BeforetheclassIwantyoutobeengagedinthematerial.Iwantyoutobeengagedinwhateveritisthatwearediscussinginclass.NotnecessarilythinkingaboutgettingdowneverywordthatIsay.I’dlikeyoutotakeactivenotesratherthanpassivenotes.Writedownwhatcanmakeyoufeelorlearnsomething.Betterattention,betterunderstandingofthematerialifyouareactivelyengaged.Betterattention,betterunderstandingofthematerialifyouareactivelyengaged.Iwantyoutobeengagedinthematerial.Iwantyoutobeengagedinwhateveritisthatwearediscussinginclass.NotnecessarilythinkingaboutgettingdowneverywordthatIsay.I’dlikeyoutotakeactivenotesratherthanpassivenotes.Writedownwhatcanmakeyoufeelorlearnsomething.Unit2ReadingSAILINGTHEOCEANSWordsandexpressionsreviewlatitudevoyagemercyatthemercyofencyclopediaalongsideexplorationminimumn.纬度n.航海;航行n.仁慈;宽恕;怜悯受……支配n.百科全书prep.靠着;沿着adv.在旁边;沿着边n.探险;探测adj.最小的;最低的Wordsreviewcelestialpoleequatorhorizonoverheadseaweednowhereoffshoreadj.天上的n.地极;柱;杆n.赤道n.地平线;视野adj.在头上的adv.在头顶上;在空中;在高处n.海草;海藻adv.无处adj.离岸的;海面上的outwardtidesecureknotlognauticalnauticalmilemagneticrandomadj.外面的;向外的adv.向外;在外n.潮;潮汐;潮流;趋势adj.安全的;可靠的n.结v.打结n.原木;木材adj.海上的;航海的海里adj.磁的;有磁性的adj.任意的;随便的Wordsandexpressionsreviewawkwardreferenceprecisesimplifyportableshortcomingupdatedtendencyreliableadj.难使用的;笨拙的n.参考adj.精确的;准确的vt.单一化;简单化adj.轻便的;手提的;便携的n.缺点;短处vt.更新n.趋向;倾向adj.可靠的;可信赖的WordsreviewSkimmingtogetgeneralideasSkimmingReadingComprehensionIReadthepassagequicklyandchoosethebestanswer.Whichisfittodescribethispassage?Itisa______.A.narration(记叙文)B.exposition(说明文)C.prose(散文)D.poemFromthereadingpassagewehavelearned_________.A.whyearlyseamenwantedtosailthesevenseasB.thatthereisusefulinformationinanencyclopediaC.thatearlysailorswentexploringtheseausingtheirskillsandsimpleinstrumentsD.whylatitudeandlongitudeareimportanttoplotaship’spositionCarefulreadingtosolvedifficultpointsatthemercyofwithoutanyprotectionagainst;helplessbefore任由……摆布;在……面前无助Theywerelostatsea,atthemercyofwindandweather.他们在海上迷失了方向,任凭风和天气的摆布。Idon’tliketobeatthemercyofsuchaman.我不愿受这样一个人的摆布。havemercyon/showmercyto对……表示怜悯Theterroristsshowednomercytothehostages.恐怖分子对人质残酷无情。withoutmercy毫不留情地Themotherleftthedyingbabyinthehospitalwithoutmercy.那位母亲狠心地把垂死的婴儿丢弃在医院。It’samercy(that)(口)幸运的是,幸亏(用于表示更遭的情况得以避免总算是幸运)It’samercytheaccidenthappenedsonearthehospital.幸亏事故发生在离医院很近的地方。It’samercyshewasn’tseriouslyhurt.幸运的是她伤势不重。eventhough用作连词,意为“尽管,即使”,引导让步状语从句。[高考示例]TherewasneveranytimeforKatetofeellonely,______shewasanonlychild.(2005辽宁)A.eversinceB.nowthatC.eventhoughD.evenaseventhough“尽管,虽然”,引导让步状语从句。eversince“自从……以来”,常和完成时态连用;nowthat“既然,由于”;evenas“正当,恰恰在……的时候”。[拓展]eventhough和evenso的区别:eventhough=evenif用作连词,引导让步状语从句;evenso用作副词,意思是“尽管这样/那样,即便如此”。[高考示例]Youruncleseemstobeagooddriver;______,Iwouldn’tdaretotravelinhiscar.(2005江西)A.evensoB.eventhoughC.thereforeD.soreferencen.提及,涉及,参考,参考书目,证明书(人),介绍信(人)Atthemeetingtheteachermadereferencestohisheroicdeeds.在会上老师提到了他的英雄事迹。Thesearereferencebooksforteachers.这些是教师参考书。Ifyoudon’tknowwhatthismeans,pleaserefertothedictionary.如果你不知道这是什么意思,请查看字典。Herpupilsoftenrefertothisdictionary.她的学生经常查这本字典。Don’trefertoitagain.别再提那件事。【知识拓展】referv.提到,说起,涉及;参考,查询,常与to连用。preciseadj.精确的,准确的precisionn.精确(性),精密(度)Ican’tgiveyouaprecisedate.我无法告诉你确切的日期。Acameraisaninstrumentofprecision.照相机是一种精密仪器。Ssubject主语Ppredicate谓语Oobject宾语Attattribute定语Advadverbial状语Comcomplement补语Prepredicative表语Cclause从句Shortforms缩略语DifficultsentencesanalysisThenumberofknotsthatwerecountedduringafixedperiodoftimegavethespeedoftheshipinnauticalmilesperhour.在一定时间内计算出有多少个结,就可以算出船只每小时航行多少英里的速度。SAttCPOAdvLater,whenseamenbegantousethecompassinthe12thcenturytheycouldcalculatelongitudeusingcomplicatedmathematicaltables.后来,当12世纪海员们开始使用指南针的时候,他们就可以用复杂的数学表来计算出经度了。usingcomplicatedmathematicaltables是现在分词短语作状语,表示手段。ThecompasshasaspecialmagneticpointerwhichalwaysindicatestheNorthPole,soitisusedtohelpfindthedirectionthattheshipneedstogo.pointer是先行词,which是引导词,在从句中作主语,引导后面定语从句alwaysindicatestheNorthPole;so后面引导的是结果状语从句;thedirection作为先行词,that是引导词,引导定语从句theshipneedstogo。指南针有一个特殊的磁针,始终指着北极。因此人们用它来帮助找出船只所要去的方向。LetthewordflyTwoteamswillhavearace.Theteamthatfirstgivethepropermeaningwillgetonepoint.TeamracingReady?worksth.out/workoutsth.①tocalculateananswer,amount,price,orvalue②tofindtheanswertosth.;tosolvesth.找到……的答案;处理;解决③toplanorthinkofsth.计划;思考计算;算出eg.⑴Seeifyoucanworkoutthisbillout.⑵Theplotissocomplicatedthatit’lltakeyouawhiletoworkitout.⑶I’veworkedoutanewwayofdoingit.⑷Ihaven’tworkedoutwho’sgonetolookafterthekidstonight.计算解决思考计划Next,let’sgetafurtherunderstandingabouttheReading.SAILINGTHEOCEANSUsingnaturetohelpkeepingalongsidecoastlinePart1Usingnavigationalinstrumentstohelp…Part2UsingcelestialbodiesUsingwildlifeFindinglongitudeUsingtheseaFindinglatitudeUsingtheweatherScanningtogetdetailinformationScanningReadingComprehensionII1.Beforemoderninstrumentswereinvented,peoplehardlyusedanynavigation.2.Earlysailorscouldusetheheightofthesuntoworkouttheirlatitude.3.Seamencan’tsailtheseaiftheydon’tknowlatitudeandlongitude.4.Windcouldacceleratesailingspeedanditwasalwayssafeandeasytouse.5.Thecompassalwaysindica