《Sad movies make me cry》PPT课件8

《Sad movies make me cry》PPT课件8

Revision

根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

1. The boring movie makes me ________(sleep). I want to leave.

2. ________(drink) too much coffee is bad for your health.

3. Jack is ________(real) nervous when speaking in front of so many people.

4. I haven’t been to his house, so I don’t know how ________(get) there.

Reading

Read the story and answer the questions.

1.Can medicine help the king? Why or why not?

No. The doctor says there is nothing was wrong with his body.

2. Why does power not make the prime minister happy?

He’s always worried about losing his power. Many people are trying to take his position.

3. Why does money not make the banker happy?

He’s always worried about losing his money. Someone tries to steal his money every day.

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Language points

1. He slept badly and didn’t feel like eating.

他的睡眠很糟糕，他也不想吃东西。

feel like doing  想做某事

e.g. I feel like having a drink.

我想喝点酒。

2. His face was always pale as chalk. 

他总是面色苍白。

(as) pale as chalk是一种明喻修辞结构，虽然英语把苍白比作chalk(白垩，一种白色石灰岩)，但汉语不可真译，相当于我们说的“惨白；苍白”。

e.g. You look as pale as chalk today.   

What’s wrong?

今天你看着面色苍白，哪里不舒服？

3. One day, a doctor was called in to examine the king.

一天，医生被传唤去给国王检查身体。

call in  召来，叫来

e.g. He only waited two minutes before he was called in. 

他只等了两分钟就被叫了进去。 

Call in the doctor at once. 

马上去请医生来。

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both, either