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Unit 1
What's the matter
Accidents or problems can sometimes happen when we do sports. What accidents or problems can happen
soccer
mountain climbing
swimming
fall down
get hit by a ball
get sunburned
cut ourselves
hurt our back or arm
break our legs…
fall down
have problems breathing
get sunburned
cut ourselves
hurt our back or arm
break our legs…
have problems breathing
get sunburned
hurt our back or arm
get drowned…
Write the letter of each sport next to each accident or problem that can happen.
A = soccer
B = mountain climbing
C = swimming
_____ fall down
_____ have problems breathing
_____ get hit by a ball
_____ get sunburned
_____ cut ourselves
_____ hurt our back or arm
BC
ABC
AB
A
ABC
AB
Do you like climbing mountains
What do you think of mountain climbing
What do you think of mountain climbing
relaxing
interesting
spirit
dangerous situation
take risks
lose your life
Pre-reading
The passage is mainly about …
climbing mountains and having fun
a climber’s unusual story
Skimming
Read the passage and find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
An introduction of Aron Ralston
The reflection(反思) of Aron’s story
A serious mountain climbing accident
The thing Aron did after the accident
Carful reading
Read paragraph 1 and complete the information card.
Para 1. Aron’s personal information
Name:___________
Nationality:________
Interest:_________________
Experience: He is used to __________.
There were many times when he almost
___________ because of __________.
Aron Ralston
American
mountain climbing
taking risks
accidents
lost his life
Read paragraph 2 and fill in the chart.
Para 2. Aron’s accident
When
Where
What situation 1: He couldn’t ______ his arm.
decision 1: He stayed there for ______ and hoped _______________________.
situation 2: __________________.
decision 2: He would do something to save his own life.
How First, he used his knife to ______________________. Then, he ________ himself with his left arm. After that, he ________________________ to find help.
On April 26th, 2003
In Utah
free
5 days
someone would find him
His water ran out
cut off half his right arm
bandaged
climbed down the mountain
Carful reading
Read paragraph 3 and answer the questions.
Para 3. Aron’s experience
1.What did he do after losing his arm
2.What does Aron want to tell
3. What does “between a rock and a hard place” mean
He wrote a book called Between a Rock
and a Hard Place.
He wants to tell of the importance of making good decisions and being in control of one's life.
This means being in a difficult situation that you can’t seem to get out of.
Carful reading
a rock
a hard place
Read the statements and circle True, False or Don’t Know.
1. Aron almost lost his life three times because of climbing accidents. TRUE FALSE DON’T KNOW
2. Aron had a serious accident in April 2003. TRUE FALSE DON’T KNOW
There are many times when Aron almost lost his life …
Carful reading
3. Aron ran out of water after three days. TURE FALSE DON’T KNOW
4. Aron wrote his book before his serious accident. TRUE FALSE DON’T KNOW
5. Aron still goes mountain climbing. TRUE FALSE DON’T KNOW
after
five
Carful reading
Put the sentences in the correct order. Then use them to tell Aron’s story to your partner. Try to add other details from the reading.
On April 26, 2003, he had a serious mountain climbing accident.
Aron loves mountain climbing and doesn’t mind taking risks.
Aron did not give up after the accident and keeps on climbing mountains today.
He wrote a book about his experience.
Aron lost half his right arm from the 2003 accident.
Carful reading
Pay attention to words which suggest a sequence of events.
Put the sentences in the correct order. Then use them to tell Aron’s story to your partner. Try to add other details from the reading.
On April 26, 2003, he had a serious mountain climbing accident.
Aron loves mountain climbing and doesn’t mind taking risks.
Aron did not give up after the accident and keeps on climbing mountains today.
He wrote a book about his experience.
Aron lost half his right arm from the 2003 accident.
1
2
3
4
5
Carful reading
Read paragraph 4 and answer the questions.
Para 4. Aron’s spirit
What is the question
Do we have the same spirit as Aron
What is Aron’s spirit
Carful reading
Post-reading
Discuss and think: What is Aron’s spirit
I think Aron … because he …..
make good decisions
be in control of one’s life
be brave
never give up
be positive
Everyone is a mountain climber.
We will face some difficulties while climbing. However, if we make efforts and challenge them, we’ll reach the top one day.
Remember
Take control of your life and keep positive to face your life.
Language points
习惯于……
冒险
发现自己处于非常危险的境地中
被一块360公斤的岩石压住
(岩石)落向他
用尽，耗尽
bandage yourself
自我包扎
失血过多
离开；从……出来
继续去登山
Language points
1. have problems breathing 呼吸困难
breath n. 吸气量，一口气
take a deep breath 做深呼吸
hold one’s breath 屏住呼吸
e.g. The doctor asked May to take a deep breath.
医生让May深呼吸。
Let’s hold our breath and see what will happen.
让我们屏住呼吸，看看会发生什么。
breathe v. 呼吸
e.g. Relax and breathe deeply. 放松，深呼吸。
Language points
2. As a mountain climber, Aron is used to taking risks.
作为一位登山者，Aron已习惯了冒险。
be used to 习惯于……，to是介词，后接名词或doing。
e.g. He is used to falling asleep (入睡) with such noises around him.
他已经习惯在这样的嘈杂声中入睡了。
【拓展】　
used to do sth.过去常常做某事(现在不做了), 过去曾经做某事, 只用于过去时态。
e.g. I used to spend a lot of time playing games with my friends.
我过去花许多时间与朋友们一起玩游戏。
Language points
n. 风险
冒险
risk
take a risk/risks 冒险
take the risk of 冒着……的风险
at the risk of 冒着……的危险
risk one’s life 冒着生命危险
risk doing sth. 冒险做某事
v. 冒险
e.g. There is no much risk of your catching cold if you keep
warm. 如果你保暖，你感冒的风险就不大。
They got there at the risk of their lives.
他们冒着生命危险到达那里。
They may even risk losing their homes.
他们甚至可能面临失去家园的风险。
Language points
3. But when his water ran out, he knew that he would have to do something to save his own life. 但是，当他的水喝光之后，他明白必须要做些什么来拯救自己了。
run out 用尽；耗尽
run out & run out of
词条 意思 用法
run out 被用光，被耗尽 不及物动词短语，主语常为时间、食物、金钱等无生命的名词。
run out of 用完；耗完 及物动词短语，后加宾语，主语一般是人的名词或代词。
Language points
【语境应用】用run out或run out of的适当形式填空。
1) We __________ all the salt because of that big dinner.
2) My salt __________ yesterday. Can you lend (借给)
me some
ran out of
ran out
e.g. Last week, my money ran out. 上周，我的钱用完了。
He has run out of food; his children are hungry.
他家揭不开锅了，孩子们都等着吃饭。
Language points
4. So he used his knife to cut off half his right arm.
于是他用刀子切断了自己半条右臂。
cut off 切除；停掉；中断
e.g. He decided to cut off his beard.
他决定把胡子剪掉。
The earthquake cut off our water supply.
地震切断了我们的供水。
【拓展】cut 短语
cut up 切碎
cut down 砍倒
Language points
【语境应用】用所给短语完成句子。
1) You mustn’t _________ the trees here.
2) My mother will _________ some meat to make dumplings for us.
3) He was so careless that he _________ his finger at work.
cut down
cut up
cut off
cut off, cut up, cut down
Language points
5. This means being in a difficult situation that you cannot seem to get out of.
书名的意思是一个人身陷似乎无法解脱的困境之中。
v. 意思是；打算；意欲
mean doing sth. 意味着做某事
mean to do sth. 打算/意欲去做某事
mean
e.g. I didn’t mean to upset you. 我并不是要让你不高兴。
My new job will mean travelling all over the world.
我的新工作需要在世界各地到处跑。
Language points
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) Without more data (数据) we cannot make a(n) __________ (meaning) comparison (对比) of the two systems.
2) I’m sure there’s no hidden ________ (mean) in what he says.
3) I _____________ (不打算) take a taxi but I had to because I was late.
meaningful
meaning
meaning n. 意思，意义
meaningful adj. 有意义的，意味深长的
meaningless adj. 没有意义的
didn’t mean to
Language points
6. Aron tells of the importance of making good decisions, and of being in control of one’s life.
Aron讲述了正确抉择以及自我掌控命运的重要性。
decision n. 决定；抉择
make a decision / make one’s decision / come to a decision/ arrive at a decision 做决定
e.g. She has had to make some very difficult decisions.
她不得不做出一些非常艰难的决定。
Language points
decide v. 决定
decide to do sth. 决定做某事
e.g. Tina decided to go to Rome for her holidays.
Tina决定去罗马度假。
Language points
control n.& v. 限制；约束；管理
常用短语：
in control of ... 控制…… ；管理……
lose control of ... 失去对……的控制
e.g. It proved that the machine is not easy to control.
事实证明这台机器不容易控制。
My dad is in control of this bookshop.
我爸爸掌管着这家书店。
She lost control of her car on the ice.
她在冰上失去了对汽车的控制。
Language points
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) 没人知道谁在管理这个俱乐部。
Nobody knows who is _______ _______ _______ the club.
2) Peter如此难过以至于失去了控制。
Peter was so sad that he _______ _______ _______ himself.
3) 对他来说，同时操作两台电脑是一项艰巨的任务。
It's a hard task for him to _______ _______ __________ at the same time.
in control of
lost control of
control two computers
Language points
7. Let’s think about it before we find ourselves “between a rock and a hard place”, and before we have to make a decision that could mean life or death. 在发现自己处于生死两难的境地及面对生死抉择之前，让我们先思考一下吧！
death n. 死；死亡 (不可数名词)
e.g. I always feel very sad when thinking of my grandpa’s death. 一想到爷爷的去世，我总是感到很难过。
【链接】
die v. 消失；灭亡；死亡
现在分词 dying
过去式 died
die
The old man is dying.
The girl’s grandpa died five years ago.
Language points
【语境应用】用die, death, dying填空。
1) Her uncle is seriously ill, and he may _______ soon.
2) All the villagers were very sad when they heard of
the policeman’s _______.
3) I think the sick man is _______.
die
death
dying
Summary
have problems breathing
get sunburned
be interested in
be used to (doing) sth.
take risks
give up
lose one’s life
by oneself
because of
呼吸困难
晒伤
对……感兴趣
习惯于(做)某事
冒险
放弃
失去生命
独自
由于
Summary
run out (of sth.)
be ready to do sth.
get out of
cut off
be in control of
between a rock and a hard place
make a decision
in a difficult / dangerous situation
用完(某物)
准备好(做某事)
离开；从……出来
切除
掌管；管理
左右为难；进退两难
做决定
处于困境中/危险的境地
Aron Ralston is ____ American man who is interested ___ mountain climbing. __ a mountain climber, Aron is used to ______(take) risks. This is one of the most exciting ______(thing) about _______(do) dangerous sports. There were many times ______ Aron almost lost his life because ______ accidents. _____ April 26, 2003, he found _______(he) in a very dangerous situation when climbing in Utah.
an
in
As
taking
things
doing
when
of
On
himself
____ that day, Aron’s arm _________(catch) under a 360-kilo rock that fell on him when he was climbing by ______ in the mountains. Because he could not ______(free) his arm, he stayed there ____ five days and hoped that someone would find him. But when his water ran ______, he knew that he would have to do something _________(save) his own life. He was not ready _________(die) that day. So he used his knife to cut ____ half his right arm. Then,
On
was caught
himself
free
for
out
to save
to die
off
with his left arm, he bandaged himself ____ that he would not ______(lose) too much blood. After that, he climbed down the mountain to find help.
After ______(lose) his arm, he wrote a book _______(call) Between a Rock _____ a Hard Place. This means _________(be) in a difficult situation that you cannot seem __________(get) out of. In this book, Aron tells of the ________(important) of ______(make) good _________(decide), and of being ____ control of one’s life. His love for mountain
so
lose
losing
called
and
being
to get
importance
making
decisions
in
climbing is so great ______ that he kept on ________
(climb) mountains even after this experience.
Do we have the same spirit ____ Aron Let’s ______
(think) about it before we find ourselves “between a rock and a hard place”, and before we have to make a decision that could mean life _____ death.
that
climbing
as
think
or

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