1. Unit 13

2. objectives  Modal auxiliaries may/might used to express ‘possibility’  Modal auxiliaries should/ought to expressing ‘obligation’  Modal auxiliaries would rather expressing ‘preference’  Modal auxiliaries must and can’t used to express ‘strong probability’ and ‘impossibility’ respectively

3. Language Structure Practice(1 课时 )  1. It may/might be…  2. He should/ought to get up…  3. I would rather do…  4. He must/can’t be…

4. Dialogues (2 课时 )  Dialogue 1  Broad questions  Questions on specific details  Main idea  Language teaching points and practice  Dialogue 2  Criticizing  Substitution practice

5. Language points  marvel at—be very surprised (and often admiring)  e.g. marvel at the beauty of the landscape, sb’s boldness  marvel—n. wonderful or miraculous thing; person or thing that is surprisingly good or pleasing  e.g. He is a marvel of patience.

6.  I’m really fed up with him.  be fed up with—be tired of; be unhappy  e.g. I’m fed up with talking to you.  be fussy about—giving too much close attention to detail, etc therefore difficult to please  e.g. She is very fussy about her personal appearance.

7. Readings (2 课时 )  Reading 1  Sample questions  New words and phrases  Language teaching points  Reading 2  Sample questions  Language teaching points

8. Language points  more dreams involve childhood or long-ago events.  involve—v. include;  e.g. The plan involves the co-operation of both young and old.  —make sth necessary as a condition or a result; entail  e.g. His work involves occasional journeys.  —cause sb to take part in an activity; bring sb/sth into a difficult situation  e.g. The accountant’s errors involved everyone in a great deal of extra work.  A political dispute involving six nations may be settled by an agreement between them.  involved adj.  e.g. an involved sentence, style of writing (complicated in thoughts or form)  become/get involved in politics, a scandal(be concerned with)  e.g. I got involved in the quarrel between them.  involvement n.

9. Guided Writing (1 课时 )  Paragraph writing  Note to make arrangements

10. Background information The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses About dreams

11. Terracotta warriors and horses  The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century. Work is ongoing at this site, which is around 1.5 kilometers east of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum, Lintong County, Shaanxi Province. It is a sight not to be missed by any visitor to China.

12.  The mausoleum covers a total of 2.18 million square meters, with the tomb itself covering 220,000 square meters. The tomb was designed to be 166 meters high, but years of weathering and damage have reduced this to 76 meters. The bottom of the tomb measures 485 meters by 515 meters.

14.  Till now, the tomb of the Emperor Qin has not been excavated. But his buried terracotta army unearthed nearby has already stunned the world and has been called the “eighth wonder of the world”. They are the largest pottery figurine group ever unearthed in China. So far, three pits containing such figurines have been excavated. They cover a total area of 20,000 square meters. Some 8,000 life- sized warriors demonstrate a powerful military array under the rule of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, 2,200 years ago.

15. dreams Interest in dreams is as old as mankind himself. Mankind’s oldest book the Bible is full of them, with the first recorded dream occurring around 1900 B.C.E. The Greeks, Romans and Babylonians all put great hope in dreams, especially on the eve of battle. They believed that through dreams their Gods would direct them to victory. Today the interest in dreams and their interpretation is no less profound. In the early 20th Century Sigmund Freud referred to dreams as ‘the royal road to the unconscious.’ He gave his own interpretations of dreams on the basis of our repressed desires, especially the sexual urge. Today it is generally held that Freud’s interpretation of dreams was overly simplified.

16. Elias Howe and his Sewing Machine

17. Thomas Edison & Charlotte Bronte