高职高专实用英语教程教案Unit 6

F 4. In fact, the English custom of afternoon tea, it is said, goes back to the early eighteenth century.

T 5. Today Englishmen drink more tea than any other nation.

F 6. Tea only grows in warm countries. The British first heard of tea in 1598.

F 7. In Britain tea is very expensive.

F 8. Life is far from cheerful for many of those who produce tea in other parts of the world.

3) Explain some key words and language points in Text B.

customary: usual, traditional adj. 习惯的；通常的

e.g. In my village, it is customary for a girl to take her mother’s name.

go back to 返回到，追溯到

e.g. It’s a tradition that goes back at least 100 years.

suffer from: v. to experience physical or mental pain

e.g. Our town suffered from floods last year.

e.g. She suffers from headaches.

e.g. All over the world many people still suffer from hunger .

bring back拿回来；使…恢复；使…回忆起来

e.g. This win will bring back our long lost confidence.

e.g. Warm home may bring back our sense of safety

bring back to memory / bring back to one’s mind

average n. 平均数，平均；一般水平，中等水平

e.g. The boy’s work at school is above (the) average.

e.g. The average age of the boys in this class is fifteen.

be well (quite) up to the average 完全达到一般水平

below the average 在一般水平(或平均数)以下

on (the) average 按平均值，平均来说，平均起来，

一般说来；通常[亦作on an average]

in times of 处于…时刻，正当…时

in times of trouble

患难时期，困难时期

in times of war / crisis / prosperity / peace / danger

deal in: to buy and sell particular goods as a business

e.g. We deal in hardware but not software.

e.g. I’ve dealt in motorcars for twenty years.

poverty n. the condition of being extremely poor

e.g. The novel shows a surprising poverty of imagination.

e.g. The real poverty is ignorance, not want of money.

poverty gap / level / line

be equal to 相等的，相同的, 胜任

e.g. The task took quick thinking, but John was equal to it.

e.g. Helen is quite equal to Jack in brains.

before long : soon

long before: long ago

e.g. Long before, there was a big museum.