英语泛读教程3Unit 3
unit3 英语泛读教程第三册
Unit 3 Bursting the Magic BubbleⅠObjectives1. Understanding the text2. Mastery of some language points3. Learning something about magic4. Learning the scientific principles behind the magic performanceⅡKey points1.Full understanding of the text3.Explanation of some difficult words3. Learning the scientific principles behind the magic performancebehind the magic performance.2.Some wo rds might cause difficulty in students’ understanding of the textAbout two periods of class will be used for the analysis and discussion of the passage itself.Total class hours: three periodsAsk some students to perfume some simple magic tricks (they should prepare before the class) in front of the whole class. Let them guess where the tricks lie. 2. Warm-up questions(1)Do you like watching magic performance? Why?(2)Which magician do you like bet?(3)Which magic trick do you like to watch best?3. Related information(1) Magic may refer to:Magic (paranormal)anything that is not naturally explainable by any laws of nature. Magical thinkingFolk magic, traditional systems of magicMagick, the magical system of Aleister Crowley and ThelemaWitchcraft, the use of certain kinds of supernatural or magical powersMagic (illusion), the art of entertaining audiences by performing illusions and tricks Street magic, sleight of hand, etc.(2) Magic may be inIn fantasy fictionIn science and mathematics:In gamesIn popular cultureIn computing programming:Among radio stations(3) Famous magiciansWhat and who do you think of when asking about famous magicians?For most of us, the image is of a finely dressed man in a tuxedo or suit, possibly with a top hat, a magic wand and a handkerchief - the magician's uniform of choice.However, whilst some famous magicians do use this attire, not all magicians have conformed to this stereotype - indeed, sometimes their tricks required far less in the way of clothing, but still with their modesty intact, of course.Over the years, there have been so many famous magicians, actually too numerous for them all to get a mention, so we will concentrate on some of the more well known ones.All of these famous magicians have brought their own unique style to performing magic, illusions, tricks and escapology.Harry Houdini - probably one of the most famous magicians of them all, well known for escaping chains, ropes, handcuffs and straitjackets.David Copperfield - renowned for his spectacular illusions, including making the Status of Liberty disappear from view.Siegfried and Roy - famous magicians probably best known for their use of white tigers in their spectacular stage shows.Lance Burton - a popular American magician and also the first American to win the "World Championship of Magic".Doug Henning - a famous magician born in Canada. A colourful character with his brightly coloured clothes, thick moustache and long hair.David Blaine - initially known for his street magic, he now performs somewhat bizarre stunts such as being encased in a block of ice for over 60 days.Penn and Teller - a double act of famous magicians who are somewhat eccentric in their performances, enraging other magicians for publicly revealing how some tricks are done.Derren Brown - a prominent mind control performer who leads audiences along with subtle hints and psychological techniques, often to great effect.(4)David CopperfieldThe best known and richest magician-he ranks among the wealthiest of all entertainers-David Copperfield is a household name. He is known to millions through his numerous television specials over the last couple of decades and he continues to tour, taking his show around the country.Takes to Magic: Copperfield was born in New Jersey on September 16, 1956. He started as a ventriloquist and then quickly took to magic. Copperfield became theyoungest magician admitted to the Society of American Magicians (SAM). At age 16, he taught a magic course at New York University. When he was 18, Copperfield was cast as the lead in a Chicago production called “The Magic Man.”Network Magic Specials: His many magic specials have aired on network television over the past two decades, bringing his brand of illusion and magic to millions. Copperfield not only performs with large illusions, his shows typically feature a major magical feat.The Magic of David Copperfield ?a great way to describe one of the most spectacular illusionists of our time. His magic talent begin at an early age where he billed himself as 揇avino, the Boy Magician?and he was the youngest person ever to be admitted to the Society of American Magicians at age 14.The magic of David Copperfield was so good he was also teaching the subject at New York University when just 16 years of age. Originally David Kotkin, it wasn抰until he was 18 years old that he decided on the stage name David Copperfield.He got his break into television just a year later, but it was a few years after that when The Magic of David Copperfield series was commissioned.The Magic of David Copperfield 3 that saw the levitation of a Ferrari, an illusion that could have cost David his life as when only three feet in the air, the car fell.Making The Statue of Liberty disappear was performed in The Magic of David Copperfield 5. This amazing illusion involved a live audience sitting in front of two towers, and between them, in the distance was The Statue of Liberty. A curtain was raised using the two towers and when lowered, amazingly the Statue had disappeared.By now, The Magic of David Copperfield was getting huge audiences.Walking through The Great Wall of China was another superb illusion performed in The Magic of David Copperfield 8. A covered frame is placed next to the wall and a light shone from behind. David enters the frame and, as a silhouette, is seen to disappear into the wall. On the other side of the wall, a similar frame is constructed and a silhouette is seen to appear out of the wall before David removes the curtains to reveal himself.In The Magic of David Copperfield 13, he performs Mystery On The Orient Express where a carriage of the Orient Express is covered with a huge curtain, the carriage is then levitated before the curtain is removed to reveal the carriage has disappeared.David performed his most remarkable illusion to date in The Magic of David Copperfield 14. He mimics the take-off of a bird, and then starts to fly and swoop around the stage. Hoops are then rotated around his body to show there are no wires before he enters a glass case and levitates in the, now lidded, case.(5) Summary of magicThe art of magic and conjuring has been prevalent for hundreds if not thousands of years, baffling and astounding audiences with tricks that convince them the impossible has been achieved. This sort of magic, commonly called street magic, is highly respected due to the closeness the illusionist must keep with his audience. Although the veil of secrecy is usually impenetrable amongst magicians, it is possibleto work alongside a professional magician or illusionist and learn from his techniques.4. Text analysisTwo psychologists ’ researches and comments:Wiseman ---professor of psychology and an accomplished magicianKuhn ---psychologistMagicians’ tricks (secret action, deception) ---phenomenon----magicAudience ’s reaction (brain activities) ---why? ---scienceHistory of magic research and unsolved mysteryRecent development and discoveryFuture goal and direction of future research5. Key words and phrases(1) magic/magician (2) scramble (3) expertise (4) disruption (5renaissance) (6) assumption (7dexterity)(8)manipulate(9) sleight of hand(10) autism(11) get to grips with(12) illusion6. Questions for discussion(1) Du you agree that the appeal of magic is universal? Why?(2) What implications do you think the scientists’ research in magic tricks might have to our ways of perceiving the world around us?7. Exercises about text A8.. Fast Reading & Exercises2. Preview Unit 4。
英语泛读教程3第三版 课文翻译(Text1--1-7单元)
UNIT 1 创造性思维的艺术约翰·阿代尔创造性对人类发展至美重要。
下面的文章里，约翰·阿代尔为求实的创造性思维者提供了一些颇有见地的见解和技巧。
创造性思维在今天的重要性不需要强调。
在你的职业中或工作领域,如果你能够发展提出新思想的能力,你就有竞争优势。
在你的个人生活中，创造性思维也能将你带上创新活动之路。
它可以丰富你的人生,尽管并非总是以你期待的方式。
人类创造力人类不可能凭空创造东西。
有一次，一位来宾极为仔细地参观了亨利·福特的汽车公司，然后见到了福特。
来宾心中充满了惊奇和崇敬，他对这位实业家说:“福特先生，25年前起家时几乎一无所有的人，不可能实现这一切。
”福特回答说，“这个说法可不太对。
每个人都是靠所有拥有的东西来起家。
这里什么都有——所需要的一切,它们的基本点和实质性的东西都已存在。
”潜在的材料，也就是可以做成或建构成某种东西的元素之成分或者实质的材料，都已存在于我们的宇宙。
你可能已经注意到,我们倾向于将创造性这个词用在与使用的原材料很不一样的产品上。
鲁宾斯的一幅名作，就是蓝色、红色、黄色和绿色的蠕虫般颜料在艺术家画板上的集合。
物质材料，对艺术家来说是颜料和画布;对作家来说是纸和笔——完全是次要的。
这里的创造，更多的是在大脑之中。
感知、思想和感觉都在一种观念或想象中结合起来。
当然，艺术家、作家或作曲家还需要使用技巧和技术，在画布或纸上把头脑中构想出来的东西塑造成型。
和普通意义上的创造性一样，创造性思维遵循同样的原则。
我们的创造性想象必须有可以加工的对象。
我们不能凭空产生新的思想。
如上面福特所说的那样，原材料都在那里。
有创造力的大脑在原材料中看到可能性和相关性,而创造力不强的大脑却看不到。
这一结论让我们大大地松了一口气。
你不用凭空构想新的想法。
作为创造性思维者,你的任务是将已经存在的想法或元素组合在一起。
如果最终把人们从未想过可以联系起来的想法或事物，用看似不可能却很有价值的方式组合起来，那人们就会认为你是创造性思维者。
泛读教程 Book III Unit 3 Signals Without Words
Unit 3Pre-reading questions1. What is a signal without words? Give your own description of it.2. Is the signal without words important? If so, how important is it? Give some examples to support your idea.3. What is the key word in the essay? Find it and prove your understanding.4. Draw a conclusion of the main idea of this articleText ISignals Without Words"I liked him the minute I saw him!" you sometimes hear. You've probably heard something like this a few times too: "Before she even said a word, I knew there was something funny about her." Such statements are examples of what are sometimes called "snap judgments,"opinions which are formed suddenly, seemingly on no sound basis at all. Most people would say that snap judgments are unsound or even dangerous. They would also admit, however, that they themselves often make snap judgments and may find them to be fairly reliable.Snap judgments, "love at first sight," "instant antipathy" and other sudden emotional responses, if taken seriously, have usually been considered signs of immaturity or lack of sense. When someone "has a feeling" about someone else, people more often laugh than pay attention. Most people assume that you find out about a person by listening to what he says over a period of time. Someone may occasionally remind you that "actions speak louder than words," but this is usually a reference to such things as keeping promises or paying bills or sending money home to Mother.Because people assume that "you are what you say you are," they do a lot of talking in order to become acquainted with each other. There are predictable topics which businessmen, housewives, singles and others will touch upon when they first meet. Later, once two people have gotten acquainted, they more or less assume that it was all that conversation that gave them their information about each other.As behavioral sciences develop, however, researchers find that the importance of speech has been overestimated. Though speech is the most obvious form of communication, we do use other means of which we may be only partially aware or, in some cases, completely unaware. It is possible that we are unconsciously sending out messages with our every action, messages which are also unconsciously picked up by observers and used in forming opinions. These unconscious actions and reactions to them on the part of others may in part account for the "feelings" and "snap judgments" mentioned above.We communicate a great deal, the researchers have found, with our bodies — the way wemove, sit, stand and what we do with our hands and heads, for example. Imagine a few people sitting in a waiting room: one is drumming his fingers on his briefcase, another keeps rubbing his hands together, another is biting his fingernails, still another grasps the arms of his chair tightly and a final one keeps running his fingers over his hair. These people aren't talking, but they're "saying" a lot if you happen to know the "language" they're using.Two of the most "telling" forms of behavior are driving a car and playing games. It is interesting to note a person's reaction to stress in these situations and to aggressive behavior in others. If he easily becomes angry, excited, passive or resentful when driving or playing, you may have a clue to his personality.Like many other forms of behavior, how you dress tells a lot about you. While clothing serves a purely practical function, it also communicates many things about your social status, personality, state of mind and even your aspirations and dreams. The eleven-year-old girl who dresses like a college student and the forty-year-old woman who dresses like a teenager are saying something by means of what they wear. According to studies, what you communicate through your mode of dress definitely influences others to accept the image of you that you are projecting: in the business worlds, the person who dresses like a successful manager is most likely to be promoted into a managerial position sooner or later.Also significant are the ornaments a person wears: buttons, medals, jewelry, etc. Such ornaments are often the means by which a person advertises a variety of things about himself: his convictions (campaign buttons), his beliefs (religious tokens), his membership in certain groups (club pins or badges), his past achievements (college ring or Phi Beta Kappa key) and his economic status (diamond jewelry).Some studies have shown that there is a correlation between a person's color preferences and his personality. Yellow, for example, is favored by intellectuals, while purple is especially preferred by romantics. What colors do you like to wear and decorate your home with? You're probably communicating a lot about yourself through your choices. Do some colors attract you or annoy you or remind you of someone? These reactions could tell you something about yourself or about that other person. Colors that attract or annoy you may represent personality traits that have the same effect on you. A color which reminds you of someone may represent certain of his personality traits, as perceived by you.Another indicator of a person's character is said to be found in his preferences in architecture and furniture. A person who really would like to live in a castle would probably be more at home in the Middle Ages. Lovers of Victorian family houses and furniture might secretly welcome a return to more rigid social norms. People who 【are content with contemporary design】are probably well-adapted to modern life-styles.You see a person for the first time. Even though he doesn't speak to you, you begin observing him: his actions, his stance, his clothing and many other things. There's a wealth of information there if you know how to "read" it. Perhaps snap judgments aren't so unsound after all.Key and Difficult Language Points in Teaching1. snap judgments:2. sound basis: very reasonable/ dependable/ firmly established basis3. instant antipathy: feeling of dislike aroused suddenly4. …, but this is usually a reference to such things as keeping promises or paying bills or sending money home to Mother: with this sentence, the author means that the proverb “actions speak louder than words” is usually used when people talk about things like keeping promises or paying bills or sending money home to Mother, and it is usually not used to refer to the fact that you can get to know a person better by observing his behavior5. become acquainted with: get familiar with6. touch upon: mention or deal with a topic briefly7. overestimate vs underestimate8. account for: explain9. in part: partially10. drumming his fingers: making a drum-like sound with fingers11. aspiration: ambition12. be more at home: feel more at ease13. traits: features of a person’s personality or character as in personality trait/ psychological trait, and so on.14. rigid social norms: very strict social conventions that every member of a community is supposed to follow or observe15. be well-adapted to modern life-style: be able to adapt to modern life-style well16. sound/ unsound judgment: a judgment that is reasonable/ unreasonableAfter-reading workshopIf snap judgments aren’t quite unsound, are they decisive in our dealing with matters? How likely can they be decisive? Please make your investigation to tell it.。
泛读教程3
《泛读教程》第三册课后题答案Unit 1 Section AV ocabulary Building:I. 1. practical, practice, practices, practical, practiced 2. worthless, worthy, worthwhile, worth, wor th 3. vary, variety, variation, various, Various4. absorbing, absorbed, absorb, absorption, absorbent II. 1. effective, efficient, effective 2. technol ogy, technique 3. middle, medium, medium ClozeGoing/about/trying, expectations/predictions, questions, answers, predictions/expectations, tell, know/foretell, end, develop/present, worth Section BTFTT, CBCC, TFF, CAA, CCAUnit 2 Section AV ocabulary Building:I. mess, preference, aimlessly, remarkable, decisive, shipment, fiery, physically, action, housing II. 1. aptitude, attitude 2. account, counted, counted 3. talent, intelligence Cloze Other, just/only, h as, some/many, than, refuse, see/know/understand, that, without, If,ready/willing/educated/taught, wrong/incorrect/erroneous Section BACC, CC, CCC, ACB, ABA Section C CCDDACUnit 3 Section AV ocabulary Building: I.Noun Verb Adjective Adverbadmission admit admissible Admissibly reliance rely reliable Reliablydefinition define definite Definitelyassumption assume assumed/assuming Assumedly/assumingly behavior Behave behavioral Behav iorallyCBBBA CBCCC CBACC BA Section C BBCAB BACCBUnit 7 Section A Word Pretest ABABC BACV ocabulary Building:I. deduced, behavior, adhere, replacement, option, delicacy, enormous, pursuit II. 1. inquired, requi red, inquire, required2. compatible, comparable, compatible, comparable ClozeSatellite, some, space, asked / wondered, life, sort / kind, orbiting / going / circling, have, living, were, believe, own, solar, where, likely, living, through Section BFTFFT TTTTF FFBBC ACC Section C BCBCC AED EBAFDC Unit 8 Section AV ocabulary Building: 1.occupataion, occupy, occupational, occupationally segregation, segregate, segregated discrimination, discriminate, discriminating / discriminatory, discriminatingly / discriminatorily enforcement, enforce, enforceable, enforceably exclusion, exclude, exclusive, exclusively perseverance, persevere, persevering, perseveringly conviction, convict, convictive, convictively a mendment, amend, amendablesuperficiality, superficialize, superficial, superficially spectator, spectate, spectatorial 2.1. a. job b. career c. jobs d. career2. a.. principal b. principles c. principal d. principle3. a. feminien b. female c. feminine Cloze Acceptable, domestic, property, wages, husband, divorce, claims, legal, suit, permitted, make, excluded, lacked, belonged, determined Section BBACCB CACCC AABBA C TTF Section C CCAACBUnit 9 Section AV ocabulary Building: 1.1. typifies2. dominant3. familial4. competitive5. vibrate6. descended7. departure8. boom9. co untless 10. symbolizes 2.1. a. recreative b. recreates c. recreation2. a. rhythm b. rhyme c. rhymes d. rhythm ClozeSea, within, of, divides, built/constructed/completed, celebrated, inside/in, attract, together, when Section BFTFTT CCBBC BAACC AC Section C BAACA BCCCC Unit 10 Section AV ocabulary Building: 1.consequence, , consequent / consequential, consequently / consequentially sophisticatiion, sophisti cate, sophisticated, sophisticatedly reference, refer, referable, referablyconversation, converse, conversational, conversationally space, space, spatial/spacious, spatially/s paciouslydetachment, detach, detachable/detached, detachably/detachedly intervention, intervene, interveni ng type, typify, typical, typically 2.1. assure, ensure, assured, ensure2. arises, raised, rise, raised, arisen3. clue, cues, clue, cue ClozeWell, separating / isolating, is, own, close, need, look, order, respect, follow, prior, sign/cue, help, was/were, else Section BBBC TTF BCA CAC TFF Section C TFFTF FFFUnit 11Section AV ocabulary Building: 1.information, inform, informative, informatively specification, specify, specific, specifically addition, add, additional /additive, additionally / additively specialty, specialize, special, specially narration, narrate, narrative, narratively extension, extend, exxtensive, extensively origin, originate , original, originally explosion, explode, explosive, explosively ambiguity, , ambiguous, ambiguou sly establishment, establish, established1. extension2. mabiguity3. orignal4. specified5. additional6. unambiguously7. explosion8. information9. specialized 10. narrative 11. establishment 2. 1. transform, transferred, transferred, transformed 2. lonely, alone, lonely, alone Cloze Library, am ounted, own, burned / destroyed, countries’, send, suggestion / proposal, library Section B ACBCB ACCAC ABABB AB Section C BCACC CBCCCUnit 12 Section AV ocabulary Building:1. reaction, mass, polluting, planetary, suspicious, alarming, emitted, emerged2.1. warned, threatened2. spread, spread, sprayed3. emergency, emergence ClozeSolve, communities, creative, prevention, disposal, resources, recycloing, waste, increase, place, measures, amount Section BFFTT BCAC FTFF ABC CBC Section C BCAAC CBCUnit 13 Section AV ocabulary Building: 1.symptom, symptomize, symptomatic, symptomatically longing, long, longing, longingly addition, add, additional additive, additionally / additively manifestation, manifest, manifest, mani festlydepression, depress, depressed / depressing, depressedly / depressingly invariability, , invariable, i nvariably separation, separate, separate, separatelycondemnation, condemn, condemnable, condemnably imagination, imagine, imaginary, imaginaril y affection, affect, affecting, afeectingly 2.1. remedies, recipe, remedy, recipe2. alternate, altered, alternate, alter3. acknowledged, knowledg e, acknowledged ClozeStep, acknowledge, prevent, essential, physician, due, physical, psychosomatic, disease, confidence, symptoms, thorough, emotional, upsetting Section BCBCAB CBBCB ABCAC Section C TFFFT FTFFF Unit 14 Section AV ocabulary Building: 1. reluctant, evolution, atrributed, catastrophic, assoicate, indifferent, emerge d, stir 2.1. evolved, revolved, evolved2. dismay, dismal, dismal, dismay3. contribute, attributed, contributed, attributed ClozeCharacteristic / trait / nature, changed / had, to, long, get/eat, possessed / developed /had, stretched/lengthened, longer, passed, After, have, theory, effect/influence, notion/idea, change Section B DAB FTFTF DAD BAC FTF Section C TFTFT FTF Unit 15 Section AV ocabulary Building: 1.Prevention, prevent, preventive, preventively Federation, federate, federal, federally Inadequacy, , inadequate, inadequately Deception, deceive, deceptive, deceptively Prosperity, prosper, prosperou s, prosperously Life, live, live/living/aliveEffect, effect, effective, effectivelyEvaluation, evaluate, evaluable /evaluative Resident, reside, residential, residentiallyVision, vision, visional /visionary, visionally / visionarity1. evaluabtion,2. federal3. prosperity4. residential5. effect6. are living7. deceptively8. preventive /effective 2.1. simile, metaphor2. ultimate, unanimous, ultimate, unanimous ClozeTransportation, distance / away, ground, Steam, trains, electric, station /stop, name, train, three, trains, stairs/steps, passengers/people Section BDCDCC CCCAB CB Section C CCACC CCC。
大学英语泛读教程 unit3教学教材
• 2. why people get nervous when taking tests? What would you do if you want to conquer the nervousP.1 Go through: experience an unpleasant or
Unit 3 When Tests Make You
Nervous
Questions from Unit 2
• Do you have any questions ? 10 minutes • Vocabulary –dictation (5’)
Class Report
• Group Activity(10 minutes): discuss with your partners what you have read in the past week. Each has 3 minutes at most.
difficult time He was going through a very difficult time. South Africa was going through a period of
irreversible change.
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Give out : distribute sth. among a group of people 分发
• Yet only a small part of the water energy which could be used is indeed used. In countries such as Britain, America, Canada and Russia, there are great possibilities for developing hydro-electricity but only a small number of generators have been built.
英语泛读教程3 unit3_Text
12. An eye tracker 眼球跟踪器 13. voiceover (P 24) : 画外音 14. a split second 一瞬间 (P 32)
15. grip with (P 34) : cope with 16. fallible (P 35) : unreliable 容易犯错的，不可
• 2. Experiment #2: Ball experiment • Kuhn’s conclusion: facial clues lead to the discovery of tricks
• Another interesting idea: • some people could be immune免疫的to some of the effects of magic.
• Joseph Jastrow: Explained the mechanics of some tricks
Renaissance of research
• 1. Wiseman: •“Magic is all about convincing others that the impossible has just happened. And that deception is achieved with a high degree of skill and showmanship.”
• Card trick • Coin trick • ball-throwing trick • Cigarette trick • Metal-bending trick
What role do they play in the passage?
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英语泛读教程 第三册 Unit Three
VOCABULARY 1. Skeptical about
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What are Genetically Modified Food
The term GM foods or GMOs (genetically-modified organisms) is most commonly used to refer toor human or animal consumption using the latest molecular biology techniques. These plants have been modified in the laboratory to enhance desired traits such as increased resistance to herbicides or improved nutritional content. The enhancement of desired traits has traditionally been undertaken through breeding, but conventional plant breeding methods can be very time consuming and are often not very accurate. Genetic engineering, on the other hand, can create plants with the exact desired trait very rapidly and with great accuracy. For example, plant geneticists can isolate a gene responsible for drought tolerance and insert that gene into a different plant. The new genetically-modified plant will gain drought tolerance as well.
英语泛读教程unit3recycling
●减少废物，专家建议，尽量购买散装货，买散装水果和蔬菜，不买那些使用多 层塑料纸包装的物品，购买那些容易降解的物品
Well, recycling is a simple way that you, as a consumer,
can help out the environment, create a profitable market for recycled goods and help preserve natural resources from
TYPES of Glass Products can be recycled
•Beverage containers •Food Jars
Benefits of recycling of Recycling glass
✓Can be recycled over again and never lose its quality or quantity ✓Creates 20%less air pollution ✓Reduces water pollution by 50% ✓Saves energy to light a 100-watt light bulb ✓Reduces that amount of landfill space that is used
After recycled, can create…
✓Egg cartons ✓Paper towel ✓Tissue ✓Toilet paper ✓Newspaper ✓Phonebooks
The process of taking old glass products and turning them into new, reusable glass products. Recycling old glass uses 40% less energy than manufacturing it from new.
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Text Bursting the Magic Bubble
Topic: magic and psychology Main idea: psychologists have a lot to learn from that. Structure: Part I (1-3): relationship between them there’s no denying the effect of a good magic trick……I think psychologists have a lot to learn from that…but not content with Part II (4-6) history of research on the relationship between them reawakening……founders…a renaissance
Passage 3 Topic: laughter-humour Main idea: Humor can enhance the quality of life Structure: 1-2 Morally and socially, laughter has not been well regarded throughout the history….Prior to the last hundred years or so…In Medieval times…Victorian England 3. Sigmund Freud distinguished between malign and benign laughter. 4. In humour, as in everything else, there are different levels of quality 5. Since the mid 1940s: type A &B 6. Although
4. In some cases magicians act as inventors and explorers of the latest sciences to come with ingenious illusions. 5-7 In the exhibit, visitors can explore the science of illusions without losing the enchantment that a magic show creates. Visitors can explore the science and art of visual illusions from two perspectives: that of the audience and that of the magician’s apprentice. …As the audience…As the magician’s apprentice…But all will not be revealed.
Language Points 1. prepare for social life对社会生活做好准备 ; prepare for the worst作最坏的准备 2. discernible: perceptible by the senses or intellect The difference between the two is readily discernible.两者之间的差别不难看出。 Related knowledge: no
Language points： 1. encore: an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand To demand an encore of要求加演 Favor an audience with an encore.再为观众表演一次 The violinist got an encore .这位小提琴家lebrity who is an inspiration to others; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries"
Part III exploring relationship between them 1. Magic: and that deception is achieved with a high degree of skill and showmanship…controlling attention…the audience is also a vital participant in the deception…misdirection 2. Psychologists can use these tricks to catch a glimpse into how our minds interpret the world around us…
Language points 1. Break wind: to let out gases from the bowels 2. Totem pole: a tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures 3. Blue joke下流笑话 4. sensation: feeling awake a pleasant sensation唤起令人愉快的感觉 the sensation of dizziness.目眩的感觉 5. musing: intent consideration She sat musing for hours.她一连几小时坐在那里沉 思默想
Passage 4 Topic: Socrates Main idea: He chooses death Structure: 1. This same man was condemned to death for his beliefs. 2. He was condemned for…the second charge 3. Socrates’ method of teaching…this was frightening to 4. Socrates had the right to …but
Our brains filter out… Misdirection depends more than just making people looking the wrong way---manipulate: verbal suggestion; other forms Immune to Part IV effect of this research on audience and magician But while psychologists slowly get to grips with the way magician manage to trick our brains, is there not a risk that the magic will lose its power.
Passage 2 Main idea: Music may help fans prepare for potentially life saving surgery even if it does not add anything extra to the prospects of survival Structure: …researchers suggest today….researchers reported in the Lancet medical journal…The study found no…has no discernible effect…such therapies might help…we have to do good science
Language points 1. Condemn: express strong disapproval of ; pass a sentence to condemn openly. 公开谴责 condemn as worthless贬得一钱不值 He was condemned to life imprisonment .他被判处无期徒 刑 2. charge 指控n&v He was charged for obstructing the highway.他因阻碍交通 而受控告。 Related knowledge: religion in western countries in ancient times
3. custom-made: made according to the specifications of an individual I would like to have a custom-made suit.我想订做一套西 服。 4. ingenious: (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; 5. feature: to depict or outline the features of 特写； to feature more articles on the daily life of people特载 更多有关人们日常生活的文章 Related knowledge: magic and science
Unit 3
Bursting the Magic Bubble
Teaching Arrangments 1. Fast Readings 2. Text Bursting the Magic Bubble
Fast Readings
Passage 1 Main idea：Mind reading, floating in thin wind, a head without a body ---is it magic or science--- or perhaps a little of both. Structure: 1-2 background 3 Magic: The Science of Illusion explores basic science concepts used in a set of custommade illusions and shows how these science concepts relate to our everyday lives.