新视野大学英语读写教程（第二版）第四册 Unit 1 Section B The Power of a Good Name.ppt

reading skills reading skills text study text study notes to the text notes to the text words and expressions words and expressions idea sharing idea sharing making inferencesmaking inferences exercisesexercises 4 1 reading between the lines means making inferences about the writers ideas from what is written and from what is not written. there is some advice to make inferences about the writers ideas: 1. make use of contextual clues, common sense and your knowledge. i. making inferencesi. making inferences reading skills 4 1 2. connect ideas and draw conclusions from the reading passage. 3. test what you have understood between the lines. reading skills 4 1 example they develop a style that agents market aggressively to hasten popularity, and their ride on the express elevator to the top is a blur. (para. 3) question: why is a rise in popularity like a ride on an express elevator? possible answer: because it is something you cannot control. also, it is fast and not very enjoyable. reading skills here is an example taken from text a. 4 1 ii. exercisesii. exercises guess the possible answers to the questions between the paragraphs. reading skills i was a black and was looked down on because of the ugly shadow of racism in 1976. key 1. how was “i” related to the ugly shadow of racism in 1976? 4 1 key it means that the man was different from others for he was honest and paid debts. reading skill 2. what does “they broke the mold when they made that man” mean? 4 1reading skill key the farmers attitude toward me changed when he learned that i was the son of an honest man who was different from other blacks. 3. the farmer first gave “me” an amused, cynical look and then nodded at “me” in a neighborly way. what does that imply? 4 1reading skill key because american social morality has changed for the worse. 4. why does america need to restore a sense of shame in its neighborhoods? key because people believe in honesty and this helps me in my life. 5. why does a good name pave the way for “me”? 4 1 role playrole play 4 1 role play work with your group members. role-play the whole text according to the time sequence. there are 4 roles in the short play: i, my father, buck davis and a middle-aged farmer text study attention: you must cover the main information in text b, especially the authors opinion on a good name. 4 1 main points: one summer day my father sent me to do sth. on the road to the shop the things i liked to do at the age of 16 situation of racism in the year of 1976 what happened at davis brothers general store my father won a good fame among the people. i benefited a lot from fathers good name. the crisis of fame in todays america. lack of a sense of fame increasing violent crime vanishing signs of civility and respect text study the good name passed on. 4 1 focus study focus study active expressions active expressions 4 1 i. active expressionsi. active expressions practice notes to the textactive expressions find out the active expressions: 1. one summer day my father sent me to buy some wire and fencing to put around our barn to pen up the bull. 2. i often stopped there on my way to bathe and cool off for a spellnatural air conditioning. 3. “i need to put this on credit.” my brow was moist 4. they simply shrug off the rewards of a good name. 4 1notes to the textactive expressions pen up cool off on credit shrug off shut an animal or a person in a small area become cooler after being very hot buying something and paying for it later treat something as unimportant and not worry about it active expressionsactive expressions 4 1 1.流感令他一个星期都呆在家里。 2.我冲了个澡，凉快凉快。 3.他想知道这家商店是否可以赊帐。 4.很明显，他们已从上周失利的沮丧中走了出来。 notes to the textactive expressions translation 4 1 1. the flu kept him penned up at home for a week. 2. i took a shower to cool myself off. 3. he wanted to know whether the store sold goods on credit. 4. theyve clearly shrugged off the disappointment of last weeks defeat. notes to the textactive expressions 4 1 1. at 16, i liked nothing better than getting behind the wheel of our truck and driving into town on the old mill road. sb. like nothing better than doing 某人最喜欢做 notes to the textfocus study ii. focus studyii. focus study 4 1 在国外留学期间，他最喜欢参加各种研讨会。 translation notes to the textfocus study key while studying abroad, he liked nothing better than participating in various symposium. 现在的年轻人最喜欢做的事情就是打网络游 戏了。 these young men like nothing better than playing online games. 4 1 2. we had an interest in how one another behaved and our own actions as well, lest we destroy the name my father had created. 主句，lest + 省略掉should的从句 唯恐，恐怕 notes to the textfocus study 4 1 他小心翼翼，唯恐被敌人发现。 translation notes to the textfocus study key he was very cautious lest he (should) be discovered by his enemy. 他们低声细语，怕被别人听见。 they speak in whispers lest they (should) be heard. 4 1 word using word using oldold to to newnew chinese to english chinese to english 4 1 1. a fact of life an unpleasant situation that exists and must be accepted 现在大规模的失业似乎是生活中的现实。 mass unemployment seems to be a fact of life nowadays. i. word using translationtranslation key words and expressionsword using 4 1 2. enquire into to try to find out the truth about something 他们调查了消费者的投诉。 they enquired into the complaints by consumers. translationtranslation key words and expressionsword using 4 1 3. open a/the door to to make something possible words and expressionsword using 这本书打开了通向一些最令人兴奋的发现的 大门。 this book opens the door to some of the most exciting findings. translationtranslation key 4 1 4. with ease fairly easily; without difficulty 她在400米赛跑中轻松获胜。 she won the 400m race with ease. translation key words and expressionsword using 4 1 5. keep ones word to do what one has promised to do have you ever kept your word or broken it? i always keep my word because i once broke my word because tips use it words and expressionsword using 4 1 6. intent n. u what one intends to do 他对她怒目而视，明显是要吓唬她。 he glared at her with clear intent to frighten her. translation key words and expressionsword using 4 1 7. induce vt. to cause something, especially a mental or physical change 他们的突然成功带来了不真实的感觉。 their sudden success induced a sense of unreality. translation key words and expressionsword using 4 1 8. melt away to gradually disappear 我突然为他感到可怜，我的愤怒慢慢地消失了。 i suddenly felt sorry for him and my anger melted away. translation key words and expressionsword using 4 1 9. meanwhile ad. during the same period of time when sth. else is happening 我是在8月28日完成这项工作的，与此同时一件 有趣的事发生了。 i finished the job on august 28th, and meanwhile a very interesting event took place. translation key words and expressionsword using 4 1 10. hold up to support someone or something and stop them from falling down 是合作与相互理解支撑起了这样一个体系。 it is cooperation and mutual understanding that hold up the system like this. translation key words and expressionsword using 4 1 ii. old to new make sb. laugh or smile a relaxed feeling pull or lift sth. heavy act in a particular way repair supply or provide sth. amuseamuse reliefrelief heaveheave behavebehave restorerestore furnishfurnish words and expressionsold to new 4 1 a moral or legal duty cause sth. extremely gradually disappear polite behavior obligationobligation induceinduce exceedinglyexceedingly meltmelt civilitycivility words and expressionsold to new 4 1 iii. chinese to english （生活的）现实 把关起来 赊购 （组织、制度等）瓦解 使可能 a fact of life pen up on credit fall apart open a door to words and expressionsc to e 4 1 一个饱经风霜的男人 舒了一口气 羞耻感 吸毒 满不在乎 a weathered man give a sigh of relief a sense of shame do