《现代大学英语精读2》教案(lesson 1-11)

Lesson 1 Another School Year—What For?

Aims:

1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the structures of the patterns;

2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;

3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;

4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.

Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.

Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.

Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.

Teaching Course:

I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson. Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they can get the main idea and write the gist.

II.Detailed study of the text.

1. to be fresh out of: be having recently finished

2. body: a group of people who work together

3. to reach for: try to obtain

To read: to have … written on it

4. Question: What’s the difference between training and education?

5. … be around long enough for it to matter.

Paraphrase: stay at college very long to understand my words, so it would not be important whether or not I told him all this.

6. to average out to/at…: (informal) to result in an average amount

7. to hold: to remain the same

8. to see to it that: to make sure that

9. … doesn’t go to the electric chair…

Paraphrase: is sentenced to death not because you are not a competent lawyer.

To go to the electric chair: to be punished or killed on the electric chair.

10. along with: in addition to; as well as

Sentence meaning: In addition to all other things the professional skills offer.

11. … may it always suffice.

I hope your income will always be enough.

12. reasonably: to a degree that is fairly good 还好的，尚可的

13. to maintain some contact with…: to keep in touch with…

14. Will there be a painting a reasonably sensitive man can look at without shuddering?

Paraphrase: Will you have a painting in your house that shows your taste?

15. to be out to do/be out for… : be trying to do

16. to be stuck for sth. : not knowing what to do

17. signing checks: paying for what you’ve bought by signing checks.

18. the best human minds: the best philosophers, scientists and writer.

19. If you have no time for…have no business in college.

Paraphrase: If you don’t want to study a little literature, philosophy and the fine arts and history, you should n’t be here at college.

20. You are on your way … button Neanderthal.

You’ll soon become a new type of humans who are uneducated and can only operate machines by pushing the buttons.

21. …rather the college went through them—without making contact. Paraphrase: It’s more accurate to say that they pass through the college without learning anything.

22. …being unaided: without the help of others

23. There is not time enough … in order to be a civilized human.

Paraphrase: One lifetime is too short to create an environment for a person to become civilized.

24. …there cut into the stones are the names of the scientists.

Paraphrase: The names of the scientists are carved into the stone there as memorials.

25. the chances are: it is likely

III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.

IV.Checking the exercises.

V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.

Lesson 2 Maheegun My Brother

Aims:

1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the

structures of the patterns;

2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;

3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;

4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.

Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.

Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.

Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.

Teaching Course:

I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.

Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they can get the main idea and write the gist.

II.Detailed study of the text.

1. … spring was late in coming.

Paraphrase: it was so cold that it seemed that it were the weather of winter. In fact, it was spring.

2. to get: to put … into a place or state

3. not that: although it is not true that

4. ever: that I had ever known of.

5. upset: (v.) knock over, knock down

6. …waiting for things to quiet down.

Paraphrase: waiting until my grandma wasn’t angry

7. half grown: on the way of becoming an adult wolf.

8. Gone was the puppy-wool… black mantle.

Paraphrase: His fur changed from the puppy-wool to beautiful and black hair. (Here the author uses metaphor. He compares the wolf’s skin to a coat and mantle.)

9. after: (adv.) later

10. It all served to fog my mind with pleasure … one night Maheegun unchained.

Paraphrase: I was so happy with Maheegun that my alertness slacked and forgot to chain him one night.

11. The following morning in sailed Mrs. Yesno, wild with anger

Wild with anger: very angry

12. start: (n.) a sudden uncontrolled movement

13. wild cry: natural and strong cry

14. for life: all one’s life

15. (all) for the best: best for the long run

16. I was as busy as … for the winter.

Paraphrase: I was busy with preparing myself for a future career. (The author uses simile here.)

17. It was not long after that I found the answer.

Paraphrase: Soon I found Maheegun still remembered me.

18. to slip into: to put on

19. I circled to my right … creek bed.

Paraphrase: I move around to the right and fell into a creek bed that was filled with snow.

20. … the snow had made a blank … have been no creek there.

Paraphrase: it was snowing heavily, and the air was so thick with big snow flakes that I couldn’t see through them. But I realized that I had taken the wrong direction, because there was no creek where I should have moved to.

21. to blow itself out: to lose force and stop entirely

22. A great white stillness had taken over and with it, biting cold.

Paraphrase: The storm had stopped. The white world was quiet and very cold. 23. … freeze the world with fear.

Paraphrase: seemed to terrify all the living creatures and make them become still.

24. Suddenly the world exploded in snarls.

Paraphrase: Suddenly with terrible snarls, the wolves began to attack.

25. to work one’s way: to move difficultly and gradually

26. … reached out: stretch out his tongue.

27. Maybe it was relief or weakness or both.

Paraphrase: Maybe I cried because I was now out of danger, or maybe because I was weak, or because of both of the two reasons.

28. … fanned it into life.

Paraphrase: caused it to burn by blowing the fire.

29. … my eyes came … by my bed.

Paraphrase: my eyes adjusted themselves to be able to see clearly my grandfather sitting by my bed.

30.He is with his own kind.

Paraphrase: He is living among his fellow wolves.

III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.

IV.Checking the exercises.

V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.

Lesson 3 More Crime and Less Punishment

Aims:

1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the

structures of the patterns;

2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;

3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;

4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.

Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.

Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.

Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.

Teaching Course:

I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.

Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they can get the main idea and write the gist.

II.Detailed study of the text.

1. households: people living together

2. to amount to: to add up to; to be equal to

3. … have arrest records for nontraffic offence.

Paraphrase: have been arrested because of illegal actions which do n’t include breaking traffic rules.

4. correctional supervision: (a euphemism) a kind of punishment, such as reform school

5. to lock sb. away: to put sb. in prison

6. This is why the certainty and … the crime rate goes up.

Paraphrase: This is why not all crimes are punished and the punishment is less severe although the crime rate increases.

7. to give out: to announce, to enforce

8. property crimes: crimes of stealing, mugging (打劫) or robbery

9. … but it just might be the other way around.

the other way around/round: the opposite situation

Paraphrase: but the opposite might be true: crime prevents punishment.

10. Our current crop … who were once imprisoned in Alcatraz.

Paraphrase: The present prisoners are much more serious law-breakers than the prisoners of the country in the years between 1930s and 1960s.

11. … it makes little/no sense… : it is not sensible or reasonable.

12. … answer the TV message: It’s 10 o’clock! Do you know where your children are?”

Paraphrase: make sure they are all home at 10 o’clock in the evening.

13. The other are rejected or dismissed … instead of punishment.

Paraphrase: The other three arrested criminals’ cases are refused or stopped because there isn’t sufficient evidence or no witness can be found. Or instead of being put into prison, these criminals are sent elsewhere for medical treatment (when they can produce proof for illness of some kind.)

14. the select few: the few criminals who are carefully chosen

15. to be easy on: to treat … in a gentle way and not too severe

16. Yet when measured against the lower crime rates …

To measure sth./sb. against sth./sb. : to judge sb./sth. by comparing them with another person or thing

Paraphrase: But when longer prison sentences are compared with the lower crime rates.

17. … are not worth the cost to state and local governments.

Paraphrase: are not worthwhile because state and local governments have to pay much money for this.

18. given: specific

19. … we do know the extent … major crime convictions.

Paraphrase: We do know how many of those people under parole are convicted and put into jail again for serious crime.

20. … only 15000 crimes prevented.

Paraphrase: If those prisoners were kept in prison for another year, only 15000 crimes would be prevented.

21. a drop in the bucket: an amount of sth. that is too small to be important.

22. This works out to more than $100, 000 per crime prevented.

Paraphrase: This means that it costs more than $100, 000 to prevent one crime. III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.

IV.Checking the exercises.

V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.

Lesson 4 The Nightingale and the Rose

Aims:

1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the

structures of the patterns;

2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;

3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;

4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.

Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.

Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.

Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.

Teaching Course:

I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.

Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they can get the main idea and write the gist.

II.Detailed study of the text.

1. for want of: because of a lack of

2. lover: a person who loves

3. ball: a large party with dancing

4. to: according to; while sth. else is happening 伴随着

5. something of: to some degree

6. plot: a small piece of land used for a special purpose

7. … nipped my buds.

Paraphrase: stopped the growth of the buds

8. … and what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man? Paraphrase: The heart of a bird is nothing compared to the heart of a man. (The sentence is a rhetorical question.)

9. to ask … of sb. : to ask sb. for …

10. … he could not understand what the Nightingale was saying to him. Question: Why could n’t he understand?

11. to sing of: (formal) to mention sth in a song or a poem, especially to praise it

12. spray: (n.) a small branch having buds or flowers

13. girdle: a band of red color round the middle of the petals

14. … a film came over her eyes.

Film: a thin layer or covering of sth.

15. to choke: to make sb. unable to breathe

16. all over: all parts of one’s body

III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.

IV.Checking the exercises.

V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.

Lesson 5 Say Yes

Aims:

1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the

structures of the patterns;

2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;

3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;

4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.

Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.

Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.

Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.

Teaching Course:

I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.

Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they

can get the main idea and write the gist.

II.Detailed study of the text.

1. to pitch in: (Here in is an adverb.) to start to work eagerly

2. somehow: (adv.) in some way not yet know

3. to get onto: begin to talk about

4. “Oh boy” is used to show annoyance

5. to take my word for it: to believe what I say

6. She was piling dishes on the draining-board at a terrific rate.

Question: Why at a great speed?

7. “Not the same, like us.”

Paraphrase: They don’t have the same background, and they are not like us.

8. to resort to : to adopt, use

Trick: method

9. He’d acted out of concern for her,

Paraphrase: He had done so because of concern for her.

10. … he thought that it would be a nice gesture on her part not to start up that conversation again,

Paraphrase: he hoped his wife would show her concern in return by not continuing the unpleasant conversation.

11. For Christ’s sake: The expression is often used to show annoyance, like “Oh boy”.

12. Let’s say: Let’s suppose

13. cornered: forced into a difficult position

14. Let’s not move too fast on this.

Paraphrase: Let’s not rush to a decision.

15. “Thank you.”

Question: Thank you for what?

16. snap through the pages: turn the pages suddenly and quickly

17. While he was at it,

Paraphrase: While he was cleaning dishes.

18. In another thirty years…

Question: What does the word “another” suggest?

19. What would all that stuff matter then?

Paraphrase: What is the sense of arguing about these problems?

20. I’ll make it up to you.

Paraphrase: I’ll do something good for you.

21. “We’ll see” is used when you don’t want to make a decision right now.

22. His heart pounded the way… the house, a stranger.

Question: What does the sentence show?

III. Assignment: Exercises after the text.

III.Checking the exercises.

IV.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.

Lesson 6 The Man in the Water

Aims:

1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the

structures of the patterns;

2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;

3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;

4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.

Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.

Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.

Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.

Teaching Course:

I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.

Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they

can get the main idea and write the gist.

II.Detailed study of the text.

1. as persons/things go: compared with the average persons/things

As businessmen go, he is considered pretty honest.

2. There was the unusual element of … high traffic.

Paraphrase: One thing that was unusual about this disaster was that the plane hit the bridge when the traffic was heavy.

3. Then, too, there was the location of the event.

Paraphrase: Besides, the location of the event was also unusual.

4. … a blast of real winter…: a sudden strong and really cold winter

5. … a single slap of metal on metal: the plane’s colliding/collision on the bridge, both of which was made of metal

6. And there was the aesthetic clash as well—blue-and-green Air Florida, Paraphrase: When the air crash occurred, it was not just a clash of metal against the bridge, but also a clash between colors: the blue-green color of the plane and the gray and black color of the ice and river.

7. … while always special…

Paraphrase: although it is always special

8. … bring millions to tears or to attention.

Paraphrase: make millions of people cry or attract their attention

9. Why, then, the shock here?

Paraphrase: Why was there such a shock, then?

10. the elements: the bad weather

11. indifferent as ever: unconcerned about the consequences as always

12. to rise to the occasion: to deal successfully with a difficult situation

13. a park police: police whose job is to look after a park

14. in the line of duty: part of one’s duty

15. … lines that is no less admirable for being repeated.

Paraphrase: words that have been said before by many heroes, but the words are still admirable.

16. to stick in the mind: to be remembered

17. But the person most responsible for …“the man in the water”.

Be responsible for: be the cause for

18. lifeline: a rope used to save people at sea

19. mass casualty: large numbers of people hurt or killed

20. commitment: a strong sense of responsibility

21. his anonymity another.

Paraphrase: The fact that he did not leave his name was another reason why the story held national attention.

22. … gave him a universal character.

Paraphrase: make him have a universal quality and make people feel that it could have been anyone.

III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.

IV.Checking the exercises.

V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.

Lesson 7 The Greatest Invention

Aims:

1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the

structures of the patterns;

2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;

3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;

4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.

Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.

Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.

Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.

Teaching Course:

I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.

Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they can get the main idea and write the gist.

II.Detailed study of the text.

1. rough: not exact

2. to turn out: to happen to be in the end

3. … Like liquid tropical sunlight,

Question: What does the sentence show?

4. to aim at: to direct one’s efforts towards

5. War is no longer a matter of armies;

Paraphrase: War doesn’t depend on how many armies you have.

6. …west of the Atlantic: Latin American countries.

7. … he was not at all what one would regard as the figure of a soldier. Paraphrase: He was not at all the kind of person one would regard as a soldier, because he was not tall and strong.

8. charge: a rushing forceful attack

9. get rid of him: remove him from office

10. to let loose: to free

11. to have sth. within one’s grasp: to be able to achieve or attain sth.

12. to keep sb. at sth. : to force sb. to continue to do

13. … for I thought it very likely in a hot country like that.

Paraphrase: Because people usually think hot weather can make one become listless （无精打采的）and lazy.

14. to drive: to force sb. to work hard

15. … he was more than content: he was very content; he was very satisfied

16. … drove him away: made him work on another thing or sth. else.

17. drugged: addicted to drugs

18. And the splendor of our position faded like dreams.

Paraphrase: The glory of our country disappeared like dreams.

19. fancy: a new idea

20. … he gave me every facility, showing me the entire process…

Paraphrase: He used every facility to show me the whole process.

III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.

IV.Checking the exercises.

V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.

Lesson 8 Psychologically Speaking

Aims:

1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the

structures of the patterns;

2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;

3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;

4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.

Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.

Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.

Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.

Teaching Course:

I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.

Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they

can get the main idea and write the gist.

II.Detailed study of the text.

1. What is it?

Paraphrase: What is it on your mind? What are you thinking of?

2. to fool around/about: to waste time 闲逛

3. Out with it.

Paraphrase: Tell me about it.

4. up: (adv.) to the place in the north.

5. garage: a place where motor vehicles are repaired

6. delicate: very sensitive to what is proper

7. … unless he was.

Paraphrase: unless he was respectable.

8. … not when I’m working for you.

Paraphrase: I won’t go out with him when I’m working for you.

9. to behave yourself: to do things in a way that people think is correct or polite

10. impulsively: suddenly without thinking of the consequences

11. If it works out.

Paraphrase: If it succeeds.

12. under cover: pretending to be sb. else in order to do sth. secretly

13. be on your honor: be trusted to do sth.

14. We’re putting you and Dad on your honor.

Paraphrase: We respect you and believe in you.

15. … Bessie Waring once.

Explain: In some western countries, when a woman gets married, she will use her husband’s family name as her family name.

16. ... it was a fool’s paradise!

Paraphrase: It was an imaginary and unreal beautiful world.

17. to open one’s eyes to: to make sb. realize

18. to claim: ask for or demand because you think it is your right to have it

19. for all you know: you really don’t know

III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.

IV.Checking the exercises.

V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.

Lesson 9 Quick Fix Society

Aims:

1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the

structures of the patterns;

2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;

3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;

4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.

Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar. Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.

Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.

Teaching Course:

I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.

Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they

can get the main idea and write the gist.

II.Detailed study of the text.

1. fix: (n.) solution to a problem, especially an easy and temporary one

2. consist of: be formed from

3. half the fun: the largest part of fun (of our trip to West Virginia)

4. … had tried to take on another hot July afternoon.

Question: What does “another” suggest?

5. to crowd: to make … move close together

6. … no little dots this time.

Paraphrase: This time they didn’t seem like little dots.

7. … refreshed, revitalized, and reeducated.

Paraphrase: We felt energetic and fresh, and had experienced a new way of life. 8. … not just to get from Point A to Point B.

Paraphrase: not just to travel from place to place, but also in many other aspects of life.

9. Americans understood the principle of deferred gratification.

Paraphrase: Americans knew it took time for their desires to be satisfied.

10. We put a little of each paycheck away “for a rainy day”.

Paraphrase: We save a little money from our income in case we might need it in the future.

11. to save (up) for: to save money because of

12. to help sb. out: to help sb. in a difficult situation

13. relax now: buy what we want now

14. ready-made: able to be used at once

15. off the rack: ready-made

16. to warp up: to complete or finish

17. … doesn’t agree with us.

Paraphrase: make us feel sick.

18. … you guessed it.

Explain: This sentence shows that the readers know what the writer would say next.

19. minutes: a summary of a formal meeting

20. Cliff’s Notes: a series of reference books which contains the summary and comment of the work

21. … especially if we are students.

Question: Why?

III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.

IV.Checking the exercises.

V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.

Lesson 10 The Richer, the Poorer

Aims:

1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the

structures of the patterns;

2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;

3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;

4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.

Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.

Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.

Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.

Teaching Course:

I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.

Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they

can get the main idea and write the gist.

II.Detailed study of the text.

1. Bess had lived each day as if there were no other.

Paraphrase: Bess seized every minute to enjoy herself as if she would die next day.

2. lean: (adj.) small in amount

3. Bess had the clothes on her back.

Paraphrase: All of Bess’s clothes was what she was wearing.

4. wordly: (adj.) of the material world

5. … her child’s mouth watered for ice cream and candy.

Paraphrase: As a child, she wanted ice cream and candy very much.

6. to clerk: (v.) to keep records or accounts

7. But her freshman year found her unable to indulge this fantasy.

Paraphrase: But in her first year at high school, she found that she couldn’t allow herself to spend her money on clothes.

8. to put one’s mind to sth. : to concentrate on; to set one’s mind on sth. 集中精力做

9. Lottie expected to be settled with a home and family.

Settled: (adj.) comfortable and happy

Paraphrase: Lottie wanted to get married and lead a comfortable life.

10. … a homemaking job: being a housewife

11. in rags: wearing old torn clothes

12. to go to ruin: to become damaged 变破旧

13. … trapped by the blood tie.

Paraphrase: closely related to Bess.

14. be through with sth. : finish

15. to go about doing: to begin working at 开始着手做

16. She worked her way from kitchen to parlor.

Paraphrase: She worked hard to improve one room after another.

17. At night she slept like a child after a long and happy day of playing house.

Playing house: a children’s game in which children pretend to be mom and dad and to be housekeeping

18. She was living each hour for itself.

Paraphrase: she was doing something just to pass the time, not to prepare for old age.

19. She went on a spending spree from the specially shops to beauty salon.

Paraphrase: She began to spend money wildly and wastefully in specialty shops and beauty salons.

20. At the lavish table, top-heavy with turkey.

Paraphrase: There was a lot of food on the table and the main dish was a turkey which was too big and lavish for two old ladies.

III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.

IV.Checking the exercises.

V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.

Lesson 11You Have to Get Me Out of Here

Aims:

1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the

structures of the patterns;

2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;

3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;

4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.

Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.

Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.

Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.

Teaching Course:

I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.

Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they can get the main idea and write the gist.

II.Detailed study of the text.

1. … Rocky Mountain blue.

Paraphrase: the kind of blue that you can find above the Rocky Mountain

2. soft-spoken: having a gentle and quite voice 低声和气的

3. Its sheer granite face juts up hundreds of feet.

Paraphrase: The cliff is several hundred feet high. Its surface is all hard rock.

4. to pair sb. with sb. : to put sb. into the group of two people

5. Katie allowed the peace of the gorgeous spring day to embrace her. Paraphrase: Katie enjoyed the peace of the wonderful spring day.

6. … crashing: moving and causing noise 移动，发出巨响

7. … threw her five-feet into the air.

Paraphrase: sent her flying into the air, five feet high above the ground

8. … a matter of minutes: only a few minutes

A matter of something: a situation that involves something or depends on something

9. Forcing pain off from her mind.

Paraphrase: Making great effort to forget about the pain.

10. to straighten sth. out: to deal with sth. 清理

11. to see sb. through: to give help or support to sb. for a time

12. choked back: tried hard to prevent

13. to pass out: to lose consciousness, faint

14. to catch up with sb. : to finally start to cause trouble for sb.

15. … breath came in painful gasps from the altitude.

Paraphrase: breath became quick and painful because of the altitude.

16. … bumps sent lightning bolts of pain through Katie’s body. Paraphrase: the uneven road caused severe pain through Katie’s body.

17. … to expose the veins.

Paraphrase: to make the veins easily seen.

18. … presence of mind.

Paraphrase: the ability to remain calm and clear

19. to wear off: to gradually disappear or stop

20. Katie knew that her desperate need to direct her own rescue was over. Paraphrase: Katie knew that she did n’t have to direct her own rescue. III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.

IV.Checking the exercises.

V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.