2012年上海英语六级考试试题及答案qwq

1、,Time-Conscious Americans,Unit 1,Section A,AIR FORCE UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING,FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS,考试答案网提供考试真题联系Q:6313.0420.,Time-Conscious Americans,CONTENTS,B,E,Lead-in,Pre-reading Activities,Text Study,ParagraphWriting,Summary,Lead-in,Proverbs about time,What do Americans

2、 do with time?,Are there any proverbs bound up with time in both Chinese and American cultures?,随 笔,1) Time is money.,Tips,Tips,时间就是金钱。/ 一寸光阴一寸金。,2) Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself.,时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。,3) Time flies like an arrow, and time lost never returns.,光阴似箭

3、，一去不返。,4) Time and tide wait for no man.,岁月不等人。,Do you know what Americans do with time?,1)They commit themselves to creating a steady flow of time-saving devices, such as ,Tips,Tips,2) They seldom waste time assessing others over small talks or meals;,3)They carry around their pocket planners to ke

4、ep track of appointments and deadlines;,4)They do their utmost to squeeze more life out of their time;,5)They see punctuality as the soul of business;,6) They always do their business in a hurry ,随 笔,What does time mean to us?,When asked what time really means, different people may come up with dist

5、inctive replies. A man of practical mind would say time is money, while a man of wisdom would say time is life.,A western philosopher used to say “The greatest sacrifice is the sacrifice of time.” Whereas we have an old Chinese saying “An inch of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold”. Clearly, a

6、lthough people are different in approach, they all agree that time is precious.,Despite the fact that time is valuable, people deal with time in different ways. For example, Americans value time as something irrecoverable while the Chinese treat time as something enjoyable. Besides, to the American

7、businessmen, time signifies money.,返回,They seize every golden minute to make money. By contrast, to the Chinese businessmen, time means an interpersonal network. They seize every occasion to get it into shape.,For more,For more,For more,听力简答,复合听写,随 笔,What should we do with time?,Just as we have seen

8、, time is indeed a precious resource as every one of us is endowed with lifetime only once. As the saying goes, “All time is no time when it is past.” (光阴一去不复返) As new hopes for the rise of China, we college students have an obligation to treasure our time and work hard at the task of saving time.,T

9、he waste of time in our eyes should be the equivalent of killing ones life, while the awareness of time should be equal to cherishing ones life. Therefore, we should make best of our time, devoting all our time, energy and attention to what counts much to our life.,返回,Only when we pour our lifetime

10、into the valuable things will we never feel guilty of the life we have spent. And on our deathbeds we will not be cursed with the idea that we have idled away our life.,For more,For more,听力简答,复合听写,随 笔,Text Study,New Words,Text Reading,Main Ideas & Structure,课文分析,课文阅读,随 笔,课文分析,课文阅读,随 笔,课文分析,课文阅读,随 笔,

11、Main Idea of the Text,Part I,Part II,Part III,Time is one of the two elements Americans have ever cherished most, because they believe time, once run out, can never be replaced. In view of that, Americans commit themselves to producing so many time-saving devices as to make every minute count. Besid

12、es, to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed is always taken in U.S.A as a sign of being competent.,词汇学习,课文阅读,随 笔,Structure of the Text,Main Idea of Part I,Devices for Its Development,Paras. 1-2 To Americans, time lost can not be replaced. So time is always a precious resource they are committ

13、ed to saving by all means.,Part I,Part II,Part III,词汇学习,课文阅读,随 笔,Main Idea of Part II,Paras. 37 To make every minute count, Americans work hard at the task of saving time in their daily life, business and work. That is why they always do their business in a hurry and produce a steady flow of time-saving devices.,Part I,Part II,Part III,词汇学习,课文阅读,随 笔,Devices for Its Development,Main Idea of Part III,Para. 8 In contrast to some peoples who would give added weight to the task on which more time is spent, American people focus more of their minds on how