UNIT 5 Overcoming Obstacles
I. Key words & phrases
bear out pick up
highlight combine… with…
eruption fantasy
bring sb. back to earth as long as
dream of passion
detail pass by
coincide with work out
alternate on one occasion
interrupt vain
be ashamed of startle
intensity tense
anxiety stretch out
in one’s mind’s eye congratulate sb. on sth.
accomplishment media
preparation tension
relax numerous
grace emotion
incline in good/excellent/poor health
suffer from to a degree
hold on to dismiss
interval mere
Additional Vocabulary
one’s personal best个人最高记录
the final race 短跑决赛
track and field competition 田径比赛
a bird’s-eye view 高空俯瞰
lift off the ground 从地面一跃而起
soar like an eagle 像雄鹰一样飞翔
with a keen eye for detail 用敏锐的目光观察入微
with the free spirit of his mother’s love怀着母爱所赐予他的自由精神
a hard-core realist 一个彻头彻尾的现实主义者
bring sb. back to earth 使(某人)回到现实中
in one’s mind’s eye在(某人)想像中
the National Junior Olympics 全国少年奥林匹克运动会
II. Vocabulary & Structure
1. __ he works hard, I don't mind when he finishes the experiment.
A. As soon as
B. As well as
C. So far as
D. As long as
2. He ______ me that he’d be waiting for me at the entrance of the park at about seven.
A. ensured
B. assured
C. engaged
D. assumed
3. The __ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, particularly
between researches and teachers.
A. intensive
B. concise
C. joint
D. overall
4. The neighborhood boys like to play basketball on that __ lot.
A. valid
B. vain
C. vacant
D. vague
5. The thief tried to open the locked door but __.
A. in no way
B. in vain
C. without effect
D. at a loss
6. Mr. Keith was an honest man. He never ____ any gifts from people who sought his help..
A. contained
B. accepted
C. received
D. attained
7. The pilot __ his crippled plane __ in a field.
A. bring; back
B. bring; out
C. bring; down
D. bring; off
8, His tastes and habits __ with those of his wife.
A. combine
B. compete
C. coincide
D. compromise
9. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in
words which appeal powerfully to our minds and __.
A. sensations
B. passions
C. emotions
D. moods
10. It's a pleasure for him to __ his energy and even his life to research work.
A. dedicate
B. dictate
C. decorate
D. direct
11. I am afraid that you have to alter your __ views in light of the tragic news that has just
arrived.
A. pessimistic
B. indifferent
C. distressing
D. optimistic
12. We had to __ a lot of noise when the children were at home.
A. go in for
B. hold on to
C. put up with
D. keep pace with
13. Many of the scientists and engineers are judged __ how great their achievements are.
A. in spite of
B. in ways of
C. in favor of
D. in terms of
14. He is a little bad-tempered and will get into a __ if you contradict him.
A. angry
B. love
C. feeling
D. passion
15. The relationship between employers and employees has been studied __.
A. originally
B. extremely
C. violently
D. intensively
16. The patient's health failed to such an extent that he was put into __ care.
A. tense
B. rigid
C. intensive
D. tight
17. The old couple decided to __ a boy and a girl though they had three children of their own.
A. adapt
B. bring
C. receive
D. adopt
18. It is quite necessary for a qualified teacher to have good manners and __
knowledge.
A. extensive
B. expansive
C. intensive
D. expensive
19. It's many years since the volcano last __
A. burst
B. erupt
C. blast
D. abrupt
20. Since the matter was extremely __, we dealt with it immediately.
A. tough
B. tense
C. urgent
D. instant
21. Tom faced the most __ competition in his life.
A. challenging
B. charming
C. changing
D. chatting
22. His life was marked __ dreams and tough training.
A. on
B. in
C. with
D. to
23. She was __ all over when she reached the top of the hill.
A. sweet
B. sweating
C. sweat
D. sweaty
24. __ what you say, I still believe he is honest.
A. In place of
B. In favor of
C. In terms of
D. In spite of
25. Classically trained dancers have an unusual __ of movement.
A. growth
B. grace
C. grant
D. gratitude
26. She has a(n) __ for the handsome boy, but the boy has no idea of that at all.
A. emotion
B. passion
C. passage
D. passenger
27. No __ of the negotiation between the two countries have been revealed.
A. coach
B. details
C. discovery
D. emotion
28. He was determined to __ his life to his beloved country.
A. devote
B. defend
C. defect
D. defer
29. She tried hard to persuade him but ended in __.
A. value
B. valid
C. vanity
D. vain
30. I am __ to agree with you.
A. declined
B. inclined
C. relied
D. reclaimed
31. When they met with each other in the street, she was __ to see him looking so ill.
A. startled
B. startling
C. startles
D. to startle
32. I congratulated my friend __ her getting a good job.
A. in
B. on
C. to
D. of
33. A new technique __, the yields as a whole increased by 20 percent.
A.working out
B. having worked out
C. having been worked out
D. to have been worked out
34. What you said just now can't __ your innocence.
A. bear up
B. bear with
C. bear out
D. bear on
35. If you __ every morning, that will ensure you a healthy body.
A. work out
B. work off
C. work up
D. work at
36. A smart idea __ to her.
A. conferred
B. recurred
C. offered
D. occurred
37. Her handbag along with money and keys in it __ lost.
A. was
B. were
C. is being
D. are
38. In my mind's __ the university life is the best period in one's life.
A. eye
B. sight
C. vision
D. view
39. She collapsed under the __ of waiting for the news.
A. relaxation
B. touch
C. tension
D. tense
40. Having watched so many animated cartoons, some children can't tell
from reality.
A. fantasy
B. thought
C. imagination
D. dreams
41. The little girl felt __ and uneasy when she could not answer the stranger' s
questions.
A. emotional
B. awkward
C. curious
D. amused
42. Smith and Brown felt __ of the failure in maths exam.
A. shameful
B. changeable
C. ashamed
D. emotional
43. She never dreams of __ for her to be offered a job very soon.
A. there being a chance
B. there to be any chance
C. there is a chance
D. being any chance
44. The story is based on the information from a reliable __.
A. source
B. resource
C. origin
D. foundation
45. The two countries began to discuss their __ relation.
A. tender
B. tense
C. nervous
D. intensive
46. In his spare time, he often sits at the corner and __ on some detective stories.
A. concentrate
B. dedicate
C. decorate
D. direct
47. __ complain about the food, __ reluctant to pay for it.
A. Not only did he; but also was he
B. Not only he did; but aim was he
C. Not only he did; but also he was
D. Not only did he; but also he was
48. She talks as if she __ the experiment, but in fact her husband did it.
A. does
B. did
C. had done
D. would do
49. Don't leave school unless __ to do so.
A. being told
B. you'll be told
C. to be told
D. told
50. I advised him __ the bus driver __ him where __ off.
A. to ask; to tell; to get
B. asking; to tell; to get
C. asking; to tell; get
D. to ask; to tell; getting
III. CET 4 Vocabulary
1. You should reply when you ____to.
A. speak
B. are speaking
C. are spoken
D. spoken
2. You cannot be __ careful when you drive a car.
A. very
B. so
C. too
D. enough
3. The discovery of oil can bring great _____ to a country.
A. property
B. belongings
C. purchases
D. wealth
4. Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to, __ the color of his skin.
A. with the exception of C. by virtue of
B. in the light of D. regardless of
5. When he was asked about the missing camera, the boy ____ ever seeing it.
A. refused
B. denied
C. pretended
D. opposed
6. I hate people who __ the end of a film that you haven't seen before.
A. reveal
B. rewrite
C. revise
D. reverse
7. He's watching TV? He's __ to be cleaning his room.
A. known
B. supposed
C. regarded
D. considered
8. The old couple decided to __ a boy and a girl though they had three children of their own.
A. adapt
B. bring
C. receive
D. adopt
9. The government is trying to do something to __ better understanding between the two countries.
A. raise
B. promote
C. heighten
D. increase
10. The newspaper did not mention the __ of the damage caused by the fire.
A. range
B. level
C. extent
D. quantity
11. The soldier was __ of running away when the enemy attacked.
A. scolded
B. charged
C. accused
D. punished
12. Had he worked harder, he __ the exams.
A. must have got through C. would get through
B. would have got through D. could get through
13. Only under special circumstances __ to take make-up tests.
A. are freshmen permitted C. permitted are freshmen
B. freshmen are permitted D. are permitted freshmen
14. In general, _____ little water, you can’t find a green field.
A. wherever there is a
B. where there is
C. when there is
D. where there is a
15. It seems oil __ from this pipe for some time. We'll have to take the machine apart to put it
right.
A. had leaked
B. is leaking
C. leaked
D. has been leaking
16. When he arrived, he found __ the aged and the sick at home.
A. none but
B. none other than
C. nothing but
D. no other than
17. The pressure __ causes Americans to be energetic, but it also puts them under a constant
emotional strain.
A. to compete
B. competing
C. to be competed
D. having competed
18. Your hair wants __. You'd better have it done tomorrow.
A. cut
B. to cut
C. cutting
D. being cut
19. As teachers we should concern ourselves with what is said, not what we think __.
A. ought to be said
B. must say
C. have to be said
D. need to say
20. Once environmental damage __, it takes many years for the system to recover.
A. has done
B. is to do
C. does
D. is done
21. Studies show that the things that contribute most to a sense of happiness cannot be bought,
__ a good family life, friendship and work satisfaction.
A. as for
B. in view of
C. in case of
D. such as
22. He will agree to do what you require __ him.
A. of
B. from
C. to
D. for
23. The mere fact __ most people believe nuclear war would be madness does not mean that it
will not occur.
A. what
B. which
C. that
D. why
24. John seems a nice person. __ I don't trust him.
A. Even though
B. Even so
C. Therefore
D. Though
25. I don' t think it advisable that Tom __ to the job since he has no experience.
A. is assigned
B. will be assigned
C. be assigned
D. has been assigned
26. __, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man
whose command of language is poor.
A. Other things being equal C. To be equal to other things
B. Were other things equal D. Other things to be equal
27. __ that my head had cleared, my brain was also beginning to work much better.
A. For
B. Now
C. Since
D. Despite
28. The man in the corner confessed to __ a lie to the manager of the company.
A. have told
B. be told
C. being told
D. having told
29. By 1929, Mickey Mouse was as popular __ children as Coca-Cola.
A. for
B. in
C. to
D. with
30. Because Edgar was convinced of the accuracy of this fact, he __ his opinion. A. struck at
B. strove for
C. stuck to
D. stood for
IV. Reading Comprehension
(1)
As more and more people become redundant, now is perhaps the time to consider the experience of unemployment. What are the first feelings? Well, losing a job, or not being able to find one, almost always brings unwelcome changes. If you've lost a job, the first feeling is often one of shock. As well as the loss of income, many people find the order of their life is broken up, their contact with other people reduced, and their ambitions checked.
At first there may be good feelings too--a new and better job is just around the corner--it' s nice to be able to lie in bed in the morning or spend more time with the children; have more time to think. But, unless a better job does turn up, the chances are that the days start getting longer and time becomes harder to fill. Many people pass through periods of difficulty in sleeping and eating, they feel nervous and depressed, often isolated and lonely, and perhaps worst of all, a feeling of being run down sweeps over them.
Despite all these problems, though, unemployment can be a chance for a flesh start. You can discover that it provides an opportunity to rethink what you want from life and how best you can get it. You can use the time to plan a new job, learn a new skill, develop your hobbies, see if you can run your own business, do some voluntary work in your neighborhood or meet new people. It's up to you.
1. The writer considers that being made redundant __.
A. causes people to lose touch with reality
B. completely destroys people's lives
C. makes people unable to realize their dreams
D. stops people's chances of getting higher pay
2. According to the passage, hope in the unemployed is replaced by breakdown when they __.
A. can no longer get up late in the morning
B. get tired of playing with their children
C. are unable to gain a better job
D. have nothing left to think about
3. One of the disadvantages of continuing unemployment is __.
A. the worsening of relationship between husband and wife
B. the lengthening of meaningless life
C. the feeling of being cheated
D. being separated from others
4. The writer's mention of a fresh start suggests that __.
A. everyone should change their job sometimes
B. the unemployed people are capable of helping themselves
C. unemployment can be of benefit to people
D. the neighborhood can help the unemployed people
5. What is the writer's aim in this passage? __
A. To make the unemployed face the cold facts of life
B. To offer encouragement to the unemployed people
C. To bring the attention of the government to the problem
D. To help solve the problem of unemployment
(2)
As we have seen in earlier chapters, the American definition of success is largely one of gaining wealth. It is not surprising, therefore, that Americans have valued education for its money value. They believe that the more schooling people have, the more money they will earn when they leave school.
Ben Wattenberg, a social scientist reported that in the course of a lifetime a man, with a college degree in 1972 would earn about $ 380,000 more than a man with just a high school diploma. Perhaps this helps to explain the survey findings which showed that Americans who wished they had led their lives differently in some way regretted most of all that they did not get more education.
The regret is shared by those who have made it to the top and by those who have not. Reporter Richard Reeves quotes a black worker in a Ford automobile factory:
"When I was in the ninth grade, I was getting bad grades. My father came home one night with a pair of Ford work pants and he threw them in my face." Put these on," he said, "because you're going to be wearing them the rest of your life if you don't get an education."
Douglas Fraser, the president of the United Auto Workers Union, regretted not finishing high school so much that he occasionally lied about it. He told Richard Reeves about his pride in graduating from high school, but then a few minutes later he said: “I wasn't telling the truth about high school. I never finished. It's funny--after all these years, I still think about it. Because the fact is, I still think it was a stupid thing to do. I should have finished my education."
Even a man like Fraser, a nationally known and successful leader, was troubled by regrets that he did not climb higher on the educational ladder.
1. What is the main idea of this passage? __.
A. Americans place a high value on education
B. Americans believe it is possible, though difficult, to be successful without an advanced
degree
C. Americans believe that the more the education, the higher the salary
D. A basic American value is getting material wealth
2. The survey by Ben suggested that people __ regretted most not having got more education.
A. who hoped to teach
B. who were not satisfied with their own way of living
C. who were proud of their social positions
D. who had left high schools too early
3. When the factory worker in the third paragraph was a student, his father __.
A. wanted him to start earning his living
B. wanted him to study harder
C. wanted him to work with him at the Ford plant
D. wanted him to stop wearing such dirty clothes
4. Which of the following is TRUE about Douglas Fraser? __.
A. He was proud of his high school
B. He became a successful leader thanks to his education
C. He wished he hadn't dropped out of school
D. He was a liar
5. This passage most likely comes from a book on American __.
A. education
B. history
C. economics
D. way of life
(3)
Let children learn to judge their own-work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people's. In the same way, children learning to do all the other thing they learn to do without being taught--to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle-- their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.
If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can't find the way to get the right answer. Let the children learn what all educated persons must someday learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.
1. According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by __.
A.listening to skilled people's advice
B. asking older people many questions
C. making mistakes and having them corrected
D. doing what other people do
2. Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do? __
A.Give children correct answers
B. Allow children to make mistakes
C. Point out children's mistakes to them
D. Let children make their own work
3. According to the writer, teachers in school should __.
A. allow children to learn from each other
B. point out children's mistakes whenever found
C. correct children's mistakes as soon as possible
D. give children more book knowledge
4. The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are __.
A.different from learning other skills
B. the same as learning other skills
C. more important than other skills
D. not really important skills
5. The title of this passage could probably be __.
A. Let Us Teachers Stop Work
B. Let Us Make Children Learn
C. Let Children Correct Their Exercises
D. Let Children Learn By Themselves
(4)
Anna liked the look of the house as soon as she saw it. Jack knew that before she said anything. The plain white walls, the black window frames and door -- the good taste of that combination had always pleased her.
"It's a nice family house.” she said. "One can see it's been well lived in."
Fifty-seven Eden Square was a narrow house on three floors in the middle of a row facing a small dirty park. It was in what a house agent would call a popular rather than a fashionable area. The little front gate was open, broken. They went in and up a few stone steps to the front door. They could see in through one of the sitting-room windows from which a net curtain had fallen at one side. The large room was almost bare. A dirty green carpet half covered the floor. From an old brick fire-place a gas-fire had been pulled out into the morn. The wall-paper was dark green, dirty, and damp-looking. There was no furniture. Silently they stared in. Then Jack tried the front door. It was locked.
"It's been empty a long while, "he said. "All last winter at least. Is it worth going to the agent to get the keys? We'd have to do an awful lot of cleaning up."
"Any empty house up for sale needs cleaning, "said Anna. "That's part of the fun of buying. You can make it look so different. This place will be a lot better when cleaned up. How much do you think it'll cost?"
"Well, it's about eighty years old, and modernized probably." He stepped back and looked up. "It should have three or four large bedrooms, as large as I think bedroom ought to be, and one or two small ones. That is, if it wasn't used as a guest house in the days before people started going to Spain for their holidays. I think it would cost about fifteen thousand, It depends on how modern it is inside. We'll get the keys and have a look, shall we?"
They did so the following afternoon. In an earlier time, the house had had large, airy bedrooms. All four of these were now divided up by wooden walls and ugly passages. Each big window looking on to the park was shared by two or even three rooms. There were in all eighteen tiny bedrooms, each with a tiny wash-basin and water: sleeping spaces for thirty or so holiday-maker.
"Little cages," Anna said at last. She did not like the place at all.
1. When Anna looked at the house, she __.
A. liked its situation very much
B. admired the way it was painted
C. told Jack it was very expensive
D. said there was a nice family living in it
2. What do you understand about the situation of the house? __.
A. It was in a rather poor part of the place
B. It was in an area which everyone had left
C. The house was part of a new housing development
D. It was where fashionable people preferred to live
3. They knew what the sitting-room was like because __.
A. there was no glass in the window
B. Jack managed to get into it
C. they examined it in detail from outside
D. the agent had told them about it
4. What does the passage tell us about guest houses? __.
A. Guest houses always have large, comfortable bedrooms
B. The best ones are to he found in Spain
C. They are becoming much more popular
D. People do not use them as much as they did
5. Anna did not like the house because __.
A. it was not her idea of a family home
B. it was too expensive
C. it was really a place for keeping animals in
D. it needed too much cleaning
V. Translation
1. 老人非常感谢邻居们为他叫来了医生。
2. 那位作家的写作风格于质朴中见幽默。
3. 你为什么总在咬指甲？
4. 我们了解了老人的经历之后，对他深感同情。
5. 校长说学校缺乏财源。The headmaster said the school was being starved of resources.
6．肺病把我父亲折磨得虚弱不堪，一个严冬，他死于被叫做“穷人的朋友”的疾病――肺炎。他咳嗽了这么多年，我想他的肺部已没有什么完好的地方了。去世前几年，他的呼吸已经很虚弱了，他总得倚靠着某个东西。我记得有一次全家聚会，当时我女儿才2岁，他抱了她一会儿，好让我有时间给他俩拍张照片。但是很明显，他是费了好大劲的。他生命行将结束前，主要是因为他的肺功能已极度受损，他才戒了烟。戒烟后他的体重增加了几磅，但当时他太瘦了，所以没有人注意到这一点。
Unit 1 Part Ⅱ Reading Task Vocabulary Ⅰ1. 1)respectable 2)agony 3)put down 4)sequence 5)hold back 6)distribute 7)off and on 8)vivid 9)associate 10)finally 11)turn in 12)tackle 2. 1)has been assigned to the newspaper’s Paris office. 2)was so extraordinary that I didn’t know whether to believe him or not. 3)a clear image of how she would look in twenty years’time. 4)gave the command the soldiers opened fire. 5)buying bikes we’ll keep turning them out. 3. 1)reputation; rigid; to inspire 2)and tedious; What’s more; out of date ideas 3)compose; career; avoid showing; hardly hold back Ⅱviolating Ⅲ;in upon Comprehensive Exercises ⅠCloze back; tedious; scanned; recall; vivid; off and on; turn out/in; career ; surprise; pulled; blowing; dressed; scene; extraordinary; image; turn; excitement ⅡTranslation As it was a formal dinner party, I wore formal dress, as Mother told me to. 2)His girlfriend advised him to get out of /get rid of his bad habits of smoking before it took hold. 3)Anticipating that the demand for electricity will be high during the next few months, they have decided to increase its production. 4)It is said that Bill has been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules. /Bill is said to have been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules. 5)It is reported that the government has taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage. /The local government is reported to have taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage. 2.Susan lost her legs because of/in a car accident. For a time, she didn’t know how to face up to the fact she would never (be able to) walk again. One day, while scanning (through) some magazines, a true story caught her eye/she was attracted by a true story. It gave a vivid description of how a disabled girl became a writer. Greatly inspired, Susan began to feel that she, too, would finally be able to lead a useful life. Unit 2 Part ⅡReading Task Vocabulary Ⅰ1. 1)absolutely 2)available 3)every now and then 4)are urging/urged 5)destination 6)mostly 7)hangs out 8)right away 9)reunion 10)or something 11)estimate 12)going ahead 2. 1)in the examination was still on his mind. 2)was completely choked up by the sight of his team losing in the final minutes of the game. 3)was so lost in study that she forgot to have dinner. 4)has come up and I am afraid I won’t be able to accomplish the project on time. 5)of equipping the new hospital was estimated at﹩2 million. 3. 1)were postponed; the awful; is estimated 2)reference; not available; am kind of 3)not much of a teacher; skips; go ahead Ⅱ;on Ⅲor less of/sort of 4. kind of/sort of 5. more or less 6. or something Comprehensive Exercises ⅠCloze up; awful; practically; neighborhood; correspondence; available; destination; reunion; Mostly; postponing; absolutely ; savings; embarrassment; phone; interrupted; touch; envelope; signed; message; needed ⅡHalf an hour had gone by, but the last bus hadn’t come yet. We had to walk home. 2)Mary looks as if she is very worried about the Chinese exam because she hasn’t learned the texts by
【一】全新版大学英语综合教程1课后题 Unit 1 Growing Up Part II Language Focus Vocabulary Ⅰ.1. …down back and on in 2. been assigned to the newspaper’s Paris office. so extraordinary that I didn’t know whether to believe him or not. clear image of how she would look in twenty years’ time. the command the soldiers opened fire. bikes we’ll keep turning them out. 3. , rigid, to inspire tedious, What’s more, out of date ideas , career, avoid showing, hardly hold back Ⅱ. violating Ⅲ. , in upon Comprehensive Exercises Ⅰ. Cloze 1. back
and on out/in 2. Ⅱ. Translation 1. 1.As it was a formal dinner party, I wore formal dress, as Mother told me to. 2.His girlfriend advised him to get out of/get rid of his bad habit of smoking before it took hold. 3.Anticipating that the demand for electricity will be high during the next few months, they have decided to increase its production. 4.It is said that Bill has been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules. /Bill is said to have been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules. 5.It is reported that the government has taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage. /The local government is reported to have taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage. 2. Susan lost her legs because of / in a car accident. For a time, she didn’t know how to face up to the fact that she would never (be able to) walk again. One day, while scanning (through) some magazines, a true story caught her eye /she was attracted by a true story. It gave a vivid description of how a disabled girl became a writer. Greatly inspired, Susan began to feel that she, too, would finally be bale to lead a useful life. Unit 2 Friendship I. Vocabulary 1. Fill in the gaps with words or phrases given in the box. 1) absolutely 2) available
3.Many products for sale seem to scream at us, "Buy me! Buy me!" Advertising is a big busin ess in our world with many products competing for our attention. Think of the last time you boug ht clothes. You probably noticed the variety of colors, patterns, fabrics and brands you could choo se from. Which kind of soft drink would you like to have today or what kind of computer do you want? Advertisers are skilled in the art of making their products look the best to appeal to our se nses. But products aren't always what they seem. Sometimes advertising is deceptive and as cons umers ,we must be careful about what we choose to buy. It is important to learn to compare prod ucts and identify our purpose in purchasing the things we need. But the good thing about advertising is that it helps people to make decisions and refine thei r choices. In the United States, the Ad Council creates timely public service messages to the nation. Th eir purpose is to raise awareness of public problems that citizens can respond to. Inspiring ads ca use individuals to take action and even save lives. Pollution in America, for example has been red uced over the years because of the creative Public Service advertisements that the council provid es" Please, please don't be a litter bug, 'cause every 'litter bit' hurts." Many families have taught t heir children to place litter in the trash can in response to this catchy phrase, which has affected g enerations as each succeeding generation has taught their children not to litter. 4.Nature imposes difficult conditions upon the earth from time to time . The tornado and fo rest fire destroy natural resources ,homes and other structures ,and very often harm or kill peopl e . Technological tragedies happen with little or no warning as we see trains crash and airplanes f all from the sky shortly after take-off. As tragic as calamities are , they seem to bring out the best in human nature . people trained in em ergency care arrive at the scene and begin assisting the inj ured .Others come with equipment to remove debris. Men , women ,and young people willingly c ome to the scene of an accident , hoping to be of help in some way . These selfless acts of kindne ss make our world a better place . compassion eases the wounds of calamities. American Airlines flight number 587 crashed less than three minutes after taking off from JF K Airport in New York in November,2001. Witnesses s aw an engine fire develop on the plane’s nu mber one engine located under the left wing of the aircraft .seconds later ,the airliner crashed int o eight homes ,completely destroying four of them .All 260 people aboard the airplane were kille d along with six people at the crash site ,leaving many people to mourn the loss of their loved on es .the residents (people who live in the area of the crash ) rallied together to comfort those griev ing, while others removed bodies from the wreckage and did the necessary clean-up. 工程实施困难的条件下在地上的时候。龙卷风和森林火灾破坏自然资源,房屋和其他建筑物,和经常伤害或杀死人。技术的悲剧发生在很少或没有预警,因为我们看到火车事故,飞机起飞后不久就从天空坠落。一样悲惨的灾难,他们似乎显示出人性中最好的。在急诊受训的人到达现场并开始帮助受伤的人则跟设备清除残骸。男人,女人,和年轻人自愿来到事故现场,希望能有帮助。这些无私的善举让我们的世界变得更美好。同情减轻灾害的伤口。 美国航空公司587号航班坠毁不到三分钟后从纽约肯尼迪机场起飞,11月2001。目击者看到一个引擎火灾发展在飞机上的1号引擎位于下飞机的左翼,接着后,客机坠毁八家,完全摧毁了四个260名乘客的飞机遇难连同6人在事故现场,造成许多人悼念失去的亲人,居民(住在崩溃的面积)聚集在一起,安慰那些悲伤,而另一些人则从残骸,并把尸体移走必要的清理。 5.Success can be reached in different ways by people in different careers. Bill Gates began at age to program computers,His vision for personal computing has been central to the success of M icrosoft Corporation, the company he founded with his childhood friend in 1975 . The former CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch, is a business legend. A famous quote by Mr. Welch is,” Chang before you have to. ”He believes in leading by example and encourages his empl oyees to do their best every day. Michael Jordan s aid,”I accept failure, but I can’t accept not trying.” He is one of the best athl etes to ever play team sports. His great smile, athletic achievements, and pleasant personality ha ve made him one of the most famous athletes in the world. Michael Jordan spent a lot of time pla ying basketball as a child but in senior middle school he was taken off the team . Instead of giving up , he worked through adversity and became the greatest basketball player yet .
One way of summarizing the American position is to state that we value originality and independence more than the Chinese do. The contrast between our two cultures can also be seen in terms of the fears we both harbor. Chinese teachers are fearful that if skills are not acquired early, they may never be acquired; there is, on the other hand, no comparable hurry to promote creativity. American educators fear that unless creativity has been acquired early, it may never emerge; on the other hand, skills can be picked up later. However, I do not want to overstate my case. There is enormous creativity to be found in Chinese scientific, technological and artistic innovations past and present. And there is a danger of exaggerating creative breakthroughs in the West. When any innovation is examined closely, its reliance on previous achievements is all too apparent (the "standing on the shoulders of giants" phenomenon). But assuming that the contrast I have developed is valid, and that the fostering of skills and creativity are both worthwhile goals, the important question becomes this: Can we gather, from the Chinese and American extremes, a superior way to approach education, perhaps striking a better balance between the poles of creativity and basic skills?
Unit 1 Key to Exercises Part I Pre-Reading Task Script for the recording: Ways of learning is the topic of this unit. It is also the topic of the song you are about to listen to, called Teach Your Children sung by Crosby, Stills and Nash. Teach Your Children Crosby, Stills and Nash You, who are on the road, Must nave a code that you can live by. And so, become yourselr, Because the past is just a goodbye. Teach your cbildren well, Their lather's hell did slowly go by. And reed them on your dreams, The one they picks, the one you'll mow by. Don't you ever ash them why, ir they told you, you will cry, So just look at them and sigh and know they love you. Appendix I - 93 - And you, oi tender years, Can't know the rears that your elders grew by. Ana so please help them with your youtb, They seek the truth before tbey can die. Teacb your parents well, Tbeir children's bell will slowly go by. And reed them on your dreams, Tbe one tbey picks, tbe one you'll kno w by.
Key to Exercises Opener Mary is thinking of getting a tattoo tomorrow afternoon. She asks Mel to join her, but Mel cannot because she has to work tomorrow. And then Mary invites Mel to go to a party tomorrow night. Mel hesitates at first, but finally decides to go with Mary. They will meet at eight o’clock. Abbreviation Meaning 1. TGIF Thank God it’s Friday 2. AMA Ask me anything 3. OMG Oh my God! 4. YOLO You only live once 5. FOMO Fear of missing out 6. FYI For your information 7. LOL Laugh out loud 8. TBH To be honest 9. PPL People 10. ETA Estimated time of arrival Transcript: A: Hey, Mary. B: Hey, Mel. A: TGIF.
B: TGIF. A: Mel, I need some advice on something. B: AMA A: Yeah, thanks. I’m thinking of getting a tattoo. B: OMG! Really Are you serious A: Well, YOLO. B: That’s true. A: Well. B: When are you going to do it A: I’m thinking tomorrow afternoon. Do you want to come B: Oh, I’d love to come, but I’ve got to work tomorrow. Oh, major FOMO. A: What a shame! B: Yeah, A: Well, FYI, there’s a party tomorrow night. And if you are not busy, you can come to that instead. B: I’m not busy, but TBH I really need to take it easy this weekend. A: What That’s so not like you. B: LOL, that’s true. A: Party is in Hackney Wick. It’s gonna be good, good music, good PPL. B: Oh, major FOMO again. Oh, what the hell Yes, why not I’ll go.
BOOK2课文译文 UNIT1 TextA 中国式的学习风格 1987年春，我和妻子埃伦带着我们18个月的儿子本杰明在繁忙的中国东部城市南京住了一个月，同时考察中国幼儿园和小学的艺术教育情况。然而，我和埃伦获得的有关中美教育观念差异的最难忘的体验并非来自课堂，而是来自我们在南京期间寓居的金陵饭店堂。 我们的房门钥匙系在一块标有房间号的大塑料板上。酒店鼓励客人外出时留下钥匙，可以交给服务员，也可以从一个槽口塞入钥匙箱。由于口子狭小，你得留神将钥匙放准位置才塞得进去。 本杰明爱拿着钥匙走来走去，边走边用力摇晃着。他还喜欢试着把钥匙往槽口里塞。由于他还年幼，不太明白得把钥匙放准位置才成，因此总塞不进去。本杰明一点也不在意。他从钥匙声响中得到的乐趣大概跟他偶尔把钥匙成功地塞进槽口而获得的乐趣一样多。 我和埃伦都满不在乎，任由本杰明拿着钥匙在钥匙箱槽口鼓捣。他的探索行为似乎并无任何害处。但我很快就观察到一个有趣的现象。饭店里任何一个中国工作人员若在近旁，都会走过来看着本杰明，见他初试失败，便都会试图帮忙。他们会轻轻握牢本杰明的手，直接将它引向钥匙槽口，进行必要的重新定位，并帮他把钥匙插入槽口。然后那位“老师”会有所期待地对着我和埃伦微笑，似乎等着我们说声谢谢——偶尔他会微微皱眉，似乎觉得我俩没有尽到当父母的责任。 我很快意识到，这件小事与我们在中国要做的工作直接相关：考察儿童早期教育（尤其是艺术教育）的方式，揭示中国人对创造性活动的态度。因此，不久我就在与中国教育工作者讨论时谈起了钥匙槽口一事。 两种不同的学习方式
我的中国同行，除了少数几个人外，对此事的态度与金陵饭店工作人员一样。既然大人知道怎么把钥匙塞进槽口——这是走近槽口的最终目的，既然孩子还很年幼，还没有灵巧到可以独自完成要做的动作，让他自己瞎折腾会有什么好处呢？他很有可能会灰心丧气发脾气——这当然不是所希望的结果。为什么不教他怎么做呢？他会高兴，他还能早些学会做这件事，进而去学做更复杂的事，如开门，或索要钥匙——这两件事到时候同样可以（也应该）示范给他看。 我俩颇为同情地听着这一番道理，解释道，首先，我们并不在意本杰明能不能把钥匙塞进钥匙的槽口。他玩得开心，而且在探索，这两点才是我们真正看重的。但关键在于，在这个过程中，我们试图让本杰明懂得，一个人是能够很好地自行解决问题的。这种自力更生的精神是美国中产阶级最重要的一条育儿观。如果我们向孩子演示该如何做某件事——把钥匙塞进钥匙槽口也好，画只鸡或是弥补某种错误行为也好——那他就不太可能自行想方设法去完成这件事。从更广泛的意义上说，他就不太可能——如美国人那样——将人生视为一系列 的情境，在这些情境中，一个人必须学会独立思考，学会独立解决问题，进而学会发现需要创造性地加以解决的新问题。 把着手教 回想起来，当时我就清楚地意识到，这件事正是体现了问题的关键之所在——而且不仅仅是一种意义上的关键之所在。这件事表明了我们两国在教育和艺术实践上的重要差异。 那些善意的中国旁观者前来帮助本杰明时，他们不是简单地像我可能会做的那样笨拙地或是犹犹豫豫地把他的手往下推。相反，他们极其熟练地、轻轻地把他引向所要到达的确切方向。 我逐渐认识到，这些中国人不是简单地以一种陈旧的方式塑造、引导本杰明的行为：他们是在恪守中国传统，把着手教，教得本杰明自己会愉快地要求再来一次。
Unit 1 Living in Harmony Enhance Your Language Awareness 1. Text A amaze bunch bundle capacity commerce conquer display drop roast rob style symbol vague figure Text B appreciate participate shift slip 1)My neighbours are a friendly bunch of people. 2)Dave amazed his friends by leaving a well-paid job to travel around the world. 3)The employees in this company work an eight-hour shift . 4)The professor came to the classroom with a bundle of newspapers under his arm. 5)A passenger asked the driver: “Could you drop me off near the post office? I'd like to post a letter.” 6)The little girl's capacity for learning languages astonished me. 7)How many countries will be participating in the Olympic Games? 8)I like the typically French style of living. It is so romantic. 9)They have made their fortunes from industry and commerce . 10)They threatened to shoot him and rob him of all his possessions.
Globalization is sweeping aside national borders and changing relations between nations. What impact does this have on national identities and loyalties? Are they strengthened or weakened? The author investigates. 全球化正在扫除国界、改变国与国之间的关系。这对国家的认同和对国家的忠诚会带来什么影响呢？它们会得到加强还是削弱？作者对这些问题进行了探讨。 In Search of Davos ManPeter Gumbel 1. William Browder was born in Princeton, New Jersey, grew up in Chicago, and studied at Stanford University in California. But don't call him an American. For the past 16 of his 40 years he has lived outside the ., first in London and then, from 1996, in Moscow, where he runs his own investment firm. Browder now manages $ billion in assets. In 1998 he gave up his American passport to become a British citizen, since his life is now centered in Europe. "National identity makes no difference for me," he says. "I feel completely international. If you have four good friends and you like what you are doing, it doesn't matter where you are. That's globalization." 寻找达沃斯人 彼得·甘贝尔 威廉·布劳德出生于新泽西州的普林斯顿，在芝加哥长大，就读于加利福尼亚州的斯坦福大学。但别叫他美国人。他今年40岁，过去16年来一直生活在美国以外的地方，先是在伦敦，1996年后在莫斯科经营他自己的投资公司。布劳德如今掌管着价值16亿美元的资产。1998年，他放弃美国护照，成为英国公民，因为他现在的生活中心在欧洲。“国家认同对我来说不重要，”他说，“我觉得自己完全是个国际人。如果你有四个朋友，又喜欢你所做的事情，那么你在哪儿无关紧要。这就是全球化。” 2. Alex Mandl is also a fervent believer in globalization, but he views himself very differently. A former president of AT&T, Mandl, 61, was born in Austria and now runs a French technology company, which is doing more and more business in China. He reckons he spends about 90% of his time traveling on business. But despite all that globetrotting, Mandl who has been a . citizen for 45 years still identifies himself as an American. "I see myself as American without any hesitation. The fact that I spend a lot of time in other places doesn't change that," he says. 亚历克斯·曼德尔也是全球化的狂热信徒，但他对自己的看法与布劳德不同。61岁的曼德尔曾任美国电报电话公司总裁。他出生于奥地利，现在经营着一家法国技术公司，该公司在中国的业务与日俱增。他估计自己几乎90%的时间都花在出差上。然而，尽管曼德尔全球到处跑，已经做了45年美国公民的他还是认为自己是个美国人。“我毫不迟疑地把自己当作美国人。我在其他地方度过很多时间，但是这一事实不能改变我是美国人，”他说。 3. Although Browder and Mandl define their nationality differently, both see their identity as a matter of personal choice, not an accident of birth. And not incidentally, both are Davos Men, members of the international business élite who trek each year to the Swiss Alpine town for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, founded in 1971. This week, Browder and Mandl will join more than 2,200 executives, politicians, academics, journalists, writers and a handful of Hollywood stars for five days of networking, parties and endless earnest discussions about everything from post-election Iraq and HIV in Africa to the global supply of oil and the implications of nanotechnology. Yet this year, perhaps more than ever, a hot topic at Davos is Davos itself. Whatever their considerable differences, most Davos Men and
Teaching Planning College English Integrated Course Book Three Unit Two The Freedom Givers Zhong wen 1.Background Information Teacher: zhong wen Students: 56 sophomores Content of the textbook: unit-2 text A the Freedom Givers Textbook: foreign language teaching and research press Time duration：10 minutes 2.Textbook Analysis The author tells three stories about the Underground Railroad and early Black civil rights movement. The three stories are chosen because they are representative of all participants in this movement: John Parke r is a freed slave who later turned into a courageous “conductor”; Levi Coffin is a brave white “conductor”; Josiah Henson is a slave who struggled his way to freedom with the help of the Underground Railroad. We learn about the name of Josiah Henson at the beginning of the text, yet his full story is not told until the last part. In this way the author achieves coherence of text. 3.Students Analysis The class is made up of 56 students, with 30 girls and 26 boys ,who have a good knowledge of Basic English, but know very little about the American culture behind the language. So in this introduction part, It is necessary to introduce some background information to the students before reading 4.Teaching Objectives Students will be able to: 1.understand the main idea(early civil-rights struggles in the US, esp. the underground Railroad) 2.grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text, 3.conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit 4.Appreciate the various techniques employed by the writer (comparison and contrast, topic sentence followed by detail sentences, use of transitional devices,etc.); 5.Teaching Procedures: Greetings Step 1 Lead-in T: Today we are going to talk about the ethic heroes in American history, before the class, I’d like to introduce the slavery to all of you. T: Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, during his term of office; he led the civil war and abolished the slavery. T: In the battle against slavery, not only did the president try his best to abolish this system, but also the people, especially the black people living in the South America try hard to fight for their own feat. Today, we will introduce some freedom givers in the American history. Before