新世纪大学英语(第二版)综合教程第2册Unit5

1、Unit 5 The Value of Life,Get Started,Listen and Respond,Optional Classroom Activities,Enhance Your Language Awareness,Read and Explore,Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions. 1. Are you enjoying college life at present? 2. What do you appreciate most in this world? Why?

2、 3. What specific goals do you have in life? 4. What can you do to make your life more valuable andmeaningful?,Study the following quotes about the value of life. Which quote do you like best? Why?,The purpose of life is a life of purpose. Robert Byrne,Click Picture,Interpretation: We need to know w

3、hat we live for and always bear in mind the purpose of life. If we just drift along without any purpose in mind, our lives will just be wasted existences.,We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill,Click Picture,Interpretation: We cannot survive without food,

4、clothes and other things we can get. But a worthy life does not depend on how much we can get; rather it depends on how much we can give others. Giving, rather than taking, makes us different from other animals.,Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gand

5、hi,Click Picture,Interpretation: If we were aware that our lifespan is rather limited, we would try to spend it on more meaningful things and refuse to waste our time. When it comes to learning, we should never stop the quest for knowledge, as if we were immortal.,There are only two ways to live you

6、r life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein,Click Picture,Interpretation: Everyone can live but once. But life can be very different because of the different attitudes towards life. When we take everything for granted, we will find l

7、ife very dull. If we choose to appreciate whatever comes our way, we will be able to find the true value of life.,A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. Charles Darwin,Click Picture,Interpretation: If we really love life and understand its true value, we woul

8、dnt waste any time on trivial things.,Watch the following video clip “Helen Keller Speaks Out” and then complete the tasks that follow:,click here,1. What is so remarkable about Helen Keller according to the video?,She is deaf and blind, but depending on touch, taste and smell, and the help of Anne,

9、 her teacher, she manages to learn to read and communicate with other people, and she understands more fully all human strivings, thwarted ambitions, and the infinite capacity of hope.,click here,2. What else do you know about Helen Keller? (Open.),click here,diameter n. (the length of) a straight l

10、ine going from one side of a circle to the other side, passing through the centre of the circle 直径，对径 jar n. a short-necked wide-mouthed pot or bottle made of glass, stone, clay, etc 坛子，罐子；广口瓶,pebble n. a small roundish smooth stone found esp. on the seashore or on a riverbed 卵石，小圆石，小漂砾,Choose the b

11、est answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.,1. The philosophy professor began his lesson by _.,A) asking the students to be well seated B) playing a game with the students C) asking the students to do a test on philosophy D)

12、 filling a large and empty glass bottle with rocks,D,2. The professor put the items into the jar in the order of _.,A) rocks, beer, sand and pebbles B) rocks, pebbles, sand and beer C) sand, rocks, beer and pebbles D) pebbles, rocks, beer and sand,B,3. According to the professor the rocks represent

13、_.,C,A) different kinds of things in our life B) the things that matter in our life, like our job or our house C) the most important things in our life, like our family or our health D) the small stuff in our life,4. The professor poured some beer into the jar because he wanted to _.,A) mix the beer

14、 and the sand together B) arouse his students curiosity about nature C) draw his students attention to the small things in their life D) prove that even if our life may seem very full, there is always room for some enjoyment,D,A) we should try our best to keep balance between our work and health. B)

15、 we should set priorities in our life and take care of the most important things first. C) we should pay attention to both the big things and the small stuff in our life. D) no matter how full our life may seem, we can always enjoy a couple of beers.,5. The message the professor tried to put across

16、in his lecture is that _.,B,Listen to the recording again and fill in each of the blanks according to what you have heard.,1. A philosophy professor stood before his class with some on the desk in front of him. When the final student was seated he picked up a large and empty glass bottle and filled

17、it with . He then asked the students if the jar was . Theyagreed that it was.,full,items,rocks,_,_,_,2. He then picked up a box of pebbles and added them to the jar, shaking it lightly. The pebbles, of course, the open areas between the rocks. After that he poured some sand into bottle. The sand eve

18、rything else. Finally he took two cans of beer and poured it into the jar.,rolled into,filled in,_,_,3. Through this the professor wanted his students to recognize that this jar our life. The rocks are the important things in our life, like our family, our healththings that would still even if every

19、thing else were lost, and our life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that like our job or our house. The sand is the in our life. If we put the sand into the jar first there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. So he told his students to set their priorities and pay attention

20、 to things that are to their happiness: their family, their health The else is just sand.,represents,remain,matter,small stuff,critical,_,_,_,_,_,Exercise 1: Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text A.,1. Why does the author think that it would be an excellent rule to li

21、ve each day as if we should die tomorrow? 2. According to the author, what is the right way to live each day? 3. What does the author mean by saying that most of us take life for granted? 4. What does Helen Keller think of the attitude that most of us adopt towards our faculties and senses? 5. Why d

22、oes Helen Keller think that it would be a blessing if each of us were stricken blind and deaf for few days at some time during our early adult life?,Exercise 2: Text A can be divided into two parts. Now write down the paragraph numbers of each part and then give the main idea of each in one or two s

23、entences.,1-4,5-10,Most of us take life for granted. The author suggests that we live each day with a gentleness, a vigour, and a keenness of appreciation as if we should die tomorrow.,We should also make full use of our faculties and senses so as to live a fuller and richer life.,We tend to take wh

24、at we have for granted, and seldom do we think about the value of life. Yet, Helen Keller, being both blind and deaf, taught us how to make the fullest use of our wonderful senses to appreciate life from a wholly different view with love and passion.,1 All of us have read thrilling stories in which

25、the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours. But always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man,Three Days to See Helen Keller,chose to spend his last days or his last hours. I speak, of course,

26、 of free men who have a choice, not condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly confined. 2 Such stories set us thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. What events, what experiences, what associations, should we crowd into those last hours as mortal beings?

27、What happiness should we find in reviewing the past, what regrets?,3 Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the value of life. We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness of

28、,appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come. There are those, of course, who would adopt the motto of “Eat, drink, and be merry,” but most people would be punished by the certainty of death. 4 Most of us take lif

29、e for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future. When we are in good health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out endlessly. So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude towards life.

30、,loss of sight or hearing damage seldom make the fullest use of these blessed faculties. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sounds hazily, without concentration, and with little appreciation. It is the same old story of not being grateful for what we have until we lose it, of not being consc

31、ious of health until we are ill.,5 The same listlessness, I am afraid, characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the blessings that lie in sight. Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in

32、 adult life. But those who have never suffered,6 I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound. 7 Now

33、and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently I was visited by a very good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, and I asked her what she had observed. “Nothing in particular,” she replied. I might have shown disbelief had I not been accustomed to

34、 such responses, for long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little.,8 How was it possible, I asked myself, to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worthy of note? I who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf

35、. I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch, or the rough bark of a pine. In spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud, the first sign of awakening Nature after her winters sleep. I feel the delightful texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable fo

36、lds; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me. Occasionally, if I am very fortunate, I place my hand gently in a small tree and feel the happy quiver of a bird in full song. I am delighted to have cool waters of a brook rush through my open fingers. To me a thick carpet of pine needl

37、es or soft grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. To me the colorful seasons are a thrilling and unending drama, the action of which streams through my finger tips.,world is taken for granted. It is human, perhaps, to appreciate little that which we have and to that which we have

38、 not, but it is a great pity that in the world of light the gift of sight is used only as a mere convenience rather than as a means of adding fullness to life. 10 Oh, the things that I should see if I had the power of sight for three days!,9 At times my heart cries out with longing to see all these

39、things. If I can get so much pleasure from mere touch, how much more beauty must be revealed by sight. Yet, those who have eyes apparently see little. The panorama of color and action which fills the,long for,If you only had one week left to live, what would you do in those seven days? Who would you

40、 need to speak to and what would you say? Write down your answers in the space provided and share your ideas with your classmates.,1. But then, just as I am about to break my news to him, I will decide to keep it back just a while longer and try the indirect approach. (Para. 8),2) Make a sentence wi

41、th the underlined structure.,Just as I was about to leave the room, the telephone rang.,1) Translate this sentence into Chinese.,随后，我正想告诉他这个消息，临时决定故意再多隐瞒一会儿，用间接的方式告诉他。,2. Father will straighten up in his rocking chair and a wonderful look will come into his eyes. (Para. 12),2) Make a sentence with t

42、he italicized structure.,A kindly twinkle came into her eyes.,1) Translate this sentence into Chinese.,父亲会在摇椅中坐直身子，眼睛里有一种奇妙的眼神。,3. I am also heavily in debt to those who have formed and molded our language into the good instrument that it is, and taught me to use it. (Para. 16),2) Analyze this sente

43、nce.,The main clause is “I am in debt to sb.” “Those” is modified by “who have formed and molded and taught” “That it is” modifies “the good instrument.”,1) Translate this sentence into Chinese.,还有那些人，他们把我们的语言锻造成如今这么精良的工具，并教会我如何使用，我也欠他们太多。,4. They have shown that they have trust enough in me to sing

44、le me out before the whole world. (Para. 27),2) Make a sentence with the italicized structure.,I am honored that you have trust enough in me to share your feelings and thoughts.,1) Translate this sentence into Chinese.,他们这是对我有足够的信心，才在偌大的世界上，单单选择了我。,Q1,For what purpose did the author go to Stockholm

45、all the other times?,Q2,Why was the author going to Stockholm this time?,Paras.1-2,Q2,Why did the author feel a deep sorrow as she was thinking of the exciting event?,Paras.3-4,Q3,In her daydream what was her father doing?,Para. 5,Q2,What is her fathers reaction to seeing her there?,Q3,How will the

46、author break the news to her father?,Can her father help her with the debt?,Paras.6-9,Q3,Whats her fathers response to this “debt”?,Paras.10-12,Q2,Why does the author say that she is also in debt to the whole of nature?,Para.13,Q1,Why does the author ask for advice from her father in Paradise instea

47、d of from the people on earth?,Q2,What does the author intend to do in Paras. 16, 17 and 18?,Q3,What does her father advise her to do?,Paras.14-18,Paras.19-22,Paras.23-27,Q2,Why does the author propose a toast to the Swedish Academy?,Paras.28-29,Activity 1： In the Arabian Nights（一千零一夜）, Aladdin got

48、a magic lamp with which he could fulfill any desire. Suppose one day you were to get the lamp and be allowed to make three wishes. What would your three wishes be? Why would you make these wishes? Write down your three wishes in the space provided and share your views with your classmates.,Activity

49、2: Whats your greatest achievement up to now? Write a list of persons to whom you owe your success in the box below. What have they done to help you achieve your success?,strictly confined,受到严格限制,set sb. thinking,引人深思,take life for granted,不珍惜生命,go about sth.,从事，进行,apply to ,适用于,take in,注意,It is the

50、 same old story of,老一套,nothing in particular,没什么特别的,accustomed to,习惯于,worthy of note,值得注意,in full song,放声歌唱,cries out with longing,因渴望而呐喊,get much pleasure from,从得到很多乐趣,as a means of,作为的方式,streams through my finger tips,从我的指尖流过,first and foremost,首要地，第一,keep back ,隐瞒，隐藏,(right) from the beginning,从一

51、开始,rack ones brains (about),（为）绞尽脑汁,Study the following paragraphs from the texts in this unit, paying special attention to the sequence of tenses. Reflect on its grammatical function in each sentence.,Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently I was visited by

52、a very good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, and I asked her what she had observed. “Nothing in particular,” she replied. I might have shown disbelief had I not been accustomed to such responses, for long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little. (Para. 7, Text A)

53、,Anyone who has ever sat in a train as it rushes through a dark night will know that sometimes there are long minutes when the coaches slide smoothly along without so much as a shudder. All rustle and bustle cease and the sound of the wheels becomes a soothing, peaceful melody. Well, that is how it

54、was as I sat there and thought how much I should like to see my old father again. And so I began to daydream: “Just think, if I were going to meet Father in Paradise! I seem to have heard of such things happening to other people why, then, not to myself?” The train went gliding on but it had a long

55、way to go yet, and my thoughts raced ahead of it. Father will certainly be sitting in a rocking chair on a veranda, with a garden full of sunshine and flowers and birds in front of him. (Para. 5, Text B),英语时态呼应规律 在英语复合句中，从句中的动词时态，特别是宾语从句中的动词时态，通常在一定程度上受到主句中动词时态的制约，英语语法上称这种现象为时态呼应。 时态呼应一般应遵循下列几条原则： 一

56、、如果主句中动词是过去时态，宾语从句中的动词时态通常是各种过去时态的一种，具体用过去时态的哪一种，则需要根据具体意义来确定。一般来说：,1如果主句中的动作与宾语从句中的动作同时发生，则从句中的动词用一般过去时，或根据具体意义的需要用过去进行时。如： 2如果宾语从句中的动作发生在主句的动作之前，则从句中的动词用过去完成时。如：,I knew he studied in this school I knew she was studying English in this school in the years from 1985 to 1987,He said that he had visit

57、ed his old friends,3如果宾语从句中的动作在主句动作发生前已持续了一段时间，则从句中的动词用过去完成时或过去完成进行时。如： 4如果宾语从句中的动作发生在主句的动作之后，则从句中的动词用一般过去将来时，或过去将来进行时，或过去将来完成时。如：,He said that the patient had been under his treatment for three years I knew that he had been working here since 1960,He said that they would read the book the following

58、 year He said that they would be reading when she came.,但是，如果宾语从句表示的是一般真理或习惯性行为，则不受时态呼应的限制。如：,The students knew that water consists of oxygen and hydrogen He told his teacher that he takes a bath once a week in winter,二、如果主句中的动词是现在时或将来时，则宾语从句中的动词可根据意义的需要确定任何一种时态。如：,I know that my brother has gone to

59、 Shanghai I have just learned that he went to Changsha yesterday I shall tell the doctor that my classmate vomited three times last night,三、定语从句及表示原因、结果、比较、让步等的状语从句一般不受时态呼应的限制。如：,Now he is reading the book which I bought the day before yesterday He didnt go out last night because he will have an exami