综合英语3 Unit 3 Saved by His Mistakes.ppt

综合英语3 Unit_3_Saved_by_His_MistakesUnit 3 Saved by His Mistakes
Eric
P1 Listening and speaking Activities
1. Brainstorming
2. Listening
3. Speaking
Brainstorming
Expressions
for describing difficult or problematic situations:
accident, event, happening, crash (of vehicles, planes etc.), shipwreck (of boats or ships etc.), overturn (of automobiles or ships etc.), sink (of boats, ships), bump (of people / vehicles hitting something)
Phrases: be in difficulty / trouble / danger, have difficulty / trouble (in) doing something, have a hard time doing something, be left stranded on / in / at, etc., be landed with (unpleasant tasks, people, etc.), be caught / stuck / jammed in (a traffic jam, etc.), get stuck, be in danger
2. Expressions of fear:
afraid, alarmed, anxious, startled, unnerved, frightened, scared, horrified, terrified, astounded, panicky, e hysterical, act frantically / furiously / desperately, live in fear, get a fright, go as white as a sheet, nearly jump out of one's skin, scared stiff
3. Expressions for solving problems:
take action, fight against, get to the bottom of things (discover the real cause of the problem), figure / work out what to do, take measures, get / act together, put something right, find a solution, sort things out, clear things up, straighten things out
4. Expressions for rescue work:
save, help, rescue, give first aid, bandage, pull out of (a difficult situation, a calamity, etc.), save one's life, come to one's rescue / help, get somebody out of (a difficult situation), pick up somebody (from a dangerous place), be picked up (by helicopter, boat, etc.)
Listening
An ettable experience
1. The aeroplane was circling over the airport and moving unsteadily through the air. In fact, the pilot had fainted and nobody was flying the plane.
2. When they heard the news, many passengers started to panic. The speaker could hear hopeless and horrified screams here and there, and he himself was also scared.
3. After hesitating for a while, the speaker