【正文】 8 Further Development amp。 relative with her sense of humor.I was impressed with /by his performance.8. to persist in sth/doing sth: to refuse to change (what one is doing). You persist in a course of action or type of behavior when you continue with it even when other people oppose you or say that you are wrong.It is no use being sorry if you persist in doing it.If you persist in breaking the law, you’ll go to prison.Despite hardships, she persisted in her efforts to get a college education.*insist persist insist on(doing sth.) persist in(doing sth.)insist堅持自己的看法、意見、主張；對…采取堅定的立場，或堅決要求別人做某事[same as assert, stress]You insist that something is true when you state firmly that it is true, refusing to be persuaded that it is not.She insists she hasn’t seen him for months.You insist on sth when you state firmly that You want to have or do it, refusing to accept any alternative.He still insisted on the truth of his story.She insisted on my ing with her.persist著重強調(diào)不顧困難、反對或警告，仍然堅持做某事，但所堅持做的事不一定是好的或正確的。 attack。 to be keen on sth/sbl We are especially keen to attract young people.l We did invite him, but he didn’t seem very keen on ing.l People are keen when they show interest and enthusiasm.l You are keen on an activity if you enjoy it and spend a lot of time on it.5． wordless less: without。l Let Us Have Faith(1940)。 Afterclass Reading (2 periods)。3) grasp some new words and try to use these words which help them to enrich their vocabulary。4) read the inclass reading passage in a limited time and grasp some expressions and grammatical points in the inclass reading passage to improve their reading prehension。 Further Development amp。l Sketch for a Portrait(1956)5． What languages are used by the United Nations?They are English, French, Chinese, Russian and Spanish. Part Two: Listeningcentered Activities Listening I1. Explain new words (soap, critic, represent, balanced, crisis, loyalty, wooden, endlessly, cause)2. Listen to the passage and answer the questions you hear on the tape (see page 115).3. Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks with what you get from the tape (see page 115). Listening II1. Explain the new words (desirable, interpreter, ultimate, mimic, imitate, due to, numerous, identity)2. Listen to an interview on language learning. Note down in the blanks the three questions the interviewer asked (see page 116).3. Listen to the interview again. Then read the choices provided in Exercise 1 and choose the right answers according to what the interviewee said.Part Three: Assignmentto prepare the new words on the textbook.Period 3amp。 not havinghomeless, leafless, meaningless, endless, treeless, hopeless, helpless, doubtless, heartless, useless, harmless, careless, speechless, powerless, fatherless, childless D. InClass Reading ActivitiesLanguageLanguage Pointsto and fro: back and forth。 make sb one’s victim掠奪，使某人成為某人的犧牲品Ships were preyed upon by pirates. succeed vt: to e next after接替，取代某人或某物[same as take over]. You succeed someone in a job or position They have decided after all to let the right man succeed me.The silence was succeeded by the striking of a 。9. only to do （表結(jié)果）. I arrived at the shop only to find I had left all my money at home.I returned back home from holidays only to find my house had been broken.10. in time: early or soon enough [opposite too late]. You are in time for sth if you arrive early enough to have it o