全新版大学英语1Unit 2Text A All the Cabbie Had was a Letter-Study

TextAStudyAlltheCabbieHadwasaLetter Unit2Book1 ObjectivesBackgroundKnowledgeTextOrganizationAbstract MainIdeaofTextA IntroductionRemarksTextAStudySummaryofTextA Homework TeachingPlan Objectives Graspthemainidea neverdelayexpressingyourtruefeelingstoafriend andstructureofthetext developingastoryaroundaletter AppreciatethatspokenEnglishismuchmoreinformalthanwrittenEnglish Masterkeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthetext Conductaseriesofreading listening speakingandwritingactivitiesrelatedtothethemeoftheunit Backgroundinformation HalloweenIt safestivalcelebratedannually It sonthenightof31October Peopleoncebelievedthatghostscouldbeseenonthatnight theeveofHallowmas 4 Now inBritainandAmerica itisatimewhenchildrenhaveparties dressupaswitches makelanternsoutofpumpkinsandplay trickortreat TrickortreatisatraditionalactivityatHalloween AtraditionalactivityatHalloween Childrendressincostumesandvisithouses Ateachhousetheysay trickortreat Thismeansthattheywillplaya trick orjoke onthepeopleinthehouseunlesstheyaregivena treat e g sweetsormoney Mostpeopleprefertogivetreatsratherthanhavingtricksplayedonthem TextOrganizationP 40 developingastoryaroundaletter Part1 Paras1 20FromaconversationwiththecabdrivertheauthorlearnedhowmuchheregrettedfailingtokeepupcorrespondingwithhisoldfriendEd Part2 Paras21 35Readingtheletterbyhimself theauthorlearnedmoreaboutthelifelongfriendshipbetweenthedriverandOldEd Part3 Para36Thedriver sexperienceurgedtheauthortoreachforhispen TextOrganization AbstractofTextA Thepassagedevelopsthestoryaroundaletter Theauthorwantedtotakeataxiwhilethetaxidriverwasreadingaletter sotheconversationbegan Thefirstimpressionreaderswillgetisthattheletterisfromthetaxidriver sfriend Later wewillfindouttheletterisinfactwrittenbythedriverhimself Becausethedriveralwayspostponedwritingalettertohislife longfriend untilonedayhelearnedthathisfriendhadpassedawaybeforehepostedtheletter Heisfullofregretandcan thelprecallingtheirbeautiful sweetchildhood Afterhavingreadthestory weknowthatweshouldneverdelayexpressingourtruefeelingstoourfriends IntroductoryRemarks P 32 Howdoyoufeelwhenoldfriendsarefaraway Doyoumakeanefforttokeepintouch Sometimesitiseasytoputoffwritingaletter thinkingthattherewillbeplentyoftimetomorrow Butthensometimes asthisstoryshows weleaveittoolate Perhapsreadingitwillmakeyouwanttoreachforyourpen 老朋友天各一方 你心有何感 你是否努力保持联系 有时候写信的事很容易会一拖再拖 总以为明天有的是时间 然而 正如这则故事所表明的 有时我们拖得太晚了 也许读一读这个故事会让你提起笔来 Part1 Paras1 20 FromaconversationwiththecabdrivertheauthorlearnedhowmuchheregrettedfailingtokeepupcorrespondingwithhisoldfriendEd 1 Thedrivercaughtacoldthatday 2 ThedriverhadneverseenEdinthepast25or30years 3 Thedriverhadneverforgottenhisoldfriend 4 Thenarratorwasquiteeagertoreadtheletter F F F T Hejustcried Hehadonlyseenhimonceortwiceayear Hethoughtitwasverypersonal Warm up TrueorFalseStatements StudyPartI 1 Paras1 6 Whathelpedstartaconversationbetweenthecabdriverandthepassenger Thelettertoafriend HemusthavebeencompletelylostinsomethinghewasreadingbecauseIhadtotaponthewindshieldtogethisattention 他准是完全沉浸在所读的东西里了 因为我不得不敲挡风玻璃来引起他的注意 StudyParas1 belostin loseoneselfin beabsorbedin befullyoccupiedwith Hewaslostinplayingcomputergamessohewasunawareofmyenteringtheroom Ihadlostmyselfinthought Hewaslosttotheworldinthistask 他忙于这项工作 而对周围的一切很漠然 belostin Isyourcabavailable Iaskedwhenhefinallylookedupatme Henodded thensaidapologeticallyasIsettledintothebackseat I msorry butIwasreadingaletter Hesoundedasifhehadacoldorsomething StudyParas2 他总算抬头看我了 你出车吗 我问道 他点点头 当我坐进后座时 他抱歉地说 对不起 我在读一封信 听上去他像是得了感冒什么的 Isyourcabavailable 你出车吗 available e g Ihaveafriend Heisendlesslypatient WhenIambored heentertainsme WhenIamdispirited heliftsmeup WhenIamlonely hekeepsmecompany HeisalwaysavailablewhenIaminneedofhelp Canyouguesshisname Hisnameis available a abletobeused hadorreached Reading Books Q Yourfriendwanttouseyourbicycle butit sbeingrepaired Inthissituation youmaysay A I mafraidmybicycleisnotavailable it sbeingrepaired Q Theticketsfortonight sconcerthavebeensoldout Youcanalsosay A Therearenoticketsavailablefortonight sconcert available sth sb is not availabletheavailablespacetheamountofmoneyavailable 律师现在没空 Thelawyerisnotavailablenow available Collocations FreemedicalservicewasavailabletonearlyallthecollegestudentsinChina 以前几乎所有的中国大学生都可以享受免费医疗 Hesoundedasifhehadacoldorsomething orsomething 听上去他像是得了感冒什么的 Whatcanweinferfromthissentence Thissentenceimpliesthesadstateofmindthetaxidriverwasin orsomething usedwhenyouarenotverysureaboutwhatyouhavejustsaid Theairfarewas 500orsomething orsomethinglikethat或什么的 Here ssomemoney Getyourselfasandwichorsomething Similarphrase orsomething StudyParas3 4 I minnohurry Itoldhim Goaheadandfinishyourletter 我不着急 我对他说 你接着把信读完吧 Heshookhishead I vereaditseveraltimesalready IguessIalmostknowitbyheart goahead goahead 1 continue begin sometimesfollowedbywith n Theboardofdirectorswillvotetodayonwhethertogoaheadwiththeplan CanIaskyouaquestion Goahead usedtoencouragesomeonetodosth 2 Lettersfromhomealwaysmeanalot Isaid AtleasttheydowithmebecauseI montheroadsomuch Then estimatingthathewas60or70yearsold Iguessed Fromachildormaybeagrandchild 家书抵万金啊 我说 至少对我来说是这样 因为我老是在外旅行 我估量他有六七十岁了 便猜测说 是孩子还是孙子写来的 Paraphrasethissentence AtleastletterfromhomemeanalottomebecauseItravelalotinacarforlongdistances StudyParas5 estimate formajudgmentabout aquantityorvalue vt n estimate Accordingtosomeestimatesthenumberoffarmshasincreasedby50 Thecostofequippingthenewhospitalwasestimatedat 2million Rewrite Itwasestimatedthat Itwasestimatedthatequippingthenewhospitalwouldcost 2million Bill spersonalricheswereestimatedat 368million overestimate underestimate estimate 指先于实际测量 计算或测试而作的某种估计或估量 可以是经过仔细考虑的 也可以是随意的 evaluate 很少表示用金钱来估计某物的市场价值 而是对其相对或内在价值的评定 value 指估计某物的价值 价格 重视 estimate evaluate value c f Howdoteachers theirstudents work Itwas thatthereweremorethan2 250 000spidersinoneacreofgrassfield Theyhavegonetohavetheirjewels estimate evaluate value evaluate estimated valued Thisisn tfamily hereplied Although hewenton cometothinkofit itmightjustaswellhavebeenfamily OldEdwasmyoldestfriend Infact weusedtocalleachother OldFriend whenwe dmeet thatis I mnotmuchofahandatwriting 不是家里人 他回答说 不过 他接着说 想起来 也可以算是一家人了 TranslatethissentenceintoChinese StudyParas6 Isthereanythingomittedinthefirstsentence Ifyes whatisit aletterfrommy might may just aswell Ifyousaythatyoumight mayaswelldosth youmeanthatyouwilldoitalthoughyoudonothaveastrongdesiretodoitandmayevenfellslightlyreluctantaboutit Anyway you rehere youmightaswellstay Thepostofficeisreallybusy Wemightaswellgohomeandcomebackintheafternoon 邮局真忙 我们不妨先回家 下午再来 mightaswelldosth Q A Whatdoyousuggestwedoduringthesummervacation Whatdoyouadvisemetodobeforewritingacomposition Ifyouhavenothingtodo youmightaswelltakeupapart timejob Youmightaswelldrawanoutlinefirst mightaswelldosth 3 WhatshouldIdoifIcan taffordahouse 4 It scoldandrainingoutside WhatdoyousuggestIdo Youmightaswellrentanapartmentandsetasideyourmoneyforanewhouse Youmightaswellsettledownwithagoodbook mightaswelldosth I mnotmuchofahandatwriting 我这人就是不大会写东西 notmuchofa notmuchofa notagood Pushu 朴树 isnotmuchofaspeaker butheisanoutstandingsinger Somepeoplemaythinkthatdoinghouseworkforothersisnotmuchofacareer Q Michaelisateacher Heoftenskipsfromonesubjecttoanothersoitisdifficultforhisstudentstofollowhim Besides hejustletsthemgoaheadwithexerciseswithoutmakingsuretheyhaveunderstoodwhattheyareexpectedtodo Doyouthinkheisagoodteacher A Michaelisnotmuchofateacher notmuchofa StudyPartI 2 Paras7 20 Whydidthedriverrepeatthatheshouldhavekeptintouch Idon tthinkanyofuskeepupourcorrespondencetoowell Isaid IknowIdon t ButItakeithe ssomeoneyou veknownquiteawhile StudyParas7 我看大家写信都不那么勤快 我看 我想 你认识他挺久了吧 Whatdoes Itakeit mean Itakeit means Iunderstandthat Iassumethat Thissentencepatternisusedtosaythatyouexpectsomeonewilldosomething knowsomethingetc Itakeit that you veheardthatallthestudentsinmyclasshavedoneaverygoodjobintheexam keepup continuewithoutstopping Althoughshewantedtogoonadiet shewassohungryallthetimethatshecouldnotkeepthedietupforlongerthanamonth Theyrisklosingtheirhomesbecausetheycannolongerkeepuptherent 他们就要失去家园了 因为无力继续支付房租 keepup keeptokeepupwithkeeponkeepoffkeepoutof c f 坚持 坚守 继续进行 反复地做 避开 不让 接近 躲开 使 置身于 之外 跟上 赶上 keepto keepupwith keepon keepoff keepoutof 1 thegrass 3 Tryto trouble 4 Don trun Ican t you 5 Hejust writing payingnoattentiontothecryofthebaby 6 Healways hispromises 2 Ifthisrain thegardenwillberuined Keepoff keepsup keepoutof keepupwith kepton keepsto correspondence 1 Un theactofwriting receivingorsendingletters通信2 thelettersthatsb receivesorsends信件 Ihavebeenincorrespondencewithhimabouttheproblem Maryreallynevermentionsherstep motherinhercorrespondence 我已写信跟他讨论这个问题了 StudyParas7 不加s 可以用a correspondence 1 Un theactofwriting receivingorsendingletters通信2 thelettersthatsb receivesorsends信件 agreement similarity相符 一致 相似 StudyParas7 Thereisnotmuchcorrespondencebetweentheiridealsandours 3 correspondence Cognate correspond vi corresponding 相应的 相同的correspondent 通信者 通讯记者 Collocations keepupcorrespondencewith与 保持通信incorrespondencewith与 有通信联系business commercialcorrespondence商业信函correspondencecourses函授correspondwithsb sth与 通信 与 相符correspondto与相当 称 配thecorrespondingletterA B C D 相应的字母thecorrespondingperiodoflastyear去年同期 correspondence Allmylife practically Wewerekidstogether sowegowayback 差不多认识了一辈子了 我俩小时候就一起玩 所以我俩的友谊确实很长了 StudyParas8 9 Wenttoschooltogether Ourfriendshiphasexistedforaverylongtime practically adv almost butnotcompletelyorexactly实际上 差不多virtually 他几乎每天上班迟到 Sheispracticallyalwayslateforwork practically OldEdwaspracticallyamemberofthefamily He dknowntheoldmanforpracticallytenyears Allthewaythroughhighschool Wewereinthesameclass infact throughbothgradeandhighschool Therearenottoomanypeoplewho vehadsuchalongfriendship Isaid AmE elementaryschool StudyParas10 11 他在的时候 以前可是个好人 联系就有点少了 虽说你一直放在心上 StudyParas12 Actually thedriverwenton Ihadn tseenhimmorethanonceortwiceayearoverthepast25or30yearsbecauseImovedawayfromtheoldneighborhoodandyoukindoflosetoucheventhoughyouneverforget Hewasagreatguy Whythepasttenseisused Heisnolongerliving Hehasdied kindof AmE sortof BrE adv alittlebit insomeway degree usedbeforev orafteralinkverb Myprofessorassignedmesomereferencebooksoncomputerstoread Unfortunatelytheyarenotavailableinourschoollibrary Ikindofworriedaboutit Shewasn tdiligent Butshewaskindofcute StudyParas12 kindof SeeP 46Usage英语惯用法 WaysofmakinganopinionsoundlessdefiniteDotheExerciseafterclass Theboy sdescriptionkindofgivesusanideaofwhat shappening 她有点希望受到邀请 Shekindofhopedtobeinvited losetouch meetandcontactsb lessandlessoften graduallystopwriting telephoning orvisitingthem Ilosttouchwithmyformerclassmatesaftergraduation Inmyjobonetendstolosetouchwithfriends 干我们这一行的 往往会与朋友失去联系 losetouch Yousaid was Doesthatmean Henodded Diedacoupleofweeksago I msorry Isaid It snofuntoloseanyfriend andlosingarealoldoneiseventougher 失去朋友真不是个滋味 失去个真正的老朋友更让人受不了 infml afew morethanonebutnotmany StudyParas13 15 acoupleof afew morethanonebutnotmany Doyouhaveamoment ThereareacoupleofthingsI dliketotalktoyouabout Theypromisedthestudentstheywouldfindasubstituteteacherinacoupleofdays acoupleof tough polysemy 一词多义 1 坚韧的 不易破碎的 Plasticisatoughmaterial 2 强壮的 坚强的 吃苦耐劳的 toughsoldiers3 咬不动的 Thismeatistough 4 严峻的 苛刻的 atoughwinter aseverewinter 5 不幸的 糟糕的 It stoughonhim 6 困难的 难解决的 Thecompetitionwasreallytough c f rough Hedidn treplytothat andwerodeoninsilenceforafewminutes ButIrealizedthatOldEdwasstillonhismindwhenhespokeagain almostmoretohimselfthantome Ishouldhavekeptintouch Yes herepeated Ishouldhavekeptintouch Paraphrasethesesentence IrealizedthatthetaxidriverwasstillthinkingofOldEdwhenhespokeagain Itseemedthathespokemoretohimselfthantome 回答 答复 replyto answer respondto giveananswerto StudyParas16 Dealingsonthestockmarkethavebeenonhismindallthetime Thistravelplanhasbeenonmymindallweek 整个星期我都惦记着这个旅行计划 我一直想着你 惦记着你 担心着你 Youarealwaysonmymind onone smind inone sthoughts ofconcerntoone ifsthisonyourmind youareworriedorconcernedaboutitandthinkaboutitalot StudyParas16 keepintouch withsb Ifyoukeepintouchwithsomeone youwrite phoneorvisiteachotherregularly WhiledoingtheresearchworkintheAntarctic theprofessorkeptintouchwithhisstudentsviaemail Collocation stayintouchwith getintotouchwith 与 保持联系 与 取得联系 StudyParas16 Well Iagreed weshouldallkeepintouchwitholdfriendsmorethanwedo Butthingscomeupandwejustdon tseemtofindthetime 我们都应该与老朋友保持更多的联系 不过总是有事情冒出来 好像总是抽不出空来 StudyParas17 18 Heshrugged Weusedtofindthetime hesaid That sevenmentionedintheletter Hehandeditovertome Takealook comeup 1 happenoroccur esp unexpected Sorry I mlate somethingcameupathome 2 bementionedordiscussed Theissueofsafetycameuptwiceduringthemeeting Theterm ProjectHope hascomeupalotrecentlyinthenewspapers 希望工程 这个词最近常在报纸上出现 Collocation comeacross comealong comedown comeover comethrough comeupwith 发生 出现 偶遇 碰到 流传下来 落泊 失势 从远处来 过来 短暂造访 经历 困难 安然渡过 想出 计划 答案 回答等 comeacross comealong comedown comeover comeupwith comethrough 1 Hecouldn t anappropriateanswerjustatthetime 2 How syourwork 3 Theselegends tousfromthe15thcentury comeupwith comealong comedown comeacross comealong comedown comeover comeupwith comethrough 4 Theoldmanwas90yearsoldandluckyto hisoperation 5 We vejust anoldfriendwehaven tseenforages 6 andseeussometime comethrough comeacross Comeover Thedrivershrugged OldEd sdead There snothingpersonalnow Goahead heurgedme StudyParas19 20 Thanks Isaid butIdon twanttoreadyourmail That sprettypersonal adv rather really 司机耸一耸肩 老埃德人都死了 没什么私事不私事了 念吧 他催促说 urge tryveryhardtopersuade力劝 敦促 怂恿 Theyurgedthelocalgovernmenttoapproveplansfortheirreformprogram Sir FredurgedthatBritain should jointheEuropeanMonetarySystem Whenmyfriendurgedmetoacceptacigarette itwasmorethanIcouldbear 当老朋友怂恿我接受一支香烟时 我实在忍不住了 urgesb todosth urgethat should do虚拟语气 Pattern Whydidthedriverrepeatthatheshouldhavekeptintouch StudyParas7 20 HecouldhaveletEdknowhowhemissedhim Becauseheregrettedthathehadnotwrittentohisfriend Hewassorrowful ReviewthemainideaofPartI FromaconversationwiththecabdrivertheauthorlearnedhowmuchheregrettedfailingtokeepupcorrespondingwithhisoldfriendEd StudyPartII 1 Paras21 28 Howdoyouunderstandthesentence aboutallwehadtospendinthosedayswastime Theletterwaswritteninpencil Itbeganwiththegreeting OldFriend andthefirstsentenceremindedmeofmyself I vebeenmeaningtowriteforsometime butI vealwayspostponedit Itthenwentontosaythatheoftenthoughtaboutthegoodtimetheyhadhadtogetherwhentheybothlivedinthesameneighborhood 信是用铅笔写的 称呼写着 老朋友 而开头第一句话让我想到自己 早就想写信了 可就是一拖再拖 StudyParas21 1 postpone vt delay putoff Theflightwaspostponedfor5hoursbecauseofsomebombthreat postpone n V ing Thecouplehadpostponedhavingchildrentoestablishtheircareers Pattern Synonyms putoff Themeetinghasbeenputoff postponedfromTuesdaytonextweek cancel calloff取消 c f StudyParas21 c f postpone delay延缓 耽搁 postpone 指将某事推迟或耽搁延后进行 也可以用来比喻将某人或某物置于次要地位 球赛因雨延期 Theballgamewaspostponedbecauseoftherain Itisnotrightforhimtopostponethepublicinterest 他将公众利益置于个人利益之后是不对 c f postpone delay延缓 耽搁 delay 指由于干扰或意外事故而延误 特别是延误了某事的预期完成或某人某物的按时到达 有时也可能是由于主观原因故意造成的拖延或耽搁 洪水严重延误了铁路运输 欠我们钱的人一天又一天地拖延还款 Thefloodseriouslydelayedthetrainservice Ourdebtordelayspaymentfromdaytoday c f postpone delay延缓 耽搁 1 Theshipwas twohours 2 Wewere ourtripuntiltheweathergrowswarmer delayed postponing Ithadreferencestothingsthatprobablymeantsomethingtothedriver suchasthetimeTimSheabrokethewindow theHalloweenthatwetiedOldMr Parker sgate andwhenMrs Culverusedtokeepusafterschool Whatdoes it referto Whatdoes reference meanhear Paraphrasethesentence StudyParas21 2 It referstotheletter Itmeanstheactofmentioning Thelettermentionedsomethingthatmightbeimportanttothedriver reference n 1 Theactoftalkingaboutormentioningsth sb usu to It sstrangethathemadenoreferencetoanyworkexperienceinhisresume 2 Theactoflookingatsthforinformation Usethedictionaryforeasyreference Keeptheirpricelistforfurtherreference 提及 谈到 参考 查阅 Collocation areferencebook areferencelibrary forreference in withreferenceto referencenumber 参考书 工具书 不外借书的 参考书阅览室 作参考 关于 编号 标注 v refer talkaboutormentionlookatinordertofindoutsth Pattern referto 1 2 Youmusthavespendalotoftimetogether Isaidtohim Likeitsaysthere heanswered aboutallwehadtospendinthosedayswastime Heshookhishead Time StudyParas22 23 Asthelettersaysthere thoughwedidn thavemuchmoneywehadalotoffreetime 就跟信里写的那样 我俩那个时候能花的只有时间 Ithoughtthenextparagraphoftheletterwasalittlesad Ibegantheletterwith OldFriend becausethat swhatwe vebecomeovertheyears oldfriends Andtherearen tmanyofusleft 信里接下来的那段我觉得有点凄凉 信的开头我写着 老朋友 因为这么多年来 我们这对老朋友渐渐都老了 我们这些人当中留下的也不多了 StudyParas24 Youknow Isaidtohim Whenitsaysherethattherearen tmanyofusleft that sabsolutelyright EverytimeIgotoaclassreunion forexample therearefewerandfewerstillaround Timegoesby thedriversaid Didyoutwoworkatthesameplace Iaskedhim Paraphrasethissentence Fewerandfewerofusareleftalive 你要知道 我对他说 信里说我们这些人当中留下的不多了 说得一点不错 比如说 每次我去参加老同学聚会 来的人总是越来越少 StudyParas25 27 reunion apartyattendedbymembersofthesamefamily school orothergroupwhohavenotseeneachotherforalongtime Beforeshewentabroadforfurtherstudy thewholefamilyhadabigfamilyreunion Thesoccerclubholdsanannualreunion Collocation classreunion familyreunion 毕业后的同班同学聚会 家人团聚 StudyParas25 ayearly No butwehungoutonthesamecornerwhenweweresingle Andthen whenweweremarried weusedtogotoeachother shouseeverynowandthen Butforthelast20or30yearsit sbeenmostlyjustChristmascards 没成家时我俩总在一起闲荡 后来 两人都成了家 就不时相互串门 可最近这二三十年来 主要就是寄寄圣诞卡了 Paraphrasethissentence Butwepassedourfreetimetogetherbeforewegotmarried StudyParas28 1 ButgenerallyspeakingwehavesentonlyChristmascardstokeepintouchwitheachotherforthelast20or30years Somestudentsoftenhangoutincyberbarsafterschool stayinornearaplace fornoparticularreason notdoingverymuch闲逛 转悠 1 Wecanjusthangaboutandhaveagoodtime Somepeopleoftenhungoutincoffeebarswhiletheywereunemployed hangout v StudyParas28 2 hangout v hangclothesonapieceofstringoutsideinordertodrythem Whatapain it srainingandI vejusthungthewashingout collocation hangabout around hangon hangover hangup 在 闲逛 不挂断 坚持下去 挂在 上 笼罩 威胁 挂断电话 搁置 拖延 hangonto 坚持 紧紧握着 StudyParas28 hang c f hangonhanguphangontohang