Unit 17 Laughter Period Four Communication WorkshopⅠ.重点单词1.string n. 绳,线2.loaf n. (面包的)一条3.yawn vi. 打哈欠4.component n. 成分,组成部分5.depth n. 深(度),纵深→deep adj. 深的6.scare vt. 使恐惧→scary adj. 令人恐惧的→scared adj. 惊恐的,担惊受怕的7.starve vi. 挨饿,饿死→starvation n. 饥饿;饿死8.tough adj. 艰难的;不幸的;强壮的,强健的→toughly adv. 固执地;强硬地9.accomplish vt. 取得(成功),完成(任务)→accomplishment n. 成就;完成Ⅱ.核心短语1.get_loose 松开;挣脱;摆脱;爆发2.pick_up 拾起;捡起;接某人3.thanks_to 幸亏;由于4.no_wonder 难怪;不足为奇5.in advance 预先,提前6.lack of 缺少7.come up 出现;走上前来;被提出8.devote...to 把……献给Ⅲ.经典句型1.with 复合结构作状语I looked down as much as I could and saw a human creature just six inches high, with_a_bow_and_arrow_in_his_hands.我尽可能地低下头去,看见一个手拿着弓箭的,仅六英寸高的小人儿。2.of+名词结构Immediately, I felt at least forty more of_the_same_kind following the first.很快,跟着第一个,我又感觉到了至少 40 多个同样的(人)。3.(It is/was) no/little wonder “难怪……;……并不出奇”And it_was_no_wonder,_for their doctors, by the Emperor's order, had put a sleeping drug in with the wine.这就不足为奇了,因为他们的医生按皇帝的旨意在酒里放了安眠药。1.th 常用于形容词或动词后表示程度和性质①warm→warmth 温暖;热情②long→length 长度③strong→strength 强度;力量④deep→depth 深度;深处⑤wide→width 宽度2.“v.+to”构成动词短语①lead to 导致②object to 反对;不赞成③stick to 坚持④add to 增加课文预读“Gulliver's Travels” is a famous novel by Irish writer Jonathan Swift. Here we read about Gulliver's arrival in the land of Lilliput in an adapted extract.A We set sail① on May 4th, 1699. (1)At_first our voyage② went well but in November, we were driven by a storm onto a rock. Six of us managed to escape③ the ...