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新版大学英语综合教程第二册Unit5内容介绍新版大学英语综合教程第二册Unit5内容介绍导语：生活不可能总是一帆风顺的，在成长的路上总有些障碍，下面是一篇讲述克服障碍的英语课文，欢迎大家阅读。
Overcoming ObstaclesPart I Pre-Reading TaskListen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions:1. What happened to the singer?2. What helped her pull through all the hardships she suffered?3. What is the tone of the song?4. Is the song related to the theme of the unit — overcoming obstacles?Part IITextLook at the following two sayings and then see if the story of Michael Stone bears out the points they make.The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.—— MoliereWhen it is dark enough, you can see the stars.—— Charles A, BeardTRUE HEIGHTDavid NasterHis palms were sweating. He needed a towel to dry his grip. The sun was as hot as the competition he faced today at the National Junior Olympics. The pole was set at 17 feet. That was three inches higher than his personal best. Michael Stone confronted the most challenging day of his pole-vaulting career.The stands were still filled with about 20,000 people, even though the final race had ended an hour earlier. The pole vault is truly the highlight of any track and field competition. It combines the grace of a gymnast with the strength of a body builder. It also has the element of flying, and the thought of flying as high as a two-story building is a mere fantasy to anyone watching such an event.As long as Michael could remember he had always dreamed of flying. Michael's mother read him numerous stories about flying when he was growing up. Her stories were always ones that described the land from a bird'seye view. Her excitement and passion for details made Michael's dreams full of color and beauty. Michael had this one recurring dream. He would be running down a country road. As he raced between golden wheat fields, he would always outrun the locomotives passing by. It was at the exact moment he took a deep breath that he began to lift off the ground. He would begin soaring like an eagle.Where he flew would always coincide with his mother's stories. Wherever he flew was with a keen eye for detail and the free spirit of his mother's love. His dad, on the other hand, was not a dreamer. Bert Stone was a hardcore realist. He believed in hard work and sweat. His motto: If you want something, work for it!From the age of 14, Michael did just that. He began a very careful training program. He worked out every other day with weightlifting, with some kind of running work on alternate days. The program was carefully monitored by Michael's coach, trainer and father. Michael's dedication, determination and discipline was a coach's dream. Besides being an honor student and only child, Michael Stone continued to help his parents with their farmchores. Mildred Stone, Michael's mother, wished he could relax a bit more and be that "free dreaming" little boy. On one occasion she attempted to talk to him and his father about this, but his dad quickly interrupted, smiled and said, "You want something, work for it!"All of Michael's vaults today seemed to be the reward for his hard work. If Michael Stone was surprised, excited or vain about clearing the bar at 17 feet, you couldn't tell. As soon as he landed on the inflated landing mat, and with the crowd on its feet, Michael immediately began preparing for his next attempt at flight. He seemed unaware of the fact that he had just beaten his personal best by three inches and that he was one of the final two competitors in the pole-vaulting event at the National Junior Olympics.When Michael cleared the bar at 17 feet 2 inches and 17 feet 4 inches, again he showed no emotion. As he lay on his back and heard the crowd groan, he knew the other vaulter had missed his final jump. He knew it was time for his final jump. Since the other vaulter had fewer misses, Michael needed to clear this vault to win. A miss would get him second place. Nothing to be ashamed of, but Michael would not allow himself the thought of not winning first place.He rolled over and did his routine of three finger-tipped push-ups. He found his pole, stood and stepped on the runway that led to the most challenging event of his 17-year-old life.The runway felt different this time. It startled him for a brief moment. Then it all hit him like a wet bale of hay. The bar was set at nine inches higher than his personal best. That's only one inch off the National record, he thought. The intensity of the moment filled his mind with anxiety. He began shaking the tension. Itwasn't working. He became more tense. Why was this happening to him now, he thought. He began to get nervous. Afraid would be a more accurate description. What was he going to do? He had never experienced these feelings. Then out of nowhere, and from the deepest depths of his soul, he pictured his mother. Why now? What was his mother doing in his thoughts at a time like this? It was simple. His mother always used to tell him when you felt tense, anxious or even scared, take deep breaths.So he did. Along with shaking the tension from his legs, he gently laid his pole at his feet. He began to stretch out his arms and upper body. The light breeze that was once there was now gone. He carefully picked up his pole. He felt his heart pounding. He was sure the crowd did, too. The silence was deafening. When he heard the singing of some distant birds in flight, he knew it was his time to fly.As he began sprinting down the runway, something felt wonderfully different, yet familiar. The surface below him felt like the country road he used to dream about. Visions of the golden wheat fields seemed to fill his thoughts. When he took a deep breath, it happened. He began to fly. His take-off was effortless. Michael Stone was now flying, just like in his childhood dreams. Only this time he knew he wasn't dreaming. This was real. Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion. The air around him was the purest and freshest he had ever sensed. Michael was soaring like an eagle.It was either the eruption of the people in the stands or the thump of his landing that brought Michael back to earth. On his back with that wonderful hot sun on his face, he knew he could only see in his mind's eye the smile on his mother's face. He knew his dad was probably smiling too, even laughing. What he didn'tknow was that his dad was hugging his wife and crying. That's right: Bert "If You Want It, Work For It" Stone was crying like a baby in his wife's arms. He was crying harder than Mildred had ever seen before. She also knew he was crying the greatest tears of all: tears of pride. Michael was immediately surrounded by people hugging and congratulating him on the greatest accomplishment of his life. He later went on that day to clear 17 feet 6 1/2 inches: a National and International Junior Olympics record.With all the media attention and sponsorship possibilities, Michael's life would never be the same again. It wasn't just because he won the National Junior Olympics and set a new world record. And it wasn't because he had just increased his personal best by 9 l/2 inches. It was simply because Michael Stone is blind.New Words and Expressionsbear outprove that (sth.) is true 证实sweatvi. 出汗n. 汗水toweln. 毛巾，手巾pole-vaultvi., n. 撑竿跳高vaultn. 撑竿跳高 (=pole vault);撑物跳跃gracen. quality of being smooth and elegant, esp. in movement or structure 优美，优雅;雅致gymnastn. 体操家，体操运动员body buildern. 健美运动员merea. nothing more than 仅仅，只不过fantasyn. 幻想numerousa. very many 许多的，无数的passionn. strong feeling, esp. of love 热情detailn. small, particular fact or item 细节，琐碎的`事recur▲vi. come or happen again 再来;再发生outrun (outran, outrun)vt. run faster or better than; go beyond 跑得比…快;跑得比…好;超过eaglen. 鹰coincide▲vi. happen at the same time; be in agreement 同时发生;一致coincide with与…同时发生;与…一致hard-corea. 顽固不化的coren. the most important part 核心realistn. a person who deals in a practical way with situations as they actually are 现实主义者motton. 格言，座右铭work outgo through a physical exercise session 体育锻炼，训练weightliftingn. 举重(运动)alteinate▲a. every other or second; happening by turns 交替的;轮流的coachn. (体育运动的)教练dedicationn. giving oneself, time, effort, etc. (to sth.) 奉献，献身dedicate▲vt. 献身于，致力于choren. 家庭杂务relaxv. make or become less tense, worried or nervous 放松，松弛on one/two/several occasion(s)有一(两，几)次vaina. too pleased with one's own abilities or looks 虚荣的，自负的barn. 横杆;条;块inflatev. fill (sth.) with air (使)充气，(使)膨胀matn. 垫子;席子competitorn. 竞争者，对手emotionn. 情感，感情preparationn. the act or process of preparing 准备be ashamed offeeling foolish or uncomfortable because of (sth.) 因…感到难为情finger-tippeda. using or operated by the fingers 用手的push-upn. (AmE) 俯卧撑runwayn. 跑道startle▲vt. give a sudden shock or surprise to 使大吃一惊balen. (一)大捆，(一)大包hayn. 干草intensityn. the state of being intense 强烈、剧烈，紧张anxietyn. a feeling of worry or fear 忧虑，担心tensionn. worry or nervousness 紧张，不安tensea. feeling worried or nervous; making people worried ornervous 紧张的;令人紧张的along withtogether with 连同stretch out伸展breezen. 微风，轻风deafenvt. make (sb.) unable to hear, esp. for a short time 使聋deafa. unable to hear at all or to hear well 耳聋的sprintvi. run at one's fastest speed, esp. for a short distance 疾跑take-offn. 起跳;(飞机)起飞effortlessa. needing little or no effort 容易的，不费力气的eruptionn. 爆发erupt▲ vi.thumpn. (noise made by) a heavy blow 重击(声)bring (sb.) back to earth使回到现实中in one's mind's eye在想象中congratulatevt. 祝贺median. 大众传播媒介sponsorshipn. 资助;赞助Proper NamesDavid Naster大卫·纳史特the Olympics = Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会Michael迈克尔(男子名)Bert伯特(男子名，Albert, Herbert, Bertram 的昵称，亦作Burt)Mildred米尔德里德(女子名)Language sense Enhancement1. Read aloud paragraphs 9-10 and learn them by heart.2. Read aloud the following poem written by the American deaf-blind writer and educationist, Helen Keller (1880-1968).Facing FateHelen kellerSecurity is mostly a superstition.It does not exist in nature,nor do the children or men as a whole experience it.Avoiding danger is no safer in the long runthan outright exposure.Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.To keep our faces toward change andbehave like free spiritsin the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.3. Read the following quotations. Learn them by heart if you can. You might need to look up new words in a dictionary.Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of theovercoming of it.—— Helen KellerNo pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.—— William PennAll rising to great place is by a winding stair.——Francis baconIf we face our tasks with the resolution to solve them, who shall say that anything is impossible.—— Wilfred Grenfell4. Read the following humorous story for fun. You might need to look up new words in a dictionary.A missionary unexpectedly met a lion in the jungle. Not seeing any way to escape, he fell to his knees in prayer. He was comforted by seeing the lion kneeling next to him." Dear Brother, how delightful to join you in prayer when only a moment ago I feared for my life," the missionary said." Don't interrupt," said the lion, "I'm just saying grace."。
课后练习答案：《全新版大学英语》第三册UNIT 5（综合教程第二版）Unit 5 Giving ThanksText A Writing Three Thank-You LettersText Organizationl.Parte Paragraphs Main IdeasPart One Paras 1-9 On Thanksgiving Day 1943, as a young coastguardsman at sea, the writer came up with the idea of expressing his gratitude to people who had helped him before.Part Two Paras 10-16 The writer wrote three thank-you letters to his father, the Rev. Nelson and his grandmother.Part Three Paras 17-23 The writer got three letters in reply.Part Four Paras 24-26 The writer wishes everyone to find the good and praise it. Correspondents Letters Sent Letters ReceivedFather Thanks him for teaching the writer from boyhood to love books and reading. Tells the writer how he, as a teacher and a father as well, felt content with his own son.The Rev. Nelson , Thanks him for his morningschool prayers. Ii Tells the writer about his retirement coupled with self-doubt, and the re?assurance brought to him by the writer's letter.Grandmother Thanks her for teaching the writer how to tell the truth, to share and to be forgiving, and for her good cooking and her sprinkling the writer's life with Stardust. Expresses her loving gratefulness to her grandson.Language sense enhancement1. decades2. undergoing3. had done wrong4. welcome reassurance5. appreciated6. brought back7. relatives 8. accomplish9. consume 10. representingVocabularyI. 1. 1) sprinkled 2) in turn3) reversed 4) repay5) at sea 6) traditional7) statement 8) longed for9) in secret 10) unloaded11) weep 12) under way2. 1) stretch out 2) make out3) hope for 4) turns (it) over5) put away 6) brings back7) got to 8) go about3. 1) As supplies of traditional fuels diminish, people are working to increase the use of solarenergy.2) We accord high priority to meeting the challenges of economic and environmental development in the region.3) While it is true that children of today are exposed to more information than were children of the past, it does not follow that they automatically become more sophisticated.4) Since she borrowed those books from the library she has been immersed in British history and culture.5) Everything changed in a flash on June 1, 2000 when he lost both legs in a serious traffic accident.4. 1) I'd like to express my sincere thanks to everyone who has been so considerate of my well-being. My heart is filled with gratitude that words cannot express.2) After everyone assembled on the playground amid the noise and excitement of the specta?tors, our coach again impressed on us the need to do our best in quest of excellence.3) Everything I saw in my hometown was marvelous. I could hardly believe that it had undergone such swift changes through cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers and the rest in the past few years.II. Collocation1, fond of 2. sick of3. thoughtful of4. confident of5. conscious of6. critical of7. guilty of 8. ashamed of-III. Usage1. To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.2. It is cooperation, rather than conflict, that will enable you to achieve your success.3. Ann made students think for themselves rather than telling them what to think.4. I think I'll stay at home this evening rather than go / going out.5. Most people are content to let perfect days happen at random rather than plan / planning for them.Comprehensive ExercisesI. Cloze(A)1) at sea 2) Turning over3) reverse 4) got to5) repay 6) gratitude7) assembled 8)immersed in9) unloading 10) swift(B)1) instead 2) possessions3) richer 4) breath5) cherish 6) special7) specific 8) shining9) miracles 10) giftII. Translation1. 1) Grandma took it for granted that food prices would soar, so she bought a lot of rice.2) I can quote you several instances of her dedication to science.3) The 1980s saw the start of the swift development of some special economic zones in China.4) Tension between the two countries stemmed in part from the latest spy affair.5) Peter has worked in a law firm for many years. You can consider having him as your lawyer to act on your behalf when you need legal help.2.Amid the atmosphere of Thanksgiving, rather than joining his friends in celebration of the holiday, George was immersed in the diary left to him by his father, who died at sea after he completed two successive trips around the world. The diary brought back every moment George had spent with his father and many of the specific things his father did on his behalf. George's father used to impress on him the need to undergo all kinds of hardship in quest of excellence. He also taught him that nothing in the world could betaken for granted. Even today, George still remembers how his father would quote Aesop's famous saying "Gratitude is the sign of noble souls" and tell him to accord the greatest importance to it.。
Unit 5 Giving ThanksText AContent Questions1.He wrote them on a ship on the way to the island of Tulagi in the South Pacific on Thanksgiving Day,1943.2.Preparing a traditional Thanksgiving dinner featuring roast turkey made the writer extremely busy.3.The writer was thinking about Thanksgiving.4.He decided to write letters to show gratitude to those who had helped him in his life.5.He had always accepted what they had done for him, but never expressed to any of them a simple“Thank you.”6.He decided to write to his father, his grandmother, and the Rev. Lonual Nelson, his grammar schoolprincipal.7.His father had impressed upon him from boyhood a love of books and reading.8.He remembered that each morning Nelson would open the school with a prayer over his assembledstudents.9.He recalled how his grandmother had taught him to tell the truth, to share, and to be forgiving andconsiderate of others. And he thanked her for her delicious food and for all the wonderful things she had done for him.10.His reading of their letters left him not only astonished but also more humbled than before, becausethey all thanked him rather than saying they would forgive him for not having previously thanked them.11.The writer learned that one should learn to express appreciation for others’ efforts.12.The writer wished for all people the common sense to achieve world peace, and find the good and2-Language Sense EnhancementI. 1)decades 2) undergoing3)had done wrong4) welcome reassurance5)appreciated6) brought back7)relatives8) accomplish9)consume 10) representing Language FocusVocabulary1. 1) sprinkled2) in turn3)reversed4) repay5)at sea6) traditional7)statement8) longed for9)in secret10) unloaded11)weep12) under way2. 1)stretch out 2) make out3) hope for4) turns (it) over5) put away6) brings back7) got to8) go aboutII.Collocation1, fond of 2. sick of3. thoughtful of4. confident of5. conscious of6. critical of7. guilty of8.ashamed ofage1.To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.2.It is cooperation, rather than conflict, that will enable you to achieve your success.3.Ann made students think for themselves rather than telling them what to think.4.I think I'll stay at home this evening rather than go / going out.5.Most people are content to let perfect days happen at random rather than plan / planning for them.Comprehensive ExercisesI. Cloze(A)1) at sea2) Turning over3) reverse4) got to5)repay6) gratitude7) assembled8) immersed in9) unloading10) swift(B)1) Instead 2) possessions3) richer4) breath5)cherish6) special7) specific8) shining9) miracles10) giftII. TranslationChinese Translations of Texts A&B第五单元表达谢意课文A亚历克斯·黑利二战时在海岸警卫队服役。
新标准大学英语综合教程4教师用书unit5课文翻译Unit5Translation of the passagesActive reading (1)英国人说闲话规则的性别差异与普遍的看法相反，研究人员发现：男人和女人一样爱说闲话。
英国的一项研究发现：两个性别的人对诸如人际关系这类的社会话题所花的时间一样多，大约是65%；另一项研究则表明：两性差异很小，男人谈话时有55% 的时间在说闲话，女人说闲话的时间是67%。
由于体育和休闲大约占10% 的说话时间，所以很可能是谈论足球的时间导致了这种性别的差异。
男人谈论政治、职业、艺术及文化事务等‚重要‛或‚高雅‛话题的可能性并不比女人高，除非女人在场（这就形成了强烈的对比）。
女人不在场的时候，男人也说闲话，他们谈论职业和政治等社会问题的时间不会超过5%。
男女都在场时，为了引起女人的注意，男人谈论‚高雅‛话题的时间会大大增加，达到15% 至20%。
事实上，最近的研究表明，男性和女性说闲话在内容上只存在一个重要的差别：男人会花更多的时间谈论自己。
在谈论社会关系的总时间中，男人用了三分之二的时间来谈论自己的关系，而女人谈论自己的时间则只占三分之一。
即便如此，那个关于男人讨论‚解决世界上问题‛而女人只是躲在厨房里闲言碎语的神话仍然大行其道，尤其是在男人堆里。
在我所调查的人群及面谈中，大多数英国男性刚开始时都声称他们不说闲话，而大多数女性都坦承自己说闲话。
在接下来的提问中，我发现两者的差别只在于语义层面而非实践层面：女性通常称为‚说闲话‛的活动在男性那里被定义为‚信息交流‛。
显然，在英国男性眼里说闲话是一件可耻的事情，这条不成文的规则已经深入人心，因此就算一个人真的在说闲话，他也会把它说成是另一回事。
更重要的是，它必须听起来像是在说别的事。
在研究中我发现男女说闲话的主要区别在于女人说闲话听起来更像闲言碎语。
这涉及到三个主要因素——音调规则、细节规则和反馈规则。
语调规则我面谈过的英国女人都认为只有某种特别的语调适合于说闲话。
Alex Haley served in the Coast Guard during World War ll. On an especially lonely day to be at sea -- Thanksgiving Day -- he began to give serious thought to a holiday that has become, for many Americans, a day of overeating and watching endless games of football. Haley decided to celebrate the true meaning of Thanksgiving by writing three very special letters.亚历克斯·黑利二战时在海岸警卫队服役。
出海在外，时逢一个倍感孤寂的日子――感恩节，他开始认真思考起这一节日的意义。
对许多美国人而言，这个节日已成为大吃大喝、没完没了地看橄榄球比赛的日子。
黑利决定写三封不同寻常的信，以此来纪念感恩节的真正意义。
Writing Three Thank-You LettersAlex Haley1 It was 1943, during World War II, and I was a young U. S. coastguardsman. My ship, the USS Murzim, had been under way for several days. Most of her holds contained thousands of cartons of canned or dried foods. The other holds were loaded with five-hundred-pound bombs packed delicately in padded racks. Our destination was a big base on the island of Tulagi in the South Pacific.写三封感谢信亚利克斯·黑利那是在二战期间的1943年，我是个年轻的美国海岸警卫队队员。
