《新编实用英语教程一》Unit6Reading.ppt

公共外语教研室 Unit6 IAmaBitNervousAboutMyEnglish PassageI MaintainingaSharpEye RelatedInformationIntensiveStudyPractice TOEFLstandsfortheTestOfEnglishasForeignLanguage ThepurposeofthetestistoevaluatetheEnglishproficiencyofnonnativespeakersofEnglishwhowishtostudyinAmericancollegesanduniversities TOEFLscoresareusedbymorethan2300institutionsintheU S andCanada Thereisnosingle passingscore forthistest Theminimumscoreforadmittancetoaninstitutionissetbythatinstitution TOEFLisadministeredbyETS theEducationalTestingService Text relatedInformation ThefullnameforGREistheGraduateRecordExamination whichisamultiple choiceexaminationdesignedtomeasuretheverbal quantitative andanalyticalskillsonehasdevelopedinthecourseofhisacademiccareer ThegeneralscholasticabilityismeasuredbytheGeneralTest TheAdvancedTest alsoSubjectTest dealswithspecificsubjectmattercorrespondingtothespecificgraduatestudy BecausethereisastrongcorrelationbetweenhighGREscoresandtheprobabilityofsuccessingraduateschool manygraduateandprofessionalschoolsrequirethattheirapplicantstakeGRE GREisalsoadministeredbytheETS inPrinceton NewJersey Text DifficultSentences ImportantWords IntensiveStudy IAmaBitNervousAboutMyEnglish Para 1 I mRobertLee aseniorataChineseuniversity IamplanningtostudyElectronicEngineeringintheUnitedStatesthiscomingsummerifIamluckyenoughtobeadmittedtoMiamiUniversity However IamabitnervousaboutmyEnglish soI mspendingalotoftimestudyingithard Ithinkmypronunciationisn taccurateenoughtomakemyselfunderstood andImighteasilygetconfused I membarrassedwhenpeoplelosemeinthemiddleofaconversationorviceversa Also Ifindthegrammarverydifficult Sometimes Iknoweverywordinanexpression butIdon tknowwhatitimplies Honestly Iunderstandverylittle 1 2 3 PassageI Para 2 1 ItisfunnybecauseIusedtostudyEnglishjustforentertainment tokilltime butnowIhaveaparticularpurposeforit soIhavefoundatutorformyself Mytutorholdshermaster sdegreeineducationandisveryhelpful Sheassignsmequitealotofhomework andwantsmetomemorizeallthephrasesandexpressions Shesaysitisnecessarytopracticeasmuchaspossibleuntiltheyarefixedinmymind AndthemoreIapplytheminrealsituations themorenaturaltheywillbecome 4 5 6 PassageI Para 2 2 However IfinditsoboringtopracticesomuchandI mgettingdiscouraged Mytutoralsosayslanguageisatool andpeopleuseittoexpresstheirideas thoughtsandfeelings andallthesearedeterminedbyculture Asaresult whenIunderstandtheculturalbackground Icanusethelanguagebetter Shealsoasksmetoreadalot Mytutorsoundslikeaprofessor andIfeelluckytohaveherasmytutor PassageI Para 3 MyAmericanfriendBurthelpsmealot too HeknowsmyproblembecauseIhaveexchangedmyideaswithhim Hetoldmetorelax HesaidactuallythemostefficientwaytoreachmygoalwouldbetohaveataperecorderoraCDplayer EithertheCDsortapeshavenativevoices andIcanstudythembylisteningagainandagainandimitatingthesoundsasmanytimesasIwish Ithinkthisisagoodidea ThatwayI mnotonlytrainingmylisteningcomprehensionbutalsomyspeakingability 7 PassageI Para 4 Luckily IhavealreadypassedboththeTestofEnglishasForeignLanguage TOEFL andGraduateRecordsExam GRE butIfeelIstillhavealongwaytogoinEnglishstudy PassageI 1 Para 1 IamplanningtostudyElectronicEngineeringintheUnitedSatesthiscomingsummerifIamluckyenoughtobeadmittedtoMiamiUniversity adjective enough structure acceptedby 如果我能够幸运地被迈阿密大学录取 我打算今年夏天去美国学电子工程 IwouldcompeteforMayerifIwerefamousenoughtobeknownbythewholetown DifficultSentences adjective enough structure 2 Para 1 Ithinkmypronunciationisn taccurateenoughtomakemyselfunderstood andImighteasilygetconfused 我觉得自己的发音不准 说英语别人听不懂 我自己也很容易搞糊涂 Shehadgreatfearthatshewasn tworldlyenoughtomakeherselfacceptedbyherfutureparents in law andshemightgetirritated V O OCstructure get typepassivevoice DifficultSentences 3 Para 1 I membarrassedwhenpeoplelosemeinthemiddleofaconversationorviceversa 当在谈话中人们无法理解我或是我听不懂别人的话时 我觉得尴尬极了 Thecouplebothfeelawkwardwhenthehusbandstartstoarguewiththewifeorviceversa adv 反之亦然 DifficultSentences 过去 常常 4 Para 2 ItisfunnybecauseIusedtostudyEnglishjustforentertainment tokilltime butnowIhaveaparticularpurposeforit soIfoundatutorformyself 说来好笑 因为我过去学英语只是觉得好玩 为了消磨时间 但是现在我却有特定的目的 所以我为自己找了一位家教 Iusedtoreadbestsellersforentertainment tokilltime 都表示 目的 DifficultSentences 5 Para 2 Shesaysitisnecessarytodrillasmuchaspossibleuntiltheyarefixedinmymind 她说我必须尽可能多地练习 直到它们刻印在我的脑海中 Itisexcitingtoswingashighaspossibleuntilyoubecomescared 形式主语 修饰动词不定式 引导时间状语从句 DifficultSentences 6 Para 2 AndthemoreIapplytheminrealsituations themorenaturaltheywillbecome 而且在实际情况中应用得越多 英语就越自然 ThemoreIcontacthim themoreIunderstandhim themore themore structure DifficultSentences Correlativeconjunction either or 7 Para 3 EithertheCDsortapeshavenativevoices andIcanstudythembylisteningagainandagainandimitatingthesoundsasmanytimesasIwish 无论是影碟还是录音带都有原声 我可以一遍又一遍地听 随心所欲地一遍又一遍地模仿这些声音 学习它们 Eitherworkorentertainmentbringsfuntoyourlife andyoucanenjoyitbyworkingashardasyoucanandrelaxingasmuchaspossible DifficultSentences Beingseniors everyoneisbusylookingforajob Heworkedasateacher sassistantwhenhewasaseniorathighschool AmE astudentinthelastyearofaschooloruniversity 美 普通学校或大学 最高年级 毕业班 的学生 seniorn RelatedWordsfreshman大学一年级学生sophomore大学二年级学生junior大学三年级学生senior大学四年级学生 FOREXAMPLE ImportantWords Icannotadmityouintothetheatre Hewasadmittedtothebestuniversityofthecountry permit apersonorthing toenter letin许可进入 录取 admitv FOREXAMPLE ImportantWords Thisisanaccuratedescriptionofwhathadhappened Thewritingispraisedforitsaccuratechoiceofwords carefulandexact准确的 accurateadj FOREXAMPLE ImportantWords Youmustbeconfusingmewithsomeoneelse Igetmoreconfusedafteryourexplanation Thesituationatpresentisratherconfusing makelessclear makemoredifficulttounderstand使混乱 使迷惑 confusev confusingadj 令人迷惑的confusedadj 觉得迷惑的 FOREXAMPLE ImportantWords Helikesplayingcrosswordpuzzletokilltime Sheusedtokilltimebymakingdresses maketimepassquicklybydoingsomething消磨时间 打发时间 killtime FOREXAMPLE ImportantWords Thegeneralmanagercalledhimtoassignhimthenewtask Shehasbeenassignedtotakecareofkids givesomeonetheworktodo分配 任务 assignv assignmentn 任务 课外 作业 FOREXAMPLE ImportantWords Thegirlissocleverthatshecanmemorizethepoemafterhearingitonlytwice HowIwishIcouldmemorizealltherulesandtheirexceptionsoftheEnglishgrammar learnandremember记住 记忆 memorizev memoryn 记忆 FOREXAMPLE ImportantWords Youmustbeabletoapplywhatyoulearntatschooltoyourfuturework Thisscientificdiscoverycanbeappliedindustrially bringorputitintouse使用 应用 applyv apply to 把 应用到 FOREXAMPLE ImportantWords Whetherhewillgoorstayisdeterminedbythegirlheloved Whatkindofweatherwewillgetdetermineswhetherwecangooutforapicnic bethecauseof control bedependedon确定 限定 控制 determinev FOREXAMPLE ImportantWords Couplesneedtoexchangeideasfrequentlyinordertounderstandeachother Sheexchangedheropiniononthiseventwithhimandfoundsurprisinglyhesharedherview togiveandreceive sth inreturnfor sth else 交换 交易 exchangev FOREXAMPLE ImportantWords Themusicwillcertainlyrelaxyou comeandlistentoit Sitdownandrelax leavetheworktilltomorrow make becomelessactiveandstopworrying 使 放松 轻松 relaxv FOREXAMPLE ImportantWords Sheisaveryefficientsecretaryandrunstheofficewell Thisisanefficientmethodtocutdownthecost workingwellandfast效率高的 efficientadj FOREXAMPLE ImportantWords ReadandThinkReadandCompleteReadandTranslateReadandSimulate Practice ReadandThink Readthepassagecarefullyanddothemultiplechoiceexercise 1 RobertLeeis a anAmericanstudentstudyinginaChineseuniversityb anAmericanstudentplanningtostudyinaChineseuniversityc aChinesestudentadmittedtoMiamiUniversityd aChinesestudentplanningtostudyatMiamiUniversity2 RobertLeefeelsembarrassedfor a hispoorEnglishpronunciationb spendingalotoftimelearningEnglishc notbeingabletofindpeopletohaveaconversationwithd failingtofollowpeopleinaconversation d d 3 Thephrase tokilltime Line1 para 2 means a tospendalotoftimeb tosavetimebyeverymeansc topasstimebydoinguselessthingsd tostudyforfun4 RobertLeethinkshistutorsoundslikeaprofessorbecause a sheholdsamaster sdegreeineducationb sheassignsalotofhomeworkc herviewonlanguageandcultureisquiteacademicd sheusesEnglishtoexpressherthoughtsandfeelings ReadandThink c c 5 Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage a Languageisatoolforpeopletocommunicatewitheachother b Toomuchlanguagepracticingisuseless c Culturalbackgroundcanbeignoredinlearningaforeignlanguage d Extensivereadingshouldbediscouragedinlearningalanguage 6 AccordingtoLee sfriend listeningtoCDsandtapes a isarelaxingwaytolearnalanguageb onlyhelpstoimproveherlisteningcomprehension c isgoodonlyfortrainingone sspeakingabilityd istheonlywaytoimitatethenativevoices ReadandThink a a ReadandComplete Fillintheblankswithoutreferringbacktothepassage RobertLeeisstudyingEnglishveryhardandhopestobeadmittedto1 Hewantstostudy2 there butheisstillworriedabouthispoorEnglish Thoughhehasalreadypassed3 hestill4 inhisEnglishstudy Hefindsa5 tohelphim whosoundslike6 inlanguageteachingandwhohelpshimalot Healsohas7 whooffershimgoodadviceinimprovinghislisteningcomprehensionandspeakingability aprofessor ElectronicEngineering TOEFLand hasalongwaytogo tutor MiamiUniversity anAmericanfriend GRE Completethefollowingstatementsaccordingtothepassage 1 RobertLee bothTOEFLandGREandisplanningtostudyintheU S 2 HestillthinkshisEnglish isnotaccurateenoughandhehastroubleinusingEnglish 3 RobertLeeusedtostudyEnglishto butnowhehasa 4 Histutorsayslanguageisatoolwithwhichpeopleexpresstheir 5 Thetutorwantshimtomemorizeallthe 6 HisAmericanfriendsaysthatlisteningto canhelphimalotinimprovingbothlisteningcomprehensionandspeakingability haspassed pronunciation grammar killtime specialpurpose ideas thoughtsandfeelings phrasesandexpressions CDsortapes ReadandComplete Fillintheblankswiththeproperwordsandexpressionsgivenbelow changingtheformifnecessary admittedefficientconfuseapplydetermineexchangerelaxassigndiscouraged 1 AslongasIworkhard mydreamof toHarvardUniversitywillcometrue 2 Peoplehavebeenusedto businesscardswitheachotherwhentheyfirstmeet 3 Havingtakentheintensivetrainingcourseforawholemonth RobertLeedecidedtogoandseeamovieto abit beingadmitted exchanging relax ReadandComplete 4 Theteacher ussomuchhomeworkthatalmosteveryoneofusfelt 5 Tobeabletocommunicate withnativespeakersisalwaysthefinalgoalofmyEnglishstudy 6 Universitygraduatesoftenfindithardto whattheyhavelearnedatcollegetotheirjobs 7 Toomanychoicesatonetime her andshecouldn t whichjobtotake assigned discouraged efficient apply confused determine ReadandComplete ReadandTranslate TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish 1 面试时她说错了话 感到很尴尬 2 她觉得自己很幸运 一下子考过了托福和GRE saythewrongthing embarrassed Shefeltembarrassedwhenshesaidthewrongthingattheinterview ShefeltluckytohavepassedTOEFLandGREatonetime lucky Havingreachedhisgoalandgothisdiploma Chriswantstogooutforentertainment RuthremindsBurtagainandagaintorelaxattheopeningceremony ReadandTranslate 3 露丝一遍又一遍地提醒波特 在开幕式上要放松 4 完成了目标 拿到了毕业文凭 克里斯想外出娱乐一下 againandagain openingceremony reachone sgoal relax goout ReadandTranslate 5 只要拨打121 你就可以在电话里听到最新的气象信息 而且你想听几遍都可以 weatherreport asmanytimesas wished Dial121 andthenyoucanhearthelatestweatherreportonthephoneasmanytimesasyouwish ReadandSimulate PayattentiontotheitalicizedpartsintheEnglishsentencesandtranslatetheChinesesentencesbysimulatingthestructureoftheEnglishsentences 1 I mplanningtogototheU S ifI mluckyenoughtobeadmittedtoMiamiUniversity Mypronunciationisn taccurateenoughtomakemeunderstood 如果我有幸被派到欧洲 那么我一定不会放过这个机会 如果汤姆有幸入选国家队 他一定不会让球迷失望 IfTomisluckyenoughtobeselectedfortheNationalTeam hewilldefinitelynotdisappointthefans IfI mluckyenoughtobesenttoEurope Isurelywon tletthisopportunitygo ReadandSimulate 2 IusedtostudyEnglishforentertainment Heusedtosmokeforrelaxation 以前他学弹钢琴是为了打发时光 以前他帮助这个孤独的老妇人是为了好名声 Heusedtolearntoplaythepianoforkillingtime Theyusedtohelpthislonelyoldladyforgoodreputation ReadandSimulate 3 Itisnecessarytopracticeasmuchaspossibleuntiltheyarefixedinmymind Itisnecessarytopracticeasmuchaspossibleuntilyoucanusethem 有必要尽可能地多听 直到你能马上识别 identify 这些声音 有必要尽可能地多记生词 直到你能与外国人交流 Itisnecessarytolistenasmuchaspossibleuntilyou