当代商务英语综合教程 2 （第2版）Roll Away the Stone

当代商务英语综合教程2

（第2版）

RollAwaytheStoneContents2TextARollAwaytheStoneLanguageinUseTextBThinkBig,GrowRichWarm-upQuestions:3Warm-upQuestions:1.Telluswhatyourfaithisandexplainwhyyouholdit.2.Howdoyouunderstandthefunctionofmutualsupportandco-operationbetweenhumanbeings?Pre-classTask14Pre-classTask1Readthetextonceforthemainidea（s）.Donotrefertothenotes,theglossaryordictionaries.TextA

RollAwaytheStone5PassageIENJOYLIFEbecauseIamendlesslyinterestedinpeopleandtheirgrowth.Myinterestleadsmecontinuallytowidenmyknowledgeofpeople,andthisinturncompelsmetobelievethatthenormalhumanheartisborngood.Thatis,itisbornsensitiveandfeeling,eagertobeapprovedandtoapprove,hungryforsimplehappinessandthechancetolive.Itneitherwishestobekillednortokill.Ifthroughcircumstancesitisovercomebyevil,itneverbecomesentirelyevil.Thereremaininitelementsofgood,howeverrecessive,whichcontinuetoholdthepossibilityofrestoration.16PassageIbelieveinhumanbeingsbutmyfaithiswithoutsentimentality.Iknowthatinenvironmentsofuncertainty,fearandhunger,thehumanbeingisdwarfedandshapedwithouthisbeingawareofit,justastheplantstrugglingunderastonedoesnotknowitsowncondition.Onlywhenthestoneisremovedcanitspringupfreelyintothelight.Butthepowertospringupisinherent,andonlydeathputsanendtoit.2TextA

RollAwaytheStone7PassageIfeelnoneedforanyotherfaiththanmyfaithinhumanbeings.LikeConfuciusofold,IamsoabsorbedinthewonderofearthandthelifeuponitthatIcannotthinkofheavenandtheangels.Ihaveenoughforthislife.Ifthereisnootherlife,thenthisonehasbeenenoughtomakeitworthbeingborn,myselfahumanbeing.3TextA

RollAwaytheStone8PassageWithsoprofoundafaithinthehumanheartanditspowertogrowtowardthelight,Ifindherereasonandcauseenoughforhopeandconfidenceinthefutureofmankind.Thecommonsenseofpeoplewillsurelyprovetothemsomedaythatmutualsupportandco-operationareonlysensibleforthesecurityandhappinessofall.4TextA

RollAwaytheStone9PassageSuchfaithkeepsmecontinuallyreadyandpurposefulwithenergytodowhatonepersoncantowardshapingtheenvironmentinwhichthehumanbeingcangrowwithfreedom.Thisenvironment,Ibelieve,isbaseduponthenecessityforsecurityandfriendship.5TextA

RollAwaytheStone10PassageItakeheartinthepromisingfactthattheworldcontainsfoodsuppliessufficientfortheentireearthpopulation.Ourknowledgeofmedicalscienceisalreadysufficienttoimprovethehealthofthewholehumanrace.Ourresourcesineducation,ifadministeredonaworldscale,canlifttheintelligenceoftherace.Allthatremainsistodiscoverhowtoadminister,uponaworldscale,thebenefitswhichsomeofusalreadyhave.Inotherwords,toreturntomysimile,thestonemustberolledaway.6TextA

RollAwaytheStone11PassageThis,too,canbedone,asasufficientnumberofhumanbeingscometohavefaithinthemselvesandineachother.Notallwillhavesuchfaithatthesamemoment,butthereisagrowingnumberwhohavethefaith.Halfacenturyagonoonehadthoughtofworldfood,worldhealth,worldeducation.Manyarethinkingtodayofthesethings.Inthemidstofpossibleworldwar,ofwholesaledestruction,Ifindmyonlyquestionisthis:Arethereenoughpeoplewhonowbelieve?Istheretimeenoughleftforthewisetoact?Itisacontestbetweenignoranceanddeath,orwisdomandlife.Myfaithinhumanitystandsfirm.7TextA

RollAwaytheStonePre-classTask212Pre-classTask2ChoosethestatementthatbestexplainsyourunderstandingofTextA.1.a）

2.a）3.d）4.c）5.b）Pre-classTask313Pre-classTask3Readthetextasecondtimetoreviewthevocabularyincontext.Studythenewwordsandtheirdefinitions.Pre-classTask314Glossary15Pre-classTask316Pre-classTask317Pre-classTask3In-classTask118In-classTask1Readthetextathirdtimeforabetterunderstandingofthemainpoints.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentencestakenfromthetext.1.Thereremaininitelementsofgood,howeverrecessive,whichcontinuetoholdthepossibilityofrestoration.(Para.1)1.Thereexistsinanormalhumanheartthepossibilitytorestoretherecessiveelementsofgoodtotheiroriginalformnomatterhowrecessivetheelementsofgoodare.（Para.1）In-classTask1192.Butthepowertospringupisinherent,andonlydeathputsanendtoit.(Para.2)2.Butthepowertogrowtowardlightisnaturalandnothingcanpreventitfromgrowingunlessitdies.（Para.2）3.Thecommonsenseofpeoplewillsurelyprovetothemsomedaythatmutualsupportandco-operationareonlysensibleforthesecurityandhappinessofall.(Para.4)In-classTask1203.Mutualsupportandco-operationareonlyreasonableandpracticalforthesecurityandhappinessofthehumanbeings,whichwilldefinitelybeprovedsoonerorlaterinthefuture,forpeopleusuallyhavetheabilitytousegoodjudgmentandmakedecisions.（Para.4）In-classTask1214.Suchfaithkeepsmecontinuallyreadyandpurposefulwithenergytodowhatonepersoncantowardshapingtheenvironmentinwhichthehumanbeingcangrowwithfreedom.(Para.5)4.Myfaithinhumanitykeepsmereadytoplaymyroleininfluencingtheenvironmentinwhichthehumanbeingcangrowwithfreedom.（Para.5）In-classTask222In-classTask2StructuralanalysisofthetextThistextcanberoughlydividedintothreeparts.Inthefirstpart(paragraphs1to3),theauthorintroducesherfaithinhumanbeings.Shebelievesthatthenormalhumanheartisborngood.InPart2(paragraphs4to6),theauthorexpressesherbeliefinthepowerofthefaithinhumanity.Theworldwillbemorebeautifulifmoreandmorepeoplehavefaithinhumanity.InPart3（paragraph7）weseetheauthor'sfirmandoptimisticattitudetothefaithinhumanity.In-classTask323In-classTask31.Readaloudparagraphs4-6.2.Askeachotherquestionsaboutthetext.In-classTask3243.Answerthefollowingquestions.1)Whydoestheauthorenjoylife?1)Theauthorenjoyslifebecausesheisendlesslyinterestedinpeopleandtheirgrowth.2)Whatleadstotheauthor'sfaithinhumanbeings?2)Theauthor'sinterestinpeopleandtheirgrowthleadshercontinuallytowidenherknowledgeofpeople,andthisinturnleadstoherfaithinhumanbeings.(Moreknowledgeofpeopleleadstoherfaithinhumanbeings.)3)Whyistheauthorhopefulaboutandconfidentinthefutureofmankind?In-classTask3253)Itisbecausethatshehasafaithinthehumanheartanditspowertogrowtowardthelight.(Normalhumanheartisborngood.)In-classTask3264)Whatdoestheword“stone”inPara.2andPara.6respectivelyreferto?4)InPara.2,stonereferstoasmallpieceofrock,whichisusedasasimile.InPara6,“thestonemustberolledaway”meanstodiscoverhowtoadminister,uponaworldscale,thebenefitswhichsomeofusalreadyhave.5)What'stheauthor'sattitudetohumanity?5)Theauthor'sfaithinhumanitystandsfirm.4.Discussthefollowingwithyourclassmatesandpresentyourideatotheclass.1)Doyouagreethat“Thereremaininitelementsofgood,howeverrecessive,whichcontinuetoholdthepossibilityofrestoration”?Whyorwhynot?2)“Thecommonsenseofpeoplewillsurelyprovetothemsomedaythatmutualsupportandco-operationareonlysensibleforthesecurityandhappinessofall.”Doyouagree?Whyorwhynot?In-classTask32728TextA

TextTranslation滚开石头我热爱生活是因为我总是对人类以及人类的成长感兴趣。这样的兴趣使我不断去了解人，对人知道得更多，这反过来促使我认为人心是向善的。也就是说人们生来就敏感并充满感情，渴望得到他人的认可，同时去认可他人，渴望得到简单的幸福和生存的机会。人们不愿相互残杀。即使由于环境所迫人心被邪恶征服，人心也不会完全变坏。无论一个人变得有多坏，人的内心深处仍存有好的因素，有可能会不断恢复向善的本性。129TextATextTranslation我相信人类，我的信念并不是感情用