新视界大学英语综合教程3 unit2

1、 Warming uWarming up pSkimmingSkimmingDiggingDiggingCritical thinkingCritical thinkingLanguage in useLanguage in useUnfamiliar wordsUnfamiliar wordsInterpretingInterpretingTalking pointTalking pointThe glass castleWarming up Listen and underline any words or expressions which are different from what

2、 you hear.A: Looking back now on your childhood, what are the first things you can remember?B: You mean sights and smells, and things like that?A: Yes, thats right. Psychologists tell us our first memories go back to when we were about two years old.A: Looking back now on your childhood, what are th

3、e first things you can remember?B: You mean sights and smells, and things like that?A: Yes, thats right. Psychologists tell us our first memories go back to when we were about two years old.Warming upA: Well, I remember the first time I saw the stars. My parents and I were on holiday we were in Scot

4、land. At least, I think I remember. But perhaps its the photos I remember really, not the original memory. Maybe sounds and smells are more reliable as memories, like the smell of the flowers in the back garden, or the radio. I used to listen to the radio. I must have been about three. It was a prog

5、ramme in the afternoon for children called Listen with Father. I listened every day. The voice at the beginning used to say “Are you sitting straight?”, and I would pull myself up straight in the chair. I used to love doing that.A: Well, I remember the first time I saw the stars. My parents and I we

6、re on holiday we were in Scotland. At least, I think I remember. But perhaps its the photos I remember really, not the original memory. Maybe sounds and smells are more reliable as memories, like the smell of the flowers in the back garden, or the radio. I used to listen to the radio. I must have be

7、en about three. It was a programme in the afternoon for children called Listen with Father. I listened every day. The voice at the beginning used to say “Are you sitting straight?”, and I would pull myself up straight in the chair. I used to love doing that.Warming upNow listen again and correct the

8、 information.Answer: smells sounds; two three stars sea; flowers grass Father Mother straight comfortablyWarming up Work in pairs and discuss the questions.1 What is your earliest memory?2 What smells do you associate with your childhood?3 And what tastes?4 And what sounds? Listen to the story about

9、 Laura Ingalls Wilder and her “Little House” books. Answer the questions. 1. What are the “Little House” books about? 2. What do you know about Laura Ingalls Wilder? scriptWarming upLaura Ingalls Wilder 1. What are the “Little House” books about? The “Little House” books are about the family of a li

10、ttle girl named Laura. The family lived on the great flat land known as the prairie in the central part of the United States. They were known as pioneers. The stories take place in the mid eighteen hundreds. The first book is called Little House in the Big Woods. Warming up2. What do you know about

11、Laura Ingalls Wilder? Laura Ingalls was born in 1867 in an area known as the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Her family was always moving from one place to another. Life was not easy for them. Readers can read about Lauras early life in her books.Warming upThe story about Laura Ingalls Wilder and her “Littl

12、e House” booksSince the nineteen thirties, children have gone to sleep listening to the words of Laura Ingalls Wilder. She wrote nine Little House books that take place in the mid eighteen hundreds. They tell about a family who lived on the great flat land known as the prairie in the central part of

13、 the United States. They were known as pioneers.The family moved from one small house to another. They carried all they owned in a wagon, pulled by a horse. They did not like to live and work in big cities. They enjoyed farming and raising animals. And they loved the open spaces of the prairie.Warmi

14、ng upLaura Ingalls was born in eighteen sixty-seven in an area known as the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Her father was said to have a restless spirit. He did not like to live in one place very long. The family moved from Wisconsin to Kansas, then to Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota.Lauras father was al

15、ways looking for a better job, or better land to settle on. Life for the Ingalls family was not easy. They were often cold and hungry. Laura remembered these times when she wrote her Little House books later in life.Warming upLaura Ingalls Wilders first book is called Little House in the Big Woods.

16、It was published in nineteen thirty-two. It tells of her life when she was about five years old. She calls her mother and father Ma and Pa. She also includes an older sister named Mary and a younger sister named Carrie in her stories. This first book tells how Laura helps her family on their small f

17、arm.She learns how to grow crops and prepare for a cold winter. After working hard all day, Pa would play his fiddle, and sometimes they would sing and dance. Life was simple, but good.Warming upWarming up Look at the title of the passage. What do you think a novel with the title The Glass Castle is

18、 most likely to be about?1 an impossible dream2 a fragile personality3 a stimulating but unusual childhood 4 a fairy storySkimmingBrowse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it.Answer the questions of Activity 2 and 3 on page 27.TaskTaskSkimming Check () the true statements. 1 The

19、passage describes what happened one Christmas in the writers family. 2 Her family usually celebrated Christmas like all other families. 3 Her parents usually gave the children presents at Christmas. 4 Her father didnt have any job on this particular Christmas. 5 He took the children out all together

20、 to look at the stars. 6 He told the writer to choose a star as a Christmas present. 7 The writer chose Venus because it was very bright. 8 Her father knew a lot about physics and astronomy. Answer: The true statements are 1, 4, 6, 7 and 8.Skimming Answer the questions. 1 Why did the writers parents

21、 buy their children presents after Christmas?2 What could be found on the roadside after Christmas?3 What did the writers father think of people who live in cities?Boxes and paper that people had thrown away. They were foolish. Because they were cheaper then. Skimming4 How did the writer react to th

22、e idea of having a star as a present?5 How did her father justify it?6 What happened during Christmas dinner?It made as much sense as claiming a whole continent of the earth. She didnt think it was possible. The family discussed outer space.The glass castle译文译文Digging1 I never believed in Santa Clau

23、s.2 None of us kids did. Mom and Dad refused to let us. They couldnt afford expensive presents, and they didnt want us to think we werent as good as other kids who, on Christmas morning, found all sorts of fancy toys under the tree that were supposedly left by Santa Claus. So they told us all about

24、how other kids were deceived by their parents, how the toys the grown-ups claimed were made by little elves wearing bell caps in their workshop at the North Pole actually had labels on them saying MADE IN JAPAN.Digging3 “Try not to look down on those other children,” Mom said. “Its not their fault t

25、hat theyve been brainwashed into believing silly myths.”译文译文Digging4 We celebrated Christmas, but usually about a week after December 25, when you could find perfectly good bows and wrapping paper that people had thrown away and Christmas trees discarded on the roadside that still had most of their

26、needles and even some silver tinsel hanging on them. Mom and Dad would give us a bag of marbles or a doll or a slingshot that had been marked way down in an after-Christmas sale.译文译文Digging5 Dad lost his job at the gypsum mine after getting in an argument with the foreman, and when Christmas came th

27、at year, we had no money at all. On Christmas Eve, Dad took each of us kids out into the desert night one by one. I had a blanket wrapped around me, and when it was my turn, I offered to share it with Dad, but he said no thanks. The cold never bothered him. I was five that year and I sat next to Dad

28、 and we looked up at the sky.译文译文DiggingDad loved to talk about the stars. He explained to us how they rotated through the night sky as the earth turned. He taught us to identify the constellations and how to navigate by the North Star. Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the spe

29、cial treats for people like us who lived out in the wilderness. Rich city folks, hed say, lived in fancy apartments, but their air was so polluted they couldnt even see the stars. Wed have to be out of our minds to want to trade places with any of them.译文译文Digging6 “Pick out your favorite star,” Dad

30、 said that night. He told me I could have it for keeps. He said it was my Christmas present. “You cant give me a star!” I said. “No one owns the stars.” “Thats right,” Dad said. “No one else owns them. You just have to claim it before anyone else does, like that dago fellow Columbus claimed America

31、for Queen Isabella. Claiming a star as your own has every bit as much logic to it.”译文译文Digging7 I thought about it and realized Dad was right. He was always figuring out things like that. 8 I could have any star I wanted, Dad said, except Betelgeuse and Rigel, because Lori and Brian had already laid

32、 claim to them.译文译文Digging9 I looked up to the stars and tried to figure out which was the best one. You could see hundreds, maybe thousands or even millions, twinkling in the clear desert sky. The longer you looked and the more your eyes adjusted to the dark, the more stars youd see, layer after la

33、yer of them gradually becoming visible. There was one in particular, in the west above the mountains but low in the sky, that shone more brightly than all the rest.译文译文Digging10 “I want that one,” I said.11 Dad grinned. “Thats Venus,” he said. Venus was only a planet, he went on, and pretty dinky co

34、mpared to real stars. She looked bigger and brighter because she was much closer than the stars. Poor old Venus didnt even make her own light, Dad said. She shone only from reflected light. He explained to me that planets glowed because reflected light was constant, and stars twinkled because their

35、light pulsed.译文译文Digging12 “I like it anyway,” I said. I had admired Venus even before that Christmas. You could see it in the early evening, glowing on the western horizon, and if you got up early, you could still see it in the morning, after all the stars had disappeared.译文译文Digging13 “What the he

36、ll,” Dad said. “Its Christmas. You can have a planet if you want.”14 And he gave me Venus.Digging15 That evening over Christmas dinner, we all discussed outer space. Dad explained light years and black holes and quasars and told us about the special qualities of Betelgeuse, Rigel, and Venus. Betelge

37、use was a red star in the shoulder of the constellation Orion. It was one of the largest stars you could see in the sky, hundreds of times bigger than the sun. It had burned brightly for millions of years and would soon become a supernova and burn out. I got upset that Lori had chosen a clunker of a

38、 star, but Dad explained that “soon” meant hundreds of thousands of years when you were talking about stars.译文译文Digging16 Rigel was a blue star, smaller than Betelgeuse, Dad said, but even brighter. It was also in Orion it was his left foot, which seemed appropriate, because Brian was an extra-fast

39、runner.译文译文Digging17 Venus didnt have any moons or satellites or even a magnetic field, but it did have an atmosphere sort of similar to earths, except it was super-hot about five hundred degrees or more. “So,” Dad said, “when the sun starts to burn out and earth turns cold, everyone here might want

40、 to move to Venus to get warm. And theyll have to get permission from your descendants first.”译文译文Digging18 We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa myth and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. “Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long for

41、gotten,” Dad said, “youll still have your stars.”译文译文1. how the toys the grown-ups claimed were made by little elves wearing bell caps in their workshop at the North Pole actually had labels on them saying MADE IN JAPAN. (Line 8, Para 2)The parents in the book tell their children that the stories ot

42、her children believe about Santa Claus are false as can be seen by the fact that the gifts have not been made by elves at the North Pole but manufactured in factories in places like Japan, as can be seen by looking at the labels on them. Difficult sentences Difficult sentences 2. Mom and Dad would g

43、ive us a bag of marbles or a doll or a slingshot that had been marked way down in an after-Christmas sale. (Line 7, Para 4)The parents would give their children very cheap gifts, some of which had even been bought after Christmas in sales to get rid of unsold goods. marked way down: greatly reduced

44、in priceDifficult sentences 3. Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the special treats for people like us who lived out in the wilderness. (Line 14, Para 5)Pollution makes it difficult to see many stars in urban areas, whereas the night sky is a brilliant sight out in the uninhabi

45、ted countryside. The father tells his children they are privileged to live in such remote places. Difficult sentences 4. Wed have to be out of our minds to want to trade places with any of them. (Line 19, Para 5)Wed have to be out of our minds to want to trade places with any of them. (Line 19, Para

46、 5)Difficult sentences 5. Wed have to be out of our minds to want to trade places with any of them. (Line 19, Para 5)The father tells his daughter that the star will belong to her forever.Difficult sentences 6. You just have to claim it before anyone else does, like that dago fellow Columbus claimed

47、 America for Queen Isabella. (Line 5, Para 6)In earlier European legal theory, lands which belonged to no organized state could be claimed by their discoverers. Hence when Columbus, working for the Spanish queen, discovered America, he claimed it for her. In the same way, the girl can now claim the

48、unoccupied star as her own. Difficult sentences 6. You just have to claim it before anyone else does, like that dago fellow Columbus claimed America for Queen Isabella. (Line 5, Para 6)dago: It is a racist term for a Spaniard. Columbus was actually an Italian but working for the Spanish queen. The f

49、ather shows disrespect for the discoverer of America presumably as part of his general rejection of the attitudes of most people in his society. His argument about claiming and owning anything not possessed by anyone else might be seen as criticizing the European seizure of America. The father is a

50、rebel by nature. Difficult sentences 7. I thought about it and realized Dad was right. He was always figuring out things like that. (Para 7)The daughter shows her deep love and respect for her father. She finds his unusual way of looking at things convincing.Difficult sentences 8. He explained to me

51、 that planets glowed because reflected light was constant, and stars twinkled because their light pulsed. (Line 7, Para 11)The father explains to his daughter that planets merely give off a constant reflected light, while stars are balls of glowing gas whose heat and light come in waves thus shining

52、 in a different way (in fact, twinkling).Difficult sentences 9. “What the hell,” Dad said. (Line 1, Para 13)what the hell: Its a slang expression used when suddenly rejecting our own objections to something. e.g.“We cant go. Its raining. Okay, what the hell, lets get wet.”More examplesDifficult sent

53、ences 10. “Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,” Dad said, “youll still have your stars.” (Line 3, Para 18)Other childrens worthless Christmas presents only last a short time, but the stars the father has given the children will be there all their lives.fancy 释义释义

54、a. expensive, popular, and fashionable 昂贵的；流行的；时髦的例句例句We stayed in this really fancy hotel in the mountains. 我们住在山里这家十分豪华的旅馆里。 翻译翻译WordsWords例句例句They sent me to a fancy private school. 他们将我送到一家昂贵的私立学校。 翻译翻译真题真题It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to inc

55、rease our happiness now seems pointless. (Jun. 1998, CET-4, Reading Comprehension) 释义释义1n. C a room or building where things are made using tools and machines 车间；工场；作坊WordsWordsworkshop例句例句He set up a workshop for his carving. 他建起了一个雕刻工作间。 翻译翻译例句例句The workshop employs 25 full-time workers. 工场雇佣了25位全

56、职工人。 翻译翻译释义释义2n. C an occasion when a group of people meet to learn about a particular subject, especially by taking part in discussions or activities 研讨会；专题讨论会例句例句Many people are interested in the workshop. 许多人都对这次研讨会表示了极大的兴趣。 翻译翻译WordsWords例句例句In the one-day workshop, she taught us the importance

57、of breathing exercises. 在为期一天的研讨班上，她向我们讲述了呼吸练习的重要性。翻译翻译workshopbow 释义释义1n. C a knot that you tie in something such as a piece of string so that there are two circular parts and two loose ends 蝴蝶结例句例句Ella wore a big bow in her hair. 埃拉头上扎着一只大蝴蝶结。 翻译翻译WordsWords例句例句翻译翻译She tied the ribbon into a neat

58、bow. 她用丝带打了一个很整洁的蝴蝶结。 释义释义2vi. to bend your body forwards from the waist, especially to show respect for someone （尤指表示尊敬）鞠躬，躬身，弯腰例句例句翻译翻译WordsWords例句例句The pianist stood up and bowed to the audience. 翻译翻译钢琴手站起来向观众鞠躬。 Maria bowed down before the statue. 玛丽亚在塑像前躬身致敬。 bow 释义释义vt. to get rid of something

59、 that you no longer want or need 丢弃例句例句Cut the olives into small slices and discard the pits. 将橄榄切成小片，将核扔掉。 翻译翻译WordsWords例句例句Read the manufacturers guidelines before discarding the box. 在丢掉盒子前看一下制造商的说明。翻译翻译discard 真题真题Library application forms which are not picked up within 2 months will be discard

60、ed and you will have to reapply. (Jun. 1995, CET-4, Listening Comprehension) 释义释义v. to move in a circle around a fixed central point, or to move something in this way （使）旋转；（使）转动例句例句The moon rotates around the earth. 月球绕着地球旋转。翻译翻译WordsWords例句例句Take each foot in both your hands and rotate it to loose