高职高专英语第一册教案：Unit 3 The Lazy Man

Unit 3 The Lazy Man
I. Teaching Objectives:
After the learning of this text, the students will be able to
1. understand the main idea of the text;
2. learn to analyse long difficult sentence patterns;
3. grasp the key words, language points and grammatical structures in the text;
4. conduct a series of reading, speaking and translation exercises related to the text. II. Time Allotment:
Eight periods (six for intensive reading and two for Exercises)
III. Text Analysis
1.The passage is adapted from Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son, by John Graham.
2.….but he kept on pestering me so I put him to work just to get him out of my way.
keep on — to continue (keep on doing something.)
e.g. She kept on working although she was tired.
她虽疲劳但仍继续工作。

pester — annoy persistently
e.g. He pestered her with requests for help.
他缠著她要她帮忙.
He told her not to pester him with trifles.
他告诉她别拿些琐事来烦他。

3. I had a shock when his name was handed to me for promotion.
→ I felt surprised when he would be promoted.
4. After he had been rolling barrels for a little while and had worn down one of his shoulders
本句中的while是个名词，意思是(period of ) time.
e.g. She worked in a bank for a while before studying law.
她学法律之前在银行工作过一段时间。

For a long while we had no news of him.
很长一段时间我们没有他的消息.
wear down : cause to lose or lose thickness or height by use, friction, etc.
e.g. The tread on the tyre has (been) worn down to a dangerous level.
轮胎胎面花纹已经磨损得到了能发生危险的地步了.
Her defenses will wear down after a few weeks in prison.
在监狱呆几星期之后，她的防卫力将会减弱。

5. …to ld him to copy out circular letters.
a circular letter: a printed notice etc. that is sent to lots of people at the same time通知, 通函
3.Jim made a few trips without selling very much.
→Jim went out several times selling the beef extract but failed to sell ver y much of it.
7. …instead of having to chase around after them.
chase around / round after化费时间、精力去追求
e.g. He never stopped to chase around after his dream in his youth.
8. He set to work on his idea.
set to: to begin actively and earnestly; start work动手干(认真开始干)
e.g. If we really set to we can get the whole house cleaned in an afternoon.
我们要是认真干，一个下午就能把房子打扫乾净。

We can set to work with a light heart.
我们可以轻松地开始工作。

work on: to do an activity which needs time and effort, especially one that you want to do or that needs to be done 做事；劳动（尤指做你想做或需要做的事）
e.g. In the next several years there can be10 different research groups working on the project.
在今后几年中可能会有十个不同的研究小组从事该项目的工作。

9. …if you served it with a little ice.
→ if you added a little ice to the extract.
10. …there was such a rush of orders that we had to push Jim up higher in the firm…
“such + n + that clause” 引导结果状语从句。

常常和句型“so +adj (or adv) + that clause” 替换使用。

对比下面的例句：
（1）He is such a fool that…
= He is so foolish that…
（2）She had such a fright that…
= She was s o much frightened that…
(3)Such was his grief that…
= So great was his grief that…
11. Jim was lazy all right but his laziness brought the firm so much profit that I couldn’t possibly get rid of him.
这里all right 意思是indeed/actually
so much profit= such great profit
cannot + possibly:
e.g. He cannot possibly be a good man.
How can I possibly do it?
IV. Exercises
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary
Structure
Fast Reading
V. Grammar
VI. Word-building。