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置1 Finish the exercise on Page 184, 1852 Review the new words and expressions in Unit 7Unit 7(3)GrammarStep 1 GreetingsStep 2 Review what they have learned in the last classStep 3 Whilereading ActivitiesLanguage Points:1. As numerous accounts of cheating, lying, and fraud crowd our newspaper pages and TV news, it seems that honesty is a rapidly vanishing value. (Para. 1)Meaning: From our newspapers and TV news, we read countless reports about people cheating, lying, and deceiving. Honesty as a valuable merit seems to be disappearing quickly.2. But are these reports truly accurate or do they exaggerate the situation? (Para. 2)Meaning: But are these reports correct and exact or do they make the situation look worse than it really is?3. If this is indeed the case, it’s deeply troubling as today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders! (Para. 2) Meaning: If such a situation does exist, it is very worrying because today’s students will bee leaders in the future!4. Modern students who want to fake a term paper don’t have to browse long. ()Meaning: Nowadays, students don’t need to spend a long time “stealing” online papers and ideas to be used in their own term paper.5. Long ago, all American schoolchildren knew the historical story of how Abraham Lincoln walked five miles to return a penny he had overcharged a customer. (Para. 5)Meaning: According to historical records, Abraham Lincoln walked five miles to return a penny he had overcharged a customer. The story with its moral virtue has been passed on from generation to generation. The author uses this story to show what he is to convey in this article.Step 4: Typical patterns:Purpose: Further understand the text (Train further reading ability) to find out some difficult sentences and details of the text.Method: Read the text together。10. ()descend into … 陷入9. ()be confined to sth. 局限于6. ()plagiarism: n. [U] when sb. uses another person’s words, ideas, or work and pretends they are their own 剽竊;抄襲 More than half of the teachers in the survey said they thought plagiarism from the Internet was a serious offense.7. () all but: everything or everyone except sth. or sb. 除…外全部All but one of the passengers were killed in the accident. 除了一個(gè)乘客外,其他人都在這起事故中喪生。4. ()cope with(成功地)處理To my delight, he was able to cope with the stress of his study.令我高興的是,他能夠處理學(xué)習(xí)的壓力。2. ()rip off 盜竊He was arrested by the police for ripping off a watch after he walked into the store.他被警察抓了,因?yàn)?