第一篇：新視野大學英語第三版第二冊第四課教案

Book 2 Unit 4 College sweethearts

教學重點：

1.To talk about romantic love 2.To learn and apply the words and phrases of the text 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 教學難點：

1.apply the phrases and patterns 2.to listen and discuss the importance of humanities

3.To critically think what makes wonder in their crisis-ridden marriage 教學過程： Task 1 Lead-in(Ss work in groups to discuss the following questions)1.What are the modern dating practices? Tips: casual dating, formal dating, speed dating, online dating, double dating, group dating, blind date…

2.Do you think it’s a good idea to date someone at college? Why or why not? Tips: Yes, because:

? it’s an ideal place to find someone who has the same aspirations.?through years of studying together, students get to know each other well.? college has more choices than the workplace.? love starting on campus is romantic and pure.? No, because students need to concentrate on study, not to waste time dating.3.In your opinion, what are the important qualities an ideal date should possess? Tips: responsible, smart, honest, considerate, understanding, diligent, rich, good-looking, funny, having the same interest……

4.Which is more important when it comes to marriage, one’s appearance or character? Why?

Tips: Appearance, because I like to see someone who is good-looking.Character, because appearance will change as time goes by, while one’s character is essential to marriage.Task 2 Text study 1.Ss read the passage and discuss the following questions in groups

a.How do you understand the sentence “In a way, love just happens when you least expect it”? b.Why did the author think that Butch seemed a little weired although very cute? c.Why did fear come over the author whem she started to fall in love? 2.Language focus 1)New words: gaze, dynamic, proceed, coordinate, confess, commence, disapprove, tempt, deserve 2)Phrases

a.Sth.(a feeling)comes over sb.when sb.does sth.用于表達“某人在特定情境下突然受到某種情感的影響”。

Eg.當我得知他安然無恙地返回基地時，頓感寬慰。

A feeling of relief came over me when I learned that he returned to the base safe and sound b.True, …, but sb.does sth./the truth is…

用于通過讓步的方式，表達“某人與某種普遍認同觀點相異的情況”。

Eg.不錯，大城市的生活便利、愉快，但我卻時常懷念在鄉下度過的孩提時代，在鄉下，我們可以接觸大自然，享受更多樂趣。

True, life in big urban cities is convenient and enjoyable, but I always miss the childhood spent in the countryside where we could get in touch with nature and had more fun.c.Despite sth., at one’s core, sb./sth.is…

用于表達“某人/物最本質的一面”

Eg.盡管她舉止優雅溫柔，但在她的骨子里，她是一位意志堅強、果敢剛毅的人。

Despite her elegant and gentle manner, at her core, she is strong-willed and resolute.3.Structure of the text The passage can be roughly divided into three parts.Part I(Para.1): This part is the introduction which prepares for the topic of love.The narrator now has two daughters who are at the age of dating.They believe that their parents had a romantic story heading for marriage from the very beginning.However, It’s not completely true.She started dating Butch not for love but for fun because she wanted to get away from her boring college life.Part II(Para.2-10): This is the major part of the narrative.It is interspersed with flashbacks of the narrator’s dating experiences.The story records the long journey of love in a time sequence and describes in detail how she felt about Butch and how they together went through ups and downs for seven years before they finally got married.Part III(Para.11)This part echoes the beginning of the narration to reiterate that their love actually started with a casual attraction only but bloomed into a mature love for life.Having weathered the storm of love, their marriage now has turned out to be a long, romantic, sometimes crazy, love story, which sums up a 29-year long honeymoon.Task 3 Critical thinking(Activities performed in class)1）What are the messages conveyed in the article?

? Life after marriage is different from that during dating.? When dating, lovers show their best sides and conceal their weaknesses.? Dating is also characteristic of romance and fantasy.? After marriage, strengths and weaknesses of each other’s characters are revealed.? Couples may feel a little bit confused and disappointed.? It requires couples to adjust their attitudes and commit more effort to ensure a happy marriage.2）Would you accept a long distance relationship? And why? ? Yes.?

True love can transcend everything.?

Distance makes the heart grow fonder.?

You will cherish each other more.Viewing, listening and speaking

Unit 5 Relax and explore 教學重點：

1.listening to the world: sharing ,listening

2.speaking for communication : Imitation role-play 3.further practice in listening

教學難點：

Role –play 教學過程： Opening-up 1.talk about the activities shown in the pictures 2.Work in pairs and compare your answers.Listening to the word 1.Ask Ss to watch a podcast to get its general idea and discuss their answers in groups.2.Ask Ss to watch a podcast and fill in the blanks.3.Ask Ss to discuss the following questions based on what they have heard.Questions: 1.Which do you prefer to visit, a big city or a small town? Why?? 2.Do you prefer to travel alone or with a group of friends? Why? 3.What kind of holidays do you like best? Why? Role-play Work in pairs and role-play one of the following situations by using skills of making and taking orders in a restaurant.Situation 1: Making orders based on Menu A Situation 2: Making orders based on Menu B Assignment: Work in groups.Choose a town/city in China you think foreign tourists would most like to visit..

第二篇：新視野大學英語第二冊(第三版)教案

New Horizon College English

BOOK 2(3rd Edition)

新視野大學英語第二冊（第三版）教案

Unit 1 An Impressive English Lesson

課型 ：□ 理論課

√ 理論、實踐課

□ 實踐課

課時分配： 6

教學環境 ：多媒體教室

教學目標：

After studying this unit, the students are expected to be able to:

1.understand the main idea and structure of Section A and Section B；

2.master the key language points and grammatical structures in the texts

3.talk about language teaching and learning and express their opinions about current way of teaching in an English class;

4.read with the skill ―finding key ideas in sentences;

5.write a composition with three main parts: introduction, body and conclusion.Key Issues：

1.Vocabulary

Tedious, absorbed, allergic, capture, condense, exceed, distinguish, distinctive, complimentary, complementary, proclaim, evidently, adequate, competent, adjust, beneficial 2.Skills

Learn to read with the skill ―finding key ideas in sentences and write a composition with three main parts: introduction, body and conclusion.Potential Problems and Difficulties

●To talk about language teaching and learning

●write a composition with three main parts: introduction, body and conclusion.●To apply the phrases and patterns

Methodology:

A combination of traditional teaching methods with the communicative approach will be adopted.Special attention should be paid to classroom interaction like questioning and answers.Small group works are always needed while discussing the questions and the difficult translation practice.More encouragement is needed and more guidance will be given in their extracurricular study.Teaching Aids: Visual aids, projector, stereo and microphone

Group work and pair work Conduct of Tasks and Activities

（師生互動方式Mode of Interaction;學習策略Learning Strategies）

Students-centered, Task-based teaching and learning

Teaching Procedures Step 1

Lead-in

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I.Greeting and warming-up questions discussion.1.What are the key factors that help people learn English as a foreign language? 2.Do you have any problem in English learning?

3.Do you think grammar is important in English learning? II.Listening and discussing.1.Listening practice.2.In your opinion, what is the most effective way to learn English? III.Listening to a talk and answer questions on page 2

Step 2 Section A An Impressive English Lesson I.Cultural background American university education 1.What is Communicative Language Teaching?

A type of teaching method;

Develop the communicative ability as well as the knowledge of grammar;Learning by doing;Make classroom situation of real foreign language environment.2.What are the features of Communicative Language Teaching?

Communicative competence is the goal;

An integration of grammatical and functional teaching;Accuracy is secondary to conveying a message;

Focus on communicative and contextual factors in language use;Learner-centered and experience-based.3.What is the role of teacher in Communicative Language Teaching?

A facilitator of students’ learning;

A manager of classroom activities;An advisor of students’ questions;

A co-communicator in the communicative activity.II.Language Points Words and expressions

1.oddity: n.[C] a strange or unusual person or thing 怪人；怪物；奇特的東西

With his neat suits on, he felt like an oddity walking in this poor neighborhood.穿著筆挺的西裝走在這個貧民區里，他覺得自己就像個怪物。

2.oblige

The word oblige is most commonly used in the expression be/feel obliged.1)be/feel obliged to do sth.指“感到有責任做某事”。

例如： He felt obliged to help his mother, even if it meant leaving college.他覺得有責任幫助母親，即使這意味著他要離開大學。

2)be/feel obliged to sb./sth.指“對某人或某事心存感激”。

例如： Thank you very much, doctor.I am extremely obliged to you.醫生，非常謝謝您。對您，我深表感謝。

3.How was it?(spoken)often used in conversation to ask sb.about their opinion or experience of sth.怎么樣？（口語常用表達，用于詢問看法或經歷）Did you watch the movie last night? How was it? 你昨天晚上看那部電影了嗎？感覺怎么樣？

I was told that you had traveled to many places in Asia recently.How was it? 有人

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告訴我你最近跑了亞洲的很多地方，旅行怎么樣？

4.full of:(followed by abstract nouns)feeling or showing a lot of particular emotion or quality（感覺、表達或表現出）充滿某種情感（特質）的full of excitement/energy/hope/happiness/praise 充滿興奮/活力/希望/幸福/贊美 The teacher was full of praise for the homework that the students had done.老師對學生們完成的功課贊不絕口。

Lucy is a happy child and always full of life.露西是個快樂的孩子，總是充滿了活力。

5.“It was, like, whoa!” means “It was really great!”.“It was like …” is an informal expression in conversation, very common for young people who are lazy and incapable to reference their ideas.The expression is usually followed by an adjective or an exclamation.It was, like, marvelous!簡直奇妙極了！

(It was like)Whoa!How come you got a hundred percent correct on such a hard test? 哇!這么難的考試你怎么都全答對了？

Note: Whoa is specifically used to show that people are surprised or think something is very impressive.It can be used in different contexts.For example: ﹒

To describe something that you’re not quite sure how to describe: That car is so cool, it’s like, whoa.To express surprise: Whoa!It’s really amazing!

To indicate a desire to end what someone is talking: Whoa, OK, that’s enough.6.And that was it.(Para.4)

Meaning: And that was everything she said, without even mentioning any details of her wonderful experience in Europe.That was it.: often used in conversation to say that sth.is completely finished or that a situation cannot be changed 就這樣（指某事徹底結束或形勢不能更改）

That was it.I could no longer hope for a promotion, and my boss didn’t even want to see me again.就這樣吧，我的升職再也沒指望了，我的老板甚至不想再見到我。That’s it.There is nothing more we can do.就這樣吧，我們也再沒有別的辦法。

7.distinguished, distinctive, distinct

這三個詞詞形相近，但意思有很大的差別，不能互換使用。

1)distinguished指“卓越的；杰出的；著名的”。

例如： His grandfather had been a distinguished university professor.他的祖父曾是一位杰出的大學教授。

2)distinctive指“（特征、性格或外表）獨特的，有明顯不同的”。強調“表示差別的”、“有特色的”、“特殊的”。

例如： Irene had a very distinctive voice.艾琳有一個非常獨特的聲音。Can you find the distinctive watermarks of this stamp? 你能看到這枚郵票上明顯的水印嗎？ Pupils in Hong Kong usually have distinctive badges on their school uniforms.在香港，小學生的校服上常戴有頗具特色的徽章。

3)distinct表示“分明的；明了的；清楚的”。

例如： I have the distinct feeling that my friend did not realize what was happening.我明顯感到我朋友并未察覺所發生的一切。

The photo you took in Hong Kong Cultural Centre is not distinct enough.你在香港

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文化中心拍的那張照片不夠清晰。

She has a distinct pronunciation.她的發音清楚。

There is a distinct smell of smoke in my room.我的房間里有一股明顯的香煙味。distinct的另一個詞義是“明顯不同的；有區別的”。例如： Our interests were quite distinct from those of them.我們的興趣與他們的興趣截然不同。

現將distinct和distinctive 用在一個句子里，以便區分： One of the distinctive features of this book is its distinct illustrations.這本書很明顯的特點之一就是其具有清楚明了的圖解。

8.proclaim, claim

1)proclaim是正式宣告或公開宣告，“宣告”的中文意思比“聲明”要嚴肅。例如： The government has proclaimed a new law.政府已公布了一項新法令。They proclaimed that he was a traitor.他們宣稱他是叛徒。The ringing bells proclaimed the birth of the prince.響亮的鐘聲宣布了王子的誕生。

2)claim是根據權利聲明，根據權利要求索賠，根據權利認領。

(1)聲稱；斷言；主張。例如： They claim to have discovered a cure for the disease.他們聲稱已經發現了治療此病的方法。She claimed that the ring was stolen, not lost.她聲言那只戒指是被偷的,而不是遺失的。

(2)要求；索賠。例如： The old man claimed the land.老人要求得到這塊土地。I claim payment from my friend.我要求我的朋友付款。

9.exposure是動詞expose的名詞形式，動詞expose常用于短語be/get exposed to中，表示“接觸；體驗”。

例如： Some children are never exposed to classical music.有些孩子從來沒有接觸過古典音樂。

Having been exposed to all kinds of dangers in the forest, the girl felt helpless and began to cry.那個女孩在森林里體驗了各種危險后，感到很無助，就哭了起來。

10.adequate, abundant

1)adequate表示“在數量或質量上足以滿足特定的標準”，強調剛好夠用、沒有多余。

例如：He doesn’t earn a large salary but it is adequate for his needs.他掙錢不多，但也夠用了。

2)abundant表示“充裕；綽綽有余”，強調數量很多或充足有余。例如： We have abundant proof of his guilt.我們有他犯罪的充分證據。Collocation note: In Paragraph 7, we have two collocation pairs with the same word: advanced/proper vocabulary for our attention.11.adjust, adapt

1)當表示“適應…環境”時，adjust和adapt差不多。常與to搭配。可以說adjust(sth./oneself)to sth.和adapt(sth./oneself)to sth.。其中adjust和adapt互為同義詞。例如： Once you get to the United States, you will have to adjust yourself to a completely new lifestyle.一旦你到了美國，你就需要進行調整，以適應美國全新的生活方式。

The children found it hard to adapt to the new school.這些孩子們發現很難適應這所新學校。

The body adjusts itself to changes of temperature.身體會自行適應溫度的變化。

Intelligence seeks to grasp, manipulate, re-order, and adjust, while intellect examines，新視野大學英語第二冊（第三版）教案

ponders, wonders, theorizes, criticizes and imagines.智力尋求的是理解、運用、整合和調節，而才學是審視、思考、探究、形成理論、批判和想象。)adjust作及物動詞用時，還有“調節；使…適合；校準”之意，而adapt不表示此意。例如： adjust a radio(dial)調準收音機的選臺指針 adjust color on a TV 調整電視的色彩 adjust one’s tie in a mirror 照鏡子整理領帶 adjust a telescope to one’s eyes 調節望遠鏡使之適合眼睛觀看 adjust a clock 調準時鐘

3)adapt作及物動詞時，還有“（改裝）使適合；改編”之意，其同義詞是modify，不是adjust。例如： These teaching materials can be adapted for older children.這些教材修訂一下可以給大一點的孩子用。He adapted his old car engine to the boat.他把他的舊汽車上的引擎用到那只船上。

12.beneficial常與to連用，引出對誰有利、有幫助、有用。

例如： Cycling is highly beneficial to health and the environment.騎自行車對身體和環境都大有裨益。

Collocation note: In Paragraph 7, we have come across competent communication and here we have precise communication and beneficial communication.In Paragraph 2 of Text B careful readers will not miss adequate communication skills.For more collocation pairs, please refer to the notes on collocation for this unit.Useful expressions Practical Phrases

1.be/feel obliged to do sth.(因形勢、法律、義務等等關系而)非做不可，迫使

2.fresh from

剛從??來的；剛有??經歷的3.distinguish between

區分；辨別

4.get/feel/be lost

迷惘；困惑；不知所措

5.look upon sb/sth.As

把某人/物看作

6.be equipped with sth.以??為裝備；配備

III.Functional Patterns and Functions & Usages

1.if sb/sth.do/is sth., then perhaps … 用于表述“在特定條件下可能發生的事情”。2.sb fail to do sth…., while sb should do sth….用于表述“實際情況與預期的反差”。

3.While sth./sb is/does …, sb/sth.else is/dos …用于表述“人與人之間或事與事之間的反差”。

Step Three

Language application 45 minutes 1.Writing devices:

Simile

Simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things and the comparison is indicated by the word as or like.Examples:

Learning grammar and a good vocabulary is just like driving with a road map in a well-conditioned car.A poem: My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose 我的愛人像朵紅紅的玫瑰

----Robert Burns 羅伯特?彭斯 Practice

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a.生活像一具大秋千(swing)，總在開心和憂愁間搖擺(dangle)。

Life is like a big swing, dangling between the depths of happiness and sadness.b.生活沒有目標猶如航行沒有指南針(compass)。Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.c.婚姻就像一座城堡(beleaguered fortress)，外面的人想進去，里面的人想出來。

Marriage is like a beleaguered fortress: those who are without want to get in, and those within want to get out.2.How to write a college essay:

An essay normally has three main parts: Introduction, body and conclusion.Introduction: The introduction part is usually one short paragraph that introduces the topic to be discussed and the thesis statement.A thesis statement can be an opinion, an attitude or a stand about the topic.Body: The body is the main part of an essay.It may contain several short paragraphs that use the development methods of examples, narrative, cause and effect, comparison and contrast, classification, argumentation, etc.Conclusion: The conclusion wraps up the discussion of a certain topic.It can briefly summarize the main points discussed and can also restate the thesis statement by using different words and structures.At the end of the conclusion, the writer’s final thoughts on the topic may be added such as a predication, a suggestion, or a warning.Writing practice

Directions: Write an essay of no less than 150 words on one of the following topics.One topic has an outline you can follow.Topic: Grammar, a headache to me

Introduction:

Thesis statement: English Grammar is a big headache to me.Body: Example: The difference between used to and be used to Conclusion: I’m allergic to learning English grammar.More topics:

Learning English through imitation / repetition ?

Learning English with / without grammar

IV.Structure Analysis:

Main idea of section A: this text is a narrative that talks about the author’s personal experience in giving an effective English lesson to his son.He claims that students can learn better if they are properly taught.Part I(Paras.1-5)This part introduces the background of the story.It presents the thesis statement: Students unfairly bear the bulk of the criticism for these knowledge deficits because there is a sense that they should know better.Part II(Paras.6-13)This part contains two major sections to support the author’s point of view.The first section claims that students should not be blamed for their language deficiency due to two major reasons:1)they are misled by the language environment;2)they are not learning the language adequately and efficiently in school.The second section elaborates the author’s personal opinion about the importance of grammar and vocabulary, by way of metaphors.新視野大學英語第二冊（第三版）教案

Para.II(Para.14-17)Toward the end, the author narrates another incident where his son unconsciously uttered a grammatically perfect sentence with a subjunctive mood and he’s proud of his son.Step 3 Language points Detailed study of the text

1.If I am the only parent who still corrects his child’s English, then perhaps my son is right.To him, I am a tedious oddity: a father he is obliged to listen to and a man absorbed in the rules of grammar, which my son seems allergic to.(Para.1)

Meaning: My son is probably right if there is no other parent like me who still corrects his child’s mistake in English.To my son, I am a boring and strange father, who he has to listen to I am also the one who pays lots of attention to grammar rules, which he doesn’t seem to like.2.She nodded three or four times searched the heavens for the right words, and then exclaimed, it was like, whoa!“(para.3)

Meaning : she nodded her head three or four times, tried to find the right words in her mind and then shouted with excitement it was like whoa!

Meaning beyond words: Since the student was not quite sure how to exactly describe her travel experience, the tone of the author is somewhat sarcastic.The author intended to send out the message that the student was incompetent regarding the selection of her English vocabulary.search somewhere for sth.: try to find sth.in some place 在某地方搜尋某物

The robber reached out and searched the back pocket of my trousers for anything valuable.那個盜賊伸手搜我褲子后面的口袋以尋找值錢的東西。

Note The heavens means the sky: here search the heavens for the right words” implies the student

tried hard to find suitable words to describe what she saw and experienced when traveling in Europe.3.The civilization of Greece and the glory of Roman architecture were captured in condensed non-statement.(para.4)

Meaning: The civilization of Greece and the glory of Roman architecture were just described in one word rather than a complete statement because of her inability to choose appropriate words to express herself。

4.My student ―whoa‖ was exceeded only by my head-shaking distress.(para.4)Meaning: My head-shaking distress at her inability to express properly was even greater than her slang term whoa, one word, which did not make any statement to describe the civilization of Greece and the glory of Roman architecture.Meaning beyond words: The word exceed states explicitly that the authors worry about his student's language inability was much more intense than her excitement.5.Surely students should be able to distinguish between their/there/they're on the distinctive difference between complimentary and complementary(para.5)

Meaning: Of course, students should be able to recognize and understand the differences between their/ there/they're on the obvious difference between complimentary and complementary distinguish: recognize the differences between

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things 區別；辨別

A formal education with emphasis on history literature and culture helps a person learn how to distinguish right from wrong著重于歷史、文學和文化的正規教育能幫助一個人學習如何明辨是非。

distinguish between: recognize and understand the difference between two or more things or people區分；辨別

The ability to read in a critical way involves the ability to distinguish between facts and the writer’s opinions or interpretations.批判性閱讀能力包括區分什么是事實，什么事作者自己的看法或解釋能力。

★distinctive: a.easy to recognize because of being different from other people or things of the same type與眾不同的；特殊的；特別的

The distinctive design of a product provides a powerful competitive advantage over other products.一個獨特的產品設計具有比其他產品更強有力的競爭優勢。

6.For example signs in grocery stores point them to the stationary, even though the actual stationeryare not items nailed down.(para.6)Meaning: For example , signs of merchandise in grocery stores lead students to the ―stationary‖ department selling stationery like pads =, albums and notebooks.However, these displayed stationery items are movable but not nailed down.Meaning beyond words: Taking the wrong spelled signs in grocery stores as an example, the author argues that it is not students’ fault.The verb phrase nail down is cleverly used to describe the funny situation: movable ―stationery‖ items are under the sign of unmovable stationary distinct spelling mistake between the two words.Here you are surrounded by great resource: interesting students from all over the country, a learned and caring faculty, a comprehensive library, great sports facilities, and student organizations covering every possible interest from the arts to science, to community service and so on.(para4)

7.Therefore, it doesn’t make any sense to criticize our students(para.6)

Meaning: So, there's no good reason to criticize our students.Which is unfair to them.8.Moreover, the younger teachers themselves evidently have little knowledge of these vital structures of language because they also went without exposure to them.(para.7)

Meaning: In addition, the young teachers obviously know little about these important structures of language since they also didn’t have the chance to deal with them in their prior learning experiences.moreover: ad.(fml.)in addition-used to introduce information that adds to or supports what has previously been said 而且；再者；此外

Moreover, they become more concerned about their health as they grow older.此外，隨著年齡的增長，他們更加關注自己的健康。

9.The chance came when one day I was driving with my son.As we set out on our trip, he noticed a bird in jerky flight and said, ―It's flying so unsteady.‖(para.8)Meaning: The opportunity to teach him English came when we were both on a car heading for our trip.On seeing a bird flying unsteadily, he commented that the bird was flying unsteady.jerk: n.[C] a sudden quick movement 猛的一動；猝然一動

The old bus started with a jerk, so the passengers shook a sudden.那輛舊的公共汽

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車猛地一動，車上的乘客都突然搖晃了一下。

jerky: a.moving roughly with many starts and stops（在進行中）不平穩的，顛簸的

After the bus came to a jerky halt, the passengers got the hurriedly.公共汽車顛簸著停下來以后，乘客們都匆忙下車了。

10.Curious about my correction he asked me what an adverb was.Slowly, I said, ―it's a word that tells you something about a verb.‖ It led to his asking me what a verb was.I explained, ―Verbs are action words;for example, Dad drives the truck.Drive is the verb because it's the thing dad is doing.‖(para.9)

Meaning: fascinated by my correction, he wondered what an adverb was.After he got the answer, he went on with the question of a verb.To explain vividly to him, I used the example of driving: an action I was doing.Meaning beyond words: The boy was very alert to something new or interesting.His learning experience illustrates that learning grammar is not necessarily boring.11.Then, out of his own curiosity, he asked me if other words had names for their use and functions.(para.10)

Meaning: After that, because of his curiosity, he asked me if other words also had specific names for their use and the roles they play.out of curiosity: because of curiosity 出于好奇

She decided to follow him out of curiosity.出于好奇，她決定跟蹤他。

12.Perhaps, language should be looked upon as a road map and a valuable possession: often study the road map(check grammar)and tune up the car engine(adjust vocabulary).Learning grammar and a good vocabulary is just like driving with a road map in a well-conditioned car(para.11)

Meaning: Maybe, you should regard language as a road map and a very precious property you have.You should often look at the road map(review grammar)and make small changes to your car engine(improve vocabulary).Meaning beyond words: The road map and the car are used metaphorically to mean that grammar and vocabulary are powerful devices that will enable you to freely explore in the language world.13.Equipped with grammar and a good vocabulary, you have flexibility and excellent control.(para.12)

Meaning beyond words: Just as traveling with a road map and a good car, with the help of grammar knowledge and a large vocabulary, you will feel more comfortable and confident when using the English language.be equipped with sth: be provided with the things that are needed for a particular kind of activity or work 以…為裝備；配備…

All dormitory rooms are equipped with high speed internet access.宿舍所有的房間都配備了高速互聯網。

Step 4 Question discussing

1.What are the most important factors that encourage students to learn English?

2.Do you think English grammar helps you a lot in learning English? Why or why not? 3.In what ways can teacher improve the technique of teaching grammar? 4.How

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can students more effectively enlarge their vocabulary?

Step 5 Review & Exercises

1.Review

2.Oral presentation---Reproduction 3.Exercises

4.Exercises 3,4,5,6,7

(Ss give answers and raise questions they may have and T explains the difficulties)5.Exercises 8,9---writing and translation.Assignments: 1)review Section A;2)Exercises in Section B;3)speed reading Step 6 Listening practice

Assignments: 1)Story retelling in Unit 1;

2)Pair work---practice model dialogs in unit 1 in the Listening and Speaking Book;3)Preview the new words in unit 2;

―――――――――――――――自我評價問題――――――――――― ―― Questions for Self-evaluation:

1.Can I understand the text fully?

2.Have I memorized the new vocabulary and can I put them into use? 3.Do I understand better how to become a successful language learner?

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Unit 2 College—The ladder to success?

課型 ：□ 理論課

√ 理論、實踐課

□ 實踐課

課時分配： 6

教學環境 ：多媒體教室

教學目標：

Teaching Aims：

After studying this unit, the students are expected to be able to:

1.understand the main idea and structure of Section A and Section B；

2.master the key language points and grammatical structures in the texts

3.talk about significance of the humanities and gain more insights into life and society and be aware of cultural and religious differences;4.read with the skill ―reading for major details‖;

5.write a composition to introduce the advantages of something with three main parts: introduction, body and conclusion.Key Issues 1.Vocabulary

accounting, boost, defect, persist, accelerate, dominant, compel, elegant, spectacular, insight,liable,reservoir, in succession, speculate about/on, invest sb./sth.with, in the company of 2.Skills

● Learn to read with the skill ――reading for major details‖ and focus on how the advantages/disadvantages are introduced.Potential Problems and Difficulties

●To talk about significance of the humanities

●write a composition to introduce advantages and disadvantages of some topic.●To apply the phrases and patterns

Methodology

A combination of traditional teaching methods with the communicative approach will be adopted.Special attention should be paid to classroom interaction like questioning and answers.Small group works are always needed while discussing the questions and the difficult translation practice.More encouragement is needed and more guidance will be given in their extracurricular study.Teaching Aids: Visual aids, projector, stereo and microphone

Group work and pair work： Conduct of Tasks and Activities

（師生互動方式Mode of Interaction;學習策略Learning Strategies）

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Students-centered , Task-based teaching and learning

Step 1 Lead-in

I.Greeting and warming-up questions discussion.1.How do you think of your current major? If you were given a second chance to choose your major, what would you select and why?

2.What liberal arts / humanities courses do you learn in college? Do you think they are necessary for your education?

II.Listening and discussing.1.Listening practice.2.In your opinion, what are the most important skills you learned in high school? III.Listening to a talk and answer questions on page 30.Step 2 Section A An Impressive English Lesson I.Background information 1.the humanities

The humanities are a group of academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative.Therefore, they are distinguished from the approaches of the natural sciences.The humanities, called social sciences, include history, anthropology, communication studies, cultural studies, law, language, literature, philosophy, religion, music and theater, etc.Through exploration of the humanities, students learn how to think creatively and critically, to reason, and to ask questions.Because these skills allow students to gain new insights into everything from poetry and paintings to business models and politics, humanistic subjects have been at the heart of a liberal arts education.Today, humanistic knowledge continues to provide the ideal foundation for exploring and understanding the human experience.2.self-awareness

Self-awareness isn’t a quality that you demonstrate by telling a story, but rather it has to do with how you tell the story and your ability to communicate what you learned.Being able to explain to the admissions committee why you value one accomplishment above others, what you learned from a setback, or the deeper meaning of your career goals, is evidence of self-awareness.Furthermore, the self-aware individual has knowledge of both his strengths and weaknesses.II.Useful expressions and Practical Phrases

1.major in

主修（某一）科目

2.in succession

連續發生 3.be bound to

肯定會，注定

4.stand up for

支持，維護

5.speculate about

推測，猜測

6.invest sb.wth sth.賦予（某人/某物）以某種性質

7.be liable to

可能/易于做某事

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III.Functional Patterns and Functions & Usages

1.Sth.is/are more and more seen as … rather than …

用于表達“人們對某一事物的看法的變化”。

2.Once + N., sth.now …

用于表達“今昔對比”。

3.If sb.only do sth./ If sb.do sth.alone, it’s likely that … / sb.are liable to …用于表達“如果只做??可能出現的后果”。

Ⅳ.Structure Analysis:

Main idea of section A: this text is a narrative that talks about the author’s personal experience in giving an effective English lesson to his son.He claims that students can learn better if they are properly taught.Part I(Paras.1-5)Part I provides the background information of the argument.By moving away from the humanities and taking some ―hard-skill courses instead, students think it would improve their chance of finding a job.Because of the economic downturn, this trend is likely to persist and even accelerate.However, the humanities play a significant role in people’s lives and can’t be ignored.Part II(Paras.6-9)Part II presents the author’s argument to stand up for the true value of the humanities: studying the humanities can improve our ability to read and write, invest us with great insight and self-awareness, thereby releasing our creative energy and talent, and provide the scope of possibilities that are widely open to us.It also suggests that inner insight, combined with technical knowledge, is ideal for the establishment of a good career.Part III(Para.10)Part III summaries the main ideas stated in the argument: The humanities help to create well-rounded human beings with inner insight and understanding of the passions, hopes and dreams common to all humanity

Step 3 Language points Detailed study of the text

1.When the going gets tough, the tough take accounting.(Para.1)

Meaning: When conditions or situations become difficult, determined people choose to study the subject of accounting, hoping they can more easily find a job in the future.★When the going gets tough: when the situation becomes difficult 當形勢變得嚴峻時

When the going gets tough, women can get as tough as men.當形勢變得嚴峻時，女人可以變得跟男人一樣堅強。

★accounting: n.[C] the work of accountants or the methods they use會計;會計學

Students’ major objective is to be financially well off.Accordingly, today the most popular course is not literature or history but accounting.學生的主要目的是經濟上富裕。因此，當今最流行的課程不是文學或歷史，而是會計。

★take accounting: choose to study the subject of accounting 選擇學會計

2.When the job market worsens, many students calculate they can’t major in English or history.(Para.1)

Meaning: When there are fewer job openings, many college students make a

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judgment from the situation and think they can’t study English or history as their major.★calculate: vt.1)make a judgment about what is likely to happen using the available information 估計；預測；推測

It’s difficult to calculate the long-term effects of these changes in the law.這些法律上變化帶來的長期影響是難以預測的。

2)find out how much sth.will cost, how long sth.will take, etc.by using numbers 計算；核算

Nowadays the accountants in the enterprise use computers to calculate the cost of production with accuracy.如今，企業財務人員利用電腦來計算準確的生產成本。

★major in: study sth.as your main subject at college or university 主修（某一）科目

The high demand for persons with knowledge about computers is why I chose to major in computer science at the university.對具有電腦知識人才的高需求是我選擇在大學主修計算機科學的原因。

ists to engage in basic research, not applied research.產業領導者們希望科學家們從事基礎研究，而不是應用研究。

★bet :(bet, bet)vt.be fairly sure that sth.is true, that sth.will happen, etc., although you can’t prove this 肯定

I bet the train will be late.我敢打賭，列車會晚點。

v.risk money on the result of a race, game, competition or other future event 下賭注；與?打賭 I bet my life that he will take my money and leave.我敢用我的命打賭，他將拿著我的錢離開。

5.In other words, a college education is more and more seen as a means for economic betterment rather than a means for human betterment.(Para.2)

Meaning: In other words, a college education is more considered as a method to improve students’ economic status rather than improve human nature or behavior.6.This is a trend that is likely to persist and even accelerate.(Para.2)

Meaning: Very likely, the trend will continue to exist and even go faster than ever.★persist: vi.(fml.)continue to exist 繼續存在；持續

1)If the bad weather persists, the farmers will suffer great losses this year.如果惡劣天氣持續，農民今年將遭受巨大的損失。

2)continue to do sth., although this is difficult, or other people oppose it 堅持；執意

Students must persist in their efforts if they wish to do well.學生如果想取得好成績就必須堅持努力。★accelerate: v.happen or make sth.happen at a faster rate（使）加快；促進

Human activities can cause or accelerate permanent changes in natural systems.人類的活動可能導致或加速自然系統的永久變化。

7.Over the next few years, as labor market struggle, the humanities will probably continue their long slide in succession.(Para.3)

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Note: It might be worthwhile to have a review of the word slide used as a noun or a verb:

n.[usu.sing.] a situation in which sth.gradually gets worse or sb.develops a problem(情況)變糟，惡化；（人）出現問題

School administrators were unable to explain the slide in students’ performance.學校管理人員無法解釋學生成績下降的原因。

v.gradually become worse, or begin to have a problem 逐漸破壞；開始出現問題

Students’ test scores started to slide in the mid-1990s.20世紀90年代中期，學生的考分開始下降。

★succession: n.[sing.] a series of people or things of the same type 一連串，一系列（同類型的人或物）After graduation, he took a succession of low-paid jobs.畢業后他干了一連串報酬低微的工作。

★in succession: happening one after the other without anything different happening in between 連續發生地；接連發生地

She is an accomplished athlete and won the championship four times in succession.她是一個成功的運動員，連續四次獲得冠軍。

8.There already has been a nearly 50 percent decline in the portion of liberal arts majors over the past generation, and it is logical to think that the trend is bound to continue or even accelerate.(Para.3)

Meaning: Based on the factor that there already has been about 50 percent decrease in the numbers of students majoring in liberal arts over the past years, it is reasonable to think that the trend will surely continue or even speed up.★liberal: a.1)(～arts)school or college subjects that give students a general education and teach them to think rather than those subjects that develop practical skills 文科

The liberal arts are college or university subjects such as history, languages and literature but not science.文科是學院或大學的如歷史、語言和文學之類的學習課目，而不是理科學科。

2)accepting different opinions and ways of behaving and tending to be sympathetic to other people 心胸寬廣的；開明的

She is known to have liberal views on divorce.人們知道她對離婚持有開明的觀點。★logical: a.connecting ideas or reasons in a sensible way 合乎邏輯的；合理的

It is logical to think that when people are deprived of their familiar surroundings they will feel disoriented.脫離熟悉的環境時，人們會感到迷失方向，這樣想是符合邏輯的。

★bound: a.(～to)sth.that is bound to happen will almost certainly happen 一定的；幾乎肯定的 The weather is bound to get better tomorrow.明天的天氣肯定更好。

9.Once the dominant pillars of university life, the humanities now play little roles when students take their college tours.These days, labs are more vivid and compelling than libraries.(Para.3)

Meaning: The humanities that once dominated university life now play a trivial role when students have their college visits;nowadays, labs are more eye-catching and fascinating than libraries.★dominant: a.more important, powerful, or successful than the other people or

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things of the same type 有優勢的；占統治地位的

Unemployment rate will be the dominant issue at the next president election.失業率將是下次總統選舉中的主要話題。★pillar: n.[C]

1)a very important part of a system of beliefs or ideas（信仰或思想）非常重要的部分 Equality is one of the pillars of a stable society.平等是一個穩定社會的支柱之一。

2)a thick strong upright post that supports part of a building 柱子；支柱

Eight massive stone pillars supported the roof.八根巨大的石柱支撐起房頂。

★vivid: a.having or producing very clear and detailed images in the mind 清晰的；生動的

He gave a very vivid and often shocking account of his time in prison.他描述了他在監獄的往事，非常生動，也非常令人震驚。

★compel: vt.force sb.to do sth.強迫；迫使

As a school boy, he was compelled to wear shorts even in winter.當他還是一個在校的小男孩時，即使在冬天他也被迫穿短褲。

★compelling: a.interesting or exciting enough to keep your attention completely 有強烈吸引力的；引人入勝的

Steve Job’s life makes a compelling story.史蒂夫?喬布斯的一生是一個引人入勝的故事。

10.Here, please allow me to stand up for and promote the true value that the humanities add to people’s lives.(Para.4)

Meaning: I here ask for your permission to let me defend and advertise the true value that the humanities bring to people’s lives.★stand up for: support or defend a person or an idea when they are being attacked 支持；保衛；維護

Mary stood up for me at the meeting, sparing me some embarrassment.瑪麗在會議上支持了我，使我免受了一些尷尬。

★promote: vt.support or encourage sth.支持；鼓勵；提倡

To acknowledge other cultures will promote good will among people of different backgrounds.承認別人的文化會促進不同背景的人之間的友好親善。

11.Since ancient times, people have speculated about the mystery of those inner forces that drive some people to greatness and others to self-destruction.(Para.4)Meaning: Ever since ancient times, people have thought carefully and seriously why the mysterious forces coming from their inner world could be so powerful that it could make some people great while others morally deteriorate.★speculated about / on: make guesses about the possible causes or effects of sth.without knowing all the facts or details 猜測；推測

It’s too early to speculate about the outcome of the negotiations between the workers union and the company’s leadership.要推測工會和公司管理層之間的談判結果，還為時過早。

★mystery: n.[C, usu.sing.] sth.that you are not able to understand, explain, or get information about 不可思議的事物；無法解釋的事物；謎

No one had ever been able to explain the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle.從來沒有人能夠解釋百慕大三角之謎。

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★destruction: n.[U] damage that is so severe that sth.stops existing or can never return to its normal state 毀滅；摧毀；破壞

The destruction caused by too many cars and the death of millions of people shook the foundation of Western idealism.太多的戰爭所造成的破壞和數以百萬計人的死亡動搖了西方理想主義的基礎。

12.This inner drive has been called many things over the centuries.(Para.4)

Meaning: Over the past centuries, many different names have been used to describe this inner force of human beings.13.The famous psychologist, Sigmund Freud, called it the ―unconscious mind‖ or, more familiarly, ―instinct‖.(Para.4)

Meaning: Sigmund Freud, a famous psychologist, named it the unintentional mind or, more familiar to us, natural ability to know something.★unconscious: a.relating to or coming from the part of your mind in which there are thoughts and feelings that you do not realize you have 潛意識的；下意識的；無意識的

I don’t know if he noticed my unconscious desire.我不知他是否注意到我潛意識的愿望。

14.From the beginning of time, this inner aspect of our being, this drive that can be constructive or destructive, has captured our imagination.(Para.5)

Meaning: Since ancient times, it is this very inner force of our being, either constructive or destructive, that has stimulated our imagination.★destructive: a.causing severe damage or harm 破壞性的；毀滅性的

Lack of trust is very destructive in a relationship.缺乏信任在人際關系中是很具有破壞性的。15.The stories of this amazing struggle have formed the basis of cultures the world over.(Para.5)

Meaning: It is these stories about this fascinating inner struggle of human beings that have laid the foundation of the world cultures.16.Historians、architects、authors、philosophers and artists have captured the words, images and meanings of this inner struggle in the form of story、music、painting、architecture、sculpture、landscape and traditions.(Para.5)

Meaning: Our historians、architects、authors、philosophers and artists have successfully caught the words, images and meanings of this mysterious inner force by way of story、music、painting、architecture、sculpture、landscape and traditions.★architect: n.[C] sb.whose job is to design buildings 建筑師

He is the architect of this building, and he’s always on the construction site.他是這個大樓的建筑師，他總出現在施工現場。

★philosopher: n.[C] sb.who studies and tries to explain the meaning of things such as life, knowledge, or beliefs 哲學家；哲人

Plato was a Greek philosopher.柏拉圖是希臘哲學家。

★in the form of: in the way sth.is or appears to be 以?形式；以?方式

They received a benefit in the form of a tax reduction.他們通過減稅的方式獲益。★landscape: n.[C]

1)a photograph or a painting showing an area of countryside or land 風景照；風景畫

2)an area of land that is beautiful to look at or has a particular type of appearance

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（陸上的）風景，景致，景色

The landscape is dotted with the tents of campers.露營者的帳篷點綴了風景。

17.These men and women developed artistic ―languages‖ that help us understand these aspiration and also educate generations.(Para.5)

Meaning: The artistic works and masterpieces created by these men and women help us understand the strong desires and beautiful dreams of human beings and also help educate future generations.18.This fertile body of work from ancient times, the very foundation of civilization, forms the basis of study of the humanities.(Para.5)

Meaning: The large amount of work filled with rich ideas and imagination from ancient times — the fundamental components of civilization — provides the basis of the study of the humanities.★fertile: a.1)able to produce good ideas or results 富有成果的；富有想象力的 A poet must have a fertile imagination.詩人必須有豐富的想象力。2)able to produce good crops or plants(土地)肥沃的，富饒的Fertile soil helps Canada rank among the world’s leading wheat producers.肥沃的土壤幫助加拿大躋身世界主要小麥生產國。

a / the body of sth.: a large amount or mass of sth., esp.sth.that has been collected 大量的某物

Acquiring a language is learning a skill, not collecting a body of information.學語言是學習技能，而不是獲取大量的信息。

19.Studying the humanities improves our ability to read and write.No matter what we do in life, we will have a huge advantage if we can read complex ideas and understand their meaning.We will have a bright career if we are the person in the office who can write a clear and elegant analysis of these ideas!(Para.6)

Meaning: Studying the humanities helps us improve our reading and writing ability.In whatever situation, it is a great advantage if we understand complex ideas through reading.To illustrate, if we are the person in the office who can write and analyze those complex ideas in a logical, clear, intelligent yet simple manner, we will have a promising career.★elegant: a.1)very intelligent yet simple（想法或計劃）巧妙的，簡潔的

The document impressed me with its elegant simplicity.該文件給我留下了精辟簡明的深刻印象。2)beautiful, attractive and graceful 優美的；高雅的

Patricia looked beautiful and elegant as always.帕特里夏看上去總是那么美麗優雅。

★analysis: n.[C, U] a process of studying or examining sth.in detail in order to understand it or explain it 分析

I’m interested in Clare’s analysis of the situation in China.我對克萊爾對中國形勢的分析很感興趣。

20.Studying the humanities makes us familiar with the language of emotion and the creative process.(Para.7)Meaning: We get more familiar with the expressions of emotion and the process of creation by studying the humanities.21.In an information economy, many people have the ability to produce a useful product such as a new MP3 player.(Para.7)

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Meaning: In an economy driven by information, many people are capable of producing a useful commodity like a new MP3 player.22.Yet, very few people have the ability to create a spectacular brand: the Ipod.(Para.7)

Meaning: But very few people have the ability to create an extremely impressive product name such as the Ipod.(Para.7)

★spectacular: a.extremely impressive 引人入勝的；非常壯觀的 There was a spectacular sunset last night.昨晚的日落極其壯觀。

★brand: n.[C] a product or group of products that has its own name and is made by one particular company 品牌；商標

The Beatles are probably one of the most spectacular brands of musicians in the world.披頭士可能是全世界音樂界里最吸引人的品牌之一了。

23.Most importantly, studying the humanities invests us with great insight and self-awareness, thereby releasing our creative energy and talent in a positive and constructive manner.(Para.7)

Meaning: The most important advantage for us to study the humanities is that it enables us to become more analytical and self-aware;therefore, our creativeness and talent are brought out in a positive and constructive way.★invest: v.use your money with the aim of making a profit from it 投資

He invested all our profits in gold shares.他把我們所有的利潤都投資進了黃金股。

★invest sb./ sth.with sth.:(fml.)give sb.or sth.a particular quality 賦予（某人或某物）以（某種性質）

Nature has invested these animals with a capacity for not showing fear.自然界賦予了這些動物不顯露恐懼的本領。★insight: n.1)[U] the ability to notice and understand a lot about people or situation 洞察力；領悟力

It was an interesting book, full of fascinating insight into human nature.這是一本有趣的書，充滿了對人性絕妙的洞察力。

2)[C, U] a sudden clear understanding of sth., esp.sth.complicated 頓悟；洞悉；見解

Her research has given us some insight into what sparks a teenager’s curiosity.她的研究是我們頓悟到什么會引起青少年的好奇心。

★thereby: ad.(fml.)because of or by means of what has just been mentioned 因此；從而；借此

We started our journey early, thereby avoiding most of the traffic.我們早早地開始了我們的旅程，從而避開了交通堵塞的高峰期。

24.Perhaps the best argument in favor of the humanities in the scope of possibilities that are widely open to us.(Para.8)

Meaning: The most valid argument to support the humanities is perhaps they can provide us with a wide range of opportunities.★in favor of: supporting a person or an idea, proposal, etc.that you believe is right 支持；贊同

Congress has decided in favor of a ＄200 million housing development.美國國會已決定贊成一個兩億美元發展住房的計劃。

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★the scope of: the range of 范圍

The Student Association has promised to widen the scope of activities.學生會已承諾要擴大活動范圍。25.Did you know that James Cameron, world-famous director of the movie, Titanic, graduated with a degree in the humanities? So did Sally Ride, the first woman in space.So did actors Bruce Lee, Gwyneth Paltrow, Renee Zellweger and Matt Damon.Dr.Harold Varmus, who won Novel Prize for Medicine, studied the humanities.Even Michael Eisner, Chairman of the Disney Company, majored in the humanities.(Para.8)

Meaning Beyond words: All these famous people should attribute their success to their previous study of the humanities, which invested them with great insight and self-awareness.26.Famous people who studied the humanities make a list indeed.It’s easy to see the humanities can prepare us for many different careers and jobs we can undertake, whether medicine, business, science or entertainment.(Para.8)

Meaning: It is true that famous people who studied the humanities can make up a long list.Obviously, the humanities enable us to engage in many different careers and jobs, no matter whether they are medicine, business, science or entertainment.★prepare…for…: make sb.ready and able to deal with a future event 使?做好準備（應對未來）We now need to prepare them for the digital economy.我們現在需要讓他們為數碼經濟做好準備。

★undertake: vt.(undertook, undertook)agree to be responsible for a job or project and do it 承擔；著手做

Dr.Johnson undertook the task of writing a comprehensive English dictionary.約翰遜博士著手寫一本詳盡的英語詞典。

27.If we study only mathematics, it’s likely we will be a candidate only for jobs as a mathematician.(Para.8)Meaning: If we study only mathematics, very possibly we will be a person who only competes for jobs as a mathematician.★candidate: n.[C] sb.who is being considered for a job or is competing in an election 候選人

One US corporation offered a large sum of money in support of a US presidential candidate at a time when the company was under investigation.一個美國公司在接受調查期間為某個美國總統候選人提供了大量的金錢支持。

28.If we include studying the humanities, we can make breakthroughs on many barriers and are limited only by our efforts and imagination.(Para.8)

Meaning: If we also study the humanities, we can successfully remove many obstacles on our way and still develop our potential unless we don’t try enough and lack imagination.★breakthrough: n.[C] a discovery or achievement that comes after a lot of hard work 突破；重大發現；重大成就

Scientists have made more than one major breakthrough in the treatment of cancer.科學家在治療癌癥方面取得了不止一個重大突破。

★barrier: n.[C] anything that prevents progress or makes it difficult for sb.to achieve sth.障礙

The new president advocated the removal of trade barriers for his country.那位新總統主張為他的國家消除貿易壁壘。

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29.Of course, nowadays, if we study the humanities alone, we are liable to miss many opportunities.(Para.8)Meaning: It is for sure that nowadays if we study the humanities alone, we are likely to miss many chances or opportunities.★liable:(be ～ to do sth.)likely to do sth.in a particular way because of a fault or tendency 可能（易于）做某事的

Many parts of the country are liable to suffer from flooding.該國的許多地方已遭水災。

30.Each one of us needs to become technically and professionally skilled as possible to help meet the needs of modern life.(Para.9)

Meaning: To satisfy the needs of modern life, all of us need to try our best to become technically and professionally skillful.31.In fact, increasingly a pairing of technical knowledge and inner insight is seen as the ideal in the establishment of a career.(Para.9)

Meaning: In fact, a combination of technical knowledge and inner insight is increasingly lokked upon as the ideal mode for starting a career.★establishment: n.[U] the process of starting or creating sth.such as an organization 建立；創立；設立 We support their struggle for the establishment of a new international economic order.我們支持他們為建立國際經濟新秩序而斗爭。

32.If I were the Dean of Admissions at a medical school and two people applied to our school, both having the required basic scientific courses, one a philosophy major and the other solely a pre-med student, the philosophy applicant would be chosen.(Para.9)

Meaning: Suppose I were the Dean of Admissions at a medical school and I were recruiting two applicants.Both of them took the required basic scientific courses, but one is a philosophy major and the other just pre-med.I would surely choose the one with the philosophy background.★sole: a.(only before the noun)the only one of a particular type 唯一的；僅有的The sole purpose of his trip was to attend a concert at Carnegie Hall.他此行的唯一目的是參加在卡內基廳舉行的一場音樂會。

★solely: ad.involving nothing except the person or thing mentioned 只；唯一地；僅僅

Scholarships are given solely on the basis of financial need.獎學金的頒發只根據財物的需要。

★pre-med: a.(AmE)relating to classes that prepares a student for medical school, or to the students who are taking these classes 醫學院預科的；針對醫學院預科生的My sister wants to become a doctor, and she’s now a pre-med student.我妹妹想成為一名醫生，她現在是醫學院的預科生。

33.In summary, the humanities helps to create well-rounded human beings with insight and understanding of the passions, hopes and dreams common to all humanity.(Para.10)

Meaning: To summarize, with the help of the humanities, we can create all-rounded people who are insightful and well understand the passions, hopes and dreams common to all humanity.★well-rounded human beings: human beings with a range of interests and skills and a

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variety of experience 全面發展的人

34.The humanities, the ancient timeless reservoir of knowledge, teach us to see things differently and broaden our horizons.They are as useful and relevant in our modern age as they have always been.(Para.10)

Meaning: The humanities, the ancient timeless resource of knowledge, teach us to see things from different perspectives and to expand our horizons, which is useful and related to our modern life, just as it has always been.★reservoir: n.[C]

1)a large quantity of sth.that can be used 積蓄；儲蓄

Colleges are a reservoir of talents for companies.大學是企業的人才庫。

2)an artificial or natural lake where water is stored so that it can be supplied to the houses in an area（人造的）水庫；（天然）蓄水湖

If it rains heavily, the reservoir will overflow.如果下大雨，水庫里的水將會溢出來。

35.Doesn’t it make sense to spend some time in the company of the humanities, our outstanding and remarkable treasure of knowledge?(Para.10)

Meaning: Isn’t it reasonable to spend some time with the humanities, our extremely good and marvelous treasure of knowledge?

★in the company of: in sb’s company;with sb.和某人在一起

She caught sight of her grandson, in the company of three other boys of similar age, going into the narrow alley which led to the railway.她看見她的孫子和其他三個年齡相仿的男孩一起，進入了那條通向鐵路的狹窄小巷。

★outstanding: a.extremely good or impressive 杰出的；出眾的；顯著的

His performance in charitable activities was outstanding.在公益活動方面，他的表現非常出色。

6.Who knows how famous YOU might become!Meaning: No one can tell how famous you will be!

Step 4 Question discussing

1.What are the main factors that affect students’ decision on choosing their majors? 2.Why are there more science majors than liberal arts majors in college today?

3.Should schools give more support to the study of the humanities? Why or why not?

Step 5 Review & Exercises

1.Review

2.Oral presentation 3.Exercises

4.Exercises 3,4,5,6,7

(Ss give answers and raise questions they may have and T explains the difficulties)5.Exercises 8,9---writing and translation.Assignments:

1)review Section A;

2)Exercises in Section B;3)speed reading

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Step 6 Listening practice

Assignments:

1)listening skills: Understanding the problem-solution pattern in the Listening and Speaking Book;

2)Pair work---practice model dialogs in unit 2;

3)Preview the new words in unit 3;

―――――――――――――――自我評價問題――――――――――― ―― Questions for Self-evaluation:

1.Can I understand the text fully?

2.Have I memorized the new vocabulary and can I put them into use?

3.Do I understand what a college education means to humanities?

Resources and Materials:

全新版大學英語長篇閱讀2，上海外語教育出版社，李蔭華

新視野大學英語讀寫教程（第三版），外語教學與研究出版社，鄭樹棠

大學英語語法，外語教學與研究出版社大學英語，袁懋梓

大學實用英語寫作教程，北京理工大學出版社，汪宏 教參

References

新視野大學英語教師用書, 鄭樹棠, 外語教學與研究出版社，2015年 Motivating Students to Learn.Brophy Jere.East Normal University Press.2004

Classroom Decision-making.Breen Michael P.Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.2005

課后記錄 After Class Notes

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Unit 3 Discovery of a new life stage

課型 ：□ 理論課

√ 理論、實踐課

□ 實踐課

課時分配： 6

教學環境 ：多媒體教室

教學目標：

Teaching Aims:

After studying this unit, the students are expected to be able to:

1.to understand the main idea and structure of Section A and Section B； 2.to master the key language points and grammatical structures in the texts

3.to talk about language teaching and learning and express their opinions about current way of teaching in an English class;

4.to read with the skill ―finding key ideas in sentences‖;

5.to write a composition with three main parts: introduction, body and conclusion.Key Issues: 1.Vocabulary

parallel, previous, sensible, radical, agenda, frame, spouse, stability, proportion, rebellion, resent, resort, allowance, transition, predict, version, boom 2.Skills

● Learn to read with the skill —finding key ideas in sentences and write a composition with three main parts: introduction, body and conclusion.Potential Problems and Difficulties

●To talk about language teaching and learning

●write a composition with three main parts: introduction, body and conclusion.●To apply the phrases and patterns

Methodology:

A combination of traditional teaching methods with the communicative approach will be adopted.Special attention should be paid to classroom interaction like questioning and answers.Small group works are always needed while discussing the questions and the difficult translation practice.More encouragement is needed and more guidance will be given in their extracurricular study.Teaching Aids: Visual aids, projector, stereo and microphone

Group work and pair work

Conduct of Tasks and Activities

（師生互動方式Mode of Interaction;學習策略Learning Strategies）

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Students-centered, Task-based teaching and learning

Teaching Procedures Step 1 Lead-in

I.Greeting and warming-up questions discussion.1.What is the ideal university like in your eyes? 2.What are your expectations of your spouse? 3.In your opinion, what is your ideal life?

II.Listening and discussing.1.Listening practice.2.What should we do to face our parents as children?

Step 2 Section A An Impressive English Lesson I.Usage note:

1.sensible, sensitive

sensible 表示―明智的‖，如：a sensible person（一個明智的人），a sensible plan（一個切合實際的計劃）。

A sensible person makes good decisions and adjustments based on reason rather than emotion.一個明智的人會根據理智而不是情感來做出合理的決定和判斷。

sensible 還可以表示―知道的；覺察的

be sensible of … 表示―感知某事；察覺到某事‖。例如：

I am sensible of the suffering you are undergoing.我清楚你正在經歷的痛苦。

sensitive 在詞義上表示―敏感的；易受影響的‖。例如：

A sensitive person is easily upset by other people’s remarks or behavior.敏感的人很容易因他人的言論或行為而生氣。

You shouldn’t be so sensitive about what people say.你不應該對別人說什么如此敏感。

sensitive to 表示―對…過敏的；對…理解的‖。例如：

Unfortunately, she is sensitive to penicillin, and I doubt whether any other drug will help her.不幸的是，她對青霉素過敏，我不能確定是否有其他藥物可以幫助她。

We are trying to make people more sensitive to the difficulties faced by working mothers.我們正在努力使人們更理解上班族媽媽所面臨的困難。

2.tend to do sth

usu.do a particular thing 傾向于；往往會；易于做某事

People tend to need less sleep as they get older.隨著年紀的增長，人們需要的睡眠會變少。

Because my car tends to overheat in the summer, I frequently have to turn on the A/C to help the engine cool down.因為我的車往往在夏天會過熱，所以我得常將空調打開，以幫 助引擎冷卻。

3.peculiar, characteristic, unusual

peculiar, characteristic 和unusual 都可用作形容詞，都含有表示―有特點的；有特色的‖等意 思，但有細微差別。

從詞義上說，peculiar 著重―獨特性‖，強調―與眾不同的‖特征；characteristic 常強調所指 性質的典型性,也可以表示這些性質使某一事物區別于其他的事物；

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unusual 強調―少見的‖，與通常的情況―截然不同的‖或―未曾預料的‖特征。例如： The wine has a peculiar taste.這種酒有種獨特的味道。

It’s characteristic of her that she never complained.從來不發牢騷是她的個性。

It was not unusual for me to come home at two or three in the morning.凌晨兩三點回家對 我來說是很平常的事。

II.Structure Analysis:

Main idea of section A: this text is a narrative that talks about the author’s personal experience in giving an effective English lesson to his son.He claims that students can learn better if they are properly taught.Part1(Para.1)Explains how the traditional way labeled previous life stages: childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old ages

Part 2(Paras.2)This transitional paragraph claims that the way of viewing different life stages is changing.Part 3(Paras3-5)Introduces a new life stage, the odyssey years, using comparison and contrast.Specifically, Paragraph 3 describes what young people used to do after college.Paragraph 4 presents young people’s assumption of adulthood people today.Paragraph 5 compares the image of young people today in the past and present.Part 4(Paras6-10)This part exclusively deals with the characteristics of the odyssey years such as young people’s rebellious reaction, parents’ feelings toward the growing children, no new guidelines, young people holding traditional aspirations and so on

Step 3 Language points Detailed study of the text

1.Most of us know about the phases of life which we label to parallel different age groups and life stages: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age.(Para.1)Meaning: Most of us know about the different life stages that we describe according to different age groups: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age.2.We think of infancy before childhood and middle age before old age, with each unique phase bringing it’s own peculiar set of challenges.(Para.1)

Meaning: We sequence the life stages of infancy, childhood, middle age and old age according to their natural order, with each particular life stage facing its own featured challenges.3.These challenges can be overcome by acquainting ourselves with them, such as the child’s need to learn, the adult’s need to find the right career and build a family, and the senior’s need for support and good health care.(Para.1)

Meaning: By familiarizing ourselves with the particular challenges such as the needs for different age groups: child, adult, and senior, we can surely overcome all these challenges.Meaning beyond words: If we stay positive and optimistic, we’ll successfully handle the challenges at different life stages.4.Interestingly, ideas about the stages of life are changing.(Para.2)

Meaning beyond words: Since the sentence states that the ideas about life stages are

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changing, it’s predictable that the following text will focus on this topic.5.In previous times, people didn’t have a solid idea of childhood as being separate from adulthood.A hundred years ago, no one thought of adolescence.(Para.3)

Meaning: In the past, people didn’t have a clear concept about separating childhood from adulthood.Children were simply seen as youngsters.Likewise, people didn’t think about the life stage of adolescence a hundred years ago.6.Until recently it was understood as a norm that their induction to adulthood was completed as soon as they graduated from college.They would now find a sensible job which would lead to a career.(Para.3)Meaning: People used to consider it normal: As soon as students graduated from college, they would become part of the adult community and find a practical and reliable job toward a career.7.Then during this career they would start a family, ideally before they turned 30.(Para.3)

Meaning: While working on their career, they would get married to start their own family, preferably by age 30.8.Today we have an equivalent need to recognize a new phase of life that comes after high school graduation, continues through college, and then leads to starting a family and having a career, the so-called odyssey years.(Para.4)

Meaning: Today we are also required to recognize a new life stage which starts from high school graduation through college till they settle down with a family and a career.This new phase might be called the odyssey years, the years of self-discovery unfair to them.9.Recent trends show radical changes as young people are following a different agenda.(Para.4)

Meaning: As young people are living a different lifestyle, the society has gone through tremendous changes.Meaning beyond words: Young people tend to behave rebelliously, which is contrary to the traditional way and beyond the expectations of their parents.10.They take breaks from school, live with friends and often return to living with their parents.(Para.4)Meaning: They stop going to school for a while, live with friends and often even return to living with their parents.11.Similarly they fall in and out of love, quit one job and try another or even shift to a new career.(Para.4)

Meaning: Likewise, they fall in and out of love, give up one job and try another, or change to a completely different profession.Meaning beyond words: Before they finally settle down, college graduates need to accumulate life experiences – to discover themselves during their odyssey years.12.So, we need to recognize this new stage, the odyssey years, which many now consider to be an unavoidable stage in reaching adulthood.(Para.4)

Meaning: Therefore, it is necessary to recognize this unavoidable new stage, where young people explore life in order to reach adulthood.13.People who were born prior to the 60s or 70s in the last century tended to frame their concept of adulthood based upon achieving certain accomplishments: moving away from home, becoming financially independent, finding the right spouse and

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starting a family.(Para.5)

Meaning: People born before the 1960s or 1970s were likely to define the term adulthood according to certain accomplishments, such as moving away from home, having financial independence, and starting a family with a good husband or wife.14.But that emphasis on stability did not remain static.Today, young people are unlikely to do the same.(Para.5)

Meaning: However, stability didn’t stay the same forever since young people today are doing things differently from their parents.15.During the odyssey years, a high proportion of young people are delaying marriage, childbearing, and even employment.(Para.5)

Meaning: Many young people postpone getting married, having children and taking a job during their odyssey years.16.The odyssey years can saddle young people with enormous pressure to move forward quickly.(Para.6)

Meaning: The odyssey years can make young people feel much stressed to move ahead quickly.17.As the sole heir and focus of their parents’ expectations, hopes and dreams,some react with rebellious and prideful attitudes and behavior toward their parents.(Para.6)Meaning: Being the only heir and focus of their parents’ expectations, hopes and dreams, some young people behaved rebelliously and proudly toward their parents.18.They often resent the pressure they’re feeling and keep a distance from their parents or even run away from home.(Para.6)

Meaning: They often feel upset about the stress they have and stay away from their parents or even secretly leave home.19.Their confusion comes from the difficulties to make parents understand them and the fluid journey of discovery they need in this phase of their lives.(Para.6)

Meaning: They get confused because it’s hard to communicate with their parents and also because the journey of self-discovery they need in this particular life stage is full of uncertainty.20.To get away from this confusion and upset, many young people resort to computer games, iPod, iPhone, or iPad to help distract them from their pain and stress.(Para.6)Meaning: In order not to be bothered by this confusion and frustration and to forget about their pain and stress, many young people turn to computer games, iPods, iPhones or iPads..Meaning: Their parents become more restless as well.Meaning beyond words: As their grown children would not listen to their advice, parents are getting more worried about what direction their children may move to.22.They may make allowances for a transition phase from student life to adult life, but they get upset when they see the transition of their grown children’s lives moving away from their expectations and stretching five years to seven years, and beyond.(Para.7)

Meaning: Parents may accept their grown children to delay the transition period from life to adult life, but they are frustrated when they find their children moving away from what they expected and when they extend the period to too many years.23.The parents don’t even detect a clear sense of direction in their children’s lives.新視野大學英語第二冊（第三版）教案

They look at them and see the things that are being delayed.(Para.7)

Meaning: The parents even lose track of their children’s lives, so they just look at them and see how the things that should be done are being postponed.Meaning beyond words: Parents are very worried about their grown children’s future but don’t know what to do to help.Step 4 Question discussing

1.What are the most important factors that encourage students to learn English?

2.Do you think English grammar helps you a lot in learning English? Why or why not?

3.In what ways can teacher improve the technique of teaching grammar? 4.How can students more effectively enlarge their vocabulary?

Step 5 Review & Exercises

1.Review

2.Oral presentation---Reproduction 3..Exercises 4.Exercises 3,4,5,6,7

(Ss give answers and raise questions they may have and T explains the difficulties)5.Exercises 8,9---writing and translation.6.Assignments: 1)review Section A;

2)Exercises in Section B;3)speed reading

Step 6 Listening practice

Assignments:

1)Story retelling in Unit 3;

2)Pair work---practice model dialog in unit 3 in the Listening and Speaking Book;3)Preview the new words in unit 4;

―――――――――――――――自我評價問題――――――――――― ―― Questions for Self-evaluation: 1.Can I understand the text fully?

2.Have I memorized the new vocabulary and can I put them into use? 15.Do I understand better how to become a successful language learner?

Resources and Materials:

全新版大學英語長篇閱讀2，上海外語教育出版社，李蔭華

新視野大學英語讀寫教程（第三版），外語教學與研究出版社，鄭樹棠

大學英語語法，外語教學與研究出版社大學英語，袁懋梓

大學實用英語寫作教程，北京理工大學出版社，汪宏 教參

References

新視野大學英語教師用書, 鄭樹棠, 外語教學與研究出版社，2015年 Motivating Students to Learn.Brophy Jere.East Normal University Press.2004

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Classroom Decision-making.Breen Michael P.Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.2005

Unit 4 Dance with love

課型 :□ 理論課

√ 理論、實踐課

課時分配:6

教學環境 :多媒體教室

教學目標 : Teaching Aims:

After studying this unit, the students are expected to be able to:

1.understand the main idea and structure of Section A and Section B；

2.master the key language points and grammatical structures in the texts

3.talk about romance love and express their opinions about modern dating practice;4.read with the skill how the story develops with the details;5.write a narrative with a rough draft.Key Issues 1.Vocabulary

expel cautious romance ambitious pessimistic honey-mood gaze weird tempt semester consequently deserve propose confess come over sb.2.Skills

● Learn to read how the story develops with the details;

● Write a narrative with a rough draft.Potential Problems and Difficulties:

●To talk about romance love

●To master the essay writing skill ●To apply the phrases and patterns

Methodology:

A combination of traditional teaching methods with the communicative approach will be adopted.Special attention should be paid to classroom interaction like questioning and answers.Small group works are always needed while discussing the questions and the difficult translation practice.More encouragement is needed and more guidance will be given in their extracurricular study.Teaching Aids: Visual aids, projector, stereo and microphone

Group work and pair work Conduct of Tasks and Activities

（師生互動方式Mode of Interaction;學習策略Learning Strategies）

Students-centered, Task-based teaching and learning

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Teaching Procedures Step 1

Lead-in

I.Greeting and warming-up questions discussion.1.What’s your opinion about the modern dating practice? 2.Do you have any experience in dating? 3.What’s your understanding of true love? II.Listening and discussing.1.Listening practice.2.Do you think it’s a good idea to date someone at college? Why or why not? III.Listening to a passage and fill in the missing words.Step 2 Section A

I.New words

expel, cautious, romance, ambitious, pessimistic, propose, gaze, weird, tempt, semester, consequently, deserve, confess, come over sb.II.Useful expressions and Practical Phrases

1.head for

朝??前進，向??去

2.love at first sight

一見鐘情

3.with no component of fun

沒有一絲新鮮感

4.whisper sweet words in the ear

在耳邊甜言蜜語

5.sure enough

果然、果真

6.propose marriage

求婚

III.Functional Patterns and Functions & Usages 1.sth.(a feeling)comes over sb.When sb.does sth.用于表達“某人在特定情境下突然受到某種情感的影響”。

2.True, ?, but sb.does sth./the truth is?

用于通過讓步的方式，表達“某人與某種普遍認同觀點相異的情況”。

3.Despite sth., at one’s core, sb.is ? 用于表達“某人最本質的一面”。

IV.Structure Analysis:

Main idea of section A: this text is a narrative that tells romantic story about the author herself.Part I(Para.1)This part is the introduction which prepares for the topic of love.The narrator now has two daughters who are at the age of dating.They believe that their parents had a romantic story heading for marriage from the very beginning.However, It’s not completely true.She started dating Butch not for love but for fun because she wanted to get away from her boring college life.Part II(Paras.2-10)This is the major part of the narrative.It is interspersed with flashbacks of the narrator’s dating experiences.The story records the long journey of love in a time sequence and describes in detail how she felt about Butch and how they together went through ups and downs for seven years before they finally got married.Part III(Para.11)This part echoes the beginning of the narration to reiterate that

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their love actually started with a casual attraction only but bloomed into a mature love for life.Having weathered the storm of love, their marriage now has turned out to be a long, romantic, sometimes crazy, love story, which sums up a 29-year long honeymoon.Step 3 Language points Detailed study of the text

1.I smile at my two lovely daughters and they seem so much more mature than we, their parents, when we were college sweethearts.(Para.1)

Meaning beyond words: Married to her college sweetheart, the author now is happy with her family and two grown daughters.Note: College sweethearts refer to someone with whom one is in love and by whom one is loved at college;sweetheart is equivalent to lover,darling, beloved, or dear.For example:

Well done, sweetheart, we are all so proud of you.做得好，寶貝，我們以你為榮。My husband is the greatest guy in the world;he was my college sweetheart.我丈夫是世界上最棒的，大學時他就是我的戀人。

He tries to locate his former sweetheart Melina from whom he has heard nothing for a very long time.他在努力尋找他以前的戀人梅利娜，他已經很久沒有她的消息了。

2.Linda, who’s 21, had a boyfriend in her freshman year she thought she would marry, but they’re not together anymore.Melissa, who’s 19, hasn’t had a steady boyfriend yet.My daughters wonder when they will meet “The One”, their great love.(Para.1)Meaning beyond words: Her two daughters are at the age of just dating, but they seem to be very mature wondering when they will meet their true love.3.They think their father and I had a classic fairy tale romance heading for marriage from the outset.(Para.1)Meaning beyond words: Her daughters consider their parents’ marriage a typical conventional romance because they think it aimed at marriage from the very beginning.Usage note: classic, classical 1 classic 用作形容詞表示“經典的；精彩的；一流的”。例如：

Death on the Nile is one of the classic works of Agatha Christie.《尼羅河上的慘案》是阿加莎?克里斯蒂的經典作品之一。

口語中也會用到classic 這個詞。當你看到一場精彩的演出時，就可以說“That’s classic!”來表達贊美。classic 用作形容詞也表示“典型的；標準的”。例如：

London is the classic example of the scattered city.倫敦是標準分散型的城市。

This statement was a classic illustration of British politeness.這項陳述是對英國禮貌的一個典型說明。classic 也可用作名詞，表示“文學名著；經典作品；杰作”。例如：

We have all the standard classics of Hayao Miyazaki at home.我們家有宮崎駿的所有的經典作品。classical 不能用作名詞，只能用作形容詞，表示“古典的；經典的”。例如：

I spend a lot of time reading and listening to classical music.我花了很多時間閱讀和聆聽古典音樂。

Classical music is music written by composers such as Mozart and Beethoven.像莫

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扎特和貝多芬所創作的音樂稱為古典音樂。

莫扎特和貝多芬所創作的音樂屬于古典音樂(classical music), 但這些古典音樂經久不衰，有永久的意義和價值，所以這些音樂也可稱為經典的音樂（classic music）。反之，在前面有一例中說可口可樂瓶子的設計是精彩的，一流的，所以是經典（classic）之作，但很明顯可口可樂瓶子的設計不是古典的（classical）設計。所以，經典的（classic）作品不一定就是古典的（classical）作品。

Note: Classic fairy-tale romance is used to describe a romance blessed with unusual happiness.Colloquially, a fairy tale can also refer to any story extremely unlikely to be true.4.Perhaps, they’re right but it didn’t seem so at the time.(Para.1)

Meaning: My daughters’ perception may be right, yet our romance back then was actually not like what they have assumed.5.In a way, love just happens when you least expect it.Who would have thought that Butch and I would end up getting married to each other? He became my boyfriend because of my shallow agenda: I wanted a cute boyfriend!(Para.1)

Meaning: Love comes your way when you don’t really expect it.No one thought that Butch and I would finally get married.He became my boyfriend simply because I would like to fulfill my shallow wish: to have an attractive boyfriend in college.Meaning beyond words: Here is the suspense of the story – the author gives a broad hint that she will tell us how she and her husband got married at last.6.We met through my college roommate at the university cafeteria.That fateful night, I was merely curious, but for him I think it was love at first sight.(Para.2)

Meaning: At the school dining hall that important night, we were introduced to each other through my roommate.I met Butch just out of curiosity, but he seemed to fall in love with me as soon as he saw me.7.―You have beautiful eyes,‖ he said as he gazed at my face.(Para.2)

Meaning beyond words: The author was obviously attractive to Butch since he tried to please her by praising her eyes.8.He kept staring at me all night long.(Para.2)

Note: Both gaze at and stare at mean “looking at something fixedly for a long time because of being attracted, surprised, or thinking, etc.”.Stare at usually has the additional meaning of with eyes widely open‖.Also, it usually implies with great attention;gaze at usually implies in a dreamy and unaware state of mind.9.I really wasn’t that interested for two reasons.First, he looked like he was a really wild boy, maybe even dangerous.Second, although he was very cute, he seemed a little weird.(Para.2)

Meaning beyond words: She wasn’t interested in him because she got the impression that he was wild and strange, which illustrates that she didn’t know much about him at the beginning.Therefore, it’s not true that their romance was heading for marriage from the start.10.Riding on his bicycle, he’d ride past my dorm as if “by accident” and pretend to be surprised to see me.I liked the attention but was cautious about his wild, dynamic personality.(Para.3)

Meaning beyond words: She understood his little trick: trying to see her by

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manufacturing excuses.Though she was happy to be the focus of his attention, she was also very alert to his wild and dynamic personality.11.He had a charming way with words which would charm any girl.(Para.3)

Meaning: He knew how to please and attract girls because what he said was always pleasant to their ears.12.Fear came over me when I started to fall in love.His exciting “bad boy image” was just too tempting to resist.What was it that attracted me?(Para.3)

Meaning: I was in an awkward position: I started to fall in love with him, but I was also afraid of that.His bad boy image was too attractive to resist, but at the same time it was somewhat fearful.So, what exactly was it in him that attracted me?

Note: Tempting is a present participle of the verb tempt, used as an adjective to describe the effect that something has on someone’s feelings.For example, if you find something tempting/charming/disgusting/frightening, it means it tempts/charms/disgusts/frightens you.In English there are a group of words describing an effect that something has on your feelings and ideas.For example:

a tempting job offer 一個誘人的工作機會

an alarming increase in racial hostility 種族仇視的驚人增長 a welcoming smile 熱情的微笑 a surprising number of 數量驚人的

13.I always had an excellent reputation.My concentration was solely on my studies to get superior grades.But for what?(Para.3)

Meaning: I was an outstanding student who only concentrated on studies in order to get excellent grades.But so what? Shouldn’t a good student also have fun?

14.College is supposed to be a time of great learning and also some fun.I had nearly achieved a great education, and graduation was just one semester away.But I hadn’t had any fun;my life was stale with no component of fun!I needed a boyfriend.(Para.3)

Meaning: College is definitely a nice place for education but should have some fun as well.Throughout my years at college, I had devoted all my time to study but hadn’t had any fun yet.Now that I was graduating, I wanted to have a boyfriend to enrich my college life.15.Not just any boyfriend.He had to be cute.My goal that semester became: Be ambitious and grab the cutest boyfriend I can find.(Para.3)

Meaning: The one I wanted to date was not just an ordinary boy;he had to be handsome, pleasant and attractive.My ambition for that semester, therefore, was to find the cutest boyfriend at college.16.I worried what he’d think of me.(Para.4)

Meaning beyond words: Her concern about how Butch would look at her shows that she was becoming more interested in him and cared about his real thinking.17.True, we lived in a time when a dramatic shift in sexual attitudes was taking place, but I was a traditional girl who wasn’t ready for the new ways that seemed common on campus.(Para.4)

Meaning: It is true that we lived in an era when sexual attitudes were changing dramatically, but since I was traditional, I wasn’t ready for the new sexual practice

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seemingly common on campus.18.Butch looked superb!I was not immune to his personality, but I was scared.(Para.4)

Meaning: Butch looked extremely wonderful.I was surely influenced by his personality, but I felt scared.19.The night when he announced to the world that I was his girlfriend, I went along with him.(Para.4)

Meaning: That night when my boyfriend announced publicly I was his girlfriend, I did not have any objection.Meaning beyond words: She has apparently changed her perception of Butch, from being merely curious about him at first to becoming cautious about his wild, dynamic personality later;from being fearful of failing to resist his ―bad boy image‖ to approving of being his girlfriend.20.And then I suddenly thought: ―Oh my gosh!Am I his girlfriend? How did that happen?‖(Para.4)

Meaning beyond words: All of a sudden, she realized that she had made a mistake because she was not really ready to have a boyfriend yet.Note: ―Gosh‖, as an interjection, is used to express surprise.For example:

Gosh, I didn’t expect to see you here!天哪，我沒想到在這里見到你！Gosh, it’s so cold.天哪，太冷了！

Gosh, there’s a lot of noise.天哪，這兒真吵。

21.Then he whispered sweet words in my ear and said, ―I’m going to marry you one day and I will be a lawyer.You will see.‖(Para.4)

Meaning: Then he quietly said sweet words in my ear and said that he would marry me and I could eventually see him become a lawyer.22.I was laughing inside and said to myself, ―I’d never marry this guy.He’s a rebel without a good future.He’s my boyfriend because I hate my boring student life.I just want to have fun.‖(Para.5)

Meaning: Though I agreed to be his girlfriend, from my heart, he was just a rebellious boy without a bright future.Therefore, I was not very serious about our relationship.To me, the only purpose to date him was to get away from my boring student life.23.Sure enough, the following month, I found out he had failed all his courses.(Para.6)Meaning: Just as I had expected, he didn’t pass any of his courses.24.Consequently, he was going to be expelled from the university.(Para.6)

Meaning: As a consequence, the university was going to dismiss him from the school.25.To my disgust, he seemed resigned to his fate.I knew there was hope, so I led him to the college secretary for reconsideration.(Para.6)

Meaning: What upset me was that he seemed to accept his fate.As I knew there was still a hope, I took him to the college secretary to see whether the decision could be changed.26.You are going to graduate with a BA in political science from UPenn and proceed to the College of Law,‖ I told him, lodging an appeal on his behalf, which was approved.(Para.7)

Meaning beyond words: What she did for her boyfriend indicated their relationship had come to a new stage.Besides encouraging him to consult with the college

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secretary and submitting the appeal on his behalf, she also planned for his future career.She told him he had to continue his studies at law school.Note: Besides a noun, ―proceed to‖ can also be followed by a verb phrase.For example:

Having said how much she liked my idea, she then proceeded to make critical comments about it.說完她是多么喜歡我的點子，她接著就提出了批評性的意見。

27.Butch was granted reconsideration.And, once we became steadies, he coordinated his studies and social life, passing all of his classes.He eventually studied law.(Para.7)

Meaning beyond words: Here we see the turning point of the relationship between the two.Her suggestions did work well with Butch since he was granted reconsideration.As Her suggestions did work well with Butch since he was granted reconsideration.As soon as they became steady lovers, Butch balanced his studies and social life and passed every course.Finally, he studied law as had been planned.Note: Steady can also be used as a noun, as is in the text.It’s an old-fashioned American way to describe a boyfriend or girlfriend that someone has been having a romantic relationship with.28.Despite Butch’s somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a perfect gentleman and deserves a lot of credit for that.(Para.8)

Meaning: In spite of Butch’s a little wild character, he was always a perfect gentleman in essence, for which he should be given recognition.29.True, he’d sometimes take the liberty of displaying his love by planting a kiss on my lips right in front of my astonished friends who watched and disapproved.(Para.8)Meaning: Without my permission, sometimes he would press a kiss on my lips to show his love in front of my friends, who were astonished and resented what he did.Note: “Plant a kiss” is a figurative use of the word plant, which means an intimate and publicly demonstrative kiss showing his love to all who are watching.30.But the truth is we had a pure and responsible relationship for seven full years.Sitting by the palm trees, hand in hand, we would listen to romantic songs, watch the sunset, and weave dreams of being together with children of our own, forever.(Para.8)

Meaning beyond words: Butch showed much respect for her conservative perception of love.For seven years, they just enjoyed their romance in a traditional way.31.Two years passed in a blur.One day, Butch took me by surprise as he knelt down and proposed marriage holding a dozen red roses!(Para.9)

Meaning: Two years passed so quickly that I didn’t really remember everything clearly.One day, I was startled when Butch, holding a dozen red roses, knelt down to propose marriage.Note: propose to sb.= propose marriage to sb.32.Filled with deep emotion, I confessed my love for him, “How roooomaaaantic！”(Para.9)Meaning: I admitted my love for him with deep affection.It was super romantic!

Meaning beyond words: She was so happy and thrilled to accept Butch’s marriage proposal that she said the word romantic in a slow and exaggerated way.Note: In informal writing, people would emphasize something in a similar way.For

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example:

Thank you soooooo much!真是太太太感謝您了！

33.Then my brain woke up from fantasy land.I cried out, “Good heavens.No!We’re too young to tie the knot.We haven’t even graduated from college yet!” I really loved him but was pessimistic about our chances for success.(Para.9)

Meaning beyond words: All of a sudden, she woke up from the romantic scene.Though she already accepted love from Butch and confessed her love for him, she was not sure whether they would get married and have a happy ending as they were still college students.Note: It isn’t clear whether this expression tie the knot derives from an actual knot used in marriage ceremonies or whether the knot is merely symbolic of a lasting unity.Knots have a place in many cultures and usually symbolize unbreakable pledges.Actual knots have certainly been used in marriage ceremonies for some time.The word knot, although not in the phrase tie the knot, has been associated with marriage since at least the 13th century.34.We married five years later.(Para 10)

Meaning beyond words: Though she was pessimistic about their chance for success of love, she accepted Butch’s proposal.They got married five years later, which illustrates their deep and true love for each other.35.Our faithful journey of love and learning took us down rocky roads of hardship and on smooth easy-going highways.(Para.11)

Meaning: Our devoted and faithful love guided us both in times of happiness and also in times of hardship.Note: The word rocky comes from the noun rock combining with-y.A rocky road refers to a road full of rocks, uneven or not flat.Words of this group include: muddy, stony, grassy, snowy, rainy, etc.36.It is a long, romantic, sometimes crazy, love story that sums up a 29-year long honeymoon together as a couple who are still madly in love with each other.(Para.11)Meaning beyond words: She felt very proud of her long-lasting romantic, sometimes even crazy love, which was just like a 29-year long honeymoon for her and her husband.37.Our love commenced with a casual attraction but bloomed into a mature love and rich life.(Para.11)

Meaning beyond words: Completely beyond her expectation, love came to her as she started with a casual date but ended up growing into a mature love and rich life.Note: We usually use commence doing sth.or commence with sth.Also, in the US, the official college/university graduation ceremony is called “commencement”.The word refers to the completion of one’s education and the beginning of one’s new adult life.Note: The phrase “bloomed into a mature love and rich life” in the text is used figuratively, meaning their love was just like blossoms on a tree.All dormitory rooms are equipped with high speed internet access.宿舍所有的房間都配備了高速互聯網。

Step 4 Question discussing

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1.Do you have any experience in dating? 2.What’s your understanding of true love? 3.Do you think it’s a good idea to date someone at college? Why or why not?

Step 5 Review & Exercises

1.Review

2.Oral presentation---Reproduction 3.Exercises

4.Exercises 3,4,5,6,7

(Ss give answers and raise questions they may have and T explains the difficulties)5.Exercises 8,9---writing and translation.6.Assignments: 1)review Section A;

2)Exercises in Section B;3)speed reading

Step 6 Listening practice

Assignments:

1)Story retelling in Unit 4;

2)Pair work---practice model dialog in unit 4 in the Listening and Speaking Book;3)Preview the new words in unit 5;

―――――――――――――――自我評價問題――――――――――― ―― Questions for Self-evaluation: 1.Can I understand the text fully?

2.Have I memorized the new vocabulary and can I put them into use? 3.Do I know how to write a narrative?

Resources and Materials:

全新版大學英語長篇閱讀2，上海外語教育出版社，李蔭華

新視野大學英語讀寫教程（第三版），外語教學與研究出版社，鄭樹棠

大學英語語法，外語教學與研究出版社大學英語，袁懋梓

大學實用英語寫作教程，北京理工大學出版社，汪宏 教參

References

新視野大學英語教師用書, 鄭樹棠, 外語教學與研究出版社，2015年 Motivating Students to Learn.Brophy Jere.East Normal University Press.2004

Classroom Decision-making.Breen Michael P.Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.2005

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Unit 5 Spend or Save-The student's dilemma

課型 :□ 理論課

√ 理論、實踐課

課時分配:6

教學環境 :多媒體教室

教學目標 : Teaching Aims: After studying this unit, the students are expected to be able to:

1.understand the main idea and structure of Section A and Section B；

2.master the key language points and grammatical structures in the texts

3.Learn how to write a comparison /contrast essay with the subject-by-subject pattern;

4.Learn the reading skill of denotation and connotation.Potential Problems and Difficulties

●To talk about money spending and saving ●To master the essay writing skill ●To apply the phrases and patterns

Methodology:

A combination of traditional teaching methods with the communicative approach will be adopted.Special attention should be paid to classroom interaction like questioning and answers.Small group works are always needed while discussing the questions and the difficult translation practice.More encouragement is needed and more guidance will be given in their extracurricular study.Teaching Aids: Visual aids, projector, stereo and microphone

Group work and pair work

課堂學習任務與活動的組織Conduct of Tasks and Activities

（師生互動方式Mode of Interaction;學習策略Learning Strategies）

Students-centered, Task-based teaching and learning

Teaching Procedures Step 1 Lead-in

I.Greeting and warming-up questions discussion.1.Do you prefer to spend or save money?

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2.How will you budget your money? 3.How will you be a smart consumer? II.Listening

Listening to a passage and fill in the missing words.Step 2 Section A

I.New words

1.Defy違反違抗；不服從

This celebration of Thanksgiving defies tradition.這個感恩節慶典儀式沒有遵循傳統．

2.contradict與…抵觸；與…矛盾；違背

The article flatly contradicts their claims.這篇文章與他們的主張截然相反。

3.recession（經濟）衰退，蕭條

4.grave嚴重的；重大的；嚴峻的5.nasty不友善的；不好的；惡毒的

Many drivers think bat most passengers are very pleasant, although occasionally they can be nasty.很多司機認為，雖然偶然會有一些乘客不太友善，但大部分的乘客都很和藹友好。

6.resume（中斷之后）繼續，重新開始

gap差距；差額；差別

On television, we can see many demonstrations against the ever-growing gap between the ―super rich‖and the ―struggling middle class‖．我們在電視上可以看到許多示威活動，抗議―超級富豪‖和―掙扎的中產階級‖之間的差

距越來越大。

7.disguise 裝扮；假扮

8.invade（尤指不受歡迎地）大量涌入，蜂擁而至

Every summer, the quiet seaside town is invaded by tourists.每年夏天，這個安靜的海邊小鎮都有大量游客涌入。

9.derive（從某物中）得到，獲得

10.ingredient（完成某事的）要素，因素.成分

11.hinder 阻礙；妨礙；阻止

12.legal法律的；與法律有關的.合法的；法律規定的13.choppy波浪起伏的；波浪滔滔的14.echo附和（別人的觀點）

Lily and Lucy are twins,and their views often echo each other.莉莉和露西是一對雙胞胎，她們的意見常互相呼應。

II.Useful expressions Practical Phrases

1.refer to

提到；淡到

2.take stock(of sth.)

（對形勢）作出估計（判斷）

3.on track

在（可能通向成功的）軌跡上

4.put off:

推遲某事；使某事延期

5.consult with sb.與某人商量

III.Structure Analysis:

Main idea of section A: This is a comparison and contrast essay that depicts how

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the government and banks as well as commercial ads keep sending out a paradox of two opposite messages every day: One is to encourage people to spend money and the other is to persuade people to save money.Part I(Paras.1-2)This part serves as an introduction to the essay topic “spend or save”.Part II(Paras.3-6)Part II relates their psychological and social consequences.Part III(Paras.7-9)This part concludes the essay.Step 3 Language points Detailed study of the text

1． I think that the messages we get from our environment seem to defy common sense and contradict each other.(Para.1)

Meaning: In my opinion, the messages we get in our daily life about the question “Should I spend or should I save?” are against common sense and they often don't agree with each other.Note: College sweethearts refer to someone with whom one is in love and by whom one is loved at college;sweetheart is equivalent to lover,darling, beloved, or dear.2.The government tells us to spend or we'll never get out of the recession.(Para.1)Meaning beyond words: To help the country recover from the economic recession, the government is encouraging people to spend, which will help stimulate production, job markets and bank liquidity.3.At the same time, they tell us that unless we save more, our country is in grave danger.(Para.1)

Meaning: Meanwhile, they warn us that if we don't save more money the economic recession will grow and severely harm our country.unless作連詞，表示―除非…；如果不…‖，引導條件狀語從句，意為―如果某個條件不出現，某件事就不會進行‖。

4．Banks offer higher interest rates so we increase savings.Then the same banks send us credit card offers so we can spend more.(Para.1)

Meaning beyond words: Here is the “spend or save” paradox.On one hand, the government tells us to spend, and, on the other hand, they want us to save more.While the banks offer high interest rates to attract us to deposit money, they send us credit cards to encourage us to spend.5.Here's another familiar example: If we don't pay our credit card bill on time, we get demanding, nasty emails from the credit card company saying something like: “Your failure to pay is unacceptable.Pay immediately or you'll be in trouble!”(Para.2)Meaning: If we fail to pay our credit card billion times, the credit card company will send us harsh and unfriendly email messages to warn us that either we pay at once or we'll get penalties..6．Then, as soon as we pay, we get a follow-up email in a charming tone telling us how valuable a customer we are and encouraging us to resume spending.(Para.2)Meaning: To lure us into more spending, once our credit card bill is paid, a follow-up email in an entirely different tone will be sent to us, claiming that we are valuable customers.新視野大學英語第二冊（第三版）教案

7.The paradox is that every day we get two sets of messages at odds with each other.(Para.3)Meaning: The contradiction is that every day we get two sets of messages disagreeing with each other.8．0ne is the “permissive” perspective, “Buy, spend get it now.You need this!”(Para.3)Meaning: One reflects a viewpoint of tolerance, “Buy, spend, get it now.You need this”

9．The other we could call an “upright” message, which urges us, “Work hard and save.Suspend your desires.Avoid luxuries.Control your appetite for more than you truly need.”(Para.3)

Meaning: We could call the other one an “honest” message, which advises us to work hard and save money, stop having too many desires, avoid spending too much, and limit our purchases to what we really need.10.This message comes to us from many sources: from school, from parents, even from political figures referring to “traditional values”.(Para.3)

Meaning: We get this kind of message from many sources such as school, parents, and even politicians who like to talk about traditional values.11.Advertisements invade our daily lives.We are constantly surrounded by the message to spend, spend, spend.(Para.4)

Meaning: Our daily lives are flooded with advertisements.Very often we find ourselves enclosed by advertisements that lure us into spending.12.It's been calculated that by the age of 18, the average American will have seen 600,000 ads;by the age of 40, the total is almost one million(Para.5)

Meaning beyond words: Americans grow up seeing countless advertisements, and this continues throughout their life time.13.Each advertisement is doing its utmost to influence our diverse buying decisions, from the breakfast cereal we eat to which cruise line we will use for our vacation.(Para.5)

Meaning beyond words: Advertisements are everywhere and have invaded people's life.14.There is no shortage of ideas and things to buy(Para.5)

Meaning: There are plenty of ideas of what to buy and how to spend money.shortage: 短缺；不足；缺乏

15.Now, of course, we don't remember exactly what the products were, but the essential message is cemented into our consciousness, “It's good to satisfy your desires.You should have what you want.You deserve the best.So, you should buy it-now!”(Para.5)

Meaning beyond words: Advertisements are very effective in talking people into buying things.Though it's hard to remember all of the products in advertisements, these messages have already been hammered into our heads.The messages tell us that we deserve the best and we are entitled to what we want.16． A famous advertisement said it perfectly, “I love me.I'm a good friend to myself.I do what makes me feel good.I derive pleasure from nice things and feel nourished by them.I used to put things off.Not anymore.Today I'll buy new ski equipment, look at new compact cars, and buy that camera I've always wanted.I live my dreams

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today, not tomorrow.”(Para.5)

Meaning beyond words: The advertisement is trying to send out the message: It is no wrong for people to be self-centered and buy everything they want right now.Enjoy life today!The underlying purpose is to persuade people to spend.17．What happens as we take in these contradictory but explicit messages? What are the psychological and social consequences of this campaign to control our spending habits?(Para.6)

Meaning beyond words: Since people are surrounded by these contradictory but clear messages, there must be some psychological and social consequences.For instance, some people may spend more while others may save more, depending on how much they get influenced.18．0n one hand, we want more things because we want to satisfy our material appetite.Most of us derive pleasure from treating ourselves.(Para.6)

Meaning: Most of us become happy when we treat ourselves, so we always want to have more things to satisfy our material desires.19.Anyway, many of the skills you need as a successful student can be applied to your finances.Consider your financial well-being as a key ingredient of your university education as money worries are extremely stressful and distracting.(Para.7)

Meaning beyond words: It is not difficult to avoid a financial disaster if you apply the skills you already have for being a successful student.Be aware that financial stability is of crucial importance to your college life since money worries could bring you down.20.They can make you feel terrible and hinder your ability to focus on your prime objective: successfully completing your education.(Para.7)

Meaning: Money worries can make you feel terrible and distract you from your main objective: successfully completing your education at college.21.How can you be a smart and educated consumer? Many schools, community organizations, and even some banks offer financial literacy classes.(Para.8)

Meaning: To become a consumer who is clever and acquires relevant knowledge, you can take some financial literacy classes where you learn basic concepts of finance.These courses are offered by many schools, community organizations and some banks.22.Consider consulting with your school's financial aid office or seek input from your parents or other respected adults in setting up a budget.(Para.8)

Meaning: In planning how to use your money wisely, you may discuss your financial situation with your school's financial aid office or get advice from your parents as well as from respected others.23.An additional option is finding a partner to help you stay on track and find pleasure in the administration of your own financial affairs.(Para.8)

Meaning: Another choice is to find a partner who can help you stay in the right direction of your own financial management and get pleasure from doing it.24.Most importantly, if you find yourself getting into financial trouble, don't let your ego get in your way;urgently get help with tackling your problem before it spins out

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of control and lands you in legal troubles.(Para.8)

Meaning: The most important thing is not to feel embarrassed to ask for help if you find yourself getting into financial trouble, and you should do it quickly to retain control and avoid breaking the law.25.As you learn to balance spending and saving, you will become the captain of your own ship, steering your life in a successful and productive direction through the choppy waters.(Para.9)

Meaning: When you learn to keep a balance between spending and saving, you are in control of your own financial situation, which will lead you to a successful and productive life despite the twist’s and turns on your way to the financial goal.Note: Here “the captain of your own ship” is figuratively used.lt compares your capability to balance spending and saving to the situation of sailing in the sea.If you are in control of your financial situation, you, the captain, can surely steer your own ship of life smoothly.Step 4 Question discussing

1.How can students handle their money efficiently?

2.How do you know whether you are overspending or not?

3.What are some of the effective techniques used to promote the selling of various products?

Step 5 Review & Exercises

1.Review

2.Oral presentation---Reproduction 3.Exercises

4.Exercises 3,4,5,6,7

(Ss give answers and raise questions they may have and T explains the difficulties)5.Exercises 8,9---writing and translation.6.Assignments: 1)review Section A;

2)Exercises in Section B;3)speed reading

Step 6 Listening practice

Assignments:

1)Review Unit 5;

2)Pair work---practice model dialog in unit 5 in the Listening and Speaking Book;3)Preview the new words in unit 6;

―――――――――――――――自我評價問題――――――――――― ―― Questions for Self-evaluation: 1.Can I understand the text fully?

2.Have I memorized the new vocabulary and can I put them into use?

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3.Do I know how to write a comparison /contrast essay with the subject-by-subject pattern?

Unit 6 Less is more

課型 :□ 理論課

√ 理論、實踐課

課時分配:6

教學環境 :多媒體教室

教學目標 : Teaching Aims: After studying this unit, the students are expected to be able to:

1.understand the main idea and structure of Section A and Section B；

2.master the key language points and grammatical structures in the texts 3.talk about is more always better than less? 4.read with the skill ―reading between the lines 5.write a report on decision-making.Key Issues: 1.Vocabulary

Rival, imperial, raid, opponent, genius, veteran, publication, investigate, profit, protest, cling, underneath, prune, discard, prejudice 2.Skills

● Learn to read with the skill ―reading between the lines‖ and write write a report on decision-making.；

Potential Problems and Difficulties:

●To talk about is more always better than less? ●write a report on decision-making.Methodology:

A combination of traditional teaching methods with the communicative approach will be adopted.Special attention should be paid to classroom interaction like questioning and answers.Small group works are always needed while discussing the questions and the difficult translation practice.More encouragement is needed and more guidance will be given in their extracurricular study.Teaching Aids: Visual aids, projector, stereo and microphone

Group work and pair work Conduct of Tasks and Activities

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（師生互動方式Mode of Interaction;學習策略Learning Strategies）

Students-centered, Task-based teaching and learning

Teaching Procedures Step 1 Lead-in

I.Greeting and warming-up questions discussion.1.In your opinion, what is an irrational behavior? Give some example.2.What do you think may cause people’s irrational behavior? 3.Are you irrational? Why or why not? II.Listening and discussing

Step 2 Section A Door closer, are you?

I.Main Idea and Structure Main idea of each part Part I(Paras.1-3)introduction Part II(Paras.4)transition Part.III(Para.5-9)body

Part.4(Para.10-12)suggestions Part.5(Para.13-14)conclusion

II.Language Focus Practical Phrases 1.impose sth.on sb.將?強加于

2.be featured in

被特寫；在?中專題介紹

3.be attached to sth./ sb.喜歡（依戀）某物或某人

4.revolve around 圍繞；以?為主題

5.pay a big price 花很大代價

6.come in handy 派上用場

7.be measured in sth.用某事來衡量

III.Functional Patterns and Functions & Usages

1.The next time sb.is doing sth, ask oneself the question: … 用于表達“某種情景下某人應該反思”。

2.Sb.or sth.is a rare exception to sb.else, who / that…

3.Sb.would probably protest that…, but according to sb.else, that isn’t the true factor.用于表達“對某種觀點或分析的否定”。

Step 3 Structure analysis

Step 4 Text explanation

1.The next time you are complaining about others, who seem to be unfriendly to you, ask yourself the question: How do you often treat them in return?

Meaning: 下次你要在抱怨他人，認為他們對你不友好時，不妨問自己這樣一個問題：你平常對他們如何？

2.General Xiang Yu was a rare exception to the norm, a veteran leader who was highly respected for his so many conquests and who achieved the summit of success.（Line 5, Para.3）

對墨守陳規的人來說，項羽將軍是一個罕見的異于常人的人，他是一位資深的首領，由于他征戰無數并達到了成功的頂峰，他深受尊敬。

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3.They would probably protest that they were clinging to the doors to keep future options open, but, according to Dr.Ariely, that isn’t the true factor.（Line 6, Para.7）

他們可能會爭辯說，他們抓住這些門是為將來多留一些機會。但是，據阿雷利博士說，這不是真正的原因。

Step 5 Review & Exercises

Review

Exercises 1-7

(Ss give answers and raise questions they may have and T explains the difficulties)xxix.Exercises 8-11-writing

Step 6 Section B when enough is enough

I Reading Skills---How to Read in Thought Groups

II Text comprehension

Assignments:

1)review Section A;

2)Exercises in Section B;3)speed reading

Listening practice

Assignments:

1)Story retelling in Unit 2;2)Pair work---practice model dialogs in unit 2 in the Listening and Speaking Book;3)review;

―――――――――――――――自我評價問題――――――――――― ―― Questions for Self-evaluation: 1.Can I understand the text fully?

2.Have I memorized the new vocabulary and can I put them into use? 3.Do I understand better how to become a successful language leaner?

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Unit 7

Women: Making a difference

課型 :□ 理論課

√ 理論、實踐課

課時分配:6

教學環境 :多媒體教室

教學目標 : Teaching Aims: After studying this unit, the students are expected to be able to:

1.understand the main idea and structure of Section A and Section B；

2.master the key language points and grammatical structures in the texts 3.talk about women’s role in modern life?

4.read with the skill ―predicting the author’s ideas.PART1 Understanding and Learning 0verview

This unit aims at exploring a current social issue: gender roles, a topic that could spark a lot of debates and arguments.Text A gives students a big picture of a how women have played an important role at the management level, along with their challenges and frustrations.Text B portrays a happy full-time housewife who considers her job at home absolutely important.The implication of it is that the job of a housewife should be respected.The two articles are theme-bound since both relate the topic of the role played by women, though one is at work and the other at home.The writing style of the two texts is very different as well.One is a featured article on female working styles by way of presenting various scenarios at work, blended with many direct speeches and present verb tenses such as says, report, agrees, proclaims, feels, pauses when referring to the past;the other is a narrative about the author's personal experience of being a housewife.Though the language used in both texts is somewhat casual, the tone of the first one is more serious and in a report style.Women's working style and way of thinking are clearly depicted, which will surely provoke an interesting debate on gender issues among students.The different episodes can serve as a springboard for in-depth class discussion.Activities may revolve around the main theme of the unit: Should women stay home or work outside?

Section A Women at the management level Background Information women leaders

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In today's economy, women are a strong force in the workplace.Gone are the days of men working outside and women staying at home.Women are filling the ranks in many professions and many top companies.Many of today's global business leaders and powerful entrepreneurs are women.Indeed, women are increasingly working in upper management roles, serving as leaders in a variety of settings.Interestingly, research says women behave more emotionally in certain work situations.Regardless of what the studies say, the data support the benefits of gender diversity at the workplace.So what does such diversity in the workplace mean? It means that it is beneficial to not only hire but also retain female employees.The text vividly unfolds how females are working in different business sectors at the management level.Detailed study of the text 1 When Monica applied for a job as an administrative assistant in 1971, she was asked whether she would rather work for a male or a female attorney.(Para.1)Meaning: Monica was like to work for a male when she applied for a male or a female lawyer when she applied for a managing job at a law firm in 1971.★administrative: a.relating to the work of managing a company or organization行政的;管理的 Although administrative positions may pay more than teaching salaries, they often require more hours on the job.雖然行政工作的薪金比教學工作更多，但它們卻往往需要更多的工作時間。

Sentence structure Note “would rather'‘句型

would rather的意思是“寧愿;寧可;更;最好;還是…為好”，后接動詞原形，表示優先選擇的一種方式。其否定形式是would rather not do sth., would rather沒有人稱和數的變化，所有的人稱一律用would rather。例如: If you t he would rather be alone, we'll all leave here.如果你/他寧愿獨自呆著，那我們會都離開這兒。

would rather后接從句時，從句中的謂語動詞用一般過去時，表示希望或寧愿某人按某特定的方式做某事，這個結構常常表達的是現在或將來的行為。例如:I'd rather you didn't make any comment on the issuer for the time being.我想目前你還是不要對此事反羞任何評論。”I felt that a male-boss/female-employee relationship was more natural, needing no personal accommodation whatsoever."(Para.1)Meaning: I felt that there was no need to compromise in a relationship between a male boss and a female employee since it was more nature.★employee: n.[C] sb.who is paid to work for sb.else受雇者;雇員

Knowing what an employer is looking for potential employee can help someone to prepare for an interview.了解雇主在尋找什么樣的潛在雇員可以幫助人們準備面試。★accommodation: n.1)[sing., U](fml.)a change in behavior or attitude that helps people work together or end a disagreement遷就;通融;調和

The two sides failed to agree on every point but they settled on an accommodation for their differences.雙方未能對所有的意見都達成一致，但對他們的分歧達成了和解。2)[U] a place for sb.to stay, live, or work住處；工作場所

Having decided to find an appropriate accommodation, we set about contacting all the rental agencies in the city.我們決定要找一個合適的住處之后，就開始聯絡這個城市所有的租賃公司。

第三篇：新視野英語第二冊翻譯

Unit 1 1.她連水都不愿喝一口，更別提留下來吃飯了。

翻譯：She wouldn't take a drink, much less would she stay for dinner.2.他認為我在對他說謊，但實際上我講的是實話。

翻譯：He thought I was lying to him, whereas I was telling the truth.3.這個星期你每天都遲到，對此你怎么解釋？

翻譯：How do you account for the fact that you have been late every day this week? 4.他們利潤增長的部分原因是采用了新的市場策略。

翻譯：The increase in their profits is due partly to their new market strategy.5.這樣的措施很可能會帶來工作效率的提高。

翻譯：Such measures are likely to result in the improvement of work efficiency.6.我們已經在這個項目上投入了大量時間和精力，所以我們只能繼續。

翻譯：We have already poured a lot of time and energy into the project, so we have to carry on.Unit 2 1.盡管她是家里的獨生女，她父母也從不溺愛她。

翻譯：Despite the fact that she is the only child in her family, she is never babied by her parents.2.邁克沒來參加昨晚的聚會，也沒給我打電話作任何解釋。

翻譯：Mike didn't come to the party last night, nor did he call me to give an explanation.3.坐在他旁邊的那個人確實發表過一些小說，但決不是什么大作家。

翻譯： The person sitting next to him did publish some novels, but he is by no means a great writer.4.他對足球不感興趣，也從不關心誰輸誰贏。

翻譯： He has no interest in football and is indifferent to who wins or loses.5.經理需要一個可以信賴的助手，在他外出時，由助手負責處理問題。

翻譯： The manager needs an assistant that he can count on to take care of problems in his absence.6.這是他第一次當著那么多觀眾演講。

翻譯： This is the first time that he has made a speech in the presence of so large an audience.Unit 3 1.你再怎么有經驗，也得學習新技術。

翻譯：You are never too experienced to learn new techniques.2.還存在一個問題，那就是派誰去帶領那里的研究工作。

翻譯：There remains one problem, namely, who should be sent to head the research there.3.由于文化的不同，他們的關系在開始確實遇到了一些困難。

翻譯： Their relationship did meet with some difficulty at the beginning because of cultural differences.4.雖然他歷經沉浮，但我始終相信他總有一天會成功的。

翻譯：Though he has had ups and downs, I believed all along that he would succeed someday.5.我對你的說法的真實性有些保留看法。

翻譯：I have some reservations about the truth of your claim.6.她長得并不特別高，但是她身材瘦，給人一種個子高的錯覺。翻譯：She isn't particularly tall, but her slim figure gives an illusion of height.Unit 4 1.有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎？

翻譯：It is a great pleasure to meet friends from afar.2.不管黑貓白貓，能抓住老鼠就是好貓。

翻譯：It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white as long as it catches mice.3.你必須明天上午十點之前把那筆錢還給我。

翻譯： You must let me have the money back without fail by ten o'clock tomorrow morning.4.請允許我參加這個項目，我對這個項目非常感興趣。

翻譯： Allow me to take part in this project: I am more than a little

interested in it.5.人人都知道他比較特殊：他來去隨意。

翻譯：Everyone knows that he is special: He is free to come and go as he pleases.6.看她臉上不悅的神色，我覺得她似乎有什么話想跟我說。

翻譯：Watching the unhappy look on her face, I felt as though she wished to say something to me.Unit 5

1.他說話很自信，給我留下了很深的印象。

翻譯：He spoke confidently, which impressed me most.2.我父親太愛忘事，總是在找鑰匙。

翻譯：My father is so forgetful that he is always looking for his keys.3.我十分感激你給我的幫助。

翻譯： I'm very grateful to you for all the help you have given me.4.光線不足，加上地面潮濕，使得駕駛十分困難。

翻譯：The bad light, coupled with the wet ground, made driving very difficult.5.由于缺乏資金，他們不得不取消了創業計劃。

翻譯：Being starved of funds, they had to cancel their plan to start a business.6.每當有了麻煩，他們總是依靠我們。

翻譯：They always lean on us whenever they are in trouble.Unit 6

1.就像機器需要經常運轉一樣，身體也需要經常鍛煉。

翻譯：(Just)as a machine needs regular running, so does the body need regular exercise.2.在美國學習時，他學會了彈鋼琴。

翻譯：He learned to play the piano while studying in the United States.3.令我們失望的是，他拒絕了我們的邀請。

翻譯：To our disappointment, he turned down our invitation.4.真實情況是，不管是好是壞，隨著新科技的進步，世界發生了變化。

翻譯：The reality is that, for better or worse, the world has changed with the advance of new technologies.5.我班里的大多數女生在被要求回答問題時都似乎感到不自在。翻譯：Most of the female students in my class appear to be ill at ease when(they are)required to answer questions.6.當地政府負責運動會的安全。

翻譯：The local government took charge of the security for the sports meeting.Unit 7

1.在會上，除了其他事情，他們還討論了目前的經濟形勢。

翻譯： At the meeting they discussed, among other things, the present economic situation.2.我對大自然了解得越多，就越癡迷于大自然的奧秘。

翻譯： The more I learned about the nature, the more absorbed I became in its mystery.3.醫生建議說，有壓力的人要學會做一些新鮮有趣、富有挑戰性的事情，好讓自己的負面情緒有發泄的渠道。

翻譯：The doctor recommends that those stressed people should try something new, interesting and challenging in order to give their negative feelings an outlet.4.那個學生的成績差，但老師給他布置了更多的作業，而不是減少作業量。

翻譯: The teacher gives more homework to the student who has bad grades instead of cutting it down.5.相比之下，美國的父母更趨向于把孩子的成功歸因于天賦。

翻譯: By contrast, American parents are more likely to attribute their children's success to natural talent.6.教師首先要考慮的事情之一是喚起學生的興趣，激發他們的創造性。

翻譯: One of a teacher's priorities is to stimulate students' interests and their creativity.

第四篇：新視野大學英語第二冊Unit 4 Text

Unit 4 Text A 大學情侶 我微笑著看著我那兩個可愛的女兒，她們似乎比她們的父母還是大學情侶那會兒更為成熟。琳達，21歲，在大學一年級交過一個男友，她曾以為會跟那個男孩結婚，但他們已不再來往了。梅麗莎，19歲，還沒有一個固定的男友。我的女兒不知何時才能遇到她們的那個“唯一”，她們偉大的愛。她們認為她們的父親和我有著一段經典的、童話般的浪漫史，從一開始就直奔婚姻的殿堂。也許，她們是正確的，但在那時似乎并不是那么回事。在某種程度上，愛神恰恰在你最沒準備時來臨。誰曾想到，布奇和我最終會結婚呢？ 他之所以成為我男友，只是因為當時我那膚淺的打算：我要找一個可愛的男友！我們通過我的大學室友介紹在大學食堂相識。在那個命中注定的夜晚，我只是好奇，但對他而言，我認為是一見鐘情。他凝視著我的臉，說：“你有一雙美麗的眼睛。” 他整個晚上一直盯著我。我真的對他沒那么感興趣，其原因有二。首先，他看起來就像是一個野小子，甚至還有些危險。其次，雖然他很可愛，卻似乎有點怪異。他騎著自行車經過我的宿舍，裝作與我“偶遇”，看到我時還假裝驚訝。我喜歡被重視的感覺，但對他的野性和充滿活力的個性卻小心謹慎。他很會說話，這會迷倒任何女孩。當我開始愛上他時，恐懼向我襲來。他那令人激動的“壞小子形象”簡直太誘人了。究竟是什么吸引了我？ 我，一直口碑極好。為了獲得優異的成績，我的注意力只專注在自己的學習上。但又怎么樣呢？ 大學應該是學習的好時間，可也應該有一些樂趣。我已幾乎達成了偉大的教育目標，離畢業只有一學期之遙了。但我卻還沒有享受過任何樂趣，我的生活乏味，沒有一點新鮮感！我需要一個男朋友，當然不是任何男朋友。他必須很可愛。于是我那個學期的目標就成為：雄心勃勃，抓住一個我能找到的最可愛的男友。我擔心他會怎么看我。不錯，我們生活在一個性觀念正在發生戲劇性轉變的時代，但我是一個傳統的女孩，對在校園里似乎常見的新方式還沒有心理準備。布奇看上去很出色！我對他的個性毫無免疫力，但我對此很害怕。那天晚上當他向大家宣布我是他女友時，我是同意的。但我隨后突然清醒：“噢，我的天哪！我是他女友嗎？這是怎么回事？” 緊接著，他在我耳邊低聲地甜言蜜語：“有一天我要娶你，我會成為一名律師。你會看到這一天的。” 我笑著對自己說：“我絕不會嫁給這個家伙。他是一個沒有前途的叛逆者。他是我男朋友，只因為我恨枯燥的學生生活。我只想得到樂趣而已。” 果然，一個月后，我發現他所有的課程都不及格。因而，他將被大學除名。令我厭惡的是，他似乎屈從了自己的命運。我知道還有希望，所以我讓他去學院的秘書那兒進行復議。我告訴他：“你要先從賓夕法尼亞大學拿到政治學學士學位，然后進入法律學院。”我以他的名義遞交了呈請書，結果被批準了。校方同意復議布奇的情況。我們的男女朋友關系一經確定，他就協調了他的學習和社交生活，結果各門課都通過了。他最終學了法律。盡管布奇的性格有點野，但他在骨子里卻是一個完美的紳士，這值得高度贊揚。的確，他有時會在我朋友面前親吻我的嘴，擅自表達他的愛。我的朋友看到了很驚訝，也很不以為然。但事實上，我們在整整七年的戀愛關系中一直是純潔和負責的。我們坐在棕櫚樹下，手牽著手，聽著浪漫的歌曲，觀賞著日落，編織著和我們自己的孩子在一起的美夢，一直到永遠。兩年糊里糊涂地過去了。一天，布奇出其不意地手捧著一打紅玫瑰跪下向我求婚。我心中充滿了深情，也坦誠了對他的愛：“太太太太太浪漫了！” 可我隨即從幻想中驚醒。我大喊出來：“天哪。不！我們現在結婚還太早了。我們甚至還沒有大學畢業呢！” 我真的很喜歡他，但我對我們感情修成正果的機率卻持悲觀態度。五年后，我們結了婚。我們忠實的愛和學習之旅帶我們走過艱難崎嶇的巖石路，走上平坦易行的公路。它是一個永久、浪漫，有時又瘋狂的愛情故事。它詮釋了一對仍在瘋狂地愛著對方的夫婦如何一起度過了29年之久的蜜月。我們的愛從漫不經心的互相吸引開始，但最終卻發展出成熟的愛情和富足的生活。

Unit 4 Text B 戀愛預留日 每天我都焦急地等你來上課。我迫不及待地等待我們的互相微笑，互問早安。你在離上課僅幾秒前才出現，在那之前，我對任何東西都無動于衷，只會注意你的到來。我不溫習功課，卻期待著你的腳步聲，期待聽到你的聲音。今天你又來晚了, 但我不介意，因為在想約你出去的沖動被克制了一個月之后，今天我感覺大膽多了。今天，我要采取行動。我知道約會方式近年來有了顯著的改變，對許多女性來說，邀請男性出去已不是什么大膽的舉動。但是，因為我所受的傳統教育，邀請你出去這一簡單的概念似乎非同尋常。從小到大，這一信息很明確：男性必須主動出擊，聯絡女性。他們應該打電話，要求約會，并支付約會的費用。然而，在大學這么些年，我了解到的并非如此。我的許多女性朋友通過主動提出與男性交往，讓她們的社交生活迸出了火花。我的女性朋友都認為，女性必須更多地參與約會的過程。“我不能無所事事、一味等待，”我的前室友曾說。“雖然這很難，但如果我想約會，我必須邀請男人出去！” 更多的女性在爭取主動，在邀請男性出去。許多男性說他們認同這一新現象。他們都松了一口氣，約會不再僅僅取決于男性自己的意愿和勇氣來踏出第一步。那么，我為什么還這么緊張？ 我告訴自己要放松，因為如今的約會要比以往來得輕松。一個大學的約會可以是兩個人一起做任何事，從一起學習到一起共度閑暇時間，如看電影。我的同齡人大多喜歡非正式的約會，因為它花費更少，且舒適。學生邀請人打網球要比他們計劃一個正式場合的約會更感輕松。非正式約會的額外好處是，它鼓勵人們在開始浪漫的關系前，先建立起健康的友誼。這樣，年輕人可以更容易放松心情和了解對方。例如，我的室友和她的男友在他們來電之前做了四個月的普通朋友。他們經常與一群共同的朋友出去。他們輪流買單。“他就像任何其他的朋友一樣，”我的室友笑著說。另一位朋友認為，非正式約會能改善人們的社會生活，使他們周旋于更廣泛的社交圈。當她想要讓一個男人知道她對他很感興趣時，她會說：“嘿，我們去喝一杯酸奶吧”或“來一杯茶如何？” 可誰來買單？ 這可不如以前那么容易了，因為求愛的傳統規則正在發生重大變化。初步統計的數字也證明了這一點。眾多的青年男子說，在約會幾次后，女性應該幫著一同買單。幾乎相等百分比的女性要求自己買單，哪怕是第一次約會。但巨大的困惑仍然存在，新規則還有待澄清。我自己過去的約會教會了我一些東西。“各付各的” 或是讓我的約會對象買單可以說都是絕對的挑戰。有一個約會對象在我們第一次約會時，還沒等我提出相左的建議，就掏出了錢包。在晚餐后散步時，他告訴我他想跟我談戀愛。當我解釋我對做朋友更感興趣時，他似乎感到不快。他解釋說，因為我接受了他請我吃晚餐，所以他認為我會跟他戀愛。他似乎對請我吃飯一事很生自己的氣，而我也很后悔讓他這么做。另一個約會對象，在我急忙打開錢包掏出錢，并提出各付各的時，他皺起了眉頭。我客氣地問道：“我欠你多少錢？” 他說：“嗯，嗯，你真的不欠我什么，但如果你堅持……” 他顯得極為尷尬。對他而言，我要付錢的行動已傳達了他被拒絕的信息。在試圖搞清約會的新規則時，每個人似乎都感到困惑。誰應請誰出去？ 誰應付錢？什么時候付？ 所以，雖然我認為穿著正式地去一個傳統、正式的約會是一種樂趣，但我還是樂意去非正式的約會，因為它給我的社交生活帶來了有價值的一面。因為是非正式約會，壓力較小，且更平等。我可以送別人玫瑰，別人也可以送我！非正式約會值得去做，因為它管用。所以，我在這里等待著。沒有神奇的方案可以確保他會說“好的”。我得放松，做我自己，并用一種沒有廢話的方式邀請他出去。他終于到了。在悄悄地溜到他的書桌時，他拍拍我的肩膀，說：“嗨，早上好啊！” “早上好，”我謹慎地回答。因為緊張，我的心緊揪著，可是我征服了恐懼，問道：“嘿，這個周五下課后一起吃午餐，怎么樣？” “你的意思是期中考試后嗎？”他用難以掩飾的熱情說：“我很愿意和你一起吃午餐。” 我很激動，笑得很開心，并跟他確認：“那，我們就定了那天啦！” “好，就那樣！”他興高采烈地回答。

第五篇：新視野大學英語 第二冊 Unit3 Language Points

Unit3 Language Points

1.tolerance

v.tolerateadj.tolerantBe tolerant of /towards

e.g.Her mistakes made her very tolerant of/towards others

tolerate v.自我約束，對抵觸或可憎事物不表反對和異議。

e.g.I can tolerate jazz, thoughI don’t like it.Compare: bear 對不愉快的或有傷害的事物、局面加以容忍，忍受； endure面對一系列考驗時所表現出的毅力與耐心； stand與tolerate和bear同義，非正式用詞； suffer vi.遭受、忍受困難或不幸等。

2.overlook

fail to see or notice due to haste or carelessness

e.g.他沒有注意到第一頁上的一處拼寫錯誤。

He overlooked a spelling mistake on the first page.Compare: ignore, neglect, omit

ignore: take no notice of deliberately 有意忽視，不理睬

neglect: give not enough care or attention to 行為上的疏忽，大意，語氣較強；omit: leave sth out省略，略去

3.counsel

1)vt.advise, give advice and support to

e.g.學校向學生提供咨詢服務。The school is now providing a service to counsel students.counsel sb.to do 對于重大事情，在仔細斟酌之后提出忠告。

他勸他們放棄這個計劃。He counseled them to give up the plan.2)n.advice;ideas

我本該聽從父親的明智的建議，把錢省點下來而不是花光

I should have listened to my father’s wise counsel, and saved some money instead of spending it all.1…we had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple learning to know, understand, and respect each other.(L1-2)

Like any other couples who were learning to know, understand and respect each other, we had had both happy and unhappy periods.Ups and downs: a mix of good experiences and bad experiences.e.g.Life is full of ups and downs.人生充滿了歡樂和痛苦.2.Our racial and cultural differences enhanced our relationship and taught us a great deal about tolerance, compromise, and being open with each other.(L5)我們之間的種族及文化差異不但增強了我們的關系,還教會了我們彼此間要寬容,諒解和開誠布公.being open with each other:

willing to talk to each other honestly and frankly

3.Gail and I had no illusions about what the future held for us as a married, mixed couple in America.(L9)

Gail and I were not idealistic about what the future would offer us in America as a married couple, one being black and the other being white.4....they overlooked serious personality conflicts in the expectation that marriage was an automatic way to make everything work out right.(L.14)

They ignored serious personality conflicts.They hoped that everything worked go right automatically when they lived their married life.EXPECTATION is often used in some set phrases:

contrary to / against all expectations 與預期相反

beyond expectations 出乎預料

in expectation of / in the expectation that 料想到/希望…

come up to / live up to one’s expectations 達到期望

5.Instead of congratulations upon hearing our news, Deborah counseled Gail to be really true she was doing the right thing.(L.24)

When Deborah heard our plans, she didn’t express her congratulations but advised Gail to be really sure that that was the marriage she did want.Congratulations on your marriage!

upon : the same as on.It means immediately after…

e.g.Upon(On)hearing the news, she burst into tears.一聽到這個消息,她就放聲大哭.6.I harbored reservations about a mixed marriage, prejudices you might even call them.(L28)

I had doubts whether a marriage between a white and a black would work out well, which you might even call prejudices.In this sentence, the author used an appositional structure.So we can change it into:

I harbored my reservations about a mixed marriage.You might even call my reservations prejudices.7.Gail’s father, David, whom I had not yet met personally, approached our decision with a father-knows-best attitude.(L.43)

I had not yet met Gail’s father, David, face to face.He dealt with our decision in a way that seemed he was the most experienced in finding out the truth.8.Why the haste?(L.45)Then why the rush?(L49)

Why do you want to get married in such a hurry?

This is an elliptical question.In WHY-Q we often have ellipsis.9.Buy time, buy time…(L.49)

Delay your decision about marriage that seems too soon.10.…it’s never too late to change your mind.(L.65)

You can change your mind any time, however soon or late.The pattern: never too…to(do)…