1、Unit 4 Growing up,Study skills,Guessing the meaning of a word by its formation,When we read and come across new words, we can sometimes guess their meanings by the way they are formed.,当我们阅读中遇到一些生词时，我们有时可以通过他们的构成来猜测词义。,Sometimes a suffix changes a words part of speech, but the meaning remains almost
2、 the same. Thus, if you know the meaning of the root word, you can guess the meaning of the word, e.g. illness, achievement, energetic, dangerous.,有时后缀改变单词的词性，但其意思几乎不变。因此，如果你知道此单词的词根意思就可以猜测这个单词的意思了，例如：illness, achievement, energetic, dangerous.,Sometimes a prefix or a suffix changes the meaning of a
3、 word, e.g. incorrect, dislike, unlucky, homeless.,有时前缀或后缀改变单词的意思，例如：incorrect, dislike, unlucky, homeless。,Sometimes two words come together to form a compound word, such as blackboard. Some compounds have a hyphen (-), such as hard-working.,有时两个单词在一起构成合成词，例如 blackboard。有些合成词中有一个连字符“-”，例如：hard-work
4、ing。,Millie has found out more about Anne Frank and her book. She underlined some new words in a paragraph. Help her guess their meanings. Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks.,The Diary of a Young Girl became a best-seller as soon as it
5、 was published. Soon it was read by people worldwide. It is not an imaginary story but a true experience of a teenager in wartime. In this book, Anne, a Jewish girl, describes her boredom with being away from the outside world, her unhappiness with living in a small place all the year, and her fear
6、of discovery and death.,best-seller _ 2. worldwide _ 3. imaginary _ 4. wartime _ 5. Jewish _ 6. boredom _ 7. unhappiness _ 8. discovery _,g,related to the Jews b. the feeling of not being happy c. a period when there is a war d. from all parts of the world e. the state of feeling bored f. which is i
7、magined and not true g. a book which sells well h. the act of discovering somebody or something,d,f,c,a,e,b,h,1. n. 畅销书 2. adv. 遍及世界的 3. adj. 虚幻的，假想的 4. n. 战时 5. adj. 犹太人的 6. n. 厌烦 7. n. 不悦，忧愁，悲伤 8. n. 发现，发觉,在阅读中，除了根据上下文猜测生词词义外，我们还可以根据一些构词法常识来猜测生词词义，在平时学习中要留意一些构词法知识。,Summary,-ness, -tion, -ment, -in
8、g, -dom等通常是一些名词的后缀。 2. -less是否定后缀，dis-, un-, in-, im-是否定前缀。 3. -able是形容词的后缀，-ly多为副词的后缀。 4. blackboard, hard-working, worldwide等由两个单词构成的复合词，其意思与两个单词有关。,总结你所知道的前缀后缀及复合词。,Task,The person who has influenced me most,Revision,Ask and answer in pair about the following questions:,What do you think of Anne
9、Frank? 2. What do you know about World War II? 3. Do you like Japanese? Why or why not? 4. What will you do if Japan starts a war with China?,Warming up,Which kind of person has influenced you most?pop stars 2. sports stars 3. movie stars 4. your family members 5. your friends 6. policeman 7. soldie
10、rs (战士） 8. ,A Mr Wu is asking each of the Class 1, Grade 9 students to write about the person who has influenced him or her most. He shows an article to them as a model. Read the article with them.,Read the article and answer the questions.,1. Who has influenced the author most?2. How old is her fat
11、her?3. What is her father like?,Her father.,He is kind and helpful.,He is in his fifties.,4. What has her father done since 1990?5. What surprised the author?6. What does the author realize now?,Her father has decided to donate his body for medical research after his death.,She realizes that her fat
12、her has a heart full of love.,He has donated blood many times.,1. My father is in his fifties.表示整十的数词后加s变成复数，用在“in ones + 数词复数”短语中，表示“某人年龄处于某段时间”。如：in ones twenties/ thirties/ forties在某人二十/三十/四十多岁时,Language points:,表示整十的数词后加s变成复数，也可以用在“in the + 数词复数”短语中，表示“在某个年代”。如： in the seventies/ eighties/ ninet
13、ies 在七十/八十/九十年代,2. To my surprise, he has decided to donate his body for medical research after his death.to ones surprise 令某人惊奇的是e.g. To my surprise, the task was finished in only one week.使我惊讶是，这项任务仅一周就完成了。,Useful expressions:,1. is the person who has influenced me most. 2. is in his / her twentie
14、s/ thirties/ forties/ 3. You will not find anything unusual about him / her until,4. has always been kind/ helpful 5. To my surprise, 6. When I was a little girl/ boy, I could not understand 7. Now I realize that,B You want to write about a person who has influenced you most. Prepare some notes firs
15、t. The questions below may help you.,1 Who has influenced you most in your life? 2 What does he/she look like? 3 What is special about him/her? 4 What has he/she done? Give one or two examples. 5 What do you think of him/her?,1. 直到你走进屋子才会发现不同寻常之处。You _you enter the house. 2. 他把自行车给一个无力购买自行车的男孩。He ga
16、ve his bicycle to a boy _. 3. 年轻人应该照顾年长者。The young _ the elderly.,Exercises,翻译句子：,will not find anything unusual until,who can not afford one,should care for / look after / take care of,4. 冰箱里有剩余的牛奶吗？_ in the fridge? 5. 她似乎每天精力充沛。She _ every day. 6. 我们都应该有一颗爱心。We _.,Is there any milk left,seems to be energetic,should all have a heart full of love,Write about the person who has influenced you most. Use the article on page 60 as a model.,Homework,
