I. Topics
Unit 1:
Friends and friendship; interpersonal relationships.
Unit 2:
English language and its development; different kinds of English
Unit 3:
Traveling; describing a journey
Unit 4:
Basic knowledge of earthquakes; how to protect oneself and help the others in disasters
Unit 5:
The qualities of a great person;
The lives of some great people.
II. Words and expressions
Unit 1:
add point upset ignore calm concern loose cheat reason list share feeling Netherlands German series outdoors crazy purpose nature dare thunder entirely power according trust indoors suffer teenager advice questionnaire quiz situation editor communicate habit
add up calm down have got to be concerned about walk the dog go through hide away set down a series of on purpose in order to face to face according to get along with fall in love join in
Unit 2:
include, role, international, native, elevator, flat, apartment, rubber, petrol, gad, modern, however, culture, actually, present(adj.), rule(v.), vocabulary, usage, government, rapidly, candy, lorry, command, polite, request, boss, standard, Midwestern, southern, eastern, southeastern, northwestern, Spanish, recognize, accent, lightning, direction, ma’ma, block
play a role in, because of, come up, such as, give a command, play a part
Unit 3:
journal, fare, transport, finally, cycle, persuade, insist, proper, properly, determine, rapid, valley, waterfall, plain, attitude, shorts, camp, record, afterthought, topic, familiar, brave
change one’s mind, give in
Unit 4:
shake, well (n.), rise, smelly, pond, pipe, burst, canal, steam, dirt, ruin, injure, destroy, brick, dam, useless, steel, shock, quake, rescue, electricity, disaster, army, organize, bury, coal, shelter, fresh, percent, speech, judge, honour, prepare;
right away, (be) at an end, dig out, bring in, a (great )number of
Unit 5:
hero quality willing active republic principle fight peaceful prison prisoner period law advise continue fee gold youth league stage vote position accept violence equal blanket degree guard educated terror fear cruelty reward right(n.) criminal leader president sentence(v.) sincerely
lose heart in trouble worry about out of work Youth League as a matter of fact blow up put… in prison come to power set up be sentenced to
III. Functional items
Unit 1:
Agreement and disagreement
I agree. I don’t agree.
I think so. I don’t think so.
Exactly. I’ m afraid not.
Unit 2:
1. Language difficulties in communication
Pardon?
I beg your pardon? I don’t understand.
Could you say that again, please?
Sorry, I can’t follow you.
Could you repeat that, please?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Unit 3:
Good wishes：
Have a good day/time!
Have a good journey/trip!
Good luck!
Enjoy yourself!
Best wishes to you.
Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas!
Happy birthday!
Thank you.
You, too.
The same to you.
Means of transportation:
walking, cycling, horse riding, taking buses/trains/boats/planes
Unit 4:
Talking about past experiences:
I will never forget the day when the earthquake took place. The time was 5:15 in the afternoon and I was driving along the road.
Unit 5:
A. Giving opinions:
Why do you think so?
What do you think of …?
What’s your opinion?
I agree/ don’t agree.
I think/don’t think….
I prefer….
In my opinion….
I’m afraid…
B. Making comments:
Good idea!
That’s an excellent idea.
IV. Structures
Unit 1:
Direct speech and indirect speech
Statements:
“I don’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary,” said Anne.
-- Anne said that she didn’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary.
Questions
“ When did you go to bed last night?” Father said to Anne.
-- Father asked Anne when she went to bed the night before.
Unit 2:
Imperative sentences and its indirect speech
Open the door.
Please open the door.
Would you please open the door?
He told me to open the door.
Unit 3:
现在进行表将来
Where are you going on holiday?
I am going to Hawaii on holiday.
When are we coming back?
Unit 4:
The attributive clause (I)
由that, which, who, whose引导的定语从句
The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.
It was heard in Beijing which is one hundred kilometers away.
Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.
Unit 5:
The attributive clause (II)
由where, when, why, 介词+ which, 介词+ when 引导的定语从句。
The school where I studied only two years was three kilometers away.
This was a time when you had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg.
The reason why I got a job was because of my hard work.
…we were put in a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the Government.
The person to whom you should be grateful for a peaceful South Africa is Nelson Mandela.