综合英语4Unit4 - zhang

1、Unit4,Watch the video clip and answer the following questions,What is wrong with Mable? 2. Whats the name of the game? 3. Do you think it is fun to play that game? Where is fun in your opinion,Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 1,Audiovisual Supplement,Cultural Information,She just got

2、braces,The peanut-butter game,Yes. Fun is around us and in our daily life,Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 2,Audiovisual Supplement,Cultural Information,George: All right, yeah. Ira: You okay, man? George: Yeah, yeah, Im good. Ira: I hope they got some food. Laura: Im so glad you guys

3、 came, hello, hi. George: Good to see you.-wow. Ira: Hi, hows it going? Oh! Thank you. George: Jeez, beautiful house! Laura: Thank you. George: How long have you guys been here? Laura: Weve been here about five years now. Ingrid: Whats up? Laura: This is my friend, George. And this is Ira. This is I

4、ngrid. Ira: Wow! George didnt mention you had a daughter,Video Script1,Audiovisual Supplement,Cultural Information,From Funny People,George: Have you seen any of my movies? Ingrid: I saw the movie where you had a baby body. George: So, you saw “Re-do”. Can you do the face? Hey, thats a good impressi

5、on. Mable: Dont leave me in the playroom! Laura: This is my daughter, Mable. She just got braces. George: Oh, yeah, let me see them. You mind if I eat a little bit of that sandwich right there? Ira? Ira: Im Im full. Ingrid: Do you guys want to play the peanut-butter game? Laura: Its fun. You want to

6、 play? George: Lets do it! Laura: Ira? Ira: Yeah, I like peanut butter, yeah,Video Script2,Audiovisual Supplement,Cultural Information,Laura: Lets do the peanut-butter game! George: All right! Hooray! Peanut-butter game! Peanut-butter game! Laura: Okay, just put a little bit. Mable: Ok. Ira: Whats s

7、he doing? Laura: A little bit. Okay, okay. I think thats good. George: This is what you guys do in your free time? Okay. Ingrid: There he is! Ira: Oh, boy. Come on. He got her. He got her. Oh, so, youre supposed to do it on the ears. Laura: Georges turn! Yeah! Georges turn! George: No. I dont want t

8、o do that. No, Ira will go, let Ira go,Video Script3,Audiovisual Supplement,Cultural Information,Ira: No, no, George. Ingrid: Come on. Okay, all right! George: I just washed my hair this morning. George! George! George: Oh! God. No! Thats not the game,Video Script3,Audiovisual Supplement,Cultural In

9、formation,Fun, Oh Boy. Fun. You Could Die from it What does the text tell you? Where/what is fun? Should we seek fun Leisure industries Life equilibrium of pleasant and unpleasant moments,1. Fun can be defined as a pleasurable experience, enjoyable occupation or an activity that involves amusement o

10、r pleasure. 2. But what do we view as fun? The answer may depend on our age, because whats pleasant and fun for a child is not necessarily entertaining and fun for a teenager or an adult. 3. What people consider fun often changes with age and maturity,Cultural information,Audiovisual Supplement,Cult

11、ural Background,In this text, the author challenges the modern idea that fun is there for the asking and that fun overshadows everything. The author argues, instead, that fun is hard to have and that fun is a rare jewel,Global Reading - Text Analysis,Structural Analysis,Text Analysis,Rhetorical Feat

12、ures 1,What is the tone of the essay? At the beginning, it is irony. Later it turns affirmative. In which paragraph does the writer switch the tone? Para. 12 is the turning point where the writer switches from negation to affirmation. With the last three paragraphs presented mostly affirmatively, th

13、e tone is thus turned from irony to matter-of-factness,Rhetorical Features,Structural Analysis,Structural analysis,Structural Analysis,Text Analysis,Part 1 introduces the thesis of the essay: Fun is hard to have. Fun is a rare jewel,Part 2 points out a prevalent misconception, and consequences there

14、of, that everything is supposed to be fun,Part 3 suggests that we ought to treat fun reverently,1-2,3-11,12-15,Rhetorical Features 1,Repetition of certain patterns,Was it moral? Was it kind? Was it honest? Was it beneficial? Was it generous? Was it necessary? And (my favorite) was it selfless? (Para

15、. 4) Think of all the things that got the reputation of being fun. Family outings were supposed to be fun. Sex was supposed to be fun. Education was supposed to be fun. Work was supposed to be fun. Walt Disney was supposed to be fun. Church was supposed to be fun. Staying fit was supposed to be fun.

16、 (Para. 6) -It shows, by way of illustration, how one might spare no effort to find fun is everything,Rhetorical Features,Structural Analysis,e.g,Detailed reading1-4,Detailed Reading,Fun, Oh Boy. Fun. You Could Die from it Suzanne Britt Jordan 1 Fun is hard to have. 2 Fun is a rare jewel. 3 Somewher

17、e along the line people got the modern idea that fun was there for the asking, that people deserved fun, that if we didnt have a little fun every day we would turn into (sakes alive!) puritans. 4 “Was it fun?” became the question that overshadowed all other questions: good questions like: Was it mor

18、al? Was it kind? Was it honest? Was it beneficial? Was it generous? Was it necessary? And (my favorite) was it selfless,5 When the pleasures got to be the main thing, the fun fetish was sure to follow. Everything was supposed to be fun. If it wasnt fun, then by Jove, we were going to make it fun, or

19、 else. 6 Think of all the things that got the reputation of being fun. Family outings were supposed to be fun. Sex was supposed to be fun. Education was supposed to be fun. Work was supposed to be fun. Walt Disney was supposed to be fun. Church was supposed to be fun. Staying fit was supposed to be

20、fun. 7 Just to make sure that everybody knew how much fun we were having, we put happy faces on flunking test papers, dirty bumpers, sticky refrigerator doors, bathroom mirrors,Detailed reading5-7,Detailed Reading,Detailed reading8-9,Detailed Reading,8 If a kid, looking at his very happy parents tra

21、ipsing through that very happy Disney World, said, “This aint fun, ma,” his mas heart sank. She wondered where she had gone wrong. Everybody told her what fun family outings to Disney World would be. Golly gee, what was the matter? 9 Fun got to be such a big thing that everybody started to look for

22、more and more thrilling ways to supply it. One way was to step up the level of danger or licentiousness or alcohol or drug consumption so that you could be sure that, no matter what, you would manage to have a little fun,Detailed reading10,Detailed Reading,10 Television commercials brought a lot of

23、fun and fun-loving folks into the picture. Everything that people in those commercials did looked like fun: taking Polaroid snapshots, swilling beer, buying insurance, mopping the floor, bowling, taking aspirin. We all wished, Im sure, that we could have half as much fun as those rough-and-ready guy

24、s around the locker room, flicking each other with towels and pouring champagne. The more commercials people watched, the more they wondered when the fun would start in their own lives. It was pretty depressing,Detailed reading11-12,Detailed Reading,11 Big occasions were supposed to be fun. Christma

25、s, Thanksgiving and Easter were obviously supposed to be fun. Your wedding day was supposed to be fun. Your wedding night was supposed to be a whole lot of fun. Your honeymoon was supposed to be the epitome of fundom. And so we ended up going through every Big Event we ever celebrated, waiting for t

26、he fun to start. 12 It occurred to me, while I was sitting around waiting for the fun to start, that not much is, and that I should tell you just in case youre worried about your fun capacity,Detailed reading13,Detailed Reading,13 I dont mean to put a damper on things. I just mean we ought to treat

27、fun reverently. It is a mystery. It cannot be caught like a virus. It cannot be trapped like an animal. The god of mirth is paying us back for all those years of thinking fun was everywhere by refusing to come to our party. I dont want to blaspheme fun anymore. When fun comes in on little dancing fe

28、et, you probably wont be expecting it. In fact, I bet it comes when youre doing your duty, your job, or your work. It may even come on a Tuesday,Detailed reading14.1,Detailed Reading,14 I remember one day, long ago, on which I had an especially good time. Pam Davis and I walked to the College Villag

29、e drug store one Saturday morning to buy some candy. We were about 12 years old (fun ages). She got her Bit-O-Honey. I got my malted milk balls, chocolate stars, Chunkys, and a small bag of M dominate,Detailed reading overshadow,e.g,Ben overshadows all his colleagues with his extraordinary insight a

30、nd quick wit. She is overshadowed by her younger and more attractive sister,Detailed Reading,flunk v. fail, esp. (in) a course or an exam,Detailed reading flunk,e.g,The boy was upset because he flunked (in) an English exam,Detailed Reading,flunk out expel or be expelled from a school or course becau

31、se of work that does not meet the required standards,e.g,We didnt flunk out, but our records werent so good,traipse v. walk wearily,Detailed reading traipse,e.g,She spent the day traipsing from one shop to another,Detailed Reading,epitome n. an ideal; a typical representation,Detailed reading epitom

32、e1,e.g,His father is the epitome of goodness,Detailed Reading,epitomize v. be an epitome of sth,e.g,He epitomizes the loving father. She epitomizes all the good qualities of her family,Detailed reading epitome2,Detailed Reading,Practice,1. 他认为猫是懒惰的化身,In his eye, the cat is the epitome of laziness,2.

33、 这本手册概括了日常卫生的要点,This handbook is a neat epitome of everyday hygiene,3. 这位银行经理的身上集中体现了他们家族的一切优秀品质,The bank manager epitomizes all the good qualities of his family,damper n. (inf.) sth. that stops an occasion from being as enjoyable as it was intended to be,Detailed reading damper,e.g,The bad news put

34、 / cast / threw a damper on the party. Will the snow put a bit of a damper on your hike plans,Detailed Reading,blaspheme v. show contempt or disrespect for (God, a divine being, or sacred things,Detailed reading blaspheme,e.g,The bank manager began to rage and blaspheme (against) God. The spiritual

35、leader charged that the film blasphemed Islam,Detailed Reading,Detailed reading malted milk,Detailed Reading,malted milk a soluble powder made of dried milk, malted barley, and wheat flour 麦乳精（由牛奶、大麦麦牙和面粉制成的可溶粉粒,chunky a. 1. (of candy, etc.) containing small, thick pieces 2. (of a man) short and str

36、ong; stocky,Detailed reading chunky,e.g,chunky peanut butter; chunky soup,Detailed Reading,e.g,A chunky man usually has a wide upper body and looks strong,scan v. examine sth. carefully, with the eyes or with a machine, in order to obtain information To scan a text can also mean look through it quic

37、kly in order to find a piece of information that one wants or get a general idea of what the text contains,Detailed reading scan,e.g,She anxiously scanned the faces of the young men leaving the train in the hope of finding her son,Detailed Reading,e.g,Now, scan the newspaper article quickly and make

38、 a note of the main points,Detailed reading somewhere along the,Somewhere along the line people got the modern idea that fun was there for the asking, that people deserved fun, that if we didnt have a little fun every day we would turn into (sakes alive!) puritans. (Paragraph 3,Paraphrase,Nowadays,

39、people would believe that they can have fun whenever they ask for it, and they should have fun; otherwise they would be leading a dull and bitter life as a puritan,Detailed Reading,Detailed reading “was it fun”,Was it fun?” became the question that overshadowed all other questions: good questions li

40、ke: Was it moral? Was it kind? Was it honest? Was it beneficial? Was it generous? Was it necessary? And (my favorite) was it selfless? (Paragraph 4,Translation,有趣吗？”这一问题使所有其他问题黯然失色，比如:“道德吗？仁慈吗？诚实吗？有益吗？慷慨吗？有必要吗？和（我最喜欢的）无私吗？”等一些有意义的问题,Detailed Reading,Detailed reading when the pleasure,When the pleasu

41、res got to be the main thing, the fun fetish was sure to follow. (Paragraph 5,Translation,当乐趣成为生活中的主要内容时，随之而来必定是对乐趣的迷恋崇拜,Detailed Reading,Detailed reading it occurred to me,It occurred to me, while I was sitting around waiting for the fun to start, that not much is, and that I should tell you just i

42、n case youre worried about your fun capacity. (Paragraph 12,Translation,在坐待乐趣来临的时候，我发现其实并没有多少乐趣可言，我得告诉你们这一点，免得你们怀疑自己感受乐趣的能力,Detailed Reading,Detailed reading the god of,The god of mirth is paying us back for all those years of thinking fun was everywhere by refusing to come to our party. (Paragraph

43、13,Paraphrase,We have long assumed that fun was easy to have, but now we are paying a price for that shallow-mindedness, i.e., we can hardly have fun,Detailed Reading,Translation,由于我们多年来总以为乐趣无处不在，快乐之神对我们实施报复，不和我们来往了,Consolidation Activities- Vocabulary main,Phrase Practice,Word Derivation,Synonym /

44、Antonym,Vocabulary,Translation,Integrated Skills,Oral Activities,Writing,Grammar,Consolidation Activities- Word derivation 1,1) insure v. insurance n. insured n. improve sth,Consolidation Activities- pay back,Vocabulary,Translation,Integrated Skills,Oral Activities,Writing,Grammar,e.g,他对我使坏，我得治治他,Il

45、l pay him back for the trick he played on me,pay back: punish sb. or get ones revenge,Consolidation Activities- Translation1.1,1. 毫无疑问，莎士比亚使各个时代剧作家相形见绌。(overshadow,If you are overshadowed by a person or thing, you are less successful, important, or impressive than they are,Vocabulary,Grammar,Transla

46、tion,Integrated Skills,Oral Activities,Writing,Translate the following sentences into English,It goes without saying that Shakespeare overshadows all the other playwrights throughout the ages,Consolidation Activities- Translation1.2,Practice： 高大的栎树把花园遮得很暗,他最近去世了，这给家庭聚会蒙上了阴影,Vocabulary,Translation,In

47、tegrated Skills,Oral Activities,Writing,Grammar,Large oak trees overshadow the garden,His recent death overshadowed the family gathering,尽管她事业有成，但和丈夫相比总觉逊色,Despite her professional success, she was always overshadowed by her husband,Consolidation Activities- Translation2.1,2. 了不起的盖茨比（The Great Gatsb

48、y）被普遍认为是美国上世纪爵士时代的宿影。(epitome,Vocabulary,Translation,Integrated Skills,Oral Activities,Writing,Grammar,If you say that a person or thing is the epitome of something, you are emphasizing that they are the best possible example of a particular type of person or thing,The Great Gatsby is commonly deeme

49、d as the epitome of the Jazz Age of the last century in America,Consolidation Activities- Translation2.2,Vocabulary,Translation,Integrated Skills,Oral Activities,Writing,Grammar,Practice： 她是仁慈的化身,Shes the epitome of kindness,Consolidation Activities- Translation3.1,3. 你最好不要对他去哈佛大学深造的热情泼冷水。(put a dam

50、per on,Vocabulary,Translation,Integrated Skills,Oral Activities,Writing,Grammar,put a damper on: cause (an event, atmosphere, etc.) to be less cheerful, excited, etc,It is advisable for you not to put a damper on his enthusiasm to further his studies at Harvard,Consolidation Activities- Translation3

51、.2,Vocabulary,Translation,Integrated Skills,Oral Activities,Writing,Grammar,Practice： 他们的争论使聚会颇为扫兴,Their argument put a bit of a damper on the party,Consolidation Activities- Translation4.1,4. 年轻人容易盲目崇拜体育圈和娱乐圈迷人的明星。(make a fetish of,Vocabulary,Translation,Integrated Skills,Oral Activities,Writing,Gr

52、ammar,make a fetish of: give more respect or attention than is normal or sensible,Young people tend to make a fetish of glamorous stars in sports and entertainment circles,Consolidation Activities- Translation4.2,Vocabulary,Translation,Integrated Skills,Oral Activities,Writing,Grammar,Practice： 他把自己

53、的新车奉若神明,He makes a fetish of his new car,Consolidation Activities- Translation5.1,5. 他们一路闲逛，漫步来到市中心区域观看庆祝国庆的烟花燃放。(traipse,Vocabulary,Translation,Integrated Skills,Oral Activities,Writing,Grammar,If you traipse somewhere, you go there slowly or unwillingly, often because you are tired or unhappy,They

54、 traipsed all the way to the downtown area to watch the National Day fireworks display,Consolidation Activities- Translation5.2,Vocabulary,Translation,Integrated Skills,Oral Activities,Writing,Grammar,Practice： 我们逛了一下午，疲惫不堪地逛了一家又一家商店,We spent the afternoon traipsing from one shop to another,Consolidation Activities- Translation6.1,6. 他说，名声是一个许多人愿意掉下去的陷阱。(trap,Vocabulary,Translation,