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新视野大学英语(第二版)读写教程2-Unit1 网络版答案

新视野大学英语（第二版）读写教程2-Unit1网络版答案1. Lawyers such high fees, but they never seem to be short of clients.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)charge charge2. It is a matter of that male businesspeople usually wear suits on formal occasions.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)convention convention3. These people are very , very organized and excellent time managers.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)efficient efficient4. Julian says she hopes to get a job and find a way to a college education.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)obtain obtain5. Having studied business at college and knowing two foreign languages, my secretary is perfectly for her job.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)competent competent6. The leading economists of the country have been the influence of the current crisis upon its economy.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)assessing assessing7. The general public did not have confidence that the government would be able to this difficult job.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)fulfill fulfill8. The company is a survey to find out local reaction to their recently promoted product.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)conducting conducting9. The rain was heavy and the land was flooded.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)consequently consequently10. The discovery of the oilfield is of great to the economy in this region.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)significance significance11. After listening to the speaker for two hours, the audience became .Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)restless restless12. She grew up in comfortable ; she never experienced any difficulties when she was young.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)surroundings surroundings13. When Brad his way to the center of the crowd, he pushed with all the strength of his body.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)elbowed elbowed14. The government has one million for a new hospital in this region.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)budgeted budgeted15. There is a(n) lack of water in the northern part of the country, because there has been almost no rain since last February.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)Acute acute1. We can't afford to fall other businesses in using new technology.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)behind behind2. Realizing that his retirement was near hand, he looked for some additional income that would provide for his children.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)at at3. Months of secret talks with the opposition party finally resulted the setting free of the political prisoners.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)in in4. When the car broke down on the highway for a third time, John's patience completely ran .Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)out out5. He cannot go without wine even for one day; he is a complete slave drink.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)to to6. What one thinks and feels is, in the eyes of social scientists, mainly due tradition, habit, and education.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)to to7. It is a real honor to have the opportunity of meeting the well-known scientist person.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)in in8. Happiness doesn't necessarily go money.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)with with9. In the thick forest, you can walk from the edge till your feet ache, and still you'll see nothing tall trees and other plants.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)but but10. Every day the manager has to account to the chairman how he spends the company's money.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)for for11. While I was working my letter last night, the telephone rang.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)at at12. The school was attended by four hundred students, each of whom is worthy our attention.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)of of13. Farmers say that supermarkets put them pressure to sell at very low prices.Y our answer(s) Correct answer(s)under underAs a foreigner doing business in the United States, I feel very rushed. I am used to friendly opening exchanges when doing business. Here in Chicago, things are different. There is no time for getting to know one another. This does not seem to me. There is no chance to develop a sense of trust when people meet to talk over issues. There are no like tea or coffee before discussing business, though this is a(n) in my country. When we discuss business it starts with a(n) chat. I think that it is important for business partners to get familiar with each other first and to feel relaxed. If the exchange is too , there is a risk that something will be forgotten. Some possibilities go without being when there is too much pressure. I don't believe this is the best strategy for proper communication. Besides, the is that they just don't care about you as an individual here. You are basically just another of making money.All of this used to create a real for me. At first, it caused me to have as little with American business partners as possible. Gradually, though, I have come to understand the cultural differences between our two countries. This has really helped me to feel more comfortable doing business here.Your answers Correct answers1. appropriate appropriate2. rituals rituals3. convention convention4. leisurely leisurely5. abrupt abrupt6. assessed assessed7. perception perception8. means means9. dilemma dilemma10. interaction interactionI am frequently asked the question, "Can you use chopsticks (筷子)?" I have lived in Korea, Japan, and China. In each country, I have, than not and without having requested one, been given a fork one was available. I have politely refused and said that I would be fine with chopsticks. Sometimes, I have to make explanation.Chopsticks are my worries when I am eating in an Asian home or restaurant. In fact, learning to use chopsticks takes me a few weeks. This is not to say I was skillful, though. Learning how to use chopsticks is easy for me, learning the rituals and how to myself at the table is quite difficult. times do I have to say "no, thank you" I really mean "no, thank you, I truly am full"? How do I get away with refusing more food without someone? If I insist and I still get more, is it appropriate just not to eat it? This would be where I come from.I have enjoyed many great meals and my with the people have been great. I am aware that I will never be able to as much as I have received. I don't know how I can ever thank all of the people who introduced me to eating in Asia.Your answers Correct answers1. more often more often2. when when3. further further4. the least of the least of5. how how6. nothing but nothing but7. whereas whereas8. conduct conduct9. Just how many Just how many10. when when11. offending offending12. impolite impolite13. interactions interactions14. increasingly increasingly15. give back give back1. 她连水都不愿喝一口，更别提留下来吃饭了。

新视野大学英语_预备级2 课后答案+翻译

Vocabulary 选词填空Unit 1tradition shy period pushing adventures pause welcome stuckUnit 2valuable investment population leaked familiar furniture merely enterUnit 3announced organized pouring directly exchanging entire communicated boilingUnit 4blow regular posted estimated repeated mailbox hurried unfoldUnit 5copied whenever fresh tricked remarkable floating flooded complainUnit 6item duties buttoned engage baked gather attended slavedUnit 7positive false guided install caged founded operated educatedUnit 8moral due eventually tracks performed relevant local tailed新视野大学英语预备级2：课文翻译Unit 1课文A约会当我还是个13岁左右的年轻小伙子时，我有一群年龄比我稍大、经验比我丰富的伙伴。

他们认识许多不同的女孩，经常在天气宜人的日子里和她们一块儿到海滩上去玩。

有一次我们在海滩上时，大多数小伙子都和那些姑娘们到海边的礁石上玩去了。

我对其中一个女孩颇感兴趣，自言自语道："我想带芭芭拉去看电影……"我想说的就是这句话,而旁边那个家伙听了兴奋不已。

他迈开大步走到礁石上，找到了她。

他一个劲地催她回到海滩上, 一路上大声说: "芭芭拉, 范曼有事要对你说。

新视野大学英语预备级1 Unit 1 教案

课堂演示友情提示：1.加大窗口面积的办法：将鼠标对准Word菜单上“帮助”后面的浅蓝色空白空间，单击右键，去掉下拉菜单选项前的对勾（重复操作即可去除全部对勾，加大word窗口面积）。

2. 字号调整的快捷方式：按住Control键，滚动鼠标中间的滑轮即可调整显示比例。

3. 对文档中的链接单击右键并选择“打开超链接”跳转到相关部分，再点Top返回目录。

Unit 1Alfred Nobel: A Man of PeaceContentI．Leading inII．Text AudioIII．Sentence AnalysisIV．Word StudyV．ExercisesVI．Spotlight on GrammarI.Leading in1)Pictures2)Discussion:A. Has there been any Chinese people (including overseas Chinese)awarded the Nobel Prize? Name them and the awards they win.KeyB. Do you know the English name for the six awards? Listen to thefollowing audio clip to find the answer.3)Listen to the audio clip and take down the name of the six awards.(打开连接即可听音频)Check ScriptII. Text Audio(打开连接即可听音频)1. The newspaper story continued, giving Alfred Nobel’s age, nation, and otherinformation about his business.(Para. 1)♠story: a report in a newspaper or news broadcast about a recent event （报纸或广播中的）新闻报道♠Meaning: The newspaper story went on, telling readers how old Alfred Nobel was, where he was from and what he did for business.♠中文翻译：那家报纸继续报道了他的年龄、国籍及其他有关他生意的信息。

新视野大学英语预备级2第一单元课时2教案新部编本

教师学科教案[ 20 – 20 学年度第__学期]任教学科：_____________任教年级：_____________任教老师：_____________xx市实验学校Unit 1 (2)Section AGoing Out on DatesⅠ. Text Structure Analysis (20 min)约会When I was a young fellow, about thirteen, I had a group of friends who were a little older 当我还是个13岁左右的年轻小伙子时，我有一群年龄比我稍大、经than I was, and more experienced. They knew a lot of different girls, and would 验比我丰富的伙伴。

他们认识许多不同的女孩，经常在天气宜人的日often go to the beach with them if the weather was good.子里和她们一块儿到海滩上去玩。

One time we were at the beach, and most of the guys had gone out on some rocks, with the 有一次我们在海滩上时，大多数小伙子都和那些姑娘们到海边的礁girls. I was interested in a particular girl a little bit, and said to myself: "I think I'd like to石上玩去了。

我对其中一个女孩颇感兴趣，自言自语道："我想带芭芭take Barbara to the movies…"拉去看电影……"That's all I had to say, and the guy next to me got all excited. He marched out onto the 我想说的就是这句话,而旁边那个家伙听了兴奋不已。

新视野大学英语第三版读写教程-Book2-Unit1-SectionA课后练习答案

Pre-reading activities P2
• Script: I'm Michal. I live in Poland, and Polish is my native language. I started learning English by listening to the Beatles everyday. At the beginning, I didn’t know what they were singing, but soon I started to understand individual words, and later, more. Each time I hear a Beatles song, I am delighted and feel proud because now I can understand a lot better. I listen to many rock bands, all in English, and I really enjoy them. Besides listening to English songs, I also started reading science fiction books in English. I still remember how excited I was when I successfully finished reading the first English book, a great breakthrough in my life! When I read in English, I not only have the pleasure of reading but also get the feeling of self-accomplishment. English has given me so much satisfaction and pleasure. I feel I’m free.

新视野大学英语读写教程（第三版）Book2-unit1课文翻译及课后答案

新视野大学英语第三版第二册unit1课文翻译与习题答案课文 A一堂难忘的英语课1 如果我是唯一一个还在纠正小孩英语的家长，那么我儿子也许是对的。

对他而言，我是一个乏味的怪物：一个他不得不听其教诲的父亲，一个还沉湎于语法规则的人，对此我儿子似乎颇为反感。

2 我觉得我是在最近偶遇我以前的一位学生时，才开始对这个问题认真起来的。

这个学生刚从欧洲旅游回来。

我满怀着诚挚期待问她：“欧洲之行如何？”3 她点了三四下头，绞尽脑汁，苦苦寻找恰当的词语，然后惊呼：“真是，哇！”4 没了。

所有希腊文明和罗马建筑的辉煌居然囊括于一个浓缩的、不完整的语句之中！我的学生以“哇！”来表示她的惊叹，我只能以摇头表达比之更强烈的忧虑。

5 关于正确使用英语能力下降的问题，有许多不同的故事。

学生的确本应该能够区分诸如their / there / they‟re 之间的不同，或区别complimentary 跟complementary之间显而易见的差异。

由于这些知识缺陷，他们承受着大部分不该承受的批评和指责，因为舆论认为他们应该学得更好。

6 学生并不笨，他们只是被周围所看到和听到的语言误导了。

举例来说，杂货店的指示牌会把他们引向stationary（静止处），虽然便笺本、相册、和笔记本等真正的stationery (文具用品) 并没有被钉在那儿。

朋友和亲人常宣称They‟ve just ate。

实际上，他们应该说They‟ve just eaten。

因此，批评学生不合乎情理。

7 对这种缺乏语言功底而引起的负面指责应归咎于我们的学校。

学校应对英语熟练程度制定出更高的标准。

可相反，学校只教零星的语法，高级词汇更是少之又少。

还有就是，学校的年轻教师显然缺乏这些重要的语言结构方面的知识，因为他们过去也没接触过。

学校有责任教会年轻人进行有效的语言沟通，可他们并没把语言的基本框架——准确的语法和恰当的词汇——充分地传授给学生。

8 因为语法对大多数年轻学生而言枯燥且乏味，所以我觉得讲授语法得一步一步、注重技巧地进行。

新视野大学英语预备级2 Unit1

• 一家报纸报道说阿尔弗雷德· 诺贝尔死于 1888年4月13日。该报纸称他是一个拿死亡做交易的人，因为他研制并销售炸药。事实上，诺贝尔所经营的生意使他成为一个大富翁。那家报纸继续报道，介绍了他的年龄、国籍及其他有关他的生意的信息。然而，这位55岁的人从报纸上只看到了关于他 "做死亡生意"的言辞。
• He also thought that if all countries had the same great weapons, they would see how impossible was—that any country fighting a war would surely be destroyed. There would be more wars. Many people of his day also thought this way.
• 2 Alfred Nobel put down the newspaper sadly. No, he wasn’t dead—his brother Ludwig had died, and the French newspaper had made a mistake. All the same, Alfred Nobel was worried. Was this the way the world was going to remember him? He did not like that idea at all.
Alfred Noble: A Man of Peace
• 1 The newspaper reported the death of Alfred Noble on April 13, 1888. The newspaper called him a person who traded in death, because he had developed and sold explosives.

新视野大学英语读写教程第二版book2 unit1 section A

新视野－程序性知识提炼与应用
他热衷于邪门歪道，他热衷于邪门歪道，不停地拉关系，不停地拉关系，走后门。后门。
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take great pleasure in sth. / dishonest He takes great pleasure in dishonest practices, practices / never cease to underhand never ceasing to establish do sth. / establish underhand and exploit / exploit personal connections connections them for underhand connections for personal gains gains.
For detail 随笔词汇学习课文阅读
Devices for its Development
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小结
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Part I Part II Part III
Main Idea of Part III
[Para. 8 ] In contrast to some peoples who would give added weight to the task on which more time is spent, American people focus more of The author applies contrast in this part to their minds on how to fulfill an important task restate the main idea of the passage. with speed and on how to “get it moving” as soon as possible, which serves as an echo to what is stated at the beginning. For detail

《新视野大学英语预备级2》教案

新视野（预备级第二册）教案New Horizon College English大学外语教研部Unit 1Going out on DatesⅠ.Discussion:A. Do you think parents should give full instructions to their sons or daughters when they have dates? Why?B. Would you do as the author’s mother did to teach your son how to date when he is still young? Why?Ⅱ.Sentence Analysis1. … and most of the guys had gone out on … (Para.2)guy：n. 1) [C] a man男人e.g. Do you know the guy standing behind the bridge?你认识那个站在桥后边的男人吗？2) ( pl.) a group of people 一伙人e.g. Hey, guys! Come here. 嗨，各位！请到这儿来。

Note: 在美国英语里，不论对男士或女士说话，都可以用you guys：What do you guys want to eat? 你们想吃什么？2. … making a scene, and saying … (Para.4)make a scene: give a bad show of oneself 当众吵闹；出丑She wanted to make a good show of herself, but finally she made a scene. 她本来想显示一下自己是个能干的女人，结果却大出洋相。

e.g. I’m ashamed of you, making a scene in the restaurant like that.你在饭馆里那样大吵大闹，我真为你感到羞耻。

新视野大学英语读写教程2-Unit1

Unit1SectionATime-Conscious AmericansDetailed study of the Text“stand” is followed by adjectives.More examples:The room stands idle .这房间闲置着。

Stand firm-don’t let them tell you what to do.要坚定，不要让他们对你指手画脚。

They stand opposed to the new law.他们反对这项新法律。

2.…you are falling behind. (Para.1)★fall behind : move more slowly than other people so that one is behind them.fall behind in science在科学方面落后fall behind one’s competitors落后于竞争对手。

The student has been working hard for fear that he shuold fall behind .这个学生一直很努力，唯恐落后。

3.This attitude results in a nation of people committed toActing before thinking always results in failure.做事不事先考虑总会导致失败。

The accident resulted in the death of two people.这场事故造成两人死亡。

★compare:result from:be caused by something that has happened previouslyNothing has resulted from his efforts.他的努力终成泡影。

The child’s illness resulted from eating unclean food.孩子生病是由于吃了不干净的事物。

课件-新视野预备级1-Unit 2

新视野大学英语预备1级教学课件
New Horizon College English Pre-band 1
Section A Speaking of Men and Women …
Study the passage and analyze the language points
1. I know you’ve written a lot about how language changes when we talk about the two sexes … (Para.1) talk about: say or speak about 谈论
Study new words.
1. sex female/male sex Do you mind what sex your baby is? 2. suggest Are you suggesting that I am wrong? Dark clouds suggest rain. suggest doing/sth
3. 分句中的两种语气 a. 直陈语气
It looks as if it is going to rain. （或许真的要下雨了。）
It looks as if we shall have to do the work
ourselves. （或许我们真的要自己来做了。） b. 虚拟语气
It was (as hot) as if we were on the sun. （我们不可能在太阳上。）
7. … I found out that in Japan, for example,
men and women use different word endings.
(Para.22) find out: discover 发现 How did you find out that he didn’t mail

新视野大学英语预备级1-unit1-电子教案

UNIT1-A Alfred Nobel: A Man of PeaceI.Objectives:By the end of this unit, students will be better able to1. Grasp the main idea of the text2. Master the key language points3. Make the grammar clearII. Content: Alfred Nobel: A man of PeaceIII.Major points and difficulties1. Key words: information, create, business, perfect, wonder, add2. Useful Expressions: call sb sth, trade in, of one’s day, be worried about, learn of,in the field of, as a result3. Grammar: 不定式主动语态表示被动意义IV. Process and ProcedureStep 1 Warm-up ActivitiesPre-reading1. How much do you know about Alfred Nobel?2. What kind of award is the Nobel Prize?3. To whom do you think the Nobel Prize should be awarded?Background Information1. Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) was a Swedish chemist and inventor. He was involved, with his family, in the development of explosives, and his invention of dynamite, a mixture of nitroglycerine and filler, greatly improved the safety of explosives. He was inclined toward pacifism and concerned about the potential uses of the explosives he had invented. He established a fund to provide annual awards, called Nobel Prizes, in the sciences, literature, and the promotion of international peace. Please visit for more information about Alfred Nobel.2. Nobel Prize is an award created and paid for by the will of Alfred Nobel, and is given every year for outstanding achievement in one of five fields. By the terms of Nobel’s will, the physics and chemistry prizes are decided by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; the physiology or medicine prize, by Sweden’s Royal Caroline Medico-Chirurgical Institute; the literature prize by the Swedish Academy; and the peace prize, by a committee of the Norwegian parliament. Each winner is presented a gold medal and a sum that by 1980 was about $200,000. These five awards were first given in 1901. A sixth award, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, was created and paid for in 1968 by Sveriges Riksbank, the Swedish national bank, and first awarded in 1969. It is decided by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Please visit for further information about the Nobel Prize.Step 2 Listening: Listen to the textStep 3 Detail explanations of the textLanguage Points…called him a person …(Para.1)call: v.1)say or think that sth. or sb. is 认为……是；把……称为People called him a hero for what he did.人们因为他所做的事称他为英雄。

新视野大学英语读写教程预备级1课后翻译答案

3. He often does small things to help his classmates, that is why he is so popular.
4. If you are kind and nice, the world will return the favor to you.
UNIT 7
Section A
Translation V
1. People have discovered that many couples who get married young lead unhappy lives and they deeply regret having been married young.
2. Nobel preferred people to remember him as a man of peace..
3. But not everyone would agree with you that men and women have the same abilities.
4. That is a very good example of how the language has changed as a result of the women’s movement.
Translation VI
1. 他收拾好手提箱，然后走了。我独自一人抚养孩子。
2. 有些人发现，年轻“相爱”的时候结婚并非总是有幸福的结局。
3. 我那么早就找了比尔，在这一点上最让我欣慰的是，总有人同我一起分享我的成就。
4. 五年之后，我们去找律师谈离婚的事，可是离婚至少要花费1000美元，并可能需要六个月的时间。

新视野大学英语2Unit1time-consciousamericans

Unit 1 Section ATime-Conscious AmericansTeaching Plan(4 periods)ObjectivesStudents will be able to:1. grasp the main idea of the text(Americans value time and save it carefully.)2. master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;3. conduct a serious of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.1.Why do Americans like visiting fast-food restaurants?2. Do you like fast-food? If you do, what’s the reason for this liking?3. Are you time-conscious? State your idea on time.4. Life is fast-paced today. Besides eating fast-food, people also use different kinds of time-saving devices, such as: fax, e-mail and mobile phone. What do you think of these time-saving devices?Cultural DifferencesStudents and teachers need to be aware that the ethnocentric attitudes of writers are precisely the way cultural conflict is encouraged. Why is understanding a culture always the others’ responsibility? It is not possible that each culture could be made aware of different conventions? Both sides must work at rising above cultural differences and be willing to compromise…and, in both cases, most likely neither side has access to the cultural conventions of the other so blaming is not the answer. Educating is.Global ReadingOutline of the Text:Time is very precious to Americans. Many foreigners have the impression that everyone in the U. S. is likely to be in a rush and under pressure. They are always in a hurry when they walk, eat or do some shopping. They don’t like smiles, short conversations and sma ll exchanges with strangers, since they consider these to be a waste of time. Leisurely business chats, which are quite common in some other countries, don’t exist here, because Americans start talking business very quickly. Consequently, many labor-saving devices are produced in order to save more time. Teleconference is a good way to settle problems without face to face conversation. It is taken a sign of skillfulness to solve a problem quickly.Stucture of the Text:Detailed ReadingLanguage studyA. New words and Expressions:1. fall behind:1) become bit by bit further behind2) (with) fail to finish at the proper timeEg. 1) fall behind in science 在科学方面落后fall behind one’s competitors 落后于竞争对手2) fall behind with the rent 拖欠房租The student has been working hard for fear that he should fall behind.这个学生一直很努力, 惟恐落后。

新视野大学英语预备级Unit1AlfredNobel a man of peace

Unit 1 Alfred Nobel:
A Man of Peace
objectives:
vocabulary: explosive create
invent weapon award literature economics continue of one’s day learn of
Grammar:定语从句，宾语从句，过去完成时 Information about Alfred Nobel
wonder/wander
wonder [′wʌndə(r)]v. 惊奇，诧异 wander [′wɒndə(r)] v.漫步，闲逛

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explosive C a substance that can burst suddenly with a very loud noise
BBC: China Blasts: Tianjin port city rocked by explosions The Times: Massive Explosions Rock Chinese City CNN: Massive blasts rock Chinese city of Tianjin The Guardian: Explosions in Chinese city of Tianjin kill at least 17 and injure hundreds
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blast: C A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb. rock: V If an explosion or an earthquake rocks a building or an

新视野大学英语读写教程2-1单元PPT课件

The Americans
A. Right on time. C. Half an hour late.
B. Be fashionably late. D. About 5’－10’ earlier.
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To Visit Friends in the U.S.
Before you go, it’s always best to
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Cultural Differences ❖Talk a bout stress
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Cultural differences exist in the ways of …
1. greetings 2. thinking 3. expressing ideas 4. educating 5. parenting
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Paper-cuts and couplets
• They decorate the doors and windows with paper-cuts and couplets with the very popular theme of "happiness", "wealth", "longevity" and "satisfactory marriage with more children".
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• Very early the next morning, the family start out to say greetings from door to door, first their relatives and then their neighbors.

新视野大学英语2读写教程第三版unit1sectionA课文总结

新视野大学英语2读写教程第三版unit1sectionA课文总结Unit 1Section APre-reading ActivitiesFirst ListeningPlease listen to a short passage carefully and prepare to answer some questions.Second ListeningListen to the tape again. Then answer the following questions with your own experiences.1) What precious resource do Americans value and save?2) What are the three kinds of behaviors that Americans consider to be a waste of time?3) In what different ways do Americans approach time in business relations?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 U.S. is likely to be t hat 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 to the States will miss the opening exchangesof 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, peopleare meeting increasingly on television screens, conducting "teleconferences" to settle problems not only in this country but also —by satellite —internationally.The U. S. 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, felt to be given added weight by the passage of time. In the U. S., 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".。

新视野大学英语2UNIT1的课件

词组的学习 ['kɔnsikwentli] ɔ 结果，因此，所以。结果，因此，所以。 Noun： consequence 结果后果；结果,后果：重大,重要自大,神气活现重大重要；自大神气活现等。 Adjective： consequent 随之发生的，随之发生的，：因...的结果而起的。的结果而起的 as a consequence of 由于由于……的结果的结果因此。，因此。
因此，我们千方百计地节约时间。我们发明了一系列节省劳力的装置；我们通过发传真、打电话或发电子邮件与他人迅速地进行交流，而不是通过直接接触。虽然面对面接触令人愉快，但却要花更多的时间，尤其是在马路上交通拥挤的时候。因此，我们把大多数个人拜访安排在下班以后的时间里或周末的社交聚会上。
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do sth. by / through … rather than by / through …, which, though …, … — especially given …
某人是通过······而不是通过而不是通过······做某事。虽做某事。某人是通过而不是通过做某事然后者······, 但却但却······，尤其是考虑到然后者，尤其是考虑到······。。
我会骑自行车去上学而不是坐公共汽车这虽然很方源自但却更拥挤特别是考虑到在早上的人群
Para5 Unit 1
Time-Conscious Americans
• 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.