Unit4(B3) 单元学习任务.docVIP

Preview Tasks of Unit 4 (Book 3) （课文预习任务） 1. Key Words: Familiarize yourself with all the new words and phrases in both text A and B. For the difficult ones, look them up in the dictionary and take notes. The following are the key words and phrases in Text A and B. You can prepare by filling the table. Section A (For further practice, you can refer to Language focus on page 99, and Expressions in use on page 102.) 重点词汇 （A篇）词性中文例句或造句其它（构词法，联想、用法搭配等）1. console2. dense3. anniversary4. compulsory5. offset6. stubborn7. contemplate8. saturate9. literal10. exotic11. endow12. trivial13. ambiguity14. renaissance15. insular16. finite17. tradefor18. minglewith19. be open to sth.20. more often than notSection B (For further practice, you can refer to Language focus and Expressions in use on page 116.) 重点词汇 （B篇）词性中文例句或造句其它（构词法，联想、用法搭配等）1. sensational2. suppress3. fragrant4. venerable5. onset6. conceive7. reckless8. susceptible9. presume10. downside11. illicit12. menace13. irritate14. perplex15. despise16. ample17. license to do sth.18. Swap sth. with sb.19. throw/cast caution to the wind(s)20. constrain sb. From doing sth.2. Text: Read Text A through and get ready for the teachers check on your understanding. (To check your understanding, you may refer to Reading Comprehension on page 99) Read Text B through and get ready for some text-related exercises. (To check your understanding, you may refer to Reading Comprehension on page 115)3. Difficult sentences: Mark the following difficult sentences in text A, make sure you understand them, and get ready for paraphrase and oral translation. 1) The rest of the journey, however, can feel like a tedious lesson in the ills of modernity, from the predawn x-ray screening to the sad airport malls selling clusters of keepsakes. Its the result of globalized world, and it sucks. (Para.2) 2) The larger lesson, though, that our thoughts are saturated with the familiar. The brain is a space of near infinite possibility, which means that it spends a lot of time and energy choosing what not to notice. As a result, creativity is traded for efficiency; we think in finite, literal prose, not symbolic verse. (Para.6)3) A bit of distance, however, helps loosen the cognitive chains that imprison us, making it easier to mingle the new with the old; the mundane is grasped from a slightly more abstract perspective. (Para.6) 4) Such multicultural contrasts mean that seasoned travelers are open to ambiguity, willing to realize that there are decidedly different ways of interpreting the world .(Para.75) Instead, this renaissance of creativity appears to be a side effect of difference: we need to change cultures, to experience the disorienting diversity of human traditions. The same facets of foreign travel that are so confusing turn out to have a lasting impact, making us more creative because were less insular. (Para.8) 4. Grammar & Sentence pattern: Translate the following sentences into English with the expression or requirement in the racket. 1） 山不在高，有仙则名。（not because）2）人们觉得不幸福多半是因为他们太容易受到外界的影响了。3) 我肯定他们会愿意倾听大家任何意见和建议。（be open to sth.）4) 他们花了两周，这个问题才得以解决。（before）5. Information match:Read the following ten statements. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs in text B of this unit. I dandify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once.1. I traveled to China, and after that I also traveled to several countries during one trip, including Indonesia, Thailand, England and France. 2. I have been annoyed and confused many times because I cannot speak a local language, thus unable to understand or be understood by others. 3. Having no companion should not restrict you from doing what you want to do. Once you travel alone, youll be amazed at how thrilling your travel experiences will be. 4. There also have been disadvantages as shown by some unpleasant experiences. 5. If I have traveled with a companion, some of those problems might have not happen. But it would have prevented me from obtaining other opportunities that people can get only by traveling alone.6. Definitely you should be careful not to put yourself in a dangerous situation, and should always pay attention to the potential danger. 7. Other travelers can share stories with you about the local traditions and customs of the places theyve been to, and often they have deep understanding of the place you are visiting. 8. Whats important about traveling alone is to open your mind, be indifferent to the little annoyances and fully enjoy the trip.9. In Taiwan, two girls I met took me into their hotel room secretly. They gave me one of the beds, and took me to have a big dinner with their tour group.10. People ask me if traveling alone makes me sad or even asks me if Im more likely to be exposed to violence and danger. 6. Writing techniques:Task 1: The writing technique of cause-and-effect is characteristic of Text A. Learn to use the technique in your writing. Task 2: Essay writing (page 76)Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a passage based on one of topics below. You should write at least 200 words.1. What ca