新世纪研究生公共英语教材阅读PPTUnitTwo
新世纪研究生公共英语教材阅读BUnit
新世纪研究生公共英语教材阅读BUnitUnit 9Animal EmotionsLaura TangleySheer joy. Romantic love. The pain of mourning.Scientists say pets and wild creatures have feelings, too.1. Swimming off the coast of Argentina, a female right whale singles out just one of the suitors that are hotly pursuing her. After mating, the two cetaceans linger side by side, stroking one another with their flippers and finally rolling together in what looks like an embrace. The whales then depart, flippers touching, and swim slowly side by side, diving and surfacing in perfect unison until they disappear from sight.2.In Tanzania, primatologists studying chimpanzee behavior recorded the death of Flo, a troop’s 50-year-old matriarch. Throughout the following day, Flo’s son, Flint, sits beside his mother’s lifeless body, occasionally taking her hand and whimpering. Over the next few weeks, Flint grows increasingly listless, withdrawing from the troop —despite his siblings’ efforts to bring him back–and refusing food. Three weeks after Flo’s death, the formerly healthy young chimp is dead, too.3.A grief-stricken chimpanzee? Leviathans in love? Most people, raised on Disney versions of sentient and passionate beasts, would say that these tales, both true, simply confirm their suspicions that animals can feel intense, humanlike emotions. For their part, the nation’s 61 million pet owners need no convincing at all that pet dogs and cats can feel angry, morose, elated—even jealous or embarrassed. Recent studies, in fields as distant as ethology and neurobiology, are supporting thispopular belief. Other evidence is merely anecdotal, especially for pets — dogs that become depressed, or even die, after losing a beloved companion, for instance. But the anecdote —or case study in scientific parlance—has now achieved some respectability among researchers who study animal behavior. As University of Colorado biologist Marc Bekoff says, “The plural of anecdote is data.”4.Still, the idea of animals feeling emotions remains controversial among many scientists. Researchers’ skepticism is fueled in part by their professional aversion to anthropomorphism, the very nonscientific tendency to attribute human qualities to non-humans. Many scientists also say that it is impossible to prove animals have emotions using standard scientific methods —repeatable observations that can be manipulated incontrolled experiments —leading them to conclude that such feelings must not exist. Today, however, amid mounting evide nce to the contrary, “the tide is turning radically and rapidly,” says Bekoff, who is at the forefront of this movement.5.Even the most strident skeptics of animal passion agree that many creatures experience fear —which some scientists defin e as a “primary” emotion that contrasts with “secondary” emotions such as love and grief. Unlike these more complex feelings, fear is instinctive, they say, and requires no conscious thought. Essential to escape predators and other dangers, fear —and its predictable flight, fight, or freeze responses — seems to be hard-wired into many species. Young geese that have never before seen a predator, for example, will run for cover if a hawk-shaped silhouette passes overhead. The shape of a nonpredatory bird, on the other hand, elicits no such response.6.But beyond such instinctual emotions and their predictable behavioral responses, the possibility of more complex animal feelings —those that entail mental processing —is difficult to demonstrate. “I can’t even p rove that another human being is feeling happy or sad,” says Bekoff, “but I can deduce how they’re feeling through body language and facial expression.” As a scientist who has conducted field studies of coyotes, foxes, and other canines for the past three decades, Bekoff also believes he can accurately tell what these animals are feeling by observing their behavior. He adds that animal emotions may actually be more knowable than those of humans, because they don’t “filter” their feelings the way we do.7.Yet because feelings are intangible, and so tough to study scientifically, “most researchers don’t even want to talk about animal emotions,” says Jaak Panksepp, a neuroscientist at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and author of Affective Neuroscience. Within his field, Panksepp is a rare exception, who believes that similarities between the brains of humans and other animals suggest that at least some creatures have true feelings. “Imagine where we’d be in physics if we hadn’t infer red what’s inside the atom,” says Panksepp. “Most of what goes on in nature is invisible, yet we don’t deny that it exists.”8.The new case for animal emotions comes in part from the growing acceptability of field observations, particularly when they are taken in aggregate. The latest contribution to this body of knowledge is a new book, The Smile of a Dolphin, which presents personal reports from more than 50 researchers who have spent their careers studying animals —from cats, dogs, bears, and chimps to birds, iguanas, and fish. Edited by Bekoff, who says it will finally “legitimize” research on animal emotions,thevolume has already garnered scientific attention, including a Smithsonian Institution symposium on the subject.9. One of the most obvious animal emotions is pleasure. Anyone who has ever held a purring cat or been greeted by a bounding, barking,tail-wagging dog knows that animals often appear to be happy. Beastly joy seems particularly apparent when the animals are playing with one another or sometimes, in the case of pets, with people.10.Virtually all young mammals, as well as some birds, play, as do adults of many species such as our own. Young dolphins, for instance, routinely chase each other through the water like frolicsome puppies and have been observed riding the wakes of boats like surfers. Primatologist Jane Goodall, who has studied chimpanzees in T anzania for four decades, says that chimps “chase, somersault, and pirouette around one another with the abandon of children.” In Colorado, Bekoff once watc hed an elk race back and forth across a patch of snow — even though there was plenty of bare grass nearby —leaping and twisting its body in midair on each pass. Though recent research suggests that play may help youngsters develop skills needed in adulthood, Bekoff says there’s no question that it’s also fun. “Animals at play are symbols of the unfettered joy of life,” he says11.Grief also seems to be common in the wild, particularly following the death of a mate, parent, offspring, or even close companion. Female sea lions witnessing their pups being eaten by killer whales are known to actually wail. When a goose, which mates for life, loses its partner, the bird’s head and body droop dejectedly. Goodall, who saw the young chimp Flint starve afterhis moth er died, maintains that the animal “died of grief.”12.Elephants may be nature’s best-known mourners. Scientists studying these behemoths have reported countless cases of elephants trying to revive dead or dying family members, as well as standing quietly beside an animal’s remains for many days, periodically reaching out and touching the body with their trunks. Kenyan biologist Joyce Poole, who has studied African elephants since 1976, says these animals’ behavior toward their dead “leaves me with little d oubt that they experience deep emotions and have some understanding about death.”13.But there’s “hard” scientific evidence for animal feelings as well. Scientists who study the biology of emotions, a field still in its infancy, are discovering many similarities between the brains of humans and other animals. In animals studied so far, including humans, emotions seem to arise from ancient parts of the brain that are located below the cortex,。
新世纪研究生英语上unit 2 text
2. Grandest of all the claims are those made by some of the savants at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about the Internet's potential as a force for peace. One guru, Nicho- I las Negroponte, has declared that, thanks to the Internet, the children of the future "are not going to know what nationalism is". His colleague, Michael Dertouzos, has written that digital communications will bring "computer-aided peace" which "may help" stave off future flare- ' ups of ethnic hatred and national break-ups. The idea is that improved communications will I reduce misunderstandings and avert conflict.
4. The mistake people make is to assume that wars are caused simply by the failure of different people. The mistake people make is to assume that wars are caused simply by the failure of different peoples to understand each other adequately. Indeed, even if that were true, the Internet can also be used to advocate conflict. Hate speech and intolerance flourish in its murkier comers, where government find it hard to intervene. Although the Internet undeniably fosters communication, it will not put an end to war.
新世纪研究生公共英语教材阅读BUnit
Unit 9Animal EmotionsLaura TangleySheer joy. Romantic love. The pain of mourning.Scientists say pets and wild creatures have feelings, too.1. Swimming off the coast of Argentina, a female right whale singles out just one of the suitors that are hotly pursuing her. After mating, the two cetaceans linger side by side, stroking one another with their flippers and finally rolling together in what looks like an embrace. The whales then depart, flippers touching, and swim slowly side by side, diving and surfacing in perfect unison until they disappear from sight.2.In Tanzania, primatologists studying chimpanzee behavior recorded the death of Flo, a troop’s 50-year-old matriarch. Throughout the following day, Flo’s son, Flint, sits beside his mother’s lifeless body, occasionally taking her hand and whimpering. Over the next few weeks, Flint grows increasingly listless, withdrawing from the troop —despite his siblings’ efforts to bring him back–and refusing food. Three weeks after Flo’s death, the formerly healthy young chimp is dead, too.3.A grief-stricken chimpanzee? Leviathans in love? Most people, raised on Disney versions of sentient and passionate beasts, would say that these tales, both true, simply confirm their suspicions that animals can feel intense, humanlike emotions. For their part, the nation’s 61 million pet owners need no convincing at all that pet dogs and cats can feel angry, morose, elated—even jealous or embarrassed. Recent studies, in fields as distant as ethology and neurobiology, are supporting this popular belief. Other evidence is merely anecdotal, especially for pets — dogs that become depressed, or even die, after losing a beloved companion, for instance. But the anecdote —or case study in scientific parlance—has now achieved some respectability among researchers who study animal behavior. As University of Colorado biologist Marc Bekoff says, “The plural of anecdote is data.”4.Still, the idea of animals feeling emotions remains controversial among many scientists. Researchers’ skepticism is fueled in part by their professional aversion to anthropomorphism, the very nonscientific tendency to attribute human qualities to non-humans. Many scientists also say that it is impossible to prove animals have emotions using standard scientific methods —repeatable observations that can be manipulated incontrolled experiments —leading them to conclude that such feelings must not exist. Today, however, amid mounting evide nce to the contrary, “the tide is turning radically and rapidly,” says Bekoff, who is at the forefront of this movement.5.Even the most strident skeptics of animal passion agree that many creatures experience fear —which some scientists define as a “primary” emotion that contrasts with “secondary” emotions such as love and grief. Unlike these more complex feelings, fear is instinctive, they say, and requires no conscious thought. Essential to escape predators and other dangers, fear — and its predictable flight, fight, or freeze responses — seems to be hard-wired into many species. Young geese that have never before seen a predator, for example, will run for cover if a hawk-shaped silhouette passes overhead. The shape of a nonpredatory bird, on the other hand, elicits no such response.6.But beyond such instinctual emotions and their predictable behavioral responses, the possibility of more complex animal feelings —those that entail mental processing —is difficult to demonstrate. “I can’t even prove that another human being is feeling happy or sad,” says Bekoff, “but I can deduce how they’re feeling through body language and facial expression.” As a scientist who has conducted field studies of coyotes, foxes, and other canines for the past three decades, Bekoff also believes he can accurately tell what these animals are feeling by observing their behavior. He adds that animal emotions may actually be more knowable than those of humans, because they don’t “filter” their feelings the way we do.7.Yet because feelings are intangible, and so tough to study scientifically, “most researchers don’t even want to talk about animal emotions,” says Jaak Panksepp, a neuroscientist at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and author of Affective Neuroscience. Within his field, Panksepp is a rare exception, who believes that similarities between the brains of humans and other animals suggest that at least some creatures have true feelings. “Imagine where we’d be in physics if we hadn’t infer red what’s inside the atom,” says Panksepp. “Most of what goes on in nature is invisible, yet we don’t deny that it exists.”8.The new case for animal emotions comes in part from the growing acceptability of field observations, particularly when they are taken in aggregate. The latest contribution to this body of knowledge is a new book, The Smile of a Dolphin, which presents personal reports from more than 50 researchers who have spent their careers studying animals —from cats, dogs, bears, and chimps to birds, iguanas, and fish. Edited by Bekoff, who says it will finally “legitimize” research on animal emotions, thevolume has already garnered scientific attention, including a Smithsonian Institution symposium on the subject.9. One of the most obvious animal emotions is pleasure. Anyone who has ever held a purring cat or been greeted by a bounding, barking,tail-wagging dog knows that animals often appear to be happy. Beastly joy seems particularly apparent when the animals are playing with one another or sometimes, in the case of pets, with people.10.Virtually all young mammals, as well as some birds, play, as do adults of many species such as our own. Young dolphins, for instance, routinely chase each other through the water like frolicsome puppies and have been observed riding the wakes of boats like surfers. Primatologist Jane Goodall, who has studied chimpanzees in Tanzania for four decades, says that chimps “chase, somersault, and pirouette around one another with the abandon of children.” In Colorado, Bekoff once watched an elk race back and forth across a patch of snow — even though there was plenty of bare grass nearby —leaping and twisting its body in midair on each pass. Though recent research suggests that play may help youngsters develop skills needed in adulthood, Bekoff says there’s no question that it’s also fun. “Animals at play are symbols of the unfettered joy of life,” he says11.Grief also seems to be common in the wild, particularly following the death of a mate, parent, offspring, or even close companion. Female sea lions witnessing their pups being eaten by killer whales are known to actually wail. When a goose, which mates for life, loses its partner, the bird’s head and body droop dejectedly. Goodall, who saw the young chimp Flint starve after his mother died, maintains that the animal “died of grief.”12.Elephants may be nature’s best-known mourners. Scientists studying these behemoths have reported countless cases of elephants trying to revive dead or dying family members, as well as standing quietly beside an animal’s remains for many days, periodically reaching out and touching the body with their trunks. Kenyan biologist Joyce Poole, who has studied African elephants since 1976, says these animals’ behavior toward their dead “leaves me with little doubt that they experience deep emotions and have some understanding about death.”13.But there’s “hard” scientific evidence for animal feelings as well. Scientists who study the biology of emotions, a field still in its infancy, are discovering many similarities between the brains of humans and other animals. In animals studied so far, including humans, emotions seem to arise from ancient parts of the brain that are located below the cortex,。
新世纪研究生公共英语教材阅读及翻译第二单元
Unit 2Key to ExercisesI. Comprehension Checkl.D 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.C 6.D 7.C 8.D 9.B l0.CII. Vocabulary StudyI.l. advocated 2 extravagant 3. vulnerable 4. guru 5. potentia1 6. dispel7. shunned 8. acc1aimed 9. enthusiasts 10. stave off 1l. attendant 12. venturedII.l. eradicated 2. enthralled 3. obso1ete 4. disproved5. foster6. ludicrous7. apparent8. avert9. displaced l0. compatriots 1 l. endeavors l2. hailedIII. (略)III. Clozel.C 2.B 3.D 4.A 5.D 6.C 7.D 8.B 9.A 10.C ll.B l2.B l3.C l4. C l5. D 16.A l7.B l8. C l9.A 20.CIV. Translationl. Some cyber gurus claim that the Internet will Prevent wars, reduce pollution, and combat various forms of inequality.2. Although the Internet undeniably fosters communications, it will not put an end to war, since wars are by no means caused simply by the failure of different peoples to understand each other adequately.3. The Internet can help reduce energy consump1ion and pollution only if doing things online genuinely displaces real-world activities.4. The poor are not shunning the Internet because they cannot afford it The problem is that they lack the skills to exp1oit it effectively. Therefore, it makes more sense to aim for universal literacy than universa1 Internet access.5. Thanks to the Internet, income inequality between people doing similar jobs in different countries has been reduced. However, the inequality between information workers in poor countries and their poorest compatriots has been increased.6. If human nature remains stubbornly unchanged, despite the claims of the techno-Prophets, humanity cannot simply invent away its failings.课文参考译文:因特网不能做什么？1 在1858年第一根横穿大西洋的通讯电缆铺设成功时，维多利亚时代的积极分子们曾欢呼说：“像电报这种为世界各国交流思想的工具诞生之后；那些根深蒂固的偏见与敌意不可能再长时间存在了。
新世纪大学英语第二册Unit2-Optimism-and-Positive-Thinking PPT
Glass half-full? Glass half-empty?
Are you an optimist or a pessimist?
Directions: Figure out the expressions related to “optimistic attitude”.
ample happiness
From Michael I have learnt that every day we have a choice to live fully, so I will choose to be an optimist. If I am an optimist I may feel better, enjoy life more, and maybe have more chances of success.
Questions
• How much money do you spend in a month?
• Are you satisfied with your present life?
• How do you react to difficulties in life? Are you an optimistic person?
author?
1. What is Michael’s personality like? Michael is a natural optimist. He is always in a good mood, always up and always has something positive to say.
Pervasive
“I still have trouble in one area but overall I am doing much better.”
新世纪研究生公共英语教材阅读A第1-9单元答案+课文翻译(全)
新世纪研究生公共英语教材阅读A第1-9单元答案+课文翻译(全)Unit 1A Young Boy’s AmbitionVocabulary Study：1.permanent永恒的2.had assembled 集合3.discharging卸货4.meekly温和/胆怯5.apprentice 学徒6.partiality 偏爱偏见7.obscure 默默无闻的8.exalted 提升提拔某人9.intruding 闯入打扰10.cordially 热情的热忱的11.ambition雄心12.gallantly勇敢的CLOZE：BDCAB ADABB DBDAA CCDCB、Ⅳ. Translation1.他想当足球明星的梦想随着时间的推移慢慢消退了。
His dream of becoming a football star faded out as time went by.2.一架波音747飞机没有升到足够的高度以飞越那座高山，转瞬间一头撞向大山爆炸了。
机上无人生还。
A Boeing 747 aircraft didn’t gain enough height to clear the mountain. In a twinkling, it crashed into the mountain and blew up. No one survived the accident.3.学生们可以很容易地获得图书馆的资源，所以他们应该充分地利用好图书馆。
Students have easy access to the resources in the library, so they are supposed to make the best of it.4.当时世界上最豪华的游轮泰坦尼克号在她前往美国的途中撞到了冰山，结果轮船沉没在大西洋中，成百上千的人死于这场海难。
Titanic, the most luxurious ship in the world at that time, hit an iceberg when she was under way to the US. Consequently, the ship sank into the Atlantic Ocean and thousands of people died in this shipwreck.5. 每年夏天，游客们都涌向这一著名的海滩。
新世纪研究生公共英语教材阅读A答案
Unit 1meek cordial ambitious apprentice permanence gallant intrusion exalt partial discharge obscurity assemble1. When you are asked to fill out an application form, you are often required to write down your permanent address.2. All the employees had assembled in the hall before the meeting started.3. The porters are busy discharging the cargo form the ship onto the dock.4. Jack spoke to his boss meekly because he was late again for the work.5. He worked as a(n) apprentice until he became skillful.6. A teacher should not show partiality to one particular student.7. The politician made a speech full of obscure political jokes and many people fell asleep during his speech.8. Mary has been exalted to the position of personnel manager due to her hard work.9. You look quite busy now. I hope I am not intruding.10. The delegation was cordially welcomed by the local government.11. Ben told his mother that his ambition was to become an astronaut in the future.12. The captured solider faced up gallantly to the Nazi enemy and said that he would never betray his motherland.Unit 2guru venture advocate shun stave off vulnerable dispel attendant enthusiast potential acclaim extravagant1. The British government publicly advocated a policy of non-cooperation with European fishing fleets.2. Elizabeth is very extravagant. She goes to restaurants and gets taxis even though she can’t really afford it.3. Ground floor windows are particularly vulnerable and secure locks should be fitted.4. It soon became apparent that Colin was the guru of the whole department.5. She may not be a great violinist yet but she has potential.6. The Central Bank attempted to dispel rumors of a possible financial crisis.7. When the truth emerged about her husband being in prison, the neighbors shunned her and talked about her behind her back.8. Her work on finding a cure for cancer has been widely acclaimed by her colleagues in the medical profession.9. Real enthusiasts are willing to pay up to $12,000 for an original copy of this book.10. For 12 years, we’ve sought to stave off this ultimate threat of disaster.11. We have all the problems attendant upon starting a new business.12. I ventured to suggest that he might have made a mistake.Unit 3drought loose graze spine sink rainfall flower venture pore trap fertile clear1. Slowly the flood waters sank and life got back to normal.2. Desert nights are often cold because clear skies allow heat to escape into the atmosphere.3. This is half the average monthly rainfall of London’s Kew Gardens.4. A drought is a long period of time during which no rain falls.5. Flowering shrubs, trees, or plants are those which are planted mainly for the decorative quality of the flowers that they produce.6. There were some loose wires hanging out of the wall.7. The small holes on the surface of plants or in the skin of people and animals are called pores.8. We used to graze sheep on the fields where the corn is grown.9. Your spine is the row of bones down your back that supports your body and that has your spinal cord inside it.10. Fire officers had to use cutting equipment to free his legs, which were trapped under a steel beam.11. I might actually venture into advertising if I had enough money.12. The valleys are so fertile that three crops a year can grow.Unit 4restore muscle pathological psychological physical diverse refreshment symptom vigor accumulate anxious precipitate1. Physical fatigue is the result of heavy manual labor and exhausting work.2. The accumulation of metabolic waste products in your blood is the result of overworking your muscles.3. There is a great diversity of exercise you can do to deal with fatigue.4. Psychological tiredness is usually precipitated by emotional problems and conflicts.5. His body is muscular because of his hard physical work.6. Some fatigue has pathological causes.7. Prolonged fatigue might be symptomatic of an underlying disease like cancer or diabetes.8. After that vigorous exercise he experienced a pleasant tiredness.9. She is psychologically a very healthy person.10. Anxiety can be a major cause of fatigue.11. He feels completely restored to health after a period of intensive care.12. Having had a good sleep and a substantial meal, he felt thoroughly refreshed.Unit 5distinguish rigid tactile foundation recognize fruitful unique outlet uniform ascertain secure acquisition1. Rural communities are usually more uniform in their child-rearing methods, while in the town there is more variety.2. On a clear day we can distinguish the letters on the airliners as they take off.3. The guard ascertained that there was nobody in the room.4. The tune was recognized as the one in the musical The Fiddler on the Roof.5. This stamp is unique; all others like it have been lost or destroyed.6. Jack enjoys playing rock music, as playing rock music is a good outlet for his energy.7. A child must be allowed to enjoy the tactile stage of discovery by playing with mud and sand and water.8. Both drivers and pedestrians should be in rigid obedience to traffic regulations.9. My son used to feel secure holding his old blanket.10. Some language educators have written some books and papers on the relationship between first language acquisition and second language learning.11. Learning together is a fruitful source of relationship between children and parents.12. The foundation on which many ancient types of society were built was the use of slaves.Unit 6well-informed plague reflect on enrich positive implement enroll academic versus aspiration asa matter of fact commitment to1. As a matter of fact, I did not begin work until he had gone.2. At this time of year university admission officers are plagued with inquires from anxious applicants.3. The poem handles the problem of instinct versus intellect in man.4. I have been reflecting on the likely consequences of their course of action.5. It’s no use just telling me to do it; give me some positive advice as to how to do it.6. The government is implementing its policy of helping the unemployed.7. Most universities will enroll new students the first week in September.8. American culture has been enriched by European immigrants.9. His father never had a(n)aspiration for the job of managing director, and was very surprised when it was offered to him.10. A good historian must have an academic mind.11. The news came from a well-informed man.12. He felt he did not have to make a commitment the poorly dressed man.Unit 7vital downsize accelerate criterion dynamic yield shirk jeopardize budget inflict guarantee priority1. The company downsized its personnel in response to a poor economy.2. Churchill provided dynamic and inspiring leadership when it was most needed.3. We have calculated the probable yield from this investment at around 17%.4. We were traveling through bandit country, but the king had guaranteed our safety.5. They won’t let any foreign power inflict any further blows on their national pride.6. The Finance Minister will open a new budget in April.7. They insist that the right to live should take priority over all other considerations.8. Ian drove up Park Boulevard and headed out of town, accelerating rapidly.9. It is dishonorable to shirk military service.10. These small and gradual physical changes are vitally important the child’s development.11. Would such legislation jeopardize chances for a treaty?12. When you go for a job interview, it’s important to find out what the panel’s criteria are.12 years ago, Joe Royds took a pony called Jupiter along to for mentally handicapped children and, with his wife, Felicity, started to give the children rides. He thought thatToday,retired businessman, termsthe psychology faculty of thediscussions with Plessey, and identifying the mechanism of horse therapy.Joe believes that there may be an inexplicable rapport between horses an severely mentally handicappedhorses a remarkable docility.“”and horses fearless the horse, the more effective the communication.Unit 2Every week a van in a run-down Nottingham back streetcarrying a slides for playgroups, hand-made desks and leisure materials for handicapped children.But though the commercial cost of having these made individually’average of two years and for a variety of reasons. Most have struggled to get a job —any job —in an area of declining industry.’sthose with a—as we can see in his sculpture.For Professor Bell is not only the biographer of his aunt, Virginia Woolf. He is an art historian, an academicthe Central School and painting was a professional potter, but when universityteaching began to of his time, he started“Quentin is in his shed,”said his“levitating ladies”keep her up, Mr. Bell?” His secret is glass fiber.Unit 4Pantomime, the traditional Christmas entertainment for children know,anyone who has never seen itsure I was making fun of him. He thought I had been talking about croquet.’s sisters are played by men, and so on.“How old are you?” asks the comedian.“I’m twelve.”“That’” Children love it.Unit 5’t like it, to have money in his pocket and freedom to come and go as he wishes in the world. The boys and girls, a year or two older than he is,adult worldnecessary part“Really, I’life—he accepts the discipline of the material or the process he is working with. “The job must be done” in accordlife. The work process constitutes a reality in some sense superior to that of school, and this is why he so oftenlongs to’s wet, games can be cancelled; if the maths master is ill one even the boyUnit 6To suggest that a creative writer, in a time of conflict, must split his life into two compartments, may seemis to destroy yourself as a writer. We feel this dilemma to be a painful one, because we see the need to engage in—in the name of political loyalty, to debase themselves asworkers. The artist, and especially the writer, is in fact, itpoliticians ever ask of him. If he refuses, that does not mean that he is condemned to inactivity. One half of him,Unit 7journals realize that the biggest single group they can aim at large proportion of theWorld working classes. It is of course important not to confuse theintellectual minority with the earnest minority: a sense of social purpose need not accompany the possession of brains. Nor do all those who enjoy advanced education abandon their social class emotionally or physically.meant that manyworking-classtime when thosesophisticated market research at hand to help them. We must be on our guard against developing a new kind of1．他想当足球明星的梦想随着时间的推移慢慢消退了。
新世纪大学英语 综合教程2 unit2精品PPT课件
所以我们忙于琐事， 几乎不曾意识到自己对生活的态度有多么冷漠。
Detailed Reading
I might have shown disbelief had I not been accustomed to such responses, …
春天里，我怀着希望触摸着树枝寻找新芽，那是大自然从冬眠中苏 醒第一个征象。
Detailed Reading
To me the colorful seasons are a thrilling and unending drama, the action of which streams through my finger tips.
Paraphrase this part of the sentence.
Perhaps it is common to all human beings that we seldom feel thankful for what we have and that we are eager to own what we haven’t.
The prisoner was condemned to death. We all strongly condemn violence of any sort.
我们强烈谴责任何形式的暴力行为。
Patterns: condemn sb. for doing sth. condemn sb. to sth. condemn sb. / sth. as sth.
Detailed Reading
condemn: v. give sb. a severe punishment after deciding they are guilty of a crime; say very strongly that you do not approve of sth. or sb., especially because you think it is morally wrong
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Text Learning
Traditional singles:
a figure of fun, pity or awe Withered spinsters and bachelors twenty-something professionals Widowed senior citizens (Para. 6)
Text learning
The main reasoFra biblioteks for the rise in singles:
Europe’s new economic landscape Irresistible momentum of individualism Living longer Divorcing more and marrying later Rich enough Temperamentally independent enough Working harder and no much room for relationships Sexual equality A refuge from work
Background Information
Marriage and wedding Lava lamp the holy grail the holy cup used by Christ
before his death; the thing which is most wanted and which people try to discover 圣杯， 圣盘
flower girl.)
The reception Honeymoon
Lava lamp熔岩灯
A lava lamp is a novelty item typically used for decoration rather than illumination. The gentle flow of randomly-shaped blobs小圆块,小斑点,一滴 of wax suggests the flowing of lava. The lamps are available with a wide variety of container styles and colors of wax and liquid.
New singles:
Professional success Not antisocial Having time and space for self-reflection Having the choice and privacy to grow as a human being High earners in their 30s and 40s A lifestyle choice
The bridesmaids enter, escorted by the groomsmen. The maid or matron of honor enters, either by herself or escorted by the best
man. The ringbearer enters. The flower girl enters. (In some ceremonies, the ringbearer will accompany the
Questions
What are the typical characteristics of traditional singles and new singles?
What are the main reasons for the rise in new
singles? What can business benefit from Solo lifestyle? What problem is caused by living alone?
character who is poor, miserable and pitiful. Austin Powers 奥斯丁·鲍威尔斯 A funny movie
character who loves things of the past and resists changes. Bridget Jones 布里奇特·琼斯 A fictional female character who is moody and sentimental. The Matrix A movie featuring the visual world created by computer technology 二十一世纪杀人网 络
The ushers and/or groomsmen escort the grandparents of the bride and groom to their seats.
The ushers and/or groomsmen escort the mother of the groom and mother of the bride to their seats.
Unit Two
The New Singles
Lead-in
Classroom Discussion:
Which lifestyle would you prefer, singled or married?
Background Information
Carla Power A Newsweek reporter. Eleanor Rigby 埃莉诺·雷格比 A pop song
White wedding
Attendees
Best man. Maid of honor/matron of honor Groomsmen Bridesmaids Flower girl Ringbearer Ushers Junior Bridesmaids
The ceremony