unit4 新视野BOOK1课件

4. A psychological report lists every possible _c_h_a_ra_c_t_e_r_is_t_ic_ of the person being studied. 一份心理学报告列举了研究对象所有可能有的特性。
property: n. 1) land, buildings or both together
CF: character, characteristic, feature & personality
这些词都是名词，都有“性格”、“品质”、“特征” 的意思。 character 指成年人已经充分发展的生活方式，而且往 往与品格有关。 characteristic 指某物的任何方面，不涉及全局的重要 性，但常指有代表性的一个侧面，常用于科技领域。 feature 通常指外貌的特征或特别的、附加的、有吸引 力的东西。 personality 偏重指一个人表现出来的无法明确阐述的 整个情绪方面的特点，不与形容词连用时表示情感上的 吸引力。
Little property was left in the small country after the war.
2) The thing or things that sb. owns The factory is my uncle’s private property.
public property
会计已算出你的那份花费为1,000元。
Collocation:
work at
从事于，致力于
work up 引起，激起，逐渐上升
do with: 1) (used in questions with “what”) deal with
Tell me what you did with yourself this week.

most frightening words in the English language are: “Our computer is down.” I hear it more and more as I go about trying to do my business.
他现在正带着女朋友到处游玩。
How should I go about finding a job?
我该如何着手找工作？
Practice
1.电影明星们无论走到哪里都受到人们的欢迎。 The movie stars were greeted by cheers as they
went about everywhere.
issue
n.【1】a subject to be talked about, argued about, or decided upon 问题；议题；争论点
e.g. She’s not really concerned about this issue. 【2】something that is produced so as to be publicly sold or
Para. 11-15
“That’s very good, Sir. I haven’t heard it put that way before.” “How long will the computer be down?” “I have no idea. There is no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it’s down it won’t answer us.” “Don’t you have a backup computer when the main computer goes down?” “I doubt it. Do you know what they cost?”

Information Superhighway
• A name first used by former US vise-president AL Gore for the vision of a global,high-speed communication network that will carry voice, data, video ,and other forms of information all over the world, and that will make it possible for people to send e-mail ,get up-to-the-minute news, and access business ,government and educational information.
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Para5
• Compare that with the mainland of China. Over the next decade, it plans to pour some $100 billion into telec omm unica tio ns equipm e nt. I n a way, China's backwardness is an advantage, because the expansion occurs just as new technologies are becoming cheaper than copper wire systems. By the end of 1995, each of China's provincial capitals except for Lhasa will have digital switches and high-capacity optical fiber links.This means that major cities are getting the basic infrastructure to become major parts of the information superhighway superhighway, allowing people to log on to the most advanced services available.

such potentials on the way leading to the goal, regardless of whether or not you will make a name. Once you can achieve this, fame will be nothing but a by-product of your pursuits in life. by- 笔 背景知识 复合听写 视频讨论 随
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Understanding
The passage is a piece of argumentation which tries to convince us that seeking fame sometimes leads to one’s own destruction.
• 1. Why does the writer compare an artist who seeks fame to a dog chasing its own tail? • 2. What will happen to artists if they become bored? • 3. Why is it possible for artists to lose support from the audiences if they make changes to their style? • 4. What do famous writers, painters and moviemakers have to give up in order to maintain their fame and fortune, according to the writer? 5. In which way is the performer similar to the politician, according to the writer? • 6. What does the writer want to show by giving an example of Oscar Wilde’s uncompromising behavior? • 7. What explanation may failed artists give to themselves for their failure? • 8. Why are Thomas Wolfe, Beethoven, Pestalozzi, and Thomas Edison mentioned in Paragraph 8?