【文章內容簡介】 vant questions: a. what kinds of risks do people fear in their daily lives? b. are risks a matter of probability or certain? c. how to evaluate which risks are safer? d. is there any way reducing the rations of risks?3. Ss are 18 minutes to finish reading in class, and then 10 more minutes are given to them to finish the prehension questions of amp。 2 on .4. Text analyses 1) General prehension: checking answers for prehension questions 2) Grammatical pointsAnd from these treatments e questions () 以介詞短語為首的句子要倒裝 eg. From the room came the sound of children singing. (屋里傳來孩子們的歌聲) Only on campus make her calm down. (只有呆在校園里才能使她平靜)此外以否定詞為首通常也倒裝，如hardly, nor, no sooner than…difficult sentences: “And from these treatments…” () “But what if…thus causing an...occurred otherwise?” () “If you are…exposures.” ()Important structures1. Some people just have to hear about a new disease and they begin checking themselves to see if they may be suffering from it.(L2)2. And from these threats e questions that we must pose to ourselves. (L6)3. But what if you get hit from the side and end up trapped inside the vehicle, unable to escape because of a damaged seat belt mechanism? (L17)4. The answer is that you are roughly twice as likely to die in a serious crash in a small car than in a large one. (L30)5. The larger this ratio, that is, the closer it is to 1, the riskier the activity in question. (L50)6. …the latter turns out to be four times riskier than the former. (L56)Assignment: exercises for inclass reading, afterclass readingAfterClass ReadingPassage I: Health Risks1. prefer: choose sth. rather than sth. else。 like sth. better 較喜歡；更喜歡； 　　　　　　　　寧愿a. I prefer walking to cycling. 我喜歡步行勝過騎自行車。b. I would prefer tea to coffee. 茶和咖啡，我更喜歡茶。c. She prefers to be alone. 她喜歡獨處。d. Their father prefers them to be home early. 他們的父親愿意他們早回家。e. I prefer walking alone. 我喜歡獨自散步。preferable adj. (not used with more) more desirable or suitable ；較合人意的；較好的a. He finds country life preferable to living in the city. 他覺得住在鄉(xiāng)下比城里好。b. Anything was preferable to that dreadful noise in the house. 什么也比住房里那討厭的喧鬧聲好。2. show up: arrive, often after a delay。 appear 到場（經(jīng)常在延誤一段時間后）；露面a. It was ten o’clock when he finally showed up. 到十點鐘，他才露面。b. We were hoping for a full team today but only five players showed up. 我們原希望今天全隊人員到齊，但僅有五名選手到場。Cf. show off: try to impress others with one’s abilities, wealth, intelligence, ；賣弄a. Do stop showing off—it’s embarrassing. 千萬不要再賣弄了那令人難為情。b. The child danced around the room, showing off to everybody. 那個孩子在屋內各處跳舞，向每個人炫耀。3. differ: 1)be unlike。 not the same as sb./sth. 不同；有異a. The brothers differ widely in their tastes. 這兄弟幾個情趣大不相同。b. In this respect, French differs from English./French and English differ. 在這方面，法語和英語不同。2) disagree。 not share the same opinion 不同意；意見不同a. I’m sorry to differ with you on that. 對不起，關于那個問題我和你看法不一致。b. We differ on many things. 我們在很多事情上意見不同。different adj. not the same (as sb./sth.) 與…不一樣的a. Their tastes are different from/to mine. 他們的情趣和我的不同。b. He is very different from/to his brother. 他和他的兄弟大不相同。indifferent: having no interest in sb./sth.。 not caring about sb./sth.。 neither for nor against sb./sth. 對…不感興趣的；漠不關心的；不重視的a. How can you be indifferent to the sufferings of starving people? 你對忍饑挨餓的人的苦難怎么能漠不關心？b. Some explorers are quite indifferent to the dangers of their journey. 有些探險家對旅途中的危險毫不介意。4. make sense: 1) have an understandable meaning 有意義；有道理a. What you say makes no sense. 你的話沒有道理。b. These words don’t make sense. 這些話毫無疑義。2) be sensible 明智的a. It doesn’t make sense to buy that expensive coat when these cheaper ones are j