21世纪大学英语读写教程 第二册第5单元b篇 课件（含课后答案）

Unit 5: Part B,21st Century College English: Book 2,Revision of Text A,Dictation,You are going to hear 5 sentences. Each will be read three times. Write down the sentences according to the dictation.,Check-up,Dictation,1,2,It offered her only a small loan and expected her family to come up with the rest.,Postponing my dream hurt, but it was the only possibility.,3,4,Priscilla soon found that her restaurant job just didnt pay enough for her to make ends meet.,Priscilla threw herself into the work, and the project supervisors were impressed.,5,Not having to work so many hours allowed her to make school her priority.,Exercises Cloze,XIV. Fill each blank below with a word from the following list,读写教程 II: Ex. XIV, p. 145,When I visited the Netherlands last year, my first impression was that it was all too good to be true: a country where everyone is satisfied?! So, _ that young people everywhere are gifted social critics, I sought _ some university students and _ what issues young people were concerned about. I was _ to learn that the main problem students there see is with employment. In a country thats made good work conditions an _, this came as a real surprise. Even more _ was the fact that it wasnt unemployment that these students were worried about it was as a shortage of highly paid management positions _ to fresh university graduates.,knowing,inquired,out,stunned,stunning,priority,available,Exercises Cloze,_ the students expressed their resentment toward the older generation for “taking _ all the good jobs” and their bitterness over the thought of struggling to _ ends meet on an entry-level salary, I couldnt help looking back _ my own early employment experiences. I had graduated with honors from a good school, but my first job was doing door-to-door market research for salary that just barely allowed me to _ by. For some reason I never resented that or doubted that Id _ end up with a better job.,make,on,up,get,ultimately,As,Exercises Cloze,I simply accepted that a young person who was just starting out would have to struggle a bit at _. I didnt _ that my university education gave me the right to expect special treatment. I thought my university education was a special privilege.,first,assume,Exercises Cloze,XIII.Translate the following sentences into English.,Translation,读写教程 II: Ex. XIII, p. 145,1. 这所大学只提供给普里西一小笔贷款，余下的钱得靠她自己去筹划。,offer,The university offered Priscilla only a small loan and she had to come up with the rest of the money herself.,a small loan,come up with,Translation,2. 凭着她在餐馆工作的微薄收入，玛丽几乎无法维持生活。因此，她已在所住的公寓大楼里找了一些清扫大楼的工作做。,with,With the small income from her restaurant job, Mary could barely make (both) ends meet. Thats why she had found some cleaning work to do in the apartment building where she lived.,make both ends meet,thats why,Translation,3. 在头两个学期她经常熬夜学习，因为她知道必须在班上取得最高的平均积分点才有资格获得那份奖学金。,stay up late study,In the first two semesters, she often stayed up late studying because she knew she had to get the highest GPA in her class to qualify for the scholarship.,the highest GPA,quality for,Translation,4.任何人想在那家公司找到工作，即便没有博士学位，至少也得有个硕士学位，不然就不会被录用。,find employment in/with that company,Anyone who wants to find employment in/with that company must have at least a masters degree, if not a Ph.D. Otherwise he or she will not be accepted.,if not,at least,Translation,5. 只要你全心全意地投身于学习，你终将会达到你成为一名考古学家的长远目标。,only if,Only if you throw yourself into your studies will you ultimately achieve your long-term goal of becoming an archaeologist.,throw oneself into,archaeologist,Translation,6. 在办公室里贝思看上去一直很开心，脸上随时带着微笑。但在内心深处她已厌倦了做秘书。她想做点有创意的事情。,have a ready smile,In the office Beth always looked happy and had a ready smile. But deep down, she was tired of being a secretary. She wanted to do something more creative.,deep down,be tired of doing something,Translation,7. 我父亲是来自墨西哥的农业季节工人。当我被华盛顿大学录取，成为我家上大学的第一人时，他高兴极了。,migrant farm laborer,A migrant farm laborer from Mexico, my father was overjoyed when I was accepted by the University of Washington and became the first person in my family to attend college.,be overjoyed,Translation,8. 普西拉里回忆起初艰苦奋斗年月时说，在工作和学习之间取得平衡是不容易的。,look back on,When Priscilla looked back on her years of hard struggle, she said that it was no easy job to balance work and study.,years of hard struggle,balance,Translation,Reading SkillUnderstanding Idiomatic Expressions Intensive Study Difficult SentencesKey words and phrasesText-related Information Comprehension Check,Text B,Understanding Idiomatic Expressions II,Reading Skill,Remember what we learned in Unit 3? hypothesizing the meaning of idiomatic expressions. In the case of idiomatic expressions, word formation clues can be misleading, but context clues examples, explanations, contrasts or parallel phrases will help you figure out the meanings.,XVII.Practice your skills at hypothesizing the meanings of some idiomatic expressions before you read Text B. Match the words and expressions listed on the left with the best definitions on the right and hypothesize what the words and expressions probably mean. Then scan the article until you locate each word or phrase, and look for context clues to check your hypothesis.Write the number of the definition you choose in the space provided.,读写教程 II: Ex. XVII, p. 149,Reading Skill,Understanding Idiomatic Expressions,1)soft sell2)close a sale3)play havoc in sth.4)get even (with sb.)5)get back at sb.,Reading Skill,C)selling by suggestion or gentle persuasion of buyers,G)succeed in selling sth.,F)cause a great deal of confusion, problems, etc. in sth.,H)punish sb. in return for something wrong they did to you,H)punish sb. in return for something wrong they did to you,6)patch up7)knock sb. dead8)the last straw9)a sex object,Reading Skill,E)impress sb. very much,B)the final event in a series that finally makes sb. give up or get angry, etc.,A)someone who is admired only for being sexually attractive,D)settle (a quarrel or disagreement),The Soft SellArt Buchwald1One of the problems with todays economy is that its very hard to find young people who are good salesmen. Many students coming out of college are more interested in a customers motivation than they are in closing a sale. They also have a tendency to be too honest, which can play havoc in the retail business.,Text B,2A friend of mine has a dress shop here in Georgetown, and she told me of the problems she had with a young lady, a psychology major, whom she had hired as a salesgirl. This, in essence, is what happened:3The first day a lady came in the store, and the salesgirl (let us call her Miss Brampton) asked if she could be of help.4“Id like a suit for the fall,” the lady said.5“What price range?” Miss Brampton asked. 6“It doesnt make any difference,” the lady replied.,Text B,7“Well, let me ask you this question: Do you want the suit because you need it? Or have you just had a fight with your husband and are trying to get even by making a very expensive purchase?”8“I beg your pardon?” the lady said.9“Perhaps you suspect he has a girlfriend, and you think this is the only way you can get back at him.”10“I have no idea what youre talking about,” the customer said.11“Spending money in anger is a very expensive form of hostility. My advice to you is to think it over for a few days. Try to patch up your differences. Buying a new suit wont save your marriage.”,Text B,12 “Thank you very much,” the customer said coldly and left the store.13 “Shes angry with me now,” Miss Brampton told the dress shop owner, “but in a week shell be grateful I talked her out of it.” 14My friend the shop owner decided to let the incident pass; but that afternoon another customer came in, and Miss Brampton asked if she could be of help.15The lady said, “I need something really exciting. Im going to the Kennedy Center, and I want a dress that will knock everyone dead.”,Text B,16 Miss Brampton said, “We have some lovely evening dresses over here for insecure people.”17“Insecure people?”18“Oh, yes. Didnt you know that clothes are one of the main ways women compensate for insecurity?”19“Im not insecure,” the lady said angrily.,Text B,20“Then why do you want to knock them dead at the Kennedy Center? Why cant you be accepted for yourself instead of what you wear? You are a very attractive person, and you have an inner beauty you try to disguise. I can sell you a new dress that will attract attention, but then you would never know if it was you or the dress that made people stop and stare.” 21By this time the dress shop owner decided to step in. 22“Miss Brampton, if the lady wants an evening dress, let her see our evening dresses.”,Text B,23“No,” the customer said. “Your girl is right. Why spend five hundred dollars to get a few compliments from people who really dont care what I wear? Thank you for helping me, young lady. Its true Ive been insecure all these years and didnt even know it.”24The customer walked out of the store.25The last straw for the dress store owner took place an hour later when a college student came in to buy a miniskirt, and Miss Brampton gave her thirty minutes on womens lib and then said, “All you do when you buy miniskirts is to become a sex object.”26That night the dress shop owner put a sign in the window: HELP WANTED NO PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS NEED APPLY.,Text B,soft sell,method of selling or advertising that involves gentle persuasion rather than putting pressure on people,Text-related information,Art Buchwald (1925- )Born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., Art Buchwald is a Jewish Americannewspaper columnist and humorist.He specializes in political and socialsatire; his columns appear in about500 newspapers. He was awarded thePulitzer Prize for commentary in 1982.,Many students coming out of college are more interested in a customers motivation than they are in closing a sale.,closing a sale succeed in selling a product,Paraphrase the sentence:?,Many young people graduating from college and working as salesmen are more interested in a customers reason to buy sth. than they are interested in actually selling a product.,not make any/ the slightest difference/ makes no difference not important; have no effect (on sth.),e.g.You can ask him again if you like, but it wont make any difference.What I said makes no difference.,get even get revenge (报复),e.g.She scratched the door of his car so he got even with her and let the air out of her tyres.He certainly had me fooled; Ill get even with him one day.,I beg your pardon?, What did you say?,In the context, the lady said “I beg your pardon” not really because she had not heard what the salesgirl had said and wanted her to repeat it, but rather because she felt offended at the girls tactless words about her husband and her.,Text-related information,John F. Kennedy Center for Performing ArtsThe Kennedy Center, located on the bank of the Potomac River near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, is Americas National Cultural Center. President F. Kennedy, a lifelong supporter and advocate of the arts, took the lead in raising funds for the Center. Two months after his assassination in November 1963, Congress designated the National Cultural Center as a “living memorial” to Kennedy, and helped build what is now known as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Opened to the public on September 8, 1971, the Center presents the latest musical and theatrical performances.,Why cant you be accepted for yourself instead of what you wear?,Paraphrase the sentence:?,Why cant you be appreciated by other people for your own character or ability rather than for your clothing?,Miss Brampton gave her thirty minutes on womens lib, Miss Brampton talked to her about womens liberation for about thirty minutes,Comprehension Check,1.The main target of the authors humor is _. A)the idealism of college students B) the hidden motivations of consumers C) both A and B,读写教程 II: Ex. XVIII, p.153,1.The main target of the authors humor is _. A)the idealism of college students B)the hidden motivations of consumers C)both A and B,Comprehension Check,2.The author argues that college students are rarely good salespeople because they _. A)are too eager to satisfy the customers B)spend too much time talking with the customers C)dont lie enough,2.The author argues that college students are rarely good salespeople because they _. A)are too eager to satisfy the customersB)spend too much time talking with the customers C)dont lie enough,Comprehension Check,3.The author considers the salesgirls analysis of the first customers motivation _.A)possibly true, but not suitable for a situationB)totally wrong, and not suitable for a sales situationC)too complex for the customer to comprehend,3.The author considers the salesgirls analysis of the first customers motivation _.A)possibly true, but not suitable for a situationB)totally wrong, and not suitable for a sales situationC)too complex for the customer to comprehend,Comprehension Check,4.The salesgirls satisfaction after the customer left arose from her _.A) incomprehension of the aims of retail businessB) successful application of what she learned at collegeC) both A and B,4.The salesgirls satisfaction after the customer left arose from her _.A) incomprehension of the aims of retail businessB) successful application of what she learned at collegeC) both A and B,Comprehension Check,5.The author describes the incident with the second customer in order to provide _.A)a contrast to the first incidentB)a further example in support of his argument.C)an example of how retailers could serve their customers better,5.The author describes the incident with the second customer in order to provide _.A)a contrast to the first incidentB)a further example in support of his argument.C)an example of how retailers could serve their customers better,Comprehension Check,6.The dress shop owner decided to step in because she _.A)felt sorry for the customerB)was tired of the salesgirlC)didnt want to lose another customer,6.The dress shop owner decided to step in because she _.A)felt sorry for the customerB)was tired of the salesgirlC)didnt want to lose another customer,Comprehension Check,7.From the incident with the third customer, we know that the salesgirl is against _. A) womens libB) becoming a sex objectC) all retail customers,7.From the incident with the third customer, we know that the salesgirl is against _. A) womens libB) becoming a sex objectC) all retail customers,Comprehension Check,8.From the final paragraph, we know that the shop owner _.A)fired the salesgirlB)changed her sales techniquesC)decided to close her shop,8.From the final paragraph, we know that the shop owner _.A)fired the salesgirlB)changed her sales techniquesC)decided to close her shop,You will hear 10 short conversations. After each conversation you will hear a question. Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given.,Short Conversations,听说教程 II: Part 5.3, p. 76,Listening Practice: Conversations,Listening Practice: Conversations,1.A) 155.B) 150. C) 170.D) 175.,2. A)Whether to rent the house or not.B)How to arrange the furniture in a anew house.C)What size the room is. D)Whether to buy a new bed.,Listening Practice: Conversations,3. A)Join the students union herself.B)Attend the next union meeting.C)Persuade other union members not to quit.D)Help the man find someone to fill the vacancy.,Listening Practice: Conversations,4. A)To reach it, you have to go to the end of a corridor.B)Its on the first floor. C)Its to the right of the elevator. D)Its downstairs.,Listening Practice: Conversations,5. A)Employee number.B)Quality.C)Color number. D)Quantity.,Listening Practice: Conversations,6. A)In a restaurant.B)In an office.C)In a classroom.D)In a hotel.,Listening Practice: Conversations,7. A)Teacher and students.B)Nurse and patient. C)Driver and passenger.D)Employee and employee.,Listening Practice: Conversations,8. A)She didnt buy the coat.B)She bought the coat on sale. C)She was glad that the coat fit her so well. D)She thought the coat was too expensive.,Listening Practice: Conversations,9. A)A secretary.B)A tailor. C)A nurse. D)A housewife.,Listening Practice: Conversations,10.A)The woman is satisfied that the book has been returned.B)The woman will not lend books to anyone. C)The man is too embarrassed to borrow a book from the woman.D)The man cant find the book he borrowed from the woman.,Listening Practice: Conversations,Check-up,Listening Practice: Check-up,1.A) 155.B) 150. C) 170.D) 175.,1.A) 155.B) 150. C) 170.D) 175.,1.W:Good morning. Can I help you?M:Yes, please. I want to know the fees for your summer courses.W:Well, each costs 150 plus a 5 registration fee.M:And do I have to pay a deposit?W:Yes, for each course we need a deposit of 20.M:Oh, thank you.Q:How much does one have to pay for a course?,Listening Practice: Check-up,Listening Pra