新概念英语第3册第9课.ppt

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1、Lesson9FlyingcatsLecturer:PatienceWangNewwordsandexpressionsReadthenewwordsandexpressionsonpage46.ListeningListentothetapeonceandthenanswerthequestionsbelow.HowmanycatsdidtheNewYorkAnimalMedicalCentremakeastudyof?Whathadallthesecatsdone?Howmanyofthesecatsha

2、dbeenkilled?WhathappenedtoacatcalledSabrina?Whatdocatsdowhenfallingatspeedsof60milesanhourormore?Whateffectdoesthishave?ListeningcomprehensionChoosethecorrectanswerstothequestionsonpage49.Lesson9Flyingcats(Ⅰ)Catsneverfailtofascinatehumanbeings.Theycanbefrie

3、ndlyandaffectionatetowardshumans,buttheyleadmysteriouslivesoftheirownaswell.Theyneverbecomesubmissivelikedogsandhorses.Asaresult,humanshavelearnedtorespectfelineindependence.Mostcatsremainsuspiciousofhumansalltheirlives.Oneofthethingsthatfascinatesusmostabo

4、utcatsisthepopularbeliefthattheyhaveninelives.Apparently,thereisagooddealoftruthinthisidea.Acat'sabilitytosurvivefallsisbasedonfact.Lesson9Flyingcats(Ⅱ)RecentlytheNewYorkAnimalMedicalCentermadeastudyof132catsoveraperiodoffivemonths.Allthesecatshadoneexperie

5、nceincommon:theyhadfallenoffhighbuildings,yetonlyeightofthemdiedfromshockorinjuries.Ofcourse,NewYorkistheidealplaceforsuchaninterestingstudy,becausethereisnoshortageoftallbuildings.Thereareplentyofhigh-risewindowsillstofallfrom!Onecat,Sabrina,fell32storeys,

6、yetonlysufferedfromabrokentooth.'Catsbehavelikewell-trainedparatroopers.'adoctorsaid.Itseemsthatthefurthercatsfall,thelesstheyarelikelytoinjurethemselves.Inalongdrop,theyreachspeedsof60milesanhourandmore.Athighspeeds,fallingcatshavetimetorelax.Theystretchou

7、ttheirlegslikeflyingsquirrels.Thisincreasestheirair-resistanceandreducestheshockofimpactwhentheyhittheground.failfailv.~(insth.)tonotbesuccessfulinachievingsth.失败；未能（做到）e.g.(1)我未能说服她。Ifailedinmyattempttopersuadeher.(2)她未能进入艺术学院。Shefailedtogetintoartcollege.

8、2.tonotpassatestoranexam;todecidethatsb./sth.hasnotpassedatestoranexam不及格，评定不及格e.g.他驾驶执照考试不及格。Hefailedhisdrivingtest.failuren.[u]失败fascinatefascinatev.toattractorinterestsb.verymuch.深深吸引；迷住e.g.(1)中国一直令