江苏省靖江高级中学高中英语牛津版必修1《Module1 Unit3 Looking good,feeling good》Word study学案
Ⅰ、课前预习
A.跟读磁带，要求准确朗读模块1 Unit 3词汇表中每一个单词。
B.完成下列单词拼写：
1. Children are often a____________ by their parents’ behaviour unconsciously.
2. Weight-loss pills c____________ harmful chemicals, so anyone who has put on weight shouldn’t lose weight by taking them.
3. Running and climbing mountains c____________. I’m sure you’ll be in good health soon.
4. Each student should c____________ on what the teacher says carefully in class.
5. Your first experiment was a f____________, but you should cheer yourself up.
6. Many famous actresses usually want to keep their f____________ slim.
7. Children always s____________ when their parents get divorced (离婚).
8. Mark liked lying on the beach, but I p____________ visiting museums when we were on vacation last summer.
9. Lisa, in tears, was being c____________ by her mother.
10. I’m afraid I’m not able to deal well with the p____________ of life.
Ⅱ、主体参与 自学下列内容，探究本单元重点单词的用法：
1. ashamed adj. 羞愧的
① You should be ashamed of yourself for telling such lies.
② I felt ashamed that I hadn’t visited her more often.
③I’m ashamed to say/admit that I’ve never read any of her works.
shame n. 羞耻，惭愧 What a shame! 真遗憾！
shameful adj. 可耻的，不要脸的 shameful behavior
2. figure n. 数字; 身体，体形; 人物
① By 1988, this figure had risen to 14 million.
② Most women have to keep their figure. (=stay slim)
③ a leading/key/central figure
v. 认为，认定 ；计算(数量和成本)
figure out 弄明白，计算
① Have you figured out (worked out) how much it will cost?
② Can you figure out (think about) how to do it? 你能想出这件事该怎么做吗？
3. contain v. 含有；容纳
① Sea water contains salt.
② The hall can contain 1,500 people.
container n. a plastic container一个塑料容器
[辨析] contain 和 include
contain (have or hold sth. within itself)表示包含所含之物的全部或部分;
include (have sb./sth. as part of a whole)只是包含一部分。
① The basket a variety of fruits.
② The money I gave you Tim’s.
4. damage v.& n. 损害，损坏 damages 赔偿金
The earthquake damaged several buildings.
Smoking can severely damage your health.
do/ cause damage to 对……造成伤害
The storm did a lot of damage to the crops.
[辨析] damage和destroy
两者都有“破坏”“毁坏”的意思，damage指部分“损坏”或指使用价值有所降低；
destroy指彻底破坏，以致不可能修复，有“毁灭”之意，也可指希望、计划等被打破。
① The earthquake almost the whole town.
② His hope of being a writer was .
5. pressure n. 压力 = stress
You need to be able to handle pressure in this job.
under pressure 在压力下，被迫
I’m under constant pressure at work.
put pressure on 向……施加压力
They are putting pressure on people to vote yes.
v. 对……施加压力
pressure sb into doing sth = pressure sb to do sth对某人施加压力使其做某事
6. prefer vt. 更喜欢
prefer sth. Which do you prefer, fish or meat?
prefer doing/ to do sth. 宁愿做……
I prefer to wear clothes made of cotton.
She prefers travelling by train.
prefer sb. (not) to do sth 宁愿某人（不）做某事
We prefer you not to put off the meeting until next week.
prefer sth. to sth. 宁愿……而不要……
She prefers tea to coffee.
prefer doing sth. to doing sth. = prefer to do sth. rather than do sth. 宁愿做……不做……
I prefer riding to school to taking a bus.