The 2nd   period

Teaching Aims:

Learn some words and expressions

Improve the students ’ reading skills

Difficulty and importance

Reading competition

Teaching Methods:

1.      Group work      

2.      Competition        

3.      Illustration

4.    Deductive Method

Teaching aids

A computer and a projector

Teaching Procedures & ways

StepⅠ

Language study

(1)n.continuous feelings of worry about your work or personal life that prevent you from relaxing_________
精神压力，心理负担，紧张和压力

Your headaches are because of stress.
Jane’s been under a lot of stress since her mother’s illness.
(2)vt.to emphasis a statement ,face,or idea 强调    

                             __________

I can’t stress enough the need for cooperation.

He stressed the importance of a good education.

(3)stressful  adj.

              a  stressful job /situation/    lifestyle

                  繁忙的工作，艰难的处境，紧张的生活方式

stress

n. be under stress

V. +n/that-clause

adj. stressful

It’s amazing that at my age I am still fit enough to cycle 20 kilometers in an afternoon.在我这个年纪，依然很健康，能一下午骑车20公里，这是令人吃惊的。

结构：it is+ adj. +that-clause,真正的主语是that从句，还有：It is a fact 

           (a shame, a pity, no wonder) that

It is said (reported, decided, suggested...)that

It   seems (happened, doesn’t matter, has turned out...)that...

____________needs farther discussion whether

We’ll build a library or not.

A We     B He   C It    D The thing

be due to do sth/be due for sth.期望得到某物

The next train is due   in five minutes

How much money is due  to be paid?

The team’s success was largely due to his efforts

be due to 归因于，表语

由于

because of /owning to

on account of   thanks to

as a result of

Your mother tells me that you have started smoking and that you are finding it difficult to give up.你妈妈告诉我你已经开始吸烟，况且你也发现戒烟很难。

当符合宾语中的宾语是不定式，动名词，宾语从句时，it做形式宾语。

We found ____impossible to arrive there

on time.