B. Intensive reading:
1. Failing to be impressed by a friend's
collection of stamps, yawning when a golfer tells you that great shot he made on the 14th hole, or falling asleep
when friends show pictures from their last trip to Sault Ste are all things that educated people try not to do.
译:一个朋友向你展示他的邮票集,你却毫无感觉;一个高尔夫球手告诉你他在打第十四洞时打了多么漂亮的一杆,你却打哈欠;或者当朋友们向你展示上次去圣苏马力旅行的照片时,你却睡着了,这些都是有教养的人尽力避免去作的事情。分析:Failing to be impressed by a friend's
collection of stamps, yawning when a
golfer tells you that great shot he made on the 14th hole, or falling asleep when friends show pictures from their last trip to Sault Ste是句子的主语,动名词作主语。
短语:fail to do; be impressed by; fall asleep2. This is what manners are about:
acting in a
civilized way to avoid
misunderstanding,
friction, and
conflict.译:这就是礼节所包含的内容:以文明的方式行事,防止产生误解、摩擦和冲突。
注意: in a ...way; avoid doing sth3. A new class of rude people has been born: the look-at-me phone users whose
boring conversations are just as dangerous to our
mental health as smoke is to our lungs.
译:一个新的举止粗鲁的阶层正在兴起:那就是"看我多神气"的打电话者,无聊的电话聊天对我们的头脑健康造成的危害不亚于吸烟对于肺部造成的危害。注意:as + adj + to sb + as比较对象
Reading is as important to us as it is to you.4. There are many children and adolescents whose
behavior is generally
unacceptable.译:很多孩子和青少年的行为总的来说是不可接受的。
考点:whose
behavior5. Kids who have no idea what being
polite means will pay the price sooner or
later.译:不懂得礼貌的孩子迟早会为此付出代价的。
短语:have no idea; pay the price; sooner or later分析:Kids主语,will pay谓语;the price宾语;who have no idea what being
politemeans定语,包含一个
宾语从句,being
polite是宾语从句的主语。6. When they join the work force, their employers and associates alike will soon
realize that the
behavior of these rude young people is closer to that of animals than
civilized individuals.
译;当他们工作后,老板和同事不久就会认识到这些粗鲁的年轻人的行为更像动物而不象文明人。注意几个词:alike; be closer to that of animals其中that代表
behavior; than
C. Summary about the phrases:1.think of(1段3行); 2.fail to do(1段4行); 3.tell sb about sth(1段5行); 4.fall
asleep(1段6行); 5.in a
civilized way(1段8行); 6.avoid doing(1段8行); 7.interact with sb(2段1行); 8.respect for(2段5行); 9.light up(3段3行); 10.be dangerous to(3段6行);
11.refuse to do(4段4行); 12.have no idea(4段5行); 13.pay the price(4段5行); 14.sooner or later(4段6行); 15.be close to(4段8行); 16. because of(4段11行); 17.get
ahead(4段12行); 18.give sb an edge(5段3行); 19.start with(5段4行); 20.be based on(5段5行)
Text B: Why We Walk in CirclesA. New words:
1.foggy: adj 有雾的;fog: n 雾2.motion: n运动;v 打手势,motion to
3.intend: v intend to do; 4.even: adj平坦的、平滑的;uneven: 不平坦的
5.mystery: n神秘,mysterious: adj神秘的B. Important phrases:
1.rather than: you're watching rather than pinning.(1段2行)2.keep ... from: all these can keep a traveler from
seeing where he is
going.(2段3行)3.be worth doing: this problem was worth investigating.(4段2行)
4.succeed in doing: one group of rowers who tried to cross three miles of water in foggy weather never succeeded in reaching their goal.(5段3行)
5.wind up: have you ever wound up a toy automobile and started it off across the floor?(7段1行)
6.no more...than: the muscles of a man's arms are no more
identical than the muscles of his legs.(11段1行)
The 19th lecture of College English one: Key to exercises:
p396:Ⅰ.d, c, c, a, d. Ⅲ.1.impression; 2.kindness; 3.ignorance; 4.
behavior; 5.majority; 6.awareness;
7.attraction; 8.danger; 9.possibility; 10.protection p399: Ⅲ.2. They aren't even aware that this is not a good habit.
3. We should learn to respect fro others and avoid
friction or
conflict. 4. They swear they'll finish the job no matter what happens.
6. I'm not thirsty. Don't
bother to make tea for me. 7. His attitude towards his work impressed me deeply.
Unit 15 Text A: How TV Violence Affects Kids Do you
liking watching TV? What are your favorite programs on TV? TV has been
part of many people's daily life since it was invented a century ago. and most evidence show that the
violence programs on TV affects most children. Why and
how we should do to avoid such bad effects on children? Now let's read the text together. This is an important article. You need learn it very attentively.
A. New words: 1.
violence: n 暴力;
violent: adj暴力的;
violently: adv,non
violent: adj(*)
a. Many people
complain too much
violence is shown on television. b. people are sometimes
violent when they become very angry.
c. Ten years later, when she saw her friend again, her heart began to beat
violently.
2.
exposure: n暴露、揭露;
expose: v
expose to sth; 3.allocate: v分配、分派 allocate sth to sb;allocation: n
4.
significantly: adv有意义地;
significant: adj;
significance: n意义;in
significant(*) a. The return of Hong Kong is of great
historicalsignificance.
b. The old man said to us
significantly, "life is not easy for any of us." c. Few things are more
significant of a man's interests than the books on his
shelves. 5.given: prep考虑到...
Given good health, I hope to finish the work this year. 6.adopt: v采取、采纳、收养;adoption: n
a. We adopted their
suggestion. b. They
decided to adopt the
homeless child.
7.
distinguish: v区别、辨别; The
ability to talk
distinguishes human beings from animals.
8.
reality: n; real: adj; really: adv (*) a. Things that happen in real life are sometimes stranger than things that occur
in
fiction. b. He really didn't know the answer.
c. Her dream of coming to China has become a
reality. 9.subtlety: n微妙之处;subtle: adj 微妙的
10.moral: adj道德的,反义词:immoral 11.recovery: n恢复;recover: v, recover from sth
12.unrealistic: adj不切实际的,反义词:realistic 13.imitative: adj模仿的;imitate: v模仿;imitation: n
14.
imaginative: adj富于想象的;imagine: v;
imagination: n想象力(*) a. You can never imagine how
inconvenient our life would be without electricity.
b. His paintings show that he is a very
imaginative child. c. The job requires not only
intelligence, but also
imagination.
15.
expressive: adj表现的;express: v表达;expression: n a. She can express herself well both in Chinese and English.
b. There is a strange expression in her eyes that I can't understand. c. I can never forget her
expressive smile.
16.interpret: v解释、说明;interpretation: n;
interpreter: n翻译(口译) 17.monitor: n监听器,v监听、监视
18.crazy: adj发疯的;be crazy about sth; crazy English 19.critique: n评论文章;critic: n评论家;
20.imply: v暗示;implication: n 21.fascination: n 魅力;fascinate: v吸引;fascinating: adj吸引人的
22.guilty: adj内疚的;guilt: n;guiltless: adj无罪的 23.
commercially: adv商业地;commerce: n;
commercial: adj
24.altenative: n取舍;adj供选择的 B.Intensive reading:
1.For more than a quarter of a century, evidence has been increasing that children's
exposure to
violence on television has long-lasting effects on their
behavior. 译:在25年多的时间里,越来越多的证据表明,孩子们接触到电视里的暴力场面对他们的行为有着持久的影响。
that children's
exposure to
violence on television has long-lasting effects on their
behavior是同位语从句,修饰evidence; 短语:have effect on sth
2....points out that preschool children are particularly easily
affected by the media because they are not yet fully able to
distinguishfantasy from
realityand their understanding of the
underlying motives for
behavior and the subtleties of moral
conflicts is not yet well developed.(2段3行)
译:...指出学龄前儿童特别容易受到传媒的影响,因为他们还不能把幻想与现实完全区别开来,对做出行为的潜在动机和道德冲突的微妙性的理解力还没有得到很好的发展。 分析:that preschool children are particularly easily
affected by the
media是宾语从句;because they are not yet fully able to
distinguishfantasy from
reality and their understanding of the
underlying motives for
behavior and the
subtleties of moral
conflicts is not yet well developed是原因状语从句。 短语:point out; be able to do;
distinguish sth from sth;
3.Children naturally often want the toys shown on and advertised during these programs.
译:很自然地,孩子们常常想要在这些电视节目里展示的或做广告的玩具。 考点:shown和advertised是过去分词作定语修饰the toys
4.With these toys, their play tends to be more imitative than
imaginative. 译:有了这些玩具,他们游戏时就更倾向于模仿而不是想象。
短语:tend to有...倾向;more...than与其...而不如 5.Some
research even suggests that children apply the
behaviors observed on TV