …women have outgrown the jumping -on-

a-chair -at-the-the- sight- of- a-mouse ：women have grown so mature that they do not lose self-control upon such small provocation as seeing a mouse

a. Difference between men and women:

b. “jumping-on-a-chair-at-the-sight-of-a-mouse” is a compound adjective formed from the attributive clause”(the era)when they would jump on a chair at the sight of a mouse”. Further examples:

a not-so-easy-to-opearate machine ( a machine that is not so easy to opearate)

stick-in-the-mud people ( people who have stuck in the mud)

LANGUAGE POINTS (2) …while a man may feel like it, he has that

ounce more of control than a woman has. And that last ounce is what really counts: …though a man may also feel like screaming as a woman does, has a little bit more self-control than a woman and that makes the difference.

Count: be of value or importance e.g: It is not how much you read but what you read

that really counts. These are tha men who really count. (2) …her muscles contracting slightly: her

muscles tightened unnoticeably.   (3) she motions to the native boy…: she used

body language to attract the attention of the native male servant….

LANGUAGE POINTS 4)frighten sb. into doing sth. : cause sb. to do

sth. by frightening him e.g: A snake emerged from behing the rock. This

frightened the little girl into screaming. They tried every possible means to frighten the old

man into signing the paper. Do Ex 12 p28 . Similar phrases: trick sb. into doing sth./ force

sb. into doing sth/ talk sb. into doing sth./ persuade sb. into doing sth./ shock sb. into doing sth.

5)and not one of you is to move a muscle. :

The “be infinitive” sructure is often used to talk about planned arrangements or indicate duty,necessity,etc.

Do Ex 13 p28 .

STRUCTURE

T give the Ss the outline of the structure------

Section One (line 1-5): Main idea: ? Section Tow (line 6-16): Main idea: ? Section Three (line 17-the end): Main idea: ? Keys: The source of the story.( from India) The background and prelude of the

story. Detailed description of the story.

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