现代大学英语第二册lesson9

You Guessed It
You Guessed It： 你猜对 You Have Guessed It： 您猜对 You Probably Guessed It： 你也可能猜到

We like our information fast,too:messages flashed on a computer screen,documents faxed from your telephone to mine,current events in 90-second bursts on eyewitness news ,history reduced to “bicentenial minutes”. For information,we no longer read newspapers ,magazines,books,etc.Becaus e it takes too much time .we rely on what comes from the website on a computer screen ,or documents faxed through the telephone ,or brief news on TV.
For example

I didn‟t like the idea,but she insisted on it.
If you insisted on going tomorrow,it‟s alright with me. :She insisted that they should not give up.

What do you think about the quick fix society ? It „s good or bad
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To face the quick fix society ,how do you keep the balance?
Para4.


1.We put a little of each payment away “for a rainy day”.

Writing Skills
Comparison and Contrast: Para 1 and 2

Rhetorical question: Para 3

Detailed Discussion of Text A
Of course,we couldn‟t wait to get there,so we took the Pennsylvania Turnpike and a coulpe of interstates.(para.1) Question：why did the writer and her husband take the pennsylvania Turnpike and interstate?
For a rainy day : 以备不时之需 To put away : 存钱

2.If we wanted a new sofa or a week at a lakeside cabin, we saved up for it, and the bank

helped us out by providing special Christmas Club and Vacation Club accounts. To save up for… : 为买东西而攒钱 To help sb. out : 帮助某人摆脱困难

Conclusion
注意： to insist on sth. I didn‟t like the idea,but she insisted on it. :to insist on doing sth. If you insisted on going tomorrow,it‟s alright with me. :to insist that one (should) do sth. She insisted that they should not give up.

Agree with sb v. If something agree with you,it doesn‟t make you feel ill.
Examples: Stop taking the medicine if it doesn‟t agree with you. I find that country life really agrees with me.
Words and Phrases
Bicentennial cabinet Convenience Infect Microwave symbolically



As many Wrap up Stand /wait in line Not agree with sb You Guessed It
1.We buy our food, like our clothing, ready-made and off the rack.
ready-made: 现成的（方便，速冻食 品）
Para 5
ATM自动出纳机（Automatic Teller Machine）
Then we take our fast money to a fast convenience store (why wait in line at the supermarket ?),where we buy a frozen dinner all wrapped up and ready to be put into the microwave …unless we don‟t care to wait even that long and pick up some fast food instead.


The two days it took us to make the return trip were filled with new experiences.(para.2)

The two days it took us to make the return trip were filled with new experiences.(para.2)
Can‟t wait/can hardly wait to do sth:等不 及做某事。如： The students can‟t wait for the summer vocation. My son can hardly wait to go the zoo.



So ,when it was time to return to our home outside of philadelphia,I insisted that we take a different route.(Para.2) To insist:这里指的是“坚决要求”。

表示“组成”的动词 Comprise：即可以表示“整体包括……部 分”，也可以表示“……部分构成整体”， be comprised of 表示“整体由……构成“。 Consist：主语通常为一个整体，of后接构 成整体的部分，Constitute:表示“部分构成 整体“，用于主动结构，

这句话中多次出现fast一词，通过重复强调 了各种普遍的追求速效的生活方式。
And if our fast meal doesn‟t agree with us
Not agree with sb(of food): to make you feel ill/ sick.和某人的肠胃不和 Eg: I love seafood, but it doesn‟t agree with me.
It took us two days to make the return trip. The two days were filled with new experience.

Take 和Spend,汉语中都可翻译成“花 了…….时间”，但用法不同。 He spent almost 20 years on this book. It took him almost 20 years to finish this book.
Quick Fix Society

Lesson 9
Introduction to the Text
Structure: Introduction:Para1-3 compare her ride on fast road to west Virginia and her return trip of a different route. Body : para 4-6 lists three ways Americans seek a qucik fix. Conclusion: para7-8 let‟s slow down and enjoy what nature offers us and what mankind has left us and rediscover life.

Can‟t wait/can hardly wait to do sth
The students can‟t wait for the summer vocation. My son can hardly wait to go the zoo.

Detailed Discussion of Text A
Symbolically,the American eagle now files for express mail.
express mail :美国联邦快递公司，该公司 的标记也是美国国家标记秃头鹰。作者说， 这里有点象征意义，说明整个国家都要追 求快速。 Question：what does the american eagle normally symbolize? The American eagle is normally regarded as the symbol of the u.s .

How dare anyone keep America waiting longer than overnight?
The slightest delay would make americans extremely angry .No Americans can put up with any delay. 这是一个修饰性问句，语气较陈述句更为强 烈，更加形象地表现了美国人毫无耐性的 生活态度。
Bicentenial minutes
《美国两百年大事记》

该书是由美国乔治· 华盛顿大学哥伦比亚文理学院院长加 尔文· 林顿主编。这是一本美国历史的工具书。全书内容 D· 自1776年1月起,至1975年3月,美国建国二百周年纪念活动 正式开始时止，前后跨二百年。本书是大事记体裁，收进 了许多为一般美国历史著述所未收入的材料。书中以大量 资料记录了美国二百年来政治、经济、军事、文化、科学、 社会等各个领域的大事，其内容广及政治变迁、国会立法、 机构改革、对外关系、党派斗争、竞选角逐、领土扩张、 大小战争、国家预算、经济危机、人口调查、司法判例、 民权斗争、劳工和妇女运动以及科学技术、文艺体育、发 明创造、考察探险、自然灾害、环境保护、社会犯罪、政 治丑闻等各个方面，资料丰富翔实，实际上可以说是一本 美国历史词典。本书另一个特点是，在每年大事记的条目 前都有一篇关于该年主要大事的提纲挈领式的概述。本书 译者还从美国《现代史》杂志的“世界各国大事记”中选 译了美国1975-1981年大事记部分内容作为附录。
Bicentennial [,baisen'tenjəl]
n. 二百周年纪念 adj. 二百周年的 cabinet ['kæ binit] n. 内阁；橱柜；展览艺术品的小陈列室 adj. 内阁的；私下的，秘密的