大学英语之泛读教程第二册unit 7

1、Passage 18 Fast Reading,N, N, N, Y, NG, Y, Y you see around you every day some kind of job-counseling program public speaking courses or the local Toastmasters club,Passage 18 Cloze,G K F J N M L I B C,Careful Reading Passage 18,1st Paragraph: News Lead Violence exploded in France; (scene) European

2、countries have had problems on integrating immigrants. (issue),2nd Paragraph: News Lead Violence in Paris Frances integration model (scene)(issue) 3rd Paragraph Last Paragraph: discussion on the issue,As clashes and arson attacks(, largely staged by young people of African and North African descent,

3、) spread to other parts of France, many Europeans have come to the conclusion that Frances integration model has failed.,Paras. 3 4: Han Entzingers opinions: the unrest is not much likely to spread to other parts of Europe; The situation in France on immigration and integration in particular is diff

4、erent from the situation in other European countries. Para. 5: Facts: European countries have adopted different approaches (policies) to integrating the foreigners. (Germany, Austria, Britain),Paras. 6 7: Hugo Bradys opinions: The problems European countries face in assimilating foreigners (i.e. int

5、egration) are different. Para. 8: Facts: Spain and Italy have their own problems of immigration / integration.,The Euro-Med area like Spain, south of France, Greece have their own particular problems of immigration for areas such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya. Spain, south of France and Greece

6、 have their own particular problems when dealing with immigrants from areas such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.,Para. 9: Facts: Frances integration creed Paras. 10 Last: Danielle Jolys opinions: Britain has experienced the same kind of violence; The underpinnings were similar too; Britain

7、has been implementing a tough race relations act; But France and Britain are very different.,Para. 1: TV / Radio reporters introduction of the news Paras. 2 Last: News in detail by the reporter Lisa Bryant Paras. 2: News lead Paras. 3 last: details (facts and opinions alternately) (Han Entzingers op

8、inion facts) (Hugo Bradys opinion facts) (facts - Danielle Jolys opinion),Text 1 Structure,Part I: Introduction of “Numbers” with examples. Part II: Origins in the Book of Changes (How did people in China begin to associate numbers with luck and divination?) Part III: Gods can be alone, but people c

9、annot (about odd and even numbers),Part IV: Happiness comes in pairs (about odd and even numbers, and “three”) Part V: Elevators without fourth floors (about “four” and “five”) Part VI: One six eight, on the way to success (about “six”, “seven” and “eight”) Part VII: Believe it or not, its up to you

10、 (about “nine” and a conclusion),Text 1：Discussion,Can you name some other lucky / unlucky numbers / combinations? How about some images associated with good / bad luck?,54 - in Cantonese: ng sei sounds like “not die” 168 - road of prosperity or to be prosperous together - many charged telephone ser

11、vice numbers in China begin with this number. Many businesses also prefer to have this number as part of their names. 518 - I will prosper, other variations include: 5189 (I will prosper for a long time), 516289 (I will get on a long, smooth prosperous road) and 5918 (I will soon prosper).,Lucky Com

12、binations,666 - In Chinese culture, 666 sounds a lot like the words Things going smoothly. It is considered one of the luckiest numbers in Chinese culture. It can be seen prominently in many shop windows across the country, and people there often pay extra to get a mobile phone number including this

13、 string of digits. 888 - prosperity x3. 520 - I love you, as the pronunciation of 520 is close to (in Mandarin).,Unlucky Combinations,Number 14 is considered to be one of the unluckiest numbers in Chinese culture. 14 can also be said as yao si, literally one four, but it also means want to die. In C

14、antonese, 14 sounds like certainly die. 53 - In Cantonese, it sounds like not live. 528 is a way of saying no easy fortune for me.,In Egyptian culture, 4,223 was an unlucky number because of the pictograms required to represent it (four thousand, two hundred, fifteen, and eight). When placed togethe

15、r, these pictograms presented a crude representation of a scene that could be interpreted as the murder of a young Pharaoh. This superstition fell into disuse with the conquer of the 26th dynasty and the acceptance of a base-ten system in the ninth century.,2 is considered a lucky number to both Gre

16、eks and Russians, as monarchs bearing that regnal number tended to be wise and benevolent. Similarly, 4 is considered unlucky number in Russian folklore (due largely to Ivan IV Vasilyevich, better known as Ivan the Terrible).,1605 is a lucky number in England and much of Great Britain, being the yea

17、r Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Plot to destroy the houses of Parliament failed. It is considered a supremely unlucky year for the Basques, as it was the year Henry III of France began the persecution of Basque orthodox Christians and pagans.,7 was declared to be an unlucky number by King George III of Brita

18、in shortly before his death, because it keeps showing up! Interestingly, the King was officially declared insane and locked within Windsor Castle on July the Seventh, 1811.,The Persian mathematician al-Kwarizmi considered 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, and 31 to be unlucky, due to their nature

19、as prime numbers. However, 6, 28, 496, and 8128 were lucky, as they are perfect numbers (numbers whose divisors add up to the number: 123=6, and 1+2+3=6).,Further Reading,lucky charms (horseshoe, rabbits hind leg, four-leaved clover, etc.) salt knocking on the wood ladder sneezing animals (black cat

20、, etc.),http:/www.sacred- (the number 13),Skimming Exercises,Dear Miss Manners: I am uncertain about the correct way to eat fruit, although I like nothing better. Does it depend on what the fruit is, or the circumstances under which it is served, or is it a matter of individual preference? I am refe

21、rring to such questions as peeled vs. unpeeled, and hand vs. fork. More and more often, probably because of everybodys dieting, I see bowls of fruit used as centerpieces for dinner parties and then being passed as the dessert course.,The purpose of the letter is to ask for advice about _ a. the best

22、 way to eat fruit b. the proper way to eat fruit c. how to serve fruit as dessert course d. what fruit to serve for dinner party,Question - illustration,LONDON Stuttering is caused by poor connections between two areas in the left hemisphere of the brain, German researchers said recently. Although s

23、cientists knew that stuttering the involuntary repetition of consonants, sounds or words had a genetic link, how and why it occurs has remained a mystery. German scientists, using magnetic resonance（共振） imaging (MRI) to look into the brains of people who stutter, have uncovered new clues. “Fibers be

24、tween the speech area and language planning area of the brain seem to be disrupted”, said Dr. Christian Bushel of the University of Hamburg. The disturbed timing in the speech-related areas in the brain causes the difficulty that usually begins between the ages of three and five and affects up to 7

25、percent of children and one percent of adult.,This last paragraph mainly discusses _. a. what stuttering is b. causes of stuttering c. solution to stuttering d. people liable to stuttering,Para. 1: Introducing that German researchers recent findings about the cause of stuttering. Para. 2: What is st

26、uttering? Paras. 3 4: details of the findings,Turtles lay their eggs in sand, loose soil or in piles of organic debris. They may lay up to more than 100 eggs, depending on the species. The snapping turtle is known to lay as many as seventy-five eggs at a time, although the average number is probably

27、 nearer two dozen. The common painted turtle lays only a half-dozen or so at a time. The gopher tortoise that lives in the arid United States Southwest may lay even fewer eggs. One African turtle is said to lay a single egg. When a female has mated and is ready to lay eggs, she selects a sandy spot,

28、 or one that suits her, and proceeds to dig a shallow hole with her hind legs. Sometimes she moistens the solid with fluid from her bladder, either to make digging easier or to moisten the soil around the eggs.,The first paragraph mainly deals with _. a. where to find turtle eggs b. different kinds

29、of turtles c. number of eggs various turtles lay d. why turtles are slow,Para. 1: number of eggs various turtles lay Para. 2: how turtles make a place perfect for their laying eggs,The Skill of Scanning,When to scan? Finding a word in the dictionary; Locating a certain street or town on a map; Findi

30、ng a certain trains departure time in a train timetable; Looking for news of a specific athlete, meeting, or traffic accident in the newspaper; Finding the subject, author, or title you want in the librarys card catalog or on the shelf; Locating information in a book index or table of contents.,How

31、to scan? keep in mind exactly what it is you are searching for; let your eyes run rapidly over several lines of print at a time; pay attention to the wording of the information that may be different from the wording of what you want; If the material is familiar or relatively brief, you may be able t

32、o scan the entire body of the text in a single search; If the material is lengthy or difficult, a preliminary skimming to find the part of the text in which to scan for particular information will be more helpful.,In doing scanning exercises, follow these steps: Note the time when you start the exer

33、cise. Read carefully the first question on the text. Scan the paragraphs of the text to find the answer to the question. Letyour eyes move very rapidly over the sentences and you come to the sentence that gives you the answer. Read this sentence. Check no further in the text. Mark your answer to que

34、stion. Go on to the second question immediately, and repeat this process. Complete all the questions on the text. Make a note of your finishing time.,en-: em, make , give , put into : endanger, enlarge, enable, enforce inside: encircle, enclose, encage, enroll The new law empowered the police to sea

35、rch private houses in an emergency. Several bills were enacted at the end of this session of Parliament. When can I encash the cheque? The army encamped outside the walls. The spring tide engulfed the beach houses.,Word Formation,circu-, circum-: ring, around e.g. circumstance, circus circumscribe -

36、scrib-: write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) circumference -fer-: take, bear (transfer, refer, confer, differ, prefer, offer) circumfuse -fuse-: pour (refuse, confuse, diffuse, effuse, perfuse) circumfluent -flu-: flow (fluent, confluence, influence, influx),circumpolar, circumlunar, cir

37、cumglobe circulate, circular, circulation circumnavigate,ex-: ef-, e- out: exit (a way out), expand (spread out), extend (stretch out), expend (pay out), exclude more than: excessive (more than enough), exceed (go beyond), excellent (better than) up: excite (stir up), exalt (raise to a higher place)

38、 former: ( + n.) ex-wife, ex-president,Blood was still effusing in large quantity. -fuse-: pour He lit his cigar and exhaled smoke. -hale-: breathe (inhale) She read me a few extracts from her own new novel. -tract-: pull, drag (distract, attract, contract, tractor) The refugees were denied egress. -gres-: step (progress, regress, congress, aggressive) He was expelled from the school. -pel-: drive, push (compel, dispel, repel, impel, p