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Top Art School. What can I do for you?
Hello. I’d like to study painting. Could you please tell me what courses you offer?
Our subjects cover almost every painting style, such as oil painting, watercolor painting, traditional Chinese painting, and so on.
I’m more interested in oil painting. Do you mind telling me more about it?
The course is given twice a week for two months and the tuition fees are 1,600 yuan. OK. Could you be more specific about what I will learn from the course?
It includes a brief introduction to oil painting and its basic techniques. You will learn to appreciate the paintings of some great masters such as Da Vinci, Raphael, and so on. And then you will finish your own work under the teacher’s guidance.
It includes a brief introduction to oil painting and its basic techniques. You will learn to appreciate the paintings of some great masters such as Da Vinci, Raphael, and so on. And then you will finish your own work under the teacher’s guidance.
Are you saying that after the course, I could paint myself? If you can keep up with the course, that is definite. Good. I’ll think it over and call you later. Thanks a lot.
3. Role-play a conversation in pairs according to one of the following situations. You may refer to the Functional Language. Functional Language Step 3. Passage
1. Listen to a passage and match the expressions about cats in Column A with what they really mean in Column B.
2. Listen again and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Scripts
Good morning class! Today I’d like to introduce some English expressions about animals. Cats are one of the most popular pets among Americans; so it’s not surprising that there are many expressions about cats in American English.
If someone looks very proud and satisfied with himself, we might say, ―He looks like the cat that ate the canary.‖
If you reveal a secret or a surprise by accident, we can say, ―You let the cat out of the bag.‖ If you couldn’t speak or answer a question, someone might ask, ―Has the cat got your tongue?‖
And for the way you behave in class when the teacher leaves, we sometimes say,
―When the cat’s away, the mice will play,‖ meaning to do what they want and have fun when there is no supervision.
You may have also heard the expression, ―Curiosity killed the cat.‖ This is to warn someone not to ask too many questions, as it might get them into trouble. Oral work
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Make some sentences or describe a situation by using one or more expressions about cats you have heard. Part Two Reading
Passage A Dog talk: Every dog has its day
Step 1. Lead-in
1. Video appreciation 2. Extended reading
小狗包弟（节选）——巴金 Bird
(1) Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕；一举两得
（2）Birds of a feather flock （群集）together. 物以类聚，人以群分
（3）Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，马要鞍。 cat
(1) A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命；吉人天相 (2) Cats hide their claws. 知人知面不知心
(3) A gloved cat catches no mice.
戴手套的猫，老鼠抓不到。(不愿吃苦的人成不了大事业。 （4）The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 猫偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。(掩耳盗铃) chicken
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. 鸡蛋未孵出，先别数小鸡(不要过早乐观) crow乌鸦
A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，本性难移。 dog
Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌. Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。 Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非。
Every dog is a lion at home. 狗是百步王，只在门前凶。
He is a lucky dog. 他是个幸运儿 lead a dog's life 过穷困潦倒的日子 frog
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，不知大海。 fish
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Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧 Go to the sea, if you would fish well. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子 horse
Don’t ride the high horse. 勿摆架子
Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. 失马之后锁马厩。(亡羊补牢)
3. Pre-reading questions
1. Discuss with your partner what characteristics the animals in the pictures
below generally represent.
2. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Step 2. Text study
1. Text reading
2. Organization of the text
Structure
Part I (Para. 1) Introduction: Americans have many expressions using the word ―dog.‖
Part II (Para. 2-7) The author’s exemplification: Some ―dog‖ expressions and their profound cultural connotations.
Part III (Para. 8) Conclusion: Dog expressions abound in all cultures reflecting all aspects of our humanity…
3. Language points
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They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside, and give them good food and medical care. 他们带狗去散步，让它们在户外玩耍，给它们上乘的食物和医疗。 三个动词take，let，give 在句中作谓语，构成平行结构。 take sb. / a dog for walks: 带某人去散步/ 去遛狗 他会带海伦娜去公园散步。 He’d take Helena for walks in park.
2.This means that when many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs, they are quick to forget their basic humanity.
这句话的意思是，许多人在为同样的东西——比如好的工作——竞争时，他们很快就忘了自己的本性。
compete for sth.: 为某物而竞争
在圣诞季节，商店不得不为争夺顾客而竞争。
The stores have to compete for customers in the Christmas season. 3.And if we fall ill or become miserable, we might become ―sick as a dog.‖ 如果生病了或状况很糟糕，我们可能会―sick as a dog（病得很严重）”。
fall ill 和become miserable 一样，是“系动词+ 表语”构成系表结构，在从句中作谓语。常见的系动词有be，become，fall，feel，seem，sound，turn 等。 e.g. feel good, seem beautiful, sound great, turn red 如果我在旅游时生病了怎么办？
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What if I fall ill while I'm away on holiday?
4.They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.
他们认为年长的人不喜欢学习新东西，不愿改变他们做事的方式。
the way they do things 表示他们做事情的方式，they do things 是定语从句，修饰限定 the way。
我不喜欢他打量我的样子。 I did not like the way he eyed me.
5.Mean dogs are often used to guard this property. 吝啬的狗总是守着它们的地盘。 be used to do sth.:被用来做某事 这把刀是用来切苹果的。 This knife is used to cut apples.
guard: v. to watch over in order to control entry 警卫；把守 门由警卫把守着。
The gates were guarded by these soldiers.
6.For example, a woman might get angry at her husband for coming home late or forgetting their wedding anniversary.
比如，妻子可能会由于丈夫回家晚了或者忘记了结婚周年纪念日而生气。 get angry at / with sb.: 生某人的气 我们有时会生家人的气。
We sometimes get angry at family members.
7.However, the husband may decide that it is best to leave things alone and not create more problems.
然而，丈夫可能会决定按兵不动，免得制造更多麻烦。 create: v. to cause sth. to happen as a result of sth. 引起；引发 离婚会引发孩童的很多问题。 Divorce may create problems for children.
8.Dog expressions abound in all cultures reflecting all aspects of our humanity, for good or ill, suggesting our close relationship with a creature also called ―man’s best friend.‖
在所有文化中都有许多与狗有关的表达，这些表达反映了人性或好或坏的方方面面，也表明了我们和被称为“人类最好的朋友”的动物之间的亲密关系。
reflecting all aspects of our humanity, for good or ill 和suggesting our close relationship with a creature also called ―man’s best friend‖ 都是现在分词短语作伴随状语。 for good or ill: 不论好歹
suggest: v. to make sb. think that a particular thing is true; to indicate 表明；显示 越来越多的人出国旅游表明了他们的日子比以前过得好了。
More and more people are traveling abroad, which suggests that they live a better life than before. 9.care for
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