Lesson 73

The record- holder

You know there are a lot of interesting Guinness

Records , but today we’ll see a more interesting

record and we will meet the young record holder

who played truant from school. He hitchhiked a

long distance to the French-Spanish border. Now

let’s watch the flash .

record-record-holderholder

truanttruant

unimaginative

shame

shame

hitchhikehitchhike

meantime

lorrylorry

border

evadeevade

record-holder n.记录保持者

truant n.逃学的孩子

unimaginative adj.缺乏想象力的

shame n.惭愧，羞耻

hitchhike v.搭便车旅行

meantime n.其间

lorry n.卡车

border n.边界

evade v.逃避，逃离

New words

Q1:How far did the boy travel while playing

truant?

Q2:Where did he go first and how did he get

there?

Q3:Where was he woken up the next morning?

Q4:How did he get back to England in the end?

Children who play truant from school are unimaginative.

A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually

as far as they get.

主语 定语 表语

主语

表语

1. play truant from school =play truant 逃学

2. as far as they get 顶多到这种程度而已

Article focuses

They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles.

定语从句

=while he was playing truant

3. put sb. to shame 使某人感到羞愧，使……黯然失色

Article focuses

When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais. 插入语

4. in the meantime 在此期间

Article focuses

The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border.

定语从句 方式状语从句( took him )

Article focuses

He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of evading school.

5. thousands of 数以千计的 hundreds of 数以百计的 millions of 数以百万计的

Article focuses

一、根据句意和汉语提示用适当形式填空 1. He holds the world _______ for 110 metre hurdles.( 记录 ) 2. You buy the fruits, in the ________ I’ll cook breakfast.( 其间 ) 3. You ought to be put to ________ by your bad behavior.( 惭愧 ) 4. He is an ____________writer.( 缺乏想象力的 ) 5. He was trying to ______ the issue( 问题 ). （逃避） 6.To cross the ______ , you will need a passport. （边 界）

record

meantime

shame

unimaginativeevade

border

Exercise

二、用括号中词组连接句子 1. He gave me a fright .I knocked the teapot over. (such …that) _______________________________________________ 2. He hasn’t much money .He hasn’t a big house. He has lots of friends .(Although …/neither…nor) ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 3. The weather was too cold . Water outside the room turned into ice quickly. (so …that) _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 4. We realized that we had missed the last bus ,we decided to take a taxi home. (Realizing…) _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 5. He went to bed . Before that he had a cup of tea .(Before doing) _________________________________

He gave me such a fright that I knocked the teapot over.

Although he has neither much money nor a big house , he has a lot of friends.

The weather is so cold that water outside the room turned into ice quickly.

Realizing having missed the last bus ,we decided to take a taxi home.

Before going to bed ,he had a cup of tea.

Exercise

三、单项选择 1. Middle school students who _____from school will be punished. A. is absent B. make truant C. take truant D. play truant 2. He is an_______ person who does everything by book. A. imagination B. imaginary C. unimaginative D. image 3. The elegant ( 优雅 )way she was dressed _____the rest of us to shame. A. put B. got C. set D. took 4. She wasn’t noticed by _____as she crept off the boat. A. no one B. none C. anyone D. not one 5.I always take something to read when I go to the doctor’s_____ I have to wait. A. in case B. so that C. in order D. as if

D

C

A

C

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Exercise

The ____________Children who play _______ from school are ______________. A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. They have all been put to _______ by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles. He ___________ to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the _________, travelled to Calais. No one noticed the boy as he crept off. From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a _______. The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city. The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish _______. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of _______ school.

Record-holdertruant unimaginative

shamehitchhiked

meantime

lorry

border

evading

Fill in the blanks 1

The record- holderChildren who _______ truant from school are unimaginative. A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema _______ the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they _______. They have all been _______ to shame by a boy who, while _______ truant, _______ 1,600 miles. He ____________ to Dover and, towards evening, _______ into a boat to _______ somewhere to _______. When he _______ up next morning, he ________ that the boat had, in the meantime, _______ to Calais. No one _______ the boy as he _______ off. From there, he _________to Paris in a lorry. The driver _______ him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and _______ him just outside the city. The next car the boy _______ did not _______ him into the centre of Paris as he _______ it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border. There he was _______up by a policeman and _______ back to England by the local authorities. He has surely _______ up a record for the thousands of children who _______ of _______ school.

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getput Play ing travelled

hitchhikedwent find sleepwoke discovere

dtravelled noticedcrept hitchhiked

gave leftstopped

take hopedpicked

sentset

dream evading

Fill in the blanks 2

The record- holderChildren who play truant _______ school are unimaginative. A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours _______ a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get. They have all been put _______ shame _______ a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles. He hitchhiked _______ Dover and, _______ evening, went _______ a boat _______ find somewhere _______ sleep. When he woke _______ next morning, he discovered that the boat had, _______ the meantime, travelled _______ Calais. No one noticed the boy as he crept _______. _______ there, he hitchhiked _______ Paris _______ a lorry. The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just _______the city. The next car the boy stopped did not take him _______ the centre _______ Paris as he hoped it would, but _______ Perpignan _______ the French-Spanish border. There he was picked _______ _______ a policeman and sent _______ _______ England _______ the local authorities. He has surely set _______ a record _______ the thousands _______ children who dream _______ evading school.

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to towards intoto to u

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up byback to by

up forof of

Fill in the blanks 3

一天一刻钟 学习很轻松周一：利用课本，读本课课文 5 遍和上一课课文 2 遍；

做本课学习助手“英汉互译三营”一遍，课文默写检测；

周二：利用学习助手“应考对接四营”，做本课前三题，自我检测，应对考试；

周三：利用学习助手“应考对接四营”，做本课后面几题，自我检测，应对考试；

周四：利用学习助手“快速记忆一营” 跟读新课文 5 遍；

利用学习助手 “参考导读二营”，加深理解，预知新课重点难点；

周五：利用学习助手“英汉互译三营”，检测新课学习效果，英汉互译提前练，做到充

分预习。