新视野大学英语预备级第五单unit5分析解析

bread
sanwiches
cream puff doughnut
泡芙
炸面圈
hamburger
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muffin 松饼
swiss roll 瑞士卷
waffle 华夫饼
pudding
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salad
trifle 英式冷布丁
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-ed vs. -ing
? -ed : 人感到...样 ? tired ? interested ? bored ? excited ? depressed ? embarrassed
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course
? n.课程, 过程, 路线, 一道(菜)
? They're going away on a training course next week.
? 下个星期他们要出去上实习课。
? ----Where did you get the money? Did you steal it? ---- Of course not.
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? 4 Some people, however, think there is a bigger problem than losing time: stress.
? 5 “You can go into a major shopping area and after one hour it feels like your mind is dead. The reason is that there are too many things to pick from,”says an expert. He adds that people nowadays feel they have to consider environmental problems (such as w h e t h e r the product is harmful to the environment). They also have to condiser health problems (such as whether the product contains harmful materials). It's a very big job, he says, well beyond the level of stress that our parents knew 20 years ago.
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译文
? 最近你有没有去买过早餐食品？找到适合 的食品是不是很难？ 有些商店供应 40多种 早餐食品，而更多的品种正在上市。 据一 位专家说，人们可能把一生 的大部分时间 都花在决定买什么东西上。 例如，只是出 去买点儿黄油、糖和胡萝卜就可能需要花 上一整天时间。 花太多的时间买东西是令 人厌倦的。
? v. 留心, 注意, 介意 ? Mind your language(=don't use swear words),
young lady ？ ? 注意你的语言，年轻的小姐。
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tin
? n.锡, 罐头 ? a tin tray/ whistle ? 一个锡盘/哨子 ? a tin of paint ? 一罐油漆 ? Do you want coconut milk in a tin or a carton?
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store
? n.商店, 贮藏, ? vt. 储存, 贮藏, 保存 ? 例句: ? He stored foods in his cupboard. ? 他把食品存放在碗橱里。 ? There is a large store in the village. ? 村里有家大百货店。
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dessert
-ing：物令人...样 tiring interesting boring exciting depressing embarrasing
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It's tiring to spend extra time shopping. = People feel tired to spend extra time shopping
amusements. ? 这个旅馆为住客提供了各种各样的娱乐活动。
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译文
? 购物时可选择的东西太多在许多人看来已 是当今的一大问题。 某一样东西品种繁多 是不是一件太好的事，一些专家正开始提 出质疑。
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Reading Skills
2. Have you tried to buy breakfast food lately?
It is depressing to see so many young people use drugs today.
= We feel depressed to see so many young people use drugs today.
She was embarrassed when they asked her age. = It was embarrassing to ask a girl's age.
餐配食）
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stout 烈性黑啤 （原产 于爱尔兰，有咖 啡的苦味，常与 甜点配食）
pilsener 比尔森啤酒 （捷 克黄啤酒，可配 送任何食物，口 味比 lager 稍重）
special beer 特种啤酒（绿 啤，暖啤，奇 异果啤酒，黑 加仑啤酒）
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译文
? 当然，有些顾客对此一点儿也不介意。 目 前住在洛杉矶的俄国人阿纳托利 ·罗辛斯基 回忆说： 在俄国，如果你要买一听啤酒， 你得排半小时的队。 如果那 天有啤酒的话， 你也只有一种选择。 在这里，你花 30分钟 来决定买哪种啤酒。 你最终花费的时间大 致是一样的。 但现在这样令人愉快得多。
one thing may be too much of a good thing.
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choice
? n.选择, 挑选, 抉择 ? 例句: ? She wouldn't be my choice as Prime
Minister. ? 她不是我看中做首相的人。 ? There is no choice between the two. ? 两者半斤八两。 ? We each had to make a choice. ? 我们每个人都必须做出选择。
1 5 a biscuit / cake tin
a biscuit tin
a mooncake tin
biscuit/ cake tins
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beer
ales 艾尔啤酒（窖藏 啤酒和黑啤意外 的任何啤酒）
lager 贮藏陈啤 （与墨西哥 和印度菜及 披萨配食）
porter 黑啤（ 原产地英 格兰，与各类肉
? 他精通世界上的神秘宗教。
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variety
? n.多样, 种类, 多样化 惯用表达： a variety of = varieties of 多种多样的
? 例句: ? Variety is the spice of life. ? 变化是生活的调味品。 ? I have a variety of books at home. ? 我家中有好多书。 ? The hotel offers its guests a wide variety of
Unit 5
Too Many Choices in Shopping
Disscussion
1. How often do you go shopping?
2. What do you spend most money on?
3. Are there too many choices for the item you want to buy?
4. Which kind of shopping do you enjoy most: go to the shopping mall, home shopping on television, online shopping, or mail order catalogue shopping?
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? 3. Some shoppers, of course, don't mind this at all. Anotoly Rosinsky, a Russian who now lives in Los Angeles, recalls, In Russia, if you want to buy a tin of beer, you stand in line for half an hour. Then you have one choice if they have beer that day. Here, you spend 30 minutes deciding which beer to buy. In the end, you lose about the same amount of time. But this way it's much more pleasant.
This book is interesting. = He is interested in this book.
The history dates are boring. = I am bored by the history dates.
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I feel excited to read the news. = It is an exciting news to read.
? The Second World War ended, of course (= as you should know), in 1945.
? 第二次世界大战当然是结束于 1945年。
? a four-course lunch ? 四道菜的午餐
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mind
? n.头脑；智力；想法 ? I don't think I have a very logical mind. ? 我认为我的头脑不是十分有逻辑。 ? I just said the first thing that came into my mind. ? 我只是说出了最先出现在我脑子的想法。
Reading Skills
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Having too many choices when
shopping is considered by many people to a
big problem today. Some experts are
beginning to wonder iing to find the right thing to eat difficult? Some stores have more than 40 varieties of breakfast food, and more are on the way. According to one expert, people can spend a large part of their lives making decisions about what to buy. For example, a simple trip to buy butter, sugar,a nd carrots could take all day. It's tiring to spend extra time shopping.
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consider
? v.考虑, 思考, 认为, 体谅, 注视 ? 例句: ? In judging him you should consider his youth. ? 在对他进行评审时，你应该考虑到他还年轻。 ? He will be considered a weak leader. ? 他会被认为是个软弱无能的领导人。 ? Your suggestion shall be carefully considered. ? 你的建议会得到仔细考虑的。
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expert
? n.专家, 能手
? She is a reputable expert. ? 她是个有声望的专家。
? He has no pretensions to being an expert on the subject.
? 他并不以这方面专家自居。
? He is an expert on the world's mystical religions.