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___, clumsy, but always (2)______ Mr Bean. 課前自主學(xué)習(xí) 課堂互動探究 Rowan Atkinson’s life experience Born on January 6, (3)______, and spent his early years on the family farm. At 13, Rowan (4)______ a scholarship to a boarding school. While still at primary school, Rowan had already shown admirable (5)______. At Oxford, he (6)______ his Master’s degree in electrical engineering. Rowan’s career change from an electrical engineer to a famous edian was partly (7)______ some speaking problems he had in his childhood. Assessment(評價 ) He is in the presence of (8)______. He would be more famous than Chaplin. 課前自主學(xué)習(xí) 課堂互動探究 答案 (1)awkward (2)amusing (3)1955 (4)earned (5)acting talent (6)obtained (7)due to (8)genius 課前自主學(xué)習(xí) 課堂互動探究 3. Summary(Lesson 3, text 2) 熟讀課文并完成填空練習(xí) (每空限填一詞 )。 Rowan Atkinson, (1)as Mr Bean, a dizzy, awkward, clumsy,but always (2) character, is famous ,Rowan, in fact, isn’t anything like his famous creation. Rowan spent his childhood on their family farm and at 13, he (3) a , he attended two (4) his Master’s degree in electrical engineering when he graduated from Oxford University. 課前自主學(xué)習(xí) 課堂互動探究 Why did he change his career from an electrical engineer to a famous (5)? There were two was his speaking problems in his (6) for this, he talked very deliberately, which inspired the abnormal speech patterns of many of his other was that he met a group of (7) people at was not until he met them that he was (8) that acting could be a career for important (9)directly led to his he pulled his face in the mirror, he realised something, that is, his (10) in , a great actor was born. 課前自主學(xué)習(xí) 課堂互動探究 (1)________(2)________(3)________(4)________ (5)________ (6)________ (7)________ (8)________ (9)________ (10)________ 答案 (1)known (2)amusing (3)earned (4)obtained (5)edian (6)pensate (7)talented (8)convinced (9)event (10)genius 課前自主學(xué)習(xí) 課堂互動探究 1 . astoni s h v . 使 ?? 驚訝 , 使 ?? 吃驚 Wh at astoni sh e d m e w as that h e d id n ’t see m to m in d . 讓 我感到詫異的是他好像毫不在乎。 [ 劍橋高階 ] It ast on ish e d m e t h at sh e h ad w o n t h e sp e e c h c on te st. 她 贏得了演講比賽讓我很吃驚。 課前自主學(xué)習(xí) 課堂互動探究 【 拓展 】 astonished astonishing astonishment n. 吃驚 be astonished at sth 對 ?? 感到吃驚 to one’s astonishment令某人驚訝的是 in astonishment吃驚地 課前自主學(xué)習(xí) 課堂互動探究 I found it quite astonishing that Brazil had lost the football 西隊輸了 , 這讓我很吃驚 。 The young man was very astonished at the bad news. 年輕人對壞消息感到驚訝 。 To my astonishment, the little boy worked out the plex maths problem. 令我吃驚的是 , 小男孩算出了那道復(fù)雜的數(shù)學(xué)題 。 Peter looked at me in astonishment when I told him about the result of the exam. 我告訴 Peter考試成績時他驚訝地看著我 。 課前自主學(xué)習(xí) 課堂互動探究 用 astonish的適當(dāng)形式填空 (1)To his____________, his best friend decided to study abroad. (2)She was________when she heard the famous athlete died. (3)We were all________to hear that he had refused to work in that pany. (4)It was really________that she had failed to win the election. 答案 (1)astonishment (2)astonished (3)astonished (4)astonishing 課前自主學(xué)習(xí) 課堂互動探究 2 . d e sp e r at e adj . ( 1) 拼命的,不顧一切的 Th e p r ison e r s gr e w m o r e d e sp e r at e . 囚徒們在絕望中更加不顧死活了。 [ 牛津高階 ] Th e y m ade a de sp e r at e p lea f or h e lp . 他們拼命求助。 W e h ad n o f ood lef t at all an d w e r e ge t t in g desper at e . 我們一點兒食物都沒了,十分絕望。 課前自主學(xué)習(xí) 課堂互動探究 (2) 極需的,極向往的 In a d e sp e r at e att e m p t t o e sc ap e , h e k il led th e gu ar d . 他孤注一擲想逃走,便殺死了警衛(wèi)。 He w as d e sp e r at e t o te ll some on e h is goo d n e w s . 他很想把自己的好消息告訴別人。 T h e h osp ital is f u l l o f p e op le in d e sp e r at e n e e d of m e d ica l at te n tion. 醫(yī)院里擠滿了人,急需醫(yī)療關(guān)注。 課前自主學(xué)習(xí) 課堂互動探究 ( 3) 極嚴重的,極危險的 a desper at e situation /i ll n e ss