The find of the century

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Unit 23 The find of the century
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Reading comprehension

• The find of the century ?????????
• find????,????,???
• (????)??(something good
• or valuable that is found)?
• The little bookshop is a real find.
• I didnt know it existed. ?
• I made a great find in that little
• bookshop yesterday.

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Reading comprehension

• Read part 1 of the passage of Discovery and
• answer the following questions.
• 1.Why was the writer a bit frightened?
• 2. How was the weather when they
• reached the cave?
• 3. How did they manage to make a fire?
• 4. Why did they light the fire neither too
• close nor too far away from the
• entrance of the cave?

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1. At the beginning of the story, the writer and
his brother _________. A. tried to find a cave
with paintings inside it B. were walking in the
mountains in France C. were on the way to their
grandparents' home D. were going camping in the
countryside
C
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2. Which of the following is the main reason for
the brothers' getting lost?______ A. The clouds
had unexpectedly come down. B. They could see
only about 30 metres ahead. C. They were not
walking along the top of a hill. D. The
temperature had greatly dropped.
B
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3. The writer suggested finding a stream
because________. A. they were thirty and needed
water badly B. a stream could lead them to a
safer place C. their grandparents lived
downstream D. the path along a stream was less
dangerous
B
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D
4. Which of the following statements is
correct?_____ A. The writer had a good sense of
direction. B. Before coming to a cave they were
hungry, cold and excited. C. The writer
suggested making a fire near the entrance of the
cave. D. It was the writer's brother who first
discovered shapes on the rock.
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Sentences

• The clouds had come down so suddenly we
• had no warning. ????????,???????
• 1)?sothat??????????????
• that?????
• 2)warning???warn?????,
• ????????????????
• Palpitation is a warning of heart trouble.
• ??????????

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Sentences

• One moment we were walking along the top of
• a hill and now we could see no more than about
• thirty meters ahead of us.
• One moment, and now to express contrast
• and a sudden change in the weather.
• one moment just a moment ago.
• One moment he was reading,
• and now he fell asleep.
• One moment they were playing games
• and now they quarreled.

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Sentences

• We had lost the path and had no hope
• of finding it again.
• hope ????????,?????of???
• ????(hope of n./-ing),?????
• hope of ??v-ing?????
• He gave up all hope of success.
• They have not much hope of winning the game.
• We had no hope of seeing him,
• so we came back that night.

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Sentences

• A fine rain began to fall on our heads and
• the temperature had dropped.
• A fine rain a thin type of rain,
• not heavy rain.
• At first it was easy walking over the grass.
• it was easy to walk over the grass.

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Sentences

• Then the grass turned to bushes and the
• hillside became steeper.
• turn to ??(become),?????
• Ice turns to water if the
• temperature goes up.
• It was getting colder,
• and the rain turned to snow.
• Water turns to steam at 100centigrade.

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Sentences

• Turn to ?????,????(???)
• ???????????
• Please turn to page 128 for
• the key to the exercises.
• Youd better turn to your audience
• when you are speaking.
• Its impolite to turn your back to your
• teacher and refuse to answer.
• They always turn to me when
• they are in trouble.

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Sentences

• I paused on a small piece of grass and turned
• back to my brother who was following behind me.
  
• 1) grass??????????,?weed????
• 2)turn back to sb???????????
• 3)follow behind sb???????
• follow sb???,??????????

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Sentences

• By now we were beginning to get tired and
• the rain was falling heavily.
• ??????,?????????????
• ???,?work, study, live??????,
• ?begin, close, jump,???????????
• ??we were beginning to get tired????
• ?????????,??????,??
• ???we were gradually getting tired?

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Sentences

• He placed the test tube over the flames, and
• the liquid was beginning to change color.
• (the liquid was gradually
• changing color).
• ????,???????????(???
• ??)??????????????????
• ??????????????
• He is jumping up and down.
• She was beginning to miss her parents.
• The train for Beijing is leaving.
• Stop arguing. Hes beginning to get angry.

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Sentences

• We can make a fire and warm ourselves.
• make a fire ??,?????
• I feel very cold. Please make a fire.
• The poor little boy can make a fire
• to cook his meals himself.
• They collected some firewood and made
• a fire to keep themselves warm.

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Sentences

• Light the fire not so near the entrance
• that the wind will blow the fire out, and
• not so far in that the smoke will
• fill the cave.
• 1) ???????????????,????
• ???and???????so that ???
• ?????????,?
• 2)light the fire (start a fire)
• blow the fire out (stop burning by blowing)

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Sentences

• We cant light the fire as the
• firewood is wet.
• He threw himself onto the bed, without
• lighting a fire.
• She blew the fire out, turned the light off
• and went out shopping.
• The fire was blown out! Who did that?

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Sentences

• make a fire????
• catch(on)fire????
• set on fire?set fire to?????,???
• First the curtain caught on fire and
• then the bedclothes.
• If I set fire to this book,it would burn.

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Sentences

• We succeeded in lighting the fire.
• Succeed in doing something
• to accomplish something desired or intended
• He succeeded in the examination.
• The astronauts succeeded in returning
• from the moon to the earth
• according to the plan.

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Sentences

• I always carry matches with me at such
• times and I tore out the pages of the
• first chapter of the book I was reading
• to get the fire going.
• 1) tear out remove sth. roughly by pulling
• He wrote quickly the address down in his
• notebook, tore the page out, and
• handed it to me.
• The telephone wires have been torn out,
• so we cant call the police.

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Sentences

• Get (sth.) goingcause sth. to be active,
• working, etc
• Its difficult to get the car going on
• cold mornings.
• Can you get the clock going again?
• Its stopped for a week.
• Getting the factory going in these hard
• times is almost impossible.

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Sentences

• The flames threw light onto the
• ceiling of the cave .
• throw light onto????????
• ?throw light on/upon????????
• The candle light threw light onto
• the mirror.
• The information may throw light
• upon the mystery.

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Sentences

• It follows the shape of the rock. (The deer
• has the same shape of the rock.)
• ???follow take or accept sth.as a guide,
• an example, etc. ??,??,??
• Follow sbs advice???????
• Follow the fashion ????
• Follow the shape of ???????
• Almost all the balls follow the shape
• of a circle.

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Words

• 1.expense??,??,??
• spare no expense?????
• at ones expense???
• at the expense of????????
• He had his book published at his own expense.
• He succeeded at the expense of his health .
• expense??????????????
• cut down ones expenses?????
• living expenses????

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Words

• 2. inspire????
• His speech inspired us to try again.
• We are inspired to work harder.
• inspiring encouraging??????
• inspired encouraged??????
• They were inspired .
• That was an inspiring lecture indeed .

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