高三英语选修9Unit3教案

Unit 3 Australia

Teaching Aims:

1.Topics : History and geography of Australia/ Wildlife/ Tourism/ Customs and

culture

2.Reading: a. Glimpses of Australia b. Australia’s dangerous creatures c.

Greenhill High School Notice Board.

3.Grammar: The Predicative (words, phrase, nonfinite, clauses)

Special Focus:

1.enlarge vocabulary: associate, associate with, Canberra, barrier, brochure,

adequate, ecology, autonomous, federal, defense, citizenship, celebration, tolerate, tolerance, migrant, via, superb, rusty, tropical, splendor, heritage, aboriginal, out of respect, fortnight, reservation, highway, cradle, rainfall, agriculture, sow, bachelor, correspond with, enclosure, desperate, shrink, barbecue, talk… into, wind, limb, paralyze, recover, funnel, snatch, amongst, vinegar, unconscious

2.practice reading skills: learn to get the main idea of a passage in a few minutes;

learn to analyze the structure of an essay.

3.improve writing ability

Additional materials:

From Text to Test 高考链接

1．On 26 January, Australia Day, in over 200 locations across the nation, more than 9,000 people will become Australian citizens. (P22)

across 用作介词或副词，意为“横过；穿过”。是指从“从一边到另一边”穿过/横过一个平面。

[拓展]注意across和over、through的区别：over强调“越过/跨过”高的物体；through着重指从物体中间“穿过”。例如：

He helped the old lady across the road.

She climbed over the fence.

The train went through the tunnel.

He pushed his way through the crowd to the door.

[高考示例]

He suddenly saw Sue ______ the room. He pushed his way ______ the crowd of people to get to her. (湖南2005)

A. across; across

B. over; through

C. over; into

D. across; through 2．Australia is home to more than 170 different kinds of snake and 115 of these are poisonous. (P27)

more than 意为“超过；比…多；不只是；不仅…”。例如：

The speed is more than 120 miles per hour. 时速超过了120英里。

More than one school has closed. 不只一所学校关门了。

Wine cost more than beer. 葡萄酒比啤酒贵。

The villagers were more than glad to help those tourists. 乡亲们很愿意帮助那些游客。

[高考示例]

Lizzie was ______ to see her friend off at the airport. (全国Ⅳ)

A．a little more than sad B. more than a little sad

C. sad more than a little

D. a little more sad than

[点拨] more than 意思是“不仅仅”; a little 修辞形容词sad。

3．You might think that with all these dangerous animals Australia is an unsafe place to live in or visit. (P28)

动词不定式to live in or visit作定语，修辞前面的名词短语an unsafe place。尽管他们之间是动宾关系，仍要用主动形式。

[高考示例]

There are five pairs ______, but I’m at a loss which to buy. (上海1999)

A. to be chosen

B. to choose from

C. to choose

D. for choosing

4. However, this is far from the truth. (P28)

far from 相当于“very much not; a long way from being; not at all”，意为“远远不，一点也不”。far用作副词，表示程度上的“深，远”。例如：