Unit One Housing Estates and Surroundings
Lesson 1 Choosing a Flat
一.诊查
Ｉ. Fill in the blanks with the proper words according to the phonetic transcriptions.（看音标写单词）
1. There is a big _________ /'kitfen/ in my new flat. 2. My bedroom ___________ /feisiz/ south.
3. We will go to the People's ___________ /skwse/ this weekend.
4. There is an underground car park near the ____________ /'sju.'pema:kit/. 5. The park in town is ___________ /'pAblik/,but some gardens are private.
II. Fill in the blanks with the words in their proper forms. (用所给的单词的适当形式填空）
1. There are three ____________ in my newly bought flat.(balcony) 2. Most of the office ladies go ___________ on Sunday.(shop) 3. Shall we have dinner at ___________ room or outside? (dine) 4. Each of us had to make a ___________ .(choose)
5 I ____________ with Len—he said the picture was good and I said it was bad. (agree)
6. They made an __________ about the plan. (agree)
III. Fill in the blanks withthe correct form of the word in the brackets.（用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空）
1. This storybook is ___________ than that one. (interesting) 2. This is ___________ dress in the shop. (expensive) 3. The sick man is getting ___________ every day. (weak) 4. The princess is ___________ girl in the country. (beautiful) 5. Which is ____________, the sofa or the armchair? (comfortable) 6. Sharks are one of ________ fish in the sea. (dangerous) 7. Which is ____________ , food or water? (important) 8. I am afraid of mice than spiders. (much)
二. 单词
1. choosevt.选择，挑选过去式：chose过去分词chosen
e. g. Will you help me choose a present for George? 你能帮我选份礼物给乔治吗?
We chose to go by train. 我们决定乘火车去。 派生词：choice n. 选择
e. g. We each had to make a choice. 我们每个人都必须做出选择。
I don't like his choice of friends. 我不喜欢他找的那类朋友。 搭配： choose from.... 从...挑选 pick and choose 挑挑拣拣 2. flatn. 一套房间，公寓房间(BrE) = apartment (AmE)
a. 平坦的，单调的，
e. g. They have a two-bedroom flat in the city center.
They divided the house into flats. 他们把那栋房屋分成许多套住房。
The soup is flat. 这汤没味。 3. location n. 位置；场所 [近]place, position
e. g. Why did you choose this location? 为什么选择这个地方？ His flat is in a really good location.他的公寓所处的地段真的不错。
派生词： locate v. 找出，设于，位于(常用被动，be located) e. g. Our own factory is located in Shenzhen. 我们自己的工厂设在深圳。 The school is located near the river. 学校坐落在小河附近。 4. centre n. 中学，中间
in the centre of 在......中心（中央） = in the middle of the centre of attention 焦点
e. g. The new library is in the centre of the campus. 新图书馆在校园的中心。 Betty just loves being the centre of attention. 贝蒂喜欢成为注意的中心。 5. townn. 城镇；市镇(可以泛指城市，和乡村对应)
e. g. Would you rather live in a town,or in the country? 你愿意住在城里还是乡下？
go to town/ go into town 进城 hometown 家乡 in town 进城，在镇上 out of town 不在城里，出城 e. g. I went shopping today in town. 我今天进城买了东西。
Our school is located in the centre of the town. 我们学校坐落于市镇的中心。 What is your hometown like? 你的家乡是什么样子的？
Mr. Green is not in town/is out of town. 格林先生不在城里。 6．Suburb n．近郊住宅区；郊区城镇，近郊村庄 常用搭配：in the suburbs 在郊区
e.g. I live in the suburbs of Shanghai. 我住在台北市郊。 7.square n．& a．平方（的）；四方形（的）；（方形）广场
e．g．The little girl drew a square on the paper. 小女孩在纸上画了一个正方形。 Meet me in the People’s Square at seven o'clock. 7:00在广场见面。 It was an area of about 43 million square kilometres. 它的面积约有43,000,000平方公里。 8．public a．公共的 [反] private 私人的
e.g. The town has its own public library and public gardens.
那城市有自己的公用图书馆和公园。 常用搭配：
public school公立学校 public holiday公休日 public transport 公共交通 in public 公开地，当众 e.g. The first day of the month is a public holiday. 这个月的第一天是一个公共假日。
I don’t like making speeches in public. 我不喜欢在公开场合演说。 9．face vt.& vi．面朝，面向，正对 n．脸 e．g．The building faces north. 这栋建筑物朝北。
He turned around and faced me. 他转过身来面对着我。 常用搭配：
make faces 做鬼脸 face the music 承担后果（受到惩罚，面对危险） face to face 面对面 pull a long face 板起面孔，愁眉苦脸 be faced with 面临，面对
e．g．He often makes faces at children. 他常常对孩子们扮鬼脸。 Someday you're going to have to face the music for your actions. 总有一天，你将不得不承担自己的行为所带来的后果。
We're faced with a difficult decision, 我们面临一次棘手的抉择。 10. agree vi．同意，赞同 常用搭配：
agree with sb．同意某人的建议 agree on sth．与……意见一致
agree to(do) sth．同意，答应做某事 I couldn't agree more．我完全同意。
e.g．I don't quite agree with you．我并不完全同意你。
We couldn't agree on a date to meet．关于见面日期，我们未能取得一致意见。 派生词：disagree v．不同意 agreement n．同意，协议 e.g．I disagree with you on this point．我不同意你的意见。
Finally we reached an agreement．我们最终达成了协议。 11．should n．应当，应该
表示义务，责任，或认为是一种正确的行为，常译为“应当”，“应该”。 e.g．You should obey traffic rules．你应该遵守交通规则。 I think that he should go. 我认为他该去。 12. malln．购物中心= shopping centre
e.g. Let's meet at the mall and go to see a movie. 我们在购物中心碰头，然后一起去看电影吧。 常用搭配：
shopping mall 购物中心
三.词组
1.agree with sb. 同意某人 2. talk about 谈论
e.g. What are you talking about? 你们在谈论什么？ 辨析：talk to sb. 对某人讲话
e.g. The teacher is talking to his students. 老师正在对他的学生们讲话。
talk with sb. 和某人谈论
e.g. The teacher is talking to his students. 老师正在和学生们聊天。 talk of 谈到，谈及
3. have a look 看一看 =take a look
e.g. Let’s have a look first. 让我们先看一看。 4. in the center of town 在市中心 5. get ….together…
e.g. Please get the books together and put them on the desk.
请把书收集起来，然后放在课桌上。 6. public transport 公众交通
四.语法
1. should 是情态动词，表示“应该，应当”，没有人称和数的变化,同义词是ought to。
用should 提问时，肯定回答用should,否定回答用 shouldn’t.
e.g. We should go to the playground at noon. We shouldn’t go to the playground at noon.
Should we go to the playground at noon? should& must
五.练习
Choose the word or expression which is the closest in meaning to the underlined part in each sentence.(选择与下列各句中划线部分内容意思相近的单词或短语)
A. wrong B. neighbourhood C. carry out D. I think E. have the same idea as F. tall buildings ( ( ( (
)1. In my opinion, public transport is more important. )2. We plan to conduct a survey on the housing conditions in our town. )3. Would you like to have a look at the high-rises near the crossroads? )4. What's the matter with you?
