大学英语book3activereading9

1、resourcesunderstanding the writers colloquial, flippant and ironic stylerecognising ironiesmaking a calendar of chinese festivalsdetecting the true opinions and judgments of the writercalendar of festivals rubble festivals & descriptions worldwide festivalscaviarblinis international womens day world

2、wide festivals brainstorming match-up guessingbrainstorming work in groups of four to brainstorm as many worldwide festivals as you can. think of nations, religions and themes, eg chinese, american; buddhist, muslim; families, remembering great events etc.match-up more work in pairs. match the festi

3、vals with various items. chocolate eggsghostssanta clausmatch-up water-throwingsongkran is the thai new year.it falls in the hottest time of the year in thailand.the most obvious celebration of songkran is the throwing of water. morework in pairs. match the festivals with its activity. match-upmore

4、work in pairs. match the festivals with the food. turkeyholi, also called the festival of colours, is a popular hindu spring festival observed in india, nepal, bangladesh, pakistan, srilanka, and countries with hindu populations. holi holi, is celebrated by people throwing coloured powder and colour

5、ed water at each other. it is at the end of the winter season on the last full moon day of the lunar month, usually in late february or early march. guessing work in pairs. look at the photos and decide what festival is being celebrated.carnival in venicedragon boat festivalhalloweencalendar of fest

6、ivalslantern festivalnew years day andmartin luther king dayspring festivalindependence dayqingming festivalchildrens daychristmasmayan calendarwork in pairs and complete the calendar of festivals. new years day & martin luther king daynew years daycountdown partiesmartin luther king daythe third mo

7、nday in january a national holiday in the us, citizen action volunteer services and processionslantern festival 15th day of the first lunar month in the chinese calendar celebrating the end of spring festival; appreciating lanterns eating tangyuan guessing lantern riddlesspring festival the first da

8、y of the first lunar month in the chinese calendarthe most important traditional chinese holiday,visiting families and putting up red decorationsspring is comingdoor godsfortune is comingindependence dayjuly 4 americans celebrating its independence from great britain with fireworks, parades in histo

9、rical costumes, speeches etc.women on horseback in independence day parade, washington dc fireworks over the statue of liberty qingming festival15th day after spring equinoxgrave sweeping and remembrance of family deadenjoying the greenery of springtimechildrens dayjune 1camping trips, treats for ch

10、ildrenjoining the young pioneerchristmasdec 25 commemorating the birth of jesus visiting families, exchanging presents, going to churchfestivals and descriptionsbastille daycarnivallabor dayall saints daymatch the names of festivals with the images here and their descriptions on p114.b labor dayc al

11、l saints dayd carnivala bastille dayad cbroublebanknote 5000 roubles (1997) a five-rouble coin minted in 1997 the unit of currency in russiawork in pairs and tell where rouble is used.blinismade with yeast, flour and milk.formed into pancake shapes and then baked in an oven or fried in a pan.corn bl

12、iniswith smoked salmon moreblinisdissolve half the _, the yeast and butter in milk and _. beat up the dough, _ the rest of the flour, salt and egg _ ground with sugar. beat again, add the beaten egg _ and cream, let the dough rest and then begin to _.listen to the process of making blinis and fill i

13、n the blanks.flourlet it riseaddyolkswhitesbakecaviarfish eggs eaten as food, usually spread on bread.in many countries caviar is considered to be a special and expensive food, eaten mainly by rich people.international womens dayquestions & answersintroductionthe 1932 soviet poster. the text reads:

14、“8th of march is the day of the rebellion of the working women against the kitchen slavery” and “down with the oppression & narrow-mindedness of the household work!” questions and answerswork in pairs and answer the questions. 1 when is international womens day? march 8.2 is it only celebrated in ch

15、ina? no, it is celebrated in a number of countries including russia, mongolia and vietnam etc.3 when was the first international womens day? it was first observed in 1909.4 how do people celebrate it today? people give women gifts.march 8 every yearwomens achievementsmoreintroduction read paragraph

16、1 of the introduction and fill in the chart.clickclickclickeconomicpoliticalsocialread paragraph 2 of the introduction and fill in the chart.introductionmongoliachina first observed in 1909 in the uspublic holidayscelebrationsgiftsyellow mimosasfromstudentsrussia clickclickclickclickrussiavietnamita

17、lyfrom employerstext organisation text explorationtext evaluationyakovkatya, yakovsnew girlfriendmore3 totanya 3 tonina 3 toliza katyas face fell5 tokatyabought 14carnations to4 girls in room 99 celebratetogetherroom 99 even numbers of flowers given only at funerals in russia.daily routinedress the

18、childrentake them to schoolarrive at the officemorninglunchtimenip out of work to buy sth for dinnersneak away for sth elseafternoonleave work on the dot of 6do endless choreon march 8thbuy flowersto the women cook breakfast for the familymeet up with friendsexpress their feelings for their wives in

19、 stupor real celebrations:sleep like squirrelsunderstanding the textread the extract from the book black earth city: a year in the heart of russia and find out:1 what is the main feature of international womens day in russia?2 who are yakov, katya, and the write?1 men buy flowers for the women in th

20、eir life.2 yakov, a young man katya is yakovs girlfriend. the writer is a foreigner living in russia to learn about it. interpreting sentences evidence for the statementthe style of the passage is colloquial, flippant and ironic.sentences the style of the passage is colloquial, flippant and ironic.

21、1 work in pairs. look at the sentences from the passage and answer the questions. sentence 1 sentences 2&3 sentence 4clickclickclicksentence 11by ten oclock they proudly serve their wives a charred and shrivelled egg. and express their feelings for their wives in the simplest and most sincere way th

22、ey know: by drinking themselves into a stupor whats the writers real opinion of russian men? which words in the sentences show that the writer is being ironic? the writer thinks russian men do not treat their partners very well and dont contribute to the running of the home. charred and shrivelled e

23、gg, drinking themselves into a stupor etc. backbacksentences 2&32 later the real celebrations begin. what exactly are the celebrations the writer refers to? sleeping.3 on international womens day, therefore, they go back to bed after breakfast and sleep like squirrels. how are a soviet womans days u

24、sually taken up? they usually do endless chores and work.backbacksentence 44 all in all, its a not a bad day for the women of the former soviet union. do you think the writer wants us to take this sentence literally or ironically? ironically.backbackevidence for statements2 decide what evidence ther

25、e is, if any, for the statements. statements 1, 2 & 3 statements 4 & 5 statements 7 & 8clickclickclicksentences 1, 2, 31 the writer thinks yakov is not very reliable. that katya accepted yakov on his own reckoning suggests that yakov is not everything he claimed to be.2 russian men only buy flowers

26、on 8 march to avoid the women complaining. it seems partly true as the writer says youd never hear the end of it otherwise.3 russian men dont cook or do housework very often. the poor quality of the mens efforts at preparing breakfast and their then going out to drink suggest this.backbacksentences

27、4 & 54 russian women work extremely hard. the writer outlines the daily life of a russian woman and it is filled with chores.5 russian men are very open about their feelings about their wives. not really, they only speak about their feelings when they are drunk. backbacksentences 6 & 76 yakov has mo

28、re than one girlfriend. flowers for a number of different girls and his arms round both katya and liza minelli.7 katya was delighted by yakovs gift of flowers. disappointed first that he bought an even number of flowers and then gave flowers to other women. “katyas face fell and she was quiet as we

29、walked to the hostel”.backbacktext evaluationclickclick work in pairs and discuss the questions. 1 whats the writers real opinion about international womens day? do you agree with it? 2 do you think chinese men and women have similar roles to those of russian men and women in everyday life? 3 do you

30、 think men and women should have an equal share of work at home? 4 who or what else would you like to celebrate with a festival?clicktext evaluationbackback1 whats the writers real opinion about international womens day? do you agree with it? hypocritical and meaningless, as it only pays lip service

31、 to the rights of women the position of women in russia is not satisfactory. text evaluationbackback2 do you think chinese men and women have similar roles to those of russian men and women in everyday life? in china, sadly, in many families: does the housework, a job and child-rearingdoes not help

32、themfew families: the work is fairly divided outwomens more active and important role in earning money and making decisions in a familytext evaluationbackback3 do you think men and women should have an equal share of work at home? yes, men have no right to special privileges in the family. for those

33、 who are not good at family chores pay respect to their wives efforts and give more emotional cares.4 who or what else would you like to celebrate with a festival? recognise the contribution of people who are often forgotten cleaners day for the people who tidy up after us all the time.summarising t

34、alking pointsummarising work in pairs and summarise the text by filling the blanks. though the women of the _ soviet union claimed that they would not be the kitchen slaves in the 1932 poster, they really were except on march, 8, the _ womens day. their busy routine includes taking care of the child

35、ren, going to work, shopping for the family, and doing endless _. moreformerinternationalchoresummarising work in pairs and summarise the text by filling the blanks. only on march 8 do the soviet women _ in their menfolks love and _. they will get a bunch of flowers and a little gift plus breakfast

36、_ by their husband. the gifts will win their exciting scream while the breakfast earns childrens complaints the charred and _ eggs! then the real celebrations begin they go back to bed after breakfast and sleep like _.morebaskgratitudecookedshrivelledsquirrelssummarising work in pairs and summarise

37、the text by filling the blanks. not everyone was happy on that very day. yakov bought flowers to katya, his new _. to katyas amzement, he divided up fourteen _ to four girls in room 99, five to katya, three for each of the girls. katyas face _. the other girls did cooking and yakov spent internation

38、al womens day with the girls in room 99. girlfriendcarnationsfelltalking point the origin of the april fools day trick more april fools day tricks talking pointthe origin of the april fools day trick it is not known, probably for a celebration of the arrival of spring (until the gregorian calendar a

39、pril 1 was new years day). detail of the tomb of pope gregory xiii celebrating the introduction of the gregorian calendar morethe origin of the april fools day trick for most people it involves tiny tricks like telling someone they have egg from their breakfast on their shirt. if they look, you can

40、then cry “april fool!” changing clocks and so creating panic also works in many cases.talking point work in pairs. read the april fools tricks on p118 and discuss the questions. 1 which april fools trick do you think is more amusing? 2 which one do you might have believed? 3 whats the best april foo

41、ls trick youve heard of? 4 do you ever play april fools tricks on other people?clickclicktalking point backbacktell people the noodle harvest a lackof people to pick the noodles off the bushes!1 which april fools trick do you think is more amusing?the spaghetti one imagine those spaghetti plants wit

42、h their long hanging fruit!2 which one do you might have believed? the second i can imagine some committee thinking up such a silly solution to the traffic problem!talking point3 whats the best april fools trick youve heard of? google advertised jobs at a new office on the moon and people applied pe

43、ople are so empty-headed!4 do you ever play april fools tricks on other people? no, it has never been a custom where i come from. i think it would make people angry.backbackmore april fools day tricks the media and some corporations have fun with false stories and pictures:story that the loch ness (

44、尼斯湖) _ had been definitely seenannouncement that the theme tune of a famous radio soap opera which had run for 50 years would be changed. thousands _ to complain.listen to other april fools tricks and fill in the blanks.moremonstercalled inmore april fools day tricks advertisement for a new _ airlin

45、e with cheaper _ for people who did not require a seatadvertisement for a new wi-fi (wireless fidelity, 无线保无线保真技术真技术 ) _a supermarket chains apology that its new pinana pineapple/_ hybrid was out of stock of course lots of people went and asked for itnews that david beckham was really _ and could no

46、t play for englandlisten to other april fools tricks and fill in the blanks. budgetfarestoothbrushbananascotsmoremore april fools day tricks a picture of the queen in a queue in a small _ shopannouncement that the european union was _ right-side drive cars i.e.all uk cars google _ jobs at a new offi

47、ce on the moon people appliednews of a _ elephant on a major roadlisten to other april fools tricks and fill in the blanks.gamblingbanningadvertisingrunawaydifficult sentenceswords to note language in usepreview information relateddifficult sentencestranslate the sentences into chinese. 1 their husb

48、ands, with much cursing and clattering of pans, cook breakfast for the family; by ten oclock they proudly serve their wives a charred and shrivelled egg.2 beside the womans plate will be a bunch of flowers and a little gift, a bottle of scent perhaps, or a pair of tights, which she will exclaim over

49、 until the children, scarlet with fury, insist that their mother makes them their proper breakfast. active reading 1: resourcesclickclickdifficult sentence 1 their husbands, with much cursing and clattering of pans, cook breakfast for the family; by ten oclock they proudly serve their wives a charre

50、d and shrivelled egg.pans在原文中其实泛指厨房里的物件，译成汉语时应在原文中其实泛指厨房里的物件，译成汉语时应为为 “ “锅碗瓢盆锅碗瓢盆”。active reading 2: resourcesanalstransbackback她们的丈夫则要为家人做早饭，他们嘴里骂骂咧的，她们的丈夫则要为家人做早饭，他们嘴里骂骂咧的，弄的锅碗瓢盆叮当乱响。十点的时候他们非常自豪的弄的锅碗瓢盆叮当乱响。十点的时候他们非常自豪的把煎得焦糊糊皱巴巴的鸡蛋端到妻子跟前。把煎得焦糊糊皱巴巴的鸡蛋端到妻子跟前。difficult sentence 2beside the womans plat

51、e will be a bunch of flowers and a little gift, a bottle of scent perhaps, or a pair of tights, which she will exclaim over until the children, scarlet with fury, insist that their mother makes them their proper breakfast.本句较长，译文可以处理成两句。本句较长，译文可以处理成两句。until 需要灵活翻译。需要灵活翻译。active reading 2: resourcesa

52、nalstransbackback盘子边上会有一束鲜花，一份小礼物，可能是一瓶香水盘子边上会有一束鲜花，一份小礼物，可能是一瓶香水或是一双裤袜。妻子会高兴得大呼小叫，而这时孩子们或是一双裤袜。妻子会高兴得大呼小叫，而这时孩子们已经气得满脸通红，跑过来要妈妈给他们做一顿像样的已经气得满脸通红，跑过来要妈妈给他们做一顿像样的早餐。早餐。words to notenew wordsphrases 1. lounge2. fury3. sneak4. dump5. vacuum 6. advisable7. beloved8. gossip 1. bump into 2. fill up with 3

53、. stick aroundactive reading 1: resourceslounge v. & n.v. to lie, sit, or lean in a relaxed or lazy way work in pairs and translate the collocations.active reading 1: resourcesto lounge on sofato lounge against the walldont lounge around all day!懒懒地斜卧沙发上懒洋洋地靠在墙上不要整天闲荡！v. to lounge around/about: to s

54、pend time relaxing or doing nothing when you should be doing sth morebanana mary says: lounge around. lounge v. & n.n. a comfortable room in a house where people sit and relax n. a room or area in a place such as an airport where people can sit and wait work in pairs and translate the collocations.a

55、ctive reading 1: resources雅座酒吧休息躺椅lounge chair 沙发音乐fury n.a feeling of very strong anger that usually does not last very longwork in pairs and answer the following questions.active reading 1: resourcesthe sound and the fury (喧哗与骚动喧哗与骚动 ).1 what is the famous novel by william faulkner, the american w

56、riter?2 what does fury mean in the phrase do sth like fury?to do sth with a lot of energy and determinationsneak v.sneak, sneaked, snuckwork in pairs and match the sencences with the meanings. active reading 1: resources1. to move somewhere quietly and secretly so that no one can see you or hear you

57、2. to take someone or sth secretly or illegally3. infml to tell someone about sth wrong that someone else has donea.the other kids sneaked on him.b.lets sneak some pizza into the cinema. c. while his parents were busy, joe sneaked off to play. 1c 2b 3a dump v.1 infml place sth carelessly2 get rid of

58、 sb or sth that you no longer want or need3 end relationship 4 sell goods at a very low price in a foreign country in order to keep prices higher in your own countryactive reading 1: resourcesab4a 1bmorework in pairs and match the pictures with the meanings. dump v.1 infml place sth carelessly2 get

59、rid of sb or sth that you no longer want or need3 end relationship4 sell goods at a very low price in a foreign country in order to keep prices higher in your own countrya.dump an old friend.b.nolan was angry at being dumped from the team.c. dumping and anti-dumpingd.where can i dump the rubbish sin

60、ce there is no dumping sign here?active reading 1: resourceswork in pairs. match the sentences with the meanings. 1d 2b 3a 4cvacuum n.& v.n. 1 a piece of eletrical equipment that cleans floors by sucking up dirt2 a feeling that sth is missing, or a situation in which sth is missingv. to clean a room