Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained

Task

Conducting a survey

The rules to conduct a survey:

1. Ask one piece of information at a time.

2. Use short and simple sentences.

3. Avoid negative sentences.

4. Use precise ( 精确的 ) language.

5. Give specific ( 特殊的 ; 明确的 ) references.

6. Make sure people have the necessary

knowledge to answer.

Skills building 1: completing a questionnaire

Next is a questionnaire about people’s shopping habits. The statements are not properly constructed. Point out which rule each statement does not follow. Write the numbers in the blanks. You do not have to fill in the questionnaire.

Finding mistakes:

QuestionnaireTick your level of agreement with the statements below (A stands for Agree, D for Disagree, and N for Not sure).1. I do not go shopping in supermarkets. A D N2. I go shopping once a day and spend

more than ￥ 15 each time. A D N3. I have gone shopping at Smith’s. A D N4. When I go shopping, I always go with

my friends who live near my house that is near a shopping center. A D N

5. I often go shopping. A D N6. I buy a new top every month. A D N

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You work for a book club and have drafted a questionnaire for a survey, but there are three inappropriate (不适当 ) questions/ statements in it. Correct them according to the rules on page 12.

Step 1: designing a questionnaire

Question 2 should be divided into two questions:

2. How did you find out about Best Book Club? Newspapers magazines friends Internet TV

3. When did you join the club? 2000 2001 2002 2003

The original Question 4 should be more accurate and changed into Question 5 like the following:

5. How many times have you visited bookshops in the last 6 months?

Listen to the first part of his conversation with you and check your revisions. Then listen to the second part of the conversation and add two questions as your boss requires.

9. Are you interested in a mystery book club?

Yes No

10. How much would you spend on mystery books each month?

Less than ¥10 ¥10-19 ¥20-29 no less than¥30

1. Greeting someone formally.

2. Greeting a friend or classroom.

3. Greeting a stranger.Good morning/afternoon. Nice to meet you.

Hello! Hi!

Excuse me, (sir/madam).

A on page 14 and B on page 15

Skills building 3: analysing

statistics page 16-17

• Conclusions:

• 1……

• 2. The second most popular activity for students in the school is surfing the internet.

• 3. Only a few students in the school like reading.

• 4. Most students in the school don’t like dancing

• Recommendations:

• 1…….

• 2. the school should guide students in surfing the internet.

• 3. The school should find ways to arouse students’ interests in reading.

• 4. The school should take measures to make more students become interested in dancing.

Step 3: writing a report• Mystery books members are interested in:

39%

• Number of people interested in a mystery book club: 81%

• Monthly amount of money members willing to spend on mystery book:

• Below10 RMB 23% 10-19 RMB 42%

20-29RMB 30%

no less than 30RMB 5%

The Possibility of Starting a Mystery Book ClubConclusions drawn from the statistics:From the statistics,we can determine that about 39% of the members in our book club are interested in mysteries. About 81% of the people who answered the questions are interested. About77% of them are willing to spend more than 10 yuan on mystery books every month. Of these people 5% would spend no less than 30 yuan and 30% would like to spend 20-29 yuan. So I think more people than we expected are interested in mysteries. They are willing to read books aboutMystery.

Recommendation based on the

conclusions:

We can start a mystery book club and

many people will join it.

rate 名词 n. 比率；率 ; 速度 ; 价格 ;等级1. 利率是百分之五。 2. 今天美元和英镑

间的兑换率是多少 ? 3. 火车正以每小时９５公里的速度前进。 4. 我们的汽车开得很快。 5. 那本书只是第二流的作品。 1. The rate of interest is 5 percent. 2. What’s the rate between dollars and po

unds today? 3. The train was going at the rate of 95 kil

ometres an hour. 4. We were driving at a great / high rate. 5. That book is only second rate.

vi. 被评价，被认为

My daughter rated very high in her class.

我的女儿在班里评价很高。

ensure vt. 保证 <…… 事 >.

They ensured that he would win the prize.他们保证他会获奖。ignore vt. 忽视；不顾；不理睬 ignore a danger sign

忽视危险的记号ignore a person's value

忽视某人的价值

avoid vt. 避免；躲开；逃避 Try to avoid danger.

尽力避免危险。He has been avoiding me.

他一直避开我。你不要误了上课。You should avoid being late for your class.我设法避免回答他的问题。I tried to avoid answering him.

The wheel of history cannot be turned back.

历史的车轮不能倒转。阻止，阻挡

Our papers have to be turned in one week before the examination.

我们的论文必须在考试一周前交上去。 In the winter, the water turns into ice. 冬天水变成了冰。

上交

变成When you play cards, each player plays in turn. 玩牌的时候大家轮流出牌。

轮流

The boy wanted to join the Red Army but was turned down because he was under age. 男孩要求参加红军，但因为年纪小没有被同意。

拒绝

夜深了，他还没有入睡，不时在床上翻来翻去。

It was late at night. He had not yet fallen asleep, turning over in bed from time to time. 翻转过来；翻身

turn off / on 关闭 / 打开turn over 翻身，反复考虑，翻（书页），翻转 turn out 证明为，结果，制造 / 培养turn to 转向，求助turn down 调低，拒绝 turn against 变得敌视，反对turn away 打发走，驱逐，转过脸去turn back 返回，转回去turn round 转过身来turn up 向上翻，露面，出现，音量调大turn in 上缴turn upside down 把倒置，弄得乱七八糟

1. She’s having a lot of trouble with the new computer,but she doesn’t know whom to______. （ 2007 重庆） A. turn to B. look for C. deal with D. talk about 2. With no one to _____in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless. （ 2006 陕西） A. turn on    B. turn off   C. turn over    D. turn to

A

D

3. After he retired from office, Rogers ____ painting for a while, but soon lost interest. （ 2006 山东） A. took up  B. saved up   C. kept up    D. drew up 4. A clean environment can help the city bid for the Olympics, which ____ will promote its economic development. （ 2006 山东） A. in nature    B. in return   C. in turn   D. in fact

A

C

1) The child ______its mother for comfort.2) _______and let me see your face.3) However much he _____the problem ________ in mind, he could find no satisfactory solution.4) The English evening party_____a great success at last.5) The sight of the accident was too much for her to bear, and she _______.6) The football stadium was full, and many people had to be __________.

7) The army ____him ____ on account of ( 因为 ) his poor health.8) She ___the whole house ____in her search for her missing purse.9) Where did your purse _______? I found it in the snow.10) The villagers suddenly ______ the foreigners who lived nearby and fought against with them strongly.11) The factory _______2000 new cars on average each year.12) _____the radio, because I can’t hear it.

1. turned to 2. Turn round 3. turned over 4. turned out 5. turned away 6. turned away, 7. turned down 8. turned upside down 9. turn up 10. turned against 11. turns out 12. turn up

Homework

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