大学英语上册unit 5-a

1、Theme-related InformationWarm-upText AExercisesReview of Text A课前自主学习要求 1.全面理解课文（借助中文翻译和本课件，在课文当中标注生词和词组意思，并在笔记本上记录重要词组和词汇），并完成课后习题： comprehension of the text (A, B, C) 2.掌握标注出来的词汇的中文意思 3.掌握重点句型 1） 主语从句 2） the +比较级，the +比较级 并完成课后习题（C sentence structure）Unit 5: Text A A Simple Life Well Lived（简单高质的生活

2、）By Shanelle Pierce 1. The businessman was at the pier（码头） of a small coastal Mexican village（墨西哥的一个沿海小村） when a small boat with just one fisherman docked（靠岸）. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna（大黄鳍金枪鱼）. The businessman complimented（赞美） the Mexican on the quality of his fish an

3、d asked how long it took to catch them. The Mexican replied, “Only a little while”.Compliment sb. On sth. 赞美某人某事（物）Unit 5: Text A 2. The businessman then asked why he didnt stay out longer and catch more fish. The Mexican said he had enough to support his familys immediate needs（燃眉之急）. The businessm

4、an then asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?” The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late（睡懒觉）, fish a little, play with my children, take a nap（打盹） with my wife, Maria, stroll（闲逛，散步） into the village each evening where I sip wine（喝酒） and play guitar with my amigos（西班牙语，朋友）; I have a

5、 full and busy life, seor（西班牙语，先生）. ” Unit 5: Text A 3. The businessman scoffed（嘲笑）, “I am a Harvard MBA and I could help you. You should spend more time fishing, and with the proceeds (n.收入) buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats; eventually you would

6、have a fleet of （一船队的） fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch（你捕捉到的鱼） to a middleman（中间商）, you would sell directly to the processor（加工者） and eventually open your own cannery（罐头食品厂）. You would control the product（生产）, processing（加工） and distribution（派送-销售）. You would need to leave this small co

7、astal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA （Los Angeles洛杉矶）and eventually New York City where you would run your expanding enterprise（经营你不断扩大的企业）. ” Unit 5: Text A 4. The Mexican fisherman asked, “But seor, how long will this all take?” To which the businessman replied,“15-20 years”. “Bu

8、t what then, seor?” The businessman laughed and said, “Thats the best part! When the time is right you would announce an IPO（Initial Public Offerings公开募股） and sell your company stock（公司股票） to the public and become very rich. You would make millions. ” “Millions, seor? Then what?” The businessman sai

9、d, “Then you would retire, move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take a siesta（午休） with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos. ” Unit 5: Text A 5. The fisherman

10、, still smiling, looked up and said, “Isnt that what Im doing right now?” 6. We live in a world in which being successful（定语从句中 -ing短语作主语） is everything. Success is measured by power, popularity（名气）, control（控制力）, achievement, and winning. Having more and being more（ -ing短语作主语） is success. The busin

11、essman measured success by the accumulation of wealth（财富的积累） and by living an extravagant life（奢华的生活）. He held a Harvard MBA, millions of dollars, and status（地位） as a powerful businessman. “The person with the most toys wins” is a fitting motto. 在这个句子中，“The person with the most toys wins” 作为整个句子的主语。

12、“The person with the most toys wins” is a fitting motto.翻译：“拥有最多玩具的人就是胜者”是一句恰当的座右铭Unit 5: Text A 7. Possessions and wealth are not enough. While comforting, wealth cannot fulfill. Benjamin Franklin was of the opinion（持有的观点）, “Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the mor

13、e he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum（真空，空虚）, it makes one. ” Wealth may help us to escape emptiness for a short while; it cannot cure it.在这个句子中，nor will it 是倒装结构。否定词 nor 放在句子的前面表示强调。其基本句型为 nor + auxiliary/be/modal verb + subject。e.g. I will not agree with you， nor will they.e.g. Mike didnt finish

14、 his homework， nor did his roommates.Money never made a man happy yet，nor will it.我不会同意你的观点，他们也不会同意的。迈克没有完成他的功课，他的室友们也没有完成。这是比较级从句。The more . the more .表示“越越”。e.g. The more, the better.e.g. The more he learned about the news, the more anxious he became.The more a man has， the more he wants.我不会同意你的观点

15、，他们也不会同意的。他知道的消息越多，他就变得越焦虑。Unit 5: Text A 8. The businessman accumulated money（攒钱） to support his retirement. It was wise to plan for the future. Yet, what sort of life was he living in the present? The businessman was so future oriented（以未来为考虑中心的） that he hadnt taken sufficient time（足够的时间） to quest

16、ion what the future looked like. The businessman was living for what the Mexican already enjoyed a simple life well lived.Unit 5: Text A 9. Rudyard Kipling, giving a commencement address（毕业典礼上的演说） at McGill University in Montreal, said there was one striking（引人注目的） thing that deserves to be remember

17、ed about people. Warning the students against an over-concern（太过看重） for money, power, or popularity, he said, “Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are. ”The businessman discovered how poor he was when he met the Mexican fisherman.Warn sb.ag

18、ainst sth. 告诫某人不要做某事Unit 5: Text A 10. Ralph Waldo Emerson defined （定义） success in a simple life well lived as: “to laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and affection（喜爱） of children; to earn the appreciation（欣赏） of honest critics（真诚评论者） and endure the betrayal of false friends（容忍损友的背叛）; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to