Transcript Book 3 Unit 3 The Land of the Lock

Unit 3 The Land of the Lock
Book 3
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Contents
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Listening, Watching,Thinking & Speaking
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Intensive Reading
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Reading skill
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Writing skill & practice
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Translation techniques & practice
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Learning in Fun
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Supplementary Exercises
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Listening Watching Thinking & Speaking
CNN News
Audio
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Issues After Killings at Virginia Tech
 Listening to the recording carefully and try to retell the topic as
much as possible. Then have the discussion with your
classmates on the followings：
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Violence and crime on campus and security problems
Mental and psychological problems and school-safety
American Dun culture and Gun law
Gun control and social security
What is your opinion on the issue?
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New Words
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New Words
 Intervene vi. 干预, 介入
 Bar vt.禁止, 除...之外
 Emergency n. 紧急情况, 突然事件
 Amendment n. 修正案，修正条款
Mourners at a memorial
in Blacksburg, Virginia
 Constitution n. 宪法
 Militia n由普通公民而非职业士兵组成的部队
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 Infringe v. 破坏, 侵犯, 违反
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Intensive Reading
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Text organization
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Writing Features
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Language Focus & Special Difficulties
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Appreciation of highlights
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Supplementary Exercises
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Text organization
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The text is organized in three parts. They are as
follows:
Part one (paras 1-3):In the U.S.A the era of
leaving the front door on the latch has been over.
Part two (paras 4-15): A new atmosphere of
fear and distrust creeps into our daily life, so
security devices in various forms are put into use.
Part three (para 16-19): By locking our fear out,
we become prisoners of ourselves.
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Writing Features
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When we read, we are not only learning new
vocabulary or structures, but also looking for key
information. Identifying keywords is even more
important if our reading time is not that
plentiful.“lock” is the keyword in this text, by
locating ‘lock’throughout the text, we get a pretty
good idea of what this essay is about.
There are several examples of comparison and
contrast in this article: Para 1 vs Para 4, Para 10
vs. Para 11, Para12 vs. Para 13. the first pair acts BACK
as the opening of the whole piece of writing. The
latter two are just two supporting details for the
central argument.
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It’s interesting to see how the author
threads his narration back and froth
between the past and the present. Never
for once does he write ‘in the past’ or ‘at
present’ explicitly. He has still cleverer
devices at hand, like a subtle tense
change, a phrase that indicated an old
habit in contrast with a phrase indicating BACK
the current state, or a summary sentence.
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Language Focus and Special
Difficulties
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1.on the latch: closed but not locked
e.g.1)Don’t forget to leave the front door on the
latch before I come back.
翻译：你自己进来吧，门没有上锁。
2.close up: a. shut completely; block
e.g.1)The old road has been closed up for repairs.
2)All summer schools have now been closed
up.
翻译：商店就要关门了，我必须请你离开。
b. come nearer to each other
e.g. The teacher told the children to close up to BACK
each other.
c. cause to close for the night or a short
time
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3.at any rate: whatever happens; people use
this phrase as a way of showing that they
are going to say something more exactly.
e.g.1)Well, I’m going at any rate.
2)I don’t think they liked my idea. At any rate,
they weren’t very enthusiastic about it.我认为他们
不喜欢我的主意,至少可以说他们对它不热心.
4.hook up (to): to connect something to a
supply of gas, electricity, etc,; connect
places by radio or telephone
e.g.1)The cooker has arrived but it hasn’t been
hooked up to the gas supply yet.
2)The alarm system in the banks are often
hooked up to the local police station.
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3)The engineers are preparing to hook up the
capitals of many friendly countries so that they
can all receive the Queen’s Christmas broadcast
at the same time.
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5. build in: to make something fixed part of the
structure
e.g.1)These cupboards in the kitchen have all been built in.
2)We are having shelves built into the wall over the bed.
6. It is not uncommon,..., to see pasted on the windows
small notices announcing that the premises are... guard
company.在这句话中 ‘it’ 是形式主语, 真正主语是 ‘to see ...’
这部分不定式短语.其中 ‘see’的宾语为 ‘small notices’, 而
‘pasted on the windows announcing that ... .’分别是过去
分词和现在分词做定语修饰 ‘notices’.而 ‘that ... .’引导的是宾语
从句做 ‘announcing’的宾语.
7.put up: a. construct(a wall, building, tent, or other
structures)
e.g. 1)Protesters have been putting up barricades across a
number of major intersections.
翻译：你知道如何支帐篷吗？
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e.g. They are putting new street signs up.
c. put up the price of sth: cause to increase
e.g. Their friends suggested they should put up their prices.
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d. put sb up or sb put up somewhere: stay for one or
more nights
e.g.1)I wanted to know if she could put me up for a few
days.
2)He decided that he would drive back to town instead of
putting up for the night at the hotel.
8.occur to sb: (of and idea) to come to sb’s mind
e.g.1)Just as I was leaving the house, it occurred to me
that I had forgotten my keys.
2)Didn’t it occur to you to ask permission first?
翻译：我突然想起我以前见过她。
9.take over: a. gain control of (something)
e.g.1)The young prince was allowed to take over the
controls of the plane for a few minutes, to his delight.
2) Larger companies are taking over smaller firms by
buying their shares.
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b. accept (something or duty, responsibility,
etc.)(from someone else)
e.g.1)I shall be glad when my daughter is old enough to
take over some of the cooking.
2)Who will take over the leadership of the party next time?
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10. ..., chances are that: It is likely that
e.g. 1)If you are eating lots of fatty food, chances are that
you’ll put on weight in a couple of weeks.
翻译：她对这个消息一点也不惊讶。有可能她已经听说过了。
11. hold/keep ... At bay: keep sb or sth (such as an
animal, enemy, trouble, etc.)some distance away
e.g.1)He kept me at bay with a knife.
2)She left the light on at night to keep her fear at bay.
3)Have some hot chicken soup before you go out to keep the
cold at bay.
4)A cup of yogurt will keep hunger at bay for an hour or
more.
12. without so much as: with not even
e.g.1)She picked up the receiver and, without so much as
asking the caller to hold on, went off to tell Jack that he was
wanted on the phone.
2)He rushed past me without so much as a‘By your leaves’(借
光).
翻译：他离开我家甚至都没说再见。
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13. stand for: a. represent; mean
e.g. That newspaper is often thought to stand for
freedom of speech.
b. hold (an opinion); support
e.g.1)This decision goes against everything I
stand for.主张,支持
2)Before we elect her to Congress, we want to
know what she stands for.
c. put up with (用于否定句)
e.g.1)I won’t stand for any more of her rudeness,
I shall ask her to leave my house.
2)Why do you stand for such bad working
conditions?
3)I won’t stand for hearing any more of your
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complaints.
14. Our neighborhoods are bathed in highintensity light, we do not wan to afford ourselves
even so much a luxury as a shadow.:我们的居住区
处在强光源 的照射之下;我们哪怕连像阴影 这样小小的享
受也不想给自己.
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15. be bathed in: a. cover sth with sth such
as light or water
e.g.1)His face was bathed in tears.
2)The fields and woods were bathed in a golden
light at sunrise.
翻译：整个海滩沐浴在阳光里。
b. to wash oneself or swim (in water)
e.g.1)Is it safe to bathe in the river?
2)She bathed her feet in warm water to relieve
the pain.
16.look back on: remember; think about the
past
e.g.1)When you look back on your life, what
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moments would you cherish the most?
2)Looking back on the old days, I’m sure we were
much happier then.
翻译：永远不要回顾过去，你不能使往昔重现。
3)Never look back. You can’t relive the past.
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Appreciation of highlights
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1. It is not uncommon, in the most pleasnat of homes, to
see pasted on the windows small notices announcing that
the premises are under surveilance by this security force or
that guard company.
2. It is the insurance companies that pay for stolen goods,
but who is going to pay for what the new atmosphere of
distrust and fear is doing to our way of life?
3. Who is going to make the psychic payment for the
transformation of America from the Land of the Free to the
Land of the Lock.
4. we have become so used to defending ourselves against
the new atmosphere of American life, so used to putting up
barriers, that we have not had time to think about what it
may mean.
5. Why are we having to barricade ourselves against our
neighbors and fellow citizens, and when exactly, did this
start to take over our lives?
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It was such a relief to solve this
problem that we did not think much
about what such a state of affairs
says about the quality of our lives.
 7. In dealing with the unseen horrors
among us, we became prisoners of
ourselves.
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Extension of highlights
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1. Statistics show the crime rate rising more dramatically in
those allegedly tranquil areas than in cities.
E.g.1) The table shows the economic growth rate rising
more sharply in southwest coastline cities than in northwest
areas.
2．We may have locked the evils out, but in so doing we
have locked ourselves in.
E.g. As friends, we may help him out every time when he is
in trouble, but in so doing we will encourage him to develop
the habit of relying on others.
3. The machines are supposed to tell the businessman,
whether his friend or client is telling lies. E.g. 1) Money
spent on education is supposed to rise, not fall, in the next BACK
few years.
2) He was supposed to go back to London on the last bus,
but of course the accident prevented him.
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We have become so smart about
self-protection that, in the end, we
have all outsmarted ourselves.
 E.g. Mr. Edward is so kind and warmhearted that no one would believe he
could have done such a terrible thing
to his best friend.
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Supplementary Exercises
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1)关闭
2)…的时代结束
3）连接到…
4）甚至连…都没…
5）接管
6）被想到
7）代表
8）沉浸在…之中
9）聪明反被聪明误
10）回顾过去
close up
the era of …is over
hook up to
without so much as
take over
occur to
stand for
be bathed in
outsmart oneself
look back on
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11）设置障碍
 12）不让…靠近
 13）保安
 14）内嵌
 15）电子报警系统
 16）无论如何
 17）以极小的误差
 18）防盗锁
 19）说谎
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put up barriers
keep… at bay
the security guard
build in
electronic alarm system
at any rate
with /by a small margin
dead-bolt locks
tell lies
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