worsen, should infection occur.

Concerning my workload: As Wednesday is not as busy as the other weekdays, I think a one day leave this Wednesday may be the best solution. I apologize for the inconvenience my absence from work may cause. 4) Express your wish for approval at the end of the letter/note: I’m looking forward to your kind answer.

2. Ask students to finish the task of book

Write a request for leave based on the information given below in Chinese. 假设你叫王英，因患重感冒而给你的上司史密斯先生写一张请假条。注意你需在请假条中说明请假的理由。

iv workbook ( 1 period) (略) III. Task: write an article

University is an important period in one’s life, write an article about your goal during in your university, and how will you to achieve your goals.

Unit 4

Ⅰ. Objectives

After studying this unit, the students are expected to be able to

1. master the basic language and skills necessary to express curiosity;

2. Understand the main ideas of Text A, and master the useful sentence structures and words and expressions found in the exercises relevant to the first two texts;

3. Know how to use the structure of V + V-ing or + infinitive (3); 4. Know how to take a telephone message; 5. Understand paragraph development II. Procedure:

i listening and speaking (2 periods):

1. Warm up (let the students know what we are going to learn) Useful expressions: --I want to know…

--what happened to you now? --I’m most curious about… --I wonder…

The Language for Expressing Curiosity Expressing Curiosity

1. Exercise 1(listen to the tape 2 times, then check the answer, listen to it again) 3. Exercise 3

4. Homework: let the students make a new dialogue according to the topic we learned in this unit. 5. Exercises 5, 6, 8 ii Text A (4 periods):

1. Background Information

This is the fourth unit of Book Two and is about our friends in nature — animals. In the Listening and Speaking section, you will learn how to express curiosity. In the Reading and Writing section, Text A argues for the good qualities of animals over humans.

Animal Rights Movement & Animal Rights Activists

The Animal Rights Movement is a term that refers to organized efforts opposing the use of animals for research, food, and clothing. People who defend animal rights, called animal rights activists, point out that animals feel pain and have reasoning ability. They say that animals deserve greater moral consideration than human beings generally give them.

Some animal rights activists work to outlaw laboratory experiments on animals. Others teach that human beings do not need to eat animals for survival. Many activists protest the use of fur coats or leather products. They also oppose hunting and spectator sports in which animals may be treated inhumanely, such as bullfighting and dog racing. (From the 1998 World Book Encyclopedia) 2. main points and difficulties

Honesty, pretend, fake, have no use for, counterproductive, dwell on

“Why do you suppose you like animals so much?” was the question put to me on Christmas Eve. I knew my family was expecting me to say something like, “I like animals because they’re clever and fun to play with.” 2. But instead I said, “I like animals because they’re honest.”

Christmas : n. annual celebration by Christians of the birth of Christ (on 25 December) 圣诞节 Language points

1. “About what?” one of my brothers asked — as if honesty were merely about telling the truth, and everyone knows animals can’t talk!

“在哪方面呢？”我的一个兄弟问道——似乎诚实仅仅表现在说实话，而众所周知动物是不会说话的！

“About what?” 是承接前面作者所说的 because they are honest 而问的，意思是：What are animals honest about?

2. honesty /???????/: n. quality of being honest 诚实Honesty is the best policy.

3. merely ad. only; simply 仅仅；只；不过 John and Mary are merely friends, not lovers.

4.It’s not merely a matter of cost, but whether she’s old enough to be on holiday alone.

5. truth /?????/: n. quality or state of being true; thing that is true; fact, belief, etc. that is accepted as true 真实性；真相，实情；事实；真理 Sooner or later the truth will come out. God’s truth 天经地义的事 a scientific truth 科学事实

6. hearty /??????/: a. showing warm and friendly feelings; enthusiastic; loud and (too) cheerful 热诚的，热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵声的 We were met with a hearty welcome.

Let’s give a hearty cheer to the winner.

7. pretend /????????/: v. make oneself appear to be (doing) sth. in order to deceive others or in play 假装；佯装；佯作 e.g．She pretended to be reading when I passed her.

He pretended he didn’t hear me. He pretended not to see/hear me.

8. fake vt. make (sth. false) so that it seems genuine; pretend (sth.) 伪造；假装

I faked interest in the boring lecture. The baby hasn’t learned to fake a smile.

9. add v. find a sum by doing arithmetic; combine (numbers) into a sum; continue to say (sth.) 做加法；把…加起来；接着说 e.g. 10 + 4 = 14: Ten added to / plus four equals fourteen.

“The party begins at 8:00 pm.” Then she added, “You can come earlier if you like.”

10. abuse /???????/: vt. make bad or wrong use of (sth.); treat (sb.) badly 滥用，妄用；虐待

e.g. If you abuse your power, you get it taken away.

The center provides service to abused women and children.

11. pollute /???????/: vt. make dirty or impure, esp. by adding harmful or unpleasant substances 污染，弄脏 e.g.

polluted environment/waters/ocean The river has been heavily polluted.

12. breathe /?????/: v. take air into the lungs and send it out again 呼吸 e.g.

Breathe deeply.

The hikers breathed the fresh mountain air.

13. have no use for: have no purpose for which sth. can be used 不需要，用不着 e.g.

I have received a lot of gifts but had no use for most of them. They kicked him out when they had no use for him anymore.

13. dwell on: think, speak or write at length about 老是想着；详述 e.g.

Ann was sad at her failure but too much was happening for her to dwell on it. The teacher dwelled on the importance of honesty.