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1．What's Kayla's trouble in the past? A．She looked like the slim girls on TV. B．She worried about her weight.
C．She can't get along well with her classmates. D．She tried healthy foods in her diet.
2．What does the sentence “I almost went bananas”mean? A．She liked to eat bananas very much. B．She didn't like to eat bananas at all. C．She went nearly mad because of every diet. D．She went on eating bananas only.
3．Which of the following statements about Kayla is wrong? A．She is positive about herself and her body now. B．She made a list of the strengths about herself.
C．She wants to have a burglar rather than a salad or an apple. D．She thinks that fitness is more important. [答案] 1－3 BCC
Ⅰ.重点单词
根据词性和汉语提示，写出下列单词 1．pretend vi.&vt.假装；装扮 2．million num.一百万
3．cheat vi.作弊；舞弊vt.欺骗；蒙骗n.欺骗手段；骗子 4．audience n．观众；听众
5．positive adj.积极的；正面的；乐观的；肯定的 6．slim adj.苗条的；单薄的
7．diet n．规定饮食；日常饮食 vi.节食 8．jog vi.慢跑n.慢跑 9．error n．错误；差错
Ⅱ.拓展词汇
根据词性和汉语提示，写出下列单词
1．compete vi.竞争；对抗→competition n．竞争→competitive adj.竞争的；有竞争性的→competitor n．竞争者
2．stress n．压力；紧张；重音vt.强调；重读；使焦虑不安vi.焦虑不安→stressful
adj.紧张的；有压力的
Ⅲ.补全短语
根据提示补全下列短语 1．make sense 2．pretend to_do sth 3．even if/though 4．make a difference 5．rather than 6．pushup 7．cut...out 8．now and then 9．compare...with/to...
有道理；合乎情理；表达清楚 假装做某事 即使；虽然 有作用或影响 而不是 俯卧撑
停止做(或使用、食用)；剪下 有时；偶尔 与……比较
背教材原句 1.A soccer player should not pretend to fall down even if it helps his/her team. 足球队员不应该假装摔倒，即使是它对他/她的球队有帮助。 2.Once I started thinking about fitness rather than weight，things began to change. 一旦我开始考虑健康而不是体重时，情况就开始改变了。 once引导时间状语从句 even if引导让步状语从句 记句式结构 仿写促落实 They buy a great many books even if they are poor. 尽管他们很穷，他们还是买了很多书。 Once you begin to read the book，you'll find you like it. 一旦你开始读这本书，你就会发现你喜欢它。
compete vi.竞争；对抗
(教材P41)An athlete should think about honour and his/her fans if he/she is competing for his/her country.
如果一个运动员是为了他/她的国家而比赛的话；他/她就应该考虑他/她的荣誉和粉丝们。
(1)compete in 参加……比赛；在……方面竞争 compete for compete with/against...for 为争取……而与……对抗/竞争 (2)competition n. competitive adj. competitor n. 比赛 有竞争力的 竞争者；对手 为……而竞争 ①We can compete with/against students from other universities in debate contests or speech contests.
我们可以和来自其他大学的学生在辩论比赛或演讲比赛中竞争。
②Nobody can entirely keep away from this competitive (compete) world. 没有人能够完全远离这个充满竞争的社会。
③How many countries competed in the ancient Olympic Games? 有多少国家参加古代奥运会？
④The player competed with/against others for a prize. 那位选手为得奖与他人竞争。
make sense 有道理；合乎情理；表达清楚 (教材P41)That doesn't make any sense! 那没有什么道理！
(1)make sense of make no sense (2)in a sense 理解；明白 没意义 在某一方面；就某种意义来说 in no sense 决不(用在句首时，句子用部分倒装) common sense 常识 There is no/little sense in doing sth. 做某事没道理 ①Only if you put the sun there did the movements of the other planets in the sky make sense.
只有把太阳放在中心位置上，天空中其他行星的运动才能讲得通。
②What she referred to was so confusing that they could hardly make sense of it. 她所讲的话如此令人费解，他们搞不明白她是什么意思。
③In no sense should you lose heart.Keep trying and you will make it sooner or later.
你决不应该灰心丧气。继续努力，你迟早会成功的。
④As far as I'm concerned，there is no sense in getting(get)upset about it now. 就我而言，现在为这事苦恼是没有意义的。 pretend vi.&vt.假装；装扮
(教材P41)A soccer player should not pretend to fall down even if it helps his/her team.
足球队员不应该假装摔倒，即使是它对他/她的球队有帮助。
to do sth. 假装做某事pretendto be doing sth. 假装正在做某事to have done sth. 假装已经做了某事that... 假装……杰西假装已了解一切，一句话也没说。
to be＋n./adj. 假装是…… ①Jacy pretended to have known(know)everything about it and said nothing. ②He pretended to be reading(read)an important document when the boss came in. 老板进来时他假装在看一份重要文件。
③I had been lying to myself，pretending(pretend)that everything was fine. 我一直对自己撒谎，假装一切顺利。 [名师点津]
和pretend有类似用法(后接to do/to be doing/to have done)的动词还有happen，appear，seem，claim等及be said to结构。
diet n．规定饮食；日常饮食
vi.节食
(教材P42)I worried about my weight and tried every new diet I read about online. 我担心我的体重并且尝试我从网络上读到的每一种新的节食(方法)。
a balanced diet be on a diet go on a diet ①A good diet is beneficial to health. 平衡膳食 节食 节食 良好的饮食有益于健康。
②Are you still on a diet？(＝Are you still dieting？) 你还在节食吗？
③I decided to go on a diet before my holiday. 我决定在休假前节食。
④If you do not mind，could you tell me when you begin to be on a diet? 如果你不介意的话，请告诉我你是什么时候开始节食的。 make a difference 有作用或影响
(教材P42)I had no idea a letter could make such a difference! 我没有想到一个字母会有这么大的影响！
make a difference make all the difference make some difference to make no/little difference 有差别，造成影响，起作用 关系重大，大不相同 对……有些关系 没影响，不重要 tell the difference between...and... ①A few kind words at the right time make all the difference. 在恰当的时候说几句体贴话，效果会迥然不同。
②The travel made a great difference to his later life. 这次旅行对他以后的人生很有影响。
③It makes no/little difference to me whether it rains or not，for I'll stay at home to have a sleep.
下不下雨对我没有影响，因为我将要待在家里睡觉。 ④One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬以千里。
⑤The twins are so alike.It's difficult to tell(tell) the difference. 这对双胞胎长得太像了，很难分出谁是谁。 rather than 而不是
(教材P42)Once I started thinking about fitness rather than weight，things began to change.
一旦我开始考虑健康而不是体重时，情况就开始改变了。
(1)rather than rather sb.than sb. (2)or rather 而不是 不想做别人要去做的事 更确切地说；更准确地讲 (3) would rather do sth.than do sth.宁愿……而不愿would do sth.rather than do sth.……；与其…… prefer to do sth.rather than do sth.倒不如……用过去完成时，表示对过去的虚拟4would rather用过去时，表示对现在或将来的虚拟 ＋从句 ①—I'm going climbing tomorrow. 我明天去爬山。 —Rather you than me. 你去吧，我可不去。
②In the end he had to walk－or rather－run to the office. 最后他不得不走着——应该是跑着——去办公室。
③Pip's sister often abuses him，but Joe is a kind and simple man who would rather die than see any harm come to Pip.
皮普的姐姐经常辱骂他，但乔却是一个善良、淳朴的人，他宁愿死也不愿意看到皮普受到任何伤害。
④We would rather our daughter stayed(stay) at home with us，but it is her choice，and she is not a child any longer.
我们宁愿女儿和我们一起待在家里，但是这是她的选择，她已不再是小孩了。 cut out 停止做(或使用、食用)；剪下
(教材P42)Rather than cutting out the foods I enjoyed，I added healthy foods to my meals.
我在我的饮食里加入了一些健康的食物，而不是停止食用我喜欢的食物。
写出下列句中cut out 的含义
①I cut out the article of the newspaper for you.剪下 ②Her mother cut her out of her will.删除
③I'm sick of you two arguing－just cut it out.停止说……，住口
cut in cut across cut down cut off cut up 插嘴，打断讲话 抄近路穿过；横越 砍倒；缩减 切断；割掉；截断(退路等) 切碎；伤心 ④Every one of us can make a great effort to cut down the use of energy in our country.
在我们国家，我们每个人都能积极努力地缩减使用能源。
⑤When their children lived far away from them，these old people felt being cut off from the world.
当孩子们住得离他们很远时，这些老人就感觉和世界隔绝了。 ⑥Don't cut in when someone else is talking. 别人讲话时不要插嘴。 now and then 有时，偶尔
(教材P42)I could still have a burger now and then，but I would add a salad or an apple.
我偶尔也吃个汉堡但我会加上一份沙拉或一个苹果。
now and then sometimes at times occasionally once in a while 有时；偶尔 有时 有时；偶尔 偶尔 偶尔，有时 ①I only think of you now and then and then forget. 我只是偶尔会想起你然后又忘掉。
②If you would listen to me once in a while，you might learn something. 如果你偶尔听进去我的劝告，你本来可以学到一些东西。 ③He went to work by bike in the past at times. 他过去有时会骑车去上班。
compare...with/to ……与……比较
(教材P42)Finally，I stopped comparing myself with actresses and models and looking for things that were wrong with my face or body.
最后我不再把自己与女演员和模特进行比较，也不再找寻我脸上或身体上的不足之处。
A doesn't compare with B compared with A比不上B 与……相比较 ①We carefully compared the first report with the second. 我们仔细比较了第一份报告和第二份报告。 ②Our school doesn't compare with theirs. 我们的学校比不上他们的。
③Compared with/to some of the things she's said，this was polite. 和她说过的一些话相比，这算是客气。
positive adj.积极的；正面的；乐观的；肯定的
(教材P42)By being positive about myself and my body，I became both happier and
healthier.
通过对自我和我的身体有了信心后，我也变得更幸福和更健康了。
(1)on the positive side be positive about sth. be positive that... (2)positively adv. 从好的方面看 对某事有信心/乐观 对……有把握；信心 绝对地；肯定地 ①One the positive side，profits have increased. 从好的方面看，利润增加了。
②She tried to be more positive about her new job. 她力求对新工作更有信心。
③I can't be positive about what time it happened. 我说不准这事是什么时间发生的。
④She was positive that he had been there. 她确信他曾在场。
stress n．逼迫；压力；重音；重点
vt.加压力于；重读；使焦虑不安 vi.焦虑不安
(1)under stress put sb.under great stress 在压力之下 使某人感到沉重的压力 lay/place/put stress on sth. 强调某事物 (2)stress the importance of (3)stressed adj. stressful adj. 强调……的重要性 焦虑不安的；心力交瘁的 有压力的 ①Cooperation or teamwork，the importance of which is often stressed，plays an important part in football matches.
合作或协作，在足球比赛中起着重要作用，这一点经常被强调。
②We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son's illness had put him under great stress.
我们原谅了他的坏脾气，因为我们知道他儿子的病使他受到很大的压力。 ③Believe it or not，it is a stressful(stress)time for all of us. 信不信由你，对我们所有人来说，这是一个有压力的时期。
(教材P41)A soccer player should not pretend to fall down even if it helps
his/her team.
足球队员不应该假装摔倒，即使是它对他/她的球队有帮助。 【要点提炼】 even if 引导让步状语从句；也可用even though。
even if/though引导让步状语从句，语气较强，此外，if，though，although也可引导让步状语从句；意为“虽然，尽管”。 ①If life there was full of hardships，it was also full of joy and excitement. 虽然那儿的生活非常艰苦，但是也非常愉快和令人兴奋的。(这里的if相当于even if) ②Air exists everywhere although we can't see it. 尽管我们看不见空气，但它却无处不在。
③Even though/if I understand what you say，I can't agree with you. 虽然我理解你说的话，但我不同意你的意见。
(教材P42)Once I started thinking about fitness rather than weight，things began to change.
一旦我开始考虑健康而不是体重时，情况就开始改变了。
【要点提炼】 once引导时间状语从句，意为“一旦……就……”
once在本句中引导时间状语从句，意为“一旦……就……”。如果once引导的从句的主语与主句的主语一致，且从句中的谓语动词含有be动词的某种形式时，或从句为“it be...”形式时，从句中的“主语＋be”或“it be”可以省略。 ①Once trust is lost，what is left? 一旦失去了信任，还剩下什么呢？
②Once the song is heard，it will never be forgotten. 一旦被听过，这首歌很难被忘记。
③Once seen，the picture is difficult to forget. 一旦看见，这幅画很难被忘记。
Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1．You'll never forget the story once you heard it. 2．The task put him under great stress.
3．Compared(compare)with other students，you are lucky enough. 4．He is on a diet to lose weight now.
5．The girl is trying every new diet to be much slimmer(slim)．
6．All the audiences(audience)present at the meeting began thinking about fitness，rather than weight.
7．Even if he was not heathy，he is positive about his future. 8．You are not allowed to look at answers.That's cheating(cheat)． 9．He pretended to be reading(read)when his mother came in. 10．The competitor(compete)won the game at last. Ⅱ.完成句子
1．I don't think what he said makes sense. 我认为他所说的话没道理。
2．I like her even if/though she can be annoying now and then. 尽管她有时可能很烦人，但我还是喜欢她。
3．It shows that first aid can really make a difference. 这表明急救真的很有意义。
4．Once she has made up her mind，nothing can change it. 一旦她下定决心，什么也不能使她改变。
5．Compared with/to English，he prefers math. 与英语相比，他更喜欢数学。
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