新视野大学英语2 Time-Conscious Americans.ppt

Time ConsciousAmericans Unit1SectionA Contents Warming upActivities Thinking Listening Suggestion Discussing Situation1 Dr TomMcDivernfromNYispracticingmedicineinaruralareainSaudiArabia Hisopeningdaywasbookedfullyaweekago Buthalfanhourpassed neitherofhisfirsttwopatientsarrived Why Why Why Warming upActivities Thinking Americanstendtobe TotheArabians isacceptable punctual halfanhour or40minuteslate Warming upActivities Thinking Situation2 Onyourwayhome itoccurredtoyouthatyourAmericanfriendMaryhadinvitedyoutovisitherwhenyouwerefree Thenyoudroppedinonherhouse Butwhenyouknockedatthedoor Warming upActivities Thinking InChina it sOKtovisitfriendswithoutcallingaheadoftime WhileintheU S it simpolitetodoso Maryfeltsurprised Why OhmyGoddess Warming upActivities Thinking WhatisthepolitewayintheU S Callingaheadoftime Warming upActivities Thinking Before7 00 tohelphertoprepare B 5 10 late nottobethefirstguest C After8 00 I mtheVIP D 5 10 earlier it sapolitewaytoshowmyrespectforher Situation3 YourAmericanfriendinvitedyoutoherpartytonightat7 30 Whenareyousupposedtogetthere Why Warming upActivities Thinking IntheU S peopletendtobe InChina closefriendstendtoarrive butacquaintancestendtoarrive 5 10 late B before7 00 A 5 10 earlier D Warming upActivities Thinking Whatleadstothesedifferences THISMAYBEDUETOCULTURALDIFFERENCES MonochronicTimeisacommodity Itisnecessarytousetimewiselyandnotwasteit Efficiencyisveryimportantresultinginasenseofurgencyinmanymatters Timeisthegivenandpeoplearethevariable PolychronicTimeislimitless Timeisnotquantifiable Thereisalwaysmoretime andpeoplearenevertoobusy Timeistheservantandtoolofpeopleandisadjustedtosuittheneedsofpeople Warming upActivities Thinking Timeisthe inallplaces butpeople srelationshipwithtimeis fromcountrytocountry Inthe timeisreal preciousresource andeveryminute Peopleherearealwaysinarushandunder Therearenoshortconversationsorsmall withstrangersbecausepeoplethinkitis Doesthissoundlikeyourcountry Ifitdoesnotandifyoudon tthinkyou suchaplaceyouwouldmost beunhappyintheUnitedStateswheredoingthingsquicklyis asaskill same different UnitedStates counts pressure exchanges awasteoftime wouldlike likely seen Warming upActivities Listening 1 greetings2 thinking3 expressingideas4 educating5 parenting 6 respondingtocompliments praise Culturaldifferencesexistinthewaysof Warming upActivities Discussing Learningaforeignlanguagewellmeansmorethanmasteringthepronunciation grammarandexpressions Italsomeanslearningitsculture Warming upActivities Suggestion ReadingComprehension Fastreading Mainidea Detailedreading Oralreport ReadingComprehension A Americansstarttalkingbusinessquicklybecausetheynormallyknowothersbyprofessionalassessment B Americanstreattimeasapreciousresourceandwanteveryminutetocount C IntheU S afinalagreementwillbesignedinteleconferences D Americansmanufacturelabor savingdevicestosavetime E Finishingajobsuccessfullymeansbeingskillfulandcompetenttosolveaproblem F Americansimpressforeignerswiththeirgreatfocusontime G TimeandlaboraretwoelementsthatAmericanssavecarefully H ItispolitetoworkquicklyinAmerican whileitmaybeimpoliteforsomeforeigners I HurryindaytimemealsandinastoreiscommoninAmerica J NewarrivalsinAmericadonotgetusedtohaveabusinesscallwithoutopeningexchanges Par 4 Par 2 Par 6 Par 5 Par 8 Par 3 Par 1 Par 8 Par 3 Par 4 Fastreading ReadingComprehension Mainidea Pleasereadthetextandtrytofindthetopicsentencesofsomeparagraphsorsumupthemainideasoftheotherparagraphs ReadingComprehension Mainidea Thistextisan writinginthatthewritertellsushowAmericantreat asapreciousresource Theyholdthatitisasignofskillfulnessorbeing tosolveaproblem orfulfillajobsuccessfully with However peopleofdifferentculturesbelievethatitisimpolitetoworktoo andthatassignmentsare consequently givenaddedweightbythe oftime expository time competent speed quickly passage ReadingComprehension Detailedreading Pleasereadthetextandanswerthequestionsonpage7 ReadingComprehension Oralreport Howdoyouunderstand Oncethesandshaverunoutofaperson shourglass theycannotbereplaced 2 Doyoupreferaslowpaceoflifeorafastpace Giveyourreasons Exercise Practice Writing Translation Exercise Practice Writing PartIWriting 30minutes Directions Forthispart youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayaboutacampusactivitythathasbenefitedyoumost Youshouldstatethereasonsandwriteatleast120wordsbutmorethan180words aclassmateofyourswhohasinfluencedyoumostincollegeacoursethathasimpressedyoumostincollege Exercise Practice PartITranslation 30minutes Directions Forthispart youareallowed30minutestotranslateapassagefromChineseintoEnglish YoushouldwriteyouransweronAnswerSheet2 越来越多的中国年轻人正对旅游产生兴趣 这是近年来的新趋势 年轻游客数量的不断增加 可以归因于他们迅速提高的收入和探索外部世界的好奇心 随着旅行多了 年轻人在大城市和著名景点花的时间少了 他们反而更为偏远的地方所吸引 有些人甚至选择长途背包旅行 最近调查显示 很多年轻人想要通过旅行体验不同的文化 丰富知识 拓宽视野 Translation Exercise Practice MoreandmoreChineseyoungpeoplearegettinginterestedintraveling whichisanewtrendinrecentyears Theincreasingnumberofyoungtravelerscanbeattributedtotherapidgrowthoftheirincomeandthecuriositytoexploretheoutsideworld Withmoretravel youngstersspendlesstimeinbigcitiesandfamousscenicspots Instead theyaremoreattractedtoremoteplaces Someofthemwouldevenchooselongdistancebackpacking Arecentsurveyshowsthatmanyyoungpeoplewanttoexperiencedifferentcultures enrichtheirknowledge andbroadentheirhorizonsthroughtravel Translation Enjoymenttime APoem Enjoymenttime TimeTorealizethevalveofONEYEARaskthestudentwhohasfailedaclass TorealizethevalueofONEMONTH askamotherwhogavebirthtoaprematurebaby TorealizethevalueofONEWEEK asktheeditorofaweeklynewspaper TorealizethevalueofONEHOUR asktheloverswhoarewaitingtomeet Enjoymenttime Torealizetheva