现代大学英语精读第2册课件lesson15(本资源由攀登英语网(英语听力课件教案下载)提供)
新概念英语第二册第十五课课件Lesson15_good_news
He is nervous.
• nervous ['nə:vəs] adj. 精神紧张 的 神经
• nerve [nə:v] n. 神经 • 短语：
• be nervous about • 对…. 感到紧张
• Eg: Are you nervous about the English exam?
直接引语(变化前) 现在进行时
间接引语(变化后) 过去进行时
“I’m making coffee for you all,” she She said she was making coffee
said.
for us all.
Grammer - 2 直接引语转换间接引语
2.6 转换中的要点总结2-时态的转换3
Grammer - 2 直接引语转换间接引语
转换中的要点总结2-时态的转换1
直接引语(变化前) 一般现在时
间接引语(变化后) 一般过去时
“I know it,” he said.
He said that he knew it.
Grammer - 2 直接引语转换间接引语
2.6 转换中的要点总结2-时态的转换2
He said, “I have been doing it for hours.”
He said he had been doing it for hours.
Grammer - 2 直接引语转换间接引语
2.6 转换中的要点总结2-时态的转换7
直接引语(变化前) 过去完成时
间接引语(变化后) 过去完成时
Eg:He interrupted me while I was speaking. Eg:You interrupted my thoughts.
Unit2现代大学英语精读2省名师优质课赛课获奖课件市赛课一等奖课件
T 5. The husband had known all along what his wife wanted
from him, but simply didn’t want to give in to her.
F 6. After the husband turned off the light, someone broke
• Financial support: little
• Targeting those set free after the American Civil War—the African Americans, KKK designed to spread fear throughout the Black population that still lived in the southern states. The most hatred was directed against the poor black families in the south who were very vulnerable to attack.
Tobias Wolff (1945-)
His Works
Short stories (O Henry Award): • “In the Garden of the North
American Martyrs” (1981) • “Next Door” (1982) • “Sister” (1985) • Our Story Begins (short story
现代大学英语第二版第二册第15单元 U15 Clearing in the sky
• Using a special dove call, he lures a beautiful bird. Upon closer inspection, the boy realizes that the bird is blind; another hunter has shot away both of its eyes. When the dove's mate calls and the blind dove flies away, the boy is left to ponder the harshness of life. • harshness :the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
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• Major Works of Short Fiction
• Although he is considered a regionalist writer, the themes of Stuart's short fiction are universal in nature. • In "Thanksgiving Hunter," a sensitive young boy on his first dove hunt finds himself unable to kill a bird. Ashamed of what he perceives as a weakness, he resolves to kill his first dove.
• juxtapose 英 [,dʒʌkstə'pəʊz] 美 ['dʒʌkstə'poz] • place side by side
现代大学英语精读第2册课件lesson5(本资源由攀登英语网(英语听力课件教案)提供)
More idioms with “pinch”
• at a pinch • E.g. We usually only accept 55 guests but at a
pinch we could take 60. • take sth with a pinch of salt • E.g. She told me she knew people in the film
take the plunge and go back to college.
rummage: to search about for sth
• She ~d change from the bottom of her purse. • He ~d about in his drawer. • ~ among back number periodicals for an
industry, but I took that with a pinch of salt. • feel the pinch • E.g. It’s six months since he lost his job, and he is
beginning to feel the pinch.
plunge
• E.g. The temperature ~d below freezing. • The price of oil has ~d to a new low. • The dangerous policies would ~ Europe into
another war.
• take the plunge • E.g. After working for twenty years he decided to
《现代大学英语精读2》教案（lesson1-11）
《现代大学英语精读2》教案（lesson1-11）Lesson 1 Another School Year—What For?Aims:1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the structures of the patterns;2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.Teaching Course:I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson. Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they can get the main idea and write the gist.II.Detailed study of the text.1. to be fresh out of: be having recently finished2. body: a group of people who work together3. to reach for: try to obtainTo read: to have … written on it4. Question: What’s the difference between training and education?5. … be around long enough for it to matter.Paraphrase: stay at college very long to understand mywords, so it would not be important whether or not I told him all this.6. to average out to/at…: (informal) to result in an average amount7. to hold: to remain the same8. to see to it that: to make sure that9. … doesn’t go to the electric chair…Paraphrase: is sentenced to death not because you are not a competent lawyer.To go to the electric chair: to be punished or killed on the electric chair.10. along with: in addition to; as well asSentence meaning: In addition to all other things the professional skills offer.11. … may it always suffice.I hope your income will always be enough.12. reasonably: to a degree that is fairly good 还好的，尚可的13. to maintain some contact with…: to keep in touch with…14. Will there be a painting a reasonably sensitive man can look at without shuddering?Paraphrase: Will you have a painting in your house that shows your taste?15. to be out to do/be out for… : be trying to do16. to be stuck for sth. : not knowing what to do17. signing checks: paying for what you’ve bought by signing checks.18. the best human minds: the best philosophers, scientists and writer.19. If you have no time for…have no business in college.Paraphrase: If you don’t want to study a little literature,philosophy and the fine arts and history, you should n’t be here at college.20. You are on your way … butt on Neanderthal.You’ll soon become a new type of humans who are uneducated and can only operate machines by pushing the buttons.21. …rather the college went through them—without making contact. Paraphrase: It’s more accurate to say that they pass through the college without learning anything.22. …being unaided: without the help of others23. There is not time enough … in order to be a civilized human.Paraphrase: One lifetime is too short to create an environment for a person to become civilized.24. …there cut into the stones are the names of the scientists.Paraphrase: The names of the scientists are carved into the stone there as memorials.25. the chances are: it is likelyIII.Assignment: Exercises after the text.IV.Checking the exercises.V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.Lesson 2 Maheegun My BrotherAims:1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master thestructures of the patterns;2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary andin grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.Teaching Course:I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they can get the main idea and write the gist.II.Detailed study of the text.1. … spring was late in coming.Paraphrase: it was so cold that it seemed that it were the weather of winter. In fact, it was spring.2. to get: to put … into a place or state3. not that: although it is not true that4. ever: that I had ever known of.5. upset: (v.) knock over, knock down6. …waiting for things to quiet down.Paraphrase: waiting until my grandma wasn’t angry7. half grown: on the way of becoming an adult wolf.8. Gone was the puppy-wool… black mantle.Paraphrase: His fur changed from the puppy-wool to beautiful and black hair. (Here the author uses metaphor. He compares the wolf’s skin to a coat and mantle.)9. after: (adv.) later10. It all served to fog my mind with pleasure … one night Maheegun unchained.Paraphrase: I was so happy with Maheegun that my alertnessslacked and forgot to chain him one night.11. The following morning in sailed Mrs. Yesno, wild with angerWild with anger: very angry12. start: (n.) a sudden uncontrolled movement13. wild cry: natural and strong cry14. for life: all one’s life15. (all) for the best: best for the long run16. I was as busy as … for the winter.Paraphrase: I was busy with preparing myself for a future career. (The author uses simile here.)17. It was not long after that I found the answer.Paraphrase: Soon I found Maheegun still remembered me.18. to slip into: to put on19. I circled to my right … creek bed.Paraphrase: I move around to the right and fell into a creek bed that was filled with snow.20. … the snow had made a blank … have been no creek there.Paraphrase: it was snowing heavily, and the air was so thick with big snow flakes that I couldn’t see through them. But I realized that I had taken the wrong direction, because there was no creek where I should have moved to.21. to blow itself out: to lose force and stop entirely22. A great white stillness had taken over and with it, biting cold.Paraphrase: The storm had stopped. The white world was quiet and very cold. 23. … freeze the wo rld with fear.Paraphrase: seemed to terrify all the living creatures and make them become still.24. Suddenly the world exploded in snarls.Paraphrase: Suddenly with terrible snarls, the wolves began to attack.25. to work one’s way: to move difficultly and gradually26. … reached out: stretch out his tongue.27. Maybe it was relief or weakness or both.Paraphrase: Maybe I cried because I was now out of danger, or maybe because I was weak, or because of both of the two reasons.28. … fanned it into life.Paraphrase: caused it to burn by blowing the fire.29. … my eyes came … by my bed.Paraphrase: my eyes adjusted themselves to be able to see clearly my grandfather sitting by my bed.30.He is with his own kind.Paraphrase: He is living among his fellow wolves.III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.IV.Checking the exercises.V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.Lesson 3 More Crime and Less PunishmentAims:1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master thestructures of the patterns;2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.Teaching Course:I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they can get the main idea and write the gist.II.Detailed study of the text.1. households: people living together2. to amount to: to add up to; to be equal to3. … have arrest reco rds for nontraffic offence.Paraphrase: have been arrested because of illegal actions which do n’t include breaking traffic rules.4. correctional supervision: (a euphemism) a kind of punishment, such as reform school5. to lock sb. away: to put sb. in prison6. This is why the certainty and … the crime rate goes up.Paraphrase: This is why not all crimes are punished and the punishment is less severe although the crime rate increases.7. to give out: to announce, to enforce8. property crimes: crimes of stealing, mugging (打劫) or robbery9. … but it just might be the other way around.the other way around/round: the opposite situationParaphrase: but the opposite might be true: crime prevents punishment.10. Our current crop … who were once imprisoned in Alc atraz.Paraphrase: The present prisoners are much more serious law-breakers than the prisoners of the country in the yearsbetween 1930s and 1960s.11. … it makes little/no sense… : it is not sensible or reasonable.12. … answer the TV message: It’s 10 o’c lock! Do you know where your children are?”Paraphrase: make sure they are all home at 10 o’clock in the evening.13. The other are rejected or dismissed … instead of punishment.Paraphrase: The other three arrested criminals’ cases are refused or stopped because there isn’t sufficient evidence or no witness can be found. Or instead of being put into prison, these criminals are sent elsewhere for medical treatment (when they can produce proof for illness of some kind.)14. the select few: the few criminals who are carefully chosen15. to be easy on: to treat … in a gentle way and not too severe16. Yet when measured against the lower crime rates …To measure sth./sb. against sth./sb. : to judge sb./sth. by comparing them with another person or thingParaphrase: But when longer prison sentences are compared with the lower crime rates.17. … are not worth the cost to state and local governments.Paraphrase: are not worthwhile because state and local governments have to pay much money for this.18. given: specific19. … we do know the extent … major crime convictions.Paraphrase: We do know how many of those people under parole are convicted and put into jail again for serious crime.20. … only 15000 crimes prevented.Paraphrase: If those prisoners were kept in prison for another year, only 15000 crimes would be prevented.21. a drop in the bucket: an amount of sth. that is too small to be important.22. This works out to more than $100, 000 per crime prevented.Paraphrase: This means that it costs more than $100, 000 to prevent one crime. III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.IV.Checking the exercises.V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.Lesson 4 The Nightingale and the RoseAims:1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master thestructures of the patterns;2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.Teaching Course:I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they can get the main idea and write the gist.II.Detailed study of the text.1. for want of: because of a lack of2. lover: a person who loves3. ball: a large party with dancing4. to: according to; while sth. else is happening 伴随着5. something of: to some degree6. plot: a small piece of land used for a special purpose7. … nipped my buds.Paraphrase: stopped the growth of the buds8. … and what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart ofa man? Paraphrase: The heart of a bird is nothing compared to the heart of a man. (The sentence is a rhetorical question.)9. to ask … of sb. : to ask sb. for …10. … he could not understand what the Nightingale was saying to him. Question: Why could n’t he understand?11. to sing of: (formal) to mention sth in a song or a poem, especially to praise it12. spray: (n.) a small branch having buds or flowers13. girdle: a band of red color round the middle of the petals14. … a film came over her eyes.Film: a thin layer or covering of sth.15. to choke: to make sb. unable to breathe16. all over: all parts of one’s bodyIII.Assignment: Exercises after the text.IV.Checking the exercises.V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.Lesson 5 Say YesAims:1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master thestructures of the patterns;2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.Teaching Course:I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that theycan get the main idea and write the gist.II.Detailed study of the text.1. to pitch in: (Here in is an adverb.) to start to work eagerly2. somehow: (adv.) in some way not yet know3. to get onto: begin to talk about4. “Oh boy” is used to show annoyance5. to take my word for it: to believe what I say6. She was piling dishes on the draining-board at a terrific rate.Question: Why at a great speed?7. “Not the same, like us.”Paraphrase: They don’t have the same background, and they are not like us.8. to resort to : to adopt, useTrick: method9. He’d acted out of conc ern for her,Paraphrase: He had done so because of concern for her.10. … he thought that it would be a nice gesture on her part not to start up that conversation again,Paraphrase: he hoped his wife would show her concern in return by not continuing the unpleasant conversation.11. For Christ’s sake: The expression is often used to show annoyance, like “Oh boy”.12. Let’s say: Let’s suppose13. cornered: forced into a difficult position14. Let’s not move too fast on this.Paraphrase: Let’s not rush to a decision.15. “Thank you.”Question: Thank you for what?16. snap through the pages: turn the pages suddenly and quickly17. While he was at it,Paraphrase: While he was cleaning dishes.18. In another thirty years…Question: What does the word “another” s uggest?19. What would all that stuff matter then?Paraphrase: What is the sense of arguing about these problems?20. I’ll make it up to you.Paraphrase: I’ll do something good for you.21. “We’ll see” is used when you don’t want to make a decision right now.22. His heart pounded the way… the house, a stranger.Question: What does the sentence show?III. Assignment: Exercises after the text.III.Checking the exercises.IV.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.Lesson 6 The Man in the WaterAims:1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master thestructures of the patterns;2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.Teaching Course:I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that theycan get the main idea and write the gist.II.Detailed study of the text.1. as persons/things go: compared with the average persons/thingsAs businessmen go, he is considered pretty honest.2. There was the unusual element of … high traffic.Paraphrase: One thing that was unusual about this disasterwas that the plane hit the bridge when the traffic was heavy.3. Then, too, there was the location of the event.Paraphrase: Besides, the location of the event was also unusual.4. … a blast of real winter…: a sudden strong and really cold winter5. … a single slap of metal on metal: the plane’s colliding/collision on the bridge, both of which was made of metal6. And there was the aesthetic clash as well—blue-and-green Air Florida, Paraphrase: When the air crash occurred, it was not just a clash of metal against the bridge, but also a clash between colors: the blue-green color of the plane and the gray and black color of the ice and river.7. … while always special…Paraphrase: although it is always special8. … bring millions to tears or to attention.Paraphrase: make millions of people cry or attract their attention9. Why, then, the shock here?Paraphrase: Why was there such a shock, then?10. the elements: the bad weather11. indifferent as ever: unconcerned about the consequences as always12. to rise to the occasion: to deal successfully with a difficult situation13. a park police: police whose job is to look after a park14. in the line of duty: part of one’s duty15. … lines that is no less admirable for being repeated.Paraphrase: words that have been said before by manyheroes, but the words are still admirable.16. to stick in the mind: to be remembered17. But the person most responsible for …“the man in the water”.Be responsible for: be the cause for18. lifeline: a rope used to save people at sea19. mass casualty: large numbers of people hurt or killed20. commitment: a strong sense of responsibility21. his anonymity another.Paraphrase: The fact that he did not leave his name was another reason why the story held national attention.22. … gave him a universal character.Paraphrase: make him have a universal quality and make people feel that it could have been anyone.III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.IV.Checking the exercises.V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.Lesson 7 The Greatest InventionAims:1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master thestructures of the patterns;2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.Teaching Course:I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they can get the main idea and write the gist.II.Detailed study of the text.1. rough: not exact2. to turn out: to happen to be in the end3. … Like liquid tropical sunlight,Question: What does the sentence show?4. to aim at: to direct one’s efforts towards5. War is no longer a matter of armies;Paraphrase: War doesn’t depend on how many armies you have.6. …west of the Atlantic: Latin American countries.7. … he was not at all what one would regard as the figure ofa soldier. Paraphrase: He was not at all the kind of person one would regard as a soldier, because he was not tall and strong.8. charge: a rushing forceful attack9. get rid of him: remove him from office10. to let loose: to free11. to have sth. within one’s grasp: to be able to achieve or attain sth.12. to keep sb. at sth. : to force sb. to continue to do13. … for I thought it very likely in a hot country like th at.Paraphrase: Because people usually think hot weather can make one become listless （无精打采的）and lazy.14. to drive: to force sb. to work hard15. … he was more than content: he was very content; he was very satisfied16. … drove him away: made him work on another thing or sth. else.17. drugged: addicted to drugs18. And the splendor of our position faded like dreams.Paraphrase: The glory of our country disappeared like dreams.19. fancy: a new idea20. … he gave me every facility, showing me the entire p rocess…Paraphrase: He used every facility to show me the whole process.III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.IV.Checking the exercises.V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.Lesson 8 Psychologically SpeakingAims:1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master thestructures of the patterns;2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation andexplanation.Teaching Course:I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that theycan get the main idea and write the gist.II.Detailed study of the text.1. What is it?Paraphrase: What is it on your mind? What are you thinking of?2. to fool around/about: to waste time 闲逛3. Out with it.Paraphrase: Tell me about it.4. up: (adv.) to the place in the north.5. garage: a place where motor vehicles are repaired6. delicate: very sensitive to what is proper7. … unless he was.Paraphrase: unless he was respectable.8. … not when I’m working for you.Paraphrase: I won’t go out with him when I’m working for you.9. to behave yourself: to do things in a way that people think is correct or polite10. impulsively: suddenly without thinking of the consequences11. If it works out.Paraphrase: If it succeeds.12. under cover: pretending to be sb. else in order to do sth. secretly13. be on your honor: be trusted to do sth.14. We’re putting you and Dad on your honor.Paraphrase: We respect you and believe in you.15. … Bessie Waring once.Explain: In some western countries, when a woman gets married, she will use her husband’s family name as her family name.16. ... it was a fool’s paradise!Paraphrase: It was an imaginary and unreal beautiful world.17. to open one’s eyes to: to make sb. realize18. to claim: ask for or demand because you think it is your right to have it19. for all you know: you really don’t knowIII.Assignment: Exercises after the text.IV.Checking the exercises.V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.Lesson 9 Quick Fix SocietyAims:1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master thestructures of the patterns;2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar. Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation andexplanation.Teaching Course:I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that theycan get the main idea and write the gist.II.Detailed study of the text.1. fix: (n.) solution to a problem, especially an easy and temporary one2. consist of: be formed from3. half the fun: the largest part of fun (of our trip to West Virginia)4. … had tried to take on another hot July afternoon.Question: What does “another” suggest?5. to crowd: to make … move close together6. … no little dots t his time.Paraphrase: This time they didn’t seem like little dots.7. … refreshed, revitalized, and reeducated.Paraphrase: We felt energetic and fresh, and had experienced a new way of life. 8. … not just to get from Point A to Point B.Paraphrase: not just to travel from place to place, but also in many other aspects of life.9. Americans understood the principle of deferred gratification.Paraphrase: Americans knew it took time for their desires to be satisfied.10. We put a little of each paycheck away “for a rainy day”.Paraphrase: We save a little money from our income in case we might need it in the future.11. to save (up) for: to save money because of12. to help sb. out: to help sb. in a difficult situation13. relax now: buy what we want now14. ready-made: able to be used at once15. off the rack: ready-made16. to warp up: to complete or finish17. … doesn’t agree with us.Paraphrase: make us feel sick.18. … you guessed it.Explain: This sentence shows that the readers know what the writer would say next.19. minutes: a summary of a formal meeting20. Cliff’s Notes: a series of reference books which contains the summary and comment of the work21. … especially if we are students.Question: Why?III.Assignment: Exercises after the text.IV.Checking the exercises.V.Dictation of the new words in the lesson.Lesson 10 The Richer, the PoorerAims:1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master thestructures of the patterns;2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4.Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the wordsand grammar.Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.Teaching Course:I.Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson.Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that theycan get the main idea and write the gist.II.Detailed study of the text.1. Bess had lived each day as if there were no other.Paraphrase: Bess seized every minute to enjoy herself as if she would die next day.2. lean: (adj.) small in amount3. Bess had the clothes on her back.Paraphrase: All of Bess’s clothes was what she was wearing.4. wordly: (adj.) of the material world5. … her child’s mouth watered for ice cream and candy.Paraphrase: As a child, she wanted ice cream and candy very much.6. to clerk: (v.) to keep records or accounts7. But her freshman year found her unable to indulge this fantasy.Paraphrase: But in her first year at high school, she found that she couldn’t allow herself to spend her money on clothes.8. to put one’s mind to sth. : to concentrate on; to set one’s mind on sth. 集中精力做9. Lottie expected to be settled with a home and family.Settled: (adj.) comfortable and happy。
现代大学英语精读第二版Unit ppt课件
7. 大学教育应该设法保证我们的大学生有 进行批判性思维的能力。
College education should see to it that our
3.让我们同意对方可以有不同意见吧。我们 起码在一点上意见是一致的，我们同意不采 取暴力，我们同意我们的分歧必须和平解决。
Let’s agree to disagree.
We at least agree on one thing: We agree not to use force. We agree that we must settle
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The Green Banana
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• We should respect all civilizations in the world. Wisdoms are to be discovered with an open mind to other cultures.
➢ Limited life experience:
People will never be able to experience every life situation of everyone around the world, so assumptions about life have to be based on existing limited experience. It is normal to assume things and interpret new experience and others’ behavior on the basis of one’s own experience.
Book II 2 现代大学英语课件
Maheegun My Brother
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Questions As the Cues for Retelling
1. When did the boy find Maheegun? How was Maheegun 2. at the time?
spearing fish; faint crying; shivering; moved weakly
continue it Let’s pick up the conversation after lunch.
2. not that: (PP5) although it is not true that; not because I didn’t buy the flat. Not that I can’t afford it, but that I don’t like the fashion.
His 2020/10/25 position as the President took him to make the decision.
4. flood: (PP10) to fill or enter a place in large numbers or amounts
Most of the morning his study is flooded with sunlight. The waiting shoppers flooded in as soon as the store opened. 5. thrill to: (PP14) to feel excited at sth. The young audience so thrilled to the appearance of the pop. music star that they even went so far as to press upon the front rows and make catcalls. 6. (all) for the best: (PP17) best for the long run although sth. appears bad or unpleasant; a good thing really They had to sell their car, but since they are both without a job, it’s probably for the best. His parents didn’t want him to work in London, but they knew it was perhaps for the best. We can’t go to Spain, but perhaps it’s all for the best.
现代大学英语第二版精读PPT单词,背景,课文讲解完整版
Lesson 1 – Half a Day
9. trace (1)
n. a. a small sign that shows that sb. or sth. was present or existed b. very small amount
It vanished/disappeared/without trace. He lost all trace of her German accent. Age has left its traces on his face.
Mahfouz's childhood and youth. The first novel is named after a
street where the protagonist, and his family live, the second, is named after a street where his eldest son and his family live,
Author and his works
He was born on the 11th Dec. 1911 in a suburb of Cairo, the youngest son of a merchant. He studied philosophy at Cairo University, graduating in 1934. He has been described as "a Dickens of Cairo" and "the Balzac of Egypt". Half of his novels have been made into films which have circulated throughout the Arabic-speaking world.
Lesson 15-book 2 The Riddle of Time 现代大学英语第二册课件
Words and Expressions
• device • (formal) a piece of equipment ,
especially sth. used to measure or protect other things. In spoken English, people use “thing”.
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Words and Expressions
spy: to suddenly see, especially after seeking for it
• Cf. to see, to spy, to detect, to spot, to discover, to find, to notice
• trace sth. to: • to find the origin of sth.; to find where
sth. came from, e.g. • Their conflict can be traced to several
thousand years ago.
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Words and Expressions
• be compressed: • to be pressed to take up less space • Cf: oppress. depress, impress, repress,
suppress
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Words and Expressions
• Discussion: What’s the meaning of life?
• Watch the Spanish movie and think it over…
现代大学英语精读2课件ppt
Warming -up
Topic discussion: 1. Can you summary what you got from the University last semester? 2. What do you expect from a new semester? 3. Do you think you can fulfil that? If you think you can , how? If you think you can’t, why not?
---- Mark Twain
从使用情况来看，闭胸式的使用比较 广泛。 敞开式 盾构之 中有挤 压式盾 构、全 部敞开 式盾构 ，但在 近些年 的城市 地下工 程施工 中已很 少使用 ，在此 不再说 明。
Text analysis
What did the writer do after he was fresh from graduate school?
Topic discussion
Suggested answers:
1. To give Ss sufficient training for a career. 2. To expose Ss to the essence of human
civilization 3. To cultivate the qualities of being a human 4. To gather useful information and knowledge 5. To encourage intellectual curiosity and cultural
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meaning of life? • Watch the Spanish movie and think it over…
The Sea Inside
Mar Adentro and Euthanasia
think
living
right
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that
obligation
an
I think that living is a right, not an obligation.
true story. When he was 26 years old, Spanish fisherman Ramon Sampedro misjudged the depth of water he was diving into and broke his neck. For the next 29 years, he lived the life of a quadriplegic – he was paralysed below the neck. However, he still had a voice and a mind, which he used to fight for his right to die. Many people were against him – religious leaders, conservative activists and even his own brother and sister-in-law, who took care of him for all that time.
I think that living is a right, not an obligation.
• What kind of person said it? • What were they thinking? • What do they mean?
• Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside) is based on a
Words and Expressions
• variable • Sth. that can be different in different
situations like temperature, pressure, etc. • Cf. to vary, variation, variety, various, variable, variant, invariably
• regardless of: • without being affected by , e.g. We all
have the right to vote regardless of our, sex, race, education financial status, religion or politics • The government is determined to punish all the corrupt officials regardless of their positions.
Words and Expressions
• “nano-”: • a combining form meaning “ one billionth
of” used to form compound words • Cf: nanometer 钠米(十亿分之一 米);nanotechnology 纳米技术
Words and Expressions
• The use of necklaces can be traced to the
primitive society when a woman captive was dragged into a room by a ring round the neck by her captor to be forced to marry the man.
Words and Expressions
• “… is said to do/ to have done/to be
doing,etc.” • e.g. He was said to have discovered the secret of the pendulum. • He was said to be sitting in a church …
same way and have taken on meanings of their own. The image of God for example . Many people seem to be unaware that the picture and the statue of God we both done by humans with their own hands.
Words and Expressions
• daily • Cf. Today’s Peopleபைடு நூலகம்s Daily carried an
important editorial. (“daily” used as a noun) • Traffic accidents are virtually daily occurrences. (“daily” used as an adjective) • The milk is delivered daily early in the morning. (“daily” used as an adverb)
Euthanasia
--some terms
• The word Euthanasia comes from the Greek
• • • • •
language: eu means "good" and thanatos means "death". Like so many moral/ethical/religious terms, "euthanasia“ has many meanings. Here are some related terms. Passive Euthanasia: Helping a person die by changing some form of support and letting nature take its course. For example: Removing life support equipment Stopping medical procedures, medications etc., or Stopping food and water Not giving CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation) and allowing a person, whose heart has stopped, to die.
Unit 15
The Riddle of Time
Background
This article begins with a discussion of the definition of time, but it mainly deals with the historical development of human beings’ timekeeping. Zit also touches upon the body clock of human beings. Obviously it is not meant to be a serious scientific treaties. Therefore we can call it popular science.
Words and Expressions
• be compressed: • to be pressed to take up less space • Cf: oppress. depress, impress, repress,
suppress
Words and Expressions
• trace sth. to: • to find the origin of sth.; to find where
sth. came from, e.g. • Their conflict can be traced to several thousand years ago.
Words and Expressions
• take on a meaning: • to begin to acquire or have a meaning e.g. • Many human inventions are internalized in the
• Taking your own life is … • Doctors have a responsibility to … • Assisting someone else to commit suicide
is… • If a person is terminally ill then … • A life without dignity …
Words and Expressions
spy: to suddenly see, especially after seeking for it • Cf. to see, to spy, to detect, to spot, to discover, to find, to notice
Words and Expressions
Words and Expressions
• device • (formal) a piece of equipment , especially
sth. used to measure or protect other things. In spoken English, people use “thing”.