新視野大學(xué)英語unit 1-book 2

Time-ConsciousUnit1SectionA2007年3月6日1GroupWork2EachgroupmakesacomparisonbetweentheChinesecultureandwesternculture.Youcanchooseanytopicsuchasfood,custom,education,livingstyle,medicine,viewonvalue,etc.YourworkissupposedtobepresentedinclassthroughPower-point.Userelatedpicturestomakeyourpresentationvivid.Comparison3Let’stalkaboutCulturalDifferencesCulturalDifferencesTalka boutstress4Situation1

–anappointmentHowtoManagetheFollowing

Situations?Situation2

–homevisitSituation3

–toapartySituation4

–beinginvitedtodinnerSituation5

–aninterview5Situation1:Dr.TomMcDivernfromNYispracticingmedicineinaruralareainSaudiArabia.Hisopeningdaywasbookedfullyaweekago.Buthalfanhourpassed,neither

ofhisfirsttwopatientsarrived.

Why?Why?Why?Why?6Americanstendtobe_________.TotheArabians,

_________

________________

isacceptable.punctualhalfanhouror40minuteslate7Situation2:Onyourwayhome,itoccurredtoyouthatyourAmericanfriendMaryhadinvitedyoutovisitherwhenyouwerefree.Thenyoudroppedinonherhouse.Butwhenyouknockedatthedoor…8InChina,it’sOKtovisitfriendswithoutcallingaheadoftime.WhileintheU.S.,it’s

impolite

todoso.Maryfeltsurprised.Why?9

Whatisthe

polite

wayintheU.S.?Callingaheadoftime.10Situation3:YourAmericanfriendinvited

youtoherpartytonightat7:30.Whenareyousupposedtogetthere?Why?A.Before7:00,tohelphertoprepare.B.5’－10’late,nottobethefirstguest.C.After8:00,I’mtheVIP.D.5’－10’earlier,it’sapolitewaytoshowmyrespectforher.11IntheU.S.,peopletendtobe_____________.

InChina,closefriends

tendtoarrive_______________，butacquaintancestendtoarrive_______________.5’－10’late(B)before7:00(A)5’－10’earlier(D)12Situation4:YourAmericanfriendinvited

youtoherhousefordinnerat6:30.

Whenareyousupposedtogetthere?A.Rightontime.B.Befashionablylate.C.Halfanhourlate.D.About5’－10’earlier.TheAmericansTheChinese13Beforeyougo,it’salwaysbestto1.________________2.________________3.________________Whenyougotoaparty,you’dbe______________.Whenyougotosomebody’shousefordinner,you’dbe_________,i.e.nottobe______,nottobe_____,just____________.ToVisitFriendsintheU.S.lateearlygivethemaphone.sendthemaletter.sendthemane-mail.fashionablylatepunctualrightontimeListentotherecordingandfillintheblanks.14Duringan

interview,theAmericanbossasksaboutyourideaonsalaryasasecretary,whichanswerwillbegoodforyou?GuessSituation5:151.AnysumofmoneyisOKforme.2.Atleast$2500,I’mthebest.164.Oh,moneyisnot

importanttome.Idon’tcomehere

simplyformoney.3.$1,000a

month.Icanmakeit.17InAmerica,aperson’ssuccessisbasedonhowmuchmoneyhemakes.AndAmericansarenotafraidofshowingtheirconfidence.TomostChinese,it’dbetheresponsibilityofthecompanytodecidethesalaryaccordingtotheemployee’sperformance.TipsTHISMAYBEDUETOCULTURALDIFFERENCES181.cating5.parentingCulturaldifferencesexistinthewaysof…

6.respondingtocompliments&praise…19Learningaforeignlanguagewellmeansmorethanmasteringthepronunciation,grammarandexpressions.Italsomeanslearningitsculture.Suggestions20StructureAnalysisIdeaCatching21I.IdeaCatchingTimeandlabor.Para.1WhatarethetwothingsAmericanstrytosave?1.Question:22____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Way1Way2Way3Way4Theytreattimeseriously.Theydoeverythinginahurry.Theystarttalkingbusinessquickly.Theyusemoderndevicestocommuni-catewitheachotherefficiently.Para.2－72.ThewaysAmericanssavetimeinclude:23Tosuccessfullysolveaproblemandtofulfillajobwithspeedistakenby________asasignof

Para.83.Conclusion:differentideas

skillfulnessbeingcompetentThe_________consideritproperto_________________foreignerstaketimedoingthings.Americans24II.StructureAnalysisWHAT?How?Whatdoesthewriterwanttotellus?Howdoeshesupporthisidea?

Bygivingspecificdetails,thentellingthereasons.Americansaretimeconscious.25Ageneralpoint:

AmericansarepeopleReasons(R):.5.…time-consciousSpecificDetails(SD):TopicofPara.1TopicofPara.2TopicofPara.3TopicofPara.4TopicofPara.5－726Ifyou’renotmovingahead,you’refallingbehind.SD:R:Para.1Americansbelievenoonestandsstill.Para.2SD:R:Timeistreatedasifitweresomethingalmostreal.Timeisapreciousresource.27Para.3SD:EveryoneintheU.S.isinarush.R:Theyareoftenunderpressure.Para.4SD:Americansquicklystarttalkingbusiness.R:Timeisalwaystickingintheirinnerear.28Para.5－7SD:Weworkhardtosavetime.How?R:Thesedevicescansavethefeetandendlessamountsoftime.Weproduceasteadyflowoflabor-savingdevices.Para.8Americanstakeitasasignofskillfulnesstodothingsquickly.TheforeignershavedifferentideasfromthoseofAmericans.29Pre-readingquestions(1)WhatpreciousresourcedoAmericansvalueandsave?(2)What’saforeigner’sfirstimpressionoftheU.S.?(3)WhatarethethreekindsofbehaviorthatAmericansconsidertobeawasteoftime?(4)HowdoAmericansviewtheimpersonalityofelectroniccommunication?30WordUsing311.Americansbelievenoonestandsstill.Ifyouarenotmovingahead,youarefallingbehind.(L1)I.Paraphrase①becomebitbybitfurtherbehind

②(with)failtoproducesth.atthepropertime

Americansthinknoonekeepsmotionless,everyonemovesandadvances.Ifyouarenotmovingahead,youwillbecomefurtherbehind.

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…noonestands

still.

Here“stand”isfollowedbyadjectivesoradjective-likephrases.Theroomstandsidle.Theystandopposedtothenewlaw.

他們反對這項新法律。

Intheabovesentences,“stand”isusedasalinkingverb.33fallbehindsb./sth.(L1)

①becomebitbybitfurtherbehind

e.g.Ifyou’renotmovingahead,you’re

fallingbehind.

KeyHe’sbeen

fallingbehind

hisgroupmembersinEnglish.

Translation

他在英語方面一直落后于同組同學(xué)。

34fallbehindwithsth.②failtoproducesth.atthepropertime

e.g.fallbehind

withtherent

KeyI’m

fallingbehindwith

mywork;Imusttrytocatchup.

Translation我工作拖下來了，我得想辦法趕上。35

(2)TimeisoneofthetwoelementsthatAmericanssavecarefully,theotherbeinglabor.(Para1)Hereinthissentencewehaveaspecialtypeofadverbialclause:“theotherbeinglabor”.Thesentenceis:

subject+-ing(or:-ed)verb.

Thistypeofclausecanalsobeputatthebeginningofthewholesentence.36Examples:

Nofurtherdiscussionsarising,themeetingwasbroughttoanend.

Lunchfinished,alltheguestsreturnedtothesittingroom.Thistypeofclausecanberewrittenbyaddingthepreposition“with”:TimeisoneofthetwoelementsthatAmericanssavecarefully,withtheotherbeinglabor.

Withlunchfinished,alltheguestsreturnedtothesittingroom.372.Thisattituderesultsinanationofpeoplecommittedtoresearching,experimentingandexploring.(L2)后置定語Asaresultofthisattitude,Americanstendtodevotetheirtimeandenergytoresearching,experimentingandexploring.①commitsb./sth.to(doing)sth.②commitoneselftosth.—devoteto(doing)sth.Practice38Decideyourchoiceandtellwhy:Everybody______onearthispulleddownwardsbytheearth.A.locatedB.locatingThegardens________withbeautifulflowerssparkledintheheavydew.A.crowdingB.crowdedHedidn’twishit___________.A.mentionedB.mentioningBBA39resultin

(L2)cause,haveasaresult,leadto

e.g.Theaccidentresultedinthedeathoftwopeople.

KeyActingbeforethinkingalways

resultsin

failing.

Translation做事不先考慮總是會失敗的。*resultfrom—becausedby,becauseof

Nothinghasresultedfromhisefforts.他的努力終成泡影。403.Weareslavetonothingbuttheclock.(L.5)slavetosth.:apersonwhoiscompletelyinfluencedordominatedbysth.aslavetodrinkaslavetomoneynothingbut:onlyThereportcontainsnothingbutlies.他們只不過是紙老虎。Theyarenothingbutpapertigers.414.accountfor

(L6)①giveasatisfactoryexplanationfor…

e.g.Themancouldn’t

accountfor

thefactthatthemoneywasfoundinhishouse.

KeyJennyhadto

accounttoherfather

foreverypennyshespent.

Translation珍妮不得不向父親說明每一個便士是怎么花的。424.accountfor

②beaproportionofsth.

e.g.NorthSeaoilaccountsforahighproportionofourtradeearning.

KeyGirls

accountfor

halfoftheclass.

Translation女生占我們班一半人數(shù)。*phrases:onaccountof由于;onnoaccount絕不；takeaccountof=take…intoaccount考慮到435.runoutof

useallone’ssupplies,havenomoreTranslation我們的時間快用完了。

Wearerunningoutoftime.Translation我快沒耐心了。I’mrunningoutofpatience.446.count

(L9)

vi.Ifsth.counts,it’simportantor

valuable;

vt.calculate

e.g.Wewanteveryminutetocount.

KeyEveryminute

countsbeforetheexam.

Translation考試前，每一秒鐘都很重要。*phrases:countin把……

算入；counton/upon=relyon指望；countout逐一數(shù)出；countup總計457.They’llmisstheritualinteractionthatgoeswithawelcomingcupofteaorcoffeethatmaybeaconventionintheirowncountry.(L23)They’llbesadbecausethey’llnothavetheusualexchangesthatgowithawelcomingcupofteaorcoffee.Theseexchangesmaybeacommonandregularpracticeonsimilaroccasionsintheirowncountry.468.convention

(L24)

n.customarypractice習(xí)俗，慣例

e.g.Convention

nowallowswomentosmokeinpublic.

KeyIt’sthe

convention

formentowearsuitsonformaloccasions.

Translation男子在正式場合穿西裝是一種慣例。479.muchless

(L28)

stillless,letalone

andevenlesslikely更不用說

e.g.They’realwaysshortofwatertodrink,muchlesstobathein.

KeyTheoldmancanhardlywalk,

muchless

run.

Translation這位老人幾乎不能行走，更不用說跑了。4810.given+noun(L35)

=(giventhat

clause)

prep.takingintoaccount

e.g.Givenherinterestinchildren,teachingshouldbetherightcareerforher.

KeyGiventheirinexperience,they’vedoneagoodjob.

Translation考慮到他們?nèi)狈?jīng)驗,他們算做得不錯了。Cf.

Given

thatthey’reinexperienced,they’vedoneagoodjob.498.beworthyof

(L50)deserving值得

e.g.Itseemsasifthetaskwerenotworthyofproperrespect.

KeyHeisworthyof

ourpraise.

Translation他值得我們表揚(yáng)。Question

Whatisworthyof

yourworkinghard?50worth,worthy句型差別beworth+n.=beworthyof+n.beworthdoing=beworthyofbeingdonecf.ofbeingdone.

sth.isworthytobedone.5111.IntheU.S.,however,it’stakenasasignofskillfulnessorbeingcompetenttosolveaproblem,orfulfillajobsuccessfully,withspeed.(L51)IntheU.S.,however,ifyoucansolveaproblemordoajobquickly,youwillbeconsideredasapersonhavingskillorability.beabletodo52MatchingGame53acuterunoutofreplaceinarushrestlesslyracethroughinteractionnothingbutleisurelyimpatientlycommunicationfine/sharp;severe/greatonlywithouthurrytaketheplaceofuseup/flowoutofdosth.inahurryinahurryI.MatchingGame54excellentphysicallypresent,byoneselfincontrast,whileexistatthesametimecarryoutbeabletodosth.bringst