大学英语教材二单元

Language Focus一、Text生词exchange:v. give to and receive from one another 交换e.g. The students exchanged gifts at the end of the New Year’s party.新年晚会临近结束时，学生们相互交换了礼品。

bring oneself to do sth.: force oneself to do sth. 强迫或促使自己做某事e.g. My friend is a perfect gentleman and he would never bring himself to say nasty things about others.我朋友是位十足的绅士，从不对人恶语相向。

retired:a. no longer active in one’s work or profession 退休的e.g. Many retired people live a wonderful life.不少退休人员活得很精彩。

correspondence:n. communication by exchange of letters; letters exchanged 通信，往来书信e.g. It’s not easy to keep correspondence with people for long.跟人保持长期通信不是件容易事。

overwhelm:vt. overcome completely in mind or feeling 压倒，使难以承受e.g. Jenny is a very determined girl and no difficulty will overwhelm her.简妮是个意志坚强的女生，没有什么困难能难倒她。

dominate:v. be in control 控制，支配e.g. Reporting of the terrorist attack dominated today’s news media around the world.今天世界各国的新闻媒体都大量报道了这一恐怖袭击活动。

第二单元价值观课文A有钱是否意味着过一种完全不同于普遍人的生活?看来未必，如果你的名字叫萨姆·沃尔顿。

美国乡巴佬首富阿特·哈里斯他穿上餐服准备到美国首富的生日聚会上去担任侍者。

在他的想象里，他定然会看到：豪宅，主人天天要坐的罗尔斯一罗伊斯轿车，戴着钻石颈圈的家犬，到处可见的仆人。

他动身前往那所宅邸，开着车穿过本顿维尔镇冷冷清清的市政广场。

本顿维尔镇是阿肯色州一个仅有9，920人口的偏远小镇，萨姆·沃尔顿就在该镇从一个专卖廉价商品的小店起家，逐渐发展成为价值60亿美金资产的廉价连锁店沃尔玛公司。

侍者上了一条乡间车道，转过一个标着“萨姆和海伦·沃尔顿”的信箱，在一幢林间住宅前跳下了车。

房子还不错，但绝对不是宫殿。

家具略显陈旧，一辆旧的轻便货车停在车库里，褐色的捕禽猎犬在院子里窜来窜去。

根本没看见任何仆人的身影。

“太令人失望了，”侍者杰米·鲍尤叹道。

只有在美国，一个亿万富翁才能像普通百姓一样，安稳地过着普普通通的日子。

67岁的廉价店大王萨姆·穆尔·沃尔顿仍然开着他那辆红白两色的1979年出厂的福特牌轻型货车穿行在弯弯曲曲的乡间小道上，身边坐着他的捕禽猎犬。

当狩猎季节来临时，他跟别人一样在当地的沃尔玛商店排队购买猎枪子弹。

“他不要任何特殊待遇，”夜班经理乔尼·贝克说，他费了好大的劲才如公司最近一份备忘录所规定的那样对自己的老板以名相称。

这里几乎没人去想他的亿万身价，他们称他为萨姆先生；丝毫不以他的平民作风为怪。

“他还是那个在市政广场开廉价店，为了自己的梦想每天工作18个小时的人，一点没变，”市长理查德·霍巴克说。

人人都说他为人友善，性情开朗，是个好邻居；他尽力与人们融洽相处，从不炫耀，也从不盛气凌人。

无论他星期六晚上的夜生活过得多晚，星期日你还是能在教堂见到他。

当然是坐在他的包座上，对吗?“我们不设包座，”当地教堂牧师戈登·加林顿第三说。

大学思辨英语教材口语2第一单元：个人信息介绍在大学的第一节思辨英语口语课上，老师向同学们介绍了个人信息介绍这一话题。

个人信息介绍是日常交流的基础，也是建立良好人际关系的重要一步。

以下是几个在个人信息介绍中常用的表达方式：1. 自我介绍Hello everyone, my name is John. I'm from New York City.大家好，我叫约翰。

我来自纽约市。

2. 年龄I'm 20 years old. 我今年20岁。

3. 学历I'm a sophomore majoring in English. 我是一名英语专业的大二学生。

4. 爱好In my spare time, I enjoy reading and playing basketball. 在我的空余时间，我喜欢阅读和打篮球。

5. 家庭I have two siblings, a brother and a sister. I'm the oldest in my family. 我有两个兄弟姐妹，一个哥哥一个妹妹。

我是我家最大的。

第二单元：日常交流在大学生活中，日常交流是不可避免的。

无论是和同学们、老师们还是外国朋友交流，良好的口语表达能力都非常重要。

下面是几个日常交流中常用的句子：1. 问候Hi, how are you doing? 嗨，你怎么样？2. 讨论天气It's a nice day today, isn't it? 今天天气不错，对吧？3. 邀请Would you like to have dinner with us tonight? 今晚你想和我们一起吃饭吗？4. 表达喜好I'm a big fan of basketball. 我是个篮球迷。

5. 请求帮助Could you please help me with my homework? 你能帮我一下我的作业吗？第三单元：社交场合大学时光不仅仅是学习，也是结交新朋友，拓展人脉的好时机。

Unit2 ValuesPart II Reading TaskComprehensionContent QuestionPair Work1. The Salvation Army is a religious charitable organization. A Salvation Army bell ringer is a volunteer who help it collect donations.2. The boy asked him: Are you poor? He did it simply out of confusion and curiosity. Obviously he knew nothing about the Salvation Army bell ringer.3. He said, “I have more than some people, but not as much as others.” This means that he was neither poor nor rich.4. The boy’s mother scolded him because the question was social inappropriate, especially to a person who looked poor.5. Yes, economically he is poor. He lives in a small basement apartment. He doesn’t even have a color TV. He falls into the lowest income category. And so on.6. No, the writer does not feel poor. This is because he has enjoyed good health and creativity which he thinks are much more important than material goods.7. He feels out of place among people who are primarily interested in material things.8. She told him that she was interested in what’s on the inside. but after he took her to his poorly furnished apartment, she changed her mind completely.9. It only shows that to her the most important thing was still material goods rather than what she had claimed before.10. Commercial can put people under pressure to purchase more than is really necessary.11. Because December is the time for to work for the Salvation Army as a bell ringer, which gives him a genuine sense of belonging and brings him happinessin helping others.12. The boy’s question has helped the writer realize that, despite his lackof expensive possessions, he is rich in many other ways and should be thankful for that.Text OrganizationWorking On Your Own1.1) a.√2) the essay is meant to explain something that is, the author’s view of life.3) That one can live a life full of riches without being rich financially.2.Part One: The writer’s encounter with a boy who raised the question “are you poor?”Part Two: In search of an answer the writer finds that not having expensive possessions doesn’t make him feel poor mainly because he enjoys life in many other ways.Part Three: In conclusion, the writer thinks he’s grown to understand more about himself because of the boy’s question.Language Sense Enhancement1.(2) wear and tear(3) dependable(4) modest(5) primarily(6) minimal(7) exceptionally(8) illness-free(9) spirited(10) energizingLanguage FocusVocabularyI1.1) abrupt2) emotional3) bless4) wear and tear5) dated6) consequences7) seemingly8) in contrast to9) Curiosity10) genuine11) primarily12) sentiments2.1) confronted with more than one problem, try to solve the easiest one first.2) vital to the existence of all forms of life.3) some confusion among the students about what to do after class to follow up on the subject.4) nothing more than a job and an apartment to be happy.5) tickled him to think that she’d come to ask his advice3.1) a lingering; fabricating; sentiments2) fill out; every item; vital; consequences3) be denied; tangible; cherish; attainII1. It is a long trip and will take us five hours by bus.2. She arrived early and took a front row seat.3. Don’t take me for a fool.4. It takes a lot of imagination to fabricate such a story.5. My uncle will take me (along on his trip) to the Arctic this summer.6. He took the dinner plate I passed to him.7. Kevin took second prize in the weight-lifting competition.8. If yo u don’t take my advice, you will regret it.III2. to give3. to return4. being praised5. not having written6. to say7. to open8. being helpedComprehensive ExercisesI. cloze1.(1) well-off/affluent(2) dated(3) falling into(4) bracket(5) deny(6) tangible(7) pursuit(8) cherishes(9) out of place(10) abrupt(11) focus(12) donations2.(1) consume(2) fueled(3) annual(4) plain(5) physically(6) security(7) indicates(8) equally(9) traditional(10) followIII. Translation1.1) The company denied that its donations had a commercial purpose.2) Whenever he was angry, he would begin to stammer slightly.3) Education is the most cherished tradition in our family. That’s why my parents never took me to dinner at expensive restaurants, but sent me to the best private school.4) Shortly after he recovered from the surgery, he lost his job and thus had to go through another difficult phase of his life.5) In contrast to our affluent neighbors, my parents are rather poor, but they have always tried to meet our minimal needs.2.With more and more donations coming in, our university will be much better off financially next year. We will thus be able to focus on the most important task that we, educators, must take on: to encourage students to attain their scholarly/academic goals, to train them to be dependable and responsible individuals, to prepare them for the life ahead, and to guide them in their pursuit of spiritual as well as material satisfaction.。