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大学英语外报外刊阅读教程教学参考手册第二版端木义万主编Lesson 26Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. D 3. A 4. CVI.1. The author thinks that the millennial generation is a generation that primps, dyes, pulls and shapes, younger and with more vigor.2. Experian’s research finds that 43 percent of 6-to-9-year-olds are already using lipstick and lip gloss, 38 percent use hairstyling products and 12 percent use other cosmetics.3. This is a group that’s grown up on pop culture that screams, again and again, that everything, everything, is a candidate for upgrading. Ads for the latest fashions, makeup tips and grooming products are circulated with a speed and fury unique to this millennium —on millions of ads, message boards and Facebook pages.4. Statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery show cosmetic-surgery procedures performed on those 18 and younger have nearly doubled over the past decade.5. The author, by ―level the playing field‖, means that standards of beauty are ubiquitous and people of all kinds have the same cosmetic options available to them.OutlineI. (1) Specific example of Marleigh’s beauty careII. (2—4) Millennial generation’s obsession with beauty1. Starting grooming and beauty treatments at an early age2. Surveys and findingsIII. (5) Analysis of the trend1. Diva-ization of the generation2. Influence of pop culture and adsIV. (6—7) Effects of the trend1. Waste of time and money2. Big increase of young people seeking cosmetic treatmentsLesson 27Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2. C 3. D 4. AVI.1. Conserve is a Delhi non-profit organization recycling plastic bags into accessories. Anita Ahuja started it in order to clean up the streets of the Indian capital and help people who have problems.2. When Anita Ahuja’s homemade products were popular at a fair at the US embassy, she realized she had finally found a successful recipe and decided to venture into accessories.3. She, by using contracts in the Delhi government, got Conserve IDs for her ragpickers. She also got certificates of endorsement from Delhi’s chief minister and prominently displayed her own clout at the different units. She put together a group of garbage collectors, who, acting as middlemen, buy the plastic bags from 150 pickers in different pockets of the city. In this way, she ensured a regular supply of plastic bags.4. The bags are sliced open, then washed in detergent, dipped in basil-scented water and hung out in the sun to dry, and after that were layered and compressed by heat in an ovenlike contraption. Staff and professional tailors then cut them out and sew the sheets into Conserve’s belts, bags and wallets.5. It was difficult to train the trash pickers on the nuances of the different plastic bags because they spoke different dialects.6. Anita Ahuja has turned down the suggestion of handing over the fabric because making the fabric alone is not so profitable.OutlineI. (1-3) Brief accounts of Conserve1. Conserve’s business2. Anita Ahuja’s purpose in starting Conserve3. Conserve’s successII. (4-6) Conserve’s initial stage of development1. Ahuja’s development of the idea of recycling plastic bags2. Experiments with plastic bag recycling3. Ahuja’s way to ensure a regular supply of plastic bagsIII. (7-13) Conserve’s business management1. Conserve’s way of recycling plastic bags2. Payment to collectors and pickers3. Training of trash pickers4. Markets for Conserve’s productsIV. (14-16) The way to gain capital for business development1. Setting up a for-profit unit2. Use of the money to pay the rent on a new factory3. Turning down the suggestion of handing over the fabricV. (17) Bharti Sharma’s success at ConserveLesson 28Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2. B 3. B 4. AVI.1. Zach’s walk was 650-mile long. The aim of the walk was to raise funds to help homelesschildren.2. Zach started the organization four years ago. By the end of the year, they had 27 truckloads of aid.3. The walk was very hard. They spent two months trudging 10 or 13miles a day along swelteringback roads.4. They raise money for their philanthropic organization through tutoring. They use the money todistribute blankets, clothing and soap to Washington’s homeless.5. When Brittany and Robbie Berguist heard about a soldier overseas who couldn’t pay the phonebill for his calls home, they raised money by selling back old cellphones to be recycled. Since then, the siblings have sent more than 600,000 phone cards to troops and raised more than $ 5 million. For their philanthropic work, Brittany had been awarded so many community-service scholarships that she has enough to cover the entire cost of Stonehill College, and even the cost of graduate school.6. Zach’s walk raised about $ 50,000. He plans to use some of the money for a playground at anemergency foster-care shelter at Tampa and for bedding, computers and other supplies at Sasha Bruce Youthwork.OutlineI. (1-2) Zach’s final stage of the 650-mile fundraising walkII. (3-8) Zach’s Little Red Wagon Foundation1. Zach’s identity2. Development of the Little Red Wagon Foundation3. Media’s attention to the Little Red Wagon FoundationIII. (9-18) American children’s philanthropic efforts1. Children’s change of image from mere poster children into high-profile CEO of their ownfoundations2. Timothy Hwang and Minsoo Han’s organization of Operation Fly3. Effects of child philanthropic efforts4. Efforts made by Brittany and Robbie Bergquist to help American soldiers abroad5. Rewards to Brittany for her philanthropic effortsIV. (19-23) Zach’s fundraising walk1. Distance covered each day2. Hardship endured on the way3. Fund raised by the walk and the planned way to use the fund4. Zach’s stress on the nee d to help homeless childrenV. (24-25) Social Support for Zach’s walk1. Sponsors for the walk2. Zach’s gratitude for the support and attentionLesson 29Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. CVI.1. They play an important role in the U.S. economy. They produce more than $1 trillion in annual revenues. Major credit card companies and banks are eager to get their business.2. They work really hard. More than 4 in 10 work at least 6 days a week and 52 percent take less than a week off a year. When they aren’t at work, 59 percent still take calls and Emails3. Most people think that the business of small businesses declines in summer because they believe customers go on vacation during summer.4. The stock market changes don’t have an impact on them. Over half insist that the stock market doesn’t reflect economic reality.5. According to Discover, a third of small business owners said that housing’s slide and the ensuing credit crisis have a significant impact on their business.OutlineI. (1) Size, number, and importance of mom and pop businessesII. (2) Discover’s surveys of mom and pop businessesIII. (3-9) Major findings about the real world of mom and pop businesses1. The owner’s view on being his/her own boss2. Normal working hours3. Business during the summer4. Stock market changes’ impact on mom and pop businesses5. Fuel price changes’ impact on mom and pop businesses6. Health care provision mandate’s impact on mom and pop businesses7. Minimum wage increase’s impact on mom and pop businessesIV. (10 - 11) This summer's mortgage fallout on small businessLesson 30Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. C 2. D 3. D 4. AVI.1. It provides bus transportation, hotel lodging and, tailgate food and entertainment.2. He is launching a virtual coffee marketplace that matches javaholics with independent roasters and their beans across the country3. Wor king in Corporate America doesn’t hold the same appeal because large employers are downsizing, and high entry salaries and stock options are less common now.4. Berlin thinks that as a student, the risk of starting an entrepreneurial venture is relatively minimal and there is often little money to lose5. According to Preiss, the coffee market place is moving toward customers who view it more like wine. They care where it comes from, where it is grown and the quality of the beans.OutlineI. Specific example of Calle and Berlin(1-4) 1. Change from football fans into entrepreneurs2. Starting a business that serves football fansII. Fashion of college students’ launching businesses(5-8) 1. Students’ entrepreneurial venture across the US.2. Example at Georgia State University3. Example at Emory University4. Example at Morehouse CollegeIII. Students’ interest in business and the reasons for their interest(9-18) 1. Students’ keen interest in business2. Reasons fo r students’ keen interest in starting up a businessa. Repression’s impactb. Minimal risk of initial investmentc. Advantage provided by the technologyVI. Way of business development(19-30) 1. SEC Excursion’s way of developing business2. David Preiss’s way of developing his coffee businessLesson 31Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. AVI.1. US President Bush called the G-20 summit.2. The G-20 is expected to design new roles to meet the global financial crisis.3. According to the author, the G-20 summit is likely to be remembered not so much for the action taken as for the milestone it marked and the emerging global economic order it heralded.4. The new international economic order will reflect a diffusion of economic power and responsibility to countries like China, Brazil, and South Korea.5. They welcome the expansion of the world economic club to include them. But they are also demanding a bigger role in international economic decision-making.6. He recognizes the growing role of developing economies. He expects the summit to take up special reforms that acknowledge a changed world.7. He warned against overzealous attempts to reinvent the system.OutlineI. (1-3) Appearance of the G-20 and the significance1. Appearance of the G-202. Significance of its appearanceII. (4-7) Likely achievement of the G-20 summit1. No significant accords expected2. A likely call for broad international participation in effort to stimulate global economy3. Likely formation of working groups4. The likely host for a follow-up summitIII. (8-10) Impact of the G-20 summit1. A new international economic order2. Recognition of the importance of emerging economic powersIV. (11-14) Developing economic powers’ responses1. Welcoming to expansion of the world economic club2. Demanding the recognition of particular needsa.Access to investment fundsb.Dependence on export marketsV. (15-18) Bush’s attitudes and expectations1. Recognizing the growing role of developing economic powers2. Expecting specific reforms to improve the system3. Warning against overzealous attempts to reinvent the free-market systemLesson 32Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. DVI.1. Ten years ago, Amazon sold books.2. Today, Amazon’s business in Britain is very large. It is receiving 1 million orders a day, having transformed itself into a giant shopping mall. It is now challenging all the major high street chains for the title of Britain’s biggest retailer.3. It is expanding very fast. Earlier this yea r it opened one of Europe’s largest warehouses in Swansea, 60% bigger than its existing monster-sized distribution center in Milton Keynes. But already the firm is seeking a site for another huge warehouse. It is tooling up for its next move, with the launch early next year of a low-cost, music download service that could rival Apple iTunes.4 The traditional way of online shopping in Britain is searching out the cheapest price for eachindividual purchase at price comparison websites and then ordering from a raft of different retailers. The author says that this way may now be redundant because Amazon offers the cheapest prices for most products.5. The main reason for Amazon’s offer of cheaper prices is the benefit of scale: no shops and no staff in them, and no carrying inventory in 500 different places at the same time. Huge volumes of business enable Amazon to get better commercial terms than anyone else.6. By ―the social aspect to shopping‖ the author means that a lot of customers want to be able to pop around to a local shop, talk about a product, speak to the shopkeeper and have a chit-chat.7. The out-of-town shopping centers and online retailers will cause the bankruptcy of local independent stores and the disappearance of money from the locality.8. According to Guardian Money, if customers buy all their Christmas presents on Amazon, they should be aware that if the item breaks down after six months, it appears that all the company will offer them back is 10% — 20% of the initial price.OutlineI. (1-4) Development of Amazon in Britain1. Transformation into a giant shopping mall2. Further expansion3. Price competitiveness4. Many online competitors’ decision to join Amazon’s marketplaceII. (5-6) Reasons for Amazon’s price competitiveness1. Benefit of scale2. Ability to get better commercial termsIII. (7-10) Impacts of Amazon’s development on Britain1. Posing a threat to Britain’s local independent stores2. Causing the loss of social contact in shopping3. Taking money out of the local areas4. Explanation given by Amazon’s Brian McBrideIV. (11-20) Problems with Amazon’s service1. No full protection of customers’ interests when products are found shoddy2. Case of David Handly3. Case of Ray FerrisLesson 33Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2. D 3. A 4. CVI.1. Louis Gill has taken to laying out cots and mattresses between the shelter’s 174 registered beds to cope with the rush of homeless families brought to his doors by the financial crisis.2. According to Louis Gill, in the preceding year homeless families increased by 34 percent and homeless children increased by 24 percent.3. The author thinks that the recession has caused ravages including a surge in foreclosures and unemployment approaching 10 percent and driven thousands of families onto the streets.4. According to administration officials, the typical homeless person has changed to become less focused on the chronologically homeless or single individual homeless to somebody who is part ofa family whether it be a mother or a father, or a child in a homeless family.5. The life of homeless young women is particularly fraught with danger because they are at much greater risk of being victimized when they have no stable home. It can be more difficult to obtain needed services.6. They suggest that rural and suburban areas were particularly ill-equipped to cope with the new wave of homelessness7. The department has allocated $1.5 billion over the next three years to combat homelessness nationwide.OutlineI. (1-2) Specific example of Bakersfield Homeless Center1. Going beyond capacity to cope with the rush of homeless families2. Fast increase of homeless families and childrenII. (3-5) Change in the make-up of homeless people1. Gill’s idea about the changea. Original stereotype of a homeless personb. Present increase of people becoming homeless due to the economic crisis2. Government figures supporting Gill’s experienceIII. (6-11) HUD’s report about the homeless1. Increase of homeless families nationwide and in rural and suburban areas2. Distribution of homeless people3. Change of homeless stereotypes4. Dangerous situation faced by homeless women5. Issues left out in the reportIV. (12-15) HUD’s study and findings1. Way of study: measuring changes in the number of homeless people2. Case study’s findingsa. Inability of rural and suburban areas to cope with the new wave of homeless peopleb. Increase of homeless people in some statesc. Case of a Kentucky emergency shelterV. (16) Efforts made by HUD and local areas to help the homelessLesson 34Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. C 2. A 3. A 4. AVI.1. In 2003, the Congress passed the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban.2. The three lower courts criticize the law because the law does not have an exception for protecting the health of pregnant women.3. The Supreme Court upheld the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban4. They hold that the ban is harmful to women’s health and interferes with medical decision making and opens the floodgates for states to chip away at Roe.5. Jay Sekulow believes that state legislatures will now be emboldened to pass other restrictions, including ones requiring informed consent.6. According to David Masci, abortion could become a more visible issue in the next presidential election, and at the very least, the ruling will force candidates, who have already weighed in along partisan lines, to speak more clearly about where they stand7. If the majority comes to see the decision as the first step towards dismantling Roe, it would mobilize Americans in ways abortion opponents would regret.OutlineI. (1—3) Supreme Court’s ruling and its effect1. Illegality of partial-birth abortion2. Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban3. Limited effect of the rulingII. (4—6) Views on the ruling’s impact1. Abortion-rights activists’ view2. Abortion opponents’ view3. Jay Sekulow’s viewIII. (7) Ruling’s effect on politicians: forcing them to speak even more clearly about their stand IV. (8) Prospects of anti-abortion movementLesson 35Answers to the QuestionsV. 1.B 2. D 3. C 4. AVI.1. David Shipler’s description of the bleak world of the American working poor is a kind of domino model of a downward economic spiral.2. His book is based on his interviews of scores of people. The book lacks the first-person focus and angry wit of Nickel and Dimed. But poverty is in the details, and he lays those in abundance.3. Convenience stores in poor neighborhoods routinely advance cash to their customers at the at interest rates of about 20% for a two-week loan. If the debt can’t be paid, it’s gladly rolled over——for another 20%. One study in Illinois found that the average customer had 10 renewals of that kind, which meant that in the space of a few months, he or she owed twice as much in interest that had been borrowed.4. The essence of Shipler’s message is that working poverty is a seamless web of challenges, some personal, some erected by a society content to let the federal minimum wage languish at a $5.15 an hour.5. Unscrupulous bosses make workers falsify their time sheets so that they can work longer hours for the same pay. Labor contractors deduct exorbitant housing costs from the worker’s pay, but warehouse them in filthy barracks.6. Shipler’s solutions are a higher minimum wage, better job training and medical coverage for the almost 44 million who have none.7. The author says so because the working poor don’t vote in anything like the numbers of their more affluent neighbors, therefore carry no real weight and the economic situation is gloomy, the economic boom of the 90s is gone, the job creation is feeble, and the time limits on welfare are kicking in.OutlineI. (1) Shipler’s description of the working poor’s lifeII. (2-5) Aim, features, essence of the book1. Shipler’s aim in writing the book2. Main features of the book3. Shipler’ dissection of the extortionate are loan fees4. Essence of Shipler’s messageIII. (6-7) Analysis of the working poor’s own problems1. Problems on the part of the working poor2. Nothing to fall back on when they stumbleIV. Shipler’s solution and the author’s commentLesson 36Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. BVI.1.Tom Mauser is the father of Columbine victim Daniel Mauser. He maintains a memorial pageto his son because he wants to arouse Americans’ attention to the gun violence problem and get their action.2.America’s gun violence is very serious. Each year America loses 11,000 to gun homicide, andthree times that number are injured.3. The reasons for Americans’inaction about gun violence problem are the gun lobby’s greatinfluence on the public and American s’ fear about an armed takeover. They are convinced that any form of gun control is a major step toward the total elimination of all guns.4. No, punishment alone isn’t enough because in most cases once they lose loved ones it is toolate, and because punishment doesn’t stop shooters intent on committing suicide following their rampage.5. They put the issue on the statewide ballot and won by a margin of 70 percent to 30 percent.6. The author suggests that Americans should put more measures on the ballot or learn to putmore pressure on elected officials to offset the relentless badgering of the gun lobby.I. (1-3) American’s reaction to the frequent gun violence1. Tom Mauser’s effort to get public attention to the gun violence problem2. Need for far more attention and action3. Most Americans’ passive reaction to gun violenceII. (4) Serious extent of gun violenceIII. (5-6) Reasons f or Americans’ weak reaction to gun violence1. Powerful influence of the gun lobby2. Public fear about armed takeover and total elimination of all gunsIV. (7-10) Difficulty in preventing gun violence1. Punishment’s limited effect2. Existence of the gaping gun loophole3. Sale of military style assault weapons4. Political leaders’ submission to the hard-core gun supportersV. (11-12) Measures to solve the gun violence problem1. Colorado’s measures to close the gun show loophole2. Need to put more measure on the ballot and more pressure on elected officialsVI. (13-14) Gloomy prospects1. Difficulty is enforcing reasonable restrictions due to gun lobby’s stranglehold on policy makers2. Overwhelming voices of fearLesson 37Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. A 3. A 4. DVI.1. It was the most powerful ever in the region, measured a preliminary magnitude of 7.0. It rockedthe island of Haiti, collapsing a hospital, the presidential palace and other buildings, triggering massive panic and claiming thousands of lives.2. The earthquake was so destructive because it measured a magnitude of 7.0, was centered about10 miles west of Port-au-Prince and was shallow, and it hit one of the city’s most denselypopulated areas.3. According to Fajardo, relief efforts were hampered by poor road conditions and lack of security.4. The installations of the UN Peacekeeping Force sustained serious damage. The headquarterscollapsed and troops were trying to find survivors amid the wreckage of the five-story building.5. The US government promised to provide both civilian and military disaster relief andhumanitarian assistance.6. US officials planned to send teams to assess Haiti’s needs, but first they wanted to determinewhether airport runways were able to receive cargo planes.I. (1) NewsleadSummary of the news story about the Haiti earthquakeII. (2 – 4) Impact of the earthquake1. Catastrophic destruction2. Issuing of tsunami alerts and reports about aftershocksIII. (5) Specifics about the earthquakeSize and location of the earthquake and time of its occurrenceIV. (6 – 9) Details about the effects of the earthquake1. Casualties and damages2. Stern’s account3. Photos showing damagesV. (10 – 11) Background information about Haiti’s1. Poverty2. Disasters caused by storms, military coups and gang violenceVI. (12 - 18) More details about the quake’s damages1. Rodger’s account2. Fajardo’s account3. Joseph’s account4. Alain LeRoy’s accountVII. (19 - 26) America’s response to the quake1. Obama’s pledge to help2. Hillary Clinton’s offer of help3. US Embassy personnel’s account4. US officials’ planVIII. (27 - 30) Further details about the earthquake’s damages1. AP’s account2. Godfrey’s account3. Impact on Cap-Haiten: little damage4. Buzard’s accountLesson 38Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. AVI.1. President Lech Kaczynski’s plane crashed in Smolensk, Western Russia on April 10, 20102. The aim of President Lech Kacz ynski’s trip was to attend the commemoration of the KatynForest Massacre.3. The crash killed 97 people, of whom 88 were passengers.4. The crash was a stunning blow to Poland and threw the whole nation into grief. Poles mournedthe death of their leaders and united in their grief. Thousands massed outside the PresidentialPalace, laying flowers and lighting candles.5. Relationship between Poland and Russia has been strained ever since the Katyn ForestMassacre. The crash happened at the moment that the two countries were beginning to come to terms with the killing of Poland’s officers. So, the relationship took a chilling twist. For poles, it was a wound which is difficult to heal.6. The Law and Justice Party lost numerous important leaders in addition to the president.Although Mr. Kaczynski had been trailing far behind his opponent in the polls, the outpouring of sympathy from the mourning public might benefit his party in the moved-up presidential election.7. According to the article, Russia’s leaders, acutely aware of the potential fallout of the crash,immediately reached out to Poland with condolences. Mr. Putin left Moscow to meet Mr. Tusk at the site of the crash, and President Medvedev recorded an address to the Polish people, saying, ―All Russians share your sorrow and mouring.‖OutlineI. (1 – 2 ) News leadSummary of the news story about the Polish jet crashII. (3 – 5) Impact of the crash on the relationship between Poland and Russia1. A stunning blow to Poland2. A difficult-to-heal woundIII. (6 – 7) Possible cause of the crash1. Air traffic controllers’ warning and order2. Plane’s descent in spite of the warning and the orderIV. (8) Information about the passengersV. (9 – 15) Polish people’s reaction to the crash1. National grief over the crash2. Examples of Niemczyk, Figurski and Tusk3. Background information about the aim of the trip4. Welesa’s comment on the crash: the second disaster after KatynVI. (16 – 18) Effects of the crash on Poland’s politics and relations with other c ountries1. Repercussions on the coming presidential election2. Effects on Poland’s relationship with other countriesVII. (19 – 22) The two governments’ responses1. Kaczynski and Tusk’s arrival at Katyn2. Background information about the two countrie s’ half-a-century relationship3. Russian leaders’ prompt offer of condolencesVIII. (23 - 26) Additional information about the cause of the crash1. Category and age of the plane2. Officials’ repeated request for a replacement of the plane3. Russian ne ws media’s reports about the crashIX. (27 - 29) Additional information about the passengers1. Number of Polish passengers2. Information about the high ranking passengers3. Information about KaczynskiX. (30 - 31) Impact on Poland’s plan to host America’s missiles1. Kaczynski’s support for the plan2. Unlikely change of the planLesson 39Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. CVI.1. The early returns from Afghanistan’s presidential election had the smell of a decorous massage job.2. Karzai is very good at the traditional form of Afghan politics, crating alliances among tribal and ethnic factions. He distributes money to those allies and in this way gain their support.3. The military situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated. The Taliban have grown in strength. It is widely expected General McChrystal will be requesting more troops.4. No. Obama’s dilemma is not as stark as has been posed in recent press accounts. The military has become far more nuanced when it comes to making requests of Presidents. The negotiations about what McChrystal can officially request will not take place anywhere near the public eye. It is very likely that more troops will be sent. Most Democrats have little desire to reverse themselves. They don’t want to hurt the President, and they don’t want to be perceived as weak on defense come election time.OutlineI. (1) Election situation1. Early returns from the presidential election2. Fraudulent managementII. (2) Absurdity of holding the election1. Factors preventing a fair election2. Karzai’s problemsIII. (3) Military situation in Afghanistan1. Taliban’s growth of strength2. Expected request from General McChrystal for more troopsIV. (4-6) Discussion about Obama’s next move1. Analysis of the situation facing Obamaa. Not a dilemma as stark as has been posed in recent press accountsb. The military’s response: far more nuanced in making requestsc. Most democrats’ response: having little desire to reverse themselves2. Discussion about the right thing to do in Afghanistana. Nothing wrong with the invasionb. Wrong to ignore traditional Afghan ways of social organizationc. Legitimate to question the present way of Afghan nation-buildingd. Need to work out a better plan。
大学英语外报外刊阅读教程教学参考手册第二版端木义万主编Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. B 3. D 4. AVI.1. According to Ms. Wellington, Gen X’ers are attracted to their organizations for utterly traditional reasons: reputation of the organization, opportunities to advance.2. Catalyst and other research organizations caution that this age group has high demands for employers. If their demands are not met, they will leave. And they are highly sensitive to the way in which they are treated. If the Gen X’er believes that his employer is not making a commitment to him, he will leave.3.The survey found that more than 70 percent of them rated companionship, a loving family and enjoying life as extremely important. In contrast, fewer than 20 percent of them said earning a lot of money and becoming an influential leader were extremely important goals.4. According to Robert Morgan, the corporate loyalty is rising in the current economic climate partly because of job insecurities. Besides, there is the war for talent. As labor shortages intensified in recent years, employers have worked hard at retaining good workers.OutlineI.(1) Summary leadIncreasing job loyalty of Gen X’ersII. (2 –6) Catalyst’s survey about job loyalty of Gen X’ers1. General situation of the job loyalty2. Findings about the similarities between Gen X’ers and the previous generationsa. Old-fashioned goalsb. Traditional attractions3. Findings about the differences between Gen X’ers and the previous generationsa. High demands for employersb. High sensitiveness to the way they are treatedIII. (7 – 8) Specific example of Colleen GalleReasons for staying: job satisfactionjob loyaltyIV. (9 – 11) More details of the survey1. Scope, objects and focus of the survey2. Findings about the factors in job loyalty:Companionship, loving family, enjoying life3. Statistics showing job loyaltyV. (12 – 15) Analysis of job loyalty1. Not surprising in the current economic climate2. Comparison between 1999 and 2001 in job loyalty3. Reasons for the increase of job loyaltya. Present job insecurityb. Employers’ efforts at retaining the talentedAnswers to the QuestionsV. 1.A 2.A 3. B 4. DVI.1.The purpose of the debate between Mateo and Martinez is to focus on the specific needs ofLatinos that both parties are courting.2.The problems pointed out by Martinez are bad education, unemployment and lack of healthinsurance.3.The author says Latino turnout and preference will be decisive in the election because they arethe majority minority and more of Latinos than ever before are expected to go to the polls, anda large number of those people are not tied to either political party.4.According to the article, a candidate who figure out how to talk to Latinos about educationand healthcare in a compelling way can lock up Latinos’ vote.5.The term ―Hispanic‖ came into official use in 1973, when the Nixon administration formallydivided Americans into five races. Liberals prefer the term ―Latino‖ on the grounds that the Spaniards were the very people who destroyed the indigenous cultures of Latin Americans) 6.The author thinks that the term ―Hispanic‖is a marketing term and it’s a term used bypoliticians at election time.7.The author thinks that the term ―Hispanic‖is a marketing term and it’s a term used bypoliticians at election time. It cannot reflect cultural realities.OutlineI. (1 – 2) Debate between Mateo and Martinez1. Main issues for the debate and the purpose of the debate2. Audience’s response: louder opponents’ voicesII. (3 – 5) Latinos’ importance in election1. Decisive role of Latino voter turnout and preference2. Reason for the importance of Latino vote: Latinos’ ascent to the majority minority in 20033. Factors limiting Latinos’ voting strengtha. Many of them are not yet US citizens.b. One third of Latinos are under 18.III. (6 – 8) Latinos’ prime concerns1. Importance of education and healthcare to Latinos2. Reasons for the importance of those issuesa. U.S. – born Latinos form the majority.b. It’s more likely for Latinos to lack healthcare and education.IV. (9 – 10) Discussion about the term ―Hispanic‖1. The origin of the term and the problems with the term2. Rich diversity of LatinosV. (11) Increased visibility of LatinosLesson 3Answers to the QuestionsV. 1.C 2.D 3.C 4. AVI.1.WWII led to women’s entry into the workforce. As men marched off to fight, women tooktheir husbands’ places in factories and on the farms. They never looked back. Most now take it for granted that women have as much to offer at work as men do.2.No, it is more than a financial issue because it raises social as well as economic questions andits resolution will involve governments, employers and people.3.The babyboom generation is far larger than the generation that follows it or any that precededit. Its achievement will cast a shadow over the companies it is set to leave.4.The present ways of dealing with a falling supply of labor are shifting work offshore, laxerimmigration rules and use of new equipment.5.If they were offered the chance of staying on at work, many older employees would jump atthe chance because they will no longer be able to retire in the style they have been led to expect. Corporate pension schemes and health benefits are becoming even less generous.Besides the need for money, many elderly people want to continue working for mental stimulation.6.The author thinks that older workers need to adapt and accept a relative decline in salary andstatus7.The significance of babyboomers’changing the world of work will be more profound andlonger lasting than the changes they have brought since the 1960s.OutlineI. (1 – 2) Social changes in western countries after WWII1.Women’s entry into the work force2.Retirement pensions for the elderlyII. (3 – 4) Problems caused by the present retirement pensions1. Heavy burden of financing retirement pensions for babyboomers2. Companies’ shortage of skilled workersIII. (5 – 7) Need to keep the elderly at work1. Present ways of dealing with a falling supply of labour2. Elderly people’s desire for worka. Elderly people’s need for moneyb. Elderly people’s desire for mental stimulationIV. (8 – 10) Suggestions to governments and companies about how to keep the elderly people at work1. Separation of pension from their final salaries2. Freeing up labor markets instead of focusing on legislating to ban discrimination on grounds of age3. Offering flexible work scheduleV. (11) Suggestion to the elderly workersNeed to adapt to a relative decline in salary and statusVI. (12) Significance of babyboomers’ changing the world of workLesson 4Answers to the QuestionsV. 1.D 2.A 3.D 4.BVI.1.According to the new government figures, British female full time workers will be paid£ 369,000 less than their counterparts over their lifetime.2.That lifetime disparity would be enough to pay for 31 years of childcare or 22 new cars, or topay off the average student debt 18 times over.3.Britain’s gender pay gap of 2008 was larger than that of 2007. Men were paid 17.1% morethan women for full-time work while the disparity in part-time wages was 36.6%, up from35.8% in 2007.4.The Fawcett Society has called on the government to include mandatory pay auditing in theequalities bill, scheduled to be introduced in next month’s Queen’s speech.5.According to the article, Sri Lanka is judged the fifth most equal in the world on politicalempowerment because of the long incumbencies as prme minister and president of Sirimavo Bandaranaika and Chandrika Kumaratunga.6.According to Yvonne Galligan, younger parliaments, in general, were often much morerepresentative.7.Dr. Selvi Thriuchandran felt puzzled by the WEF findings, pointing out that aside from theBandaranaikes, Sri Lanka had the worst record in South Asia in terms of representation in the legislature and executive.OutlineI. (1 – 4) ONS’s finding about gender pay gap in Britain1. Lifetime pay gap for female full-time workers2. Gender pay gap’s widening in 20083. Concrete value of the lifetime disparity4. Rake’s comment on the pay gap’s wideningII. (5 – 7) WEF’s finding about UK women’s status’s drop from 11th to 13th in terms of economic, political, health and educational status2. UK’s ranking in terms of progress on equal pay3.Sectors with wide gender pay gapsIII. (8 – 9) Efforts made to address the problem1. Fawcett Society’s call for the inclusion of mandatory pay auditing in the equality bill2. Harriet Harman’s announcement of a requirement to publish gender pay gapsIV. (10 – 12) Analysis of women’s political empowerment1. Analysis of Sri Lanka’s high ranking on political empowerment2. Yvonne Galligan’s analysis of UK women’s political empowermenta. Low percentage in the House of Commonsb. Healthier gender balance in the Scottish parliament and the Welsh assembly3. Women’s higher representation in younger parliamentsV. (13 – 14) Dr. Selvi Thriuchanara’s view on women’s status in Sri Lanka1. Disputing WEF’s conclusion2. Problems faced by women in Sri LankaLesson 5Answers to the QuestionsV. 1.A 2. B 3.D 4. BVI.1.The first power shift is a rebalancing of moral authority. The major factor in the shift is the receding moral superiority of the west.2. The double standard in Paragraph 3 refers to the US different rules for the two financial crises. During the Asian financial crisis, the US bashed Hong Kong when its government intervened in August 1998 in the stock market to fend off the western investment banks and hedge funds bent on destroying the city’s currency. Yet only a month later, the US intervened in the market to bail out LTCM.3. The author thinks that the minor adjustment in voting rights in the World Bank and International Monetary Fund is symbolic of the increase of the east’s say in decision making in global economic affairs.4. Reminbi has gained an elevation in status. Over time , some countries will keep more Reminbi, making it more like reserve currency.5. The recent crisis shows that blindly seeking growth is dangerous. To many wealthy countries, it is unrealistic.6. The five power shifts are for the most part desirable. They provide a more balanced and stable world.OutlineI. (1) Appearance of global rebalancingII . (2 – 6) Rebalancing of moral authority1. Double standard maintained by the West to financial crisis2. Many conflicts of interest inherent in the West’s investment banking3. The West’s moral dilemma in dealing with China4. Equal footing of the two sidesIII. (7 – 8 ) The West’s loss of domination in global economic affairs1. Increase of the East’s say in global economic affairs2. Approach of relative balance between the East and the WestIV. (9) Shift in the center of economic gravity from the Atlantic to the Pacific1. Earlier rise of Japan2. China’s growth momentum and increased economic powerV. (10) Decline of the US dollar’s statusVI. (11) Most developed economies’ switch to the attempt to maintain present growthVII. (12) Effects of the five power shiftsLesson 6Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2.C 3 A 4.AVI.1.The letters which millions of Americans got were quarterly reports telling them what hadhappened to their savings invested in the stockmarket. They have been more effective than any campaign ad.2.Accoring to the Wisconsin Advertising Project, 73% of McCain’s ads and 61% of Obama’sads are negative.3.He thinks that negative campaign ads are more informative than positive ones.4.Obama’s ads attack McCain for the many ways he plans to make life wretched for nearlyeveryone.5.McCain’s attacks on Obama focus on his slender résumé, his dodgy associates and thepossibility that he will raise taxes.6.Some Democrats complain that McCain’s attacks are stoking up violent racial hatred againstObama.7.The author thinks that they are unfounded.OutlineI. (1) Effects of factual adsHelping Obama double his lead over McCainII. (2 – 4) Both sides’ use of negative campaign ads1. Attack ads’ percentage and John Geer’s view on their function2. Obama’s ad attacks on McCain3.McCain’s ad attacks on ObamaIII. (5) Expenditure on attack ads and ways of running those adsIV. (6 – 7) Effects of negative campaign ads1. Worry and complaints about ad attack s’ possible effect of fanning up violence2.Author’s view: unfounded predictionsLesson 7Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. DVI.1. The Conservative Party and the Liberal-Democratic Party have formed the British coalition government.2. Clegg decided that he could not form a coalition with the Labour Party due to a revolt inside the parliamentary Labour Party at the concept of a deal, as well as its likely terms.3. If the deal works, it will change the shape of the Conservative Party.4. The Lib Dems secured 5 cabinet posts and a commitment to 15 other ministerial jobs across Whitehall. On the Conservative side, George Osborne will the chancellor of the exchequer andWilliam Hague foreign secretary.5. The serious problems confronting the coalition government are a huge deficit, deep social problems and a political system in need of reform.6. In the negotiations, the Tories agreed to drop their plans to raise the threshold for inheritance tax and provide extra money for disadvantaged pupils.7. When the Lib Dem-Con deal was secured, George Brown went to the Queen to tender his resignation. Later, he told party workers he was resigning immediately as party leader, leaving Harriet Harman in charge.OutlineI. (1 – 4 ) Formation of the Conservative Party – the Liberal Democratic Party coalition1. Coalition with Cameron as Prime Minister and Clegg as his deputy2. Labour Party’s failure to forge a coalition with Lib Dems3. End of five-day power struggle4. Cameron’s resolveII. ( 5 – 7) The deal and its impact1. The deal making2. The deal impact on the two parties3. Power division between the two partiesIII. (8 – 10) The new government’s resolve1. Admission of some deep and pressing problems2. Call on the people for support3. Promise to form a new kind of governmentIV. (11 – 13) Negotiations and results1. Agreements and compromises reached in the negotiations.2. Lib Dems’ endorsement of the derailed condition dealV. (14 – 16) Brown’s resignation and apology1. Tendering the resignation to the Queen2. Statement about his resignation as party leader3. Apology for his failure to forge a coalitionVI. (17 – 18) Recriminations by the Lib Dems and the Labour on each other1. Lib Dems’ attack on the Labour2. Lord Adonis’s attack on the Lib DemsLesson 8Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. A 2. D 3. D 4. AVI.1. America’s standing in world opinion is at an all-time low. Even its closest allies oppose U.S. policies.2. Its unpopularity is dangerous and expensive. It leads to high military costs abroad, skyrocketingsecurity costs at home, and the loss of trade as America’s goods become shunned overseas. All this causes an economic drain.3. If Americans travelled more, they’d better understand their place on this complex planet and fit in more comfortably, and eventually the U.S. wouldn’t need to spend as much as the rest of the world combined on its military to feel safe.4. Travel helps Americans celebrate, rather than fear, diversity of culture.5. Travel gives Americans a perspective that can translate, through the voting booth, into American policies that will not alienate them from the family of nations. And when that happens, Americans’ safety will be improved.OutlineI (1-2) Need for Americans to gain a better understanding of the world by travellingII (3-5) America’s unpopularity and its harmfu l effects1.America’s low standing in world opinion2.Being routinely outvoted at the U.N. on a variety of issuesIII (6-18) Benefits of thoughtful travel1.Gaining a better understanding of America’s place on the complex planet2.Getting a clear idea about how the world sees America3.Gaining a better understanding about other societiesa. Getting a firsthand look at the complexity and struggles of other societiesb. Helping Americans celebrate diversity of culturec. Helping Americans appreciate the challenges other societies face4.Combating ethnocentrism5.Helping to ensure sound policiesLesson 9Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. C 2. D 3. B 4.BVI.1. It is a non-profit group that promotes the importance of family and fatherhood. It is based in New York.2.The sexual revolution of the 1960s and '70s swept away a concept of dating in which there was an implicit understanding that each party was shopping for a mate and not just for sex.3.If women are not hooking up, they frequently fall into fast-moving, "joined-at-the-hip" relationships with men, spending nights in one another's rooms.4.In the author’s opinion, the rules of courtship in the 1950s were clearer than those of the present. But they proved unfulfilling either, because at that time those who were courting got to know each other under artificial circumstances. They were well dressed and put their best foot forward. This was not the best way to get to know people.OutlineI. (1) News leadSummary of the survey’s reportII. (2—3) The dating scene on college campuses1. Two choices for women2. Women’s desire for long-term relationship and marriageIII. (4) The surveyThe agency doing the investigation; aim, objects and means of the surveyIV. (5—7) Reasons for the appearance of the dating scene1. The sexual revolution2. Women’s lower proportion3. Lack of clear rulesV. (8—10) Main forms of sexual relationship1. Hook-upForms of hookup: kissing, oral sex and intercourse2. Intense, but vague relationship3. Women’s tendency to act like me nVI. (11—12) Impact of the dating scene on marriage1. Less likely to marry or find happiness in marriage2. More likely to marry laterVII. (13—14) The past dating scene1. Rules of courtship: Clearer in the past2. Artificial circumstancesVIII. (15) The problem with both dating scenes: not the right way to know menLesson 10Answers to the QuestionsV. 1.C 2. B 3. C 4. CVI.1. The American traditional family is a family made up of two biological parents and two or threechildren with the father as the only breadwinner.2. No. The traditional family has lost its predominant place. Today only about 20 percent ofAmerican families fit the traditional structure.3. The new American family is a household with fewer children, with both parents working, and with mothers giving birth to their children at an ever older age, having fewer children, and spacing them further apart.4. The stable family of two biological parents is the ideal vessel for molding character, fornurturing, for inculcating values, and for planning for a child’s future.5. The result of America’s family changes is a serious new divide in the American society between the children of poorer, less educated, single parents and those of richer, better educated, and married parents.6. Mother-only families produce harmful effects on children. They are more likely than those with two parents to suffer poverty, to be suspended from school, to have emotional problems, to become delinquent, to suffer from abuse, to take drugs, and to perform poorly on virtually every measure.7. Today, 81 percent of American women think she should have her own career, and 70 percent think that both husband and wife should earn money. The vast majority of working mothers say that even if the family did not need the income, they would continue working.8. The author thinks that America’s Social Security and welfare should be reformed so as to nourish marriage and raise the proportion of children who grow up in two-parent families.OutlineI. (1)Traditional famil y’s loss of its predominanceII. (2)Reasons for traditional family’s loss of its predominance1. Late marriage2. Increased divorce rates3. Cohabitation4. Births to unmarried mothersIII. (3-5)Effects of family changes1. Importance of family stability for children2. Result of family changes3. Harmful effects of single-parent families on childrenIV. (6)Women’s changed concepts on family rolesV. (7-8)Ways to nourish marriage1. Reforming Social Security and welfare2. Educating people about the importance of marriage3. Giving incentives for couples to form and sustain healthy marriageVI. (9)Family trend and the way to deal with the trend1. Shift from traditional to contemporary family2. Tempering the trend by nurturing the American family with public policy in favor ofmarriageLesson 11Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. D 3. A 4. CVI.1.Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center had organized a 52-member medical team for delivering the babies with each of them designated and assigned to nurses, doctors and surgical assistants. At 10:43 a.m. on January 26, they were all ready.2. Before the multiple birth, Nadya Suleman was a recently-divorced single mother who already had six children ranging in age from 2 to 7, two of them 2-year-old twins and one of them autistic.3. The news report stoked the furor created by the delivery of the octuplets.4. Nadya Suleman used the last of her remaining embryos and got impregnated through in-vitro fertilization.5. Nad ya Suleman’s mother sees it less glowingly. She believes that her daughter is obsessed and misguided for she already had six beautiful children.6. After being released from the hospital, Nadya Suleman will be faced with problems of child support and child care.OutlineI. (1) Deilvery of Nadya Suleman’s eight babies at Kaiser1. Kaiser’s preparation for the delivery2. Delivery of seven babies3. Delivery of the eighth baby4. Present condition of Nadya Suleman and her eight babiesII. (2) Contr oversy over Nadya Suleman’s multiple birth1. Nadya Suleman’s way of impregnation2. Her mother’s view3. Society’s responses4. Her neighbour’s viewsIII. (3) Nadya Suleman’s obsession with having kids1. Angela Suleman’s explanation of her daughter’s obsession2. Yolanda Novak’s explanation of Nadya’s obsession3. More information about Nadya’s way of impregnationIV. (4) Issue of Nadya Suleman’s impregnation1. Fertility doctor’s stand2. No detail about the impregnation3. K aiser’s advice to Nadya SulemanV. (5-6) Problems facing Nadya Suleman1. Financial support problem2. Childcare problemLesson 12Answers to the QuestionsV. 1.C 2. D 3. A 4. BVI.1. The author suggests that the husband and the wife should offer each other more positive statements, less negative statements, heart-felt and specific compliments and thank-yous.2. Human touch aids the release of feel-good endorphins for giver and receiver.3. To build a fortress of love, he or she should fully support his or her spouse, take his or her spouse’s side whenever possible if trouble arises in the ―outside world‖.4.Trying to improve the spouse puts him/her on the defensive and cast you in a dreary role. The result is that everyone is unhappy.5. When a marriage needs improvement, the true solution is that you should change yourself first,address your own flaws and seek the best in your spouse.6. Good feelings can improve marriage. The happier you feel, the happier your marriage will be and the easier it will be to manage conflicts.7. When conflict is handled with the right tools and attitude, it becomes a gateway to deeper intimacy –the chance to be seen and lived for who you truly are, to accept your mate’s adorable, vulnerable real self and build a strong union without caving in or silently seething.8. A couple should avoid tough talks when they’re not rested well, well fed and when drunk. OutlineI. (1-2) Introduction to the 7 secrets of sexy marriageII. (3-5) Build up love balance1. Function of love balance2. Way to build up love balanceIII. (6-7) Reach out1. Function of human touch and the way to improve it2. Function of fortress of love and the way to build the fortressIV. (8-10) Remember that nobody’s perfect1. Desire to blame your spouse and change him/her2. Harmful effects of trying to change your spouse3. Need to change yourselfV. (11) Add some zing1. Function of attraction2. Way to enhance attractionVI. (12-14) Always fight fairly1. Function of conflict solution2. Right way to handle conflictsVII. (15-17) Pick the right time and place1. The right time for tough talks2. The right place for tough talksVIII. (18) Open your ears1. Importance of listening more2. Right way to respond to a combative talkLesson 13Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. BVI.1. Sam Zell blamed ―a perfect storm‖ of factors behind the Tribune Company’s bankruptcy filing.2.Newspaper Association of America figures show that advertising revenues have been falling since the summer of 2006.3.It was the acceleration of advertising revenues’ fall, coupled with the sheer amount of debt Mr Zell took on to buy Tribune, which led the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune to thebankruptcy courts.4.Moody’s last Month predicted ―dire straits‖ for some publishers in 2009.5.Publishers’ options are shrinking because prospective buyers struggle to find acquisitions.6. The fact that the New York Times wroke down the value of its newspapers showed that asset sales may yield less than once hoped.7. According to Paper Cuts, more than 15,000 U.S newspaper positions have been cut.8. Moody expects most publishers that default to be able to restructure their debt, rather than close titles.OutlineI. (1-4) Newspaper industry’s decline.1.Tribune Company’s bankruptcy filing2. Causes of newspaper industry’s declinea. Debates about the causesb. David Hamburger’s viewII. (5-7) Worsening situation this year1. Acceleration of the deterioration during the four quarters2. Bankruptcy of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago TribuneIII. (8-10) Impact of the financial crisis1. Taking a toll on newspaper groups2. Moody’s prediction of dire straits for some publishers in 20093. Advertising revenue’s, sharp drop resulting form the crisisIV. (11-15) Publishers’ efforts to cope with the situation1. Selling newspapers to raise cash2. Shrinking options for publishers3. Sharp decline of newspaper assets in value4. Reducing staff sizeV. (16-17) Newspaper industry’s prospects1. Most publishers’ ability to restructure their debt rather than close titles2. Staff reduction’s lasting damaging effects on newspaper brandsLesson 14Answers to the QuestionsV. 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. AVI.1. Because they want to improve their public image. They believe that reputations and jobs can belost based on the smallest slip in rank.2. Because they intended to make their colleges more selective. They thought top applicants mightopt for more prestigious i nstitutions, lowering the school’s crucial ―yield‖ and making it appear less desirable.3. If accepted, enrollees tend to boost a school’s yield and its statistical cachet. But the process。
大学英语外报外刊阅读教程第二版课程设计一、课程背景在大学英语教学中,英语外报和外刊阅读已经逐渐成为重要的教学手段和手段。
通过阅读外刊,学生可以了解更广泛的社会和文化信息,提高了解全球视野的能力;通过阅读外报,学生可以提高英语的阅读理解能力和全球时事观念,为日后进一步探索国际市场、进行跨国交流奠定基础。
二、课程目标本课程旨在帮助大学英语学生提高英语阅读和理解能力,扩大阅读原文素材,丰富知识和见识。
三、课程内容1. 外刊阅读本课程将会提供世界各地的不同外刊,学生将会学习阅读和理解各种不同的世界文化及时事情报。
2. 外报阅读本课程将提供国际知名媒体的不同外报,学生将可以了解到最新的国际发展,包括政治、经济、文化和体育。
3. 阅读题目学生将阅读一定数量的题目,包括文字阅读、填空和问答。
通过这些题目,学生将提高他们的英语阅读和理解能力。
4. 语言练习学生将会进行一些语言练习,通过这些练习,他们将提高他们的英语口语和写作能力。
四、教师角色在本节課程中,教师的角色将是引导学生,提供指导和鼓励,让学生有信心探索外国文化和最新时事。
教师将为学生提供相应的技巧和策略,帮助他们阅读外刊和外报,提高他们的英语实用能力。
教师将检查学生的阅读、口语和写作并及时进行评估,教师将为学生提供及时的反馈和指导。
五、教学方法1. 阅读指导教师将指导学生如何阅读和理解外刊和外报。
2. 组织学习教师将组织学生阅读文化信息,扩大他们的文化背景,帮助他们扩大阅读素材。
3. 分组讨论教师将组织学生进行分組讨论,让学生了解其他国家的文化和传统,提高他们的社交和团队协作技能。
4. 语言实践教师将组织语言实践,帮助学生提高他们的英语口语和写作能力,让他们能够更好地表达自己的观点。
六、教学评估教学评估将注意学生的英语阅读能力和语言实践能力,包括口语和写作。
学生将进行阅读、口语和写作方面的评估测试。
七、总结本课程将会提供广泛阅读素材,通过外刊和外报,让学生拓宽视野,了解最新时事,扩大他们的文化背景。
教案2012〜2013学年第2学期系英语旅游系教研室(组)三年级教研室 ________________________ 课程名称英语外报阅读____________________________ 授课年级_________________________________________ 授课教师_________________________________________ 职称 __________________________________四川外语学院成都学院教务处制二O一三年三月教案(首页)(1) 《英美报刊文选》戴树乔译注,外语研究与教学出版社。
(2) 《21世纪报英语读物精粹》何兆熊选编,上海外语教育出版社。
(3) 《英美报刊文章阅读》,吴潜龙编,上海外语教育出版社。
(4) 《美英报刊文章选读》,上、下册,周学艺主编,1996,北京大学 出版社。
(5) 《美英报刊文章选读》,上、下册,周学艺编,1987,北京大学出 版社。
(6) 《新闻英语》,李中行、张健编著,1993,南开大学出版社。
(7) 英美国家主要报刊。
(8) 国内出版的主要英文报刊,如: 21st Century 、 China Daily 、Shanghai Star 、China Today 等。
使用教材 教材名称 编(著)者 《美英报刊文章选读》上册周学艺,袁宪军 出版社及出版时间北京大学出版社,2010指定参考书周次第1周授课时间2013年2月25日起授课早节Lesson Fifteen The Economy Sucks. But Is It' 92 Redux?本(章)节授课方式课堂讲授(V)实践课()教学时数6授课要占八、、本(章)节教学目标1) Understanding the main background of the text: U.S Subprime MortgageCrisis2) Understanding the main ideas by careful reading and distinguishing factsand detailed information, the literal meaning and implicitly stated informatio n3) Un dersta nding and deduc ing the implied meaning of the text4) Understanding the author ' s attitoteitaonl, idiscourse structures,Ian guage characteristics and rhetorical devices5) Lear ning some econo mic termi no logies and two journ alese words :tech ni cally and stupid教学重占八、、和难占八、、1) Subprime Mortgage Crisis2) Economic terminologies3) Journalese Words: technically and stupid思考题或作业1) Finish the suppleme ntary exercise2) Reading the web material provided in the text3) Orga nize a debate on the topic: U.S finan cial crisis is huma n disaster教学内容与组织安排Teaching Materials: The Economy Sucks. But Is It' 92 Redux?For the first time since Bill Clinton took the White House, the economycould be the decid ing factor.Time Duration: Three sessi ons (2 periods for each)Teaching Objectives:(1) Un dersta nding the main backgro und of the text: U.S Subprime Mortgage Crisis(2) Un dersta nding the main ideas by careful read ing and dist in guish ing facts anddetailed information, the literal meaning and implicitly stated information(3) Un dersta nding and deduci ng the implied meaning of the text(4) Understanding the author ' s attitutdetiodl discourse structures,Ian guage characteristics and rhetorical devices(5) Lear ning some econo mic termi no logies and two journ alese words : tech ni cally and stupidStudents Regular Activities:Pre-class activities:1) Consulting the dictionary to clear off the Ianguage obstacles2) Searchi ng in formati on in the en cyclopedia for backgro und kno wledge and prepari ngPPT for backgro und topic prese ntatio n: U.S Subprime Mortgage CrisisWhile-class activities:1) Delivering background topic presentation: U.S Subprime Mortgage Crisis2) Making Weekly News Summary and News report3) Reading paragraphs loudly or answer some of questions in the exercise or raised by theteacher4) Discussing some the hot topics5) Raising questions where the puzzlement may occur6) Debating on some assigned topicsAfter-class activities:1) Reviewing the words and phrases and the notes for the quizzes2) Further reading of the passage to obtain better understanding3) Writing some summaries and short compositions on certain topics4) Previewi ng the n ext less on and fin ish the exercises for the n ext less on5) Reading passages pertaining to the theme of this passage learnedTime Allotment and ArrangementTask one: Background presentation and vocabulary learning: ( 2 periods)Task two: Textual An alysis: ( 4 periods )Vocabulary Presentation Methods:1) Semantic Presentation: through explaining the main definitions make students know thebasic meaning of the words.2) Formation and Etymological Presentation: through explaining the formation of words ,such as derivation(affix) and the origin of words, make students know the basic structure of the words.3) Pragmatic and Vocabulary Chunk Presentation: through explaining the collocation ofwords and chu nks of words( synonym and antony m), make stude nts know the basic relatio n with other words..TeachersNotes:1. The White House: Metonymy. List some of the World's famous government residenee: Zhongnan hai, The Buck in gham Palace, The Krem lin, The Elysee Palace2. Suck: usually used in oral English referring sb as a loser3. Redux: Another English Proverb could better exemplify, History Repeats itself Structural Analysis:Part I: Para 1-2 Lead-inPart II: Para 3-6: Curre nt econo mic situati on and differe nt outlook betwee n econo mistsand gover nment officials.Part III: Para 7-10: Recessions and the current situations of consumption.Part IV: Para 11-14: The root of the econo mic problem.Part V: Para 15-18: Actio ns take n by the gover nment and the possible results.Detailed textual Analysis:Part one (Para. 1 ----Para. 2) : Lead-inWords and Terms explained:1. make a comebackExtented explanation: Phrasal verb-MakeStudents are required to get familiarized with all of these frequently-tested phrases in the TOEFL test.make a fuss 大惊小怪make advances 取得进展make an effort 努力make a face 扮鬼脸make a night of it 痛快的玩一晚make a day of it 做了一整天make friends 交朋友make a living 谋生make a comeback 东山再起make a point of 坚持要make certain 肯定;确认makeends meet收支平衡make it 成功make the deadline 赶上最后期限make a fortune = make big bucks 挣大钱make no differenee 毫无区另U make out 辨认出;理解makeroom for 给 ......... 腾地方make sense 有意义make sure 确保make the best of 充分禾U用make the most of 尽量禾U用make up (for)弥补;补考;化装make up one' s mind 下决心make purchase买东西;购物make the wrong turn 拐错了弯2. primary: A primary or a primary election is an election in an American state in whichpeople vote for some one to become a can didate for a political office. Compare(美国各州的)初选3. pivot: pivot from sth to sth: tran sfer from sth to sthe.g. He is known for his high energy, private proclivity for profanity and ability to pivotseamlessly from discuss ing U.S. manu facturi ng to the Chin ese curre ncy.4. perilouslySynony ms:Perilously; hazardously; dangerously: all these three words mean in a dangerous manner”. The differe neelies in the degree of dan ger.5. jobless recovery:失业型复苏Examples :1) U.S. Preside nt Barack Obama said Mon day that America is not experie ncing a "jobless recovery.美国总统奥巴马星期一表示,美国目前没有经历一个“无就业的经济恢复”。
哈维.米尔克(HARVEY MILK)由街道组成的城市A City of Neighborhoods美国梦是从街道开始的。
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------哈维.米尔克(1930-1978)是第一个被选入旧金山市管理委员会的公开的同性恋者。
三次竞选失败后,米尔克于1977年代表卡斯特罗区──一个不同种族的人杂居的地区──入选市管委会。
对许多当地居民来说,这个区就像一座小城。
他们不欢迎市区再建。
尤其不欢迎用推土机铲平街道,代之以高楼大厦的做法。
米尔克的选民们对是否能保存他们生活的特点,避免发生在其它大城市中已毁了街区的衰败现象感到疑虑,忧心忡忡。
米尔克意欲爲同性恋问题以及美国城市街道复兴而大声疾呼。
然而1978年11月27日哈维.米尔克和乔治.莫斯肯市长被一名心怀仇恨的前市管委会成员暗杀。
哈维.米尔克在就任市管委会职务后不久在一次募集基金的宴会上发表了以下这篇演讲。
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------……对这-点我们可别弄错:美国梦是从街道开始的。
如果我们要重建城市,我们就必须首先重建街道。
而要这麽做,我们就必须认识到,生活的品质比生活的标准更重要。
坐在门前台阶上──不论它是-座小城住宅的游廊还是一个大城市住宅的混凝土门廊──与我们的邻居闲聊,要比挤坐在起居室的躺椅上看一个顔色失真的虚假世界重要得多。
进步并非美国的唯一事业──当然也不是它最重要的事业。
随着技术的发展,生活的品质下降了,这岂不是咄咄怪事? 哦,洗盘子更容易了。
正餐本身也更方便了──只须加热,端上饭桌,虽说若是我们吃了广告扔掉食品,营养或许更丰富。
当客人来访时,我们再也不怕玻璃器皿上会有污点了。