unit3 Marriage Across Nations
新视野大学英语第二版Unit1-7原文+课后翻译
Unit 1 Time-Conscious AmericansAmericans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor."We are slaves to nothing but the clock," it has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; we also charge for it. It is a precious resource. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person's hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count.A foreigner's first impression of the US is likely to be that everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers. Don't take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else "wasting" it beyond a certain appropriate point.Many new arrivals in the States will miss the opening exchanges of a business call, for example. They will miss the ritual interaction that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be a convention in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a restaurant or coffee house. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over extended small talk; much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. Time is, therefore, always ticking in our inner ear.Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer—especially given our traffic-filled streets. We, therefore, save most personal visiting for after-work hours or for social weekend gatherings.To us the impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand. In some countries no major business is conducted without eye contact, requiring face-to-face conversation. In America, too, a final agreement will normally be signed in person. However, people are meeting increasingly on television screens, conducting "teleconferences" to settle problems not only in this country but also—by satellite—internationally.The US is definitely a telephone country. Almost everyone uses the telephone to conduct business, to chat with friends, to make or break social appointments, to say "Thank you", to shop and to obtain all kinds of information. Telephones save the feet and endless amounts of time. This is due partly to the fact that the telephone service is superb here, whereas the postal service is less efficient.Some new arrivals will come from cultures where it is considered impolite to work too quickly. Unless a certain amount of time is allowed to elapse, it seems in their eyes as if the task being considered were insignificant, not worthy of proper respect. Assignments are, consequently, given added weight by the passage of time. In the US, however, it is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem, or fulfill a job successfully, with speed. Usually, the more important a task is, the more capital, energy, and attention will be poured into it in order to "get it moving".Unit 2 Learning the Olympic Standard for LoveNikolai Petrovich Anikin was not half as intimidating as I had imagined he would be. No, this surely was not the ex-Soviet coach my father had shipped me out to meet.But Nikolai he was, Petrovich and all. He invited me inside and sat down on the couch, patting the blanket next to him to get me to sit next to him. I was so nervous in his presence."You are young," he began in his Russian-style English. "If you like to try for Olympic Games, I guess you will be able to do this. Nagano Olympics too soon for you, but for 2002 in Salt Lake City, you could be ready.""Yes, why not?" he replied to the shocked look on my face. I was a promising amateur skier, but by no means the top skier in the country. "Of course, there will be many hard training sessions, and you will cry, but you will improve."To be sure, there were countless training sessions full of pain and more than a few tears, but in the five years that followed I could always count on being encouraged by Nikolai's amusing stories and sense of humor."My friends, they go in the movies, they go in the dance, they go out with girls," he would start. "But I," he would continue, lowering his voice, "I am practice, practice, practice in the stadium. And by the next year, I had cut 1-1/2 minutes off my time in the 15-kilometer race!"My friends asked me, 'Nikolai, how did you do it?' And I replied, 'You go in the movies, you go in the dance, you go out with girls, but I am practice, practice, practice.'Here the story usually ended, but on one occasion, which we later learned was his 25th wedding anniversary, he stood proudly in a worn woolen sweater and smiled and whispered, "And I tell you, I am 26 years old before I ever kiss a girl! She was the woman I later marry."Romantic and otherwise, Nikolai knew love. His consistent good humor, quiet gratitude, perceptivity, and sincerity set an Olympic standard for love that I continue to reach for, even though my skiing days are over.Still, he never babied me. One February day I had a massive headache and felt quite fatigued. I came upon him in a clearing, and after approximately 15 minutes of striding into the cold breeze over the white powder to catch him, I fussed, "Oh, Nikolai, I feel like I am going to die.""When you are a hundred years old, everybody dies," he said, indifferent to my pain. "But now," he continued firmly. "Now must be ski, ski, ski."And, on skis, I did what he said. On other matters, though, I was rebellious. Once, he packed 10 of us into a Finnish bachelor's tiny home for a low-budget ski camp. We awoke the first morning to find Nikolai making breakfast and then made quick work with our spoons while sitting on makeshift chairs around a tiny card table. When we were finished, Nikolai stacked the sticky bowls in front of my sole female teammate and me, asserting, "Now, girls do dishes!"I threw my napkin on the floor and swore at him, "Ask the damn boys! This is unfair." He never asked this of me again, nor did he take much notice of my outburst. He saved his passion for skiing.When coaching, he would sing out his instructions keeping rhythm with our stride: "Yes, yes, one-two-three, one-two-three." A dear lady friend of my grandfather, after viewing a copy of a video of me training with Nikolai, asked, "Does he also teach dance?"In training, I worked without rest to correct mistakes that Nikolai pointed out and I asked after each pass if it was better."Yes, it's OK. But the faster knee down, the better.""But is it fast enough?" I'd persist.Finally he would frown and say, "Billion times you make motion—then be perfect," reminding me in an I've-told-you-a-billion-times tone, "You must be patient."Nikolai's patience and my hard work earned me a fourth-place national ranking heading into the pre-Olympic season, but then I missed the cut for the 2002 Olympics.Last summer, I returned to visit Nikolai. He made me tea... and did the dishes! We talked while sitting on his couch. Missing the Olympic Team the previous year had made me pause and reflect on what I had gained—not the least of which was a quiet, indissoluble bond with a short man in a tropical shirt.Nikolai taught me to have the courage, heart, and discipline to persist, even if it takes a billion tries. He taught me to be thankful in advance for a century of life on earth, and to remind myself every day that despite the challenges at hand, "Now must be love, love, love."Unit3Marriage Across the NationsGail and I imagined a quiet wedding. During our two years together we had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple learning to know, understand, and respect each other. But through it all we had honestly confronted the weaknesses and strengths of each other's characters.Our racial and cultural differences enhanced our relationship and taught us a great deal about tolerance, compromise, and being open with each other. Gail sometimes wondered why I and other blacks were so involved with the racial issue, and I was surprised that she seemed to forget the subtler forms of racial hatred in American society.Gail and I had no illusions about what the future held for us as a married, mixed couple in America. The continual source of our strength was our mutual trust and respect.We wanted to avoid the mistake made by many couples of marrying for the wrong reasons, and only finding out ten, twenty, or thirty years later that they were incompatible, that they hardly took the time to know each other, that they overlooked serious personality conflicts in the expectation that marriage was an automatic way to make everything work out right. That point was emphasized by the fact that Gail's parents, after thirty-five years of marriage, were going through a bitter and painful divorce, which had destroyed Gail and for a time had a negative effect on our budding relationship.When Gail spread the news of our wedding plans to her family she met with some resistance. Her mother, Deborah, all along had been supportive of our relationship, and even joked about when we were going to get married so she could have grandchildren. Instead of congratulations upon hearing our news, Deborah counseled Gail to be really sure she was doing the right thing."So it was all right for me to date him, but it's wrong for me to marry him. Is his color the problem, Mom?" Gail subsequently told me she had asked her mother."To start with I must admit that at first I harbored reservations about a mixed marriage, prejudices you might even call them. But when I met Mark I found him a charming and intelligent young guy. Any mother would be proud to have him for a son-in-law. So,color has nothing to do with it. Yes, my friends talk. Some even express shock at what you're doing. But they live in a different world. So you see, Mark's color is not the problem. My biggest worry is that you may be marrying Mark for the same wrong reasons that I married your father. When we met I saw him as my beloved, intelligent, charming, and caring. It was all so new, all so exciting, and we both thought, on the surface at least, that ours was an ideal marriage with every indication that it would last forever. I realized only later that I didn't know my beloved, your father, very well when we married.""But Mark and I have been together more than two years," Gail railed. "We've been through so much together. We've seen each other at our worst many times. I'm sure that time will only confirm what we feel deeply about each other.""You may be right. But I still think that waiting won't hurt. You're only twenty-five."Gail's father, David, whom I had not yet met personally, approached our decision with a father-knows-best attitude. He basically asked the same questions as Gail's mother: "Why the haste? Who is this Mark? What's his citizenship status?" And when he learned of my problems with the Citizenship department, he immediately suspected that I was marrying his daughter in order to remain in the United States."But Dad, that's harsh," Gail said."Then why the rush? Buy time, buy time," he remarked repeatedly."Mark has had problems with citizenship before and has always taken care of them himself," Gail defended." In fact, he made it very clear when we were discussing marriage that if I had any doubts about anything, I should not hesitate to cancel our plans."Her father proceeded to quote statistics showing that mixed couples had higher divorce rates than couples of the same race and gave examples of mixed couples he had counseled who were having marital difficulties."Have you thought about the hardships your children would go through?" he asked."Dad, are you a racist?""No, of course not. But you have to be realistic.""Maybe our children will have some problems, but whose children don't? But one thing they'll always have: our love and devotion.""That's idealistic. People can be very cruel toward children from mixed marriages.""Dad, we'll worry about that when the time comes. If we had to resolve all doubt before we acted, very little would ever get done.""Remember, it's never too late to change your mind."Unit 4 A Test of True LoveSix minutes to six, said the digital clock over the information desk in Grand Central Station. John Blandford, a tall young army officer, focused his eyesight on the clock to note the exact time. In six minutes he would see the woman who had filled a special place in his life for the past thirteen months, a woman he had never seen, yet whose written words had been with him and had given him strength without fail.Soon after he volunteered for military service, he had received a book from this woman. A letter, which wished him courage and safety, came with the book. He discovered that many of his friends, also in the army, had received the identical book from the woman, Hollis Meynell. And while they all got strength from it, and appreciated her support of their cause, John Blandford was the only person to write Ms. Meynell back. On the day of his departure, to a destination overseas where he would fight in the war, he received her reply. Aboard the cargo ship that was taking him into enemy territory, he stood on the deck and read her letter to him again and again.For thirteen months, she had faithfully written to him. When his letters did not arrive, she wrote anyway, without decrease. During the difficult days of war, her letters nourished him and gave him courage. As long as he received letters from her, he felt as though he could survive. After a short time, he believed he loved her, and she loved him. It was as if fate had brought them together.But when he asked her for a photo, she declined his request. She explained her objection: "If your feelings for me have any reality, any honest basis, what I look like won't matter. Suppose I'm beautiful. I'd always be bothered by the feeling that you loved me for my beauty, and that kind of love would disgust me. Suppose I'm plain. Then I'd always fear you were writing to me only because you were lonely and had no one else. Either way, I would forbid myself from loving you. When you come to New York and you see me, then you can make your decision. Remember, both of us are free to stop or to go on after that—if that's what we choose..."One minute to six... Blandford's heart leaped.A young woman was coming toward him, and he felt a connection with her right away. Her figure was long and thin, her spectacular golden hair lay back in curls from her small ears. Her eyes were blue flowers; her lips had a gentle firmness. In her fancy green suit she was like springtime come alive.He started toward her, entirely forgetting to notice that she wasn't wearing a rose, and as he moved, a small, warm smile formed on her lips."Going my way, soldier?" she asked.Uncontrollably, he made one step closer to her. Then he saw Hollis Meynell.She was standing almost directly behind the girl, a woman well past forty, and a fossil to his young eyes, her hair sporting patches of gray. She was more than fat; her thick legs shook as they moved. But she wore a red rose on her brown coat.The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away and soon vanished into the fog. Blandford felt as though his heart was being compressed into a small cement ball, so strong was his desire to follow the girl, yet so deep was his longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and brought warmth to his own; and there she stood. Her pale, fat face was gentle and intelligent; he could see that now. Her gray eyes had a warm, kindly look.Blandford resisted the urge to follow the younger woman, though it was not easy to do so. His fingers held the book she had sent to him before he went off to the war, which was to identify him to Hollis Meynell. This would not be love. However, it would be something precious, something perhaps even less common than love—a friendship for which he had been, and would always be, thankful.He held the book out toward the woman."I'm John Blandford, and you—you are Ms. Meynell. I'm so glad you could meet me. May I take you to dinner?" The woman smiled. "I don't know what this is all about, son," she answered. "That young lady in the green suit—the one who just went by—begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said that if you asked me to go out with you, I should tell you that she's waiting for you in that big restaurant near the highway. She said it was some kind of a test."Unit5 Weeping for My Smoking DaughterMy daughter smokes. While she is doing her homework, her feet on the bench in front of her and her calculator clicking out answ ers to her geometry problems, I am looking at the half-empty package of Camels tossed carelessly close at hand. I pick them up, take t hem into the kitchen, where the light is better, and study them -- they are filtered, for which I am grateful. My heart feels terrible. I wa nt to weep. In fact, I do weep a little, standing there by the stove holding one of the instruments, so white, so precisely rolled, that coul d cause my daughter's death. When she smoked Marlboros and Players I hardened myself against feeling so bad; nobody I knew ever s moked these brands.She doesn't know this, but it was Camels that my father, her grandfather, smoked. But before he smoked cigarettes made by manu facturers -- when he was very young and very poor, with glowing eyes -- he smoked Prince Albert tobacco in cigarettes he rolled hims elf. I remember the bright-red tobacco tin, with a picture of Queen Victoria's partner, Prince Albert, dressed in a black dress coat and c arrying a cane .By the late forties and early fifties no one rolled his own anymore (and few women smoked) in my hometown of Eatonton, Georg ia. The tobacco industry, coupled with Hollywood movies in which both male and female heroes smoked like chimneys, completely w on over people like my father, who were hopelessly hooked by cigarettes. He never looked as fashionable as Prince Albert, though; he continued to look like a poor, overweight, hard working colored man with too large a family, black, with a very white cigarette stuck i n his mouth.I do not remember when he started to cough. Perhaps it was unnoticeable at first, a little coughing in the morning as he lit his first cigarette upon getting out of bed. By the time I was sixteen, my daughter's age, his breath was a wheeze, embarrassing to hear; he cou ld not climb stairs without resting every third or fourth step. It was not unusual for him to cough for an hour.My father died from "the poor man's friend", pneumonia, one hard winter when his lung illnesses had left him low. I doubt he had much lung left at all, after coughing for so many years. He had so little breath that, during his last years, he was always leaning on som ething. I remembered once, at a family reunion, when my daughter was two, that my father picked her up for a minute -- long enough for me to photograph them -- but the effort was obvious. Near the very end of his life, and largely because he had no more lungs, he qu it smoking. He gained a couple of pounds, but by then he was so slim that no one noticed.When I travel to Third World countries I see many people like my father and daughter. There are large advertisement signs directe d at them both: the tough, confident or fashionable older man, the beautiful, "worldly" young woman, both dragging away. In these po or countries, as in American inner cities and on reservations, money that should be spent for food goes instead to the tobacco compani es; over time, people starve themselves of both food and air, effectively weakening and hooking their children, eventually killing them selves. I read in the newspaper and in my gardening magazine that the ends of cigarettes are so poisonous that if a baby swallows one, it is likely to die, and that the boiled water from a bunch of them makes an effective insecticide.There is a deep hurt that I feel as a mother. Some days it is a feeling of uselessness. I remember how carefully I ate when I was pr egnant, how patiently I taught my daughter how to cross a street safely. For what, I sometimes wonder; so that she can struggle to brea the through most of her life feeling half her strength, and then die of self-poisoning, as her grandfather did?There is a quotation from a battered women's shelter that I especially like: "Peace on earth begins at home." I believe everything d oes. I think of a quotation for people trying to stop smoking: "Every home is a no smoking zone." Smoking is a form of self-battering that also batters those who must sit by, occasionally joke or complain, and helplessly watch. I realize now that as a child I sat by, throu gh the years, and literally watched my father kill himself: surely one such victory in my family, for the prosperous leaders who own th e tobacco companies, is enoughUnit 6 As His Name Is, So Is He!For her first twenty-four years, she'd been known as Debbie—a name that didn't suit her good looks and elegant manner. "My name has always made me think I should be a cook," she complained. "I just don't feel like a Debbie."One day, while filling out an application form for a publishing job, the young woman impulsively substituted her middle name, Lynne, for her first name Debbie. "That was the smartest thing I ever did," she says now. "As soon as I stopped calling myself Debbie, I felt more comfortable with myself... and other people started to take me more seriously." Two years after her successful job interview, the former waitress is now a successful magazine editor. Friends and associates call her Lynne.Naturally, the name change didn't cause Debbie/Lynne's professional achievement—but it surely helped if only by adding a bit of self-confidence to her talents. Social scientists say that what you're called can affect your life. Throughout history, names have not merely identified people but also described them. "As his name is, so is he." says the Bible, and Webster's Dictionary includes the following definition of name: "a word or words expressing some quality considered characteristic or descriptive of a person or a thing, often expressing approval or disapproval". Note well "approval or disapproval". For better or worse, qualities such as friendliness or reserve, plainness or charm may be suggested by your name and conveyed to other people before they even meet you.Names become attached to specific images, as anyone who's been called "a plain Jane" or "just an average Joe" can show. The latter name particularly bothers me since my name is Joe, which some think makes me more qualified to be a baseball player than, say, an art critic. Yet, despite this disadvantage, I did manage to become an art critic for a time. Even so, one prominent magazine consistently refused to print "Joe" in my by-line, using my first initials, J. S., instead. I suspect that if I were a more refined Arthur or Adrian, the name would have appeared complete.Of course, names with a positive sense can work for you and even encourage new acquaintances. A recent survey showed that American men thought Susan to be the most attractive female name, while women believed Richard and David were the most attractive for men. One woman I know turned down a blind date with a man named Harry because "he sounded dull". Several evenings later, she came up to me at a party, pressing for an introduction to a very impressive man; they'd been exchanging glances all evening. "Oh," I said. "You mean Harry." She was ill at ease.Though most of us would like to think ourselves free from such prejudiced notions, we're all guilty of name stereotyping to some extent. Confess: Wouldn't you be surprised to meet a carpenter named Nigel? A physicist named Bertha? A Pope Mel? Often, we project name-based stereotypes on people, as one woman friend discovered while taking charge of a nursery school's group of four-year-olds. "There I was, trying to get a little active boy named Julian to sit quietly and read a book—and pushing a thoughtful creature named Rory to play ball. I had their personalities confused because of their names!"Apparently, such prejudices can affect classroom achievement as well. In a study conducted by Herbert Harari of San Diego State University, and John McDavid of Georgia State University, teachers gave consistently lower grades on essays apparently written by boys named Elmer and Hubert than they awarded to the same papers when the writers' names were given as Michael and David. However, teacher prejudice isn't the only source of classroom difference. Dr. Thomas V. Busse and Louisa Seraydarian of Temple University found those girls with names such as Linda, Diane, Barbara, Carol, and Cindy performed better on objectively graded IQ and achievement tests than did girls with less appealing names. (A companion study showed girls' popularity with their peers was also related to the popularity of their names―although the connection was less clear for boys.)Though your parents probably meant your name to last a lifetime, remember that when they picked it they'd hardly met you, and the hopes and dreams they valued when they chose it may not match yours. If your name no longer seems to fit you, don't despair; you aren't stuck with the label. Movie stars regularly change their names, and with some determination, you can, too.Unit 7 Lighten Your Load and Save Your LifeIf you often feel angry and overwhelmed, like the stress in your life is spinning out of control, then you may be hurting your heart.If you don't want to break your own heart, you need to learn to take charge of your life where you can—and recognize there are many things beyond your control.So says Dr. Robert S. Eliot, author of a new book titled From Stress to Strength: How to Lighten Your Load and Save Your Life. He's a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Nebraska.Eliot says there are people in this world that he calls "hot reactors". For these people, being tense may cause tremendous and rapid increases in their blood pressure.Eliot says researchers have found that stressed people have higher cholesterol levels, among other things. "We've done years of work in showing that excess alarm or stress chemicals can literally burst heart muscle fibers. When that happens it happens very。
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听说教程 2Unit 1 Short Conversations1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.LongConversationPassageUnit 2 Short Conversations1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.Long ConversationPassageUnit 3 Short Conversations1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.LongConversationPassageUnit 4 Short Conversations1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.Long ConversationPassageUnit 5 Short Conversations1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.Long ConversationPassageUnit 6 Short Conversations1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.Long ConversationPassageUnit 7 Short Conversations1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.Long ConversationPassageUnit 8 Short Conversations1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.Long ConversationPassageUnit 9 Short Conversations1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.Long ConversationPassageUnit 10 Short Conversations1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.Long ConversationPassage答案Unit One Time-Conscious AmericansUnderstanding WordsListening Task 11. She is so lazy that it is quite difficult to assess her ability.2. We spent a restless night in a roadside hotel.3. John always budgets his time very carefully.4. After supper, they often take a leisurely walk round the grounds.5. The significance of this project remains mostly unknown to us.6. It is a convention to use the right hand to shake hands.7. The airline decides to replace its small planes with Boeing 747s.8. Dogs are known to have all acute sense of smell.9. Tom has never had cheerful surroundings since his early years.10. Copper conducts electricity.Key: 1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (A) 10. (B) Listening Task 21. I regret we've run out of money.2. The government is firmly committed to helping low-income and unemployed citizens.3. His carelessness resulted in the forest fire.4. Everyone in Shanghai seems to be in a rush.5. You are supposed to sign this agreement in person.6. My success is entirely due to hard work.7. How can you account for your frequent lateness for class?8. We still fall behind our competitors in using new technology.9. He's nothing but a cheat.10. They communicate with each other through personal contacts rather than through phone calls.Key: 1.(B) 2.(A) 3. (C) 4.(A) 5.(A) 6.(C) 7.(C) 8.(B) 9.(D) 10.(D) UNDERSTANDING SHORT CONVERSATIONSListening Task 1Key: 1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (D) 7. (A) 8. (C) 9. (C) 10. (B)11. (B) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (D) 15. (D) 16. (C) 17. (C) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (B)UNDERSTANDING LONG CONVERSATIONSConversation 1Key: 1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (D)Conversation 2Key: 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (D) UNDERSTANDING PASSAGESPassage1Key: 1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (D) 5. (C)Passage 2Key: 6. (D) 7. (A) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10. (B)Passage 3Key: .(A) 12.(C) 13.(A) 14.(A) 15.(A)Passage 4Key: 16. (B) 17. (A) 18. (B) 19. (A) 20. (B)Unit Two Environment ProtectionUnderstanding StatementsListening Task 11. In most parts of the world, environmental awareness doesn't exist.2. Some of the countries around the world have already undertaken new environmental initiatives.3. The country has closed its waters to cod fishing and set strict limits on catches of other species.4. Experts say that some species today have been so wasted that they may never recover.5. They have created an ambitious program to preserve the ecological diversity of their tropical rain forest.6. For decades, the government colonized the Amazon, bringing severe environmental disasters to the area and its people.7. They enjoyed many tax favors for their products could help to improve the environment.8. In his country, rivers, land, and forests are so contaminated that many are now biologically dead.9. The explosive population growth has led to the removal of forests in much of the country.10. The country is now struggling to provide enough food, shelter, and employment for its people.Key: 1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (A) Listening Task 21. A majority of nations concern themselves with economic development.2. The government will carry out its environmental protection programs regardless of their high costs.3. Signs of global warming have sprung up time and again around file world.4. This action was taken in response to the excessive use of the existing farmland.5. About 40,000 citizens are now unemployed as a result of the fishing bans.6. New environmental laws are aimed at protecting Costa Rica's remaining forests.7. In recent years, the government has waged a campaign for birth control on a large scale.8. Smoking is frowned upon at most public gatherings.9. A treaty hag been signed to serve as a model for protecting the rivers in the region.10. We must convert all the people to the idea of environmental protection. Key: I.(D) 2,(A) 3.(C) 4.(B) 5.(B) 6.(D) 7.(A) 8.(D) 9.(A) 10.(B) UNDERSTANDING SHORT CONVERSATIONSKey: 1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (A)11. (C) 12. (A) 13. (A) 14. (A) 15. (A) 16. (B) 17. (B) 18. (D) 19. (A) 20. (B)UNDERSTANDING LONG CONVERSATIONSConversation 1Key: 1.(B) 2.(D) 3.(A) 4.(B) 5.(A)Conversation 2Key: 6. (B) 7. (D) 8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (B) UNDERSTANDING PASSAGESPassage 1Key: 1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (D)Passage 2Key: 6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (B)Passage 3Key: 11. (B) 12. (A) 13. (C) 14. (D) 15. (A)Passage 4Key: 16. (D) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (D) 20. (B)Unit Three Marriage Across The NationsUnderstanding StatementsListening Task 11. She found that compromise was always the best policy when she got involved in arguing with her husband.2. I didn't like him and I was sure the feeling was mutual.3. The former actor was continually in expectation of returning to the stage again.4. We'll overlook your behavior this time, but don't do it again.5. There is a lot of resistance to the news that she plans to marry a black basketball player.6. The manager's tolerance of contrary points of view is limited.7. Susan accepted her sister's new husband with reservation.8. No one knows who killed her, but the police suspect her husband.9. They thought that the punishment was rather harsh for such a little mistake.10. She has to be realistic about her future.Key: I. (A) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (A) Listening Task 21. He has experienced tile ups and downs of a political career.2. Their marriage just didn't work out.3. The young man became all the more charming because of the effect of the wine.4. Instead of congratulating us upon our success, our professor counseled us to be modest.5. They joked about the budding relationship between the two youngsters.6. We harbored suspicions about his intentions.7. Their color bad nothing to do with their divorce.8. The Smiths will have to pay at least $350,000 for their new house.9. If we have any doubts about the project, we should not hesitate to cancel it.10. The couple went over their personality conflicts and the hardships they had faced over the past five years.Key: 1.(B) 2.(C) 3.(B) 4.(B) 5.(D) 6.(A) 7.(C) 8.(B) 9.(C) 10.(A) UNDERSTANDING SHORT CONVERSATIONSKey: 1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (A)11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (B) 15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (B) 18.(A) 19. (C) 20. (D)UNDERSTANDING LONG CONVERSATIONSConversation 1Key: 1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (D)Conversation 2Key: 6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (C) UNDERSTANDING PASSAGESPassage 1Key: 1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (D)Passage 2Key: 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (D)Passage 3Key: 11. (C) 12. (C) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (B)Passage 4Key: 16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (D) 20. (B)Unit Four Study AbroadUnderstanding StatementsListening Task 11. The fault was discovered during a routine check of the plane.2. The teenagers will spend 10 months of their lives studying abroad, far from their families.3. The United States is host to more than 3,000 young Brazilians every year.4. Our president is fluent in several languages, including Japanese and English.5. The authorities are trying to prevent illicit foreigners from remaining in this country.6. It is much more important to acquire life experiences than to receive a certificate from the American government.7. Patricia Caglian had stuffed two enormous suitcases full to their capacity and she couldn't pull them around by herself.8. Students living in their temporary homes often get punished if they return later than 10:30 p.m.9. Young Brazilians go to study in the States for the same reasons: to become fluent in English and to get an American certificate.10. If you have an accident with your car, the insurance goes up.Koy: 1.(B) 2.(A) 3.(A) 4.(B) 5.(B) 6.(B) 7.(B) 8.(B) 9.(B) 10.(A)Listening Task 21. At first glance I thought it was a tree, but I was mistaken.2. For most of the students, studying abroad is a painful experience.3. She found it hard to describe the night that she had lived through alone on her way to her temporary home.4. This in turn pushes up the program cost, estimated at about $ 3,800.5. You can economize on food by not eating in restaurants all the time.6. The student will not be able to pay back his loan to the Bank if he fails to get an American certificate.7. The teachers are looking for ways to adapt the children to their new school conditions.8. Learning how to pack things is one of the essentials that the teenagers have to practice before leaving their home countries.9. John looks pale because he is not accustomed to the new life here.10. The new parents coped successfully with the complaints of the foreign student.Key: 1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (B) UNDERSTANDING SHORT CONVERSATIONSKey 1. (D) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (D) 9. (B) 10. (C)11. (A) 12. (A) 13. (D) 14. (B) 15. (B) 16. (B) 17. (C) 18.(C) 19. (C) 20. (D)UNDERSTANDING LONG CONVERSATIONSConversation 1Key: 1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (D)Conversation 2Key: 6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (B) 10. (C) UNDERSTANDING PASSAGESPassage 1Key: 1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (C)Passage 2Key: 6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (C)Passage 3Key: 11. (B) 12. (D) 13. (A) 14. (B) 15. (C)Passage 4Key: 16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (D) 19. (C) 20. (B)Unit Five Weeping From My Smoking DaughterUnderstanding StatementsListening Task 11. All parent-child relationships demand excellent communication skills.2. Mother is feeling grateful for her daughter has quit smoking at last.3. Tobacco advertising and film actors attracted her daughter to smoking.4. My father's coughing was unnoticeable at the beginning.5. Both my father and daughter smoked like chimneys.6. Mr. Smith was talking over the phone, with a very white cigarette stuck in his mouth.7. My father could not climb stairs without resting every third or fourth step.8. The doctor tells us that the ends of cigarettes are so poisonous that if a baby swallows one, it is likely to die.9. The tobacco companies win the money that should have been spent on food.10. After he gave up smoking, he gained a couple of pounds in weight, but he was so slim that no one noticed.Key: 1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (B) 7. (A) 8. (A) 9. (A) 10. (A) Listening Task 21. Smoking is a form of self-battering that also batters those who must sit by.2. She got hooked on heroin when she was very young.3. Putting a bunch of cigarette ends into boiled water would make a n effective insecticide.4. Smoking is self-injury but it injures others more who watch their loved ones kill themselves slowly.5. But before he smoked cigarettes, my father was young, tough, and confident, with brightly shining teeth.6. I do not remember when I started to smoke but its effect has been slowly working on me.7. The man who died starved himself of air rather than food because of lung illness.8. Califano strongly argued that people should not be forced to breathe other's smoke.9. Doctors believe that secondhand smoke may cause lung cancer in people who do not smoke because nonsmokers often breathe in the smoke from other people's cigarettes.10. Even though many public places have nonsmoking areas, smoke flows in from the areas where smoking is permitted.Key: 1.(C) 2.(A) 3.(A) 4.(C) 5.(D) 6.(C) 7.(B) 8.(B) 9.(C) 10.(A) UNDERSTANDING SHORT CONVERSATIONSKey: 1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (A) 6. (A) 7. (D)8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (D)11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (C) 15. (A) 16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (D) 19. (B) 20. (C)UNDERSTANDING LONG CONVERSATIONSConversation 1Key: 1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (C) Conversation 2Key: 6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (C)。
新视野大学英语读写教程Unit_3_Focus-A课件
该句出自《培根-论读书》很经 典：）~~
Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abeunt studia in morse. “读史使人 明智，读诗使人灵秀，数学使人周密， 科学使人深刻，伦理学使人庄重，逻辑 修辞之学使人善辩；凡有所学，皆成性 格。”
Association
consequently= therefore, as a result The bank refused to help the company; consequently, it went out of business.
10. harbor (L28)
n. a sheltered port 港口/避难所
overhear 偶然听到 outlook 观点；前景；景色 pretend not to notice 忽视,未注意到 ; 原谅
•她没有计较他的无礼，并尽量装作没事的样子。 •我们决定宽容他的过错。
Key
•She overlooked his offensiveness and tried to pretend nothing had happened. •We decided to overlook his mistake. Association
这些动词均含“忍受”之意 stand: 口语用词，常可与bear换用，但侧重指经受得起 bear: 强调容忍，是普通用语, 侧重于表示“忍受沉重或
难办的事”。 endure: 书面用词，指长时间忍受痛苦和不幸，着重体 力或意志力的坚强不屈服。 tolerate: 指以自我克制的态度，对待令人反感或厌恶的 东西，含默认宽容意味。 suffer: 通常指非自愿或被迫忍受各种痛苦、困难或不快， 强调受到苦难。 put up with:为口头用语，一般指容忍较小的事情，具 有宽容、默认、将就某人或某事的意思。
新视野大学英语读写教程第二册(第二版)Pre-reading听力原文
新视野大学英语读写教程第二册（第二版）Pre-reading听力原文Unit 1 第一单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesTime is the same in all places, but people’s relationship with time is different from country to country. In the United States, time is a real, precious resource, and every minute counts. People here are always in a rush and under pressure. There are no short conversations or small exchanges with strangers because people think it is a waste of time. Does this sound like your country If it does not, and if you don’t think you w ould like such a place, you would most likely be unhappy in the United States, where doing things quickly is seen as a skill.1. Time.2. Short conversations or small exchanges with strangers.3. (Open-ended.)Unit 2 第二单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesWhen I think back about the many people who have influenced me during my life, I often think of one person who showed his passion through his commitment to my success. I think of my coach, the man who taught and inspired me not only how to run the mile as fast as I could, but also how to work at something a little every day until greatness is achieved. Through his continuous efforts, I gradually came to an understanding of the meaning of commitment, which is really what love is all about.1. Her coach.2. How to run the mile as fast as she could and how to work at something a little every day until greatness is achieved.3. (Open-ended.)Unit 3 第三单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesGail and Mark were from different cultural and racial background. They had been together for two years and had learned to understand and respect each other. Recently they decided to marry and they told the news to Gail’s parents. To their surprise, they met with some resistance. Gail’s mother was worried that they might be mar rying for the wrong reasons and advised her daughter to wait. Gail’s father also opposed the marriage because he thought that Mark wasmarrying his daughter so that he could remain in the United States. Such concerns are understandable. After all, marriage across nations may have its problem of one kind or another.1. Gail’s mother was worried that they might be marrying for the wrong reason.2. Mark wanted to marry Gail so that he could remain in the United States.3. (Open-ended.)Unit 4 第四单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesI wrote a story about love, and I hope you like it. The story is about a young soldier who is waiting to see a woman he has fallen in love with. I suppose it’s a lot like my other stories in that it has a happy ending. You might laugh at me for writing stories that are so sweet. But, you see, I am a deep believer in love, and I am hopeful about everyone finding it. Without love, I really don’t know what the purpose of living would be.4. He is waiting to see a woman he has fallen in love with.5. A happy ending.6. (Open-ended.)Unit 5第五单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesToday, I want to talk about the historic opportunity we now have to protect our children from an even more deadly threat: smoking. Smoking kills more people every day than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, drugs and fires combined. Nearly 90% percent of those smokers lit their first cigarette before they turned 18. In the past few years we’ve worked to stop our children from smoking before they start, to reduce their access to tobacco products, and to restrict tobacco companies from advertising to young people. If we do these, we’ll cut teen smoking by almost half over the next five years.1. Before they turned 18.2. To reduce children’s access to tobacco pro ducts, and to restrict tobacco companies from advertising to your people.3. ( Open-ended)自由作答，陈述各自的观点.Unit 6 第六单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesPre-reading ActivitiesThere are various reasons for our final decision on what name to give to a baby. For some it may simply because they come across a name that they feel is “it”. But for most people it may be a process of careful selection based on meaning, tradition, or parents’ wishes for their child. Whatever the naming method, a given name follows the child throughout his or her life. How can parents decide on a name that will satisfy them Consider the following: First, consider the area the child will grow up in when selecting a name. Second, choose a name based on some personal meaning so when th e child asks why they’re named so, the parents will have a reasonable explanation. Finally, before deciding on a name, get opinions of people around! Chances are, if your friends and family members look shocked when you share your name selection, your child will probably be horrified as well.１.Meaning, tradition, or parents’ wishes for their child.2. Three. Get opinions of people around.3. (Open-ended.)Unit 7 第七单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesStress can kill you. Being tense can damage your heart, so it is wise to take charge of your life and realize you cannot control everything. But you can control stress which is caused by fear, uncertainty, doubt, and lack of control. Anger may also be the root of this stress, especially for hard-working professional women and people with no goals in life. To relax and take control of your life, try the NICE factors: new, interesting, challenging experiences. And follow Ben Franklin’s example by writing down the major goals you want to achieve in your life. For the problems over which you have no control, you have to learn to go with the flow. can be caused by fear, uncertainty, doubt, lack of control, and anger..2. The NICE factors are new, interesting, challenging experiences.3. (open-ended.)Unit 8 第八单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesWhat is life about We work hard everyday to make more money, to gain power and recognition. We neglect our health, time with our family, the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love. One day when we look back, we w ill realize that we don’t really need that much. We then willrealize how much we have missed in life! Work definitely is not the whole of life. Work is meant to keep us living so that we enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.Life is a balance of work and play, family and personal time. Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the aim of human existence. So, live a balanced lifestyle and enjoy life!health, time with our family, the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love.2. Happiness.3. (open-ended.)Unit 9 第九单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesI wasn’t the brightest kid in my graduating class. I didn’t even attend a famous school. What I did have, though, was a supportive family, and with their help, I was able to become one of the top lawyers in the state of Florida and then a Florida State Supreme Court Justice. And you know what It wasn’t as hard as you may think. It started with a clear set of rules: always get up early, always work hard, always do things honestly, always try to improve on the day before and never give up. When I was younger, I didn’t always remember the rules myself, so my father had to remind me. After a while, though, the rules became habit and everything else sort of fell into place.1. He owed his success to his supportive family.2. The rules were: always get up early, always work hard, always do things honestly, always try to improve on the day before, and never give up.3. (Open-end.) 开放性问题，可按自己的想法回答。
大学综合英语4_marriage_教案
课时：2课时教学目标：1. 理解婚姻的基本概念和不同文化中的婚姻观念。
2. 学习并运用与婚姻相关的词汇和表达。
3. 通过阅读和讨论，提高学生的批判性思维和口语表达能力。
4. 培养学生对于婚姻和家庭价值观的尊重和理解。
教学内容：1. 婚姻的定义和历史背景。
2. 不同文化中的婚姻习俗和观念。
3. 婚姻的心理学和社会学分析。
4. 婚姻中的沟通和解决冲突的策略。
教学步骤：第一课时：一、导入1. 教师简要介绍婚姻在人类历史和社会中的重要性。
2. 提问：同学们对婚姻有什么样的看法？请分享一些关于婚姻的故事或经历。
二、阅读与讨论1. 学生阅读课文《Marriage Across Nations》，了解不同文化中婚姻的差异。
2. 教师引导学生讨论以下问题：- 课文中提到的不同文化中的婚姻习俗有哪些？- 这些习俗反映了哪些文化价值观？- 你认为哪种婚姻习俗最接近你的文化背景？三、词汇学习1. 教师板书并讲解与婚姻相关的词汇，如：marriage, wedding, spouse, divorce, cohabitation等。
2. 学生练习使用这些词汇进行句子构建。
四、口语练习1. 分组讨论：让学生分组讨论在婚姻中如何保持良好的沟通和解决冲突。
2. 每组派代表分享讨论结果。
第二课时：一、复习与回顾1. 教师回顾上一节课的内容，检查学生对婚姻相关词汇的理解。
2. 学生复述自己小组在婚姻沟通和解决冲突方面的讨论成果。
二、案例分析1. 教师展示一个关于婚姻冲突的案例，引导学生分析案例中的问题。
2. 学生讨论以下问题：- 案例中的夫妻为什么会产生冲突？- 这种冲突如何解决？- 你认为这个案例对我们有什么启示？三、小组辩论1. 将学生分成两组，一组支持婚姻的重要性，另一组反对。
2. 每组准备辩论稿，准备辩论过程中可能用到的论点和论据。
3. 进行辩论，每组派代表陈述观点，其他成员补充或反驳。
四、总结与作业1. 教师总结本节课的主要内容，强调婚姻的重要性以及如何维护婚姻关系。
新视野大学英语第二册(第二版)unit 3——Section A 课件
3. You can immigrate into another country and live together
（你可以移民到另一个国家生 活在一起）
2. Your children may end up neither being here nor there. It can be challenging in accepting both cultures at the same time
their view: There is no love, marriage is immoral, lowquality marriage.
（婚姻是建立在爱和性的满足。在他们 看来:没有爱情,婚姻是不道德的婚姻、 低质量。）
The advantages and disadvantages of transnational marriage
Lead-in
The main barrier to marriages across nations
Topic-centered Discussion
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The merits and demerits of marriage across nations
预习 课文 小结 写作
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What are the merits and demerits of marriage across nations? Merits: Demerits: Facilitating the to speak new languages; More obstacles tocouples overcome with regard to culture More chances to get insight into new cultures; and customs; More opportunities for overseas travels; More complex procedures to go through to be united Their children’s tendency to be healthier and as a lawful couple; brighter; Their children’s undergoing many more hardships; The edge of their children over the other children More chances of breakup due to cultural differences; in terms of language learning; More tendency to leave single-parent children as a … of their divorce; … result
新视野大学英语2 Unit3
I even began to exploit him in subtle ways.
6. Incompatible（para 4 第三行）
1. adj .不能和谐相处的;不协 调的;不一致的
他们俩的利益相抵触。
Their interests were mutually incompatible.
11. Confirm （para 8 第三行）
1.Vt.证明；证实；确定 你刚才所说的一切证实了一个观 点：谁都不能相信。
Everything you have just said confirms the view that nobody can be trusted.
2.v.确认
我预定了七月一日一间双人房， 想确认一下。 I’d like to confirm a reservation for a double room on the first of July.
旧钱币以稀为贵。
Rarity enhances the worth of old coins.
3. vt. 增加，增强，增进，增大，扩大； 改善；提高 (质量、魅力、吸引力等)
烛光使她显得更美。 The candlelight enhanced her beauty.
4. Involve （para 2 第三行）
2. adj .不兼容的;不相容的;互斥的
这就使得它的微型计算机与它的 大型主机不兼容。
This made its mini-computers incompatible with its mainframes.
7. Overlook（para 4 第五行）
1. v. 俯瞰；俯视；眺望 漂亮舒适的房间俯视着花团锦 簇的花园。
跨国婚姻Marriage_Across_Nations
• When Gail spread the news of our wedding plans to her family she met with some resistance . • Her mother, Deborah, all along<一直 > had been supportive of our re we were going to get married so she could have grandchildren.instead of <取而代之 >congratulations upon hearing our news, Deborah counseled Gail to be really sure <确定>she was doing the
• 第一段开门见山道出了Gail and I 打算 结婚和他们之间的那种真挚的爱。 • 第二，三就接着讲了在美国异族婚恋的 不易以及大多的悲惨结局。 • 第4,5段指出了Gail 的家庭背景以及其 Gail and I结婚的阻扰。 • 后面的文段由此而展开 反应出了异族恋 因文化，性格，观念以及种族歧视的艰 难与不易
• That point was emphasized by…..
• 这个观点正在被某一事实证明。这 个句子我们可以用于作文中说明某 一观点。
• had a negative effect on…对什么有 消极的影响。
• Eg.同学的嘲笑对他产生了不好的影响。
• The students laughed had a negative effect on him。
• When we hurried ran to the dining room, only found that rice just sold out.
新视野大学英语读写教程第二册（第二版）Pre-reading听力原文
新视野大学英语读写教程第二册（第二版）Pre-reading听力原文Unit 1 第一单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesTime is the same in all places, but people’s relationship with time is different from country to country. In the United States, time is a real, precious resource, and every minute counts. People here are always in a rush and under pressure. There are no short conversations or small exchanges with strangers because people think it is a waste of time. Does this sound like your country? If it does not, and if you don’t think you would like such a place, you would most likely be unhappy in the United States, where doing things quickly is seen as a skill.1. Time.2. Short conversations or small exchanges with strangers.3. (Open-ended.)Unit 2 第二单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesWhen I think back about the many people who have influenced me during my life, I often think of one person who showed his passion through his commitment to my success. I think of my coach, the man who taught and inspired me not only how to run the mile as fast as I could, but also how to work at something a little every day until greatness is achieved. Through his continuous efforts, I gradually came to an understanding of the meaning of commitment, which is really what love is all about.1. Her coach.2. How to run the mile as fast as she could and how to work at something a little every day until greatness is achieved.3. (Open-ended.)Unit 3 第三单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesGail and Mark were from different cultural and racial background. They had been together for two years and had learned to understand and respect each other. Recently they decided to marry and they told the news to Gail’s parents. To their surprise, they met with some resistance. Gail’s mother was worried that they might be ma rrying for the wrong reasons and advised her daughter to wait. Gail’s father also opposed the marriage because he thought that Mark was marrying his daughter so that he could remain in the United States. Such concerns are understandable. After all, marriage across nations may have its problem of one kind or another.1. Gail’s mother was worried that they might be marrying for the wrong reason.2. Mark wanted to marry Gail so that he could remain in the United States.3. (Open-ended.)Unit 4 第四单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesI wrote a story about love, and I hope you like it. The story is about a young soldier who is waiting to see a woman he has fallen in love with. I suppose it’s a lot like my other stories in that it has a happy ending. Y ou might laugh at me for writing stories that are so sweet. But, you see, I am a deep believer in love, and I am hopeful about everyone finding it. Without love, I really don’t know what the purpose of living would be.4. He is waiting to see a woman he has fallen in love with.5. A happy ending.6. (Open-ended.)Unit 5第五单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesToday, I want to talk about the historic opportunity we now have to protect our children from an even more deadly threat: smoking. Smoking kills more people every day than AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, drugs and fires combined. Nearly 90% percent of those smokers lit their first cigarette before they turned 18. In the past few years we’ve worked to stop our children from smoking before they start, to red uce their access to tobacco products, andto restrict tobacco companies from advertising to young people. If we do these, we’ll cut teen smoking by almost half over the next five years.1. Before they turned 18.2. To reduce children’s access to tobacco pr oducts, and to restrict tobacco companies from advertising to your people.3. ( Open-ended)自由作答，陈述各自的观点.Unit 6 第六单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesPre-reading ActivitiesThere are various reasons for our final decision on what name to give to a baby. For some it may simply because they come across a name that they feel is “it”. But for most people it may be a process of careful selection based on meaning, tradition, or parents’ wishes for their child. Whatever the naming method, a given name follow s the child throughout his or her life.How can parents decide on a name that will satisfy them? Consider the following: First, consider the area the child will grow up in when selecting a name. Second, choose a name based on some personal meaning so when the child asks why they’re named so, the parents will have a reasonable explanation. Finally, before deciding on a name, get opinions of people around! Chances are, if your friends and family members look shocked when you share your name selection, your child will probably be horrified as well.１.Meaning, tradition, or parents’wishes for their child.2. Three. Get opinions of people around.3. (Open-ended.)Unit 7 第七单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesStress can kill you. Being tense can damage your heart, so it is wise to take charge of your life and realize you cannot control everything. But you can control stress which is caused by fear, uncertainty, doubt, and lack of control. Anger may also be the root of this stress, especially for hard-working professional women and people with no goals in life. To relax and take control of your life, try the NICE factors: new, interesting, challenging experiences. And follow Ben Franklin’s example by writing down the major goals you want to achieve in your life. For the problems over which you have no control, you have to learn to go with the flow.1.Stress can be caused by fear, uncertainty, doubt, lack of control, and anger..2. The NICE factors are new, interesting, challenging experiences.3. (open-ended.)Unit 8 第八单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesWhat is life about? We work hard everyday to make more money, to gain power and recognition. We neglect our health, time with our family, the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love. One day when we look back, we will realize that we don’t really need that much. We then will realize how much we have missed in life! Work definitely is not the whole of life. Work is meant to keep us living so that we enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.Life is a balance of work and play, family and personal time. Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the aim of human existence. So, live a balanced lifestyle and enjoy life!1.Our health, time with our family, the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love.2. Happiness.3. (open-ended.)Unit 9 第九单元SECTION A Pre-reading ActivitiesI wasn’t the brightest kid in my graduating class. I didn’t even attend a famous school. What I did have, though, was a supportive family, and with their help, I was able to become one of the top lawyers in the state of Floridaand then a Florida State Supreme Court Justice. And you know what? It wasn’t as hard as you may think. It started with a clear set of rules: always get up early, always work hard, always do things honestly, always try to improve on the day before and never give up. When I was younger, I didn’t always remember the rules myself, so my father had to remind me. After a while, though, the rules became habit and everything else sort of fell into place.1. He owed his success to his supportive family.2. The rules were: always get up early, always work hard, always do things honestly, always try to improve on the day before, and never give up.3. (Open-end.) 开放性问题，可按自己的想法回答。
新视野大学英语第二册读写教程unit3
ups and downs – a mix of good experiences and bad experiences e.g. • Life is full of ups and downs. • He has seen the ups and downs in the history of relations between the two countries.
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Intensive Study “But Mark and I have been together more than two years,” Gail railed. “We’ve been through so much together. We’ve seen each other at our worst many times. I’m sure that time will only confirm what we feel deeply about each other.” 9 “You may be right. But I still think that waiting won’t hurt. You’re only twenty-five.” 10 Gail’s father, David, whom I had not yet met personally, approached our decision with a father-knows-best attitude. He basically asked the same questions as Gail’s mother: “Why the haste? Who is this Mark? What’s his citizenship status?” And when he learned of my problems with the Citizenship department, he immediately suspected that I was marrying his daughter in order to remain in the United States.
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charm charming son-in-law caring indication confirm citizenship suspect harsh
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新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版) 2 unit 3 Marriages Across Nations
speak to him again.
resolve to do/ decide to do
Marrige Across Nations
跨国婚姻
Meaning guess f --father Guess the real meaning of husband a --and m-- mother and wife.
Marrige Across Nations
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Compromise
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they managed to reach a compromise.
make a compromise / compromises
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reservation. 我完全相信你的话。
(2) e.g.如果你想去听音乐会， 你得(事先)预订(票)，否则会没有票的。 If you want to go to the concert, you'll have to make a reservation, or there will be no tickets.
一切都按计划发展。 Everything has worked out according to the plan. ② 解答，计算出 Have you worked out the answer? 你已经得出答案了吗？
go through: experience 经历 go through hardships
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新视野大学英语读写教程2-Unit3
Unit3SectionAMarriage Across NationsDetailed study of the T ext1.…we had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple learning to★ups and downs:a mixture of good experiences and bad experiencesLife is full of ups and downs.人生充满了欢乐与痛苦。
He has seen the ups and downs in the relations between the two countries.他目睹了两国关系的起起落落。
2.But through it all we had honestly confronted the weeknesses and strengths of each other’s★weaknesses and strengths:weak points and strong pointsthe weaknesses and strengths of her theroy她的理论的不足和长处It’s important to know your own weaknesses and strengths.了解自己的缺点和优点很重要。
3.Our racial and cultural differences enhanced our relationship and taught us a great deal about★compromise:n.[C讨论,U妥协]an agreement that is achieved after everyone involved accepts less than what they wanted at firstAfter several hours of discussion ,they managed to reach a compromis e.经过了几个小时的讨论，他们达成了妥协。
新视野 Unit 1-5(Book2)课后练习答案
Unit One Book TwoSection A Time-Conscious Americans课后习题答案I I.1. The attitude is that if one is not moving ahead, he is falling behind.2. Time is treated as if it were sth almost real. They do this because time is a precious resource.3. Everyone is in a rush---often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping.4.Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain appropriate point.5. New arrivals in America will miss opening exchanges, the ritual interaction that goes with a cup of coffee or tea and leisurely chats.6. Americans produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices. They communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls, or emails rather than through personal contacts.7． The impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand.8. It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being component to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed in the US.III.1. charge2. convention3. efficient4. obtain5. competent6. assessing7. fulfill8. conducting9. consequently 10. significanceIV.1.behind2.at3.in4.out5.to6.to7.in8.with9. but 10. forV.1-5. LCDNO 6-10. AEGIKVI.mitment2.attraction3.appointment4.impression5.civilizationposition7.confusion8.congratulation9.consideration10.explanation 11.acquisition 12.depressionVII.1.advisable2.desirable3.favorable4.considerable5.remarkable6.preferable7.drinkable8.acceptableVIII.1. much less (can he) write English articles2. much less (can he manage) a big company3. much less (could he) carry it upstairs4. much less (have I) spoken to him5. much less (to) read a lot outside of itIX.1. Having meals at home can cost as little as two or three dollars, whereas eating out at a restaurant is always more expensive.2. We thought she was rather proud, whereas in fact she was just very shy.3. we have never done anything for them, whereas they have done everything for us.4. Natalie prefers to stay for another week, whereas her husband prefersto leave immediately.5. Some praise him highly, whereas others put him down severely.X.1.She wouldn’t take a drink, much less would she stay fordinner.2.He thought I was lying to him, whereas I was telling the truth.3.How do you account for the fact that you have been lateevery day this week?4.The increase in their profits is due partly to their new marketstrategy.5.Such measures are likely to result in the improvement ofwork efficiency.6.We have already poured a lot of time and energy into theproject, so we have to carry on.XI.1.我认为他不会抢劫，更不用说暴力抢劫了。
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她无法想象竟会住在这么一个小 城镇里。
She couldn’t imagine living in a small town like this.
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Imagine a few people sitting in a waiting room. (Unit 4-B, Book I)
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种族主义在美国 在美国，种族主义是一个众所周知的问 题。从种族定性到其他诸如平权措施、警察 残酷对待少数族裔以及奴隶制历史和不断升 级的反移民怨恨等问题。
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We imagine a quiet holiday at home for this summer after a busy year. 忙碌了一年，我们打算今年夏天在家过个安静 的假期。 imagine doing sth
我将约会南茜去跳舞。 Practice I'll date Nancy for the dance.
新视野大学英语2unit3说课课件.ppt
Unit Three Section A： Marriages Across the Nations
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I. Brief Analysis of this course II. Teaching Objectives III. Teaching Methods IV. Teaching Aids V. Teaching Procedures VI. Teaching Reflection
Presentation:
Character n.: 1)qualities that make sb a particular type of person.
性格，个性
e.g. What does her handwriting tell you about her character? e.g. I choose my friends for their good characters.
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Group B
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Paraphrase:
e.g. We had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple
learning to know, understand and respect each other.(Para.1)
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mother and daughter respectively, and then each group to stage their role-plays to the audience
《新视野大学英语读写教程》(第二册)Unit 3 Marriage across the Nations
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patterns in this text.
作业布置与 思考
Assignments: 1. Finish the exercise on page 72 of the textbook of reading and writing
2. Develop a paragraph by trying to use some of those sentence patterns, in which the following argument should be introduced and refuted Some numbers bring fortune to people while some others misfortune.
Teaching emphasis: 1. Get the main idea of the passage; 2. Master some useful expressions & sentence structure in the passage; 3. Understand the structure of the text A. Teaching difficulties: Recognizing between facts and opinions
The period of engagement is the time between the marriage proposal and the wedding ceremony. Two people agree to marry when they decide to spend their lives together. The man usually gives the woman a diamond engagement ring. That tradition is said to have started when an Austrian man gave a diamond ring to the woman he wanted to marry. The diamond represented beauty. He placed it on the third finger of her left hand. He chose that finger because it was thought that the blood vessel in that finger went directly to the heart. Today we know that this is not true, yet the tradition continues.
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2.What happened when Gail spread the news of their wedding plans to her family?
instead of congratulations resistance supportive counsel
3. How did Gail’s father approach their decision to get married?
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1. ups and downs (L2) 2. weaknesses and strengths (L3)
1. 盛衰，沉浮 2. 优缺点
3. racial and cultural difference (L5) 3. 种族差异和文化差异
4. be open with sb. (L6)
4. 开诚布公对待
在一起相处的两年中，我们经历了一对情侣
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盛衰；浮沉 ups and downs (L. 2)
活学活用
人生虽然充满着变数，而我不变的应对策略 是删除昨天的烦恼、输入今天的信心、设置 明天的目标。
Full of ups and downs as life is, my consistent
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The characters:
Young lovers: Gail and Mark Gail’s mother: Deborah Gail’s father: David
Gail’s parents’ divorce has negative
Effect on her relationship with Mark.
How did Gail’s mother react to her decision? How did Gail’s father react to her decision?
Mark: He is a black man. He is a charming intelligent young guy. He is not an American citizen.
College English (Book 2)
Unit Three
Section A
Marriage Across Nations
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In your opinion, what will be the main barrier to marriages across nations? The language barrier The cultural differences The different patterns of seeing things The different social values The different eating habits The different principles of conduct
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While-reading task:
1. Who are the characters mentioned in the article? Find out brief information about them. 2. How do Gail’s mother react to her decision? 3. How do Gail’s fatheБайду номын сангаас react to her decision?
Demerits:
1) More obstacles to overcome with regard to culture and customs, like language barriers, cultural differences, different thinking patterns of seeing things, different dietary habits; 2) More complex procedures to go through to be united as a lawful couple; 3) Their children’s undergoing many more hardships; 4) More chances of breakup due to cultural differences;
Urging the couples to speak new languages; More chances to get insight into new cultures; More opportunities for overseas travels; Their children’s tendency to be healthier and brighter;
Gail: She is a white woman. She is an American citizen. She is going to marry Mark.
Deborah’s attitude:
1. harbored reservation about a mixed marriage 2. counseled Gail to be really sure she was doing the right thing.
1. suspected that Mark’s motive to marry Gail
2. quoted statistics to show mixed couples’ higher divorce rates 3. mentioned the problems for the children of mixed marriage ---Take an opposing attitude
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Lead-in:
Watch the videos and find out how these
people think about mixed marriage.
What are the merits and demerits of marriage across nations? Merits:
3. didn’t want Gail to marry for the wrong reasons
4. waiting won’t hurt
---Take a cautious attitude
David’s attitude:
tried to persuade Gail to change her mind.