UNIT8LITERATUREWRITINGWORKSHOP—READINGCLUB2GETREADYFORWRITINGPairWorkYouaregoingtowriteacontinuationofthestory“TheLastLeaf”.Discussthequestionswithyourpartner.Activity11

Whathappenedinthestory“TheLastLeaf”?2

Whatmighthappennext?3

Whatisimportantincontinuingastory? Activity2Readacontinuationof20，000LeaguesUndertheSea.Answerthequestions.1

Wheredidthispartofthestoryhappen?2

Whatdidthenarratormeet?3

WhatdidNedthinkwouldhappentothem?4

Howisthecontinuationconnectedwiththeoriginal

story?

Itusesthesamecharactersastheoriginalstory，andittellswhathappensnext. Ithappenedinsidethesubmarine.Thenarratormettwoseamenofthesubmarine.Theywoulddie.AContinuationof20，000LeaguesUndertheSeaWewereaboard

themachinenow，andIshookwithcoldinthedarkness.Myeyescouldseenothing.Wewerealone.Icouldn’tsaywhereIwas，norcouldIimagine.Allwasblack，andIwasamazedthatevenaftersomeminutes，myeyeshadnotbeenabletoseeeventhesmallestshape.IcouldhearNedandConseilbreathingquickly.Theywerenervous，too.Ourprisonwassuddenlylit，andweclosedoureyespainfullyatthelight.Thencamethesoundofaheavydooropening，andtwoseamen

appeared.Theyexamineduswithgreatattention，withoutsayingaword.Thentheyshutthedooragainandleft.“Wewilldieinthisprison!”criedNed.“Nonsense!”Isaid.“Wehavesurvivedworsethanthis!”IdidnotcompletelybelievethewordsIsaid，butIknewtheywouldcomfort

NedandConseil.Thedooropenedagain，andthemenreturnedwithwateranddrybiscuits.Hardlyalargemeal，butitmademerealisejusthowhungryIwas.Weateinsilence.“Tomorrow，wetakeyouhome，”saidoneofthemeninadeepvoice.“Butfirst，youmusttellushowyoufoundourmachine.”Ismiled.Iwouldneveragaintakemyhomeforgranted.

Readagain.Identifythecharacters，thesettingandtheplotofthestory.Activity3Write2-3sentencesasthecontinuationof“TheLastLeaf”.UsesimilarexpressionsintheSentenceBuilderthatmakethedescriptionvividandlively. Activity4

SentenceBuilderDescriptiveLanguageIcouldhearNedandConseilbreathingquickly.Theywerenervous，too.Ourprisonwassuddenlylit，andweclosedoureyespainfullyatthelight.Theyexamineduswithgreatattention，withoutsayingaword.IdidnotcompletelybelievethewordsIsaid...Weateinsilence....saidoneofthemeninadeepvoice.Activity5COMPOSEYOURWRITINGOutliningDrawastorymapforyourcontinuationof“TheLastLeaf”.Makesureyourcontinuationiscoherentwiththeoriginalstory.MyStoryMapTitle：

Setting_________________________________

Characters______________________________

Newplot________________________________

Thedevelopmentofthestory

_____________________________________

↓

______________________________________

↓______________________________________↓Ending：

WritingHelpWritingaContinuationofaStoryIt’simportantto：·understandthesetting，thecharactersandtheplotoftheoriginalstory；·startyourcontinuationwithanewplotbased

onwhathashappened；·includedifferenttypesofdetailslikesensory

details，actionsandthoughts；·createdialoguesthatsoundrealandnatural；·writethecontinuationinthesametoneand

tenseastheoriginalstory.

DraftingUseyourstorymapandtheWritingHelptowritethefirstdraft.Activity8EditingEdityourstorycontinuationinpairs.Thensharewhatyouhavewritteninclass.Activity7Ⅰ閱讀理解（根據課文內容選擇正確答案）1.WhichofthefollowingcanbeusedtodescribehowtheprofessorfeltfromParagraph1?Helplessandnervous. B.Frightenedbuthopeful.C.Puzzledandexcited. D.Amazedandinterested.2.Whatistheprisoninfact?Aplaceundertheseawater. B.Ahouseonasmallisland.C.Acellofabigprison. D.Aroomofanunderseaboat.3.WhatcanweknowfromwhattheprofessorsaidinPara.4?A.Hebelievedthattheyweresuretosurvive.

B.HeusedthewordstocomfortNedandConseil.

C.Theywereintheworstsituation.D.HeaswellasNedandConseilalllostheart.4.Whatcanweknowfromthelastparagraph?Nothingisimpossibletoawillingheart.B.Thereareupsanddownsinthejourneyoflife.C.Nopain，nogain.D.Eastorwest，homeisthebest.Ⅱ語法填空（根據課文內容和語法規則完成短文）

WewereaboardthemachinenowandIshookwithcoldinthedarkness.AllwasblackandIwas1

（amaze）thatmyeyeshadnotbeenabletoseeeventhe2

（small）shape.IcouldhearNedandConseil3

（breathe）quickly.Theywerenervous，too.

Ourprisonwassuddenlylitandweclosedoureyes4

（painful）atthelight.Thencamethesoundofaheavydooropening，andtwo5

（seaman）appeared.Theyexamineduswithgreatattention，withoutsayingaword.Thentheyshutthedooragainandleft.

IcomfortedNedandConseilbysaying“Wehavesurvived6

（bad）thanthis!”，althoughIdidnotcompletelybelievethesewords.

Thedooropenedagainandthemenreturnedwithsomefood.Itwashardlyalargemeal7_________

mademerealisehow8

（hunger）Iwasandweateinsilence.

Oneofthementoldustheycouldtakeushomebutwemusttellthem9

wehadfoundthemachine.IsmiledandIwouldneveragaintakemyhome10

granted.amazedsmallestbreathingpainfullyseamenworsebuthungryhowforLanguagepoints核心詞匯教材原句p.40Wewereaboardthemachinenow，andIshookwithcoldinthedarkness.我們現在在機器里，我在黑暗中冷得發抖。1aboardprep.&adv.在（船，飛機，火車）上；上（船，飛機，火車）搭配

go/getaboard上（船，飛機，火車等） Allaboard!請大家上船（或火車，公共汽車等）！Theyhavetogoaboardhalfanhourbeforetheshipsails.他們必須在船啟航前半小時登船。［詞匯復現］Theaircraftlostpowerandcrashed，killingallaboard.飛機失去動力后墜毀，機上人員無一幸免。

題組練·領悟方法【詞語辨析】aboard，board，broad與abroadaboardprep.&adv.在（船，飛機，火車）上；上（船，飛機，火車）boardn.木板；董事會v.登上（船，飛機，火車，公共汽車等）broadadj.寬闊的；廣闊的abroadadv.在國外；到國外【歸納拓展】goabroad去國外athomeandabroad國內外onboard在船（或飛機，火車）上I’mgoingabroadnextweek.我下周要去國外。Thepassengersonboardareallsafe.船上的乘客都是安全的。

完成句子（1）Allthestudentshavegone

（上飛機）.（2）Thetrain’sabouttoleave.

（請大家上車）!（3）Theywerethelasttwoto

（上船）.辨析填空：aboard，board，broad，abroad（4）Manyschoolstherehavestartedusingwhite

andprojectorsinclasses.（5）ManyChinesenowtravel

forholidays.（6）The

motorwayhassixtrafficlanes.（7）Assoonaswewent

，theplanetookoff.

onboardAllaboardgoaboardtheshipboardsabroadbroadaboard教材原句p.40IdidnotcompletelybelievethewordsIsaid，butIknewtheywouldcomfortNedandConseil.我不完全相信我說的話，但我知道它們會安慰內德和康塞爾。2comfortn.&vt.（1）n.舒適（感）；滿足（感）；令人感到安慰的人（或事物） Itisacomforttodosth.做……是件令人安慰的事。搭配

agreatcomforttosb對某人來講是莫大的安慰 forcomfort為了舒服 liveincomfort舒適地生活Itisagreatcomfortfortheemployertoseethemanagementofthecompanyimproved.看到公司管理水平的提高對老板來說是極大的安慰。［詞匯復現］Hiswordswereoflittlecomfortinthecircumstances.在這種情況下，他的話起不了什么安慰作用。［詞匯復現］

（2）vt.安慰；撫慰Thecaptaintriedtocomforttheseamanthoughhewasanxiousaswell.盡管船長也很擔心，但他還是盡力安慰那個水手。［詞匯復現］Nedputhisarmaroundher，tryingtocomforther.內德摟著她，試圖安慰她。【詞語積累】comfortableadj.舒適的；使人舒服的comfortablyadv.舒服地；安逸地uncomfortableadj.不舒服的discomfortn.不適；不安v.使不舒服；使不安【學法點撥】抽象名詞具體化：acomfort指“令人感到安慰的一個人或一件事”。類似用法的還有surprise，failure，success，beauty，danger等。 單句語法填空（1）MrsSmith

（comfort）hersonwhenhefailedtopasstheexamination.（2）［詞匯復現］Workingasatailorcanhardlyenablehimtolive

comfort.（3）MrLeetriedtomakehiswife

（comfort）byaccompanyinghertoseeanimpressivefilm.（4）Itis

greatcomfortforAnnatoknowthathersonissafe.（5）Heseatedhimself

（comfort）atthefootofthebed.完成句子（6）

（是極大的安慰）forpatientstobeclosetotheirbelovedones.（7）Whenevershewasupset，shewould

（向自己的媽媽尋求安慰和建議）.（8）Withhisparentsandrelativessupportinghim，he

（舒適地生活）theseyears. comfortedincomfortableacomfortablyItisagreatcomfort

turntohermotherforcomfortandadvicelives/hasbeenlivingincomfort教材原句p.40Iwouldneveragaintakemyhomeforgranted.我再也不會不把家當回事了。3take...forgranted視……為理所當然（而對其不重視）Ittookhumans10，000yearstolearnhowtogrowmostofthecropswenowtakeforgranted.人類花了1萬年的時間，才學會種植我們現在習以為常的大部分農作物。Thesenseofsecurity—itwasaluxuryshehadcometotakeforgranted.安全感——現在成了奢侈品，過去她卻認為是理所當然的。［詞匯復現］【學法點撥】該結構常常用it作形式賓語，真正的賓語從句后置。Youshouldn’ttakeitforgrantedthatwesupportyouforever.你不應該認為我們永遠支持你是理所當然的。 單句語法填空（1）Don’ttake

grantedwhatyouhave.（2）［詞匯復現］Bemoreconsciousaboutthethingswetakefor

（grant）.（3）［詞匯復現］Nevertake

forgrantedthathumanbeingscanovercomeanydifficulty.完成句子（4）Itmakesusappreciatethingswe

（認為理所當然的）normally.

forgrantedittakeforgranted教材原句p.44HeconvincesLaertes，whowantsrevengeforhisfather’sdeathtouseapoisonedswordinordertokillHamletduringtheirmatch.萊爾提斯想為他父親的死報仇，他說服萊爾提斯在他們的比賽中使用一把有毒的劍以殺死哈姆雷特。4poisonn.&vt.（1）n.毒藥，毒素，毒物Somemushroomscontainadeadlypoison.有些蘑菇含有致命毒素。（2）vt.毒害，毒殺Markovdiedafterbeingstruckbyapoisonedsword.馬爾科夫被毒劍擊中后死亡。［詞匯復現］Suspicionandjealousy，howeverill-founded，canpoisonamarriage.懷疑和嫉妒，無論多么缺乏根據，也會毒害一樁婚姻。【詞語積累】

poisonousadj.有毒的；惡毒的

單句語法填空（1）

（poison）chemicalsgotintothewatersupply.（2）Electronicwastesalsocontainmany

（poison）metals.完成句子（3）［詞匯復現］Inthenovel，thewife

（毒死了很多老鼠）. （4）Thechemicals

（用作毒藥）tokillweedsandinsects.Poisonouspoisonouspoisonsmanymiceareusedaspoisons 教材原句p.44EventhoughIforgiveyoupersonally，forthesakeofthehonourofmyfamilyIcannotacceptyourapology.即使我個人原諒你，為了我家人的榮譽，我也不能接受你的道歉。5forgivevi.&vt.原諒，寬恕，饒恕搭配

forgivesbsth寬恕某人某事 forgivesbfor（doing）sth原諒某人（做）某事

Myfatherisamanwhoforgiveseasily.我父親是一個很容易寬恕別人的人。Haveyouforgivenhimhisrudeness?你已經原諒他的粗魯了嗎？Canyouforgivemefortakingyoursupportforgranted?你能原諒我把你的支持視為理所當然嗎？［詞匯復現］【誤區警示】

forgive的過去式、過去分詞分別為forgave，forgiven。

單句語法填空（1）［詞匯復現］Evidently，you

（forgive）ifyoumakeanapologytohimfromthebottomofyourheart.（2）Ishallneverforgivemyself

failingtohelpyouwhenyouwereindanger.完成句子（3）［詞匯復現］

（請原諒我），butIambusyatthemoment.Ican’tgotoseethedramawithyoutonight.（4）MrKing

（原諒了她說的壞話）abouthisfamily.（5）Please

（原諒我的錯誤）.Iwouldneverdothatagain.（6）Willyouplease

（原諒我沒能打掃）theroombeforeleaving?

willbeforgivenforPleaseforgivemeforgaveherforsayingbadwordsforgivemeformymistakeforgivemefornotsweeping6forthesakeof因……的緣故；為了……YoushouldlearnanotherforeignlanguageasidefromEnglishforthesakeofyourfuture.為了你的前途著想，除了英語之外，你還應該學一門外語。［詞匯復現］【學法點撥】forthesakeof是介詞短語，后接名詞、代詞或動名詞作賓語，用作狀語。（forthesakeofsb/sth=forsb’s/sth’ssake）Now，youhadbetternotgoabroadforthesakeofhealth.為了健康起見，你現在最好不要出國。【歸納拓展】forthesakeofhealth/safety/convenience為了健康/安全起見/方便起見forthesakeofthewhole為了全局forthesakeofargument/forargument’ssake為了便于討論 單句語法填空（1）Youshouldstudyhard

thesakeofyourtakingupyouridealcareer.（2）Forthesakeof

（find）awell-paidjob，hisbrotherwenttoParis.完成句子（3）Itisverystrangethatsomeonereturnstheobjectactually

（為了受表揚）.（4）Wedividedintotwogroups

（為了方便起見）.forfindingforthesakeofbeingpraisedforthesakeofconvenience 原句p.45Thenintheghttheybothlosetheirswordsandpickupeachother’s.然后在打斗中，他們都失去了他們的劍，拿起了彼此的劍。7pickup（1）撿起，拿起Shepickedupthebookonthegroundandputitbackontheshelfandwentaway.她撿起地上的書，把它放回書架，然后走開了。（2）搭載；（開車）接人Youcanpickmeupatthestadium.你可以在體育場接我。［詞匯復現］（3）（偶然）學會，得到ShepickedupFrenchwhenshewasinParis.在巴黎時，她學會了法語。（4）接收（信號、聲音、圖像等）Thesearchersatlastpickedupasignalfromthecrashedplane.搜索者終于收到了一個那架失事飛機發出的信號。（5）改善，好轉Onlyaftershetookchargeofthecompanydiditsbusinesspickup.直到她掌管公司之后，公司的生意才好轉起來。［詞匯復現］【歸納拓展】pickout挑出；辨認出

寫出句中pickup的含義（1）Theboypickedupthehatforthedisabled.__________

（2）It’ssurprisingthatyourbrotherpickedupRussiansoquickly—hehasn’tlivedthereverylong.

____________

（3）You’llsoonpickupafteryoustayinbedforadayortwo.

（4）［詞匯復現］Willyoupleasepickthespecialistupattheairport?_________

（5）［詞匯復現］ImanagedtopickupanAmericannewsbroadcast.__________

單句語法填空（6）［詞匯復現］Hepicked

achequeof$1，000ontheblanketandgaveittothereceptionist.（7）TherearesomanycarsparkedoutsideandIamwonderinghowyoucanpick

yours.

撿起（偶然）學會好轉（開車）接人接收upout教材原句p.45Iampartlyatfault，Hamlet.

我有一部分錯，哈姆雷特。8atfault有過錯；有責任；茫然，不知所措；出毛病；有故障Bothofthemareatfault，sotheywillbepunished.他們兩個人都有過錯，因此他們將受到懲罰。Lilyshouldbeatfaultfortheincident.莉莉應該為這個事件負責。Mycomputerisatfault，andIwillgetitrepaired.我的電腦壞了，我要找人修理它。Helenisatfaultastowheretogo.海倫不知道該去哪里。【歸納拓展】findfaultwith挑剔，抱怨，挑毛病Iamwonderingwhysomanypeoplearealwaysfindingfaultwiththescholar.我不明白為什么那么多人總是挑這位學者的毛病。［詞匯復現］

【鏈接】類似短語：atbottom歸根結底；實際上；本質上athand近在手邊；在附近；即將到來atheart本質上；內心里athome在家；舒適自在atease不拘束；放松atwill任意；隨意atwork（人）在工作；（機器）在運轉；從事；忙于Thecitylibraryisathand.市圖書館就在附近。Idon’tagreewithhimatheart.在內心里我不同意他的看法。Youshouldn’thavemadeupyourmindatwill.你不應該隨意做決定。［詞匯復現］ 寫出句中atfault的含義（1）［詞匯復現］Rosewasatfaultastohowtopersuadehertojoinus.___________

（2）［詞匯復現］Althoughhewasatfault，Iforgavehim.______（3）［詞匯復現］Mycarisatfault.Couldyoupickmeupatthebookstore?________

單句語法填空（4）［詞匯復現］Shirleyisoutgoing，andIfeel

easewithher.（5）MrSmithappearscold，butheisaverykindman

bottom.完成句子（6）Thedriverwhodidnotstopattheredlightwas

（有責任）inthetrafficaccident.（7）Withanairconditioneryoucanenjoycomfortabletemperatures

（隨意地）.（8）［詞匯復現］Ican’tmakeupmymindastowhethertokeepmypresentjob，fortheemployer

（總是挑我毛病）.

感到困惑有過錯出故障atatfaultatatwillisalwaysfindingfaultwithme教材原句p.45Laertesdiesfromthepoison.

萊爾提斯死于毒藥。9diefrom死于Manypeoplediedfromhungerduringthewar.在戰爭中很多人死于饑餓。Toourgreatsorrow，alargenumberofpeoplediedfromthedisease.令我們非常傷心的是，許多人死于這種疾病。【歸納拓展】die的其他短語：dieof死于

dieout滅絕；消失dieaway（聲音、光線、風等）逐漸減弱，逐漸消失 dieoff相繼死去，先后死去（直到死光）diedown減弱，平息Thisspecieshasnearlydiedoutbecauseitshabitatisbeingdestroyed.因棲息地正受到破壞，這一物種已瀕臨滅絕。Thewinddiedawayatdusk.黃昏時風逐漸減弱了。Manytreesaredyingoffforlackofwater.由于缺水，許多樹相繼枯死。［詞匯復現］ 單句語法填空（1）Ifwedon’thelpthem，theywilleitherdie

thecoldorstarvetodeath.（2）［詞匯復現］Thiskindoffiercecreatureisindangerofdying

，sothelocalgovernmentshouldtakemeasurestoprotectit.（3）［詞匯復現］Inthenovel，theleadingcharacterdies

poison，whichismuchtoodramatic. （4）Thefiredied

，soweputmoredrywoodonit.（5）Thesoundofthecardied

inthedistance.（6）Whydidthechickensonhisfarmdie

withinamonth?（7）AsisreportedonTV，manykindsofanimalsandplantsdie

intheworldeveryyear.

of/fromoutof/fromdownawayoffout重點句式教材原句p.40Icouldn’tsaywhereIwas，norcouldIimagine.我說不出我在哪里，我也無法想象。【句式分析】否定詞nor置于句首，句子使用了部分倒裝語序，即把情態動詞could放在主語I的前面，也可以用neither。1nor引起的倒裝句Ididn’ttellthetruthtomyparents，nordidIintendthemtohelpme.我沒有告訴我父母真相，我也沒想讓他們幫助我。［詞匯復現］ 【歸納拓展】當含有否定意義的詞或短語置于句首時，句子須用部分倒裝語序，即把助動詞、情態動詞、連系動詞be移至主語之前。這樣的詞或短語有never，neither，nor，not，seldom，little，hardly，rarely，scarcely，atnotime，bynomeans，innoway等。Myparentsdidn’tgoaboardtheship，andneitherdidI.我父母沒上船，我也沒。NeverhaveIseensuchanamazingperformance.我從沒見過如此驚人的表演。Seldomdoessheloseheartwhensheisintrouble.她在困境中時很少喪失信心。 句型轉換，每空一詞（1）Hedidn’trememberthedate，andIdidn’trememberthedate，either.Hedidn’trememberthedate，and

.（2）［詞匯復現］Iamnotfondofdramaandmybrotherisn’tfondofit，either.Iamnotfondofdramaand

.完成句