Unit 1 Hit the Nail on the Head
Dictionary Work
1. force (the nail) into the right place, make something unmistakably clear
2. painstaking, meticulous
3. very far away
4. widespread, common
5. British English for newspaper editorial
6. pressure, compulsion
7. be typical of; serve as the typical example of
8. prove to be contrary; refute
9. die, pass away; come to an end
10. poverty-stricken, penniless
Workbook,p3.III.Translation
1. After citing many facts and giving a number of statistical figures, he finally drove home his
point.
2. It took us half a year more or less to carry through the research project.
3. What he said was so subtle that we could hardly make out his true intention.
4. His new book looks squarely at the contemporary social problems.
5. The younger generation today are very much alive to the latest information found on the
Unit One
TEXT I
Two Words to Avoid, Two to Remember
Arthur Gordon
1Nothing in life is more exciting and rewarding than the sudden flash of insight
that leaves you a changed person – not only changed, but changed for the better. Such
moments are rare, certainly, but they come to all of us. Sometimes from a book, a
sermon, a line of poetry. Sometimes from a friend….
2 That wintry afternoon in Manhattan, waiting in the little French restaurant, I
was feeling frustrated and depressed. Because of several miscalculations on my part, a
project of considerable importance in my life had fallen through. Even the prospect of
seeing a dear friend (the Old Man, as I privately and affectionately thought of him)
failed to cheer me as it usually did. I sat there frowning at the checkered tablecloth,
chewing the bitter cud of hindsight.
Unit6 Black English
schizophrenia*ˌskɪt.sə'fri:.ni.ə] noun uncountable
■a serious mental illness in which someone cannot understand what is real and what is imaginary 精神分裂症
Diglossia/ dai5^lCsiE; NAmE -5^lC:s-; -5^lB:s- / noun [U]•di·glos·sicadj.
(linguistics 语言) a situation in which ten languages or ten forms of a language are used under different
conditions in a community双语现象,双变体现象(两种语言或一种语言的两种变体并存于一个语言集体中)
colloquialUK[kə'ləʊ.kwi.əl] US [-'loʊ-] specialized
adj■(of words and expressions) informal and more suitable for use in speech than in writing （词语或表达方式）口语的，俗语的，非正式的
Dialect['daɪ.ə.lekt] noun countable or uncountable
■a form of a language that people speak in a particular part of a country, containing some different words and
grammar, etc. 方言，土语，地方话
tie up
1.PHRASAL VERB 短语动词 (用线或绳)固定，扎牢，捆紧 When you tie something up, you fasten string or
College English
教材：新编实用英语基础教程
教研室：武汉交通职业学院公共课部公外教研室
教师姓名：张迪
课程名称 College English 授课专业和班级 14广告设计（3）（4）合班；
14装饰艺术（3）班；
14装饰艺术（2）班；
14物流管理（8）班；
授课内容 Unit Six What Did You Do Yesterday? 授课学时 4
教学目的 Understand the main ideas of passage A, grasp the words, expressions,
structures and word formations used in the text, and discuss the text
among students. Passage B can be done as a fasting reading in class or
out of class.
教学重点 Study the new words and language points, know the basic sentence
patterns and know how to recall the past and talk about the changes.
教学方法 Student-oriented communicative teaching, free discussion and interaction.
教学过程 1. Warm-up: speak and recite (10 minutes)
2. New words and expressions (20 minutes)
3. Imitate and perform (10 minutes)
4. Speak and complete (15 minutes)
