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Reading fiction: A kind of literature about imaginary people and events. 虚构的故事，小说 non-fiction: A kind of literature about real people and events. 非小说类纪实文学

Are they fiction or non-fiction? 剧院魅影 C B A D E F

Skimming Einstein and Hans √ √ Who are the two geniuses mentioned in the title? 2. What kind of story do you think it will be? Choose two. crime B. frightening C. space travel D. sad E. fiction F. sport G. funny H. non-fiction Einstein and Hans √ √

Scanning 1. the universe 2. curiosity 3. invitation 4. the lecture 5. professors and students 6. the audience 7. a professor 8. Einstein 9. Einstein

New words and expressions as regard… ____ 把……视为 天才 workings 宇宙 nuclear 好奇心 sense of humour genius 运作方式 universe 原子核的 curiosity 幽默感

New words and expressions 名声；名誉 理论 distant let sb. down applause 复杂的 导致 reputation theory 遥远的 使某人失望 鼓掌 complex lead to

Language points 1．genius n. a person who is very intelligent 天才 Tests showed that the child was a genius. 测试表明，这个孩子是个天才。 Einstein was a genius. 爱因斯坦是一个天才。

He’s a genius at mathematics. 他是个数学天才。 2．attempt n. an act of trying to do something 尝试；试图；攻击 make an attempt to do sth. 试图做某事 We made an attempt to climb the highest mountain in that area, but failed. Their attempt to climb the mountain was successful. 他们攀登这座山的尝试成功了。 He’s a genius at mathematics.

He made an attempt on the world record. 他试图打破世界记录。 make an attempt on sth. 试图做某事 He made an attempt on the world record. 他试图打破世界记录。 v. 试图；尝试 attempt to do / doing sth. 她试图说服父亲戒烟。

She attempted to persuade her father to give up smoking. 他们试图在七月前完成这项任务。 They attempted to finish the task before July. 她试图逃跑。 She attempted escaping.

3．gift n. a talent or natural ability 天赋 have a gift for sth. / doing sth. 有……的天赋 She has a gift for dancing. 她有舞蹈天赋。 有些人似乎有演奏乐器的天赋。 Some people seem to have a gift for playing musical instruments.

gift n. 礼物 gifted adj. 有才华的；杰出的 be gifted at doing sth. 有做某事的天赋 My brother is gifted at repairing things. Shelly 在交友上有天赋。 Shelly is gifted at making friends.

4．curiosity n. a strong desire to find out about something 好奇心；求知欲 Curiosity is part of human nature. 好奇是人类天性的一部分。 There was (an) intense curiosity about their wedding plans. 许多人十分好奇地想知道他们婚礼的计划。

儿童对一切都显示出好奇心。 Children show curiosity about everything. Curious adj.好奇的 Children are curious about everything. 他是个好奇的孩子，老是问这问那。 He is a curious boy who is always asking questions.

5．reputation n. the opinion that many people have about somebody or something based upon past actions 名声；名誉 The shop enjoys an excellent reputation. 这家商店名声很好。 a man of good/bad reputation 名誉很好/不好的人

他的懒惰是有名的。 He has a reputation of being lazy. live up to one’s reputation不负盛名

6. regard… as to think about (somebody or something) in a certain way 把……视为 He is generally regarded as one of the best basketball players in the NBA. 人们普遍认为他是NBA最优秀的球员之一。

相关词组还有：think of…as…，look on/upon…as…, treat…as…, consider…(as)…，等等。 We look on/ upon our teachers as our friends. 我们把老师当作朋友。 His mother no longer treated him as a child. 他妈妈不再把他当小孩子对待了。

His sense of humour makes him popular with the students. 幽默感让他很受学生欢迎。 你不能把他看做朋友，他只是个生意伙伴。 7．sense of humour the ability to find things funny or make people laugh 幽默感 His sense of humour makes him popular with the students. 幽默感让他很受学生欢迎。 The English have sense of humour. 英国人很有幽默感。 You cannot regard him as a friend but a business associate.

a sense of danger a sense of responsibility / duty a sense of honour a sense of time 使我们印象最深刻的就是那个著名学者很有幽默感。 What impressed us most was that the famous scholar had a sense of humour.

相关词组： in a sense 在某种意义上；在某一方面 make sense 有意义；有道理 He is right in a sense. This sentence doesn’t make sense. 8. let… down to disappoint (somebody) 使……失望 The basketball team let everyone in the school down when they played poorly in the championship game.

篮球队在锦标赛中的糟糕表现让学校里的每个人都很失望。 他没有通过驾驶员考试确实使他的教练很失望。 His failure to pass the driving test really let his instructor down. let sb. in 让某人进来 let sb. off 放过某人

The police let him off, but warned him not to do that again. 警察没有处罚他，但警告他不准再犯。 9. I wish I didn’t have to give my lecture tonight.我真希望今晚不用作讲座。

wish 后面可跟带有虚拟语气的宾语从句，表示一种与事实相反的愿望。主要有三种情况： 与现在事实相反： wish + (that) + S + V (一般过去时） 她真希望现在妈妈在这儿。 She wishes her mother were here. 我要有一架飞机就好了。 I wish I had a plane.

2. 与过去事实相反： wish + ( that ) + S + had + 过去分词 真希望我没有把那次事故告诉她。 I wish I hadn’t told him about the accident. 我上学期用功点就好了。 I wish I had worked hard last term.

3. 与将来的事实可能相反： wish + ( that ) + S + would + V ( 原型） 希望明天会下大雪。 I wish it would snow heavily tomorrow. 你是我的老师就好了。 I wish you were my teacher. 真希望我昨天没有去那里。 I wish I hadn’t been there yesterday.

我毕业后能去那里工作多好。 I wish I could work there after I graduate from my school.

10. lead to to have as a result 导致 His carelessness led to his failure to enter the semi-final. 他的粗心导致他未能进入半决赛。 相关词组： result in His carelessness resulted in his failure to enter the semi-final.

11．guide v. to show somebody to a particular place 指引；带领 I guided him to the headmaster’s office. 我把他领到校长办公室。 If you haven’t a compass, use the stars to guide you. 倘若没有指南针，可利用星辰引路。 guidance n. 指引

12．offer v. to say that you are willing to do something 主动提出 He offered to help Mary when she had a problem. （offer to do） 当玛丽有困难时，他主动提出帮助她。 offer后可接双宾语，offer sb. sth =offer sth to sb. 提供某人某物 The young man offered the old man his own seat on the bus.

那个年轻人在公共汽车上将自己的座位让给了那个老人。 offer to do sth. He offered to lend me his bike. offer n. 提议；建议 You ought to accept the offer. 你应该接受这个提议。

They offered us each three cups of barley wine. 他们敬了我们每人三杯青稞酒。 他提出开车送我们到火车站，但我们宁愿走着去。 They offered us each three cups of barley wine. He offered to drive us to the station, but we preferred to walk there.

13. It’s a pleasure to drive a genius like you, Dr Einstein. 爱因斯坦博士，能为你这样的天才开车是我的荣幸。 句中it是形式主语，to drive a genius like you是真正的主语。 It is an honour to be invited to your party. 我很荣幸获邀参加此次聚会。

It is my responsibility to look after the safety of the community. 保卫这个社区的安全是我的责任。

14．They left the university, with Einstein driving. 他们离开了大学，由爱因斯坦开车。 with Einstein driving是with的复合结构作状语，表示伴随状态。Einstein与drive为主谓关系，所以drive用现在分词形式。 With so many fans buying his CD every day, this pop star has earned millions of dollars for his record company. 每天有这么多歌迷买他的激光唱片，这个流行歌星已经为他所在的唱片公司赚了几百万美元了。

15. be in trouble 有麻烦；在困境中 Work hard, or you all will be in trouble at the end of this term. 相关词组： get into trouble 惹上麻烦；陷入困境 take the trouble to do sth. 不辞辛劳地做某事 look for trouble 自找麻烦