新視野大學英語4課件unit1 section A.ppt

1、,New Horizon College English,Book Four,Unit One Section A The Temptation of a Respectable Woman,- 3 -,OBJECTIVES,1. Develop proper ways to resist temptations. 2. Tell stories in time sequence. 3. Develop positive attitude towards marriage and family. 4. Learn to read between lines. 5. Use new words

2、and expressions.,Unit One,- 4 -,Pre-reading Activities,Text Understanding,Language Points,1,2,3,Unit One,Summary,4,5,Writing,- 5 -,In Bible, an apple, a woman and a serpent remind us of temptation. We can resist everything except temptation maybe because temptation exists when God created man and wo

3、man.,1. What do these two pictures remind you of?,Background Information,- 6 -,Temptation is something that you crave for now but regret later. It is an attack that falls upon you anytime and from anywhere.,2.What is temptation?,Background Information,- 7 -,Now that temptation has found its way into

4、 every facet of our life and no one is immune to its attacks, its wise of us to get to its root.,3. Where does temptation stem from?,Background Information,- 8 -,In general, temptation stems from three major sources:,a. lust for sensual pleasures (3 minutes in classroom too long, three hours with a

5、pretty girl is too short) b. desire for material comfort (a man work for money regardless of his health or interests of others) c. zeal for power (an official polishes the apples(討人歡心) for his supervisor),Background Information,- 9 -,I. What would you do in the following cases?,Pre-reading Activitie

6、s,- 10 -,Youre overweight and not allowed to eat too much. When you see the delicious food ,Pre-reading Activities,- 11 -,b. You can hardly pass the exam. Now, the supervisor is out for a moment ,Pre-reading Activities,- 12 -,c. You havent finished your term paper, which is due tomorrow. Now there i

7、s one available on the Internet ,Pre-reading Activities,- 13 -,d. Earning money by taking a part-time job is too hard. Either gambling or dating with millionaires might be a short cut ,Pre-reading Activities,- 14 -,e. Staying in bed is so comfortable. But its time for class ,Pre-reading Activities,-

8、 15 -,f. The computer game is so fascinating, but you havent finished your homework ,Pre-reading Activities,- 16 -,II. How to Resist Temptations ?,Its inevitable for one to be faced with various temptations in his lifetime. Have you ever managed to resist any temptation or got trapped in it? Now sha

9、re your experience with your partner.,Tips,Pre-reading Activities,- 17 -,Choose your friends carefully. Think about how an honorable person would act. Think about what would happen if you were caught. Think over whether what you are about to do may hurt others. Walk away from the situations where yo

10、u are tempted. Remember what your parents or teachers taught you. Draw up a set of principles as a guide to all of our social conducts.,Pre-reading Activities,- 18 -,Pre-reading Activities,Text Understanding,Language Points,1,2,3,Unit One,Summary,4,5,Writing,- 19 -,How many characters are there in t

11、he story? Who are they?,Text Understanding,read the text and answer the following questions.,- 20 -,2. What did Mrs. Baroda think of her husbands friend at first?,Text Understanding,- 21 -,3. What did Mrs. Baroda decide to do after her talk with her husband？,Text Understanding,- 22 -,4. Which part o

12、f Gouvernail drew Mrs. Baroda to him?,Text Understanding,- 23 -,5. What did Mrs. Baroda want to do when Gouvernail was talking?,Text Understanding,- 24 -,6. When did Mrs. Baroda fall in love with Gouvernail, at that night or earlier?,Text Understanding,- 25 -,7. Mrs. Baroda was strongly against invi

13、ting Mr. Gouvernail again. Why?,Text Understanding,- 26 -,8. Did Mrs. Baroda finally manage to resist the temptation? How?,Text Understanding,- 27 -,Text Understanding,Main idea of the text ?,At first, Mrs. Baroda didnt like her husbands friend, Gouvernail, whom she found far from a man of wit but a

14、 dull man hard to read. One night, however, a conversation between them revealed his true personality, which proved to be a strong temptation to her, a respectable woman. But in the end, she overcame that temptation.,- 28 -,Part One,Main Idea of Part One,(Para. 1),Text Understanding,- 29 -,Part Two,

15、Main Idea of Part Two,(Paras. 2-10),Text Understanding,- 30 -,Devices for developing this part: cause-and-effect (因果法) Effect: Gouvernails quiet personality puzzled Mrs. Baroda. Cause 1: After a few days with the guest, she could understand him no better than at first. Cause 2: she left her husband

16、and his guest alone together but she found that Gouvernail hardly notice her absence. Cause 3: she imposed her company upon him and pressed her attempt to penetrate the silence but without success.,Text Understanding,- 31 -,Part Three,One night Gouvernail came to sit beside Mrs. Baroda and talked ab

17、out his past and present. His talk and voice was so great an appeal to her that she desired to touch him. But, she withstood the temptation and chose to stay away from her house.,Main Idea of Part Three,(Paras. 11-20),Text Understanding,- 32 -,Part Four,Despite her husbands strong desire for Gouvern

18、ails another visit, Mrs. Baroda was bitterly opposed to it, which implies her further struggle against the temptation.,Main Idea of Part Four,(Para. 21),Text Understanding,- 33 -,Part Five,Before the year ended, Mrs. Baroda proposed, from the bottom of her heart, to have Gouvernail visit them again.

19、 For she had overcome everything, including the temptation.,Main Idea of Part Five,(Paras. 22-24),Text Understanding,- 34 -,The whole story ends up with a dialogue between the couple. For the husbands part, it is no more than a change of his wifes attitude to have his friend come again. For the wife

20、s part, however, it is a noble victory of reason over temptation. In the dialogue, the key point lies in the different understandings of two wordsdislike and everything.,Text Understanding,- 35 -,Mrs. Barodas strong dislike for the man,Her inner desire to get close to the man,Her sensible decision t

21、o move away from him,Her further struggle against the temptation,Victory of her reason over the temptation,Text Understanding,Mrs. Barodas emotional change in feelings,- 36 -,Pre-reading Activities,Text Understanding,Language Points,1,2,3,Unit One,Summary,4,5,Writing,- 37 -,respectable（title） Compar

22、e: respectable, respectful, respective,Language Points,respectable: a. considered to be socially acceptable; decent (體面的，正派的，值得尊敬的),2) respectful: a. feeling or showing respect (恭敬的，表示尊敬的),3) respective: a. belonging separately to each two or more people or things previously mentioned (各自的，分別的),- 38

23、 -,E.g. 1) They stood at a distance from the president. 2) The three men were given work according to their abilities. 3) It is not considered to spit in public.,Language Points,respectful,respective,respectable,（敬而遠之）,- 39 -,和以前一樣不了解某人,to understand sb. no better than at first (L.4),他學了7年英語，還和以前一樣不

24、懂英語。,After seven years of study, he knew English no better than at first.,Language Points,- 40 -,no better than Here “no” means “not at all”, and can be used as an adverb before comparatives.,Language Points,E.g. The CET-4 exam was no more difficult than the model exams you had done in class. 四級考試一點

25、也不比你們做的模擬題難。,Its no colder today than it was yesterday. 今天不比昨天冷。,- 41 -,penetrate (L7) vt: understand or discover sth. that is difficult to understand or is hidden E.g.: Science can penetrate many of natures mysteries. 科學可以解開很多自然之謎。 （into / through / to）go into or through sth. E.g.: The cold seemed

26、to penetrate his bones. 他感到寒氣刺骨。 The war penetrates every area of the nations life. 戰(zhàn)爭影響到這個國家生活的方方面面。,Language Points,- 42 -,for the most part (L. 4) to impose ones company/oneself upon sb. (L. 6) to press ones attempt to do sth. (L. 6) for my part (L. 9) to be full of surprises (L.17),Language Poin

27、ts,執(zhí)意陪同某人,試圖做某事,就我而言,多半，大多,讓人吃驚,- 43 -,E.g. Dont impose yourself /your company on people who dont want you.,不要纏著不愿和你在一起的人。,Language Points,E.g. For my part , Im quite satisfied with this arrangement.,對我來說，我對這一安排相當滿意。,- 44 -,料想；指望,to count upon (L.18),如今，小孩子變得越來越聰明。你很難料到從一個兩歲多的孩子嘴里會說出什么來。,Today, kids

28、 are growing wiser. You can hardly count upon what will come from the mouth of a child over 2 years old.,Language Points,- 45 -,對大驚小怪,to make a fuss about (L.20),睡懶覺只是年輕人的一個普遍習慣,與道德無關。不必為此小題大做。,Getting up late is nothing but a common habit among the young and has no bearing on morality. There is no

29、need to make a fuss about it.,Language Points,- 46 -,最不希望的事情,the last thing (L.21): sth. that is desired in the least,E.g. If study is the last thing you would like to do in your college life, the first thing you have to face next is to drop out.,Language Points,如果學習是你大學生活中最不愿意做的事情，那你下一步首先要面臨的就是退學。,

30、- 47 -,to run down (L. 24) (cause to) decline in physical condition(使)衰退;筋疲力盡,His health ran down to a dangerous level. 他的健康狀況已經惡化到危險的地步。,下一頁,Language Points,Since he took that extra job, hes really run himself down.,- 48 -,to run down (L. 24) without a suspicion/doubt that (L. 35) make reservations

31、 about (L. 40) to drink in (L. 51),Language Points,（使）筋疲力盡,絲毫不曾懷疑,對發(fā)表意見,陶醉于,- 49 -,E.g. The battery has run down; it needs recharging.,電池已耗盡，需要在充電。,Language Points,E.g. The boy drank in every word of the sailors story of his adventures.,這男孩全神貫注地傾聽著那水手講述他冒險故事的每一句話。,- 50 -,in no sense (L.42): not at a

32、ll in no way; by no means; under no circumstances,E.g. In no sense did he realize he had made such a serious mistake. 他根本沒有意識到他出了這么大的錯。,His mind was in no sense brilliant. 他一點也不聰明。,Language Points,- 51 -,很想做某事,to be greatly tempted to do sth. (L.57),每次當你很想做某事時，明智的做法是三思而后行。,Whenever youre greatly tem

33、pted to do something, it is wise of you to think twice before doing it.,Language Points,- 52 -,yield to/give way to the temptation (L. 58) resist/ withstand/ overcome the temptation,Language Points,沒有抵擋住誘惑,抵制/經受住/戰(zhàn)勝誘惑,- 53 -,sensible (L.59) I think its a very sensible suggestion. 我想這是一個很合理的建議。,Langu

34、age Points,A writer mustnt be too sensitive to criticism. 作家不可對批評意見反映過激。,compare: sensitive,- 54 -,1. Then she imposed her company upon him, accompanying him in his idle walks to the mill to press her attempt to penetrate the silence in which he had unconsciously covered himself. (L5),Language Point

35、s,- 55 -,2. She could gather nothing from them but the feeling of a distinct necessity to leave her home in the next morning. (L31),Language Points,- 56 -,3. His periods of silence were not his basic nature, but the result of moods. (L42),Language Points,- 57 -,4. Now, all there was left with him wa

36、s a desire to be permitted to exist, with now and then a little breath of genuine life, such as he was breathing now. (L47),Language Points,- 58 -,5. However, before the year ended, she proposed, wholly from herself, to have Gouvernail visit them again. (L65),Language Points,- 59 -,The rain penetrat

37、ed through to his skin. Oscar Wilde was a famous wit. The crowd of demonstrators melted away when the police arrived. Stand upright when youre being spoken to! He deserves the praise for all his efforts.,濕透,機智風趣的人,逐漸散去,站直,應得到,Translate or explain the italicized part.,- 60 -,Their remarks are for the

38、 most part correct. Dont impose your company on them. They are busy with their work. I dont know what he wants to do, but for my part, I would be glad to go. Im counting on my parents to help me.,mostly; usually,纏著他們,personally,expect; depend on,Translate or explain the italicized part.,- 61 -,Pleas

39、e dont make a fuss about such a small thing. He is run down because hes been working too hard. They stopped for a moment to drink in the beauty of the scenery. He said he would give up smoking, but he ended up yielding to the temptation and took a cigarette.,大驚小怪,把身體搞垮,沉醉于,經不起誘惑,Translate or explain

40、 the italicized part.,- 62 -,Translate the following into English.,He imposed his company upon her in spite of her repeated hints of hoping to be left alone.,1. 盡管她反復暗示想單獨待一會兒，但他執(zhí)意要陪她。,repeated hints,impose ones company upon her,to be left alone,- 63 -,His friends can never count upon how he is goin

41、g to act under given conditions, as he is always full of surprises.,2. 他的朋友從來拿不準他什么時候會怎么做，因為他總是做些出人意料的事。,never count upon,how to act under given conditions,be full of surprises,Translate the following into English.,- 64 -,3. 別為這點小事大驚小怪的，這可是我最不希望看到的事。,make a fuss about,Dont make a fuss about such a s

42、mall thing because that is the last thing I expected.,Translate the following into English.,- 65 -,4. 巴羅達太太不僅是位正派體面的女子，也是位非常明智的女子。,very sensible,Besides being an upright and respectable woman Mrs. Baroda was also a very sensible one.,upright and respectable,Translate the following into English.,- 66

43、 -,5. 她的思緒從來沒有這么亂過，絲毫理不出頭緒。,She had never known her thoughts to be so confused, unable to gather anything from them.,unable to gather anything from,Translate the following into English.,- 67 -,6. 從古韋內爾的談話中，巴羅達太太了解到他有時沉默寡言并非天性，而是情緒使然。,the result of moods,From Gouvernails talk, Mrs. Baroda came to kno

44、w that his periods of silence were not his basic nature, but the result of moods.,basic nature,periods of silence,Translate the following into English.,- 68 -,7. 令加斯頓高興的是，他妻子終于不討厭古韋內爾了，主動提出邀請他再來。,To Gastons delight, his wife had finally overcome her dislike for Gouvernail and invited Gouvernail to v

45、isit them again wholly from herself.,finally overcome ones dislike for,invite sb. wholly from oneself,Translate the following into English.,- 69 -,8. 巴羅達太太對古韋內爾令人迷惑的性格頗為不解，并覺得很難打破他這種并非有意的沉默。,Mrs. Baroda felt confused about Gouvernails puzzling nature and found it hard to penetrate the silence in whi

46、ch he had unconsciously covered himself.,feel confused about sth.,Translate the following into English.,- 70 -,Pre-reading Activities,Text Understanding,Language Points,1,2,3,Unit One,Summary,4,5,Writing,- 71 -,Gouvernail was in no sense a shy man. He talked freely and intimately in a low, hesitatin

47、g voice that was not unpleasant to hear. Mrs. Baroda only vaguely grasped what he was saying. She only drank in the _ of his voice. As she listened to him, she felt a foolish feeling _ her. Only the fact _ she was a _ and upright woman stopped her _ touching him. Her strength of character forced her

48、 _ away from him _ her _ feelings tried to push her towards him. _ she could politely leave him she felt relieved. _,tones,respectable,that,seized,from,physically,while,internal,As soon as,Summary,Sensibly,- 72 -,Mrs. Baroda did not _ with her husband the feelings she _. She did resolve, however, to

49、 _ the plantation as quickly as possible. The next morning she left early and _ an early morning train to the city. In summer Gaston _ his friend returning but his wife would not _ the idea. _, before the year was _, much to her husbands _, she suggested that Gouvernail _. At that moment only she he

50、rself knew why.,over,share,had experienced,get away from,took,spoke of,yield to,However,surprise,return,Summary,- 73 -,Pre-reading Activities,Text Understanding,Language Points,1,2,3,Unit One,Summary,4,5,Writing,- 74 -,On Making Friends,As a human being, one can hardly do without a friend. Then, what is true friend