新视野大学英语第三版UnitSectionB

Section B
Text study
Questions previewing
1. Why did Jonda’s pulse quicken while she was driving? (Para. 1)
2. Why did Jonda fail to save the teenager many years ago? After this issue, what happened to Jonda? (Paras.1-2)
Scanning
Reading skills
• When reading, you should have a clear idea of what you are looking for, think of questions, and scan for answers.
• Do not read every word. • Watch for definitions, highlighted words,
4 UNIT
A hero’s aspiration
To master the reading skill To understand the text To practice the phrases and patterns To learn about story writing
Section B
Section B
Reading skills
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Scanning is a technique used in reading to gather specific information in a text by going through it rapidly. In most cases, you know what you are looking for, so you are concentrating on finding some particular information. The most familiar way of scanning you may have experienced is searching for names in a phone directory, or looking up words in a dictionary.
2. What did he learn from both of his vocation and avocation? What did he remind?
Video Watching
Watch a video clip and answer the following questions
Watch a video clip and answer the following questions
Scanning
Example 2: in Text A, there are many questions raised and then answered by the author. These questions can help us get the general idea of Text A, that is, what kind of people can be called heroes. The questions include: 1 Who’s a hero these days? (Para. 1) 2 Who are the heroes among us? (Para. 1) 3 But what about first responders, whose job is,
especially words in italics or bold print. • Learn to spot dates, statistics and other numbers.
Scanning
Reading skills
• Look for the author’s use of numbers, letters, or signal words such as first, second, next , etc.
1. What happened in the story? Why was the speaker stunned with jealousy?
Middle of a rainy night; second volunteer on the fire scene; asked to go into the house and past the fire to get a pair of shoes. The man who arrived earlier than him could save a living creature.
Sentence Interpretation
原句：
It was not swaying violently, and was still barely within the lane, but on the winding road in the fierce November rain, it was enough.（Para.1, L3）
• Look for key words or repeated words.
Scanning
Example 1: since the title of Text A is “Heroes Among Us”, it is most likely to deal with “heroes”. We may want to find out who are the heroes among us. Therefore, it is worthwhile to scan for the word “hero(es)” in order to get important information related with the topic.
6. Why does Jonda feel she has much to be grateful for too? (Para. 15)
1. Why did Jonda’s pulse quicken while she was driving? (Para.1)
The car ahead of her was in trouble. swaying/barely within the lane/winding road in the fierce rain
解释:
It was not swaying violently, and the driver still managed to keep it within the lane, but it was clear that she did so with great difficulty. With the road having a lot of turns and the heavy rain on the cold November night, an accident was likely to happen.
3. What did Jonda mean by “This is too much, too familiar”? (Paras. 5)
4. Why did Jonda have to work quickly when she tried to save Sandy? (Para. 7)
5. Why did Sandy ask Jonda to tell her grandchildren that she loved them? (Para. 8-11)
Watch a video clip and answer the following questions
2. What did he learn from both of his vocation and avocation? What did he remind?
Acts of generosity and kindness on a monumental scale AND acts of grace and courage on an individual basis all matter. Don't wait until you make your first million to make a difference in somebody's life. If you have something to give, give it now. Serve food at a soup kitchen. Clean up a neighborhood park. Be a mentor. Not every day is going to offer us a chance to save somebody's life, but every day offers us an opportunity to affect one.
2. What are the traditional five senses?
The expression “Sixth Sense" is a misnomer that falsely suggests that there is only one additional sense besides the traditional five senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste, a classification attributed to Aristotle. Humans have at least five additional senses that include: nociception (pain); equilibrioception (balance); proprioce ption and kinaesthesia (joint motion and acceleration); sense of time; thermoception (temperature differences); and possibly an additional weak magnetoception (direction).
in the words of one widow of a fallen police officer, to “rush toward danger”? (Para. 5) …
Scanning
Questions • In which month did the story take place? • Where did the accident happen? • What is the name of the hero? • What is the name of the woman saved?
Warming-up Reading skills Text study Unit project
Section B
Warming-up
Watch a video clip and answer the following questions
1. What happened in the story? Why was the speaker stunned with jealousy?
1. What is the Sixth Sense? 2 . What are the traditional five senses?
1. What is the Sixth Sense?
The sixth sense is another term for extrasensory perception. Extrasensory perception (ESP) would involve the reception of information not gained through the recognized senses and not internally originated. According to the National Science Foundation extrasensory perception is listed as pseudoscience.