新视野大学英语预备级2 Unit 2【精选】

Phrases
• 6. mean… by: show in writing or speech, etc.
by the use of 用……表示……的意思
• e.g. • What Marx meant by a particular society was a
group of people making a living together. 马克思所说的社会就是人们有组织地在一起生活。
我认为他不会同意我们的建议。
• • ② have as a condition 假设 • e.g. • The company's decision supposes growing sales.
公司的决定假设了销售是不断增长的。
• 5. sound: • v. ① to show a particular emotion or quality in one’s
When oil is added to the food, it is difficult to remove it. 一旦把油掺杂到食品里，就很难再把它除去。
• 4. suppose: • v. ① think or accept as true or possible认为；猜想 • e.g. • I don't suppose that he will agree to our suggestion.
like men, and women should dress like women?
• Should there be any difference between
men and women at work and at home?
• Women hold up half the sky” was an old
Words and Phrases
• 1. suggest:
• v. ① say sth. indirectly 暗示
• e.g.
•
Her silence suggested anger.
她的沉默暗示愤怒。
Are you suggesting that I am not
telling the truth?
邮件来时，铃声响了。
• 6. respectable
• a. [usually of a person] showing qualities that
are widely held to be good or right 受人尊敬的；体面的；正派的 It is not thought to be respectable to throw (扔) away waste paper in public. 公共场所扔废纸被认为是不文雅的。
saying popular in the 1960s. What’s your opinion about it?
• Give some examples in the English
language that show the changes as a result of the women’s movement.
你的意思是我没有讲实话？
• ② put forward an idea for consideration
建议；提出（想法等）
• e.g.
• I'd like to suggest another plan for our
business. 我想为我们的生意提出另外一个计划。
Can you suggest how we should do it? 你能建议我们该怎么做吗？
• 2. prefer: • v. choose one rather than another; like one
better than another 更喜欢
• prefer to do sth. • prefer A to B • e.g. • She prefers coffee to tea.
Unit 2
Speaking of Men and Women
Leading in
Pictures
• The recent cross-dresser on Chinese
reality show
Men and Women: in office and at home
2) Words to learn:
cross-dressing 易装癖
• Cross-dressing runs significantly counter to
social norms and, therefore, can be seen as a type of transgender behavior. It does not, however, necessarily indicate transgender identity;
• newhalf: • The Japanese word "newhalf" is used to
describe a man who has made the mental and/or physical transition to being a woman.
Discussion
• Do you think men should always dress
voice 听起来
• sound + adj. • e.g. • What he described sounds reasonable.
他的描述听起来合情合理。
• ② to produce a sound, or to make something produce a
sound （使）发声
• e.g. • The bell sounded when the mail arrived.
与茶相比，她更喜欢咖啡。 I prefer walking to driving a car. 我愿意步行，不愿意开车。
• 3. remove: • v. get rid of 移去，去除 • e.g. • His words removed the doubts (疑虑) in her
mind. 他的话打消了她的疑虑。