课件：研究生英语综合教程上Uni.ppt

高等院校研究生英语系列教材,综合教程（上） INTEGRATED COURSE,2,Unit 6,Sanctuary or Fulfillment,Content,Starting out Reading Focus Reading More Practical Translation Focused Writing Final Project,Task 1 Work with your partner to match the following US cities with their nicknames. Try to explain the origin of the nicknames on Page 160.,Starting out,Motor City,The Discovery City,Jet City,The Gateway City,The Big Pineapple,The Big Apple,The City of Brotherly Love,The City of Lights,The Steel City,City of Angels,Task 2 A Native of Beijing in New York was a TV series reflecting the lives of Chinese living abroad. They struggle for a better life while coming to realize how much they have lost. Its prologue is quite impressive (P160): If you love him bring him to New York for its heaven; if you hate him bring him to New York for its hell.,Starting outTask 2,Task 2 With which part of the prologue would you agree? Justify your choice with examples (P161). Useful words and expressions: attractive; leading global city; land of opportunities; full of robbery; high crime rate; high living expenditure; widening gap between the rich and poor, etc,Starting outTask 2,Starting outTask 3,Task 3 The song New York, New York is often heard at many social events in New York area. Many sports teams play this song before or after the game, the New York Yankees is the most prominent example. Listen to the song, and sing along with it.,Starting outTask 3,New York, New York Start spreading the news, Im leaving today I want to be a part of it - new york, new york These vagabond shoes, are longing to stray Right through the very heart of it - New York, New York I wanna wake up in a city, that doesnt sleep And find Im king of the hill - top of the heap These little town blues, are melting away Ill make a brand new start of it - in old New York If I can make it there, Ill make it anywhere Its up to you - New York, New York (To be continued),Starting outTask 3,New york, new york I want to wake up in a city, that never sleeps And find Im a number one - top of the list, king of the hill A number one These little town blues, are melting away Im gonna make a brand new start of it - in old new york And if I can make it there, Im gonna make it anywhere Its up to you - new york new york New york,Here is New York,Reading Focus,Reading Focus,Reading Focus Global Understanding,(Para. 1),(Paras. 2-3),(Paras. 4-6),Paras. 7-8,(Paras. 7-8),Introduction,A. Its largess can account for the presence within the citys walls of a considerable section of the population. B. The capacity to make such dubious gifts is a mysterious quality of New York. C. The special quality of New York can either destroy an individual or fulfill him.,New York presents the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy to everyone who comes to town.,Reading Focus Global Understanding,The vibrations of great things or people felt in New York,A. I am curiously affected by emanations from the immediate surroundings while I am sitting in a hotel in New York: I am 22 blocks from where Rudolph Valentino lay in state beautifully. I am eight blocks from where Nathan Hale was executed. I am five blocks from the publishing house where Ernest Hemingway hit Max Eastman on the nose. I am four miles from where Walt Whitman sat sweating out editorials for The Brooklyn Eagle. B. The waiter also felt the same stimulus from being close to a famous actor.,Example 1:,Example 2:,Example 3:,Reading Focus Global Understanding,Example 4:,The insulation provided by New York,New York succeeds in insulating the individual against all enormous and violent and wonderful events taking place every minute. I did not attend the worlds greatest air show staged in New York. I did not notice the biggest oceangoing ships on the North Atlantic. B. The inhabitants in New York is in the happy position of being able to choose his spectacle and so conserve his soul. C. The quality of New York that insulates its inhabitants from life may simply weaken them as individuals.,Reading Focus Global Understanding,Example 1:,Example 2:,Conclusion,New York has a positive effect on the creative capacities of its inhabitants. New York can bring the sense of rejuvenation to its inhabitants.,The positive qualities of New York,A.,B.,Reading Focus Global Understanding,Task 2,Work in groups to decide whether the statements are true or false according to the passage. (P170),Key: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14,T,F,F,F,F,F,F,T,F,T,Reading Focus Detailed Information,F,F,T,T,Critical Thinking,Reading Focus,Step One Read the following sentences from the text and decide what the author actually meant. Do you agree with him or not?,No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky. I think that although many persons are here from some excess of spirit (which caused them to break away from their small town), some, too, are here from a deficiency of spirit, who find in New York a protection, or an easy substitution.,Reading FocusCritical Thinking,Work in groups to provide examples from the text to support your ideas.,Step Two Just like New York in America, Beijing is the city in China that many Chinese dream of living in. What are the gifts Beijing bestows on its residents? Suppose you are a university students in Beijing. After graduation, will you decide to stay in Beijing and why? Discuss in groups the above questions.,Reading FocusCritical Thinking,1. It is this largess that accounts for the presence within the citys walls of a considerable section of the population; for the residents of Manhattan are to a large extent strangers who have pulled up stakes somewhere and comet to town, seeking sanctuary or fulfillment of some greater or lesser grail. (Para. 1) considerable: adj. considerably: adv. much, a lot 非常；很；相当多的 grail: a thing that you try very hard to find or achieve, but never will 渴望但永远得不到的东西 翻译：纽约城内数量庞大的居民中，冲着这份赠礼而来此落脚的绝不在少数；曼哈顿也因此聚集了众多异乡客，他们背井离乡到此闯荡，有的为了寻求庇护，有的为了一展抱负，还有的为了实现心中或大或小的愿望。,Reading Focus Language Point,2. It carries on its lapel the unexpungeable odor of the long past, so that no matter where you sit in New York you feel the vibrations of great times and tall deeds, of queer people and events and undertakings. (Para. 2) undertakings： 1) an important job, piece of work, or activity that you are responsible for e.g. a commercial undertaking 2) an agreement or a promise to do something. e.g. The landlord _ (书面保证) that repairs would be carried out before the end of the month.,Reading Focus Language Point,gave a written undertaking,3. “Mr. Stone is a very hearty eater,” said the waiter thoughtfully, content with this fragile participation in destiny, this link with Oz.(Para. 4) In this sentence “content” is an adjective and “content with” means happy and satisfied with what you have. e.g. 1) He seemed more content, less bitter. 2) He had to be content with third place.,Reading Focus Language Point,content (n.) : 1) the things that are contained in sth e.g. 1) 大火导致那栋大楼里的东西严重损毁。 Fire has caused severe damage to the contents of the building. 2) She hadnt read the letter and so was unaware of its contents. 2) the different sections that are contained in a book e.g. 1) a contents page 3) the subject matter of a book, speech, programme, etc. e.g. Your tone of voice is as important as the content of what you have to say.,Reading Focus Language Point,content (v.) : 1) to accept and be satisfied with sth and not try to have or do sth better e.g. Martina contented herself with a single glass of wine. 2) to make sb feel happy or satisfied e.g. My apology seemed to content him.,Reading Focus Language Point,4. The Lions are overwhelming; the event is unavoidable. (Para. 5) 辨析 overwhelming; overwhelmed; overwhelmingly e.g. 1) She was _by feelings of guilt. 2) The _ majority of those present were in favor of the plan. 3) They voted _against the proposal.,overwhelmed,overwhelming,overwhelmingly,Reading Focus Language Point,5. A cornice falls, that it hits every citizen on the head, every last man in town. (Para. 5) “every last man” means “everybody without exception”. This sentence means in most metropolises, no one can escape from the influence of every major event happening in the city. e.g. Every last man is supposed to seize each opportunity that comes along.,Reading Focus Language Point,6. I am not defending New York in this regard. (Para. 7) “in this regard” means “concerning what has just been mentioned”. e.g. 1) I have nothing further to say_(在这方面). Paraphrase: I do not think that New York is necessarily a better place because people are insulated from events.,in this regard,Reading Focus Language Point,7. I think that although many persons are here from some excess of spirit (which caused them to break away from their small town), some, too, are here from a deficiency of spirit, who find in New York a protection, or an easy substitution. (Para. 8) excess (n.) : 1) more than is necessary, reasonable and acceptable e.g. He started drinking to excess after losing his job. 2) an amount by which sth is larger than sth else e.g. We cover costs up to $600 and then you pay the excess.,Reading Focus Language Point,excess (adj.) : 1) in addtion to an amount that is necessary, usual or legal e.g. 1) Excess food is stored as fat. 2) Drinking with excess alcohol in the blood is a serious offence. syn.: excessive,Reading Focus Language Point,Task 1,Fill in the missing information in the left-hand column of the table and write down your comparison in the right-hand column. (P170),Reading Focus Vocabulary in Action,Reading Focus Vocabulary in Action,loneliness,privacy,everyone comes to town,They are less lonely and private and present fewer opportunities for fulfillment.,wonderful people, events and undertakings.,They are not the center of the US There arent so many tall deeds and great people and events.,18 inches,18 inches,Residents in other places might be closer or more distant to each other and to those famous people.,the option of participation or insulation,Residents are all involved in the major events taking place there.,Reading Focus Vocabulary in Action,inhabitants elsewhere,their optional right,In most metropolises, small and large, the choice is often not with the individual at all.,The insulation,Life might be healthier without the insulation in New York.,positive,creative capacities,Settlers there cannot escape from reality.,The abundance of excitements,deficiency,They sometimes seem dead or unresourceful.,Key 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14- 15-,Task 2 Read the words and their explanations in the box. Choose a word to complete each of the sentences below and explain its meaning. Change the form if necessary. (P.172),contented,convention,tall,curiously,Convention,content,execute,count,Reading Focus Vocabulary in Action,curious,execute,content,conventions,count,convention,tall,Task 3,The culture of New York City is shaped by centuries of immigration, the citys size and variety, and its status as the cultural capital of the United States. Because of its 1) _ size and cultural influence, New York has been the 2) _ of many different, and often 3)_, portrayals in mass media.,Fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate phrase from the box. Change the form if necessary. (P174),contradictory worldly sophisticated glamorous crime subject safest sheer chaotic violence,Reading Focus Vocabulary in Action,sheer,subject,contradictory,From the sophisticated and 4) _ metropolis seen in many Woody Allen films, to the hellish and 5) _ urban jungle depicted in such movies as Martin Scorseses Taxi Driver, New York has served as the unwitting backdrop for virtually every conceivable viewpoint on big city life.,contradictory worldly sophisticated glamorous crime subject safest sheer chaotic violence,Reading Focus Vocabulary in Action,chaotic,worldly,In the early years of film New York City was characterized as urbane and 6)_. By the citys crisis period in the 1970s, however, films like Midnight Cowboy, The French Connection, Marathon Man, and Death Wish showed New York as full of chaos and 7)_.,contradictory worldly sophisticated glamorous crime subject safest sheer chaotic violence,Reading Focus Vocabulary in Action,sophisticated,violence,With the citys renaissance in the 1980s and 1990s came new portrayals on television; Friends, Seinfeld, and Sex and the City showed life in the city to be 8) _ and interesting. Nonetheless a disproportionate number of 9) _ dramas, such as Law & Order, continue to make criminality in the city as their subject even as New York has become the 10) _ large city in the United States in the last two decades.,contradictory worldly sophisticated glamorous crime subject safest sheer chaotic violence,Reading Focus Vocabulary in Action,glamorous,crime,safest,Feathers From A Thousand Li Away,Reading More,Click the picture for the movie clip,Reading More,Global Understanding,Detailed Information,Critical Thinking,Language Points,Vocabulary in Action,1,2,3,4,5,The American Dream Jing-Mei Woos mother had,The story of a swan feather,How Jing-Meis mother attempted to turn her into a prodigy,Jing-Mei finally refused to be a prodigy,Reading MoreGlobal Understanding,The story of a swan feather: A. _ _ B. _ C. _ _ D. _ _,Many years ago the old woman bought a swan in Shanghai for a foolish sum. She made up her mind to have a daughter who would become more than what was hoped for in America.,Her swan was taken away by the immigration officials and there was only one swan feather left.,She expected that one day she could leave this feature to her daughter.,Reading MoreGlobal Understanding,The American Dream Jing-Mei Woos mother had : A. _ _. B. How Jing-Meis mother attempted to turn her into a prodigy: A._. B._. Jing-Mei finally refused to be a prodigy.,Jing Meis mother considered America as a land of opportunities,Reading MoreGlobal Understanding,When Jing Mei was nine-year-old, Woos mother hoped that she could become a prodigy.,Jing Meis mother wanted to turn her into a prodigy in acting just like Shirley Temple.,Jing Meis mother presented some tests to her in the hope of turning her into a remarkable child.,Task 2 Complete the following extract with information from the text. (P180) Many years ago my mother bought a beautiful swan in Shanghai for much 1)_than its worth. After losing everything in China, she sailed across the 2)_Ocean with the swan and her dream for a new life in America. But upon her arrival, the swan was pulled away from her by the immigration officials and only one swan 3)_ was left to her. Now my mother is old. For many years she has kept the feather for me which she carried from her 4)_ with all her good 5)_. (To be continued),Reading MoreDetailed Information,more,Pacific,feather,homeland,intentions,My mother once believed that anyone could 6)_ any dream in America. She believed that her daughter, me, could be a(n) 7)_ of some kind. At first, she wanted to train me to become a child 8)_ just like Shirley Temple. Then she had me do the various tests she read about in different 9)_ about amazing children. However, she was 10)_ every time by my answers.,Reading MoreDetailed Information,realize,prodigy,movie star,magazines,disappointed,At the beginning, I was 11)_ as my mother, if not more so. I imagined myself successful in many different 12)_. As time went by, the hoping prodigy in me became more and more 13)_ and began to die. I hated the tests, the raised hopes and 14)_ expectations. But one sad night in front of the mirror, I suddenly saw a new me-an angry, powerful and 15)_ girl. I made up my mind to be myself for the rest of my life.,Reading MoreDetailed Information,excited/hopeful,images,impatient,failed,willful,2019/8/8,47,可编辑,Critical Thinking,Reading More,Step One What does the word “feather” in the title “Feathers from a Thousand Li Away” stand for in this text? What kind of life had the old woman lived before she came to America? Discuss the personality of the old woman in the text. What was the daughters decision at the end of the text? Work together with your partner to answer the following questions based on the text youve just read.,Reading Focus Language Point,Step Two Discuss in groups the following questions. What are your expectations for your (future) child? Will you act like the mother in the text? Why? In the mind of the average Chinese city residents, what are the criteria of a persons success? Do you agree or disagree with them? What will your ideal life be like in the future?,Reading MoreCritical Thinking,1. This bird, boasted the market vendor, was once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose, and now look!it is too beautiful to eat. (Para. 1) boast (v.) : 1) to talk with too much pride about sth you have or can do e.g. She is always boasting about