新视界大学英语综合教程3-unit2学习教案

1、会计学1新视界大学新视界大学(dxu)英语综合教程英语综合教程3-unit2第一页，共135页。Warming up Listen and underline any words or expressions which are different from what 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. P

2、sychologists tell us our first memories go back to when we were about two years old.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 w

3、ere about two years old.第1页/共135页第二页，共135页。Warming upA: Well, I remember the first time I saw the stars. My parents and I were 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 reliabl

4、e 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 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 straig

5、ht?”, 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 were 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 sound

6、s 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 programme in the afternoon for children called Listen with Father. I listened every day. The voice at the beginning used t

7、o say “Are you sitting straight?”, and I would pull myself up straight in the chair. I used to love doing that.第2页/共135页第三页，共135页。Warming upNow listen again and correct the information.Answer: smells sounds; two three stars sea; flowers grass Father Mother straight comfortably第3页/共135页第四页，共135页。Warm

8、ing 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?第4页/共135页第五页，共135页。scriptWarming upLaura Ingalls Wilder第5页/共135页第六页，共135页。Warming up第6页/共135页第七页，共135页。Warming up第7页/共135页第八页，共135页。War

9、ming up第8页/共135页第九页，共135页。Warming up第9页/共135页第十页，共135页。Warming up第10页/共135页第十一页，共135页。Warming up Look at the title of the passage. What do you think a novel with the title The Glass Castle is most likely to be about?1 an impossible dream2 a fragile personality3 a stimulating but unusual childhood 4

10、a fairy story第11页/共135页第十二页，共135页。SkimmingBrowse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it.Answer the questions of Activity 2 and 3 on page 27.Task第12页/共135页第十三页，共135页。Skimming Check () the true statements. 1 The passage describes what happened one Christmas in the writers family. 2

11、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 to look at the stars. 6 He told the writer to choose a star as a Chris

12、tmas 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.第13页/共135页第十四页，共135页。Skimming Answer the questions. 1 Why did the writers parents buy their children presents after Christmas?2 Wha

13、t 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. 第14页/共135页第十五页，共135页。Skimming4 How did the writer react to the idea of having a star as a

14、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.第15页/共135页第十六页，共135页。The glass castle译文Digging1 I never believed in Santa Claus.2 None o

15、f 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 how other

16、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.第16页/共135页第十七页，共135页。Digging3 “Try not to look down on those other children,” Mom said. “Its not th

17、eir fault that theyve been brainwashed into believing silly myths.”第17页/共135页第十八页，共135页。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

18、 that still had most of their 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.第18页/共135页第十九页，共135页。译文Digging5 Dad lost his job at the gypsum mine after getting in an argu

19、ment with the foreman, and when Christmas came that 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 bothere

20、d him. I was five that year and I sat next to Dad and we looked up at the sky.第19页/共135页第二十页，共135页。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 S

21、tar. Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the special 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 pla

22、ces with any of them.第20页/共135页第二十一页，共135页。译文Digging6 “Pick out your favorite star,” Dad 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 h

23、ave to claim it before anyone else does, like that dago fellow Columbus claimed America for Queen Isabella. Claiming a star as your own has every bit as much logic to it.”第21页/共135页第二十二页，共135页。译文Digging7 I thought about it and realized Dad was right. He was always figuring out things like that. 8 I

24、could have any star I wanted, Dad said, except Betelgeuse and Rigel, because Lori and Brian had already laid claim to them.第22页/共135页第二十三页，共135页。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

25、the clear desert sky. The longer you looked and the more your eyes adjusted to the dark, the more stars youd see, layer after layer 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.第23页/共13

26、5页第二十四页，共135页。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 compared 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.

27、 She shone only from reflected light. He explained to me that planets glowed because reflected light was constant, and stars twinkled because their light pulsed.第24页/共135页第二十五页，共135页。译文Digging12 “I like it anyway,” I said. I had admired Venus even before that Christmas. You could see it in the early

28、 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.第25页/共135页第二十六页，共135页。译文Digging13 “What the hell,” Dad said. “Its Christmas. You can have a planet if you want.”14 And he gave me Venus.第26页/共135页第二十七页，共135页。

29、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. Betelgeuse was a red star in the shoulder of the constellation Orion. It was one of the largest s

30、tars 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 star, but Dad explained that “soon” meant hundreds of thousands of years when you were ta

31、lking about stars.译文第27页/共135页第二十八页，共135页。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 runner.译文第28页/共135页第二十九页，共135页。Digging17 Venus didnt have any moons or

32、 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 to move to Venus to get warm. And theyll have to

33、get permission from your descendants first.”译文第29页/共135页第三十页，共135页。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 forgotten,” Dad said, “youll still

34、 have your stars.”译文第30页/共135页第三十一页，共135页。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 other childre

35、n 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 第31页/共135页第三十二页，共135页。Difficult sentences 2. Mom and

36、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. (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: great

37、ly reduced in price第32页/共135页第三十三页，共135页。Difficult 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 br

38、illiant sight out in the uninhabited countryside. The father tells his children they are privileged to live in such remote places. 第33页/共135页第三十四页，共135页。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 t

39、o want to trade places with any of them. (Line 19, Para 5)第34页/共135页第三十五页，共135页。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.第35页/共135页第三十六页，共135页。Difficult sen

40、tences 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)In earlier European legal theory, lands which belonged to no organized state could be claimed by their discoverers. Hence when Columbus, working for the Spa

41、nish queen, discovered America, he claimed it for her. In the same way, the girl can now claim the unoccupied star as her own. 第36页/共135页第三十七页，共135页。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, P

42、ara 6)dago: It is a racist term for a Spaniard. Columbus was actually an Italian but working for the Spanish queen. The father 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 ow

43、ning anything not possessed by anyone else might be seen as criticizing the European seizure of America. The father is a rebel by nature. 第37页/共135页第三十八页，共135页。Difficult sentences 7. I thought about it and realized Dad was right. He was always figuring out things like that. (Para 7)The daughter show

44、s her deep love and respect for her father. She finds his unusual way of looking at things convincing.第38页/共135页第三十九页，共135页。Difficult sentences 8. He explained to me that planets glowed because reflected light was constant, and stars twinkled because their light pulsed. (Line 7, Para 11)The father e

45、xplains 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 in a different way (in fact, twinkling).第39页/共135页第四十页，共135页。Difficult sentences 9. “What the hell,” Dad said. (Line 1, Para 13)what t

46、he 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 examples第40页/共135页第四十一页，共135页。Difficult sentences 10. “Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,” Dad sai

47、d, “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.第41页/共135页第四十二页，共135页。fancy 释义a. expensive, popular, and fashionable 昂贵的；流行的；时髦的例句We stayed in this re

48、ally fancy hotel in the mountains. 我们住在山里这家十分(shfn)豪华的旅馆里。 翻译Words例句They sent me to a fancy private school. 他们将我送到一家(y ji)昂贵的私立学校。 翻译真题It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. (Jun. 1998, CET-4, Reading Compreh

49、ension) 第42页/共135页第四十三页，共135页。释义1n. C a room or building where things are made using tools and machines 车间；工场；作坊Wordsworkshop例句He set up a workshop for his carving. 他建起了一个雕刻(diok)工作间。 翻译例句The workshop employs 25 full-time workers. 工场(gngchng)雇佣了25位全职工人。 翻译第43页/共135页第四十四页，共135页。释义2n. C an occasion wh

50、en 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Many people are interested in the workshop. 许多(xdu)人都对这次研讨会表示了极大的兴趣。 翻译Words例句In the one-day workshop, she taught us the importance of breathing exercises. 在为期一天的研讨班上，她向我们

51、(w men)讲述了呼吸练习的重要性。翻译workshop第44页/共135页第四十五页，共135页。bow 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Ella wore a big bow in her hair. 埃拉头上(tu shn)扎着一只大蝴蝶结。 翻译Words例句翻译She tied the ribbon into a neat bow. 她用丝带打了一个(y )很整

52、洁的蝴蝶结。 第45页/共135页第四十六页，共135页。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，弯腰例句翻译Words例句The pianist stood up and bowed to the audience. 翻译钢琴手站起来向观众(gunzhng)鞠躬。 Maria bowed down before the statue. 玛丽亚在塑像(sxing)前躬身致敬。 bow 第46页/共135页第四十七页，共135页。释

53、义vt. to get rid of something that you no longer want or need 丢弃例句Cut the olives into small slices and discard the pits. 将橄榄(gnln)切成小片，将核扔掉。 翻译Words例句Read the manufacturers guidelines before discarding the box. 在丢掉(didio)盒子前看一下制造商的说明。翻译discard 真题Library application forms which are not picked up withi

54、n 2 months will be discarded and you will have to reapply. (Jun. 1995, CET-4, Listening Comprehension) 第47页/共135页第四十八页，共135页。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The moon rotates around the earth. 月球(yuqi)绕着地球旋转。翻译Words例句Take each foot

55、in both your hands and rotate it to loosen and relax the ankle. 双手抓住自己的双脚，转动(zhun dng)一下，放松脚踝。翻译rotate 第48页/共135页第四十九页，共135页。navigate 释义v. to choose a path so that a ship, plane, or car can go in a particular direction, especially by using maps or instruments 引路；（尤指利用地图或仪器为船、飞机或汽车）导航，领航例句Early explo

56、rers used to navigate by the stars. 早期的探险家往往(wngwng)靠星辰确定方向。 翻译Words例句By law a harbour pilot must be on board to navigate the ship into port. 根据法律，港口(gngku)领航员必须上船将船只领进港口(gngku)。 翻译第49页/共135页第五十页，共135页。释义n. C something special that you do or buy for yourself or someone else 款待；特意做的事例句We took the kid

57、s to the zoo for a special treat. 我们(w men)带着孩子去了动物园 翻译Words例句Many women think of facials as a treat. 翻译不少(b sho)女人把美容看成是一种享受。 真题W: I hear there is a good Japanese restaurant nearby Would you like to go there for lunch?M: Yes, but its my treat this time. (Jun. 1995, CET-4, Listening Comprehension) t

58、reat 第50页/共135页第五十一页，共135页。释义1vi. if lights or stars twinkle, they become brighter then weaker in a way that is not steady or continuous （灯或星星）闪烁，闪耀例句At night, lights twinkle in distant villages across the valleys. 夜晚，山谷(shng)对面遥远的村庄灯光闪闪。 翻译Wordstwinkle 例句On a starry night, lots of stars twinkle in

59、the sky. 星夜(xngy)的天空上有许多眨着眼的星星。 翻译第51页/共135页第五十二页，共135页。释义2vi. if someones eyes twinkle, they seem to shine because the person is happy （眼睛因高兴而）发亮，发光例句翻译WordsHis eyes twinkled with amusement. 他高兴(goxng)地眨着眼。例子翻译Her eyes twinkled at the good news. 听到好消息，她的眼里闪烁着喜悦(xyu)的光芒。 twinkle 第52页/共135页第五十三页，共135

60、页。释义n. C ( of) an amount or sheet of a substance that covers a surface or lies between two things or two other substances 层；叠层例句翻译Words例句翻译Everything was covered with a fine layer of dust. 每件东西都覆盖(fgi)着一层薄薄的尘土。 Arrange all the vegetables except the potatoes in layers. 除土豆外把所有(suyu)蔬菜分层放置。 layer As t