重庆大学版高一(3)Unit4Whatcharacteristicscarrots,eggsandcoffeehaverespectivelyandinwhatwaytheycanberelated.Whatapassageentitled“Carrots,EggsandCoffee”willbeabout.2.Guessthemeaningofeachofthefollowingwordsandphrases.Youmayuseadictionary.fish…outladle…outreactfragileboilingwaterFastreading:Whydidtheyoungwoman’smotheraskhertothekitchen?Tomakeherunderstandhowsheshouldrespondtolife.Readthepassagecarefullyandcompletethetablewiththemissinginformation.Theyoungwoman’strouble___________________________________________________________________________________________Thingsarehardforherandshedidnoknowhowshewasgoingtomakeitandwantedtogiveup.Hermother’sreaction__________________________________Hermother’sexplanation____________________________________________________________________Thelessonofthestory___________________________________________________________Shetookhertothekitchen.Theobjectsfacedthesametest-boilingwater-buteachreacteddifferently.Changeyourselfandthesituationwhenyoufacetroubles.2.Readthetextagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.1)Whydidtheyoungwomangotohermother?Becauseshehadsomedifficultiesinherlifeandshedidnotknowhowtodealwiththem.2)Inwhatwaydidtheyoungwomantryhardtomakeabetterlife?3)Howdidthemotherhelpherdaughtertolearnthelesson?Andwhatdoyouthinkoftheway?Shewasfightingandstruggling.Hermothertookhertothekitchen.4)Howwouldyouanswerthequestionsandaskedbythemotherattheveryendofthestory?Iwantedtobecoffee.5)Whatdoyouthinkcarrot,egg,andcoffeerespectivelysymbolizeinthetext?Thecarrotsymbolizespeoplewhogiveupthemselvesiftheyfacetroubles.Theeggsymbolizespeoplewhochangeoneselftosolvetheproblemiftheyfacetroubles.Thecoffeesymbolizespeoplewhochangeoneselfandevenchangethesituationiftheyfacetroubles.3.Retellthestoryinyourownwordswiththehelpofthefollowingphrases.fill…withturnoffgiveupbetiredoffishoutpulloutladleoutpulloff4.Findawordoranexpressionfromthetexttomatcheachofthefollowingexplanations.1)easilydamagedorbroken________________2)toseeandnotice(sb./sth.);towatchcarefully________________3)pleasantorsweetsmell;scentorperfume________________fragileobservefragrance4)toabandonanattempttodosth.________________5)overusedforcooking________________6)plantwithalongpointedorangeroot________________giveupstovecarrot7)toflowesp.downwards,inacontinuousstream_________8)tonotice;toobserve_________pournote5.Interviewsomeofyourclassmatestofindoutwhattheyarelike:acarrot,aneggorcoffee.Thencompletethefollowingtableandreportyourfindingstotheclass.Followingquestionscanhelpyou:Whatkindofpersonsdoyouthinkyouare?Canyougivesomeexamplestoprovethat?Whenyoumeetwithdifficultiesinyourlife,whatwillyoudowiththem?MostIlikethenumberofthereasonsclassmatestheygiveCarrotEggCoffeeYourreportmaybeginlikethis:Yesterday,Imadeasurveyinmyclassto_____________.Iinterview________classmatesaltogether._______percentofthemthink____________because________________________.______percentofthethink___________________________________because_____________________________________.Languagepointsinthepassage:1.Shedidnotknowhowshewasgoingtomakeitandwantedtogiveup.她不知道该如何应付，打算放弃。makeit应付，成功Youcan’tmakeittotheothershoreinthisweather.这样的天气你是无法成功到达那边的海岸的。2.Shewastiredoffightingandstruggling.她厌倦了打拼和奋斗。fight,war,battle,struggle的区别fight战役，战斗，打仗指人与人，动物与动物，人与自然、疾病、...
