新编实用英语综合教程2 Unit 3 Communication by phone教案

Unit 3 Communication by Phone Unit Goals What you should learn to do1.Make a phone call2.Answer the phone3.Leave and take a passage4.Pass the message to the person being called5.Extend a phone call6.Take/fill in a messageWhat you should know about1.Phone service in the USA2.Benefit or trouble of cell phones3.Business telephone etiquette for success4.The subjective moodSection I Talking Face to Face1.Imitating Mini-Talks2.Acting out the Tasks3.Studying Email Information on the Internet4.Following Sample Dialogues5.Putting Language to UseSection II Being All Ears1.Learning Sentences for Workplace Communication2.Handling a Dialogue3.Understanding a Short Speech / TalkSection III Trying your Hand1.Practicing Applied WritingWriting Sentences and Reviewing Grammar 2.Section Maintaining a Sharp EyePassage 1 :Information Related to the Reading Passage1. cell phone 手机，移动电话A cell phone is a small telephone you can carry with you that operates through networks of radio antennas or space satellites. Other expressions of a cell phone:1) a cellular phone / telephone2) a mobile phone / telephone3) a handset2. ATM 自动取款机ATM is the abbreviation for automated teller machine. ATMs are found in business districts and shopping malls. People use them to get cash from their bank accounts and in many places, to pay for gas, groceries, and other things.3. voice mail 有声邮件A voice mail is a telephone answering system on which spokenmessages are left by one person for another.Text For Conversation Press # 1I've got a cell phone, e-mail and voice mail. But why am I so lonely?A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another.I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There they were, talking and talking on a beautifully sunny day and I became invisible, absent from the conversation.The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing other people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pet their puppies. Evidently, the cordless electronic voice is preferable to human contact.sittingpeople makes it Now absent. the to you connect to used telephone Thenext to you feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends zooming down the highway, unable to talk to one another because of a gadget designed to make communication easier.Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question,I just leave the answer on her machine.As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated. Pumping gas at the station? Why say good morning to the attendant when youcan swipe your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact?Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to a clerk who might live in the neighborhood when you can just insert your card into the ATM?I am no Luddite. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice mail system, an email account. Giving them up isn't an option —they are great for what they are intended to do. It's their unintended consequences that make me cringe.Language Points1 Explanation of Difficult Sentences1. (Title) For Conversation Press # 1Analysis: In this sentence, for means with the purpose of. Press # 1 is in imperative mood. # stands for No., therefore #1 is read as .Translation: 通话按1号键。

Example: For redialing, press the # key.2. (Para. 3) I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang,interrupting our conversation.Analysis: Interrupting our conversation in the sentence is a present participle phrase used as an adverbial of result.Translation: 最近我和一位朋友正在公园里散步，突然他的手机响起来，打断了我们的谈话。

Example: The child fell, striking his head against the door and hurting it slightly.3. (Para. 3) There they were, talking and talking on a beautifully sunny day and I became invisible, absent from the conversation.Analysis: Talking and talking on a beautifully sunny day is a present participle phrase used as an adverbial of attendant circumstance.Translation: 在一个阳光明媚的日子，他们在那儿谈啊谈，而我却被遗忘，成了谈话的局外人。