新视野大学英语1Unit3-SectionB

1、Section BThe Right Son at the Right TimeReading SkillsDetailed Study of the TextText UnderstandingI. Read for the Key IdeaSeparate minor details from the main idea. main idea: who is doing what minor details: when, what kind, where, why, how. II. Exercises of Finding the Key Idea 1.When snow or ice

2、was on the ground, it was impossible for him to walk, even with help. It was impossible for him to walk. 2.In Manhattan the subway station was the basement of his office building, and he would not have to go outside again until we met him in Brooklyn on his way home.The subway was the basement, and

3、he would not have to go outside. 3. If he did, I am sorry I never told him how sorry I was, how unworthy I was, how I regretted it. I am sorry. 1. The story began on a downtown Brooklyn street corner. An elderly man had collapsed while crossing the street, and an ambulance rushed him to Kings County

4、 Hospital. There, when he came to now and again, the man repeatedly called for his son. 2. From a worn letter located in his pocket, an emergency-room nurse learned that his son was a Marine stationed in North Carolina. Apparently there were no other relatives. 3. Someone at the hospital called the

5、Red Cross office in Brooklyn, and a request for the boy to rush to Brooklyn was sent to the Red Cross director of the North Carolina Marine Corps camp. Because time was short the patient was dying the Red Cross man and an officer set out in an army vehicle. They found the young man walking through s

6、ome marshes in a military exercise. He was rushed to the airport in time to catch the sole plane that might enable him to reach his dying father. 4. It was dusk when the young Marine walked into the entrance lobby of Kings County Hospital. A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bed side.

7、“Your son is here,” she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patients eyes opened. *The medicine he had been given because of the pain from his heart attack made his eyes weak and he only dimly saw the young man in Marine Corps uniform standing outside the oxygen

8、 tent. He extended his hand. The Marine wrapped his strong fingers around the old mans limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement. The nurse brought a chair, so the Marine could sit by the bed. 6. Nights are long in hospitals, but allthrough the night the young Marine satthere in the d

9、imly-lit ward, holding the old mans hand and offering words of hope and strength. Occasionally, the nurse urged the Marine to rest for a while. He refused. 7. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was there, but he paid no attention to her and the night noises of the hospital the banging

10、 of an oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff exchanging greetings, the cries and moans and breathing of other patients. Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son through most of the night. 8. It was nearly dawn when the patient

11、 died. The Marine placed the lifeless hand he had been holding on the bed, and went to inform the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he smoked a cigarette, his first since he got to the hospital. 9. Finally, she returned to the nurses station, where he was waiting. She started to offer words o

12、f sympathy, but the Marine interrupted her. “Who was that man?” he asked. 10. “He was your father,” she answered, startled. 11. “No, he wasnt,” the Marine replied. “I never saw him before in my life.” 12. “Why didnt you say something when I took you to him?” the nurse asked. 13. “I knew immediately

13、thered been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasnt here. When I realized he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, I guessed he really needed me. So I stayed.” 14. With that, the Marine turned and exited the hospital. Two days later a message came in from th

14、e North Carolina Marine Corps base informing the Brooklyn Red Cross that the real son was on his way to Brooklyn for his fathers funeral. It turned out there had been two Marines with the same name and similar numbers in the camp. Someone in the personnel office had pulled out the wrong record. 15.

15、But the wrong Marine had becomethe right son at the right time. And heproved, in a very human way, that thereare people who care what happens totheir fellow men. Mr. Wang was rushed to the hospital after collapsing with heart trouble.Some small-scale enterprises collapsed in the cutthroat competitio

16、n.The collapse of Saddams government left the country in chaos. collapse: vi. n. 1）累倒，昏倒 2）倒塌，垮下Backwhile crossing the street：while he was crossing the street. 表示时间和伴随状态的从句中，有时主语和动词be可以省略。While _ (eat) his breakfast, he heard the doorbell ring.When _ (leave) the airport, they waved again and again t

17、o us.As soon as _ (finish), the job seemed too easy for them.Metals expand when _ (heat) and contract when_ (cool).eatingleavingfinishedheatedcooledBack come to: come to oneself 苏醒，恢复知觉 The doctor gave him some medicine and he began to _. 医生用了一些药后，他开始恢复知觉。 2) The fresh air may _ him _. 新鲜空气或许能使他苏醒过来

18、。 C bring to: 使恢复知觉come tobringtoBack call for: 要求，需要；去接某人，去拿某物， 叫（某人）来Those problems call for immediate solution. 2) The customer called for the waiter. 3) Ill call for you at 2 oclock. need, demand askto come givea ride Back sole: 惟一的，单独的 仅有的1) Your meeting us was a _ accident. C sole: one and one

19、 only 强调“只一个” only: the one specimen of its class 强调“一类中惟一 的一个” mere: 仅仅，单单，纯粹2) He was the _ Englishman present.3) His _ motive was to make her happy.mereonlysoleBack The medicine he had been given because of the pain from his heart attack made his eyes weak and he only dimly saw the young man in M

20、arine Corps uniform standing outside the oxygen tent. + = the whole sentence the medicine made his eyes weak (key idea).What medicine?he had been givenWhy given?because of painWhy pain?from his heart attack The medicine he had been given because of the pain from his heart attack made his eyes weak.

21、he only dimly saw the young man (key idea)In what dressin Marine Corps uniformWherestanding outside the oxygen tentBack老人所服用的医治心脏病的药物损害了他的视力。所以他只能模模糊糊地看见一个年轻人，身穿海军陆战队军服, 站在氧气帐外。he only dimly saw the young man in Marine Corps uniform standing outside the oxygen tent. inform sb. of /about sth./ that-clause 通知某人某事 inform against sb. 告发某人1) 他尚未把他的度假计划告诉我。 Im amazed to hear that she was the one who informed against her husband. He has not yet informed me of his plans for holidays.2) 当我听说告发她丈夫的就是她本人 时感到很惊讶。 Back tel