Unit 3 Saved by His Mistakes

Unit 3 Saved by His Mistakes

Eric

P1 Listening and speaking Activities 1. Brainstorming 2. Listening 3. Speaking

BrainstormingExpressions

1.Expressions for describing difficult or problematic situations: accident, event, happening, crash (of vehicles, planes etc.), shipwreck (of boats or ships etc.), overturn (of automobiles or ships etc.), sink (of boats, ships), bump (of people / vehicles hitting something) Phrases: be in difficulty / trouble / danger, have difficulty / trouble (in) doing something, have a hard time doing something, be left stranded on / in / at, etc., be landed with (unpleasant tasks, people, etc.), be caught / stuck / jammed in (a traffic jam, etc.), get stuck, be in danger

2. Expressions of fear: afraid, alarmed, anxious, startled, unnerved, frightened, scared, horrified, terrified, astounded, panicky, become hysterical, act frantically / furiously / desperately, live in fear, get a fright, go as white as a sheet, nearly jump out of one's skin, scared stiff

3. Expressions for solving problems: take action, fight against, get to the bottom of things (discover the real cause of the problem), figure / work out what to do, take measures, get / act together, put something right, find a solution, sort things out, clear things up, straighten things out

4. Expressions for rescue work: save, help, rescue, give first aid, bandage, pull out of (a difficult situation, a calamity, etc.), save one's life, come to one's rescue / help, get somebody out of (a difficult situation), pick up somebody (from a dangerous place), be picked up (by helicopter, boat, etc.)

ListeningAn unforgettable experience

1. The aeroplane was circling over the airport and moving unsteadily through the air. In fact, the pilot had fainted and nobody was flying the plane. 2. When they heard the news, many passengers started to panic. The speaker could hear hopeless and horrified screams here and there, and he himself was also scared. 3. After hesitating for a while, the speaker decided that he had to do something. He unfastened his seat belt, got up and followed the hostess into the pilot's cabin. 4. First, he moved the pilot aside and took his seat. He then followed the radio instructions from the airport below. After circling the airport several times to become familiar with the controls, he managed to guide the plane towards the runway and landed safely.

Text Saved by His MistakesSome animals, especially pets, as many people believe, could save their masters from danger. Have you read any such stories?

Main Idea This text is about a boy's adventurous hunting trip in which he was trapped in the deep hollow of a dead tree and was eventually saved with the help of his three dogs. /The irony of the story is that the boy was saved by his mistakes---by the two pups whom he mistook for beagles and had paid a big price of five dollars to buy them.

The third and fourth paragraphs: Jerry fell from a broken limb of a dead beech tree when he tried t

o capture a racoon and plunged down into the deep hollow of the huge tree but was miraculously unhurt. The fifth and sixth paragraphs: Jerry examined his situation inside the tree, tried to find a way out and finally sent the old dog, Shep, to get help from home. The eighth and ninth paragraphs: Jerry's brother came with Shep to help but it was the pups’ barking that guided him to the right tree. Jerry was saved by a rescue party.

Para 1 1 Jerry Cram set out to go coon hunting that gloomy afternoon. set out to do sth.: to begin a job, task, etc with a particular aim or goal (带着某目的)开始做某事

They succeeded in what they set out to do. The accident took place in a gloomy day. What are you so gloomy about? Cheer up!

gloomy: adj. dark or unlighted 阴暗的; ( that makes people feel) sad, depressed 沮丧的

coon: Coon is short for raccoon (浣熊).

2 With him were his old shepherd dog and two beagle hound pups. [grammatical point] "With him..." is an inverted sentence. beagle hound pups: a baby hunting dog (猎野兔等小动物的)猎 犬幼仔 Names for the dog: dog 公狗 bitch 母狗 puppy / pup 小狗 hound 大猎狗 sheepdog 牧羊狗 mongrel 杂种狗 Names of young animals: dog-------puppy / pup cat-------kitten horse-----foal cow-------calf pig---------piglet sheep------lamb bear-------cub 3 roar with laughter: to laugh loudly

He roared with laughter when he heard that joke.

Para 2 1 admit: v. to recognize or acknowledge sth. as true, often reluctantly 承认，供认，招认(常为不情愿地) [idiom] admit to sth/doing sth 承认，供认，坦白某事物

George would never admit to being wrong. It is now generally admitted to having been a mistake.

cf. acknowledge concede confess acknowledge: v. to accept the truth of (sth.) ; to admit (sth.) 承认 concede: v. to admit that sth. is true, valid, proper承认；给予 confess: v. to say or admit, often formally, (that one has done wrong, committed a crime, etc) 承认；招供；坦白

The prisoner has admitted his guilt. They refused to acknowledge that they were defeated. I was forced to concede that she might be right. She finally confessed to having stolen the money.

2 ...till at last he ran out of shells. [paraphrase] till at last he used up all his bullets. to run out of sth.: to have no more of sth. left 用尽；to flow out from some place从某处流出

The hospital has run out of medical supplies. But the water ran out of the hole at the bottom. ( Itmeans the water flowed out from the hole.)

3 Then, toward evening, he spotted a racoon … spot: v. to find, discover

She spotted her friend in the crowd. He was spotted by police boarding a plane for Paris. That warehouse was gutted by the fire.

4 gut: v. to destroy the inside or contents of

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