Lesson 73 The record-holder一、教学重点1、复习书信写作二、教学步骤1、引入话题（详见右框）。
2’2、听一遍音频，掌握大意。
5’① Who put the children playing truant from school to shame?② Where did he go?③ Where was he picked up by a policeman?3、生词解读，纠正发音。
10’4、提出问题：What does the record actually mean in the text?看一遍视频，解答问题。
3’5、精讲课文，板书和笔记（详见下文）。
20’【第二节课】 1、做345页的两道选择理解题。
5’ 2、朗读课文。
10’ 3、复习句型（详见下文）。
10’4、做344页关于句型的练习。
15’5、绕口令。
10’【第三节课】1、讲解344页的难点。
10’2、听写单词，记忆法指点。
10’3、听英文歌曲。
8’4、看图背课文比赛。
20’5、总结本课重点，让学生标注（详见上文）。
1’6、布置作业：摘要写作，345页的选择题，背课文和单词。
1’三、单词讲解1. record-holder 记录保持者record-breaker 破记录者n.+ v.+ er 构词法tennis player 网球选手football player2. truant n. 逃学的孩子，逃学者The three boys who are fishing over there are truants and ought to be sent back to school. play truant 逃学(英)play hooky 逃学(美)evade school 逃学be absent from class on purpose 逃学3. unimaginative adj. 缺乏想象力的imagine v. 想象，设想imaginative adj. 有想象力的imagination n. 想象力-tive 一般是形容词的后缀；active, attractive-tion 一般是名词后缀description, collectionimaginative/imaginary/imaginable1. imaginative 充满想象力的an imaginative boy2. imaginary假想的an imaginary enemy3. imaginable能够想象出的(常作后置定语)This is the worst result imaginable.4. evade ①vt.(巧妙地)逃脱，躲开She evaded a blow from the man and then called out for help.②vt. 回避，逃避(尤指不当地)evade doing sth. 逃避做……He evaded joining the army.avoid v. 逃避，逃离，避免avoid 指通过一种合理的，正当的手段来避免做某事；evade 指通过欺骗的手段来避免做某事。
tax avoidance 避税tax evasion 逃税5. shame n. 惭愧，羞耻What a shame! 真可耻！Shame on you! 替你感到可耻！shameful adj. 令人羞愧的ashamed adj. 感到羞愧的put sb. to shame 让某人感到羞愧，使。
蒙羞You put me to shame. (你比我好的意思)= I am put to shame by you.6. meantime n.其时, 其间in the meantime 其间meanwhile 同时，其间I continued working, meanwhile, he went out shopping.meantime, meanwhile都可用作名词或副词。
表示“其间”、“与此同时”，以下四种表达均可以且可互换：meantime, meanwhile, in the meantime, in the meanwhile。
He was in London for a week, and meantime [meanwhile] she went on with the work.He was in London for a week, and in the meantime [in the mean-while] she went on with the work. 但在现代英语中用得较多的是in the meantime 和meanwhile。
I will call you Sunday, but in the meantime say nothing. 我The train won’t leave for an hour. Meanwhile we can have lunch.7. lorry n.运货汽车, 卡车(truck)8. hitchhike v. 搭便车旅行hitchhiker n. 搭便车的人hitchhike = take a lift 搭便车Last year, he hitchhiked to Tibet.9. border n.边界The Himalayas is the border of many countries.love the trees that stand on the northern border.四、课文精讲1、A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get.他们通常能够做到的，至多也就是安静地钓上一天鱼，或者在电影院里坐上八个小时，一遍又一遍地看同一部电影。
动词ing前面如果出现定语，若是名词，则采用名词所有格或名词短语本身。
Three hours(') listening to the teacher is tiring.Three hours in the room listening to the teacher is tiring.over and over again = again and again 一次又一次，一再地，as far as +从句最大程度……，到……程度，就……而言As far as I know, his operations are successful.This is as far as I can do for you.2、They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while (he was) playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles.而有一个小男孩，他在逃学期间旅行了1600英里，从而使上述所有逃学的孩子相形见绌。
while 引导时间状语从句，省略了主语和be 动词put…to shame 使……蒙羞，使……相形见绌What he has done put his parents to shame.He saved the child at the risk of his own life and put all those who looked on to shame.3、He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep.他搭便车到了多佛，天快黑时钻进了一条船，想找个地方睡觉。
hitchhike to…搭便车去……He plans to hitchhike to Tibet.Dover n. 多佛(英国著名的港口)towards evening 快到晚上somewhere to sleep 可以睡觉的地方(不定式做后置定语)I have something to tell you.He has lots of homework to do.4、When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais.第二天早上他醒来时，发现船在这段时间已经到了加来。
5. No one noticed the boy as he crept off.当男孩从船里爬出来时，谁也没有发现他。
creep off = creep awaycreep crept crept creeping①vi. 爬行，匍匐，(像爬行似地)慢慢前进The old car crept along the country road.②vi. 悄悄地/蹑手蹑脚地走；渐渐产生/出现We crept upstairs so as not to wake Grandpa.He noticed that age had crept on him.6. From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a lorry.The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city.从那里他又搭上了卡车到了巴黎。
司机给了他几块饼干和一杯咖啡，就把他丢在了城外。
leave …+地点把。
丢/落在。
地方I left my homework at home.7. The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border.男孩截住的下一辆车，没有像他希望的那样把他带到巴黎市中心，而是把他带到了法国和西班牙边界上的佩皮尼昂。
take …into 带到…not…but…不是……而是……as sb. hoped 正如某人所希望的The driver took him into the city as he hoped.Don't ask what the country do for you, but ask what you do for the country.8. There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities.pick up 逮捕，拘捕After the accident, he was picked up by the police.9. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of evading school.他无疑为成千上万梦想逃避上学的孩子们创造了一项纪录。