新世纪大学英语综合教程3-Unit1.ppt

1、Read and Explore,Unit 1 People Around Us,Get Started,Listen and Respond,Optional Classroom Activities,Enhance Your Language Awareness,Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions.,How do you expect to be treated by people around you? Please give examples. Have you ever met an

2、yone just once but remember that person well? If yes, share your experiences with your group members. Do you think special help should be offered to the sick, the poor, the aged and the handicapped?,Get Started-discussion,Quotes 1,Study the following quotes about people around us. Which quote(s) do

3、you like best? Why?,Get Started-quotes 1,Quotes 1,No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. John Donne,Interpretation: Everybody lives in relation to other people in a community. Our well-being depends on this community and we, in turn, should c

4、ontribute our efforts to its prosperity and harmony.,Get Started-quotes 1,Click Picture,Quotes 2,The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others. Homer,Interpretation: An offer of help is likely to be of little value or importance to us, but it means a lot to those in need and it makes

5、a great difference to their lives.,Get Started-quotes 2,Click Picture,Quotes 3,To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind. Pearl S. Buck,Interpretation: When we choose to do something good for others, the act of kindness will be considered noble only if

6、it is done with a willing heart and genuine delight.,Get Started-quotes 3,Click Picture,Quotes 4,Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. Cicero,Interpretation: Being grateful is the highest moral standard. In fact, all other good human qualities, such as kindness

7、, generosity, compassion and courage, derive from gratitude.,Get Started-quotes 4,Click Picture,Watch the following video clip “Shenzhen Drafting Samaritan Law” and then complete the tasks that follow:,video,Fill in the missing words according to what you hear from the video clip.,Lawmakers in Shenz

8、hen have been considering making laws to people willing to help strangers in distress, while the proposal comes after several tragedies where failed to help those injured people. The new draft proposes that Samaritans wont be held accountable for the consequences of their . And if those in distress

9、ever try to hold their helpers for injuries or damages by deliberately distorting the facts or lodging false complaints, they will face various .,protect,passers-by,compassion,responsible,punishments,_,_,_,_,_,video,click here,video,2. How do you explain the phenomenon that people try to hold their

10、helpers responsible for injuries or damages? (Open),lighting n. U the arrangement or type of light in a place 照明；灯光 slipper n. C a light soft shoe that one wears at home 室内便鞋，拖鞋 aisle n. C a narrow passage between rows of seats, shelves, etc. in a building or a plane 通道，过道 canned a. (of food ) prese

11、rved in a round metal container （食物）罐装的,Listen and Respond Word Bank,L the yuppie snobs who secretly polish their silverware with their napkins,for fear of catching some dreaded “truck-stop germ;” and the pairs of white-shirted businessmen on expense accounts who think every truck-stop waitress want

12、s to be flirted with. I knew those people would be uncomfortable around Stevie, so I closely watched him for the first few weeks.,In-Depth,3 I shouldnt have worried. After the first week, Stevie had my staff wrapped around his little finger. Within a month my trucker regulars had adopted him as thei

13、r official truck-stop mascot. After that I really didnt care what the rest of the customers thought. 4 He was a 21-year-old in blue jeans and Nikes, eager to laugh and eager to please, but fierce in his attention to his duties. Every salt and pepper shaker was exactly in its place, not a bread crumb

14、 or coffee spill was visible when Stevie got done with the table.,In-Depth,5 Our only problem was convincing him to wait to clean a table until after the customers were finished. He would hover in the background, shifting his weight from one foot to the other, scanning the dining room until a table

15、was empty. Then he would hurry to the empty table and carefully bus the dishes and glasses onto the cart and meticulously wipe the table with a practiced flourish of his rag. If he thought a customer was watching, his brows would pucker with added concentration. He took pride in doing his job exactl

16、y right, and you had to love how hard he tried to please each and every person he met.,6 Over time, we learned that he lived with his mother, a widow who was disabled after repeated surgeries for cancer. They lived on their Social Security benefits in public housing two miles from the truck-stop. Th

17、eir social worker, who stopped to check on him every so often, admitted they had fallen between the cracks. Money was tight, and what I paid him was probably the difference between them being able to live together and Stevie being sent to a group home.,In-Depth,In-Depth,7 Thats why the restaurant wa

18、s a gloomy place that morning last August, the first morning in three years that Stevie missed work. He was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester getting a new valve or something put in his heart. His social worker said that people with Downs syndrome often have heart problems at an early age, so this was

19、nt unexpected. There was a good chance he would come through the surgery in good shape and be back at work in a few months.,In-Depth,8 A ripple of excitement ran through the staff later that morning when word came that he was out of surgery, in recovery and doing fine. Frannie, my head waitress, let

20、 out a war whoop and did a little dance in the aisle when she heard the good news. Belle Ringer, one of our regular trucker customers, stared at the sight of this 50-year-old grandmother of four doing a victory shimmy beside his table. Frannie blushed, smoothed her apron and shot Belle Ringer a with

21、ering look. 9 He grinned. “OK, Frannie, what was that all about?” he asked. 10 “We just got word that Stevie is out of surgery and going to be okay.” she responded.,11 “I was wondering where he was,” said Belle. “I had a new joke to tell him. What was the surgery about?” 12 Frannie quickly told him

22、and the other two drivers sitting at his booth about Stevies surgery, then sighed. “Yeah, Im glad he is going to be okay,” she said, “but I dont know how he and his mom are going to handle all the bills. From what I hear, theyre barely getting by as it is.” Belle Ringer nodded thoughtfully, and Fran

23、nie hurried off to wait on the rest of her tables.,In-Depth,In-Depth,13 After the morning rush, Frannie walked into my office. She had a couple of paper napkins in her hand and a funny look on her face. “Whats up?” I asked. “That table where Belle Ringer and his friends were sitting,” she said, “thi

24、s was folded and tucked under a coffee cup.” She handed the napkin to me, and three $20 bills fell onto my desk when I opened it. On the outside, in big, bold letters, was printed “Something For Stevie.”,14 “Pony Pete also asked me what that dance was all about,” she said, “so I told him about Stevi

25、e and his mom and everything, and Pete looked at Tony and Tony looked at Pete, and they ended up giving me this.” She handed me another paper napkin that had “Something For Stevie” scrawled on its outside. Two $50 bills were tucked within its folds. Frannie looked at me with wet, shiny eyes, shook h

26、er head and said simply, “Truckers.” 15 That was three months ago. Today is Thanksgiving, the first day Stevie is supposed to be back to work. His placement worker said hes been counting the days until the doctor said he could work, and it didnt matter at all that it was a holiday. He called 10 time

27、s in the past week, making sure we knew he was coming, fearful that we had forgotten him or that his job was in jeopardy. I arranged to have his mother bring him to work. We met them in the parking lot and invited them both to celebrate his day back.,In-Depth,In-Depth,16 Stevie was thinner and paler

28、, but couldnt stop grinning as he pushed through the doors and headed for the back room where his apron and busing cart were waiting. “Hold up there, Stevie, not so fast,” I said. I took him and his mother by their arms. “Work can wait for a minute. To celebrate you coming back, breakfast for you tw

29、o is on me.” I led them toward a large corner booth at the rear of the room. I could feel and hear the rest of the staff following behind as we marched through the dining room. Glancing over my shoulder, I saw booth after booth of grinning truckers empty and join the procession.,17,In-Depth,We stopp

30、ed in front of the big table, its surface covered with a mess of coffee cups, saucers and dinner plates, all sitting crooked on dozens of folded paper napkins. “First thing you have to do, Stevie, is to clean up this mess,” I said, trying to sound stern. Stevie looked at me, and then at his mother,

31、then pulled out one of the napkins. It had “Something for Stevie” written on the outside. As he picked it up, two $10 bills fell onto the table. Stevie stared at the money, then at dozens of napkins peeking from beneath the tableware, each with his name printed or scrawled on it.,18,In-Depth,I turne

32、d to his mother. “Theres over $10,000 in cash and checks on that table, all from truckers and trucking companies that heard about your problems. Happy Thanksgiving!” Well, it got real noisy about that time, with everybody shouting, and there were a few tears, too. But you know whats funny? While eve

33、rybody else was busy shaking hands and hugging each other, Stevie, with a big, big smile on his face, was busy clearing all the cups and dishes from the table the best worker I ever hired.,voicing,ABC News brought their hidden cameras to the streets of Lynbrook, New York and recorded a video program

34、 entitled “What would you do” in September 2012. In the program, a lady led Kevin, a homeless man, to a bar and gave him 20 dollars to buy some food. The following are some reactions from the people in the bar.,voicing,voicing,Work in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions:,Ar

35、e the reactions of the bartender and the customers justifiable? Why or why not? (Open) What would you do if you happened to be one of the customers in this bar? Why? (Open) Are there any effective ways to solve the problem of the homeless? (Open),Key Words (B),Key Words (B),1) Explain the implied me

36、aning of the sentence. Pay special attention to the italicized part.,1. Under these circumstances, many drivers would just honk once or twice, wait a short minute, then drive away. (Para. 5),Sentences,Many drivers would worry about their own safety under such circumstances. They would get away from

37、a dark building as quickly as they could.,2) Translate this sentence into Chinese.,在这种情况下，很多司机只会按一两下喇叭，等一小会儿，然后驱车而去。,1) Explain the meaning of the sentence.,2. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like someone out of a 1940s movie. (Para. 8),Sentences,She was dre

38、ssed in a formal, though old-fashioned, way. It was obvious that she knew that it would be the last cab ride in her life and she took it seriously.,2) Translate this sentence into Chinese.,她穿着一身印花裙子，戴着一顶平顶无边女帽，上面还别着面纱，看上去就像从20世纪40年代电影中走出来的人。,1) Explain the implied meaning of the sentence.,3. I quiet

39、ly reached over and shut off the meter. (Para. 18),2) Translate this sentence into Chinese.,Realizing that this would be a special cab ride for her, I took pity on her and decided to give her a free ride.,Sentences,我默默地伸出手，把里程计价器关掉。,1) Explain the implied meaning of the sentence.,4. It was the sound

40、 of the closing of a life. (Para. 28),Sentences,Hearing that sound, I knew that she would be confined to the hospice until her death.,2) Translate this sentence into Chinese.,那是一个生命即将结束的声音。,1) Explain the implied meaning of the italicized part of the sentence.,5. When that woman hugged me and said t

41、hat I had brought her a moment of joy, it was possible to believe that I had been placed on earth for the sole purpose of providing her with that last ride. (Para. 30),Sentences,At that moment, I realized what a worthy thing I had done for her; namely, providing her with that last cab ride in her li

42、fe.,2) Translate this sentence into Chinese.,老人拥抱着我，说我带给她片刻的开心，那时我甚至相信，我来到这世上的唯一目的就是送她这最后一程。,Q1,What did the narrator think about his life as a cab driver?,Q2,Why did the narrator say that he also performed the duties of a minister of the church?,Paras.1-3,Comprehension,Q1,Where was he sent to pick

43、up a passenger at 2:30 in the morning?,Q2,Why would many drivers drive away after waiting a very short time for passengers in a dark place?,Q3,Why did the narrator choose to wait for the passenger?,Paras.4-7,Comprehension,Q1,What was the passenger like?,Q2,What did her apartment look like?,Q3,How di

44、d the narrator treat her?,Paras.8-13,Comprehension,Q4,Q1,Where was the passenger going? And why?,Q2,Did the old lady ask the driver to drive her straight to the hospice?,Q3,What did the driver do when he learnt about her present situation?,Where had they been during the two hours ride?,Paras.14-20,C

45、omprehension,Q1,How did the old lady feel about the ride?,Q2,What did the narrator do before he left the lady?,Q3,What did the closing of the door sound like to him?,Paras.21-28,Comprehension,Q1,What did the narrator do after he left the lady?,Q2,With the three questions introduced by “What if?”, wh

46、at does the narrator want to express?,Q3,What does the narrator think in retrospect of the free cab ride he provided to the old lady?,Paras.29-31,Comprehension,Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss how to build good relationships among people around us. Add some more tips in the following tab

47、le.,Optional,Useful Expressions,have ones doubts about,for fear of,be uncomfortable around,have sb. wrapped around ones little finger,take pride in,fall between the cracks,There is a good chance (that) ,come through the surgery in good shape,对心存疑虑,惧怕，担心,感到别扭,抓住某人的心,以为荣,生活着实艰辛贫困,有望,从手术中恢复健康,Useful Ex

48、pressions,a ripple of excitement runs through ,word comes that ,end up doing,count the days,ones job is in jeopardy,glance over ones shoulder,clean up this mess,激动的情绪如涟漪荡漾,有消息传来,结果是；最终是,数算着日子,工作堪虞,回头望去,把这堆东西清理干净,Useful Expressions,feel the thrill of a dice roll,trapped in a life of poverty,stare int

49、o the darkness,be lost in thought,catch sb. unawares,有掷骰子时的兴奋感,为贫穷所困,凝视着那片漆黑,陷入沉思之中,在某人不经意间,Study the following sentences from both Text A and Text B, paying special attention to the present participles, the past participles and the attributive clauses that are used to modify nouns. Then do the foll

50、owing two tasks.,Grammar,But I had never had a mentally handicapped employee. (Para.1, Text A) The ones who concerned me were the mouthy college kids traveling to school.(Para. 2, Text A) There was a time in my life twenty years ago when I was driving a cab for a living. (Para. 1, Text B) “That tabl

51、e where Belle Ringer and his friends were sitting,” she said, “this was folded and tucked under a coffee cup.” (Para. 13, Text A) She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. (Para. 19, Text B),Grammar,Grammar,分词作定语 1. 单个分词作

52、定语，一般置于被修饰名词的前面，个别分词如given，left作定语时需要后置，修饰不定代词something等时也需要后置。例如： We can see the rising sun. He is a retired worker. This is the question given. There is nothing interesting.,Grammar,2. 分词短语作定语，只能后置。例如： The first textbook written for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 16th centu

53、ry. 3. 过去分词作定语时，与其修饰的词是被动关系，相当于一个被动语态的定语从句。例如： Most of the people (who were) invited to the party were famous scientists.,Grammar,定语从句 定语从句（attributive clauses）在句中做定语，修饰一个名词或代词，被修饰的名词、词组或代词即先行词。定语从句通常出现在先行词之后，由关系词（关系代词或关系副词）引出。关系代词有：who，whom，whose，that，which等。关系副词有：when，where，why等。 1. 关系代词引导的定语从句 关系

54、代词所代替的先行词是人或物的名词或代词，并在句中充当主语、宾语、定语等成分。关系代词在定语从句中作主语时，从句谓语动词的人称和数要和先行词保持一致。,1) who， whom，that代替的先行词是人的名词或代词，在从句中可作主语或宾语： Is he the man who / that wants to see you? He is the man whom / that I saw yesterday. 2) whose用来指人或物（只用作定语，若指物，它还可以与of which互换），例如： They rushed over to help the man whose car had b

55、roken down. Please pass me the book whose (of which) cover is green.,Grammar,Grammar,3) Which，that所代替的先行词是事物的名词或代词，在从句中可作主语、宾语等，例如： A prosperity which / that had never been seen before appears in the countryside. The package (which / that) you are carrying is about to come unwrapped.,Grammar,2. 关系副词

56、引导的定语从句 关系副词可代替的先行词是时间、地点或理由的名词，在从句中作状语。 1) 关系副词when，where，why的含义相当于“介词+ which”结构，因此常常和“介词+ which”结构交替使用，例如： There are occasions when (on which) one must yield. Beijing is the place where (in which) I was born. Is this the reason why (for which) he refused our offer?,Grammar,2) that代替关系副词 that可以用于表示

57、时间、地点、方式、理由的名词后取代when，where，why和“介词+ which”引导的定语从句，在口语中that常被省略，例如： His father died the year (that / when / in which) he was born. He is unlikely to find the place (that / where / in which) he lived forty years ago.,Grammar,Now, do the tasks on pages 27-28 in your textbooks.,Suppose you were Frannie

58、, the head waitress, in Text A. Write a short story about Stevie from your perspective.,We all knew Stevie was mentally handicapped, so everyone, especially our boss himself, doubted whether he would be a capable busboy in the truck-stop restaurant where I worked as the head waitress. However, our w

59、orries were gradually removed one week later. Smiling and hard-working, Stevie won over all our trucker regulars as well as us employees. Later we learnt that Stevie badly needed the job because the money he earned made it possible for his mother and him to live together; otherwise he would be sent to a group home. So you can imagine how worried Stevie