全新版大学英语笔记unit4_book2
全新版大学英语笔记unit4 book2
U4 Book21.(标题) virtual: adj.1) created and existing only in a computer*I can visit a virtual store and put what I want in my basket at the click of a mouse button.*Some people spend too much time escaping from reality into the virtual world conjured up on their computer screens.2) almost what is stated; in fact though not in name*The officials hear this kind of talk in virtual silence.*国王处处都受王后的影响，以至于王后成了国家实际上的统治者。
(=The king was so much under the influence of his wife that she was the virtual ruler of the country.)2.(L. 2) interpret: v.1) understand (sth. said, ordered, or done)*The gift is generally interpreted as a bribe.*She made a gesture, which he chose to interpret as an invitation.2) give or provide the meaning of, explain诗有助于阐述人生的意义。
(=Poetry helps to interpret life.)*The evidence is difficult to interpret.3) translate what is said in one language into another(=No one in the tour group spoke Spanish so we had to ask the guide to interpret.)3.(L. 5) stretch: v. (cause to) become longer, wider, etc. without breaking*My wool coat stretched when I washed it.*The child stretched the rubber band to its full extent.*你已经使我忍无可忍了。
全新版大学英语第二版综合教程笔记Unit4
全新版大学英语第二版综合教程笔记Unit4Unit 4 Book 1Detailed ReadingI. Difficult Sentences1.“I mow your lawn,” he said. (Para. 2)How many times is the sentence —“I mow your lawn.” —repeated in the text? Why is it repeated?(The sentence is repeated four times. That’s because it shows T ony’s determination in finding a job, and his optimistic view that people would help a man who needed a job.)2.Well, what do you do with such determination and hope? (Para. 12)Paraphrase the sentence.(It is hard to refuse a person who is determined and hopeful to get a job.)3.My wife and I were delighted with what we felt was a satisfying end of the story. (Para. 16)1) Paraphrase the sentence.(My wife and I were happy with what Tony had achieved, and thought that the whole thing had thus been settled.)2) Was Tony satisfied with this end?(Tony was not satisfied. He kept on working hard until he fulfilled his better dreams.)4.From then on, it was interesting to see that any discarded odds and ends around our place —a broken screen, a bit of hardware, boards from packing — T ony would gather and take home. (Para. 21)1) Why did Tony take home the discarded odds and ends?(Tony bought a house, which was a complete wreck. To fixand decorate it, and, above all, to save money, he took home the discarded odds and ends.)2) Translate the sentence into Chinese.(从那以后，只要我家附近有什么被人扔弃的零星杂物，坏了的屏风啦，五金器具啦，包装纸板啦，托尼都要收起来拿回家，看他这个样子真是有意思。
全新版大学英语第四册第四单元课后习题答案
Unit FourKey to Part II Reading TaskContent Questions:Pair Work:1.Because he feels he is completely international.2.What he means is that if one has a network of friends and enjoys what one is doing, one can functionwell anywhere in the world.3.It refers to a member of the international business elite who treks each year to the Swiss Alpine town ofDavos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.4.The issues include everything from post-election Iraq and HIV in Africa to the global supply of oil andthe implication of nanotechnology.5.They all believe that globalization, the unimpeded flows of capital, labor and technology across nationalborders, is both welcome and unstoppable. They see the world increasingly as one vast, international marketplace in which corporations search for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services.6.He describes Davos Man as an emerging global superspecies and a threat.7.Yes, global trade has been around for centuries. In the past, the corporations and countries that benefitedfrom global trade were largely content to treat vast parts of the world as places to mine natural resources or sell finished products.8.It predicted that four economies – Russia, Brazil, India and China – will become a much larger force inthe world economy than widely expected, based on projections of demographics and economic growth, with China potentially overtaking Germany this decade. By 2050, these four newcomers will likely have displaced all but the US and Japan from the top six economies in the world.9.It refers to low-paid migrant workers from Asia and elsewhere who are increasingly providing keyservices around the world.10.Unlike Davos Man, Manila Woman is strongly patriotic.11.Because he thinks that there are still too many barriers to cross-border business in Europe, let alone theworld.12.Davos Man needs to figure out how to strike a balance on a global scale between being international andbeing national at the same time.Text OrganizationWorking on Your Own:1.Part One, Paras. 1-3: introduction to Davos Man and the World Economic ForumPart Two. Paras. 4-5: Debate over the impact of globalization on current society and culturePart Three. Paras. 6-8: History of globalization and its recent trands and future prospectsPart Four. Paras. 9-11: Globalization versus nationalism and the challenges it faces2. Main Events:2) Davos Man seen their identity as a matter of personal choice, not an accident of birth.3) Davos Man believes that globalization, the unimpeded flows of capital, labor and technology acrossnational borders, it both welcome and unstoppable.4) Davos Man sees the world increasingly as one vast, international marketplace in which corporationssearch for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services.Language Sense Enhancement1.(1) both see their identity (2) birth (3) incidentally (4) annual(5) networking (6) implications (7) Whatever their considerable differences(8) unimpeded flows (9) interconnected marketplace (10) advantageousLanguage FocusVocabulary:I.1. Fill in the gaps with words or phrases given in the box.1) advantageous 2) let alone 3) witnessing…vanishing 4) landmark5) entitled 6) displace 7) Establishment 8) patriotic…strengthen9) contradictions 10) aspires 11) divorced 12) pendulums2. Use the verb in the brackets to form an appropriate phrasal verb you have learned and complete the sentence with it.1) come to 2) dozed off 3) believed in 4) was set apart5) take in 6) sucks in 7) clean up 8) turn away3. Rewrite each sentence with the word or phrase in the brackets.1) makes no/little difference whether we go there by train or by bus.2) overtaken General Motors as the world’s biggest car maker.3) at odds with his wife over money matters.4) been at the forefront of nanotechnology research.5) let alone cook a meal.4. Complete the sentence, using the words or phrases in the brackets.a) is increasingly…to accelerate…their investmentb) economy…make an earnest…strike a balance betweenc) a handful of…be endorsed by…on a large scaleII. Word Formation:WTO World Trade Organization 世界贸易组织GDP gross domestic product 国内生产总值ATM automatic teller machine 自动出纳机V AT value-added tax 增值税CAD computer-aided design 计算机辅助设计IT information technology 信息技术IDD international direct dialing 国际直拨电话MTV music television 音乐电视Radar radio detecting and ranging 雷达IOC International Olympic Committee 国际奥委会VIP very important person 贵宾、大人物Laser light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation 激光CPU central processing unit 中央处理器III. Usage:1)An unusual present, a book on ethics, was given to Henry for his birthday.2)The reason (he gave) that he didn’t notice the car till too late was unsatisfactory.3)Football, his only interest in life, has brought him many friends.4)Cloning had been raised as a possibility decades ago, then dismissed, something that serious scientiststhought was simply not going to happen anytime soon.Comprehensive ExercisesI. Cloze1. Text-related:(1) academics; (2) networking (3) a variety of (4) growth(5) vanish (6) facilitate (7) endorsing (8) outlook(9) sweeping aside (10) patriotic (11) erasing (12) strike a balance2. Theme-related:(1) aided (2) effects (3) distances (4) connected (5) invested(6) features (7) prevailing (8) qualitatively (9) volume (10) DistinguishingIII. Translation1. Translate the sentences into English:1) Due to his pessimistic outlook on the European economy, John has moved his assets from Europe to elsewhere.2) I like hiring young people. They are earnest learners and committed to work.3) Unlike her girl friends who center their lives on their children, Mary cares more about her personal growth.4) The Chinese government has introduced a variety of policies to strengthen cooperation with developing countries.2. Translate the passage into English:Globalization has great implications for young Chinese. For example, young farmers are moving on a large scale to urban areas for jobs. And for those young people who aspire to study abroad or work in foreign-invested enterprises, English has become increasingly important. At the same time, a considerable number of overseas Chinese have returned home in recent years, for they hold an optimistic outlook for the long-term growth of the Chinese economy. The Internet has strengthened the links between Chinese young people and those elsewhere. They follow the latest trends can copy foreign fashions. Some of them don’t seem to care for traditional Chinese virtues, let alone carry them forward, which has given rise to worries that the traditional Chinese culture might one day vanish.。
全新版大学英语UNIT4读书笔记
全新版大学英语UNIT4读书笔记America as a Collage读书笔记Culture needed to know before reading:In this passage, Los Angeles stands for a new civilization. Ryzsard Kapuscinski ,who spent most of the post-World War ? years reporting on war and revolution in Africa ,the Middle East , and Latin America , finds the changing composition of the America melting pot not a source of social problems bur a sign of positive future and of the continuing vitality of the democratic experiment represented by the people and the government of the USA.The main idea of this passage:America is not declining, but is in the process of creating a new collage-civilization. In order to prove this, the author takes what is happening in Los Angeles as an example. In the end, the author explains the thing that unites the diverse race and cultures in America.The structure of this article:Part one (from paragraph 1~5): America is not declining, but is processing fast to create a new collage-like civilization.Part two (from paragraph 6~21): Los Angeles is a good example of such a collage.Part three (from paragraph 22~24): The chance to try derives America to piece different parts together to make the America collage.My idea referring to this essay:Multicultural or pluralism is a really popular word which is talked about by different kinds of people, from politicians to officials, or even by a common person. Pluralism refers to the acceptance of many different schools of thought in an intellectual or cultural discipline. Although America’s culture is becoming more uniform, it’s society remains a diverse mix of ethnic, racial,and religious groups. Many Americans find that pluralism adds to the richness and strength of the nation’s culture.America is a society characterized by a diversity of cultures and subcultures. A culture is a human group which shares a number of essential aspects of daily life. Language, customs, traditions, religion and values are some of the shared products that define each cultural group. Each human group creates material and nonmaterial cultures. Material cultures includes physical objects ,such as money, homes, or cars, while nonmaterial cultures addresses the beliefs, values, and behavior share by a particular group. Taken all these together, this material and nonmaterial cultures shapes the emotional, cognitive, spiritual, and social experiences of individuals within the group.However we never know whether multicultural is right or not. On one hand, we make all efforts to make a plural society, but on the other hand, we pursue to keep track of the tradition.。
全新版大学英语综合教程 B2 U4 (课文及翻译)
Integrated Course Book 2 Unit 4Listen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions:1. Is the hero a student or an employee?2. What was he doing when the boss came in?3. How did he act in front of his boss?4. Can you guess what the texts in this unit are going to be about?The following words in the recording may be new to you:surf vt.（在网上）漫游log onto 进入（计算机系统）unpredictable a.不可预测的When an idle moment turned up at work, people used to reach for the newspaper, providing the boss wasn't looking. Nowadays they are more likely to spend their spare moments surfing the Internet. Needless to say, the boss is usually no more happier than before, thinking that his staff should be looking for some useful work to do. So what happens to the surfer who hears the boss's footsteps approaching? This is the situation the writer of the poem you are about to hear found himself in. Will he be caught in the act?Surfing the InternetStepping into the lab,I found no one is inside.So I think I'm in the clearBecause the boss is nowhere in sight.I log onto the web and start to surfAnd then my hair stands up with fright.The footsteps coming down the hallAre quickening in pace.There is no time to exit,No way to save my face.So I press the power buttonAnd relax just a bit.There is no way he can tellExactly what I hit.I act all surprised,Don't know why my machine died."Simply unpredictable theseComputers are!" I cried."So we'll get you a new one,A computer that won't crash", he exclaims.Do you think he'll wonderWhen the new one acts the same?intergrated courseMaia Szalavitz, formerly a television producer, now spends her timeas a writer. In this essay she explores digital reality and itsconsequences. Along the way, she compares the digital world to the "real"world, acknowledging the attractions of the electronic dimension.迈亚·塞拉维茨曾是电视制片人，目前从事写作。
全新版大学英语第二册UNIT 4
UNIT 4The Virtual WorldPart I Pre-Reading TaskListen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions:1. Is the hero a student or an employee?2. What was he doing when the boss came in?3. How did he act in front of his boss?4. Can you guess what the texts in this unit are going to be about?The following words in the recording may be new to you:surfvt. （在网上）漫游log onto进入（计算机系统）unpredictablea. 不可预测的Part IIText AMaia Szalavitz, formerly a television producer, now spends her time as a writer. In this essay she explores digital reality and its consequences. Along the way, she compares the digital world to the "real" world, acknowledging the attractions of the electronic dimension.A VIRTUAL LIFEMaia SzalavitzAfter too long on the Net, even a phone call can be a shock. My boyfriend's Liverpool accent suddenly becomes impossible to interpret after his easily understood words on screen; a secretary's clipped tone seems more rejecting than I'd imagined it would be. Time itself becomes fluid —hours become minutes, or seconds stretch into days. Weekends, once a highlight of my week, are now just two ordinary days.For the last three years, since I stopped working as a television producer, I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. I submit articles and edit them via email and communicate with colleagues on Internet mailing lists. My boyfriend lives in England, so much of our relationship is alsocomputer-assisted.If I desired, I could stay inside for weeks without wanting anything. I can order food, and manage my money, love and work. In fact, at times I have spent as long as three weeks alone at home, going out only to get mail and buy newspapers and groceries. I watched most of the endless snowstorm of'96 on TV.But after a while, life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as though I've become one with my machines, taking data in, spitting them back out, just another link in the Net. Others on line report the same symptoms. We start to feel an aversion to outside forms of socializing. We have become the Net critics' worst nightmare.What first seemed like a luxury, crawling from bed to computer, not worrying about hair, and clothes and face, has become a form of escape, a lack of discipline. And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber-interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult.I find myself shyer, more cautious, more anxious. Or, conversely, when suddenly confronted with real live humans, I get overexcited, speak too much, interrupt. I constantly worry if I am dressed appropriately, that perhaps I've actually forgotten to put on a skirt and walked outside in the T-shirt and underwear I sleep and live in.At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to talk away in the background, something that I'd never done previously. The voices of the programs are comforting, but then I'm jarred by the commercials. I find myself sucked in by soap operas, or needing to keep up with the latest news and the weather. "Dateline," "Frontline," "Nightline," CNN, New York 1, every possible angle of every story over and over and over, even when they are of no possible use to me. Work moves into the background. I decide to check my email.On line, I find myself attacking everyone in sight. I am bad-tempered, and easily angered. I find everyone on my mailing list insensitive, believing that they've forgotten that there are people actually reading their wounding remarks. I don't realize that I'm projecting until after I've been embarrassed by someone who politely points out that I've attacked her for agreeing with me.When I'm in this state, I fight my boyfriend as well, misinterpreting his intentions because of the lack of emotional cues given by our typed dialogue. The fight takes hours, because the system keeps crashing. I say a line, then he does, then crash! And yet we keep on, doggedly.I'd never realized how important daily routine is: dressing for work, sleeping normal hours. I'd never thought I relied so much on co-workers for company. I began to understand why long-term unemployment can be so damaging, why life without an externally supported daily plan can lead to higher rates of drug abuse, crime, suicide.To restore balance to my life, I force myself back into the real world.I call people, arrange to meet with the few remaining friends who haven't fled New York City. I try to at least get to the gym, so as to set apart the weekend from the rest of my week. I arrange interviews for stories, doctor's appointments —anything to get me out of the house and connected with others.But sometimes being face to face is too much. I see a friend and her ringing laughter is intolerable — the noise of conversation in the restaurant, unbearable. I make my excuses and flee. I re-enter my apartment and run to the computer as though it were a place of safety.I click on the modem, the once-annoying sound of the connection now as pleasant as my favorite tune. I enter my password. The real world disappears.(820 words)New Words and Expressionsvirtuala. 虚拟的；实质上的accentn. 口音interpretv. 理解；解释；（作）口译clippeda. with a short clear pronunciation 发音快而清脆的tonen. 语气，口气，腔调fluida. not stable, likely to change 不稳定的，可变的n. 液体stretchv. (cause to) become longer, wider, etc. without breaking 拉长，伸展telecommutern. one who works from home, communicating with the workplace using a computer terminal 远程工作者submitvt. give (sth.) to sb. so that it may be formally considered 提交，呈递editvt. revise or correct 编辑emailn. 电子邮件vt. 给…发电子邮件；用电子邮件发communicatevi. 通信，交往Internetn. 互联网，因特网relationshipn. 关系at timessometimes 有时endlessa. having or seeming to have no end 无休止的take in收进，吸收datan. （datum 的复数形式）数据，资料spitvt. 吐出on lineconnected to or controlled by a computer (network) 联机地，在线symptomn. 征兆；症状aversionn. a strong feeling of dislike 厌恶，反感socializevi. mix socially with others 社交，交际criticn. a person who judges or criticizes 评论家；对…持批评态度的人nightmaren. a terrifying dream 噩梦crawlvi. 爬，爬行interactionn. 交往；相互作用cyber-interactionn. 通过网络交往converselyad. 相反地appropriatelyad. 适当地，得体地appropriate a.T-shirtn. T恤衫underwearn. 内衣but thenyet at the same time 但另一方面，然而jarv. 使感到不快，刺激（神经等）commercialn. 商业广告a. 商业的suckv. draw liquid or air into the mouth 吸，吮suck in 吸引，使卷入；吸收operan. 歌剧（艺术）soap opera肥皂剧（以家庭问题为题材的广播或电视连续剧）keep up withlearn about or be aware of (the news, etc.); move at the same rate as 及时了解或跟上anglen. a particular way of considering an issue, etc. 角度，立场in sightvisible; likely to come soon 可看到的；临近bad-tempereda. having a bad temper 脾气坏的，易怒的insensitivea. not able to feel, unsympathetic to other people's feelings 感觉迟钝的，麻木不仁的sensitivea. 敏感的remarkn. 言辞，话语v. 说，评说projectv. imagine that others have (the same feelings, usu. unpleasant ones) as you 以为别人也有（与自己同样的情绪）misinterpretvt. understand wrongly 错误地理解，错误地解释emotionala. 感情上的；动感情的cuen. 提示，暗示doggedlyad. persistently 顽强地，坚持不懈地routinen. 例行事务，日常工作，惯例relyvi. depend confidently, put trust in 依靠，依赖unemployment▲n. 失业externallyad. 从外面，在外部externala. 外面的，外部的abusen. wrong or excessive use; cruel treatment 滥用，虐待crimen. （犯）罪suiciden. 自杀restorevt. bring back to a former condition 恢复arrangevt. prepare or plan 安排fleev. run away (from) 逃走；逃离gymn. 体育馆，健身房set apart使分离，使分开interviewn., vt. 接见；面试appointmentn. 约会laughtern. 笑，笑声intolerablea. too bad to be endured 不能忍受的，无法容忍的apartmentn. 一套公寓房间；公寓clickv. （使）发咔哒声；用鼠标点击n. 咔哒声modemn. 调制解调器annoyinga. 讨厌的，恼人的annoyvt. make angry, irritate; bother 使恼怒，使烦恼connectionn. 连接tunen. 曲子，曲调passwordn. 口令，密码Proper NamesMaia Szalavitz迈亚·塞拉维茨Liverpool利物浦（英格兰西部港口城市）Dateline美国National Broadcasting Company (NBC) 的专题新闻报道节目Frontline美国Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) 的专题新闻报道节目Nightline美国American Broadcasting Company(ABC)的专题新闻报道节目CNN =Cable News Network（美国）有线新闻电视网Language sense Enhancement1. Read aloud paragraphs 10-13 and learn them by heart.2. Read aloud the following poem:Happily Addicted to the WebDoorbell rings, I'm not listening,From my mouth, drool is glistening,I'm happy — althoughMy parents are not —Happily addicted to the Web.All night long, I sit clicking,Unaware time is ticking,There's heard on my cheek,Same clothes for a week,Happily addicted to the Web.Friends come by; they shake me,Saying, "Yo, man!Don't you know tonight's senior prom?"With a shrug, I replied, "No, man;I just discovered letterman-dot-com!"I don't phone, don't send faxes,Don't go out, don't pay taxes,Who cares if somedayThey drag me away?I'm happily addicted to the Web!3. Read the following quotations. Learn them by heart if you can. You might need to look up new words in a dictionary.Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.—— John F, KennedyA computer does not substitute for judgment any more than a pencil substitutes for literacy. But writing without a pencil is no particular advantage.—— Robert S, McNamaraA computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different fromwhat you had in mind.—— Joseph Weizenbaum4. Read the following humorous story for fun:An lllinois man left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick email.Unfortunately, when typing her address, he missed one letter, and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher's wife whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her mail, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead Faint.At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:Dearest Wife,Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow.P.S. Sure is hot down here.。
全新版大学英语第二册第四册unit4
全新版⼤学英语第⼆册第四册unit4 Unit 4 GlobalizationBefore Reading1. An English Song—Imagine2. About the SubjectWatch and discussThink and construct3. Background InformationThe World Economic Forum (WEF)Samuel P. Huntington (1927-2008)Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)Global Reading1. Part Division of the Text2. Match the ideas3. Further UnderstandingFor Part 1&2 True or FalseFor Part 3&4 Questions and AnswersDetailed ReadingAfter Reading1. Useful Expressions2. Sentence Translation3. Dictation4. Writing Practice5. Picture Talking6. Proverbs and Quotations7. Supplementary ReadingSupplementary Reading1. Culture Notes2. Reading3. Comprehension TaskBefore Reading1 An English Song—Imagine(Directions:) Listen to the song and fill in the blanks with what you hear. ImagineImagine there’s no heaven.It’s easy if____ (=try).No hell below us, above us only sky.Imagine all the people____ for today, ah (=living).Imagine there’s no country. It isn’t hard to do.Nothing to kill or die for, and no _____ too (=religion).Imagine all the people living life in ____ (=peace).You may say I’m a _____, but I’m not the only one (=dreamer).I ____someday you’ll join us, and the _____ will be as one (=hope, = world).Imagine no _______. I wonder if you can (=possessions).No need for greed or _____(=hunger).A brotherhood of man.Imagine all the people ______all the world (=sharing).You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.I hope someday yo u’ll join us, and the world will live as one.2. About the SubjectWatch and discuss(Directions:) Watch the video clip “No Logo: brands globalization resistance”and discuss within your group questions given.1. What information can you get from the video?2. What is picked out as an example of showing globalization? Tell it inyour own words.Think and construct(Directions:) In the following, there are some words and expressions.Think and construct new expressions related toglobalization. Chang its part of speech if necessary.economy, international, growth, trade, loans, global, workers, foreign, investment, marketplace, political, phenomenon, world, level(=Tips: Economic Phenomenon, Political Globalization, Foreign Markets, International Organizations, Foreign Investments, Trade Globalization, Foreign Loans, World Economy, Economic Growth, Global Economy, International Marketplace, International Trade, Foreign Workers, Economic Level)3.Background InformationThe World Economic Forum (WEF)The World Economic Forum: an independent, international organization incorporated as a Swiss not-for-profit foundation whose motto is “entrepreneurship in the global public interest”. It believes that economic progress without social development is not sustainable, while social development without economic progress is not feasible.（插⼊图⽚WEF2010）Themes：Arts and Culture, Business and Management, Economy, Environment, Global Issue, Humanities, Science, Medicine and TechnologyIndustries:Automobile, Aerospace & Defence, Technology, Banking, Business Services, Chemicals, Energy, Engineering and Construction, Financial Services, Healthcare, Information Technologies, Institutionals, Media, Communication and Entertainment, Multi-industries, Retail and Consumer Goods, Transport Services, Travel and TourismChina and the World Economic ForumChinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang attended the 2010 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting opened in Davos, Switzerland. The links between China and the WEF started in 1979, when a Chinese delegation was invited to the forum for the first time. Since then, China has played a much greater role within the WEF, including hosting the summer session three times.Samuel Phillips Huntington (1927–2008) ---An American Political Scientist His C hronologyMassachusettsNationality AmericanFields Political scienceInstitutions Harvard UniversityAlma mater Stuyvesant High SchoolHarvard University University of ChicagoYale UniversityKnown for Clash of CivilizationsInfluenced Fukuyama, ZakariaOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)Filipinos who migrate to other nations to find employment or support their families inthe Philippines.Each year, more than a million Filipinos leave to work abroad through overseasemployment agencies and other programs, including government sponsored ones.Overseas Filipinos often work as doctors,physical therapists, nurses, accountants, ITprofessionals, engineers, architects, entertainers, technicians, teachers, militaryservicemen, students, caregivers, domestic helpers and household maids ,Money sent by OFWs back to the Philippines is a major factor in the country'seconomy, amounting to more than US$10 billion in 2005. This makes the country thefourth largest recipient of foreign remittances behind India, China, and Mexico. Theamount represents 13.5% of the Philippines' GDP , the largest in proportion to thedomestic economy among the four countries mentioned. Overseas Filipinos sent $15.9billion worth of remittances to the Philippines in 2008,Global Reading1. Part Division of the Text2. Match the ideas(Directions:) In the text, there are many names and ideas mentioned. Scan and match the idea presented in Column B with the person in Column A. There are more names listed.Column A Column BBrowder believes that national identity makes no difference for him. (T)Alex Mandl is also a fervent believer in globalization. He never viewshimself as an American. (F)(=He sees himself as American without hesitation.)Davos man refer to the members of the international business élite who trek each year to the Swiss Alpine town for the annual meeting of the WorldEconomic Forum. (T)At the World Economic Forum, the issues discussed include everything frompost-election Iraq and HIV in Africa to the global supply of oil and theimplications of nanotechnology. (T)Professor Samuel Huntington describes Davos Man as an emerging global superspecies and a threat. (T)Questions and AnswersDid global trade exist in the past? What did people doing global trade think of it then? (=Yes, global trade has been around for centuries. In the past, the corporations and countries that benefited from global trade were largely content to treat vast parts of the world as places to mine natural resources or sell finished products.)What is Goldman Sachs’ prediction about the world economy in the future?(=It predicted that four economies — Russia, Brazil, India and China — will become a much larger force in the world economy than widely expected, based on projections of demographic and economic growth, with China potentially overtaking Germany this decade. By 2050, these four newcomers will likely have displaced all but the U.S. and Japan from the top six economies in the world. )Who does Manila Woman refer to?(=It refers to low-paid migrant workers from Asia and elsewhere who are increasingly providing key services around the world.)What is the major difference between Davos Man and Manila Woman?(=Unlike Davos Man, Manila Woman is strongly patriotic.)What does the author think Davos Man need to figure out?(=Davos Man needs to figure out how to strike a balance on a global scale between being international and being national at the same time.)Detailed ReadingText AGlobalization is sweeping aside national borders and changing relations between nations. What impact does this have on national identities and loyalties? Are they strengthened or weakened? The author investigates.In Search of Davos Man1Peter Gumbel1 William Browder was born in Princeton, New Jersey, grew up in Chicago, and studied at Stanford University in California. But don't call him an American. For the past 16 of his 40 years he has lived outside the U.S., first in London and then, from 1996, in Moscow,1This text is adapted from the January 31, 2005 issue of Time.where he runs his own investment firm. Browder now manages $1.6 billion in assets.2In 1998 he gave up his American passport to become a British citizen, since his life is now centered in Europe. "National identity makes no difference for me," he says. "I feel completely international. If you have four good friends and you like what you are doing, it doesn't matter where you are. That's globalization."2 Alex Mandl is also a fervent believer in globalization, but he views himself very differently. A former president of AT&T, Mandl, 61, was born in Austria and now runs a French technology company, which is doing more and more business in China. He reckons he spends about 90% of his time traveling on business. But despite all that globetrotting, Mandl who has been a U.S. citizen for 45 years still identifies himself as an American. "I see myself as American without any hesitation. The fact that I spend a lot of time in other places doesn't change that," he says.3 Although Browder and Mandl define their nationality differently, both see their identity as a matter of personal choice, not an accident of birth3. And not incidentally, both are Davos Men, members of the international business élite who trek each year to the Swiss Alpine town for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, founded in 1971. This week, Browder and Mandl will join more than 2,200 executives, politicians, academics, journalists, writers and a handful of Hollywood stars forfive days of networking, parties and endless earnest discussions about everything from post-election Iraq and HIV in Africa to the global supply of oil and the implications of nanotechnology. Yet this year, perhaps more than ever, a hot topic at Davos is Davos itself. Whatever their considerable differences, most Davos Men and Women share at least one belief: that globalization, the unimpeded flows of capital, labor and technology across national borders, is both welcome and unstoppable. They see the world increasingly as one vast, interconnected marketplace in which corporations search for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services.4 As borders and national identities become less important, some find that threatening and even dangerous. In an essay entitled "Dead Souls: The Denationalization of the American Elite," Harvard Professor Samuel Huntington describes Davos Man (a phrase that first got widespread attention in the 1990s) as an emerging global superspecies and a threat. The members of this class, he writes, are people who "have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing4, and see national governments as residues from the past whose only useful function is to facilitate the élite's global operations." Huntington argues that Davos Man's global-citizen self-image is starkly at odds with the values of most Americans, who remain deeply committed to their nation. This disconnect, he says, creates "a major cultural fault line5. In a variety of ways, the American establishment, governmental and private, has become increasingly divorced from the American people."2Browder now manages $1.6 billion in assets.: Right now there are $1.6 billion worth of assets under Browder’s management at his investment firm.3both see their identity as a matter of personal choice, not an accident of birth: both believe it is themselves, not the place of their birth, that decides their identity4view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing: regard national boundaries as obstacles that are disappearing, which is a piece of good news for them5a major cultural fault line: an important line dividing a culture into two camps, which is likely to cause problems5 Naturally, many Davos Men don't accept Huntington's terms. Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, argues that endorsing a global outlook does not mean erasing national identity. "Globalization can never provide us with cultural identity, which needs to be local and national in nature."6 Global trade has been around for centuries; the corporations and countries that benefited from it were largely content to treat vast parts of the world as places to mine natural resources or sell finished products. Even as the globalization of capital accelerated in the 1980s, most foreign investment was between relatively wealthy countries, not from wealthy countries into poorer ones. U.S. technology, companies and money were often at the forefront of this movement.7 However the past two decades have witnessed the rise of other significant players. The developed world is beating a path to China's and India's door — and Chinese and Indian companies, in turn, have started to look overseas for some of their future growth. Beijing has even started what it calls a "Going Out" policy that encourages Chinese firms to buy assets overseas. Asian nations are creating "a remarkable environment of innovation," says John Chambers, chief executive of Cisco Systems. "China and India are graduating currently more than five times the number of engineers that we are here in the U.S." That means that U.S. and European companies are now facing high-quality, low-cost competition from overseas. No wonder so many Western workers worry about losing their jobs. "If the issue is the size of the total pie, globalization has proved a good thing6," says Orit Gadiesh, chairman of consultants Bain & Co. "If the issue is how the pie is divided, if you're in the Western world you could question that.7"8 The biggest shift may just be starting. A landmark 2003 study by Goldman Sachs predicted that four economies — Russia, Brazil, India and China — will become a much larger force in the world economy than widely expected, based on projections of demographic and economic growth, with China potentially overtaking Germany this decade. By 2050, Goldman Sachs suggested, these four newcomers will likely have displaced all but the U.S. and Japan from the top six economies in the world.9 It's also entirely possible that the near future may see the pendulum of capital swing away from Davos Man-style globalization. One counterpoint is Manila Woman — low-paid migrant workers from Asia and elsewhere who are increasingly providing key services around the world. Valerie Gooding, the chief executive of British health care company BUPA, says the British and U.S. health care system would break down without immigrant nurses from the Philippines, India, Nigeria and elsewhere. Unlike Davos Man, she says, they're not ambivalent about being strongly patriotic.10 Not all Davos Men seek global markets, either. Patrick Sayer runs a private equity firm in France called Eurazeo, and complains there are still too many barriers to cross-border business in Europe, let alone the world. So he's focused Eurazeo on its domestic market. "I profit from being French in France. It's easier for me to do deals," Sayer says. "It's the same elsewhere. If you're not Italian in Italy, you won't succeed."6If the issue is the size of the total pie, globalization has proved a good thing: Globalization is good in that it helps make thepie bigger.7If the issue is how the pie is divided, if you're in the Western world you could question that.: When it comes to the question of how the pie is divided, Westerners could worry that non-Westerners might begin to take away a bigger share of the pie.11 That may sound like a narrow nationalism, yet it contains a hidden wisdom. Recall that Italy itself was, until 1861, not a unified nation but an aggregation of city-states. Despite tension between its north and south, there's no contradiction between maintaining a regional identity and a national one. Marco Tronchetti Provera, chairman of Telecom Italia, for example, can feel both Milanese and Italian at once, even as he runs a company that is aspiring to become a bigger international presence. The question is whether it will take another 140 years for Davos Man to figure out how to strike the same balance on a global scale.1. Difficult SentencesBrowder now manages $1.6 billion in assets.What information can you get from the sentence?(=Browder is quite a rich businessman and right now there are $1.6 billionworth of assets under at his investment firm.)2. Translate the sentence into Chinese(=布劳德如今掌管着价值16亿美元的资产。
大学英语第二册Unit4课文重点知识点讲解
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The Professor and the Yo-Yo Thomas Lee Bucky with Joseph P.Blank My father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einstein’s home, I was made to feel at ease when Einstein said, “I have something to show you.” He went to his desk and returned with a YoYo. He tried to show me how it worked but he couldn’t make it roll back up the string. When my turn came, I displayed my few tricks and pointed out to him that the incorrectly looped string had thrown the toy off balance. Einstein nodded, properly impressed by my skill and knowledge. Later, I bought a new Yo-Yo and mailed it to the Professor as a Christmas present, and received a poem of thanks.
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全新版大学英语综合教程第二册教案Unit 4 book2
全新版大学英语综合教程第二册教案Unit 4 book2 Unit 4 The Virtual WorldI. Teaching ObjectivesStudents will be able to:1. understand the main idea(despite the many negative effects of virtual life, the author prefers it to real life) and structure of the text (contrast between virtual life and real life);2. learn some rules of interpreting new vocabulary and usage related to computers and the Internet in English;3. grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.II. Key Points:The structure, the writing skill, and the main idea of the text will be the focus. Only a few words and sentences, which will be the obstacles for students’ unde rstanding of the text, will be explained in class.III. Difficult Points:Some sentences whose meanings are difficult to understand and whose structures are hard to analyze:1. Line 26-28(Para. 6): I find myself shyer, more cautious. Or, conversely, when suddenly confronted with real life humans, I get overexcited, speak too much, interrupt.2. Line 45-47(Para.9): When I am in this state, I fight my boyfriend as well, misinterpreting his intentions because of the lack of emotional cues given by our typed dialogue.IV. Teaching Materials: Power point and materials V. Teaching Methods: Lecturing, practicing anddiscussing.VI. Teaching Timing: 8 sessions of classVII. Teaching Process:nd1st -2 periods: Pre-reading; Teacher’s Introductory Remarks and Students’Discussion related to the topic.rd 3-4th periods: While-Reading (Understanding the title of text A; Analyzing the organization of the text; Explaining Difficult sentences and language points in the text; Summing up the main idea of the text) th5-6th periods: Dealing with the exercises after Text A. Check on Ss’ home reading (Text B); Post-Reading Task: Theme-Related Language Learning Tasksth7-8th periods: Listening and speaking tasks.A. Pre-reading tasks1. Tasks Ss the following questions on the poem Surfing the Internet: (5 minutes)—What was the hero doing when his boss came in? (surfing the Internet)—How did he act in front of his boss? (He pretended to be surprised at thecomputer which had crashed “unexpectedly”.)2. Ss look at the theme of this unit (the Virtual World) and thetitle of Text A (AVirtual Life), then try to:—find antonyms of “virtual world” and “virtual life”;(real world, real life)—suggest synonyms for “virtual world”;(cyberspace, cyberia, etherworld,virtual reality, Internet world, net world, etc.)—say what people can do on the Internet.(communicating with people, shopping, reading, entertainment, education, working, hacking, publishing,etc.)3. Imaginative writing (28 minutes)1) T dictates to Ss the following paragraph:For the past two weeks, other participants of the Net Survival Contest(网络生存竞赛) and I have been shut up in bare hotel rooms. Our onlylink to thereal world has been a computer that is hooked up to the Internet (联网电脑).We have relied on it, not only for food, bed sheets and other daily necessities,but also to set up an e-business (电子商务) of our own.2) Now Ss will complete the paragraph beginning with: “Now it is time for meto walk out into the light of day again…” They will g ive their imagination fullplay. They will write no more than 100 words.3) Ss form groups of four to five, and read aloud to each othertheir own writings.4) T asks some groups to recommend the best piece in their group to the class. 4. T may lead in to Text A by saying: Some of us like to live a life in contact withreal things and real people, but others favor a virtual existence. Which life isbetter? I’m sure you have different opinions. Now let’s read Text A to find outwhat Maia Szalavitz has to say about these two life styles. (2 minutes)B. While-reading tasks1. Text organization (15 minutes)1) T draws Ss’ attention to Text Organization Exercise 1, and lets them readits instruction as well as what has already been done for them in thisexercise.2) Ss try to complete the exercise by simply reading the sentence of eachparagraph in Text A.3) Ss compare answers with each other; if necessary, T may help. 2. T explains the key language points and gives Ss practice (Language study). (45minutes)3. T guides Ss through Structure Exercise 2. (10 minutes)4. Ss re-read Paras 4-10, work in pairs to find out consequences of “my” virtuallife. Can they use the “find oneself + adj./past participle/present participle”structure when summing up the consequences? (10 minutes)5. Some pairs report to the class their findings, using the “find” structure. (5minutes)C. Post-reading tasks1. Computer-related vocabulary items (20 minutes)1) Ss scan Text A to find out vocabulary items to computer and the Internet.(They are: virtual life, the net, telecommuter, email, Internet mailing lists,computer-assisted, data, link, cyber-interaction, on line, system cash,click on the modem, connection, password)2) T tells Ss that new terms related to computer and the Internet areconstantly added to the English vocabulary, so much so that many of them are not included in any English dictionary. However, if we applycertain rules, their meanings are easy to deduce.3) T gives Ss more examples of computer-related vocabulary items (see TextAnalysis)2. T guides Ss through some after-text exercises. (25 minutes)3. T checks on Ss’ home reading (Text B). (3 minutes)4. Ss do Part IV: Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks. (1 period)5. T asks Ss to prepare the next unit: (2 minutes)1) do the pre-reading task2) preview Text A.VIII. Assignments:stndAssignments for 1 and 2 periods:, Vocabulary Exercises I, II, III in Text A , Listen to the recording of the textrdthAssignments for 3 and 4 periods:, Review what have been learned in class , Comprehensive Exercises, I, II in Text A , Read the text fluently and imitate the pronunciation and intonation of therecordingththAssignments for 5 and 6 periods:, Review what have been learned in class , Language Practice in Text B, Preparations for paragraph recitation and dictation of new words andexpressions in Unit 4ththAssignments for 7 and 8 periods:, Review what have been learned in class , Home listening: Task 1, 2 and 3, Previewing text A in Unit 5, Finishing Test Yourself (Unit 1-4)IX. Teaching Reflection:Try to listen to the feedback of the students during and after the course, analyze the weaknesses in teaching and improve the methods as much as possible. The feedback from the students:The methods taken to improve the teaching and learning:X. Appendix: Teaching Contents:A. Text AnalysisThe most dynamic combining forms/prefixes for newcomputer-and-Internet-related vocabulary in /English are cyber-, virtual, net- (net-), Web- (web-), and E- (e-).New English vocabulary items derived from them usually appear in the following forms:1. combining forms/prefixes+ noun: this is the most common type, e.g. virtuallife(虚拟生活), virtual world(虚拟世界) virtual reality(虚拟现实),cyber-interaction(网络互动),cyberculture(网络文化), cybernut(网虫),cyberpet(电子宠物),cyberspace(网络空间), netwriter(放送电子邮件的人),nethead(网虫), Webmaster(网站维护者), Web page(网页), Website(网站), WebTV(网络电视机),E-book(电子书籍),E-shopper(网上购物者), e-card(电子贺卡),e-journal(电子杂志),e-business(电子商务), e-cash(电子货币), e-commerce(电子商务).2. combining forms/prefixes + verb: e.g. cybersurf(网络漫游),netsurf(网络漫游), websurf, (网络漫游)， email (发送电子邮件)3. words like cyber, net, etc. + suffix: e.g. cyberian(网络用户)，cyberphobia(电脑恐惧症) cybernaut (网络用户)，netter(网民) Webify(使万维网化) cyberize(使联网)4. clipped word: cyberdoc(网络医生)， Netcast(网络播放),Netiquette(网规),Netizen(网民)， Netpreneur(网络企业家) Webcam(网络摄象机)，Webcasting(网络播放) Webliography(网络书目), Webnomics(网络经济)， Webzine网络杂志)， e- tailing(电子零售), e-zine(电子杂志).B. Cultural Notes1.The Internet: an international computer network for the exchange ofinformation. It was originally used mainly in the academic and military worldsbut has since become available to the large and increasing number of peoplewith personal computers. Other services, e.g. the World Wide Web, areavailable through it.The Internet is changing our lives and a parallel universe israpidlyemerging online. Today there is scarcely an aspect of our life that isn’t beingupended by the torrent of information available on the hundreds of millions ofsites crowding the Internet, not to mention its saving companies billions ofdollars in producing goods and serving the needs of their customers. Nothinglike it has been seen since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, whenpower-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could turnout in nearly a year. The Internet and e-commerce are viewed as a globalmegatrend along the lines of the printing press, the telephone, the computerand the electricity.You would be hard pressed to name something that isn’t available on theInternet. Consider: books, health care, movie tickets, baby clothes, stocks,real estate, toys and airline tickets. American kids today are so computersavvy that it virtually ensures the United States will remain the unchallengedleader in cyberspace for the foreseeable future. Most kids use computers toplay games and have email chats with friends.What’s clear is that, whatever we like it or not, the Inter net isanever-growing part of our lives and there is no turning back. 2. NBC (the National Broadcasting Company): the first of the original three USnational broadcasting companies. It was established in 1926 by Radio Corporation of America as two groups of radio stations. The first NBCtelevision channel opened in 1940. The company is now owned by GeneralElectric. Its main offices are at Rockefeller Center in New York. 3. PBS ( the Public Broadcasting Services): (in the US) a television system thatbroadcasts programs to an association of local stations which use no television advertisements and do not make a profit. It was established by thePublic Broadcasting Act and is supported by money from the US Government,large companies and the public. PBS is known for the high quality of itsprograms.4. ABC ( the American Broadcasting Company): one of the original three majortelevision networks in American. It began in 1943 as the Blue Networks of sixradio stations. ABC is now owned by the Walt Disney Company.C. Language Study1.virtual: 1) created and existing only in a computer 虚拟的can visit a virtual store and put what I want in my basket at the click of a mouse button.Some people spend too much time escaping from reality into the virtual world conjuring up on their computer screens.2) being or acting as what is described, but not accepted as such in name orofficially 差不多的，实质上的He claimed to be a virtual prisoner in his own home.The world’s governments have done virtually nothing t o combat the threat of nuclear accidents.virtual world 虚拟世界 virtual community虚拟社区 virtual pet虚拟宠物virtual reality 虚拟现实2.interpret: 1) make clear the meaning of (either in words or by artistic performance) 解释，说明Poetry helps to interpret life.The professor tried to interpret the difficult passage in the book.2) consider to be the meaning of 认为是……的意思She interprets the dream as an unconscious desire to be young again. We interpreted his silence as a refusal.They are worried that the students might interpret the newregulation as a restriction of their rights.3) translate what is said in one language into another 作口译No one in the tour group spoke Spanish so we had to ask the guide to interpret. He worked as a interpreter at the UN’ s World Summ it on Sustainable Development.他在联合国可持续发展大会上担任口译。
大学英语自学教程(上册) 笔记 Unit 4-2
大学英语自学教程(上册) 笔记Unit 4-2Ⅱ.Intensive reading:1.physical research has focused on a number of basic principles that help memory.译：心理学研究集中在一些有利于记忆的基本原则上。
本句包含有一个that引导的定语从句，修饰basic principles.短语：focus on sth; a number of = many 许多；basic principles: 基本原则a.please focus your attention on your work.b.A number of students are studying English.c.The number of students studying English is increasing.2. It’s useful to know how these principles.本句的主语为：to know how these principles；it为形式主语。
通常由于动词不定式作主语、主语从句作主语、动名词作主语太长，使句子显得头重脚轻，因而借助于形式主语。
a.To have a good sleep before the exam is very necessary.It’s necessary to have a good sleep before the exam.b.playing with fire is dangerous.It’s dangerous playing with fire.c.That the earth is round is true.It’s true that the earth is round.rmation that does not make any sense to you is difficult to remember.译：对你毫无意义的信息是很难记住的。
全新版大学英语 book 2 unit 4 the virtual world
Unit 4 The Virtual WorldBefore ReadingⅠ. Computer-related vocabularyThe most dynamic combining forms/prefixes for new computer-and –Internet-related vocabulary in English are cyber-, virtual, Net- (net), Web- (web-), and E- (e-).1. combining forms/prefixes + noun(virtual life (虚拟世界),virtual office(虚拟办公室), cyber-interaction(网络互动), cyber nut(网虫), cyber pet(电子宠物),Web page(网页), website(网站), e-card(电子贺卡),e-business(电子商务))2. combining forms/prefixes + verb(cyber surf(网上冲浪), netsurf(网上冲浪), email(发送电子邮件))3. words like cyber, net, etc. + suffix(cyberian(网络用户), netter(网民), cyberize(使联网))4. clipped words(cyberdoc(网络医生), Netcast(网络播放), Netizen(网民), e-zine(电子杂志))Ⅱ. Introduction of the virtual world1. Some famous websites2. SOHO -- Small-Office/Home-Office1). What do you guess is the meaning of SOHO in information technology?(=In information technology, SOHO is a term for the small office or home office environment and business culture. A number of organizations, businesses, and publications now exist to support people who work or have businesses in this environment. These people needn’t go to the office everyday. They work at home without worrying about their dress and the strict rules of the company. The term "virtual office" is sometimes used as a synonym.)2). What kind of people do you think belong to the group of SOHO?(=Writers, program designers, ad-agent, etc., all belong to the group of SOHO. Obviously, the author of Text A is a member of them.)3. Virtual CollegeVirtual College affords individuals the opportunity to advance in their chosen careers through on-line education. People can complete their education without leaving their home or office. However, they will have the college campus experience through a virtual classroom environment. The virtual classroom will allow them to interact with their instructors and other students in the class. Through the virtual classroom students will share information with their “classmates” from all over the world. The virtual classroom is available 24 hours a day, allowing people to complete the courses at their convenience regardless of their work schedule.Some virtual colleges are: APCO Virtual College, Virtual College of Elizabeth City State University.Questions and Answers to Virtual College:1.Do you think virtual college will be popular in the future, why or why not?(=Open-ended.)2.What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of virtual college?(=Open-ended.)Ⅲ. News Report(Direction:) Listen to the following news and answer the questions.1. Why were e-communications booming when the deadly SARS virus was plaguing?(=Because people want to reduce their face-to-face contacts with others, or hide at home.)2. What did people surf the Net for during the period of SARS plaguing?(=They surf the Net for information about SARS and use e-mail to keep in touch with friends and family; share the information and downloading medical advice.)3. What did you do when SARS was plaguing?(=Open-ended.)Ⅳ. Warm-up Questions1.What are the antonyms of “virtual world” and “virtual life”?(= real world; real life)2.What are the synonyms for “virtual would”?(= cyberspace; cyberia; etherworld; virtual reality; Internet world; net world; etc.)3.What can people do on the Internet?(= communicating with people; shopping; reading; learning; working; publishing; listening to the music; watching films; playing games; hacking; etc.)4.What do you usually do on the Internet, and what websites do you usually log on?(= Open-ended.)Global ReadingⅡ. Questions about the Text1. What is the main idea of Text A?(=Despite the many negative effects of virtual life, the author prefers it to real life.)2. What are the roles of the first paragraph and the last?(=The first paragraph tells about the consequences of living a virtual life and the last tells about the author’s return to it. Together, they show us the dilemma people are in at present : Because of modern technology, we have a choice between a virtual life and real life, but we find both unsatisfactory. The author, however, finally has to choose the latter despite its negative effects.) 3. Word Scanning(Direction:) Scan Text A to find out vocabulary items related to computer and the Internet.Virtual life, on the net, telecommuter, email, internet mailing lists, computer-assisted, data, link, cyber-interaction, on line, system crash, click on the modem, connection, passwordⅢ. Further UnderstandingFor Part Iⅰ. Questions and Answers1. What did the author do three years ago and what is she doing now?(=She had worked as a television producer, and now she submit articles and edit them via email and communicate with colleagues on Internet mailing lists.)2. How does the author manage her daily life?(=She can order food, manage her money, love and work on net.)ⅱ. Difficult SentencesMy boyfriend’s Liverpool accent suddenly becomes impossible to interpret after his easily understood words on screen: a secretary’s clipped tone seems more rejecting than I’d imagined it would be.What does the sentence imply?(=I have become more familiar with the virtual world than the real world.)ⅲ. Words and Expressions1.virtual: adj.1) created and existing only in a computer*I can visit a virtual store and put what I want in my basket at the click of a mouse button.2) almost what is stated; in fact though not in name*国王处处都受王后的影响，以至于王后成了国家实际上的统治者。
全新版21世纪大学英语读写教程4---Unit2(同名2347)
Unit 2 Silent Struggle
全新版21世纪大学英语读写教程BOOK 4
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Is the American Dream still ringing in your ears1? Hopefully, this question brings you to the threshold2 of Unit Two.
Unit 2 Silent Struggle
全新版21世纪大学英语读写教程BOOK 4
It is hard to tell, isn’t it? Geographically4, the Pacific Ocean serves as the long distance that makes visits extremely difficult. As it is5, the parents are living in what is called “empty nest6’’ and they tend to suffer from “empty nest syndrome”, which is generally accepted as the lonely, abandoned feeling of the home being empty.
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Unit 2 Silent Struggle
全新版21世纪大学英语读写教程BOOK 4
Now that the students have fully understood the Video Starter, you can ask some of them to dub the video, if time permits. Correct their errors in pronunciation and intonation.
大学英语Unit4BOOK2课后练习答案.ppt
Increasing Your Word Power: page 122
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Increasing Your Word Power: page 123
2) 他从一个村子来到另一个村子，走家串户，听他 们诉苦。（drop in on）
He travelled from one village to another, dropping in on families and listening to their complaints and problems.
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Grammar in Context: page 126
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3) 在辩论中吉姆总是站在约翰一边。（side with）
Jim always sides with John in an argument.
4) 这时我忽然明白过来，他们说的是西班牙语。 （dawn on）
Then it dawned on me that they were speaking Spanish.
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1) at rest 2) dropped out 3) drying out 4) drop in 5) dawned on 6) falls away
全新版大学英语第二版第2册Unit4
Communicating with people; shopping; reading; learning; working; publishing; listening to music; watching films; playing games; etc. • 4. What do you usually do on the Internet, and what websites do you usually log on?
• 2. ---- almost what is stated; in fact though not in name事实上的,实际上的,实质上的 He is in a state of virtual slavery. 他实际上处于一种被奴役的状态。
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• 1. --- created and existing only in a computer I can visit a virtual store and put what I want in my basket at the click of a mouse button.
• 他为这家报纸撰写社论。
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• 1.---- vi. contact sb. in any way, eap. by speaking to them, writing to them or calling them (followed by with)交流思想(或感情,信 息等);交际,交往
全新版大学英语第二版综合教程4Unit2
Unit 2 Smart CarAVocabularyI.1.1) expansion 2) automated 3) vapor 4) take control of 5) hazards 6) satellite 7) vibrated 8) magnetic 9) bunched 10) in the air 11) got/was stuck in 12) approximately2.1) send out 2) stand up for 3) pass for 4) were closing in on5) starting up 6) went through 7) fill out 8) fall into3.1) … incorporates all the latest safety features2) …two trees ten feet apart3) … awarding lucrative contracts to his co nstruction site4) … the prototype of a new model before they set up a factory to make the cars.5) … are correlated in all racial groups4.1) the application, remote, has turned into a reality, are poised to2) that vibrate, can detect, frequency3) lanes, are mounted in, alert a, hazardII. Word FormationClipped Words Blendskilo kilogram Medicare medical carememo memorandum email electronic mailgym gymnasium comsat communications satellitelib liberation newscast news broadcastdoc doctor skyjack sky hijackvet veterinarian Eurodollar European dollarprep preparatory brunch breakfast and lunchauto automobile telecast television broadcastflu influenza Oxbridge Oxford and CambridgeIII.1. swimming pool2. drawing board3. enriched Middle English4. disturbing change5. fully developed prototype6.Canned foods7. working population 8. puzzling differencesComprehensive ExercisesI. Cloze1.1) computerized 2) start up 3) be poised to 4) alert 5)hazards 6) monotonous7) take control of 8) steer 9) lane 10) decrease 11) calculate 12) eliminate 13) getting stuck in 14) mounted 15) detect 16) vapor2.1) generates 2) related 3) revolutionized 4) enabled 5) opportunities6) overall 7) manufacturing 8) dependent 9) interact 10) fatalitiesII. Translation1.1) There was an unusual quietness in the air,except for the sound of artillery in the distance.2) The expansion of urban areas in some African countries has been causing a significant fall in living standards and an increase in social problem.3) The research shows that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are closely correlated with global temperatures.4) The frequency of the bus service has been improved from 15 to 12 minutes recently5) The diver stood on the edge of the diving board, poised to jump at the signal from the coach. 2.Automobiles have, since their invention, revolutionized transportation, changing forever the way people live, travel, and do business. On the other hand, they have brought hazards, especially highway fatalities. However, today the application of computer technology and electronic sensors in designing and manufacturing cars makes it possible to eliminate most of traffic accidents. For example, electronic sensors mounted in your car can detect alcohol vapor in the air and refuse to start up the engine. They can also monitor road conditions by receiving radio signals sent out from orbiting satellites and greatly reduce your chances of getting stuck in traffic jams.BComprehension Check: 1. a 2.c 3.c 4. d 5. b 6. bLanguage practice1．1）c 2）a 3）e 4）b 5）f 6）g 7）d 8）h2．1）en route 2) matures 3) equivalent 4) feasible 5) in cooperation with 6) exposure 7) At the start of 8) thereby 9) implemented 10) realistic 11) component 12) by meansof。
全新版大学英语第四册第四单元课后习题答案
Unit Four Key to Part II Reading Task Content Questions: Pair Work: 1. Because he feels he is completely international. 2. What he means is that if one has a network of friends and enjoys what one is doing, one can function well anywhere in the world. 3. It refers to a member of the international business elite who treks each year to the Swiss Alpine town of Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. 4. The issues include everything from post-election Iraq and HIV in Africa to the global supply of oil and the implication of nanotechnology. 5. They all believe that globalization, the unimpeded flows of capital, labor and technology across national borders, borders, is is is both both both welcome welcome welcome and and and unstoppable. unstoppable. unstoppable. They They They see see see the the the world world world increasingly increasingly increasingly as as as one one one vast, vast, vast, international international marketplace in which corporations search for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services. 6. He describes Davos Man as an emerging global superspecies and a threat. 7. Yes, global trade has been around for centuries. In the past, the corporations and countries that benefited from global trade were largely content to treat vast parts of the world as places to mine natural resources or sell finished products. 8. It predicted that four economies – Russia, Brazil, India and China – will become a much larger force in the world economy than widely expected, based on projections of demographics and economic growth, with China potentially overtaking Germany this decade. By 2050, these four newcomers will likely have displaced all but the US and Japan from the top six economies in the world. 9. It It refers refers refers to to to low-paid low-paid low-paid migrant migrant migrant workers workers workers from from from Asia Asia Asia and and and elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere who who who are are are increasingly increasingly increasingly providing providing providing key key services around the world. 10. Unlike Davos Man, Manila Woman is strongly patriotic. 11. Because he thinks that there are still too many barriers to cross-border business in Europe, let alone the world. 12. Davos Man needs to figure out how to strike a balance on a global scale between being international and being national at the same time. Text Organization Working on Y our Own: 1. Part One, Paras. 1-3: introduction to Davos Man and the World Economic Forum Part Two. Paras. 4-5: Debate over the impact of globalization on current society and culture Part Three. Paras. 6-8: History of globalization and its recent trands and future prospects Part Four. Paras. 9-11: Globalization versus nationalism and the challenges it faces 2. Main Events: 2) Davos Man seen their identity as a matter of personal choice, not an accident of birth. 3) Davos Man believes that globalization, the unimpeded flows of capital, labor and technology across national borders, it both welcome and unstoppable. 4) Davos Man sees the world increasingly as one vast, international marketplace in which corporations search for the most advantageous locations to buy, produce and sell their goods and services. Language Sense Enhancement1. (1) both see their identity (2) birth (3) incidentally (4) annual (5) networking (6) implications (7) Whatever their considerable differences (8) unimpeded flows (9) interconnected marketplace (10) advantageous Language FocusVocabulary:I.1. Fill in the gaps with words or phrases given in the box.1) advantageous 2) let alone 3) witnessing…vanishing 4) landmark strengthen 5) entitled 6) displace 7) Establishment 8) patriotic…patriotic…strengthen 9) contradictions 10) aspires 11) divorced 12) pendulums 2. Use the verb in the brackets to form an appropriate phrasal verb you have learned and complete the sentence with it.1) come to 2) dozed off 3) believed in 4) was set apart 5) take in 6) sucks in 7) clean up 8) turn away 3. Rewrite each sentence with the word or phrase in the brackets.1) makes no/little difference whether we go there by train or by bus. ’s biggest car maker. 2) overtaken General Motors as the world3) at odds with his wife over money matters. 4) been at the forefront of nanotechnology research. 5) let alone cook a meal. 4. Complete the sentence, using the words or phrases in the brackets.a) is increasingly…to accelerate…their investment b) economy…make an earnest…strike a balance between c) a handful of…be endorsed by…on a large scale II. Word Formation:WTO World Trade Organization 世界贸易组织世界贸易组织GDP gross domestic product 国内生产总值国内生产总值A TM automatic teller machine 自动出纳机自动出纳机V A T value-added tax 增值税增值税CAD computer-aided design 计算机辅助设计计算机辅助设计IT information technology 信息技术信息技术IDD international direct dialing 国际直拨电话国际直拨电话MTV music television 音乐电视音乐电视Radar radio detecting and ranging 雷达雷达IOC International Olympic Committee 国际奥委会国际奥委会VIP very important person 贵宾、大人物贵宾、大人物Laser light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation 激光激光CPU central processing unit 中央处理器中央处理器III. Usage:1)An unusual present, a book on ethics, was given to Henry for his birthday. ’t notice the car till too late was unsatisfactory. 2)The reason (he gave) that he didn3)Football, his only interest in life, has brought him many friends. 4)Cloning had been raised as a possibility decades ago, then dismissed, something that serious scientists thought was simply not going to happen anytime soon. Comprehensive ExercisesI. Cloze1. Text-related:(1) academics; (2) networking (3) a variety of (4) growth (5) vanish (6) facilitate (7) endorsing (8) outlook (9) sweeping aside (10) patriotic (11) erasing (12) strike a balance 2. Theme-related:(1) aided (2) effects (3) distances (4) connected (5) invested (6) features (7) prevailing (8) qualitatively (9) volume (10) Distinguishing III. Translation1. Translate the sentences into English:1) 1) Due Due Due to to to his his his pessimistic pessimistic pessimistic outlook outlook outlook on on on the the the European European European economy, economy, economy, John John John has has has moved moved moved his his his assets assets assets from from from Europe Europe Europe to to elsewhere. 2) I like hiring young people. They are earnest learners and committed to work. 3) 3) Unlike Unlike Unlike her her her girl girl girl friends friends friends who who who center center center their their their lives lives lives on on on their their their children, children, children, Mary Mary Mary cares cares cares more more more about about about her her her personal personal growth. 4) The Chinese government has introduced a variety of policies to strengthen cooperation with developing countries. 2. Translate the passage into English:Globalization has great implications for young Chinese. For example, young farmers are moving on a large scale to urban areas for jobs. And for those young people who aspire to study abroad or work in foreign-invested enterprises, enterprises, English English English has has has become become become increasingly increasingly increasingly important. important. important. At At At the the the same same same time, time, time, a a a considerable considerable considerable number number number of of of overseas overseas Chinese have returned home in recent years, for they hold an optimistic outlook for the long-term growth of the Chinese economy. The Internet has strengthened the links between Chinese young people and those elsewhere. They follow the latest trends can copy foreign fashions. Some of them don ’t seem to care for traditional Chinese virtues, let alone carry them forward, which has given rise to worries that the traditional Chinese culture might one day vanish. 。
全新版大学英语综合教程第二册第四单元课后练习答案unit 4 book 2
Unit4 The Virtual WorldPart II Reading TaskComprehensionContent QuestionPair Work1.She used to be a television producer, but now she is a writer.2.She writes and edits articles online, submits them via email, and communicates withcolleagues via the Internet, too.3.She could stay computer-assisted at home for weeks, going out only t get mail, newspapersand groceries.4.They feel as if they had become one with the computer, and life seems to be unreal.5.That people who grew used to a virtual life would feel an aversion to outside forms ofsocializing.6.She gets overexcited, speaks too much, and interrupts others.7.She is bad-tempered, easily angered, and attacks everyone in sight, all because she has longbecome separated from others and lacks emotional face-to-face exchanges with people.8.She fights her boyfriend, misinterpreting his intentions because of the lack of emotionalcues given by their typed dialogue.9.Because we rely on co-works for company.10.She calls people, arrangers to meet the few friends remaining in the City, gets to the gym,arranges interviews for stories, doctor’s appointments---anything to get her out of the house and connected with others.11.No, she doesn’t feel happy. She feels being face to face is intolerable.12.She makes her excuses and flees, re-enters her apartment, runs to the computer, clicks onthe modem, and disappears into the virtual world again.Text OrganizationWorking On Your Own1.1.2-32.1,4-10,133.114.122.The first paragraph describes the consequences of living a virtual life and the last tells of the author’s escape back into it. Together, they bring out the dilemma people at present are in: Because of modern technology, we have a choice between a virtual life and real life, but find both unsatisfactory.Language Sense Enhancement1.(1)routine(2)for company(3)unemployment(4)externally (5)drug abuse(6)restore(7)fled(8)gym(9)set apart(10)appointmentsVocabularyI 1.1)conversely2)but then3)symptom4)spitting 5)abusing6)tone7)took; in8)editing9)have arranged10)in sight11)stretched12)data2.1)smoking cigarettes jars on me.2)find themselves getting sucked in.3)has arranged for a technician from the computer store to check and repair it.4)fled their country to avoid military service/fled to other countries to avoid militaryservice.5)restore people’s confidence in it.3.1)the virtual; on line; via2)nightmare; routine; any appointment; arrange for3)cue; remarks; his tuneI.Collocation1.We came here all the way on foot.2.Private cars are not allowed on campus.3.They are on vacation in Florida.4.Mary has been talking to her friend on the phone for an hour.5.Don’t worry, Lucy is always on time.6.Industrial demand on fuel is on the rise.age1.hard2.difficult3.impossible4.tough5.hard6.easyprehensive Exercises IV.cloze1.(1)Internet(2)click(3)virtual(4)routines(5)arrange(6)nightmare (7)annoying(8)connection(9)crawls(10)take in(11)spit(12)data(13)sucked into(14)At times(15)flee(16)on line2.(1)companion(2)deliver(3)access(4)enables(5)customers(6)delights(7)provides (8)small(9)remote(10)informationV.Translation1.1)Research shows that laughter can bring a lot of health benefits.2) A show Internet connection speed is really annoying.3)As the law stands, helping someone commit suicide is a crime.4)In her report, Mary tries to interpret the data from a completely different angle.5)Sue is a girl of great talent. Her amazing memory sets her apart from her classmates. 2.Perhaps you envy me for being able to work from home on the computer. I agree that the Internet has made my job a lot easier. I can write, submit and edit articles via email, chat with my colleagues on line and discuss work with my boss. With a click of the mouse, I can get all the data I need and keep up with the latest news. But then, communicating through the Net can be frustrating at times. The system may crash. Worse still, without the emotional cues of face-to-face communication, the typed words sometimes seem difficult to interpret.。
上外全新版大学英语综合教程讲义-book2-unit4
Unit Four The Virtual WorldTeaching Objectives1. Ss should grasp the main idea of text A——Despite the many negative effects of virtual life, the author prefers it to real life.2. Ss should understand the structure of the text——Contrast between virtual life and real life.3. Learn some rules of interpreting new vocabulary and usage related to computers and the Internet in English4. Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text.The First Two Periods (90minutes)Part I. Review of Unit Three (10minutes)Part II. Introductory Remarks:1. Ask Ss to answer the following questions: (15minutes)1) Do you like surfing online? How long do you spend online every day?2) What do you usually do online?——checking email, chatting with friends, acquiring information, reading and watching news, watching films, purchasing, etc.3) What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet?——advantages: Life becomes more convenient with the help of the internet.①We can communicate with relatives and friends through email, QQ, MSN despite the distance between us.②We can acquire information, news, knowledge more quickly.③we can purchase some items we need with a cheap price online without going out.——disadvantages:①Harmful information also spread rapidly. Virus spread quickly.②Some students are indulge in net-games and lots of precious time is wasted.③Cyber-love appears which is not real.④Some people conduct illegal affairs and cheating through the Internet.⑤some kind of criminals such as hackers’ crimes.2. Listen and appreciate the poem Surfing the Internet(10 minutes)You are not the only one who likes surfing the net, most of the people nowadays like logging onto the web. The following poem tells us the experience and feeling of an employee who surfs the net in his company.1) Listen and explanation of the poem2) T asks Ss the following questions:①What was the hero doing when his boss came in? (Surfing the Internet)②How did he act in front of his boss?(He pretended to be surprised at the computer which had crashed “unexpectedly”.3. Now you may guess out what we are going to talk in the unit. It’s something about the Internet. Here I’d like to share with you some Internet-related words and formation forms. (15 minutes)The following combining forms/prefixes “C yber-, virtual, Net- (net-), Web- (web), and E- (e-)”are computer and Internet related vocabulary in English.2) combining forms/prefixes + verb.Cybersurf (网络漫游), netsurf (网络漫游), websurf (网络漫游), email (发送电子邮件)3) “cyber”, “net”, etc. + suffix.cyberian (cyber+ian, 网络用户), cyberphobia (cyber+phobia, 电脑恐惧症),cybernaut (cyber+naut, 网络用户), cyberize (cyber+ize, 使联网),webify (web+fy, 使万维化), netter (net+er, 网民)4) Clipped words.Cyberdoc (cyber+doctor, 网络医生), netcast (net+broadcast，网络播放),netiquette (net+etiquette, 网规), netizen (net+citizen, 网民),netpreneur (net+entrepreneur, 网络企业家), webcam (web+camera, 网络摄像机), webliography (web+bibliography, 网络书目), webnomics (web+economics, 网络经济),webzine (web+magazine, 网络杂志), e-tailing (electronic+retailing, 电子零售),e-zine (electronic+magazine, 电子杂志).Part III. Detailed Study of Text A1. Leading in (2 minutes)As we have discussed just now, the Internet has its advantages and disadvantages. Some people think that the world Internet brings to us is not real, as the title of the Unit suggest, it’s a virtual world. Some of us like to live a life in contact with real things and real people, but others favor a virtual existence. Which life is better? I’m sure you have different opinions. Now let’s read Text A to find out what Maia Szalavitz has to say about these two life styles.2. Text Organization (15 minutes)Step one: Let students read the text quickly and try to find the answer to the following questions.1) How does the author manage her daily life?2) How does the author behave when she is suddenly confronted with real live humans?3) What does the author do to restore balance to her life?4) Does the author feel happy when she returns to the real world? Why and why not?Step two: T draws Ss’ attention to divide the text into four parts with reference to Text Organization 1 in page 107.Structure:Part 1: paras 2-3 description of the author’s virtual lifePart 2: paras1, 4-10, 13 how she feels about it after staying on the Net for a whilePart 3: para 11 what she does to return to the real worldPart4: para 12 how she feels about the real worldThe first paragraph tells about the consequences of living a virtual life and the last tells about the author’s return to it. Together, they show us the dilemma people are in: because of modern technology, we have a choice between a virtual life and real life, but we find both unsatisfactory. The author, however, finally has to choose the latter despite its negative effects.3. Cultural notes (see reference book)4. Analysis of the Text in Detaili) Analysis of Paragraph 1 (15 minutes)Step one:Ask Ss to read paragraph 1 and answer the following question:The author tells us that “after too long on the Net, even a phone call can be a shock”, How does shesupport the point in the following sentences?——My boyfriend’s accent, secretary’s clipped tone.Step two: paraphrase1) My boyfriend’s Liverpool accent suddenly becomes impossible to interpret after his easily understoodwords on screen.——After long time of reading his words on screen, it’s impossible for me to interpret his Liverpool accent all of a sudden.Attention: Adjectives followed by an infinitive active in form but passive in meaning.Adjectives like easy, hard, impossible, difficult and tough could be followed by an infinitive which is active in form but passive in meaning.(Refer to page 113, exercise III)…becomes impossible to interpret. = …becomes impossible to be interpreted.Step three: Language points1) virtual2) interpret: distinguish interpret and translate3) clipped: pronounce clearly 发音清楚的4) tone: distinguish tone (语气语调) and accent (口音)She took an angry tone with the reporters. 她带着怒气与记者说话He has an American accent. 他说话带美国口音5) rejecting: make other rejectreject: To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of.拒绝：拒绝接受，屈服，相信或使用e.g. reject an offer of help拒绝别人提供的帮助6) stretch: (cause to) become longer, wider, etc. without breakingstretch one's legs: 伸长腿; 出去遛遛stretch out a helping hand: 伸出一只援助的手stretch every nerve to do sth.: 全神贯注地做某事7) highlight: An especially significant or interesting detail or event.最重要的或最有趣的细节或事件5. Homework: preview the rest part of the text (7minutes)1) Try to summarize the author’s feeling and behavior after long time on the net.2) Find out what does the author do to restore balance to her life?The Second Two Periods (90 minutes)1. Review (10 minutes)1) Please tell us the some prefixes and combining forms related to the Internet and computer. And cite some examples.2) Translate the following sentences①My boyfriend’s Liverpool accent suddenly becomes impossible to interpret after his easily woods onscreen.显示屏上看惯了我男朋友那些一目了然的文字，他的利物浦口音一下子变得难以听懂。
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U4 Book21.(标题) virtual: adj.1) created and existing only in a computer*I can visit a virtual store and put what I want in my basket at the click of a mouse button.*Some people spend too much time escaping from reality into the virtual world conjured up on their computer screens.2) almost what is stated; in fact though not in name*The officials hear this kind of talk in virtual silence.*国王处处都受王后的影响，以至于王后成了国家实际上的统治者。
(=The king was so much under the influence of his wife that she was the virtual ruler of the country.)2.(L. 2) interpret: v.1) understand (sth. said, ordered, or done)*The gift is generally interpreted as a bribe.*She made a gesture, which he chose to interpret as an invitation.2) give or provide the meaning of, explain诗有助于阐述人生的意义。
(=Poetry helps to interpret life.)*The evidence is difficult to interpret.3) translate what is said in one language into another(=No one in the tour group spoke Spanish so we had to ask the guide to interpret.)3.(L. 5) stretch: v. (cause to) become longer, wider, etc. without breaking*My wool coat stretched when I washed it.*The child stretched the rubber band to its full extent.*你已经使我忍无可忍了。
(=You are stretching my patience to limit.)4.(L. 8) submit: vt.1) give (sth.) to sb. so that it may be formally considered*I am going to submit an application for that job in Microsoft.*Peter submitted his application to the local government.2) yield (oneself); agree to obey*Should a wife submit herself to her husband?*We should submit ourselves to discipline.Collocation:submit oneself to 甘受, 服从submit to 服从于；把…提交给…submit willingly 心悦诚服5.(L. 9) edit: vt. revise or correct*Scholars often edit Shakespeare’s plays.(=John didn’t finish editing the annual report until the end of last month.)6.(L. 9) communicate:1. vi. contact sb. in any way, eap. by speaking to them, writing to them or calling them (followedby with)*We can communicate with people in most parts of the world by telephone.*年轻人有时抱怨无法与父母沟通思想。
(=Young people sometimes complain of not being able to communicate with their parents.)2. vt. make (news, opinions, feelings, etc.) known*The radio stations communicate the storm warnings to the islanders.*She communicated her ideas to her subordinates.7.(L. 13) at times: sometimes*At times, I feel that I want to leave this job.8.(L. 18) take in:1) receive, admit2) include3) make (clothes) narrower4) understand5) deceive6) see at a glance; see at once(Directions:) Match the above definitions with the sentences below.1. The dress was too big, so I took it in. (=3)2. I didn’t take in what you were saying. (=4)3. She took in every details of the other woman’s clothes. (=6)4. Do you mean we should get rid of the stale and take in the fresh? (=1)5. Don’t be taken in by her promises (=5)6. This is the total cost of the trip, taking in everything. (=2)Collocation:take after 仿效，跟随；相象，在相貌、脾气或性格上相似take apart 拆开take back 收回（所说的或所写的事）take down 拿下，放下take for 把…视作；误认为take off 脱掉（衣服等）；起飞take on 从事；开始对付：take out 取出；弄走take over 接管take up 举起；再次开始9.(L. 18) spit: vt. send (liquid, food, etc.) out from the mouth (used in the pattern: spit sth.(out)(at/on/onto sb./sth.))*He’s very ill and spitting (up) blood.*The baby spat its food out on the table.*他气呼呼地作了答复。
(=He angrily spat out her answer.)10.(L. 19) symptom: n.1) sign of the existence of sth. bad*The Government must not ignore these symptoms of discontent among their own supporters.(=High interest rates are a symptom of a weak economy.)2) change in the body that indicates an illness*A cold, fever and headache are the usual symptoms of flu.*持续地咳嗽可能是非典型性肺炎的症状。
(=A persistent cough may be a symptom of atypical pneumonia.)11.(L. 21) nightmare: n. a terrible dream*Driving through that snowstorm was a nightmare.*I had a nightmare about falling off the skyscraper.12.(L. 26) conversely: adv. in a way that is opposite to sth.*$1 will buy 100 yen worth of Japanese goods. Conversely, 100 yen will buy $1 worth ofAmerican goods.*You can add the fluid to the powder or, conversely, the powder to the fluid.13.(L. 33) but then: yet at the same time*The failure of China’s soccer team l ooks inevitable. But then, anything can happen in football.*这个马戏团并不出色，不过观众的要求也并不高。
(=The circus was not a very good one, but then, the audience was not demanding.)14.(L. 33) jar: v. have a harsh or an unpleasant effect (used in the pattern: jar sth., jar on sb./sth.)*The fall jarred every bone in my body.(=The way he laughs jars on me.)15.(L. 34) suck in: (usu. passive) involve (sb.) in an activity, an argument, etc., usu. against their will*Some teenagers don’t want to get involved with gangs, but they find themselves getting sucked in.*我不想卷入有关学校改革的辩论。