大学英语第二册考试课件Unit2.ppt

1、,Unit 2 Road to Success,Objectives,Part I Video Starter,Part II Text A,Part III Text B,Part IV Additional Theme-Related Activities, Exercises, Exercises,Outline,From studying this unit, students are expected to： understand from Text A how to get their career going and from Text B that passion is wha

2、t distinguishes their performance as remarkable or not; master certain useful sentence structures (e.g. the infinitive as predicative) as well as the words and expressions that the exercises following Text A focus upon; understand how to build words using the prefix dis-; and be able to talk about w

3、hat they envision as their road to success, particularly about how they will launch themselves on their chosen career path.,Objectives,Part I Video Starter,To begin, well watch a video clip and try to grasp its message. Getting to know the words and expressions in the box below first may be helpful.

4、,Part I Video Starter,Video Clip,【Script】,Ask the students the following questions after listening and watching if you have enough time:,What is the significance of the step we are moving today? What is it important that we do in life? How important is a bold step in life? It is hard to make a bold

5、step, isnt it? Why?,This is not only a further step in learning on campus, but a significant one in the direction of our career.,_ _,It is important that you make a bold step from time to time in life.,_,It is the important step that decides our future.,_,Yes. Because weve got to be brave enough to

6、take the risk, and have the courage to face failure.,_ _,1) 2) 3) 4),Is it necessary to take the greatest challenge? Why? What would Cirocco say here? What is the message from the video starter?,Yes. Because every great task seems at first impossible.,_,Youre the one who takes charge. Dont blame oth

7、ers. Dont blame circumstances. It is no use complaining. Just do it.,_ _,The message is: just do it.,_,5) 6) 7),Now that the students have fully understood the Video Starter, you can ask some of them to dub（配音）this video, if time permits. Correct their errors in pronunciation and intonation.,Part II

8、 Text A,Just Do It Jump-Start Your Career Grace Cirocco,It implies that you should not hesitate to move forcefully when youre trying to get your career going. Instead you need to do something that will spark positive movement forward.,What does the title imply?,Question About the Title,立刻行动推动你的职业生涯

9、格蕾丝西罗克欧,Chinese Version,jump-start: vt. to help a process or activity to start or become more successful 推动,e.g.,Congress hopes the tax cut will jump-start the economy. 国会希望税收的减少将刺激推动经济。,Learn how to jump-start your career, and go from thinking about career change to doing it. Grace Cirocco, author

10、of Take the Step: The Bridge Will Be There, offers tips on how to rethink and reinvigorate your life and your career.,Questions About the Prelude,1) What book did Grace Cirocco write? 2) What is the book mainly about?,She wrote the book Take the Step: The Bridge Will Be There.,It is about the tips o

11、n how to rethink and reinvigorate your life and your career.,学习如何推动你的职业生涯，学会把职业变化的思考落实到行动。跨出一步：成功就在你眼前一书的作者格蕾丝西罗克欧就如何反思你的生活和职业生涯以及赋予它们新的活力提出了忠告。,Chinese Version,rethink: vt. to think again about a plan, idea or system in order to change or improve it 重新考虑；反思,e.g.,It is time for us to rethink our edu

12、cational reform. 是重新思考教育改革的时候了。 I believe we need to rethink the way we consume energy. 我认为需要重新思考我们消耗能源的方式。,reinvigorate: vt. to make (sb.) feel fresher, healthier and more energetic again 给以新的活力,e.g.,reinvigorate the nations economic recovery 给国民经济复苏注入新的活力,Everyone admires those who can just do it.

13、 Thats why the Nike ads were so successful they resonated with1 people. Many of us at some time or another will complain of2 feeling “stuck”. We say were not ready; we need to do more research or get another degree or more experience. We blame our parents, ourselves, the job market. We complain abou

14、t all those things we still havent done and yet we postpone taking action3. When will we be ready to just do it?,1.共鸣 2.抱怨 3.采取行动,Questions About This Paragraph,1) Why were the Nike ads so successful? 2) What do we often complain of? 3) What do we often complain of?,Because they resonated with peopl

15、e and everyone admires those who can just do it.,We complain that we cant just do it.,Because we think we are not ready to just do it.,人人都羡慕那些能够立刻行动的人。这也就是为何耐克广告如此成功的原因它们与人们的思想产生了共鸣。我们中的许多人会不时地抱怨有被“绊住脚”的感觉。我们会说自己还没有准备好，会说我们需要做更多的研究，需要再拿一个学位，或者需要获得更多的经验。我们责怪父母、自己和劳动力市场。我们对自己还没有做的所有事情，就是迟迟不采取行动。我们何时才能

16、准备好立刻行动呢？,Chinese Version,resonate with: to meet with agreement with sb. 共鸣,e.g.,an idea that resonates with many voters 得到许多选民共鸣的想法,e.g.,He complained of a headache. 他说他头疼。 The parents complained about the high cost of studying abroad. 家长们抱怨海外求学费用太高。,complain of/about: to say that you are not satis

17、fied about sth. or sb. 抱怨,postpone: vt. to change the date or time of a planned event or action to a later one 推迟,e.g.,The match had to be postponed until next week. 比赛不得不推迟到下周。 Theyve decided to postpone having a family. 他们已决定推迟组建家庭。,take action: to do sth. 采取行动,e.g.,The government must take action now to stop the rise in violent crime. 政府必须立刻采取行动，制止暴力犯罪活动的增多。 Most people would take action in those circumstances. 在那些情况下，多数人会采取行动。,When I lived in San Diego, California, I produced an afternoon r