全新版大学英语综合教程4电子教案 Unit6

1、6. I do not have a sufficient amount of money for my needs.7. I often get upset when driving.8. At the end of a workday, I often feel stress-related fatigue.9. I have at least one constant source of stress/anxiety in my life (e.g., conflict with boss, neighbor, mother- in-law, etc.).10. I often have

2、 stress-related headaches.11. I do not practice stress management techniques.12. I rarely take time for myself.13. I have difficulty in keeping my feelings of anger and hostility under control. 14. I have difficulty in managing time wisely.15. I often have difficulty sleeping. Finally, we look at he

3、art disease. Thats tricky, because other factors are involved. Our hearts greatest enemy is tobacco. But heart disease also correlates with the pace we keep. Smokers who drive themselves are really asking for it.”1. What do you think keep people in some countries so busy?2. What might be the acute /

4、 major problems facing people today?1. Tension Physical, mental, emotional2. Health problems Physical, mental and emotional diseases 3. Ecological pollution / Rupture in ozone layer4. Disturbed family relations5. Violence and cruelty6. Corruption / Dishonesty / Immorality7. Drug-addiction8. Neglect

5、of law & order and ethical, moral and social discipline9. Armaments / Nuclear weapons (Militarism)The motorcar brings more traffic problems than it promises to solve.1.The aircraft creates a high demand for time-consuming journeys that we never dreamed of._2.The washing machine, contrary to our

6、expectations, multiplies the hours spent on washing and ironing._3.4. Instead of making our lives easier, technology goes so far as to cram extra work into our leisure time._ Meanwhile, technology has not only allowed work to spread into our leisure time the laptop-on-the-beach syndrome but added th

7、e new burden of dealing with faxes, e-mails and voicemails. It has also provided us with the opportunity to spend hours fixing software glitches on our personal computers or filling our heads with useless information from the Internet. Technology apart, the Internet points the way to a second reason

8、 why we feel so time-pressed: the information explosion. Before the industrial revolution, people lived in small communities with limited communications. Within the confines of their village, they could reasonably expect to know everything that was to be known, see everything that was to be seen, an

9、d do everything that was to be done. Today, being curious by nature, we are still trying to do the same. But the global village is a world of limitless possibilities, and we can never achieve our aim.multiply 常指自然生殖或同类事物的不断重复而造成的增常指自然生殖或同类事物的不断重复而造成的增 加，也可以指大幅度或成倍的增加。例如：加，也可以指大幅度或成倍的增加。例如：increase 是

10、最普通的用语，表示通过增加数量或自然增大是最普通的用语，表示通过增加数量或自然增大 而在数目、规模、分量、程度等方面的增长，常而在数目、规模、分量、程度等方面的增长，常 含有递进性或按比例增加之意。例如：含有递进性或按比例增加之意。例如：两国间的贸易额每年都在递增。两国间的贸易额每年都在递增。multiply, increase & add这几个词都是动词，都有这几个词都是动词，都有“增加增加”、“增大增大”之意。之意。CF:Rabbits multiply rapidly. 兔子繁殖很快。兔子繁殖很快。The volume of trade between the two count

11、ries has been increasing each year.a life of abundance 富裕的生活富裕的生活of abundance富裕的富裕的abundance 常指数量很多，超过需要。例如：常指数量很多，超过需要。例如：plenty 指数量很多，超过期望。例如：指数量很多，超过期望。例如：abundance, plenty & profusion这三个词都是名词，都有这三个词都是名词，都有“大量大量”之意。之意。CF:At the feast there was food and drink in abundance.宴会上有大量的食物和饮料。宴会上有大量的食

12、物和饮料。The occasion was celebrated with plenty of festivities.欢度那个节日举行了许多庆祝活动。欢度那个节日举行了许多庆祝活动。Experts have forecast an upturn in the stock market.专家们预测证券市场行情看涨。专家们预测证券市场行情看涨。forecast 指根据已知可能的发展进程或将来的情况作指根据已知可能的发展进程或将来的情况作 出大概的预测，尤适用于天气预报例如：出大概的预测，尤适用于天气预报例如：forecast, foretell & predict这几个词都是动词，均有这

13、几个词都是动词，均有“预言预言”、“预示预示”、“预告预告”之意。之意。CF:The weatherman was unable to forecast the weather more than three days in advance. 气象员不能预报出三天以后的天气情况。气象员不能预报出三天以后的天气情况。He foretells events form the flights of birds. 他能从鸟的飞行来预测事件。他能从鸟的飞行来预测事件。foretell 是普通用语，原带有迷信色彩，表示预言注定的是普通用语，原带有迷信色彩，表示预言注定的 命运，但现在命运，但现在 这种色彩

14、逐渐消失，主语可以是人这种色彩逐渐消失，主语可以是人 或物。例如：或物。例如：Who can foretell what will happen? 谁能预言将会发生什么事呢？谁能预言将会发生什么事呢？Fill in the blanks with the following words and change the form where necessary.feed 不仅表示喂养人、动物，实际上有时表示喂入嘴不仅表示喂养人、动物，实际上有时表示喂入嘴 中，还表示给植物提供养分。广义上，它指为任中，还表示给植物提供养分。广义上，它指为任 何人或物提供所需外来养分。何人或物提供所需外来养分。sup

15、ply 表示供给所需物品。表示供给所需物品。nurture, feed & supplyThe farmers wife cattle and sheep every morning.2. The government free books to schools.feeds_supplies_If you provoke the dog, it will attack you.如果你去招惹那条狗，它会咬你。如果你去招惹那条狗，它会咬你。His impudence provoked her into slapping his face.他的鲁莽气得她打了他一耳光。他的鲁莽气得她打了他一耳

16、光。arouse 意思是意思是“引起引起”、“唤醒唤醒”，动作的意味较弱，动作的意味较弱， 表示使某人从睡眠状态中醒来或鼓励某人由不积表示使某人从睡眠状态中醒来或鼓励某人由不积 极状态变为积极状态。例如：极状态变为积极状态。例如：My mother aroused me from sleep.我母亲把我从睡梦中唤醒了。我母亲把我从睡梦中唤醒了。6. 6. 个人的穿着打扮个人的穿着打扮7. 7. 处理软件故障处理软件故障 8. 8. 除去技术发展除去技术发展9. 9. 信息爆炸信息爆炸personal groomingfix software glitchestechnology apart t

17、he information explosion10. 10. 感到时间紧迫感到时间紧迫feel time-pressed11. 11. 从世界各个角落从世界各个角落from every corner of the world12.12. 在整个世界学术界在整个世界学术界in the whole world of scholarship13.13. 在在的推动下的推动下driven on by 14.14. 无休止的选择无休止的选择endless choice15. 15. 适用于适用于apply to1 16 6. . 预测小组预测小组forecasting group1 17 7. . 分

18、配不均匀分配不均匀be unevenly distributed1818. . 抚养子女抚养子女nurture offspring1919. . 做有报酬的工作做有报酬的工作take paying jobs2 20 0. . 家务杂活家务杂活household chores3) time-consuming journeys (Para. 4) journeys consuming time4) the laptop-on-the-beach syndrome (Para. 6) the syndrome caused by going to the beach with a laptop5)

19、 feel time-pressed (Para. 7) feel the press caused by the lack of time6) ever-larger quantities of goods and services (Para. 11)the quantities of goods and services that become larger and larger7) be time-starved (Para. 12) be lacking in time8) the London-based Henley Center (Para. 14) the Henley Ce

20、nter with its headquarter located in London9) be self-imposed (Para. 14) be imposed by ones own10) hour-by-hour logs (Para. 15) logs written at different hours11) the mid-1960s (Para. 16)the middle of the 1960s12) empty-nesters (Para. 17) people without offsprings 13) pre-school children (Para. 17)

21、children before entering the schools14) on-line retailers (Para. 21) retailers shopping on line15) work-life debate (Para. 22) debate on “which to choose, work or life”16) long-hours culture (Para. 22) the tradition to increase the working hours17) family-friendly working policies (Para. 22) the pol

22、icies used in the working places to treat employees in a friendly way like members in a family18) the cell-phone (Para. 28) the mobile phone1) ever-ever-green, ever-lasting, ever-more2) self- self-control, self-made, self-educated2. Make words with the following prefixes or patterns. 3) pre- pre-his

23、tory, pre-mature, pre-recorded随着脑海中充斥着的这种多路并进状态而来的是一种幸随着脑海中充斥着的这种多路并进状态而来的是一种幸福感。我们总是宁要狂热地工作也不要无聊乏味地生活。福感。我们总是宁要狂热地工作也不要无聊乏味地生活。“人类从未，也永远不会选择放慢速度，人类从未，也永远不会选择放慢速度，” 历史学家斯历史学家斯蒂芬蒂芬 克恩说。克恩说。3. In so many households the TV just stays on, like a noisy light bulb, while the life of the family passes back

24、 and forth in its shimmering glow.在许多家庭里，电视机就一直开着，如同一个发出噪声在许多家庭里，电视机就一直开着，如同一个发出噪声的灯泡，人们在其微弱的闪光里来回忙碌着。的灯泡，人们在其微弱的闪光里来回忙碌着。4. A sense of well-being comes with this saturation of parallel pathways in the brain. We choose mania over boredom every time. “Humans have never, ever, opted for slower,” point

25、s out the historian Stephen Kern.5. 如今，这些大脑休想容纳下一天中产生的新信息中的小如今，这些大脑休想容纳下一天中产生的新信息中的小小一部分。小一部分。Today, those heads could not hope to accommodate more than a tiny fraction of the information generated in a single day.6. 除不平等外，时间不够用的感觉也普遍存在，并引起了除不平等外，时间不够用的感觉也普遍存在，并引起了各种反应。各种反应。Inequalities apart, the p

26、erception of the time famine is widespread, and has provoked a variety of reactions. What motivates us to desire? We are motivated to desire by the elusion (逃避逃避) or the delusion (错觉错觉) that the grass is greener on the other side of our dream. As the old sages say: By Greed, Fear, Anger, Envy, and I

27、gnorance. We all want to improve the Quality of our Life, that means for most of us: More material wealth, more security, keeping up with the Joneses, and whatever we “think” will help us. Unfortunately, our thinking is not always clear. What we think will improve our life, may turn out worse than w

28、e had it before, because we did not “think” through the implications of having our wish fulfilled. The consequences of our actions usually come and hit us when we dont expect it. Again, we suffer due to our own ignorance, and inability to plan ahead and to foresee what will happen.1. Delete all-purp

29、ose nouns such as “case”, “fact”, “field”, “instance”;2. Revise roundabout expressions such as “the question as to whether”, “there is no doubt but that”, “this is a matter that”, “at the same time that”;3. Cut redundant expression expression that repeat the meaning of another;4. Remove deadwood nee

30、dless words, phrases, and sentences that impede the smooth flow of language to create a straightforward style;cars to reach their destination. If you look around, technology is almost everywhere! We can send email to our friends rather than the old fashioned letters which take so long to reach the r

31、eceivers. We can easily message to our parents to reassure them of our safety or search for information needed for our school projects with just a click on the button. Despite the benefits, there are many problems caused by technology. People nowadays have relied on technology too much. Teenagers co

32、mplain when they could3. Better a little fire to warm us, than a great fire to burn us. 宁要小火烘烤，不要大火烧焦。宁要小火烘烤，不要大火烧焦。4. We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet只要我们能善用时间，就永远不愁时间不够用。只要我们能善用时间，就永远不愁时间不够用。 德国诗人德国诗人 J. W. 歌德歌德 5. We must deal with pleasure as we do with honey, only touch them with the ti