新编英语教程 unit 1.doc

Unit 1Language StructureMain Teaching Points: The passive sentence1 This is called a pencil shapener in English. (in the simple present )2 The tableware has already been cleaned. (in the present perfct)3 I was invited to the party the other day. (in the past tense) 4 A lecture on stamp-collecting will be given tomorrow week. (in the future)Useful expressionsclean the tableware set the table make the firemown the lawn perform a folk dance/conjuring tricksDialogue A New Life on CampusA. Listening to the recordingB. Questions on specific details1. What does secondary school mean? noun a school for young people between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18中等学校，中学2. How to call the grade one, grage two, grade three and grade four students? Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, seniors and gradute students.3. What does orientation program mean? A program that introduces new students to university life.C. Useful expressions1. annually-renewable contract: adv. every year; once a year annual: adj. happening every yearEg. 1) The meeting is held annually in Shanghai. 2) How much is the annual output of steel in this company?2. in general : mainly; mostly; usually总的来说，一般来说 in particular特别是，尤其是Eg. 1) I like animals in general, and dogs in particular. 2) In general, they want more pays and shorter working hours.总的来说，他们希望工资多些，工时少一些。3. hustle and bustle：busy energetic activity熙熙攘攘，忙碌喧闹Eg. 1) I hate the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping.我讨厌节假日购物挤来挤去的。4. free from: without; not restricted or affected by没有的；免除的；不受的Eg. 1) The exhuasted manager wanted nothing but a holiday free from all responsibility.这位精疲力竭的经理只想要一个摆脱一切责任的假期。 2) Our new products are made of materials free from pollution.我们的新产品是有无污染的材料制成的。5. diversion: n. action of turning sth. Aside or changing its direction转向，偏离；enterianing activity消遣，娱乐Eg. 1) I couldnt concentrate on my homework while there were so many diversions around.这么多娱乐活动让我很难集中精神写作业。 2) Reading was one of his favorite diversions.阅读是他最喜欢的消遣之一。6. dweller: n. a person who lives in a particular place居民，居住者Eg. 1) Weve dwelt in this city for 8years.我们在这座城市住了八年。 2) A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.远亲不如近邻。 3) A positive person never dwells too much on the past failures.乐观的人从不沉溺于过去的失败。 4）City dwellers always prefer to live in the country.城里的人总是向往住在乡下。7. temptation: 诱惑，诱惑物Eg. 1) I can resist everything but temptation.我能抵抗一切，除了诱惑。 2) Money is a strong temptation for the greedy.钱对贪婪的人来说是巨大的诱惑。8. orientation: direction; 倾向性；适应，熟悉Eg. orientation meeting新生报到会 sexual orientationxing性取向1) The orientation of this street is north and south.这条街是南北走向。 2) This school has an orientation towards personal cultivation.这所学校注重培养学生的个人修养。9. have access to:方法；道路；机会或权利Eg. 1) The only access to that castal is through a gloomy tunnel.通往那座城堡的唯一途径是一条阴暗的隧道。 2) All rooms in the hotel have access to the Internet.酒店所有房间都已连接网络。10. available 可用的，可得到的Eg. 1) All kinds of clothes are available in that store.在那家商店能买到各式各样的的服装。 2) Doctor House is not available this afternoon.豪斯医生今天下午没空。 3) Im afraid there are no seats available in the hall.礼堂里恐怕已经没有虚席了。11. adjust to sth./to doing sth.：to change sth. Slightly to make it more suitable for a new set of conditions or to make it work better.调节，调整 :to get used to a new situation by changing the way you behave and/or think适应，习惯Eg. 1) Adjust your language to the age of your audience.要根据听众的年龄使用相应的语言。2) This button is for adjusting the volume.这个按钮是用来调节音量的。3) After a while, her eyes adjusted to the dark.过了一会儿，她的眼睛就适应了黑暗。4) Youll quick adjust yourself to ssudent life.D. Retelling Sample outline: Lu Hua tells her teacher about-her life at Pujiang University (exciting and challging)-the campus of Pujiang University (a wide variety of foods in school cageterias;located on the outskirts;free from distrations and diversions)-the orientation program for the new students (campus tour)-the resources and facilities available to the students-her life as a student majoring in English/an English major (English only environment; English talks and lectures given periodically)Reading I My First Day At SchoolA. Listening to the recordingB. Questions on specific details1. When was the boy shy and half stiff ?2. What did the teacher ask him to do on his first day at school ?3. Could he write ? Why not ?4. What did some students do when he could not write his name and address?5. What did the teacher do ?(She asked him to write his name on blackboard, tried to persuade him to forget his classmates and write his name and address, and then tried to direct him.)6. What made him forget everything ?7. When the whole room burst into a loud and prolonged laugh, how did he feel ?8. What did he think of himself ?(He thought highly of many of his abilities, but felt ashamed of his inability to perform well in front of a group.)C. Useful expressions 1. I was shy and half stiff when in the presence of a crowd. Stiff: adj. adv. noun. verb. Eg. stiff cardboard硬纸板 stiff brush一把硬刷子 a stiff whisky烈性威士忌1）Im really stiff after that bike ride yesterday.昨天骑了那趟自行车，我觉得浑身酸痛。2）It was a stiff climb to the top of the mountain.费了好大的劲才爬上山顶。 3） The company faces stiff competition from its rivals.公司遇到对手的激烈竞争。2. Somebody giggled and I stiffened.(尤指因气愤或害怕，使浑身或身体的一部分)变僵硬，变僵直，绷紧Eg. She stiffened with fear.她吓呆了。3.laughingstock笑料，笑柄，受嘲笑者Eg. 1) The scandal has made him a laughingstock.这一丑闻使他成为了笑柄。2) She has become a national laughingstock after the video was leaked onto the Internet.那段视频泄露到网上后，她成了全世界的笑柄。4.freeze结冰，凝固；冻僵；惊呆Eg. 1) Im freezing to death standing in the chilly wind.我站在冷风里都快要冻死了。 2) Jane s smile froze for a moment.简的笑容一时僵住了。5.giggle 咯咯笑，傻笑Eg. 1) The girls giggled at the joke.笑话逗的女孩们直笑。 2) I told the story only for a giggle.我只是为了搞笑才讲了这么个故事。chuckle, giggle, sneer,snigger,titterchuckle：He chuckled as he read the letter.指轻声笑，暗自笑。giggle多用于形容女孩。sneer：Sam often sneers at my taste in clothes.指嘲笑。snigger: The children sniggered when the lady fell over.窃笑或暗笑，是对异常或不当的事发出不尊重的笑声。titter: He closed his mouth tightly to titter.他抿着嘴偷笑。6. impulse n.推动，驱使；冲动，心血来潮Eg. 1) Quite ofte