Unit 2 Lessons from Jefferson
大学英语精读第二册 Unit 2lessons from Jefferson
1769
Joined the Virginia colonial legislature (立法
机关).
1772
Married a well-to-do widow, Martha Wayles Skelton.
当状语从句的主语与主句的主语一致时可以省略状语从句的主语和系动词be委员会的其他成员都坐在州议会大厦内研究有关这一问题的文件而杰斐逊却跳进一只独木舟去做现场观测
• Zhou Enlai was one of the major leaders of the Chinese Communist movement.
依我浅见
对自己的翻译不要那么谦虚,它已是上乘之作。 Don't be so humble about your translation; it is excellent.
Note: modest与humble均有”谦逊的”之意. modest：强调虚心程度,不自吹自擂; humble：指把自己置于低于他人的位置上以示谦恭．
He campaigned on a theme of change, inspiring millions of people both at home and abroad.
"change has come to America"
A Brief Introduction to Thomas Jefferson
2. Of the American presidents, how many do you
know?
1.George Washington 乔治·华盛顿: 1789-1797 2.John Adams 约翰·亚当斯: 1797-1801 3.Thomas Jefferson托马斯·杰斐逊 : 1801-1809 4.Abraham Lincoln 亚伯拉罕·林肯: 1861-1865 5.Franklin D. Roosevelt 富兰克林·罗斯福: 1933-1945 6.Harry S. Truman 哈里·杜鲁门: 1945-1953 7.John F. Kennedy 约翰·肯尼迪: 1961-1963 8.Richard M. Nixon 理查德·尼克松: 1969-1974 9.Gerald Ford 杰拉尔德·福特: 1974-1977 10.Ronald Reagan 罗纳德·里根 : 1981-1989 11.George Bush 乔治·布什: 1989-1993 12.Bill Clinton 比尔·克林顿 : 1993-2001 13.Barack Hussein Obama Jr.巴拉克·侯赛因·奥巴马（小）2009-
Unit 2 Lessons from Jefferson
Unit 2 Lessons from JeffersonⅠBackground Information1. A Brief Introduction to Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson (1743-1826) is best remembered as a great President and as the author of the Declaration of Independence. He also won lasting fame as a diplomat, a political thinker, and a founder of the Democratic Party.Jefferson's interests and talents covered an amazing range. He became one of the leading American architects of his time and designed the Virginia Capitol, the University of Virginia, and his own home, Monticello. He greatly appreciated art and music and tried to encourage their advancement in the United States.Jefferson invented a decoding device, a lap desk, and an improved type of moldboard plow. His collection of more than 6400 books became a major part of the Library of Congress. Jefferson revised Virginia's laws and founded its state university. He developed the decimal system of coinage that allows Americans to keep accounts in dollars and cents.Jefferson invented a decoding device, a lap desk, and an improved type of moldboard plow. His collection of more than 6400 books became a major part of the Library of Congress. Jefferson revised Virginia's laws and founded its state university. He developed the decimal system of coinage that allows Americans to keep accounts in dollars and cents2. The Declaration of IndependenceIn April 1775, colonists in Massachusetts took up arms against British troops. The American Revolution had begun. The following year, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia asked Jefferson to write a document declaring America's independence from Britain.The Continental Congress approved Jefferson's work with few changes. The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. The bonds that tied the colonies to Britain were broken. Jefferson wanted the reasons for America's independence stated clearly so the world would understand. He wrote "all men are created equal," with rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Governments are created to secure people's rights. The people could change a government that no longer protected their rights.II. New Words and Expressions1.obtain: v. get through effortWhere can I obtain the book?我在哪里能买到这本书?He obtained the property with a bank loan.他通过向银行贷款买下了那份房产。
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（积极主动或消极被动），并不强调通过预先的或主观的努力， 与具体名词和抽象名词均可搭配
obtain 为正式用语，指经过长时间的努力或有计划的行动而
得到所希望得 到的东西或达到预定的目标。
achieve 表示克服困难之后取得成功或实现预期目标。 acquire 指经过一定努力或一定过程，使原有的东西获得更
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(L29) latter: adj.
两者中后者比前者好得多。
S Of the two the latter is far better than the former.
Origin 指事物起始于某时或某处，或由其产生另一事,即“起源
起因，由来”，有时也指“出身，血统”。
S He never forgot his humble origins.
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1) What ideas of Jefferson’s do you appreciate most? 2) Do you think they are still of use to us today? Why?
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Source 原指“水源”，转义指事物的“根源，起因或出处”。
S S
That well is the source of all the cases of infection Is the water polluted at source or further downstream?
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Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Jefferson (17431826) is best remembered as a great President and as the author of the Declaration of Independence. He also won lasting fame as a diplomat, a political thinker, and a founder of the Democratic Party.
• In 2004, Obama was elected as a U.S. Senator. He made history in 2008 when he won the U.S. presidential election. He is also the winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
Depression by his New Deal. The only American president to serve
more than two terms.
Richard Milhous Nixon the 37th president of the United States the first American president to visit China
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Jefferson died long ago, but many of his ideas are still of great interest.Unit2 Lessons from JeffersonThomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, may be less famous than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but most people remember at last one fact about him: he wrote the Declaration of Independence.Although Jefferson lived more than 200 years ago, there is much that we learn from him today. Many of his ideas are especially interesting to modern youth. Here are some of the things he said and wrote:1. Go and see. Jefferson believed that a free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books and that personal investigation is important. When still a young man, he was appointed to a committee to find out whether the South Branch of the James River was deep enough to be used by large boats. While the other members of the committee sat in the state capitol and studied papers on the subject, Jefferson got into a canoe and made on-the-spot- observations.2. You can learn from everyone. By birth and by education Jefferson belonged to the highest social class. Yet, in a day when few noble persons ever spoke to those of humble origins except to give an order, Jefferson went out of his way to talk with gardeners, servants, and waiters. Jefferson once said to the French nobleman, Lafayette, "You must go into the people's homes as I have done, look into their cooking pots and eat their bread. If you will only do this, you may find out why people are dissatisfied and understand the revolution that is threatening France."3. Judge for yourself. Jefferson refused to accept other people's opinions without careful thought. "Neither believe nor reject anything," he wrote to his nephew, "because any other person has rejected or believed it. Heaven has given you a mind for judging truth and error. Use it."Jefferson felt that the people "may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment. Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."4. Do what you believe is right. In a free country there will always be conflicting ideas, and this is a source of strength. It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that keeps freedom alive. Though Jefferson was for many years the object of strong criticism, he never answered his critics. He expressed his philosophy in letters to a friend, "There are two sides to every question. If you take one side with decision and on it with effect, those who take the other side will of course resent your actions."5. Trust the future; trust the young. Jefferson felt that the present should never be chained to customs which have lost their usefulness. "No society," he said, "can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs to the living generation." He did not fear new ideas, nor did he fear the future. "How much pain," he remarked, "has been caused by evils which have never happened! I expect the best, not the worst. I steer my ship with hope, leaving fear behind."6. Jefferson's courage and idealism were based on knowledge. He probably knew more than any other man of his age. He was an expert in agriculture, archeology, and medicine. He practiced crop rotation and soil conservation a century before these became standard practice, and he invented a plow superior to any other in existence. He influenced architecture throughout America, and he was constantly producing devices for making the tasks of ordinary life easier to perform.7. Of all Jefferson's many talents, one is central. He was above all a good and tireless writer. His complete works, now being published for the first time, will fill more than fifty volumes. His talent as an author was soon discovered, and when the time came to write the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia in 1776, the task of writing it was his. Millions have thrilled to his words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…"8. When Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of American independence, he left his countrymen a rich legacy of ideas and examples. American education owes a great debt to Thomas Jefferson, who believed that only a nation of educated people could remain free.大学英语精读第二册Unit 3 My First JobTrying to make some money before entering university, the author applies for a teaching job. But the interview goes from bad to worse... My First JobWhile I was waiting to enter university, I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience in teaching my chances of getting the job were slim.However, three days later a letter arrived, asking me to go to Croydon for an interview. It proved an awkward journey: a train to Croydon station; a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at least a quarter to feel nervous.The school was a red brick house with big windows, The front garden was a gravel square; four evergreen shrubs stood at each corner, where they struggled to survive the dust and fumes from a busy main from a busy main road.It was clearly the headmaster himself that opened the door. He was short and fat. He had a sandy-coloured moustache, a wrinkled forehead and hardly any hair. He looked at me with an air of surprised disapproval, as a colonel might look at a private whose bootlaces were undone. 'Ah yes,' he grunted. 'You'd better come inside.' The narrow, sunless hall smelled unpleasantly of stale cabbage; the walls were dirty with ink marks; it was all silent. His study, judging by the crumbs on the carpet, was also his dining-room. 'You'd better sit down,' he said, and proceeded to ask me a number of questions: what subjects I had taken in my General School Certificate; how old I was; what games I played; then fixing me suddenly with his bloodshot eyes, he asked me whether I thought games were a vital part of a boy's education. I mumbled something about not attaching too much importance to them. He grunted. I had said the wrong thing. The headmaster and I obviously had very little in common.The school, he said, consisted of one class of twenty-four boys, ranging in age from seven to thirteen. I should have to teach all subjects except art, which he taught himself. Football and cricket were played in the Park, a mile away on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.The teaching set-up filled me with fear. I should have to divide the class into three groups and teach them in turn at three different levels; and I was dismayed at the thought of teaching algebra and geometry-two subjects at which I had been completely incompetent at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of Saturday afternoon cricket; most of my friends would be enjoying leisure at that time. I said shyly, 'What would my salary be?' 'Twelve pounds a week plus lunch.' Before I could protest, he got to his feet. 'Now', he said, 'you'd better meet my wife. She's the one who really runs this school.'This was the last straw. I was very young: the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.。
大学英语精读第三版第二册课文翻译
Unit 1 The Dinner Party关于男人是否比女人更勇敢的一场激烈争论以一种颇为出人意料的方式解决了。
1晚宴莫娜·加德纳我最初听到这个故事是在印度，那儿的人们今天讲起它来仍好像确有其事似的——尽管任何一位博物学家都知道这不可能是真的。
后来有人告诉我，在第一次世界大战之前不久，一家杂志曾刊登过这个故事。
但登在杂志上的那篇故事以及写那篇故事的人，我却一直未能找到。
2故事发生在印度。
某殖民地官员和他的夫人正举行盛大的晚宴。
筵席设在他们家宽敞的餐室里，室内大理石地板上没有铺地毯；屋顶明椽裸露；宽大的玻璃门外便是走廊。
跟他们一起就坐的客人有军官和他们的夫人，另外还有一位来访的美国博物学家。
3席间，一位年轻的女士同一位少校展开了热烈的讨论。
年轻的女士认为，妇女已经有所进步，不再像过去那样一见到老鼠就吓得跳到椅子上；少校则不以为然。
4他说：“一遇到危急情况，女人的反应便是尖叫。
而男人虽然也可能想叫，但比起女人来，自制力却略胜一筹。
这多出来的一点自制力正是真正起作用的东西。
”5那个美国人没有参加这场争论，他只是注视着在座的其他客人。
在他这样观察时，他发现女主人的脸上显出一种奇异的表情。
她两眼盯着正前方，脸部肌肉在微微抽搐。
她向站在座椅后面的印度男仆做了个手势，对他耳语了几句。
男仆两眼睁得大大的，迅速地离开了餐室。
6在座的客人中除了那位美国人以外谁也没注意到这一幕，也没有看到那个男仆把一碗牛奶放在紧靠门边的走廊上。
7那个美国人突然醒悟过来。
在印度，碗中的牛奶只有一个意思——引蛇的诱饵。
他意识到餐室里一定有条眼镜蛇。
他抬头看了看屋顶上的椽子——那是最可能有蛇藏身的地方——但那上面空荡荡的。
室内的三个角落里也是空的，而在第四个角落里，仆人们正在等着上下一道菜。
这样，剩下的就只有一个地方了——餐桌下面。
8他首先想到的是往后一跳，并向其他人发出警告。
但他知道这样会引起骚乱，致使眼镜蛇受惊咬人。
于是他很快讲了一通话，其语气非常威严，竟使得所有的人都安静了下来。
《大学英语精读》第三版第2册Unit_2_Lessons_from_Jefferson
Lessons from Jefferson
Useful expressions Text interpretation Word family Sentence structure Translation Reading skill Guided writing Homework
Text interpretation
What type is the text? A. narration B. exposition C. description D. argumentation
记叙文 说明文 描述文 议论文
The text is mainly an exposition of Jefferson’s insightful ideas.
Reading skill
3.
Using context clues for word meanings
Definition, restatement, general knowledge, related information, examples, comparison, contrast
7.
Word family
Declare, announce, independently, gain, in addition to, apart from, except for, investigate, appointment, originate, original, dissatisfaction, niece, hesitant, criticize, philosopher, resentful, temporary, remarkable, vice, sinful, idealist, inferior, influential, thrilled, heritage. More words on pp.35, 36, 37
Unit 2 Lessons from Jefferson
Warm-upWatch a short video about the American presidents. How many do you know? Can you say something about them?George Washington (1732-1799): Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, statesman and first President of the United States, born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 22, 1732.Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865): the 16th President of the United States, born on February 12, 1809 in a backwoods cabin three miles south of Hodgenville, Kentuck y, preserved the Union during the Civil War and brought about the emancipation of the slaves.Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945): the 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the great depression and led country during World War II.Bill Clinton (1946-): the 42nd President of the United States (1993-1996) and the first president born after World War II, elected to a second term in 1996.National TreasureThe Continental Congress met in June 1776. They decided that the thirteen colonies should be free and independent states, but they needed to write up a specific document to declare their independence from Great Britain.The Continental Congress decided to have Thomas Jefferson write the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) is best remembered as a great President and as the author of the Declaration of Independence. He also won lasting fame as a diplomat, a political thinker, and a founder of the Democratic Party.Enjoy a short video about Thomas JeffersonBruce BlivenThomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, may be less famous than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but most people remember at least one fact about him: he wrote the Declaration of Independence.Although Jefferson lived more than 200 years ago, there is much that we can learn fromhim today. Many of his ideas are especially interesting to modern youth. Here are some of the things he said and wrote:Declarationn. document containing an open public announcementObama will make a declaration of candidacy again for the presidential campaigns in 2012.Fill in this customs baggage declaration form, please.请把这份海关行李申报单填好。
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Book 2Unit2 Lessons from Jefferson 杰斐逊已谢世很久，但他的许多思想仍使我们很感兴趣。
杰斐逊的遗训布鲁斯·布利文美国第三任总统托马斯·杰斐逊也许不像乔治·华盛顿和亚伯拉罕·林肯那样著名，但大多数人至少记得有关他的一件事实：是他写的《独立宣言》。
虽然杰斐逊生活在二百多年以前，但我们今天仍可以从他身上学到很多东西。
他的许多思想对当代青年来说特别有意义。
下面就是他讲过和写过的一些观点：自己去看。
杰斐逊认为，一个自由的人除了从书本中获取知识外，还可以从许多别的来源获得知识；他认为，亲自做调查是很重要的。
在他还很年轻的时候，他就被任命为一个委员会的成员，去调查詹姆斯河南部支流的水深是否足以通行大型船只。
委员会的其他成员都坐在州议会大厦内研究有关这一问题的文件，而杰斐逊却跳进一只独木舟去做现场观测。
你可以向任何人学习。
按出身及其所受的教育，杰斐逊均属于最高的社会阶层。
然而，在那个贵人们除了发号施令以外很少跟出身卑贱的人说话的年代，杰斐逊却常破例跟园丁、仆人和侍者交谈。
有一次杰斐逊曾这样对法国贵族拉斐特说过：“你必须像我那样到平民百姓的家里去，看看他们的锅里煮些什么，吃吃他们的面包。
只要你肯这样做，你就会发现老百姓为什么会不满意，你就会理解正在威胁着法国的革命。
”自己作判断。
未经过认真的思考，杰斐逊绝不接受别人的意见。
他在给侄子的信中写道：“不要因为别的人相信或拒绝了什么东西，你也就去相信它或拒绝它。
上帝赐予你一个用来判断真理和谬误的头脑。
那你就运用它吧。
”杰斐逊觉得，人民“是完全可以信赖的，应该让他们听到一切真实和虚伪的东西，然后作出正确的判断。
倘使让我来决定，我们是应该有一个政府而不要报纸呢还是应该有报纸而不要政府，我会毫不犹豫地选择后者。
”做你认为是正确的事。
在一个自由的国家里总会有各种相互冲突的思想，而这正是力量的源泉。
使自由保持活力的是冲突而不是绝对的一致。
杰斐逊的遗训：大学英语精读第2册第2单元课文及翻译
杰斐逊的遗训：大学英语精读第2册第2单元课文及翻译Unit2Jefferson died long ago, but may of his ideas still of great interest to us.Lessons from JeffersonThomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, may be less famous than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but most people remember at last one fact about him: he wrote the Declaration of Independence.Although Jefferson lived more than 200 years ago, there is much that we learn from him today. Many of his ideas are especially interesting to modern youth. Here are some of the things he said and wrote:Go and see. Jefferson believed that a free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books and that personal investigation is important. When still a young man, he was appointed to a committee to find out whether the South Branch of the James River was deep enough to be used by large boats. While the other members of the committee sat in the state capitol and studied papers on the subject, Jefferson got into a canoe and made on-the-spot-observations.You can learn from everyone. By birth and by education Jefferson belonged to the highest social class. Yet, in a day when few noble persons ever spoke to those of humble origins except to give an order, Jefferson went out of his way to talk with gardeners, servants, and waiters. Jefferson once said to the French nobleman, Lafayette, "You must go into the people's homes as I have done, look into their cooking pots and eat their bread. If you will only do this, you may find out why people are dissatisfied and understand the revolution that is threatening France."Judge for yourself. Jefferson refused to accept other people's opinions without careful thought. "Neither believe nor reject anything," he wrote to his nephew, "because any other person has rejected or believed it. Heaved has given you a mind for judging truth and error. Use it."Jefferson felt that the people "may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment. Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without agovernment, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter."Do what you believe is right. In a free country there will always be conflicting ideas, and this is a source of strength. It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that keeps freedom alive. Though Jefferson was for many years the object of strong criticism, he never answered his critics. He expressed his philosophy in letters to a friend, "There are two sides to every question. If you take one side with decision and on it with effect, those who take the other side will of course resent your actions."Trust the future; trust the young. Jefferson felt that the present should never be chained to customs which have lost their usefulness. "No society," he said, "can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. The earth belongs to the living generation." He did not fear new ideas, nor did he fear the future. "How much pain," he remarked, "has been caused by evils which have never happened! I expect the best, not the worst. I steer my ship with hope, leaving fear behind."Jefferson's courage and idealism were based on knowledge. He probably knew more than any other man of his age. He was an expert in agriculture, archeology, and medicine. He practiced crop rotation and soil conservation a century before these became standard practice, and he invented a plow superior to any other in existence. He influenced architecture throughout America, and he was constantly producing devices for making the tasks of ordinary life easier to perform.Of all Jefferson's many talents, one is central. He was above all a good and tireless writer. His complete works, now being published for the first time, will fill more than fifty volumes. His talent as an author was soon discovered, and when the time came to write the Declaration of Independence at Philadelphia in 1776, the task of writing it was his. Millions have thrilled to his words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…"When Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of American independence, he left his countrymen a rich legacy of ideas and examples. American education owes a great debt to Thomas Jefferson, Who believed that only a nation of educated people could remain free.Unit2 Lessons from Jefferson杰斐逊已谢世很久，但他的许多思想仍使我们很感兴趣。
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UNIT2- 3Lessons from Jefferson Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, may be less famous than George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but most people remember at last one fact about him: he wrote the Declaration of Independence. Although Jefferson lived more than 200 years ago, there is much that we learn from him today. Many of his ideas are especially interesting to modern youth. Here are some of the things he said and wrote: Go and see. Jefferson believed that a free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books and that personal investigation is important. When still a young man（省略了he was）, he was appointed to a committee to find out whether the South Branch of the James River was deep enough to be used by large boats. While the other members of the committee sat in the state capitol(州议会大厦) and studied papers on the subject, Jefferson got into a canoe（独木舟）and made on-the-spot-observations. You can learn from everyone. By birth and by education Jefferson belonged to the highest social class. Yet, in a day when few noble（贵族）persons ever spoke to those of humble（低下的）origins（出身卑贱的人，下等人）except to give an order发号施令）, Jefferson went out of his way to（go out of one’s way to do sth.特地地，不怕麻烦地去做某事）talk with gardeners(园丁。
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Bill Clinton (1946-): the 42nd President of the United States (1993-1996) and the first president born after World War II, elected to a second term in 1996.
Language focus
Declaration n. document containing an open public announcement
Obama will make a declaration of candidacy again for the presidential campaigns in 2012.
她从影片中学到很多知识。
attain 正式用语，指经过艰苦努 力才使人达到完美境地。
4.In F1,racing car ___ a speed greater than 300 km per hour. A. assume B. accomplish C. attain D. assemble 方程式F1,赛车的车速每小时高达300 公里。
Investigation n. detailed or careful examination
Last week, FBI released an investigation report on Steve Jobs.
North China launches investigation into death of 1,000 pigs.
Let's appoint a time for the meeting. 我们定个时间开会吧.
appointment n. 约会,约定; 任命,委派
Unit 2 Lessons from Jefferson-词汇
Focal Pattern
• Leave to : give into the care or charge of
someone(交托, 委托) e.g. I'll leave everything to you then. • Leave behind: abandon, forget to take or bring along (把…留下) e.g. I must go back, I've left my car keys. I’ve left the umbrella behind.
Unit 2
Lessons from Jefferson
Para. 9
杰佛逊的勇气和理想主义以知识为基础。
他懂得的东西也许比同时代的人都要多。 他是农业，考古学和医学的专家。在人们 普遍采用农作物轮作和土壤保持的做法以 前的一个世纪，他就这样做了。他还发明 了一种比当时任何一种都好的耕犁。 他影 响了美国的建筑业，他还不断地制造出各 种器械装置，使日常生活中需要做的许多 工作变得更加容易。
go out of one’s way to do something
特别费心地做事；不怕麻烦地做某事 She always goes out of her way to please her guests. He is so selfish that he never goes out of his way to help others.
Para.10
talent central above all-most important of all Be polite, above all, to old people. fill discover-find out thrill We thrilled at the good news. 听到那好消息我们感到很兴奋。
大学英语精读Unit2 Lessons from Jefferson 课文习题ppt课件
大学英语精读 Unit2 Lessons from Jefferson
课文习题
Life Story about Thomas Jefferson
The third president in American history
Born in 1743, Virginia His father was a large
landowner. He began to learn Latin,
Greek and French when he was nine. In 1776, he drafted the Declaration of Independence. In 1800, he became the president and served for two terms.
如果让我来决定我们是应该有一个政府而不要报纸呢 还是应该有报纸而不要政府，我会毫不犹豫地选择后 者。
• How do you understand “Neither believe nor reject anything because any other person has rejected or believed it.”? (Lines23~25)
Some ideas and principles given by Thomas Jefferson. • Part III (para9-11): His talents in many fields and his contribution to USA.
Unit 2 Jefferson
Unit 2 Lessons from JeffersonPre-Readingnguage foundation building.Independence – be independent (of) – be dependent on– depend on/ count on/ rely onobtainv. to get sth, especially by making an effortto obtain information/ scoreobtain/ acquire / gain/ get/ achievesource/ origin/ resourcesource原指“水源” What is the source of this lake ?转义指事物的“根源，起因或出处” We'll have to find a new source of income.Find a similar word in para. 4 – originorigin 指事物起始于某时或某处What is the origin of Valentines’ Day?有时也指“出身，血统” humble origin – humble/ modestresource 资源human resourceappointv. 任命~ sb (to sth)/ ~ sb (as) sthDavid Beckham was appointed as captain of the English football team.threatenv. ~ sb with sth – The killer threatened them with a gun.~ to do sth – The hijackers threatened to kill one victim every hour if their demands were not met.threat n.Smoking poses a major threat to our health.judgev. ~ by sth/ from sthDon’t judge a book by its cover: 勿以貌取人reject＞refuse＞declinereject意为“拒不接受，不采纳”，语气强烈to reject an offer. Reject doing sthrefuse表示“拒绝”这一概念的最普通的用词。
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Vocabulary
declaration besides committee threaten error conflict philosophy conservation create
independence investigate humble reject judgment criticism constitution superior anniversary
Background information
Jefferson and the French Revolution Jefferson served as minister to France from 1785 to
1789 when revolution was imminent in France. He sympathized with the revolution, feeling it was similar in purpose to the American Revolution. Thanks to his political writings and his legal reforms in Virginia, French reformers regarded Jefferson as a champion of liberty. Marquis de Lafayette, who had fought for America’s Independence, and other advocates of democratic principles often sought his advice.
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lead-in
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush Jr.
Barack Obama
Background Information
A Brief Introduction to Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) is best remembered as a great President and as the author of the Declaration of Independence. He also won lasting fame as a diplomat, a political thinker, and a founder of the Democratic Party. Jefferson's interests and talents covered an amazing range. He became one of the leading American architects of his time and designed the Virginia Capitol, the University of Virginia, and his own home, Monticello. He greatly appreciated art and music and tried to encourage their advancement in the United States.
Background information
The Declaration of Independence
In April 1775, colonists in Massachusetts took up arms against British troops. The American Revolution had begun. The following year, tladelphia asked Jefferson to write a document declaring America's independence from Britain. The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. The bonds that tied the colonies to Britain were broken.
Unit Two
Lessons from Jefferson
Bruce Bliven
杰斐逊的遗训
—— 布鲁斯布利文
Unit 2 Lessons from Jefferson
Part Ⅰ
Part Ⅱ
Lead-in
Background information
Part Ⅲ
Part Ⅳ
Vocabulary
General Reading
Part Ⅴ
Part Ⅵ
Detailed Reading
Practice
Lead-in
Of the American presidents, how many do you know? Can you recognize the people in the following pictures and say something about them?
Background information
Jefferson wanted the reasons for America's
independence stated clearly so the world would understand. He wrote "all men are created equal," with rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Governments are created to secure people's rights. The people could change a government that no longer protected their rights.