大学英语精读 第四册 Unit 10 The Telephone讲解
大学英语精读4unit10电子教案
#### 教学目标1. 知识目标：- 掌握本单元的关键词汇和短语。
- 理解并分析文章的结构和内容。
- 学习并运用文章中的语法知识。
2. 能力目标：- 提高阅读理解能力，学会从不同角度分析文章。
- 增强英语口语表达能力，能够就文章内容进行讨论。
- 培养批判性思维，对文章内容提出自己的见解。
3. 情感目标：- 培养学生对文化差异的认识和理解。
- 增强跨文化交流的意识和能力。
#### 教学内容Unit 10 Title: Cultural Differences in Communication- 课文：The Unwritten Rules of Business Communication- 作者：John F. Fanselow#### 教学步骤##### Step 1: 导入新课 (10分钟)- 活动：通过展示不同文化背景下的商务场景图片，引导学生思考文化差异对商务沟通的影响。
- 讨论：简要介绍文化差异的概念，提出本节课的学习目标。
##### Step 2: 预习课文 (10分钟)- 任务：学生快速浏览课文，标记出不熟悉的词汇和短语。
- 检查：教师挑选几位学生朗读课文，检查预习效果。
##### Step 3: 课文精读 (30分钟)- 内容分析：1. 作者介绍了不同文化在商务沟通中的非书面规则。
2. 通过具体案例，分析了文化差异如何影响商务沟通。
3. 提出了克服文化差异的沟通策略。
- 活动：1. 学生分角色朗读课文，提高语音语调的准确性。
2. 教师带领学生分析课文结构，讲解重点词汇和短语。
3. 学生讨论文章中的案例分析，分享自己的见解。
##### Step 4: 语法讲解 (15分钟)- 内容：介绍本单元涉及的语法知识点，如时态、语态、虚拟语气等。
- 活动：教师通过例句讲解语法规则，学生进行相关练习。
##### Step 5: 练习与巩固 (20分钟)- 任务：1. 学生完成课后练习题，巩固所学知识。
大学英语(精读)Unit10课后作业答案
大学英语精读第三版第四册Book4 Unit10答案上海外语教育出版社董亚芬主编1) renewed2) focus3) took pride in4) exert5) identity6) necessity7) in particular8) potential9) status10) capacity11) contribution12) envied13) complaint14) absence15) healed1) unique2) On the whole3) significant4) staff, staff5) Aside from6) inherent in7) crucial8) aspect9) reflected10) demonstrated11) focus12) harmful1) had longed for2) stand aside3) adjusted to4) store up5) fend for6) derives from7) belongs to8) worked off9) been associated with1) At work the ability to get along with others plays a vital role.2) It was the way he said it rather than what he said that upset her.3) All right, you have made the point; there is no need to go on about it.4) Aside from her parents, Margaret did not have any relatives left after the war.5) It is crucial to the development of every country for the government to get full support from its people and maintain the stability of the country.1) homelike2) doglike3) statesmanlike4) sportsmanlike5) businesslike6) lifelike7) springlike8) childlike1) international2) interplanetary3) interview4) intercontinental5) interplay6) intermarriage1) psychoanalysis: the examination of a person's mind to discover the unconscious desires, fears, anxieties which produce certain mental and emotional disorders2) psychologist: an expert in psychology3) psychological: of the mind, or of psychology4) psychophysics: the branch of psychology that deals with the physical relations of mental phenomena5) psychosurgery: brain surgery used in the treatment of certain severe mental illnesses1) can now be cured2) were completely cured of their symptoms3) heal quickly4) was being treated for brain injury5) should be regularly treated for them6) healing the sick1) Rather than travel by air, I'd prefer to spend a week on an ocean liner.2) The minister rather than the trade union is responsible for the present impasse.3) The luggage is two pounds over the allowance. So Bill decided to leavea couple of clothing articles behind rather than pay the extra charge.</4) I'd rather stay in a motel than in an expensive hotel.5) Mr. Partridge resigned rather than get himself involved in the dirty dealings.1) was used to/is used to2) Didn't use to3) is not used to4) didn't use to5) am used to1) Mrs. Austin won't leave the TV set, even though her children are waiting for their supper.2) Even if he had been present at the meeting, I would have said the same thing.3) Emily dislikes the job, even though it's well paid.4) I will not change my mind, even if still greater pressure is exerted on me.1) associate with2) in particular3) Aside from4) financial5) healed6) reverse7) unemployment8) harmful9) work off10) status11) symptoms12) acute13) at work14) staff15) institution16) rather than1) in2) perform/do3) own4) as5) itself6) who7) difference8) mental9) worker10) laborer11) attitude12) means13) likely14) from15) fewer16) rest/play17) What18) workers19) grow/get1) 关键证人的缺席有可能削弱对被告的指控力度|(weaken the case against)。
大学英语精读第三版第四册课后翻译答案解析
大学英语精读第三版第四册课后翻译答案Unit1翻译1) 我们接到通知，财政部长将于次日接见我们。
We were informed that the Minister of Finance was to receive us the next day.2) 我觉得很奇怪，他似乎不记得自己的生日。
I thought it odd that he didn't seem to remember his own birthday.3) 学期论文最迟应在下星期二交来，可是至今大部分学生却几无进展。
Next Tuesday is the deadline for handing in the term papers, but most students have hardly made a dent in the work so far.4) 看到学生人数不断减少，校长心里很难受。
(pain)It pained the headmaster to find the number of students shrinking.5) 在那个国家一般用现金付账，但支票变得普遍起来了，不久会代替现金作为人们结账的一种方式。
Cash is commonly used in paying bills in that country, but checks are becoming more popular and will, in a short while, replace cash as a way for people to settle their accounts.6) 该公司声称，这条河流的污染不是它造成的。
The company claims that it is not responsible for the pollution in the river.Unit2翻译1) 比尔已是个成熟的小伙子，不再依赖父母替他做主。
unit 6The telephone(精读第二版) 答案
Unit 6Text AThe TelephoneAnwar F. AccawiIV Key to ExercisesPreview2.Do the following exercises.1Translate, paying attention to the use of the bold type.1.这辆二手车买得很便宜。
2.他的讲话被打断/缩短了。
3.在这里建造铁路之前，先要把这里的水抽干。
4.这花瓶擦干净以后看起来就会和新的一样。
5.这房子被刷成了淡绿色。
6.就在此时，门被突然踢开。
7.恐怖分子被枪杀，人质都被释放。
8.在日本，鱼往往是生吃的。
9.这可怜的孩子生下来的时候就是聋的，不久又失明了。
10.据说在皇陵完工的时候，那些建造皇陵的工人都被活活埋在里面。
2Give the corresponding adjectives of the following names of countries.1.Iraqi2.Pakistani3.Yemeni4.Lebanese5.Danish6. Hungarian7.Belgian8.Argentine9.Swedish10.Swiss11.Norwegian12.Polish3Review how these words are formed.These are compound adjectives consisting of a noun plus an adjective with the noun serving as a modifier of the adjective. Jet-black for example means as black as jet (a hard black material).4 Point out the word or phrase that doesn’t belong in each line.1.crush2.crack3.crunch4.valueless5.click6.enthroned7.breezemitment9.career10.obliterate5 Complete the verb phrases by putting in prepositions or adverbs listed below.1.for2.up3.for4.for5.for6.for7.down/u p8.up9.into/i n/down/up10.up11.up12.for13.up14.in15.into16.into17.up18.up19.up20.in21.up22.for23.up24.into25.in26.for/up27.up28.up29.up30.in31.for32.in33.in34.up35.down/up36.into37.for38.into39.for40.into41.into42.for43.down/up44.up45.up46.down/up47.for48.in49.up50.up51.forVocabulary1.Translate the following expressions. Into English1.to crack the walls2.to save souls3.to play hide-and-seek4.to slow to a trickle5.to grab sb by the hair6.to call sb names7.to rip her shirt8.to reveal the secret9.to resist progress10.to come into view11.to gather firewood12.to talk sb out of doing sth13.to wriggle one’s way out of14.to run errands15.to deliver sb from suffering16.to assure a steady supply17.to take the pressure off sb18.to keep him out of one’s hairInto Chinese1.梯田2.多岩石的山脉3.百日咳4.周围的村庄5.林中的一块空地6.细粉尘7.羊粪8.粘乎乎的双手9.强壮有力的的妇女10.旌旗如林11.第一手的资料12.漆黑的头发13.一位虔诚的天主教徒14.家务事15.一种让人感到在家般自在的声音16.手卷香烟17.有利可图/十分挣钱的生意18.一家肉铺19.它往日风采的空架子20.一所教会学校2. Replace the parts in bold type with appropriate words and expressions from the text.1.gave way: caved inburied:trapped2.asked for: chargedprofitable: lucrative3.persuade him not to: talk him out of itobstruct: resist4. a quarrel: a argumentdeveloping: escalating5.sent to: relayed to / delivered togather: assemble/congregateshow their strong disagreement with: protest against6.become all skin and bones: been reduced to mere skeletonsrescue: save/deliver7.started to: began to/proceeded tovery seriously and carefully: with utmost gravity8.destroyed: ruined/devastated/wreckedtore: cracked/split9.prevent unwanted visitors from bothering you:keepunwanted visitors off your hair10.heavily crowded: packed with peoplesqueeze: wriggle3．Translate the following sentences into English.1.Incredible as it may sound, I hear that they charge 40 yuan fora bowl of simple noodles.2.Sun Quan finally talked everybody into agreeing to put Lu Xun,a young scholar, in charge of (commanding) this decisive battle.3.He was arrested on the charge of (charged with) smuggling, butin accordance with the law, no citizen can be arrested without evidence.4.She dropped the plate on the ground, but it miraculously didnot break, landing without so much as a crack. OR …not break. It didn’t have so much as a crack5.I can assure you that if we dig a well deep enough here, we willstrike water. So if you guys have no objection, let’s getstarted/proceed.6.She takes delight in shifting the tables and chairs in this roomso as to give the room a new look.7.The focus of our economic development has shifted from thecoastal areas in the east to the central and western areas.8.He shifted/changed to the highest gear, thus leaving all theother cars far behind.9.I maintained that smoking should be forbidden, but he disagreedbecause he said that the tobacco industry was an important source ofgovernment revenue.10.The local people raised a strong objection to installing thecable car over that beautiful mountain.4.Choose the right words in their proper forms.11. assure2.assured3.reassuring4.insured; ensured5.ensure; reassured6.reassuringly21.twisted/turned2.twisted3.wring4.distorted/twisted5.twisted6.twisted7.wringing3 1. gathered/assembled2. assembling3. gather; gathered OR collect; collected4. gathering; assembled/gathered; collectors5. collect/gather6. collect; collecting; collection4 1. crack; break2. cracked; tear3. tore4. split; broke5. break; Split6. tore/ripped7. torn51. abandoned2. abandoned/deserted/forsaken; abandoned3. abandon/desert/forsake4. desert5. forsaken; deserted6. abandoned61. ignore2. neglect3. overlook4. neglected5. ignore6. neglecting5. Point out which of the following sentences contain paradox and which oxymoron.1.paradox2.paradox3.oxymoron4.oxymoron5.oxymorons6.paradox7.paradox8.paradox 9.oxymoron10.paradox11.paradox12.paradox13.paradox14.paradox15.oxymoron16.paradoxGrammar1.Learn to use as and though as concessive conjunction.1Group the patterns of concessive clauses in the following sentences into the categories listed below.1, 2, 3, 6; 4, 9; 5, 8; 7, 102Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in brackets using the patterns of concessive clauses listed in the previous exercise.1.Simple as it is2.Much as he loves his children3.Try as he might4.Trash as it really is5.Happy and contented as they are in retirement6.Hard taskmaster though he appeared to be in the lab7.Tempting though it was8.Perfect talk show host though he is9.Much as I respect him10.Proud as they are of their father2.Learn to use “It is/was (high) time that sb did sth”.1Decide on the precise meaning of the structure.Note:The structure “it is/was (high) time (that)…” is used to convey two meanings. One is “approximately the right time”, the other being “past the appropriate time” For example, It’s time you went to bed can mean either that “You should have gone to bed much earlier” (often stated with emphasis on the word time), or that now is the appropriate time for you to go to bed. The precise meaning of this term depends on the tone of voice and/or the context.1,3, 6, 7, 2, 4, 5, 8。
（完整版）大学英语精读第四册（教案）
（完整版）大学英语精读第四册（教案）Book4Unit 1 Big Bucks The Easy WayTeaching Time: 4 hoursStudents’ level: Sophomores of non-English majors in the 2nd semester. Teaching Objectives:1.Help Ss get to know the lesson “No pains, no gains” and there is no “big bucks theeasy way”.2.About the text, Ss should grasp the text content, text structure, basic vocabulariesand required grammar points of the section.Words: cash, echo, competitive, leisurely, pain, sour, finance, marvelous, party, stack, cram, harm, minimum, range, thoughtful, deadline, inform, normally,sale, trash, delivery, inquire, odd, shrinkPhrases & Expressions: pull up, a piece of cake, even as, know better than, be at, make a dent, cut into, have no b usiness, settle for, settle one’s account, quiteawhile, draw attention to, for sale, for rent, be done with, may as well Grammar: p143. About the reading, Ss should learn avoiding vocalization and inner speech.4. About the writing, Ss should learn word choice..5. About the listening, Ss finish the Unit 1 directed by teacher.Teaching Procedures:I. Pre-reading Activities1.Background information1)Montgomery Ward2)Sears,3)Roebuck2.Warm-up questions1)Do you depend on your parents financially?2)Is it easy to earn money by working part-time?3)Are there any easy ways to make much money?3.Key words and expressions:New words and old wordTeacher students(old words or expressions) (new ones)U.S. dollar buckDoor handle doorknobUnhurried leisurelyRelaxed leisurelyProfitable lucrativeSent out deliverEndure live withBeg panhandleTell informFill cramTie bandIncrease reproduceExtra money bonusPart sectionA path walkAn easy job a piece of cakePay settleHave no reason have no businessCome to terms with settle forStrange oddMoney financeFinish be done with English and Chinese phrasesTeacher(Chinese) Students( English)考虑look into总是all the time可以容忍live with令我痛心it pains me易如反掌 a piece of cake壮汉 a big guy干快些get busy好几卡车的truck loads of百货商店department store廉价商店 a dime store小杂货店drug store汽车行auto store外卖餐馆takeout restaurant提高嗓门voice rises超过极限out of the range of恍然大悟work a profound change in 教会某人做人work a profound change inone’s personality 经过调解in mediation结账settle the account劳务支出labor cost相同数额 a like amount托某人做enlist sb. To doII. While-reading Activities1.Ss have the silent reading on the text (10 mins)2.Text and questions for discussionLines 1-91.what did the father tell his college sons to think about?(to deliver bags of magazines to make some of their own money.)2.what was the father worried about?( the sons would become used to or feel content with living by asking for money all the time.)Lines 10-221.why did the mother phone the father?( she wanted him to know what was going on at home.)2.How do you understand the word “super” she snapped?( “super” means very good. But,she “snapped” it, which means she was very angry.She was being sarcastic,i.e. she meant the opposite of what she said.)3.can you paraphra se the sentence “Another truck just pulled up out front”?(Another truck has stopped outside in front of our hous to deliver more materials.) Lines 23-291.which company did the two sons do the delivery job for?( the Sunday Newspaper Company.)2.why did each truck deliver 4000 of the inserts?( Each one was from a different company and had the ads the sons were required to deliver to 4000 houses.)3.why did he think so?( He had no idea of how much work it would mean.)Lines 30-35What did the fa ther mean when h e said “they are college men.”?He meant that they were grown-ups, and should be capable of dealing with the situation.Lines 36-501.In what cases does people’s voice become unnaturally high and quavering?When they are excited, angry, upset and the like.2.what does “magazine sections” mean?Parts of magazines, 8 or 12 pages long.3.how many steps are there in the process before delivering?Five: take out, roll, slip, band and slide.Lines 51-661.what do you think of the father’s answe r?Clever and sensible. It is a lie, a harmless lie, one told in order to avoid upsetting somebody.2.why did the father say “That’s encouraging”?the sons were learning how to solve the problem of manpower shortage;they hired other people to help, and learnt to improve efficiency by establishing assembly lines.3.why did the mother say “it is very discouraging”?the measures weren’ working at all.Lines 67-771.what do you think of the father’s bonus program？It is reasonable and logical. Bonus is a popular incentive that management adopts. Sometimes we have to lose something in order to gain something. If you are reluctant to use a small bait, you can hardly get a big fish.2.did the son understand that at first thought?No. he thought the more the workers got, the less he obtained.3.why did the son answer “Yes, Sir”?he had come to realize it was a business and he took the father’s instructions as and order.Lines 78-861.what does “see the color of cash” mean?See Note 7 in your text book.2.what’s the d ifference between the original payment and the demanded one?The original payment was five dollars per person, shile now they demanded five dollars per hour.3.who probably played the mediating role?The mother.Lines 87-94Why did the son think it “enough”?No matter how much, it was the money they made by themselves with great efforts and they learnt a lot from the experience.Lines 95-1091.what did the youngest sons learn from their college brothers?They learnt to make their own money in order to avoid having to ask for money all the time.2.what were they going to do to try to earn money?They were going to sell or rent the family’s books.3.do you agree “you’re never done with books”?Yes. Because………No. because ………..3.T asks Ss to come out the main idea, structure of the text (10mins)4.T summarizes the main idea and structure of the text (5 mins)III. Post-reading Activities1.Let the students do the exercises in the textbook which are related to the newwords.2.Ss hand in the summary of the text.Summary questions and concluding remarks1) Do you think it necessary for the sons to make some money for themselves?Give reasons for your answer.I think it necessary…….because………..2) what do you think is needed in accomplishing something difficult?I think it is self-confidence, perseverance, co-operation or team work,reasonable management, strategies of solving problems, etc.3)what is the father’s tone in telling the story?The tone is light and ironic because the story is meant to be funny. The problem in the story was one that people think is very serious when it happens, but later they can laugh about.3.Ss discuss the questions on the topic related to the text.4.Let Ss do the exercises in the text book which are mainly related to thenew words and topic.5. Exercise:Sentence making in dialoguesTeacher: now I’d like you to complete the following dialogues by making Sentences with the giver phrases.Pull up1.what do you ask your driver to do when you reach your destination?I ask the driver to pull up near the place I want to go.2.what does a bus driver do when a passenger wants to get off?He pulls up at a bus stop.3.what does the red light mean to a moving vehicle?It means that the vehicle must pull up at the zebra.A piece of cake1.can you recite the 26 English letters?Sure. It’s a piece of cake.2.do you think it difficult to use a tape recorder?No. it’s a piece of cake.Make a dent in1.have you finished your outline?No, I’ve hardly made a dent in it.2.How are you getting along with your project?We have made only a small dent in it.Cut into1.do you watch TV in your study period?No. that would cut into my study time.2.what cuts into the factory’s profit?The rise of the labor costs, material prices, the increased consumption of power, etc.Settle for1.if you can’t sell your bicycle at a hig h price, what will you do?I have to settle for a lower price.2.If you can’t get a well-paid job, will you settle for a lower-paid job?Might/may/could as well1.what do you suggest we do during the winter vacation?If you have nothing to do, you might as well take up a part-time job.2.what should I do if I can’t afford a house?You may as well rent an apartment and set aside your money for a new house.Unit 2 Deer and The Energy CycleTeaching Time: 4 hoursStudents’ level: Sophomores of non-English majors in the 2nd semester. Teaching Objectives:1.Get Ss to know the energy cycle and instruct them to observe the animal’s living instinct in order to value the natural resource; learn about food-enery-life-death.2.About the text, Ss should grasp the text content, text structure, basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the section.Words: tendency, rate, area, plentiful, possessions, currency, scarce, ample, drowsy, fundamental, accumulate, internal, hence Phrases & Expressions: to meet the needs, turn of mind, convert into Grammar:3. About the reading, Ss should know the usage of dictionary.4. About the writing, Ss should get to know the writing skill—coherence .5. About the listening, Ss finish the Unit 2 directed by teacher.Teaching Procedures:I. Pre-reading Activities1. Warm-up questions1)Allow Ss to go over the text for 10 mins.2)Ask them to list the facts about the life of deer in the four seasonsrespectively.3)Sum u p Ss’s results2. Introductory remarks:1) What do you think life depends on?Money, love, or something else?2) where does energy come from?Food, spirit, God, or what?3)what happens to life there is no food , or source of energy?if life useless after it comes to an end?4) Life is energy, isn’t it? What do you think?The planet we live on is made up of 2 major components: living organisms and inorganic substances. As far as living things are concerned, life spans vary. Some may live for thousands of years, while others live only a few seconds. Regardless of the this difference, every life develops from a lower stage to a higher stage until its death, and every species develops in this way, too. But what makes life perform in this way? What happens after life? Our earth has been functioning for billions of years. What has made it work for so long? Let’s have a careful study of the text 3. New words and phrases studyStudy of the words and phrasesNew words and old wordsTeacher students(old words or expressions) (new ones)tendency turn of mindmoney currencychange into convert intoautumn fallsomething stored reservesrare scarceto satisfy the demands to meet the needsarea regionplentiful amplepossessions resourcestore depositspend expendsleepy drowsybecome liquid meltat the same time meanwhilebasic fundamentaltherefore hencecollect accumulateinside internalsmall wooden house cabinEnglish and Chinese PhrasesTeacher(Chinese) students(English)注重/有……的倾向a … turn of mind生态系统an ecological system 倚赖to depend on年复一年from year to year尽可能多as much as one can旺季times of plenty储存的脂肪reserves of fat/stored fat 不甚出名,鲜为人知less well known能说明问题的例子a good case in point 营养食品nutritious food生理成熟physically mature生育to give birth to食物资源food resources熬过冬天to survive the winter/to pull through the winter 大雪deep snow小雪light snow基本规律 a fundamental ruleII. While-reading Activities1.Text and questions for discussion .Lines 1-61.what does “love makes the world go round” mean?People with a romantic turn of mind think that love, romantic love, is what makes life worth living..2.why does the author say that energy is the “currency” of the ecological system?An ecological system is all the plants, animals and people, and their surroundings, considered as a whole, In the commercial world, money is the currency , or means of survival. For life, the most important support is food, the source of energy for life, which allows growth, reproduction, and survival.Lines 7-121.what do wild animals do with the food in different seasons? Why do they do so?Wild animals seem to know when there will be plenty of food and when there won’t. so they eat as much as they can when there is plenty of food so that they can become fat and strong and grow well. In winter, they have little to eat. But they do not starve because the fat they have stored in their bodies brings them through this hard time.Lines 13-221.what does “ this is good timing” mean?This means that the female deer uses the most suitable seasons, i.e.summer and fall, for the birth of fawns and the production of milk because both the conception and production cost the female deer much energy and in both seasons there is plenty of food, which meet the deer’s physical needs.Lines 23-311.to what does the author compare the process of fat reserving?A bank savings account, from which one can draw when he needs the money. Lines 32-441.what is the phenomenon of lowering metabolism?The heart rate slows. The animal becomes slow and drowsy. Therefore, the use of and need for energy is reduced.2.what protects the deer from cold winter? How does it work?They undergo physical and internal physiological changes, i.e. the hair growth andthe slow metabolism. The thick hair keeps the deer warm and the slow metabolism makes the deer consume less energy, which is stored in the form of fat for use when they need it for growth.Lines 45-561.what decreases as winter progresses?The deer’s activities.2.why were people advised to behave like that?To use less oil and electricity for conserving energy to pull through the crisis.3.what does the author imply by “watched the deer”?He implies that men can learn from the deer to reduce unnecessary cost of energy. Lines 57-641.“…to pull them through”. Can you say it in other words?…to help them survive the winter.2.what is the fundamental rule of life?The more fat the deer reserve, the more chance there is for them to survive the crises. Only the largest and strongest are likely to survive.3.Is the fundamental rule of life applicable to human beings?Yes. If we human beings do not protect nature and ourselves by saving energy, we will be punished by nature and will eventually be wiped out from this planet. Lines 65-681.what is the life cycle?Food-energy-life-survival-reproduction-death-food-energy-other life… .Food –energy-seek more food-new energy-food…..Energy is vital to our world. But energy is not always plentiful. The supply can vary, either seasonally or for other reasons. Some animals, the white-tailed deer, for instance, have developed natural ways or varying their own use of energy with the variations of the supply. Human beings can and should learn this lesson for their own survival.2. Teacher explains the key points in detailsturn of mind1.what is your turn of mind?I have a logical turn of mind, or literary/critical/philosophic/humorous/optimisticturn of mind.2.what kind of person is likely to create things?A person of a creative turn of mind is likely to create things.3.what words can you use to describe people of different turns of mind?Down-to-earth, poetic, business-like, humorous, etc.Depend on1.How do crops grow?They depend on the sunlight,water, and fertilizer for growth.2.How are the prices of commodities set?They mainly depend on the relation between demand and supply.A case in point1.can you give an example of a successful person?Yes. A case in point is Thomas Edison, a great inventor.2.can anything heavier than air stay in the sky?Yes. A case in point is the helicopter.3.How can we conclude that a person is selfish.A case in point is…Meet…needs1.why do people drink so much water on the sports ground?They have to meet their body’s needs for water as they play in the sun.2.why does a factory install another assembly line?They want to meet the needs of increasing production.Draw on1.How can a good writer write so many interesting stories?He draws on his experience, knowledge, observation, perception and interpretation of life for the material of his stories.2.How can a person put forward such a peculiar idea?I think he’s drawn on his imagination.Slow down1.what is a driver expected to do if a police car comes towards or follows him/her?He/she is expected to slow down and then stop by the road side.2.what does a runner do after he passes the finish line?He slows down and stops.Pull through1.what should you do in face of difficulties?I should use my skills, work hard,and sometimes I should take somebody’s advice.This might help to pull me through the difficulties.2.why was the little boy, Schatz,waiting for death?He believed he had a fatally high temperature and would notpull through.3.T asks Ss to come out the main idea, structure of the text (10mins)4.T summarizes the main idea and structure of the text (5 mins)III. Post-reading Activities1.Let the students do the exercises in the textbook which are related to the new words.2.Ss hand in the summary of the text.3.Ss discuss the questions on the topic related to the text.4.Let Ss do the exercises in the text book which are mainly related to the newwords and topic.Unit 3 Why Do We Believe That The Earth Is Round? Teaching Time: 4 hoursStudents’ level: Sophomores of non-English majors in the 2nd semester. Teaching Objectives:1.Get Ss to know the author’s purpose is to teach Ss to havea correct attitude towards knowledge and accepting of knowledge by taking the examples of other’s arguments of the shape of Earth.2 About the text, Ss should grasp the text content, text structure, basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the section.Words: preface, remark, cite, exaggerate, mast, appeal, analogy, cast, precarious, produce, burden, botherPhrases & Expressions: appeal to, follow up, for the sake of, throw light on, shaped like, cast on, fall back on, stray away from, Grammar:3. About the reading, Ss should know the reading skills oftelling difference bwteenfacts and opinion sentences.4. About the writing, Ss should get to know the writing skill—coherence.5. About the listening, Ss finish the Unit 3 directed by teacher.Teaching Procedures:I. Pre-reading Activities1.Background information1)George Orwell2)George Bernard Shaw3)The Flat Earth Theory and the Round Earth Theory4)Eclipses5)Playing Cards6)Comrade Mao Tse-tung on knowledge, on Direct Experience andIndirect Experience2. warm-up questions and introductory remarks1)Do you believe that the earth is round? Why?Yes, I do, because science proves that it is true.2) Have you heard of other conclusions about the shape of the earth?What are they? Why don’t you believe them?Yes. The earth was said to be flat or oval. I don’t believe them because the photos from satellites or the scenes of eclipses show that it’s round.2)why is “the earth is round” put in a question?3.Key words and expressions:study of the words and phrasesnew words and old wordsteacher students(old words or expressions) (new ones)forward prefacesay,argue remarkquote citesimply merelyaccept without question swallowoverstate exaggerateattract appeal tofor the good of for the sake ofpole on a ship mastbend curvecomparison analogyquickly promptlyround plate discthrow castgo to aim atinsecure precariousturn to for help fall back onin another way otherwisemove from stray away fromshow produceload burdentake trouble botherEnglish and Chinese PhrasesTeacher(Chinese) students(English)在某处somewhere or other序言the preface to中世纪the middle ages普遍认为the widespread belief that 普通人the ordinary citizen迎合口味appeal to我的…完蛋了bang goes my…求助于fall back on不屑一顾would not even bother to 反驳say…against天体heavenly body由此可见it will be seen that靠不住的理由precarious reasons知识面the range of knowledge 无力的论据weak argumentII. While-reading Activities1.Ss have the silent reading on the text (10 mins)2.T explains the text in details.Appeal to1.do detective films appeal to you?Yes, ….No, … .2.what kinds of books appeal most to youth?Books on …3.why are children’s clothes colorful?Bright and colorful clothes usually appeal to children.Follow up1.what do the police do if a case is reported to them?They follow up the case.2.what do you do if you read an interesting story series on a newspaper?I follow it up.For the sake of1.what do people usually do for the sake of health?They eat healthy food, do exercises and don’t smoke,don’t…2.why is it necessary to widen the streets?It’s necessary to widen the streets for the sake of a smoother flow of traffic. Throw light on1.what is the use of the background knowledge of a story?It throws light on it.2.why are illustrations, data and charts or tables necessary in scientific reports orbusiness presentations?They throw light on the reports and presentations.Shaped like1.Why is a UFO also called a flying saucer?It is shaped like a saucer.2.what is a space shuttle like?It is shaped like a huge plane.Cast on1.what can you see on a moon-lit night in the open?I can see my shadow cast on the ground.I can see the shadows of the trees cast on the wall/window.Fall back on。
现代大学英语精读4 unit1~3课后翻译
1:I know I could rely on my brother to stand by me whatever happened.我知道，不管发生什么情况，我都可以依靠兄弟的支持。
2. As a general rule, unlike the older generation,the younger generation tends to be more interested in the present rather than the past,but both generations will stand to lose if they do not respect the other’s needs.一般来说，年轻一代与老一辈不同，他们对现在而不是对过去感兴趣。
但这两代人如果不互相尊重对方的需要，就都会遭受损失。
3. The Chinese written language has been a major factor for integrating the whole nation.中国的书面文字是国家完整统一的一个重要因素。
4. In traditional Chinese art and literature, the bamboo and the pine tree usually symbolize moral integrity and uprightness.在中国的传统艺术和文学中，竹子和松树往往象征着道德上的正直和刚正不阿。
5. Queen Elizabeth 1 ruled England for 45years, and the nation prospered under her rule.女皇伊丽莎白一世统治英国45年。
在她统治时期，国家十分繁荣昌盛。
6. Democracy means that the majority rules. But that’s not all. Respect for the minority’s right to disagree is also an integral part of democracy. The two rules are of equal importance.民主意味着多数人来治理；但不仅如此，尊重少数人反对的权利也是民主不可分的一部分。
Unit 6 The Telephone教案(综英二)
Unit 6一、授课时间：第13—14周二．授课类型：课文分析10课时；习题讲解2课时三．授课题目：The Telephone四．授课时数：12五．教学目的和要求：通过讲授课文使学生了解作者以一个儿童的眼光和心理，通过大量事实描述了电话这一现代通讯工具给一个地处黎巴嫩山区小村庄的生活方式带来的影响，学会用英语解释句子以达到学以致用的目的。
要求学生主动地预习课文，课前准备练习，学会分析文章体裁和进行段落划分。
六．教学重点和难点：1）背景知识的传授：Chickenpox; Whooping Cough; Communion2）文章的体裁分析及段落划分；3）语言点的理解：Word study: amid; bustling; chime; congregate; crank; curse; deli; desolate; devout; divine; drill; escalate; shun; wriggle; wringGrammar Focus: the patterns of concessive clauses七．教学基本内容和纲要Part One Warm – upWarm-up Questions1. How would you sum up this piece of writing in one sentence What is it about2. Why do you think the author gives the title “The Telephone” What is the significance of the telephone in this narration3. What was the author’s village like originally What specific aspects did the author touch upon to give a vivid picture of this traditional societyPart Two Background InformationAuthorKacula, Seffen-ub, and BebsiPart Three Text AppreciationText Analysis3.1.1 Theme of the text3.1.2 Structure of the textWriting Devices3.2.1 contrast3.2.2 metaphor3.2.3 parallelism3.2.4 paradoxSentence ParaphrasePart Four Language StudyPhrases and Expressions4.1.1 Word list:4.1.2 Phrases and expressions list:4.1.3 Word BuildingGrammar4.2.1 ObjectPart Five ExtensionGroup discussionDebating八、教学方法和措施本单元将运用黑板、粉笔、多媒体网络辅助教学设备等教学手段，主要采用以学生为主体、教师为主导的任务型、合作型等教学模式，具体运用教师讲授法、师生讨论、生生讨论等方法进行教学。
大学英语精读第三版第四册课文及课文翻译
大学英语精读第三版第四册课文及课文翻译Unit 1TextTwo college-age boys, unaware that making money usually involves hard work, are tempted by an advertisement that promises them an easy way to earn a lot of money. The boys soon learn that if something seems to good to be true, it probably is. BIG BUCKS THE EASY WAYJohn G. Hubbell"You ought to look into this," I suggested to our two college-age sons. "It might be a way to avoid the indignity of having to ask for money all the time." I handed them some magazines in a plastic bag someone bad hung on our doorknob. A message printed on the bag offered leisurely, lucrative work ("Big Bucks the Easy Way!") of delivering more such bags."I don't mind the indignity," the older one answered."I can live with it," his brother agreed."But it pains me," I said，"to find that you both have been panhandling so long that it no longer embarrasses you."The boys said they would look into the magazine-delivery thing. Pleased, I left town on a business trip. By midnight I was comfortably settled in a hotel room far from home. The phone rang. It was my wife. She wanted to know how my day had gone. "Great!" I enthused. "How was your day" I inquired."Super!" She snapped. "Just super! And it's only getting started. Another truck just pulled up out front.""Another truck""The third one this evening. The first delivered four thousand Montgomery Wards. The second brought four thousand Sears, Roebucks. I don't know what this one has, but I'm sure it will be four thousand of something. Since you are responsible, Ithought you might like to know what's happening.What I was being blamed for, it turned out, was a newspaper strike which made it necessary to hand-deliver the advertising inserts that normally are included with the Sunday paper. The company had promised our boys $600 for delivering these inserts to 4,000 houses by Sunday morning."Piece of cake!" our older college son had shouted." Six hundred bucks!" His brother had echoed, "And we can do the job in two hours!" "Both the Sears and Ward ads are four newspaper-size pages," my wife informed me. "There are thirty-two thousand pages of advertising on our porch. Even as we speak, two big guys are carrying armloads of paper up the walk. What do we do about all this""Just tell the boys to get busy," I instructed. "They're college men. They'll do what they have to do."At noon the following day I returned to the hotel and found an urgent message to telephone my wife. Her voice was unnaturally high and quavering. There had been several more truckloads of ad inserts. "They're for department stores, dime stores, drugstores, grocery stores, auto stores and so on. Some are whole magazine sections. We have hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of pages of advertising here! They are crammed wall-to-wall all through the house in stacks taller than your oldest son. There's only enough room for people to walk in, take one each of the eleven inserts, roll them together, slip a rubber band around them and slide them into a plastic bag. We have enough plastic bags to supply every takeout restaurant in America!" Her voice kept rising, as if working its way out of the range of the human ear. "All this must be delivered by seven o'clock Sunday morning.""Well, you had better get those guys banding and sliding as fast as they can, and I'll talk to you later. Got a lunch date.When I returned, there was another urgent call from my wife."Did you have a nice lunch" she asked sweetly. I had had a marvelous steak, but knew better by now than to say so."Awful," I reported. "Some sort of sour fish. Eel, I think.""Good. Your college sons have hired their younger brothers and sisters and a couple of neighborhood children to help for five dollars each. Assembly lines have been set up. In the language of diplomacy, there is 'movement.'""That's encouraging.""No, it's not," she corrected. "It's very discouraging. They're been as it for hours. Plastic bags have been filled and piled to the ceiling, but all this hasn't made a dent, not a dent, in the situation! It's almost as if the inserts keep reproducing themselves!""Another thing," she continued. "Your college sons must learn that one does not get the best out of employees by threatening them with bodily harm.Obtaining an audience with son NO. 1, I snarled, "I'll kill you if threaten one of those kids again! Idiot! You should be offering a bonus of a dollar every hour to the worker who fills the most bags."But that would cut into our profit," he suggested."There won't be any profit unless those kids enable you to make all the deliveries on time. If they don't, you two will have to remove all that paper by yourselves. And there will be no eating or sleeping until it is removed."There was a short, thoughtful silence. Then he said, "Dad, you have just worked a profound change in my personality.""Do it!""Yes, sir!"By the following evening, there was much for my wife to report. The bonus program had worked until someone demanded to see the color of cash. Then some activist on the work force claimed that the workers had no business settling for $5 and a fewcompetitive bonuses while the bossed collected hundreds of dollars each. The organizer had declared that all the workers were entitled to $5 per hour! They would not work another minute until the bosses agreed.The strike lasted less than two hours. In mediation, the parties agreed on $2 per hour. Gradually, the huge stacks began to shrink.As it turned out, the job was completed three hours before Sunday's 7 . deadline. By the time I arrived home, the boys had already settled their accounts: $150 in labor costs, $40 for gasoline, and a like amountfor gifts—boxes of candy for saintly neighbors who had volunteered station wagons and help in delivery and dozen roses for their mother. This left them with $185 each —about two-thirds the minimum wage for the 91 hours they worked. Still, it was "enough", as one of them put it, to enable them to "avoid indignity" for quite a while.All went well for some weeks. Then one Saturday morning my attention was drawn to the odd goings-on of our two youngest sons. They kept carrying carton after carton from various corners of the house out the front door to curbside. I assumed their mother had enlisted them to remove junk for a trash pickup. Then I overheard them discussing finances."Geez, we're going to make a lot of money!""We're going to be rich!"Investigation revealed that they were offering " for sale or rent" our entire library."No! No!" I cried. "You can't sell our books!""Geez, Dad, we thought you were done with them!""You're never 'done' with books," I tried to explain."Sure you are. You read them, and you're done with them. That's it. Then you might as well make a little money from them. We wanted to avoid the indignity ofhaving to ask you for……"一个大学男孩，不清楚赚钱需要付出艰苦的劳动，被一份许诺轻松赚大钱的广告吸引了。
现代大学英语4 unit 6 the telephone
Author—Anwar F. Accawi
• Before the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), the country enjoyed a period of relative calm and prosperity, driven by the tourism, agriculture, and banking sectors of the economy. It is considered the banking capital of the Levant (累 范特) and was widely known as the "Switzerland of the East" due to its financial power and diversity. Lebanon also attracted large numbers of tourists to the point that the capital Beirut became widely referred to as the "Paris of Western Asia".
… time didn’t mean much to anybody, except maybe to those who were dying. (para. 1)
The villagers didn’t think time was important until perhaps when they were dying.
现代大学英语精读4 unit10 The telephone 课件详解
(of roof or wall) to fall down or inward; to collapse
塌落，倒塌， （墙等）内陷
… that caused the mayor’s house roof to collapse.
You couldn’t be more accurate than that, now, could you?
• Anwar F. Accawi currently teaches as a full-time instructor at the English Language Institute of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has lived and taught in the U.S. since 1965.
• The Telephone
Author—Anwar F. Accawi
Born in Lebanon in a family whose ancestors are believed to have gone to Jerusalem in the Crusades.
• While he was living in Lebanon teaching English as a second language at the American University in Beruit, he married an American woman from Tennessee.
has no need of American help.
大学英语精读第四册
大学英语精读第四册Unit one: Big Bucks the Easy Way Introductory RemarksIn the United States of America Family background or personal influence plays a much less important role than in many other societies. Anyone who wants to become successful has to rely mainly on his own efforts. That’s why many American parents encourage their children to do part-time jobs while studying in college or even in high school. This is of great benefit to the young people not only financially but also in the development and formation of character, for in the process of work, they can learn a lot of things which are impossible for them to acquire (= get / obtain) from their textbooks at school.In this story, for instance, the two college sons have to develop management skills quickly in order to get their work done; they have to learn cooperation, team work, efficiency and business ethics (理念)in order to meet the real world’s deadlines. And the two youngest sons have also to learn that “you are never done with books”, because books teach us knowledge and theories which are as important as, if not more important than, practical experience.Written in a humorous style (幽默的风格), the story also tells us as well as all those youngsters that there is no easy way to earn a lot of money in the United States. You have to learn quickly and work hard before you can get your share of money.PrefacePatterns:be unaware of (sth) = be unconscious of (sth)be unaware + that clause = be unconscious +that clause Pattern:involve oneself in / with / into sth = be involved in / with/ intotempt (=induce) sb into doing sth诱惑某人做某事Compare: advertisement / advertisingadvertisement / commercialsPattern:promise sb. to do sthprobably = maybe = perhapsCompare :too … to(否定)only/but/simply/never too …to (强调肯定)1)This text is too difficult to learn.2)This text is simply/but/only/never too difficult to learn.Big Bucks the Easy Way轻轻松松赚大钱buck (American slang = money): ten bucks (=dollars); in the bucks (手头有钱)Lines 1 – 14look into = investigate: look into (=investigate) the matter Pattern: suggest sth to sbavoid (vt.): keep away from (避开; 避免)Pattern: avoid doing sth. (Right); avoid to do sth. (Wrong) dignity (庄严; 尊严); indignity = in + dignityplastics (n.) (塑料); plastic (adj.)塑料的hang –hanged – hanged (vt.)吊死；绞死e.g.: The murder was sentenced to be hanged.hang – hung – hung (vi. & vt.)悬挂；垂下e.g.: I plan to hang some pictures in my new house. message: note; informationtext message手机短信leisurely (adj.):(moving, acting, or done) without haste; unhurried 从容的; 不慌不忙的lucrative (adj.): profitableleisurely, lucrative work: work that brings in a lot of money and can be done with ease 能轻松赚钱的工作I can live with(=put up with / endure)it (=indignity). panhandle:(AmE) beg, esp. on the streetembarrass sb. = make sb. feel embarrassed 使人感到难为情magazine-delivery thing 投递杂志的事settle (=accommodate) oneself in some placeLines 15 – 29enthuse (vi.): show enthusiasm非常兴奋；兴高采烈enthuse (vi.) --- enthusiasm (n.) --- enthusiastic (adj.)inquire = ask: Pattern:inquire / ask sth of sb.super (colloq.): wonderful; splendid; excellentsnap (vt.): say (sth.) sharply 厉声地说“Super!” she snapped, “Just super!…”: The verb “snapped” makes it clear that she was saying this in an ironical tone. As a matter of fact, her day was just awful.truck (AmE) = lorry (BrE)pull up: come to a stop; bring to a stope.g.: John was walking along the street when suddenly a car pulled up beside him.Montgomery Wards; Sears; Roebucks:They are mail-order business companies 从事邮递业务的公司…it will be four thousand of something:…it will be four thousand advertising inserts for some other department store or companyPattern: be responsible (to sb.) for sth.Compare:responsibility --- obligation --- liabilityFill in each of the blanks with the proper word:Your _____ is to sign the contract between the two companies. Each company must carry out the signed contract for its ____, andany party has to take its _____ if it fails to implement the contract Patterns: Sb. is to blame for sth (Formal)Sb is blamed for sth; blame sb for / on sth (Informal)…it turned out(prove / come to be clear) 插入语hand-deliver (vt.) = deliver by hand派人直接送advertising inserts用于广告作用插在报纸或杂志中的广告插页…are included with(=be inserted between / be put between)…Patterns:1.promise to do sth2. promise sb to do sth3. promise sb for sth(a) piece of cake: a colloquial phr ase “sth can be done easily”Lines 30 – 50six hundred (bucks = dollars)echo (vt.): repeat (the word, feelings , etc. of sb.) 附和; 重复e.g.: The little boy echoes everything his brother says. Patterns:1. inform sb of sth. 2. inform sb + that clauseAnd we do the job in two hours. (note: not using “after”) porch (AmE) = veranda (BrE) 门廊even as (= just at the time when ) we speak 引导让步状语load 装--- unload卸carrying armloads (n.) of sth: carrying armful of sth…all this指这么多广告to get (系动词) busy = to start to workurgent message紧急留言unnaturally high: extraordinarily / extremely highquaver (vi.): (of the voice or a sound) shake; tremble颤抖truckloads of ad inserts几卡车的广告插页dime: coin of U.S. and Canada, worth of ten centsdime store: 廉价商品店drugstore: 杂货店；药店grocery :食品店greengrocery: 蔬菜店whole magazine sections整本杂志那么厚cram (vt.)把…塞满; 装满wall-to-wall(方式状语): 类似的表达方式face-to-face; shoulder-to-shoulderstack = pile 堆in stacks = pile and pile; in pilestake one each of the eleven inserts从十一中插页中各取一份slip a rubber band around them套上橡皮筋slide into塞进takeout restaurant 外卖餐馆Her voice kept rising, as if working its way out of the range of the human ear. :Her voice kept rising as if (her voice was) rising to such a pitch that it could no longer be heard by the human ear.keep doing sth持续做某事as if:后可接现在分词He paused as if expecting me to speak. work one?s way费力前进; 努力获得range范围; out of the range of超过…范围Lines 51 – 65Pattern: had better do sth; had better not do sth.as … as one can= as … as possiblee.g.: Please come here as soon as you can. = Please come here as soon as possibleGot a lunch date. = I have got an appointment for lunch.I had had a marvelous steak, but knew better by now than to say so.我吃的牛排好极了，但这次学乖了，还是不说为妙know better than to do很明智不去做…e.g.: As a college student, you should know better than to waste your time like that.Some sort of (= something like) sour fisheel: (long, snake-like fish) 鳗；鳝a couple of = a few 两三个；几个；assembly line装配线；流水作业“movement” = some progress or advanceencouraging --- discouragingPattern:encourage sb. to do sth.Pattern: be at sth:从事于; 在状态中e.g.: They are still at work (at rest).Compare: roof --- ceilingdent (n.)凹下的地方make a dent in 使凹下去(即减少);此处意为减少一点;有所进展re-: again; once more使…再生; 增加re produce --- re print --- re tell --- re thinkLines 66 – 80get…out of…: 从…中得到get the best out of …: 从…中得到最大利益…one does not get the best out of employees by …: one does not get the greatest possible amount of work out of his employees by …bodily harm体罚obtaining an audience with跟…通话son No. 1: the older sonPatterns: threaten (vt.)1.Nuclear weapons threaten the peace and security of theworld.2.The robber threatened me with a gun.3.He threatens to make the photo public.bonus: reward cut into (=reduce) our profitunless: if notPattern: enable sb. to do sth. = make sb. able to do sth. Compare: on time --- in timeIf they don?t =If they don?t make all the deliveries on time There will be (is) no +动名词= it will be (is) impossible to do 意为“不可能”1.There is no getting along with him.跟他是无法相处的。
新视野大学英语4UNIT10课文翻译及谜底
新视野大学英语4UNIT10课文翻译及谜底What is the most valuable contribution employees make to their companies, knowledge or judgment? I say judgment.Knowledge, no matter how broad, is useless until it is applied.And application takes judgment, which involves something of a sixth sense —a high performance of the mind.This raises interesting questions about the best training for today's business people.As Daniel Goleman suggests in his new book, Emotional Intelligence, the latest scientific findings seem to indicate that intelligent but inflexible people don't have the right stuff in an age when the adaptive bility is the key to survival.In a recent cover story, Time magazine sorted through the current thinking onintelligence and reported, "New brain research suggests that emotions, not IQ, may be the true measure of human intelligence."The basic significance of the emotional intelligence that Time called "EQ" was suggested by management expert Karen Boylston: "Customers are telling businesses, 'I don't care if every member of your staff graduated from Harvard. I will take my business and go where I am understood and treated with respect.'"If the evolutionary pressures of the marketplace are making EQ, not IQ, the hot ticket for business success, it seems likely that individuals will want to know how to cultivate it.I have a modest proposal: Embrace a highly personal practice aimed at improving these four adaptive skills.Raising consciousness.I think of this as thinking differently on purpose.It's about noticing what you are feeling and thinking and escaping the conditioned confines of your past.Raise your consciousness by catching yourself in the act of thinking as often as possible. Routinely take note of your emotions and ask if you're facing facts or avoiding them.Using imagery.This is what you see Olympic ski racers doing before entering the starting gate.With their eyes closed and bodies swaying, they run the course in their minds first, which improves their performance.You can do the same by setting aside time each day to dream with passion about what you want to achieve.Considering and reconsidering events to choose the most creative response to them. When a Greek philosopher said 2,000 years ago that it isn't events that matter but our opinion of them, this is what he was talking about.Every time something important happens, assign as many interpretations to it as possible, even crazy ones.、管路敷设技术通过管线不仅可以解决吊顶层配置不规范高中资料试卷问题，而且可保障各类管路习题到位。
大学英语精读第三版第四册课文及课文翻译
大学英语精读第三版第四册课文及课文翻译Unit 1TextTwo college-age boys, unaware that making money usually involves hard work, are tempted by an advertisement that promises them an easy way to earn a lot of money. The boys soon learn that if something seems to good to be true, it probably is.BIG BUCKS THE EASY W AYJohn G. Hubbell"You ought to look into this," I suggested to our two college-age sons. "It might be a way to avoid the indignity of having to ask for money all the time." I handed them some magazines in a plastic bag someone bad hung on our doorknob. A message printed on the bag offered leisurely, lucrative work ("Big Bucks the Easy Way!") of delivering more such bags."I don't mind the indignity," the older one answered."I can live with it," his brother agreed."But it pains me," I said，"to find that you both have been panhandling so long that it no longer embarrasses you."The boys said they would look into the magazine-delivery thing. Pleased, I left town on a business trip. By midnight I was comfortably settled in a hotel room far from home. The phone rang. It was my wife. She wanted to know how my day had gone."Great!" I enthused. "How was your day?" I inquired."Super!" She snapped. "Just super! And it's only getting started. Another truck just pulled up out front.""Another truck?""The third one this evening. The first delivered four thousand Montgomery Wards. The second brought four thousand Sears, Roebucks. I don't know what this one has, but I'm sure it will be four thousand of something. Since you are responsible, I thought you might like to know what's happening.What I was being blamed for, it turned out, was a newspaper strike which made it necessary to hand-deliver the advertising inserts that normally are included with the Sunday paper. The company had promised our boys $600 for delivering these inserts to 4,000 houses by Sunday morning."Piece of cake!" our older college son had shouted." Six hundred bucks!" His brother had echoed, "And we can do the job in two hours!""Both the Sears and Ward ads are four newspaper-size pages," my wife informed me. "There are thirty-two thousand pages of advertising on our porch. Even as we speak, two big guys are carrying armloads of paper up the walk. What do we do about all this?""Just tell the boys to get busy," I instructed. "They're college men. They'll do what they have to do."At noon the following day I returned to the hotel and found an urgent message to telephone my wife. Her voice was unnaturally high and quavering. There had been several more truckloads of ad inserts. "They're for department stores, dime stores, drugstores, grocery stores, auto stores and so on. Some are whole magazine sections. We have hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of pages of advertising here! They are crammed wall-to-wall all through the house in stacks taller than your oldest son. There's only enough room for people to walk in, take one each of the eleveninserts, roll them together, slip a rubber band around them and slide them into a plastic bag. We have enough plastic bags to supply every takeout restaurant in America!" Her voice kept rising, as if working its way out of the range of the human ear. "All this must be delivered by seven o'clock Sunday morning.""Well, you had better get those guys banding and sliding as fast as they can, and I'll talk to you later. Got a lunch date.When I returned, there was another urgent call from my wife."Did you have a nice lunch?" she asked sweetly. I had had a marvelous steak, but knew better by now than to say so."Awful," I reported. "Some sort of sour fish. Eel, I think.""Good. Your college sons have hired their younger brothers and sisters and a couple of neighborhood children to help for five dollars each. Assembly lines have been set up. In the language of diplomacy, there is 'movement.'""That's encouraging.""No, it's not," she corrected. "It's very discouraging. They're been as it for hours. Plastic bags have been filled and piled to the ceiling, but all this hasn't made a dent, not a dent, in the situation! It's almost as if the inserts keep reproducing themselves!""Another thing," she continued. "Your college sons must learn that one does not get the best out of employees by threatening them with bodily harm.Obtaining an audience with son NO. 1, I snarled, "I'll kill you if threaten one of those kids again! Idiot! You should be offering a bonus of a dollar every hour to the worker who fills the most bags."But that would cut into our profit," he suggested."There won't be any profit unless those kids enable you to make all the deliveries on time. If they don't, you two will have to remove all that paper by yourselves. And there will be no eating or sleeping until it is removed."There was a short, thoughtful silence. Then he said, "Dad, you have just worked a profound change in my personality.""Do it!""Yes, sir!"By the following evening, there was much for my wife to report. The bonus program had worked until someone demanded to see the color of cash. Then some activist on the work force claimed that the workers had no business settling for $5 and a few competitive bonuses while the bossed collected hundreds of dollars each. The organizer had declared that all the workers were entitled to $5 per hour! They would not work another minute until the bosses agreed.The strike lasted less than two hours. In mediation, the parties agreed on $2 per hour. Gradually, the huge stacks began to shrink.As it turned out, the job was completed three hours before Sunday's 7 a.m. deadline. By the time I arrived home, the boys had already settled their accounts: $150 in labor costs, $40 for gasoline, and a like amountfor gifts—boxes of candy for saintly neighbors who had volunteered station wagons and help in delivery and dozen roses for their mother. This left them with $185 each — about two-thirds the minimum wage for the 91 hours they worked. Still, it was "enough", as one of them put it, to enable them to "avoid indignity" for quite a while.All went well for some weeks. Then one Saturday morning my attention was drawn to the odd goings-on of our two youngest sons. They kept carrying carton after carton from various corners of the house out the front door to curbside. I assumed their mother had enlisted them to remove junk for a trash pickup. Then I overheard them discussing finances."Geez, we're going to make a lot of money!""We're going to be rich!"Investigation revealed that they were offering " for sale or rent" our entire library."No! No!" I cried. "You can't sell our books!""Geez, Dad, we thought you were done with them!""You're never 'done' with books," I tried to explain."Sure you are. You read them, and you're done with them. That's it. Then you might as well make a little money from them. We wanted to avoid the indignity of having to ask you for……"一个大学男孩，不清楚赚钱需要付出艰苦的劳动，被一份许诺轻松赚大钱的广告吸引了。
大学英语精读第三版(董亚芬主编)第四册-Unit1-Unit10-翻译答案
大学英语精读第三版(董亚芬主编)第四册-Unit1-Unit10-翻译答案Unit1翻译1) 我们接到通知，财政部长将于次日接见我们。
We were informed that the Minister of Finance was to give us an audience /receive us the next day.2) 我觉得很奇怪，他似乎不记得自己的生日。
I thought it odd that he didn't seem to remember his own birthday.3) 学期论文最迟应在下星期二交来，可是至今大部分学生却几无进展。
Next Tuesday is the deadline for handing in the term papers, but most students have hardly made a dent in the work so far.4) 看到学生人数不断减少，校长心里很难受。
(pain)It pained the headmaster to find the number of students shrinking.5) 在那个国家一般用现金付账，但支票变得普遍起来了，不久会代替现金作为人们结账的一种方式。
Cash is commonly used in paying bills in thatcountry, but checks are becoming more popular and will, in a short while, replace cash as a way for people to settle their accounts.6) 该公司声称，这条河流的污染不是它造成的。
The company claims that it is not responsible for the pollution in the river.Unit2翻译1) 比尔已是个成熟的小伙子，不再依赖父母替他做主。
现代大学英语精读4 第二版 Unit 6 The Telephone讲课讲稿
• (p.22)…or to deliver a message to his wife, such as…
take sth to a place
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Translate the following paragraph into English by yourself and then compare with the original.
Did the title tell you much? What did you expect to read?
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Please define the underlined words in each context: • (p.22) In the evening, the laughter and noise of the
men trailed off and finally stopped
v. (voice ~off), it becomes gradually quieter and then stops
• (p.22)“I’ll give him a trail to follow,” muttered Rainsford. (L. 8)
Left for the U.S. when the civil war brokeout in Lebanon
Has been teaching English at the English Language Institute of the Uni. of Tennessee
Anwar F. Accawi
精读4unit6thetelephone作者对村庄变化的态度
精读4unit6thetelephone作者对村庄变化的态度
在精读第4单元《电话》中，作者对村庄变化的态度是充满了疑虑和担忧。
在文章开头，作者提到自己长大的村庄已经变了样，有新的铁路和公路，手机信号也覆盖到了村庄。
作者提到这些改变让他感到困惑，不知道这些变化是否会对村庄的生活产生积极或消极的影响。
作者进一步描述了村庄的变化对他的个人生活的影响。
他提到他曾经喜欢在村庄的铁路附近散步，但现在因为人们的增多和汽车的增加，他无法再享受到安静的环境。
他还提到新的公路给他带来了更多的噪音和污染。
作者的担忧在于，这些变化可能会破坏村庄原本宁静的氛围，对居民的生活质量产生消极影响。
此外，作者还提到手机信号的覆盖对村民的生活产生了一些好处，比如方便了沟通和交流。
然而，作者也担心这种智能手机变得不可或缺的现象会对人们的生活产生负面的影响，让人们更加依赖于技术，并失去了与自然和社区的连接。
综上所述，作者对村庄变化持有一种谨慎和担忧的态度。
尽管他也提到了一些变化的好处，但他更关注变化可能带来的消极影响，以及可能破坏原有的生活习惯和社区关系。
大学英语精读第四册第十单元内容详解
大学英语精读第四册第十单元内容详解大学英语精读第四册第十单元内容详解导语：工作对社会的意义，社会的发展进步，与每个社会组成成员的选择倾向是有密切关系的。
下面是一篇关于人为什么工作的英语课文，欢迎阅读。
TextDo you view work as a burden or an opportunity? Are you the kind of person who looks for ways to save your energy or the kind that finds spending your energy satisfying? Why do people like to complain about work? Find the answers to question like these in the following essay.WHY PEOPLE WORKLeonard R. SaylesJobs and work do much more than most of us realize to provide happiness sand contentment. We're all used to thinking that work provides the material things of life -- the goods and services that make possible our modern civilization. But we are much less conscious of the extent to which work provides the more intangible, but more crucial, psychological well-being that can make the difference between a full and an empty life.Historically, work has been associated with slavery and sin and punishment. And in our own day we are used to hearing the traditional complaints: "I can't wait for my vacation," "I wish I could stay home today," "My boss treats me poorly," "I've got too much work to do and not enough time to do it." Against this background, it may well come as a surprise to learn that not only psychologists but other behavioral scientists have come to accept the positive contribution of work to the individual's happiness and sense of personal achievement. Work is more thana necessity for most human beings; it is the focus of their lives, the source of their identity and creativity.Rather than a punishment or a burden, work is the opportunity to realize one's potential. Many psychiatrists heading mental health clinics have observed its healing effect. A good many patients who feel depressed in clinics gain renewed self-confidence when gainfully employed and lose some, if not all, of their most acute symptoms. Increasingly, institutions dealing with mental health problems are establishing workshops wherein those too sick to get a job in "outside" industry can work, while every effort is exerted to arrange "real" jobs for those well enough to work outside.And the reverse is true, too. For large numbers of people, the absence of work is harmful to their health. Retirement often brings many problems surrounding the "What do I do with myself?" question, even though there may be no financial cares. Large numbers of people regularly get headaches and other illnesses on weekends when they don't have their jobs to go to, and must fend for themselves. It has been observed that unemployment, quite aside from exerting financial pressures, brings enormous psychological troubles and that many individuals deteriorate rapidly when jobless.But why? Why should work be such a significant source of human satisfaction? A good share of the answer rests in the kind of pride that is stimulated by the job, by the activity of accomplishing.Pride in AccomplishmentThe human being longs for a sense of being accomplished, of being able to do things, with his hand, with his mind, with his will. Each of us wants to feel he or she has the ability to dosomething that is meaningful and that serves as a tribute to our inherent abilities.It is easiest to see this in the craftsman who lovingly shapes some cheap material into an object that may be either useful or beautiful or both. You can see the carpenter or bricklayer stand aside and admire the product of his personal skill.But even where there is no obvious end product that is solely attributable to one person's skill, researchers have found that employees find pride in accomplishment. Our own research in hospitals suggests that even the houskeeping and laundry staffs take pride in the fact that in their own ways they are helping to cure sick people -- and thus accomplishing good deal.We're often misled by the complaints surrounding difficult work; deep down most people regard their won capacity to conquer the tough job as the mark of their own unique personality. Complaining is just part of working After all, how else do you know who you are, except as you can demonstrate the ability of your mind to control you limbs ad hands and words? You are, in significant measure, what you can do.Some are deceived into thinking that people like to store up energy, to rest and save themselves as much as possible. Just the opposite. It is energy expenditure that is satisfying.Just watch an employee who must deal with countless other people because his or her job is at some central point in a communications network: a salesman at a busy counter, a stock broker on the phone, a customer representative. They will tell you how much skill and experience it takes to answer countless questions and handle various kinds of personalities every hour of the day. Not everyone can interact with such persistence and over long hours, but those who do, pride themselves on a distinctiveability that contributes mightily to the running of the organization.But work is more than accomplishment and pride in being able to command the job, because except for a few craftsmen and artists most work takes place "out in the world," with an through other people.Esprit de corpsPerhasps an example will make the point:I remember viewing a half dozen me in a chair factory whose job it was to bend several pieces of steel and attach them so that a folding chair would result. While there were ten or twelve of these "teams" that worked together, one in particular was known for its perfect coordination and lightning-like efforts. The men knew they were good. They would work spurts for twenty or thirty minutes before taking a break -- to show themselves, bystanders and other groups what it was to be superbly skilled and self-controlled, to be the best in the factory.When I talked with them, each expressed enormous pride in being a part of the fastest, best team. And this sense of belonging to an accomplished work group is one of the distinctive satisfactions of the world of work.One further word about work group satisfactions. Unlike may other aspects of life, relationships among people at work tend to be simpler, less complicated, somewhat less emotional. This is not to say there aren't arguments and jealousies, but, on the whole, behavioral research discloses that human relations at work are just easier, perhaps because they are more regular and predictable and thus simpler to adjust to than the sporadic, the more intense and less regular relationships in the community. And the work group also gently pressures its members to learnhow to adjust to one another so that the "rough edges" are worked off because people know they must do certain things with and through one another each day.Beyond the team and the work group, there is the organization, whether it be company or hospital or university. The same pride in being part of a well-coordinated, successful unit is derived from being part of a larger collectivity. Working for a company that is though of as being part of the best in the community can provide employees with both status and self-confidence. They assume, usually with good reason, that others regard them more highly, even envy them, and that they are more competent than the average because of this association with a "winner," a prestigious institution. We in truth bask in the reflected glory of the institution, and we seek ways of asserting our membership so that others will know and can recognize our good fortune.New Wordscontentmentn. happiness; satisfaction 满足civilizationn. 文明intangiblea. that can not be touched or grasped 触摸不到的cruciala. decisive; critical 决定性的，关键的pschologicala. of the soul or mind 心理的historicallyad. in the course of history, in accordance with or in respect to historyassociatevt. connect or bring together in one's mind 联想slaveryn. the system of having slaves; the condition of being a slave 奴隶制度;奴隶身份sinn. behavior that is against the principles of morality; an immoral act 罪孽punishmentn. punishing or being punished 惩罚complaintn. complaining; a statement expressing unhappiness, pain, dissatisfaction 抱怨behaviorala. of or having to do with behavior 行为的contributionn. act of contributing; sth. contributednecessityn. sth. that is necessary; the condition of being necessary, needed or unavoidable 必需品;必要性focusn. the central point; centre of interest 焦点creativityn. the ability to produce new and orignal ideas and things; inventiveness创造性clinicn. building or part of a hospital where doctors give specialized medical treatment and advice; a medical institution for special purposes 诊所healv. (cause to) become healthy 治愈，愈合，痊愈depresseda. sad; low in spirits 精神抑郁的，情绪沮丧的depressvt. make sad, low in spiritsrenewvt. reestablish; give new life and freshness to 使更新gainfullyad. profitablyacutea. severe; strong 严重的，急性的'symptoma. a change in the body's condition that indicates illness 症状institutionn. a society, club, college or any organization established for some public or social purpose 公共机构workshopn. a room of building which contains tools or machinery for making or repairing things 车间，工场whereinconj. in whichexertvt. use(strength, skill, etc.) 尽力reversen. the opposite; the other way round, the back 相反，背面absencen. non-existence; lackretirementn. instance of retiring or being retired; condition of being retired 退休financiala. relating to money 财政的;金融的weekendn. Saturday and Sunday, esp. when considered as a holiday from workfendvi. provide(for) 供养;照料unemploymentn. the state of being unemployedsignificanta. of noticeable importance or effect 重大的significance n.satisfactionn. be state of being satisfied 满足satisfactory a.accomplisheda. skilled, expert 有才艺的;有造诣的tributen. material evidence of one's worth, virtue, etc.inherenta. existing as a natural and permanent part or quality of 内在的，生来的craftsmann. a highly skilled workman 手艺人，(名)工匠bicklayern. a workman who builds with bricksattributablea. that can be attributed 可归因于……的attributevt. 把……归因为housekeepingn. management of a home and its affairs 家政staffn. the group of workers who carry on a job (全体)员工capacityn. ability, power; the amount that sth. can hold or produce 能力;容量tougha. difficult to do or deal with 艰巨的uniquen. being the only one of its type 独特的limbn. the leg, arm. or wing of an animal 肢，翼oppositen. a person or thing that is entirely different from another 对立面，对立物countlessa. very many; too many to be countedbrokern. person who buys and sells for others 经纪人，掮客stock brokern. a person who buys and sells stocks and bonds for other for a commission 证券经纪人representativen. a person acting in place of one or more others 代表interactvi. act on each other 相互作用persistencen. the act or fact of keeping on doing sth in spite of difficulty or opposition 坚持persist vi.distinctivea. clearly marking a person or thing as different from other 特殊的;与众不同的mightilyad. with power and strength; greatlyesprit de corpsn. (French) spirit of loyalty and devotion which unites the members of a group or society 团体精神，集体荣誉感coordinationn. harmonious adjustment or working together 协调coordinate vt.lightning闪电bystandern. a person standing near but not taking part in an event or activity; onlooker 旁观者superblyad. magnificently; first classaspectn. one side or view of a subject 方面relationshipn. a friendship between people; connection 关系disclosemake known; show by uncovering 揭示sporadica. occurring now and then; occasional 零星发生的,偶尔的collectivityn. people collectively, especially as forming a community or state 集体collective a.statusn. (high) social or professional position 地位,身份envyvt. feel admiration or ill-will toward (sb.) because he has the good fortune one wishes to have 羡慕;妒忌winnern. one that wins or seems destined to win or be successful prestigiousa. having respect that results from the good reputation (of a person, nation, etc.)有声望的baskvi. sit or lie in enjoyable warmth and light (舒适地) 取暖,享受reflectvt. throw back (light, heat, sound or image) 反射;反映assertvt. demonstrate the existence of; declare forcefully 宣称,断言membershipn. the state of being a member, of a club, society, etc. all the members of a club, society, etc.Phrases & Expressionsassociate withconnect with (often mentally) 把…与…联系在一起rather thaninstead offend for oneselflook after oneself 照料自己，自行谋生aside frombesides, apart from 除…以外long fordesire (to have )sth. strongly 渴望take pride infell please and happy because of 为…而感到得意store upput away for future use 储存，储备pride oneself onregard as a special reason for pride or satisfaction 以……自豪make the/one's pointprove that sth. is true 证明一个论点in particularespeciallyat workbusy at a job; doing workone the wholeconsidering everything; in generalwork offget rid of, dispose 除去，清除。
大学英语精读第三版第四册unit1--7课后翻译完型原文
Unit 1When Dad told us about the delivery work it sound easy,just a piece of trouble was,we didn’t take care to inquire just how much material was long trucks seemed to be pulling up outside our house all day long,leaving stacks of seemed we would have no chance of meeting the we had this mavelous local kids to help would enable us to get the job done on ,it would cut into our profits,but there was no seemed to be going well ,but then we had trouble over a pay claim .Our workers demanded five dollars an hour,but fortunately for us they were ready to settle for for us,when we finally settle our account we ended up earning less than the minimum wage for all our guess we should have know better than to believe that big bucks come easy.1) 我们接到通知，财政部长将于次日接见我们。
We were informed that the Minister of Finance was to give us an audience /receive us the next day.2) 我觉得很奇怪，他似乎不记得自己的生日。
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Word Building
1.Prefix + Root pound
prefi x
object
root
ject: to push; to drive
deject
使沮丧
eject
喷射；逐出
inject
注射，注入，插入
object
反对，抗议
project
设计；投射，放映
reject
抛弃；拒收；否认
or service
a devout admirer devout thanks
Synonyms pious fervent earnest
jet-black hair whore/prostitute entertain troubleshooter
漆黑的头发 妓女， 娼妓 款待 故障检修员；排解纠纷者
parallel to the Mediterranean coastline.
Intermarriage among cousins in Arab countries 近亲结婚 (para. 1)
• The practice has come down from ancient times, when the Arabs were mostlynomadic hersmen.Today, this intermarriage is still very common because of economic sonsiderations.
subject
使遭受；服从；提供
prefi x
• assist • consist • exist • insist • persist • resist
root
resist
帮助 组成 存在 坚持，极力要求 坚持不懈,持续 抵制，抗议
prefi x
• attain • contain • detain • entertain • maintain • obtain • pertain • retain
• The detective wriggled himself through the hole.
• 侦探扭动身子从洞口钻了进去。
• The child tried to wriggle out of his mother’s arms.
• 孩子一扭一扭地想从母亲怀里挣脱出来。
Para 19
• rasp • V. 1.to rub with sth. rough 擦、刮 • 2. (of sound) to have a rough, annoying
• 黎巴嫩共和国，位于亚洲西南部 地中海东岸，东,北部邻叙利亚， 南界巴勒斯坦、以色列，西濒地 中海。习惯上称为中东国家。
Lebanon 黎巴嫩
Magdaluna 马格达路娜 (para.1) a village that lies in the Lebanon Mountains running
I. Warming-up exercises:
• When did the telephone come to your life?
• Could you imagine a life without the telephone?
• How do you think the telephone relates to you and your life respectively?
Unit 10. The Telephone
Group 5 俞晓燕 袁静 梅艳红 程苏玉
• I. Warming-up exercises • II. Background information • III. Text Theme • IV.Text Analysis • V. Words & Phrases & Sentences
2) The text raised us a question: What attitude we should adopt toward new things, whether we should welcome them or boycott them.
IV. Text Analysis:
• Plot: The coming of telephone brought some changes to the small village, both personally and socially.
这是一种宗教习俗而不是文化习俗。 除了头、脸和脚以外其他部分都要 遮盖。这种包头的围巾叫做“伊斯 兰头巾”或者“黑色斗篷”，这种 长袍式的衣服叫做黑袍。在长袍下 面，妇女也可以穿传统礼服、便装 或正装。
III. Text Theme:
1) The text describes, from a boy’s perspective, how telephone affected people’s way of life in a Lebanese mountain village. It broke the seclusion of the village.
• Setting: 1) social setting: in the early 20th century before the process of modernization 2) story setting: in a village in Lebanon
• Protagonist: “I” when the author was young
• n.+ n. (ed) marble-sized
• n.+ v. (ed/ing) hand-rolled fish-bearing
• n.+ adj.
jet-black
• adj.+ v. (ed) middle-aged full-blown
Para 16
chime in
a.to break into/ enter (a conversation); to interrupt
their faces or heads.
Author—Anwar F. Accawi
---Born in Lebanon in a family whose ancestors are believed to have gone to Jerusalem in the Crusades. ---While he was living in Lebanon teaching English as a second language at the American University in Beruit, he married an American woman from Tennessee. ---When the civil war broke out in Lebanon, Anwar F. Accawi and his wife were forced to leave the country and eventually moved to Tennessee, and later settled down in the States.
wring (wrung wrung)
v. to clasp and twist or squeeze as in distress
Everything should be covered except hands, face and feet. Beneath a robe, a woman may be wearing a traditional dress, casual clothes or business suit.
引进，输入，进口
• port
港口，码头
• portable
便于携带的；可转移的
• transport
运输，运+ n.
butcher-shop chicken-pox
finger-nail hail-storm
pocket-knives trouble-shooter
Lebanon 黎巴嫩
• The Republic of Lebanon or Lebanon is small ,largely mountainous country situated at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. The name Lebanon derives from the Semitic languages word Laban , meaning the “ white ” peaks of the Lebanon Mountains .
II. Background information:
• Author • Magdaluna. Lebanon (para.1) • Intermarriage in Arab countries (para.1) • Communion . 图(para.14) • Arab women wear garments that cover
---He currently teaches as a full-time instructor at the English Language Institute of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has lived and taught in the U.S. since 1965.
• 指领圣餐：耶稣被出卖的那一夜，拿起无酵饼来 擘开，象征耶稣的身体为我们在十字架上舍身。 饭后，耶稣也照样拿起鲜红的葡萄酒杯，象征着 主的血为我们罪人而流。从此，历世历代的教会 都遵照主的教导，在地上实行圣餐礼。
Communion 领圣餐:
Arab women wear garments that cover their faces or heads.