Lesson 4 First Impressions Have you ever read

Lesson 4 First Impressions

Have you ever read the famous novel Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austin?

the heroine Elizabeth

the hero Darcy

Did Elizabeth have a good first impression of Darcy?

Darcy and Elizabeth became lovers in the end though they didn’t have a good first impression to each other.

Have you ever met someone you didn’t like, who later became your friend? Jenny Jane and Jenny are this kind of friends. Let’s share their story.

Words Preview allergic anxiety revision oral straw glare section glance adj. 过敏的 n. 忧虑，担心 n. 复习 adj. 口头的，口述的 n. 稻草，麦秆 vi. 怒视，瞪 n. 部分 vi. 瞥一眼

Words Preview steam confirm librarian file sigh grateful guilty n. 蒸汽 v. 证实 n. 图书馆管理员 n. 档案，文件 vi. 叹息，叹气 adj. 感激的，感谢的 n. 有罪的，不安的

Words Preview alike shortcoming account button parrot cage can’t help doing sth. adj. 相像的 n. 缺点，短处 n. 银行户口 n. 纽扣 n. 鹦鹉 n. 笼子 禁不住要做某事

Skim the passage to get main ideas

Reading Comprehension Ⅰ What’s the correct order of the events related to the text? a. Jane found she had left the textbook in the library. b. Jane and Jenny became good friends. c. Jenny was singing. d. Jenny called Jane and returned the book to Jane. e. Jane couldn’t concentrate on her own business. e. c. f. a. d. b. f. Jane left the library.

Reading Comprehension Ⅱ Answer the questions. 1)Where does the story take place? In the local library. 2) What kind of books does Jenny like? Books of poetry. 3) What exam was Jane studying for? An important oral exam.

Read the passage carefully to solve difficult points

Language points 1. I was getting more and more annoyed and of course, the more upset I got, the less I was able to concentrate. 我变得越来越心烦意乱，当然了， 我越不高兴，就越难集中注意力。 more and more 越来越…… He became more and more interested in playing tennis.

the +比较级, the +比较级 越……越…… The more you eat, the fatter you are. The sooner, the better. 越快越好。 2. I turned around and glared at the person who was singing. 我扭过头，怒视着那个哼唱的人。

glare at 怒视 The fighting men were glaring at each other. 两个打斗的男人愤怒地对视着。 区分：stare at; glare at stare at 盯着看 It’s rude to stare at other people. glare at 怒目注视

4. can't help doing… 禁不住要做某事 Look at those lovely dresses. I can’t help buying one. 看看这些漂亮的裙子！我真忍不住要 买一件。 I couldn’t help laughing when I saw her dress. 看到她的礼服我禁不住笑了起来。

5. If Jenny hadn’t been a kind person, I would never have experienced such true friendship. 本句中使用了虚拟语气, 表示与过去事 实相反。因此需要使用与陈述语气不同 的动词形式。 If the weather had been nice yesterday, we would have gone for a picnic. 如果昨天天气好的话，我们就去野餐了。 （事实是昨天天气很坏。）

Reading Strategies Making inferences or “reading between the lines” Read the question and identify the important words. Find the relevant part of the text. Find the most important words. Decide if the important words express the same ideas.

3 Use the reading strategies to underline the important words and then decide if the sentences are true or false. 1) Jane was pleased when Jenny started 2) singing. F 2) Tennyson must be a famous poet. T

3) Jane first saw Jenny near “English literature” section. T 4) Jane was upset that she had left her book in the library. T 5) Jane didn’t feel that it was necessary to apologise. F

Scan the passage to get detailed information

Reading Comprehension Ⅲ True or False? 1. Jane got annoyed because Jenny disturbed her. F 2. Jenny didn’t look like a friendly girl at all in the library. F 3. Jane walked to Jenny to tell her not to sing in the library. F 4. Jenny didn’t notice Jane’s glare at all. F 5. Jane and Jenny became good friends because Jenny was very kind. T

Reading Comprehension Ⅳ Answer the questions. 1) What was the last straw for Jane? She heard someone singing behind her. 2) What kind of person do you think Jenny is? Friendly, warm-hearted, forgiving. 3) How did Jenny get Jane’s phone number? She asked a librarian and got it from the library files.

5 QuizⅠ Complete the paragraph below with the correct form of the following words. glance, annoy, recognize, concentrate, disturb, whisper, glare, selfish grateful tw as wh 1)_c_o e n _c_en o_g_ a n_i n __tr

whispered 5) glancing “Shh, ” she 4)_____, ____at him quickly. The noise didn’t stop. Janet glared 6) ______at him angrily. “Please stop it, selfish Simon. You are being very 8) _______, ” she said. But still he didn’t stop. Janet was now very 9)____. annoyed Just then her father called Simon out of the room. grateful her Janet smiled, feeling 10) ____to dad.

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4. Professor Taylor is generally recognized as one of the state’s most respected educators (educate). _____ pianist (piano) Lang 5. Young Chinese _______ Lang has won one of Europe’s most prestigious classical music awards. 6. The only way we could figure out what they were saying was through an interpreter _____ (interpret).

7. It is important that you have the opportunity to learn about how the political system works and what it politician(politics). takes to become a ____ geologists (geology) 8. Sixteen Chinese_____ were rewarded and honored in Beijing for their outstanding performance in research, field work and education.

Quiz Ⅲ Translation. 1. 最近我变得越来越胖。 fatter and fatter recently 2. I wasgetting ______________. 3. 2. 我转身怒视着偷我钱的那个人。 around and glared at 4. turned I _____________the 5. person who was stealing my money. help laughing (忍不住笑了 6. 3. couldn’t I __________ ) 7. when I heard his experience.

4. 她看起来善解人意、友善的事实无济 于事。如果有什么不同的话，那就是 让我更生气。 that she looked like a sensitive, The fact _____________didn’t matter. If anything friendly girl _____, it made me even angrier. hadn’t rained 5. 如果昨天不下雨，我们就早点来了。 have come yesterday, we Ifwould it ________________earlier.

Describe your first impression of one of your friends in about 100 words.