新编大学英语第四册--Unit3.ppt

1、New college English,Book Four,Gender Difference,Unit Three,Unit Three,I Preparation,II Reading Activities,III Further Development,IV Translation his son is rushed to the 4)_. He needs an emergency operation. The 5)_ comes into the operating room, looks at the boy and says, “I cannot 6)_ on that boy.

2、 That boy is my son.”,Yes. The doctor is the boys mother.,when,control,crashed,hospital,doctor/surgeon,operate,Directions: work in groups and find out the different features of both men and women.,Activity 2 Difference between Men All else confusion.,Interpreting Opinions,The poem can be paraphrased

3、 as follows: Men should work in the field and women in the house; Men should be trained to fight and women to mend and sew; Men are motivated by the intellect and women by the heart; Men are meant to give orders and women to obey orders; If the roles arent divided this way, there will be confusion.,

4、Directions: Sexist language assigns roles or characteristics to people on the basis of gender. One of the most widespread occurrences of sexist language is the use of the pronoun he to refer to someone of unidentified sex. Work in groups and suggest ways of avoiding sexist language.,Avoiding Sexist

5、Language,Avoiding Sexist Language,Avoiding Sexist Language,Avoiding Sexist Language,1. Translation Skills,2. Writing Practice,Part IV Translation & Writing,Translation Skills,拆译法,Translation Skills,拆译法就是将英语句子中有些成分，比如词、词组、插入成分或者从句，从句子的主干中拆分出来处理，或变成短句，或变成独立句等。这些成分可改变位置，但是要利于译文句子的总体安排，使译文自然、通顺。,e.g. 1.

6、 The number of young people in the United States who cannot read is incredible - about one in four.（单词拆译） 大约四分之一的美国年轻人不具备阅读能力，这简直令人难以置信。 2. Let us admit, and regret, that he honestly believes it impossible to differ from him.（单词拆译）,Translation Skills,我们不得不承认，他真的相信凡与他抱不同见解的人不可能是一个正人君子，这是令人遗憾的事。,e.g.

7、3. With the fear of, largely imaginary, plots against his leadership, his self-confidence seemed totally to desert him. 由于害怕有人阴谋推翻他的领导地位，他似乎完全丧失了自信，但是所谓的阴谋在很大程度上是他自己凭空想象出来的。,Translation Skills,e.g. 4. This land, which once barred the way of weary travelers, now has become a land for winter and summe

8、r vacations, a land of magic and wonder.（从句拆译） 现在此处已经成为冬夏两季的度假胜地，风光景物，蔚为奇观；而从前，筋疲力尽的旅游者到此只得止步。,Translation Skills,e.g. 5. On behalf of all of your American guests, I wish to thank you for the incomparable hospitality for which the Chinese people are justly famous throughout the world.（从句拆译）,Translat

9、ion Skills,我谨代表所有美国客人向你们表示感谢，感谢你们无可比拟的盛情款待，中国人民以这种热情好客而闻名于世。,Directions: Follow the procedure to conduct a survey to find out the students view of the following topic: Who are teachers pets, boys or girls? Procedure:1) Design a written questionnaire.2) Interview at least 30 students.3) Write a repor

10、t of your survey, analyzing the answers of the respondents to your questions both in the questionnaire and the interview. Use at least 6 words or phrases in your composition from the list below. Remember to write neatly, whether you are male or female.,Writing Practice,words and phrases are for your

11、 reference,Writing Practice,Sample Who Are Teachers Pets, Boys or Girls? To answer this question, we designed a questionnaire and gave it to 30 students. They just had to put a mark in the square that corresponded to their opinion. We then analyzed the results of our survey. The results of the surve

12、y are shown in the following table:,Writing Practice,Writing Practice,According to the results of the survey, we can see that in primary school girls are thought of as teachers pets. When they are very young, boys are naughtier than girls, and the latter are generally very well-behaved. As they get

13、older, boys are more likely to be teachers pets. In middle school, boys perform better in subjects like math and physics. Boys are thought to be cleverer than girls. As teenagers, both girls and boys are well-behaved. Since boys are no longer naughty, it is easier for them to become teachers pets.,Writing Practice,Most students feel that neither boys nor girls become teachers pets in college. Teachers dont know their students as well as teachers in junior or