Picture-talking:what’s the weather like?

cloudy stormy rainy

foggy

snowy sunny

Questions about the weather :What’s the weather usually like in spring / summer / autumn / winter in our town?

Which do you think is the best season in our hometown? Why?

Do we sometimes have foggy days here ? When ?

How do you feel on a foggy day?

Have you ever lost your way in the fog?

What would you do if you lost in the fog?

What sense or senses can we use on a foggy day?

Talk about it

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Have you ever heard a blind person helped an ordinary one in foggy weather ?Can you believe it?

Reading

Fast reading for general ideas 1.What is the story about?

A young lady in the fog

At 86 King Street

2.Where did Polly live?

3.How did she usually get home?

4.What was the old man carrying? By bus

A stick

Detailed reading for important information:

Read the story again to complete Parts C1 and C2 individually to check your reading comprehension and to test your analytical thinking skill.

1. Why did Polly leave work early?

2. Why did Polly take the Underground train to Green park?

3. What was the weather like outside the train station?

4 According to lines 22024, what made Polly afraid ?

5. According to line 33, what did the man look like /

6. How could the man tell that Polly was young ?

1 Because there was a thick fog that afternoon and she wonder if the bus would still be running in the fog.

2 Because the fog is too thick for the bus to go to King Street.3 The fog lay like a thick, grey cloud.4 The rough hand that brushed her face, and the man’s voice that was close her ear made Polly afraid.5 He looked old.6 He could tell Polly was young by hearing her voice.

Answers:

Fill in the following chart using the information you find in the story Fog to check your understanding of the story.

Part Place Time &

weather Person(s) What

happened

Polly's thought or feeling

Part 1

Part 2

Outside Polly's work place

at4 p.m. foggy

Polly She left work early.

She wondered if the bus would still be running.

at the bus stop in the street

later Polly; the bus conductor

The fog was too thick for the bus to run to King Street, where Polly lived.

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Part Place Time &weather

Person(s) What happened

Polly's thought or feeling

Part 3

Part 4

in the Undergr-ound train; at Green Park station

later Polly; a tall man

A tall man in a dark coat is on the train.

She sensed she was being watched.

In Park Street; at the corner of the street

When Polly got to the station, the fog lay like a thick, gray cloud.

Polly; a man

A rough hand brushed her face.

Her heart was beating with fear.

Part Place Time &

weather Person(s) What

happened

Polly's thought or feeling

Part 5

Part 6

in the street

It was dark.

 

Polly; an old man

The old man took her hand and helped her find the way.

She wished for someone to come, along.Fear held her still She began to feel frightened again.

outside Polly's house at King Street

late that day

Polly; the old blind man

The old man left to help more people in need.

Polly was thankful.

Post-reading activities: Suppose one of you is the editor of the newspaper that Polly wrote the letter to. And you want to interview Polly to know more about what happened to her. Please prepare some questions before the interview.

Examples:

When do you usually go home after work?

How long does it usually take you to go home from your work place?

How did you feel when you were on the train? Did anything happen?

You were so frightened. What happened before you met the old man?

What made you trust the old man on such a dark, foggy day?

How did you feel when the old man told you that he needed to leave to help more people in need?

Complete Parts D and E. Part D aims to improve your ability of understanding the meaning of a new word from the context and matching it with the correct explanation in English. Part E is a letter Polly written to a newspaper to thank the old man. It aims to make you more familiar with the text. You need to first understand the letter and then fill in the blanks with the proper words given.

Exercise:

Notes1.She wondered if the buses would still be running. wonder n. 1. [U]feeling caused by sth. unusual, surprising or inexplicable; surprise combined with admiration, bewilderment, etc look at sth. in wonder; They were filled with wonder when they saw the spaceship. No wonder you were (=It is no wonder you were) so late. He was taken ill, and no wonder, considering that he had been overworking for years.

2. [C] thing or event that causes such feeling:

Television is one of the wonders of modern science.

for a wonder: it is surprising:

For a wonder he paid back the money he had borrowed.

It is a wonder (that): it is surprising that:

It’s a wonder (that) you didn’t lose your way in the thick fog.

What a wonder: how surprising! the seven wonders of the world; He's a wonder.

vi. & vt. 1. be filled with wonder at I wonder at his rudeness. I don’t wonder at her being admitted by Beijing University. I wonder (at the fact that), in England, each man speaks a different language. He wondered why people built ugly homes, when they could have beautiful ones. 2. ask oneself (who, what, why, whether, etc.) I wonder who he is (what he wants, why he is late, whether he will come, whose it is). I was wondering how to get there quickly (where to spend the weekend, etc.). Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police .

2. As Polly observed the passengers on the trains, she sensed that she was being watched by a tall man in a dark coat.

Scientists use lots of different instruments and techniques to observe the Sun. The police observed the man open the window (trying to force the lock of the door). I have never observed him do otherwise. He observed that it had turned cloudy. He observes keenly but says little.

observe vi. & vt. 1. see and notice; watch carefully: observe the behavior of birds;

2. pay attention to (rules, etc.); celebrate (festivals, birthdays, anniversaries, etc.):

1.Do they observe Christmas Day in that country? 2.Tonight, we celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.. 3.While scientific discoveries and space exploration have put paid to any notion of fairies on the moon, many still observe the festivals for the value they add to family togetherness and social bonding.

(1995 年全国 Ⅱ . 完形填空 )

Scientists hope to 60 more about people by studying our closest, relative( 亲 属 )—chimpanzee( 黑猩猩 ).

60. A. observe B. discover C. gain D. learn

解析 : 科学家希望通过我们的近亲 --- 黑猩猩的研究来了解人类。答案 D

高考链接：

3.While the rest of the passengers were getting out, she glanced at the faces around her. glance n. quick look: take a glance at the newspaper headline; see sth. at a glance

vt. & vi. 1. take a quick look (at, over, through, etc.): glance at the clock; glance over/though a letter; glance round a room; The man glanced the burglar climbing out of the window.

4. There was no one in sight. sight n.

at first sight 一见就 ..., 初次看见时 \ at the sight of 一看见就 ...

be in/ within sight 看得见 , 在眼前 go/be/get out of sight 看不见了

catch [have, gain, get] sight of 发现 , 看出

come in[into] sight 呈现在眼前

come in sight of 看见 lose sight of 不再看见 ; 忘了 ; 忽略了

in one's own sight 由自己的眼光看来 , 照自己的见解

in sb.'s sight 在某人面前 ; 照某人的眼光看来

in the sight of 由 ... 看来 , 从 ... 观点 , 从 ... 角度来看

keep sth. in sight (=keep sight of sth.) 不忘记

lose one‘s sight 失明 short [near] sight 近视 , 缺乏远见

have long [far]sight 远视 ; 有远见

At first sight the problem seemed very difficult.

He fell in love with her at first sight.

At the sight of the police officers the men ran off.

Victory was not yet in sight/ still out of sight.

We are not yet within sight of the end of this wearisome task.

Keep out of my sight.

Do what is right in your own sight.

This letter is for your sight only.

Their first sight of land came after three days at sea.

Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见 , 心不烦。

2000NMET V. 改错题

Suddenly, I caught a sight of my English teacher in 91.____________

解析 : catch sight of 看见 是固定短语。故答案为去掉 a

高考链接

5.A few seconds later, a hand reached out and touched her arm. reach

vt. & vi. 1. stretch out: He reached out for the knife, but it was too far away. He reached out for the dictionary.

2. get to, go as far as:

Can you reach the branch with those red apples? Not a sound reached our ears.

The heat of summer has reached its climax.

The two sides were unable to reach agreement.

be out of reach of sb./be out of sb.’s reach 在某人够不到的地方

beyond [above, out of] one's [the] reach 达不到的 , 力所不及的 ; 不能理解

make a reach for (sb / sth.) 伸出手 ; 企图抓住 ...

within easy reach of 在容易达到 ... 的地方 ; 在 ... 的附近

within sb.'s reach 在某人力所能及的范围内 , 在某人能到达的范围内

高考链接Let’s keep to the point or we ____ any decisions. （ 2004 全国）    A. will never reach    B. have never reached      C. never reach    D. never reached

A

6. It gives me the chance to pay back the help that people give me when it’s sunny.

pay – paid - payingvt. & vi. 1. give (sb.) money for goods, service, etc. You must pay me what you owe. Do you know the television commercials promoting an automotive oil filter that featured the statement “You can pay me now, or pay me later”? pay sb. off /pay for

What if my customer doesn't pay their bill?

How can I pay you back for all your kindness?

Does it pay to grow fruit for the market?

He says that sheep farming doesn’t pay.

It pays me to keep that stock.

It will pay in the long run if the setting off of firecrackers is effectively banned in the cities.

Homework 1.Read the passage on page1 .2. Write a summary of the

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