大灌中 吴德富 Unit 3 Science Versus Nature

Period Two: Word power

able agree appear lead novel regular respect Read the following words and answer the questions with them. 1.You can’t find your pen. What happened to your pen? It____________. disappeared

2. You want to get the book on the top shelf, but you are not tall enough. Do you think you will be able to reach the book? 3. The two groups don’t agree with each other. They argued fiercely. So what problem do they have? I am _______ to do so. They have a ___________ unable disagreement

4. Many people respect Mr. Li and think he is a good man. He helps people out and is a good citizen and friend. So you may say: Mr. Li is ____________. 5. Mr. Wang has published several books. He loves his job writing novels. So what is Mr. Wang’s occupation? He is a ________. respectable novelist

6. You can’t find the order of the numbers in a group of members. So can you find a word to describe the order of the numbers? It is _________. They are __________. 7. Some ads say that if you take their pills, you’ll be healthy, look younger, become smarter and sleep better. What can you say about these ads? irregular misleading

Work in pairs and try to guess what a word means by looking at its prefix. Prefix Example Meaning anti- anti-cloning dis- disappear in- im- il- ir- incorrect impossible illegal rresponsible against, opposed to not, opposite of not without

Prefix Example Meaning pre- preview pro- pro-cloning un- unfair re recreate early, before in favor of, supporting not opposite of again

Try to guess what a word means by looking at its suffix. SuffixExamples Meaning -ablecomfortable -fullcheerful -istscientist worthy of, able to be full of, characterized by someone who does something

SuffixExamples Meaning -lesshopeless -mentagreement -nessdryness without indicate a state or condition indicate a state, quality or character

Work in groups of four and try to give more prefixes and suffixes and list several words as examples. Discussion

Some other prefixes that are used widely in English. Prefix Example auto- bi- down- ever- automaker automobile bilingual downhill downstairs downwards everlasting evergreen evermore

Prefix Example half- full- hand- post- over- halfway half-baked half-pay full-color full-page full-size hand-made hand-picked hand-wash postgraduate post-industrial overeat oversleep overwork

Suffixes that are commonly used are as follows. suffix Example -al cultural national original -ent different dependent existent -ian Canadian Belgian

suffix Example -likechildlike dreamlike lifelike -proofwaterproof soundproof bulletproof -enwiden sharpen shorten

Name more parts of your body. throat stomach liver heart lung large intestine ass shoulder joint waist

Fill in the blanks with the names of body parts. Think of the body like a school. At the top of the school is the headmaster, known as the _____. This is the organ that controls the rest of the organs, just like the headmaster controls the school. After this comes the _____. brain heart

It is like a teacher. This organ passes the blood around the body so it can run well. This is similar to the knowledge a teacher gives to students. Next is the _____, which is the student. This organ is the only one that can re-grow itself. It helps to clean the blood. This is like knowledge students get from teachers. Students always grow with newly found knowledge. liver

The _____are the organs of the body that use the oxygen we breathe. Think of the oxygen as the life you lead at school. The _______ is very useful as it stores the food we eat until we can digest it properly. This is similar to the learning process. We store the information until we need to use it. So this organ is like a notebook. The ______ are the organs that remove waste products lungs stomach kidneys

from the blood and produce urine. They are like the cleaners, repairmen and security guards who look after your school. Now you can see how similar your school life is to your body and you can look after them both.

1.Revise prefixes and sufixes. & organs of the human body. Homework: 2.Preview the usage of grammar.