现代大学英语 精读1 unit 4ppt课件
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Safety procedures
Instruct students on the correct procedures to follow in case of an emergency, including evacuation routes and safety equipment usage.
05 Summary and Reflection
Key points learned in this lesson
Language Features
This lesson introduced key language features of English, including sentence structure, vocabulary usage, and grammar rules.
The article includes several important phrases that are essential for understanding the concepts discussed, such as "constructivist approach" and " flipped classroom model ".
详细描述：课程注重写作技能的培养，通过写作任务和范文分析，指导学生掌握不同类型的写作技巧，如说明文、议论文、 记叙文等。同时强调写作逻辑和语言表达的准确性。
Reading comprehension strategies
总结词：策略培养
详细描述：该课程注重阅读理解策略的培养，教授学生如何通过略读、扫读、精读等不同阅读方法， 快速理解文章主旨和细节，提高阅读效率。同时通过阅读不同类型的文章，培养学生的阅读兴趣和习 惯。
现代大学英语精读1-Unit3ppt课件
Unit 3
Author
Background
Genre
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WB TR
Background
Author
His Life
• Born in a remote Esarn village in Thailand • First language Lao • Temple boy in Bangkok at 14 • Thailand’s top university • Scholarship to New Zealand to study English • 30-year odyssey through New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, the UK, Germany, and Switzerland • Retired to a solitary life in his home village in 1997, helping needy students and teachers in a private school with funds set up by himself
2. The woman loved her children dearly and was very concerned about their life away from home, while her husband did not care a bit.
3. The villagers used to grow their own food, make their own crafts, and dig their own well, but now they have to hire people to do everything.
现代大学英语精读 1北外Lesson 4课件
Background information
About the history of the banking business:
Your report
Text Analysis (1/3)
Plot: a man’s interference in a boy’s frustrated attempt to withdraw money form a bank. Setting: in a bank of the West Side of New York at noon one day. Protagonists: a boy, a bank officer, and “I”. Language style: informal, colloquial, short sentences, simple words, exaggerated language, use of slang (shake sb. down), lots of dialogues. Writing technique(s): for later. Text structure: next page. Theme(s): for later.
Assignment
Suppose the story does end here. The author was just getting out of the bank after apologizing to the bank officer when the boy took his parent here. The boy introduces everybody to each other. What would happen now? In groups of four, design a mini-play to end the story. Three groups will be asked to perform your group’s version of ending in front of the class.
外研社版现代大学英语精读第一册lessonPPT演示课件
❖ Part II: Para.5—9
❖ The plot develops: where Vingo was going and what for; how the young people got interested in what was going to happen.
❖ Part III: Para.10—12
To be continued on the next page.
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Introduction to the Text
❖ 1 The plot follows three stages
❖ Part I: Para.1—4
❖ Introduction of the setting: time—spring; place—a bus from New York to Florida; protagonist—Vingo; minor characters—six young people
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1. “get”VP p.38
❖ get on get off get along with
❖ get to
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2. to dream of/ about (doing) sth:
❖ to imagine and think about sth. that you would like to happen.
❖ Madeleine ~ed without trace. ❖ ~ing species ❖ Syn: Evaporate, fade ❖ Hopes of reaching an agreement are
beginning to ~. ❖ Hopes of a peace settlement are now ~ing
现代大学英语精读 Unit ppt课件
Warming up Questions/Activities
• And then the Nightingale began to sing.
• “That is it!” said the little girl. “Listen, listen! And it’s sitting there!”
• Think about how to interpret the story • Know something about the author • Learn to appreciate the beauty in this story W B
and analyze how it is created TR
of the story? 5. If you were the writer, how would you like to end
it? 6. What techniques do you think the author used in W B
“I have nothing to declare but my genius.”
“Men become old, but they never become good.” (Lady Windermere's Fan)
“Men know life too early. Women know life too late. That is the difference between men and women.” (A Woman of No Importance)
• For a long time he stood gazing at her face, so full of serenity, so peaceful, lovely and pure, and he felt spring to his heart that love he had always been searching for and never found.
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paralleled paradoxes: Without recognizing this we will end up
(2) Antithesis:
a) outer city of wealth and comfort vs. inner city of poverty and despair
b) dark yesterdays vs. bright tomorrows;
C) on the basis of the content of their
of signs and symbols that deals especially with their function in both artificially constructed and natural languages and comprises syntactics, semantics, and pragmatics
he can never advocate violence.
19 Antithesis
For through violence you may murder a
murderer but you can't murder murder.
Through violence you may murder a liar
life, the Negro has a double share.
There are twice as many unemployed. The rate of infant mortality among Negroes
大学英语精读第一册unit4课件
接of 加名词、动名词被动语态；表示“可敬的”时，作定语用。
Unit 4 Turning Off TV: A Quiet Hour
Pre-reading Text-learning After-reading Exercises
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Pre-reading
1. Lead in 2. TV Program 3. Group discussion 4. Interview
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TV Program
Directions: Find the English names of the following Chinese programs.
国际频道 东方时空 焦点访谈 新闻联播 科技博览 文化视点 读书时间 综艺大观 天涯共此时 电影频道 电视你我他 世界报道 海峡两岸 中国报道
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Interview
Form a group of four and interview your group mates about the following issues.
Interviewee
Favorite TV Programs
Why
Interviewee
Favorite Leisure Activities
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Questions and Answers
大学英语精读 董亚芬主编 第三版 第一册第4单元课件
Then, “How do you do?”
Said He to She.
“I don’t believe we’ve met.
Spouse is my name.”
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Before Reading
Global Reading Detailed Reading
After Reading
“What’s yours?” he asked. “Why, mine’s the same.”
International Channel Oriental Horizon Focus Interview Network News Panorama of Science & Technology
Cultural Perspective Off the Shelf Variety Show Sharing the Moment with You Movie Channel CCTV & Its Audience Report on World Affairs Across the Strait China Report
For Part 2 Scanning Blank Filling
But since the first modern home TV set was marketed in 1939, TV's influence on America, for both good and bad has become a major force in determining how people relax and behave. The consequences are staggering. Studies show that the lives of Americans, from their selection of food to their choices of political leaders, are deeply affected by TV, and that influence is growing.
现代大学英语精读四课件PPT,why historians disagree
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), America’s 28th president(19131921), was a professor of law, the president of Princeton University, and the governor of New Jersey before he was elected to the White House.
Zimmerman Note
You are instructed to inform the President of Mexico of the above in the greatest confidence as soon as it is certain that there will be an outbreak of war with the United States and suggest that the President of Mexico, on his own initiative, should communicate with Japan suggesting adherence at once to this plan; at the same time, offer to mediate （ 斡 旋 ） between Germany and Japan.
When a person is faced with this kind of situation, the normal, practical response will be that one historian is right whereas the other is wrong.
presumably adv. used to say that you think something is probably true 据推测、大概可能 据推测、 Word formations
《大学英语精读》第三版第1册Unit 4 Turning Off TV A Quiet Hour精品PPT课件
Word Family
• Worthy, educationist, currency, sociable, socialism, activist, action, forbid, ban, sensible, unreasonable, suggestion, distracter, concentration, factually, disturbing, sunrise, youth, amusement, entertaining, scarcely, illiterate, literature, productive, progressive, conservative, electrical, involvement, concern, imaginative, imaginary, image, inventive,
B cause-effect
因果
C general-specific 总-分 D time / sequence 时间 / 顺序
2. Global analysis
Alternative activities and advantages
No Activities
Respective advantages
Propose to sb
向某人求婚
使…分心/走 神
Distract…from
Useful Expressions
填补空白/弥补缺 陷 Divorce love and d利u率ty
Heart failure
Disturb the
成 pe人ace教育 招待朋友
Fill a/the gap 分割爱情与责任 Interest rate 心力衰竭 扰乱治安 Adult education Entertain friends
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have a special reason for wanting sth to happen in a particular way, because you will benefit from this.
To play cops and robbers 8
► It
is one of children’s favorite games in which some play the good guys, others the bad.
► To
officially end a rule or law that stops sb from doing sth
To be alone in (doing )sth 15
► (usually
in negatives or questions) to be the only person that does sth
To be hooked on sth 8
► To
find sth so attractive or interesting that you can’t stop yourself from doing it .
To have a vested interest in (doing )sth 8
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LESSON14 HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE DRUG PROBLEM
At cost 1
► For
only the amount of money that is needed to make or get sth, without any profit being added on ► When the salesman said they were selling their products at cost, I didn’t believe him
现代大学英语精读1-paraphrasing
Unit 11. They did not make me happy, however, as this was the day I was to be thrown into school for the first time. (1)Paraphrase:But my new clothes did not bring any happiness to me, because it was the day I was forced to go to school for the first time.2.“Why school” I asked my father. “What have I done”(3)Paraphrase:Why do I have to go to school I don’t think I’ve done anything wrong to be punished like this.3. I did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled building. (5)Paraphrase:I didn’t think it was useful to take me away from home and put me into that building with high walls.4. It was not all a matter of playing and fooling around. (15)Paraphrase:What we did at school wasn’t just playing and wasting time doing nothing useful.5. In addition, the time for changing one’s mind was over and gone and there was no question of ever returning to the paradise of home. (16)Paraphrase:Besides, it was impossible for us to quit school and return to the good old days when we stayed home playing and fooling around all day. Our childhood was gone, never to come back.Unit 21. If banks were required to sell wallets and money belts, they might act less like churches. (para. 1)Paraphrase:Banks act like churches which usually control people’s life and can interfere in people’s life. So, the author thinks it is ridiculous for banks to act like churches.2. It was lunchtime and the only officer on duty was a fortyish black man with short, pressed hair, a pencil mustache, and a neatly pressed brown suit. (para. 3) Paraphrase:uncurled hair, a thin mustache looking like a line drawn by a pencil, and a neat and tidy brown suit3. Everything about him suggested a carefully dressed authority. (para. 3) Paraphrase:Everything about him—his clothes, manner, etc. indicated that he was a carefully dressed man who had an important position and power.4. I moved in for the kill. (para. 19)Paraphrase:I began to prepare to kill, destroy or defeat my enemy.5. I zeroed in on the officer. (para. 20)Paraphrase:I’m going to have a strong argument to silence the bank officer.6. Look, … we’re just wasting each other’s time. (para. 29)Paraphrase:Look, let’s stop talking a bout this because it is a waste of time./You are just talking nonsense. I don’t want to listen to you any more.7.… has been shaking this boy down… (para. 30)Paraphrase:… has been getting money from the boy by using threats…8. Anyway, the police are on the case… (para. 30)Paraphrase:Anyway, the police are working on the case…9. Not that I ever heard of. (para. 32)Paraphrase:I have never heard of such rules.Unit 31. My husband moved into our house as is the way with us in Esarn. (para. 1) Paraphrase:When we got married, we followed the tradition in Esarn and my husband came to live with my family.2. He has ears which don’t hear, a mouth which doesn’t speak, and eyes that don’t see. ( para. 2)Paraphrase:He does not notice what is happening around us and to our children, nor does he express his thoughts and feelings. (The woman is complaining that her husband does not bother about their children’s troubles.)3. … and it is no longer fertile, bleeding year after year and, like us, getting old and exhausted. (para. 3)Paraphrase:Our land is getting poorer with each passing year, like us who are getting old, weak and tired.4.… but in a bad year, it’s not only the ploughs that break but our hearts, too. (para. 3)Paraphrase:When there is a draught, the soil is so hard that it breaks the ploughs and we feel so sad that our hearts break too.5. Only ten years ago, you could barter for things, but now it’s all cash. (para. 4)Paraphrase:Just ten years ago, we could exchange one thing for another, but now we have to buy everything from the market.6. Shops have sprung up, filled with colorful plastic things and goods we have no use for. (para. 4)Paraphrase:Shops have suddenly appeared in the village selling attractive plastic things and things we don’t need.7. As for me, I wouldn’t change, couldn’t change even if I wanted to. (para. 7) Paraphrase:I didn’t want to change myself and my life, and actually I did not have the ability to change even if I wanted to.8. Yes, this bag of bones dressed in rags can still plant and reap rice from morning till dusk. (para. 7)Paraphrase:Though I’m poor, old and weak, I can still work in the rice field all day.9. I am at peace with the land and the condition of my life. (para. 9)Paraphrase:I am content with my land and accept my situation in life without complaint.10. I have been forcing silence upon her all these years, yet she had not once complained of anything. (para. 9)Paraphrase:All these years, I hardly talk with her or listen to her, so she has to keep silent about her thoughts and feelings, but she has never told anyone else about her unhappy feelings about my silence.11. Still the land could not tie them down or call them back. (para. 10) Paraphrase:My children grew up and had happy days on this land, but this could not prevent them from leaving for cities or attract them back from cities.12. Sickness comes and goes, and we get back on our feet again. (para. 11) Paraphrase:Inevitably we sometimes fall ill, but when we get well again we can always get back to our normal life and work on our land.Unit 41. Ausable was, for one thing, fat… Though he spoke French and German passably, he had never altogether lost the New England accent he had brought to Paris from Boston twenty years ago. (para. 2)Paraphrase:Ausable was, for one reason, fat… His French and German were not very good, but acceptable. Although he had been in Paris for twenty years, he never lost the American accent.2. …a sloppy fat man who, instead of having messages slipped into his hand bydark-eyed beauties, gets only an ordinary telephone call making an appointment in his room. (para. 4)Paraphrase:…an untidy fat man just has an ordinary phone call agreeing to meet somebody later in his room. There are no other imagined things as a beautiful lady with dark eyes putting a slip of message secretly into his hand.3. The fat man chuckled to himself as he unlocked the door of his room and stood as aside to let his frustrated guest enter. (para. 4)Paraphrase:The fat man laughed to himself when he opened the door of his room and gave way to his dissatisfied guest.4. You are disillusioned. (para. 5)Paraphrase:You are disappointed because what you believe in has turned out to be wrong.5. Before long you will see a paper, a quite important paper for which several men and women have risked their lives, come to me in the next-to-last step of its journey into official hands. (para. 5)Paraphrase:Soon you will see a document/a report come to me. Several people took chances in order to get it. When I receive the paper, I will place it in the hands of the proper authorities.By then I will have fulfilled my mission.6. For halfway across the room, a small automatic pistol in his hand, stood a man. (para. 6)Paraphrase:In the middle of the room, there was a man with a small automatic pistol in his hand.7. I’m going to raise the devil with the management this time. (para. 11) Paraphrase:(He was making up a story, which turned out to be a trap for Max.To make Max swallow this bait, Ausable pretended to be angry with the management and explained to Fowler (not to Max) why he was going to complain to the management about the balcony.)8. It might have saved me some trouble had I known about it. (para. 12) Paraphrase:If I had known about it, I would not have spent so much effort.9. I wish I knew how you learned about the report, … (para. 15)Paraphrase:I want to know how you succeeded in finding out the report, but I have no idea.10. Keeping his body twisted so that his gun still covered the fat man and his guest, … (para. 22)Paraphrase:He twisted his body in order to point his gun right at the fat man and his guest.Unit 61. My ancient jeep was straining up through beautiful countryside when the radiator began to leak. (para. 1)Paraphrase:When the radiator started to drip, my old jeep was trying hard to climb up the mountain in the scenery rural area.2. The over-heated engine forced me to stop at the next village, which consisted of a small store and a few houses that were scattered here and there. (para. 1)Paraphrase:Due to the high temperature of the engine, I had to stop at the next village, which contained a small shop and several houses that were loosely distributed.3. He, in turn, inspected me carefully, as if to make sure I grasped the significance of his statement. (para. 3)Paraphrase:Then he examined me with great caution in the way of ensuring whether I understood the importance of his words.4. As a product of American education, I had never paid the slightest attention to the green banana, except to regard it as a fruit whose time had not yet come. (para. 5)Paraphrase:As someone educated in the United States, I naturally had never paid any attention to the green banana, except to take it as a fruit which was not yet ripe or which was not yet ready to be picked and eaten.5. It was my own time that had come, all in relation to it. (para. 5) Paraphrase:It was me who had come to know the green bananas, and everything connected with it. According to the author, every civilization has special geniuses (symbolized by the green banana), which have existed for many years. But they will not come to your notice and benefit you until and unless you are ready to go out and meet them.6. I had been wondering for some time about what educators like to call “learning moments”, and I now knew I had just experienced two of them at once. (para. 5) Paraphrase:The two things that suddenly dawned on him are: the fact that every civilization has wonderful treasure to share with others and the idea that every village, town,region or country has a right to regard itself as the center of the world.7. The cultures of the world are full of unexpected green bananas with special value and meaning. (8)Paraphrase:The green bananas have become a symbol of hidden treasures from every culture. For proper understanding of a piece of writing, it is often important to notice such symbolic language and to know what the symbols stand for.Unit 81. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. (para. 1) Paraphrase:He held his thumb out and the gas can to show that he was out of gas and needed a lift to the nearest gas station. Generally speaking, at the same time of holding his thumb out, a hitchhiker also has a board in his hand, on which the name of the place he wants to go is written. Here, the gas can shows that the young man has run out of gasoline for his car.2. Leaving him stranded in the desert did not bother me so much. (para. 2) Paraphrase:Because the author thought it was sensible for him to do so and did so indeed as a matter of course as other people would do the same in the situation.It shows that it was really something common. The real issue then was not that he didn’t help the young man but that he never thought about offering help to strangers.3. It would be cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar. (para. 5) Paraphrase:I would travel without a penny through the country where money was extremely important.4. I rose early…and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles “America”. (para. 6)Paraphrase:Because what he wanted to do was to discover America and American people. The destination of the journey was Cape Fear, just literally, but the real destination was to seek understanding of the country and its people.5. In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming. In Nebraska they said people would not be as nice in Iowa.Paraphrase:They suggest that the people there (probably people everywhere), were more or less provincial (another sub-concept of ethnocentric). They tended to make false assumptions about people in other places, . the people in their place were nicer/better than those in other places.6. I didn’t know whether t o kiss them or scold them for stopping. (para. 8) Paraphrase:(Because the situation when the two little ladies stopped for the author was, in his eyes, potentially dangerous for them. He says so to emphasize both the kindness and courage the ladies showed in that particular situation.)7. Once when I was hitchhiking unsuccessfully in the rain, a trucker pulled over, locking his brakes so hard he skidded on the grass shoulder. (Para. 9) Paraphrase:(Because he had to. Otherwise he would not be able to stop right before the author. It shows the mental struggle that was probably going on in the driver’s mind. He was once robbed at knifepoint by a hitchhiker, which made it more difficult for him to make such a decision at the moment than others. However, he chose to stop finally and his kindness was thereby highlighted.)8. Those who had the least to give often gave the most.Paraphrase:Poor people are often more generous. They are often ready/willing to give comparatively more of what they have to those in need than rich people.9. Now we’re talking, I thought.Paraphrase:Now he knew what I wanted and the talk was going in the right direction.10. “When we do, ” he said, “it’s usually kin.” (Para. 13)Paraphrase:(The local people do not usually entertain/receive guests at home.) They only do this for their kin relatives.11. In spite of everything, you can still depend on the kindness of strangers. Paraphrase:(It means the fact that there are people who are indifferent to other people’s needs/ who refuse to help others/who may hesitate to help and people may say about lack of compassion in our society and a generally moral decay in our society. I find, however, on the whole you can still depend on the kindness of strangers.)Unit 91. The impressiveness was normal and not for show, for spectators were few. (para. 1)Paraphrase:The police officer walked that way habitually, not to attract attention or admiration because there were few people in the streets to be impressed. The description shows that the policeman quite enjoyed his work.2. Trying doors as he went, swinging his club with many clever movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye down the peaceful street, the officer, with his strongly built form and slight air of superiority, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace. (para. 2)Paraphrase:From how he looked and what he did on the beat, we can see that the policeman was competent at, confident of, proud of, and dutiful to his job. All these factors gave people the impression that he was a trustworthy protector of the peace. ( Notice how a string of present participles are used as adverbials to vividly describe the policeman’s actions.)3. The area was one that kept early hours. (para. 2)Paraphrase:People in that area closed their stores pretty early.4. The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune. (para. 7) Paraphrase:The next morning I was going to leave (New York) for the West as planned to make a lot of money and get rich.5. We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our fate worked out and our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be. (para. 7)Paraphrase:We thought by that time we would have found out our fate and known how much we have achieved materially—whether our fortune huge or small.6. But after a year or two we lost track of each other. (para. 9)Paraphrase:We wrote letters and kept in touch with each other for a year or two, and then we stopped writing and haven’t heard from or heard of each other. Now neithe r of usknows what has happened or is happening to the other.7. You see, the West is a pretty big place, and I kept running around over it pretty lively. (para. 9)Paraphrase:I kept moving around in the West, never staying in the same place for long. (And that’s why it was hard for us to keep track of each other.)8. …and it’s worth it if my old partner turns up. (para. 9)Paraphrase:If my old friend comes to meet me as he promised, I would think my trouble of travelling so far is fairly rewarded.9. He was a kind of slow man, though, good fellow as he was. (para. 13) Paraphrase:However, he wasn’t very smart, even thought he was a good person.10. I’ve had to compete with some of the sharpest brains going to get my money. (para. 13 )Paraphrase:In order to make money, I had to compete with the most shrewd and crafty people.11. A man gets stuck in New York. It takes the West to make a man really keen. (para. 13)Paraphrase:A man is unable to go very far or to be very successful in New York where life is boring and opportunities for change are few. He has to go to the West to become an eager and exciting person.The man from the west means that New York City was “civilized”; it had too many laws, and that getting rich quickly was less likely. In the West, however, one couldby-pass the rules, and though being tougher and smarter one could become rich very fast.12. I should say not! (para. 16)Paraphrase:Of course I am not going to leave immediately.13. The few foot passengers in that quarter hurried dismally and silently along with coat collars turned high and pocketed hands. (para. 18 )Paraphrase:There were few people in the street of this part of the city. They had turned their coat collars high and kept their hands in their pockets for wa rmth. They didn’t look happy and were walking fast without saying anything.14. “Bless my heart!” exclaimed the new arrival. (para. 21)Paraphrase:“Bless my heart!” the man who had just arrived said aloud in surprise.15. It’s Bob, sure a fate. (para. 22)Paraphrase:Definitely it’s you, Bob.16. How has the West treated you, old man (para. 22)Paraphrase:How well did you do in the West, old friend17. …we’ll go around to a place I know of, and have a good long talk about old times. （para. 26）Paraphrase:I’ve heard of a place, so let’s go there and we will have a long talk about thosehappy days we spent together in the past. Note that probably the plainclothes policeman was thinking: I’ll take you to the police station and you will tell me about the crimes you committed in the past.18. At the corner stood a drugstore brilliant with electric lights. (para. 28) Paraphrase:There was a drugstore at the corner. Its electric lights were on and it was very bright inside.19. Chicago thinks you may come over our way and telegraphs us she wants to havea chat with you. (para. 31)Paraphrase:The Chicago Police Department thinks you may come to New York, sent us a telegraph and asked us to help them track you down and arrest.20. Going quietly, are you That’s sensible. (para. 31)Paraphrase:You won’t put up a fight and resist arrest, will you. That (cooperating will us without causing any disturbance) is the right thing to do.21. Somehow I couldn’t do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes ma n to do the job. (para. 33)Paraphrase:For some reason I couldn’t arrest you myself, so I had a policeman not wearing a uniform do it.Jimmy had mixed feelings. He knew what his duty was. But the memories of their friendship, the expressions of Bob’s undy ing respect and admiration for him and the fact that Bob had come all the way from a thousand miles away just to keep the appointment made 20 years before must have deeply touched him. Therefore, he could not bring himself to arrest Bob.Unit 101. The end of manual labor was liberating. (1)Paraphrase:Mandela is talking about forced labor. He felt liberated after the manual labor had been ended.2. To survive in prison, one must develop ways to take satisfaction in one’s daily life. (2)Paraphrase:In order not to die and go on living in prison, prisoners must cultivate ways to learn to enjoy themselves in their daily life.3. But eventually they gave in, and we were able to cut out a small garden on a narrow patch of earth against the far wall. (3)Paraphrase:But finally they agreed unwillingly, and we were able to mark out a small garden on a strip of earth against the wall in the distance.4. At the time, some of my comrades joked that I was a miner at heart, for I spent my days in a wasteland and my free time digging in the courtyard. (4) Paraphrase:At that time, some of my comrades said jokingly that I was really a miner since I spent my days in a land which had been deserted for a long time and my spare time digging in the courtyard.5. The authorities did not regret giving permission, for once the garden began to flourish, I often provided the warders with some of my best tomatoes and onions.(5)Paraphrase:The person in charge didn’t feel regretful that they had allowed me to have a garden because as soon as the garden began to grow well, I often gave the warders some of my best tomatoes and onions.6. I told her this small story at great length. I do not know what she read into that letter, (11)Paraphrase:I told her this small story in detail. I do not know whether she understood the meaning of the letter more than it did.。
现代大学英语精度1第-课PPT课件
Prepositions of Time
Prepositions used to indicate time, such as "in," "on," "at," etc.
Subordinate Clauses
A clause that depends on another clause for its meaning and structure, usually introduced by a subordinating conjunction such as "because," "when," "where," etc.
• Enhance reading comprehension: The course aims to improve students' reading comprehension skills, allowing them to understand and analyze a variety of English texts.
New words
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1. Precision (noun): the quality of being exact or precise.
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2. Verbosity (noun): the quality of being verbose or wordy.
New words and phrases
Course outline
Unit 1
Basic Grammar and Vocabulary
Unit 2
Listening and Speaking Practice
现代大学英语(第三版)精读1助学课件
Modern College English (Third Edition) Intensive Reading 1 Tutoring CoursewareI. IntroductionModern College English (Third Edition) Intensive Reading 1 is a courseware designed for college English learners to improve their reading skills. Through intensive reading, students can understand the text deeply, master the language points and grammar, andenhance their reading ability. The courseware consists of four parts: text analysis, language points and grammar, reading skills and exercises.II. Text Analysis1. OverviewThis text is a passage from a novel called "The Little Prince" by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery. It is about a little prince who came from a distant asteroid, and he was looking for a friend. The passage tells the story of the littleprince's encounter with a fox.2. StructureThe passage is divided into two parts. The first part is about the little prince's encounter with the fox and the second part is about the fox's advice to the little prince.3. VocabularyThe passage contains a lot of new words and phrases, such as "asteroid", "lonely", "tame", "secret", "wise", "foolishness","friendship", "bond", "essential", "understand", "treasure", "tenderness", "wisdom", "heart".4. Key SentencesThe key sentences in the passage are:"The little prince tamed the fox and they became friends.""It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.""It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."III. Language Points and Grammar1. GrammarThe passage contains some grammar points, such as the present perfect tense, the past perfect tense, the passive voice, the modal verbs, the comparative degree and the superlative degree.2. VocabularyThe passage contains some new words and phrases, such as "asteroid", "lonely", "tame", "secret", "wise", "foolishness", "friendship", "bond", "essential", "understand", "treasure", "tenderness", "wisdom", "heart".IV. Reading Skills1. SkimmingSkimming is a reading technique used to quickly identify the main idea of a text. By skimming the passage, we can get an overview of the text and get a generalidea of what it is about.2. ScanningScanning is a reading technique used to quickly find specific information in a text. By scanning the passage, we can quickly find the key words and phrases that are related to the main idea of the text.3. InferenceInference is a reading technique used to make inferences about the text based on the information given. By makinginferences about the text, we can get a better understanding of the text and draw conclusions about the main idea.V. Exercises1. Fill in the blanksThe passage is about a __________ prince who came from a distant __________ and was looking for a __________. The little prince __________ the fox and they became __________. The fox said that it is only with the __________ that one can see rightly; what is __________ is invisible tothe eye.Answer: little, asteroid, friend, tamed, friends, heart, essential2. Multiple choiceWhat is the main idea of the passage?A. The little prince meets a foxB. The fox teaches the little prince a lessonC. The importance of friendshipD. The power of loveAnswer: C. The importance of friendship。
现代大学英语精读I课件
Throughout the 1990s Hawking sought to explain the universe by incorporating altions between matter and energy: strong nuclear interactions, weak nuclear interactions, electromagnetic interactions, and gravitational interactions.
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Professor Hawking has given many lectures to the general public.
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are the more recent public lectures at Zhejiang University.
What is ALS?
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ► 肌萎缩侧索硬化 ► A = absence of 缺乏 ► myo = muscle 肌肉 ► trophic = nourishment 营养 ► Lateral = side(of spine) （脊髓的）边沿 ► Sclerosis = hardening 硬化
现代大学英语精读第二版bookunitppt课件
Background
The Man in the Water
• The man was later identified as Arland D. Williams Jr., a bank examiner working for the Federal Reserve system in Atlanta. The 14th Street Bridge was renamed in his honor.
– What does this article concentrate on? Does it focus on the description of the disaster or how people are saved? Why?
Background Category of News
News fall into basic categories: hard news and soft news.
The Man in the Water Unit 4
Questions / Activities Check-on Preview Objectives
Warming up
Warming up Questions / Activities
•Do you know of any disaster(s) that happened in recent years or recently? •When disaster happens, what do we usually want to know? •We sometimes identify some heroes in disasters. What do you think about them?
现代大学英语1 unit 4 Midnight Visitor 自编课件
Ausable is portrayed in the way in contrast to the general image of a spy because it makes fresh unexpected and the story _________,___________ dramatic _______ase of Ausable, the most outstanding feature must be his____, his presence of mind and his quick wit. He is not ____ physically, but he can beat his ____. He is fat and ____, but he reacts very quickly. He carries no ____, but he has an excellent brain which is more powerful than any magic weapon. He appears helpless, but he gets ____ of his deadly enemy without lifting a finger. There is no shooting or fighting, but the battle of ____ is even more exiting and gripping.
In the case of Ausable, the most outstanding feature must be his wisdom, his presence of mind and his quick wit. He is not strong physically, but he can beat his enemy. He is fat and slow, but he reacts very quickly. He carries no weapon, but he has an excellent brain which is more powerful than any magic weapon. He appears helpless, but he gets rid of his deadly enemy without lifting a finger. There is no shooting or fighting, but the battle of wits is even more exiting and gripping.
lesson1_extension 现代大学英语精读4课件课文 外研社U1
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Lesson 1—Thinking as a Hobby
Lesson 1—Thinking as a Hobby
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10. She had been educated in England, which
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13. International football matches do not always make
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sad now.
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watching the Dragon Lantern Show.
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现代大学英语 精读1 unit 4PPT课件
unconcern about the consequences as always made the plane fall down
was able to deal with an unexpected problem, a difficult task
Last Wednesday,_t_h_e_b_a_d_w__e_a_th_e_r_, unconcerned about the consequences it might bring about as always,_m__ad_e__F_li_g_h_t_9_0_f_a_ll_d_o_w__n_.
apposition
combination of colours which gave an artistic effect on the horrible scene, stressing what met the eye
The clash was also a clash of colours, a horrible eye-catching scene.
Sentence as disasters go, this one was terrible …; why, Pattern then, the shock here? Grammar appositive clauses
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Washington D.C. , the city of form and rules: Metro Map
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Text Analysis Structure
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Air crashes usually involve _a_h_e_a_v_y_l_o_s_s_o_f_li_v_e_s_. _C_o_m__p_a_re_d__w_i_th__other air crashes, this one was not the_w__o_rs_t_.
– Tuห้องสมุดไป่ตู้n chaotic: become chaotic; be thrown into terrible confusion.
– A blast of real winter: a sudden strong really cold wind.
– Slap: quick blow with something flat.
unconcern about the consequences as always made the plane fall down
was able to deal with an unexpected problem, a difficult task
Last Wednesday,_t_h_e_b_a_d_w__e_a_th_e_r_, unconcerned about the consequences it might bring about as always,_m__ad_e__F_li_g_h_t_9_0_f_a_ll_d_o_w__n_.
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Part I: Words & Expressions
Words chaotic; blast; slap; aesthetic; elements
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on record; bring … to tears; in collision; as ever; bring down; rise to the occasion
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Last Wednesday the elements, indifferent as ever, brought down Flight 90. And on that same afternoon human nature—groping and struggling— rose to the occasion. (Para. 2)
apposition
combination of colours which gave an artistic effect on the horrible scene, stressing what met the eye
The clash was also a clash of colours, a horrible eye-catching scene.
On that same afternoon, human nature, groping for the _f_lo_t_a_ti_o_n_r_in_g_s_and struggling in the__ic_y_w__a_te_r__, came to prove its _g_r_e_a_t_n_es_s__displayed in an unexpected tragedy.
Sentence as disasters go, this one was terrible …; why, Pattern then, the shock here? Grammar appositive clauses
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blast
— v. (1)to explode or destroy sth. or sb. with explosive, or to break through or hit something with a similar, very strong force.
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And there was the aesthetic clash as well—blue and green Air Florida, the name of a flying garden, sunk down among gray chunks of ice in a black river. (Para. 1)
– The city of form and rules: the city that is neat and beautiful. (Washington was the first carefully planned city in the world with parallel streets cut by diagonal avenues. Its design was considered a masterpiece. )
This air crash was remembered for__a_d_i_ff_e_re_n_t_r_e_a_s_o_n_.
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-hit a bridge at …high traffic -location -aesthetic clash -two forms in nature in collision
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• Washington, the city of form and rules, turned chaotic by a blast of real winter and a single slap of metal on metal. (para.1)