Transcript Unit One
• 外国语学院 (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Unit One Growing Up (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 • Warm-up Topics • Objectives • Cultural Notes • Main Contents • Writing Strategy • Assignment (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Objectives • Students will be able to: • grasp the main idea and the structure of the text (narration in chronological sequence); • appreciate the narrative skills demonstrated in the text; • master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; • conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 What do you think of growing up? Growing up life becomes better as one grows up; it takes time to grow up; life is not always what one has planned; life is full of surprise; life is not easy; growing up can be quite an adventure, full of unexpectedness; …... (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Cultural Notes (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Grade schools in U. S. • Third year in high school (para.1) the eleventh grade (para.9) elementary schools (kindergarten to 5th or 6th grade), middle schools (grades 6-8) or junior highs schools (grades 7-9), high schools or secondary school (grades 9-12 or 10-12). (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 The present Education System in UK • 1. The British education system is run by the state, which provides funding, oversees standard, and tried to make sure all British children receive a quality education. • 2. Primary and secondary education in the UK is compulsory. Children between 5 --16 years old are obliged to attend school. • 3. Children between 5 ---11 go to primary school (state schools; coeducational or mixed schools). • 4. Children between 11 ---16 go to secondary schools (90% of them are enrolled to comprehensive schools without reference to their academic abilities). • Some children choose to attend grammar schools at the age of 11 through 11plus examination. (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Examinations after the secondary education • GCSE exams(General • Certificate of Secondary Education):中学毕业证。 英国的义务教育制度到 16岁结束。学生16岁后 分流,一部分选择几门 课进一步深造,通过高 级水平考试,从而获得 进入大学的资格。另一 部分则以多种方式走向 职业技术教育。 (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE General Certificate of Education-Advanced: 高级 水平测试结业证书。16岁 的学生通过中学毕业考试 后,想继续深造进高等学 府,必须通过高级水平测 试。从16岁到18岁的两年 里,学生根据自己想读的 大学专业选定数门有关课 程学习,一般选三门。通 过A级水平考试合格者都 可以入大学深造 。 • 外国语学院 • Open University-- and open education------ in England it takes 3 years’ full time study to get the first degree for an open university learner; 4 years in Scotland. It was founded in Britain in the 1960s for people who may not get the opportunity for higher education for economic and social reasons. It’s open to everybody and doesn’t demand the same formal educational qualifications as the other universities. University courses are followed through TV, radio, correspondence, videos and a network of study centers. At the end of their studies at the Open University, successful students are awarded a university degree. (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 • 注:Open University 开放大学。对任何 人都开放, 无需学历证明。完成大学的 必修课程后均可拿到大学文凭。开放大 学的特点在于通过电视、广播、录象、 函授等方式为学生提供就地学习的条件。 开放大学不限年龄,最小的不到20岁, 最大的90岁有余,大多在20至40多岁之 间。 (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 • GNVQ (General National Vocational Qualifications): • 国家专业资格证书。这一证书是为职业技术学校毕业的 学生设置的,共分5个级别,便于人们按阶梯逐步攀登, 根据自己条件通过实际工作和专业培训又低级想高级发 展。获四级国家专业资格证书想当于学士学位,获五级 相当于研究生水平。 (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE Spaghetti • 外国语学院 ☺Italian-style thin noodle ☺Cooked by boiling, never taste pulpy ☺Served with sauce, not in soup ☺Use fork point the prongs of the fork poke the spaghetti, twirl the fork prongs scoop, gather up the roll around the prongs place it in your mouth (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 • • • • • • • • • • • • Time words, phrases and clauses in Text A: since my childhood in Belleville, until my third year in high school, until then, when our class was assigned to Mr. Fleagle for third-year English, late in the year, until the night before the essay was due, when I finished, the next morning, two days passed, when I saw him lift my paper from his desk…, when Mr. Fleagle finished. (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 • Task 2: Refer to the time words/phrases/clauses you have just circled and tell: from which point does Baker (the author) start talking about his new experience? starting from which paragraph does Baker stop writing about his new experience? • Task 3: Divide the text into 3 parts and sum up the main idea (page 9, Ex. 2) (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 PARTS 1 2 3 PARAGRAPH S MAIN IDEAS 1-2 Baker was bored by everything associated with English courses, including essay writing 3-5 Baker found himself attracted by one particular topic and wrote about it for his own joy. 6-9 The experience of writing the essay helped him discover his talent for writing and realized what he wished to do in life. (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Text Analysis (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Second Reading • Figure out the main idea of each paragraph Focus: • Details the author selected to support the main idea of each paragraph (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Content Questions (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 1. How did Baker used to feel about English courses? Until then he had been bored by everything associated with English. He found English dull and difficult. He had been bored by the courses. 2. What kind of person was Mr. Fleagle? He was said to be very formal, rigid and hopelessly out of date. To Baker Mr. Fleagle looked to be sixty or seventy and excessively prim. He seemed a comic antique. (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 3. What was the topic that held Baker’s attention? The art of eating spaghetti. 4. Why did he want to write about the topic? Because this title produced an extraordinary sequence of mental images/ brought back vivid memories. (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 5. What was Baker prepared for when he found all the papers were given back but his? He was preparing himself for a command to report to Mr. Fleagle immediately after school for discipline 6. How did the class respond to Baker’s essay titled “The art of eating spaghetti”? The entire class was listening attentively with open-hearted enjoyment. (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE Writing for Myself PART 1 Baker was bored by everything associated with English courses, including essay writing 1. Baker’s feelings about English courses 2. Baker’s impression of his new English teacher PART 2 Baker found himself attracted by one particular topic and wrote about it for his own joy. • 外国语学院 PART 3 The experience of writing the essay helped him discover his talent for writing and realized what he wished to do in life. 3. A topic that attracts Baker’s attention 6. Anticipating punishment 4. Vivid memories the title brought back 7. Mr. Fleagle’s announcement 5. Baker’s sudden desire to write about that topic (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE 8. Classmates’ response to the essay 9. What Baker discovered • 外国语学院 Language Points & Grammar Structure (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 1. The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasn't until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. (para.1 ) Ever since I was a child in Belleville, I had thought of becoming a writer from time to time, but I didn't make up my mind until I was in the eleventh grade. 从孩提时代,我还住在贝尔维尔时,我的脑子里就断断续续 地转着当作家的念头,但直等到我高中三年级,这一想法才 有了实现的可能。 (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 • It was not until… that… Examples: (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 I didn’t hear the news until Sunday morning. It was not until Sunday morning that I heard the news. Not until Sunday morning did I hear the news. She didn’t realize it was too late to go home until dark. It was not until dark that she realized it was too late to go home. Not until dark did she realize it was too late to go home. We can't start the job until we have the approval from the authority concerned. It was not until we have the approval from the authority concerned that we can start the job. Not until we have the approval from the authority concerned can we start the job. (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 3. He was said to be very formal, rigid and hopelessly out of date. (para.2) It was said that he was very formal, rigid and hopelessly out of date. 据说他拘谨刻板完全落后于时代。 It was said that…. He was said to be…. Turn to page 16, try to do Structure Exercise 1. (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 4. I prepared for an unfruitful year with Mr. Fleagle and for a long time was not disappointed. (para.3) Note that here is a touch of irony. I expected that things wouldn't improve with Mr. Fleagle as our English teacher, and for a long time I was right in my expectations. 我作好准备,打算在弗利格尔先生的班上一无 所获地混上一年,不少日子过去了,还真不出 所料。 (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 5. None was quite so simple-minded as “What I did on My Summer Vocation,” but most seemed to be almost as dull. (para.3) as dull as “What I did on My Summer Vocation” Compound adjectives: simple-minded Although there were no such topics as (Adj.+n.-ed) foolish as narrow-minded strong-minded “What I did on My Summer Vocation,” but most of double-faced good-mannered them were as boring as the one I mentioned. kind-hearted short-sighted 像“暑假二三事”那样傻乎乎的题目倒是一个 也没有,但绝大多数一样乏味。 cool-headed long-armed (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 6. This title produced an extraordinary sequence of mental images. At the sight of the title I saw an unusual series of pictures in my mind's eye. 这个题目在我脑海里唤起了一连串不同寻常的 图像。 Vivid memories came flooding back of a night in Belleville when all of us were seated around the supper table.(para.4) End weight尾重 Vivid memories of a night in Belleville when all of us were seated around the supper table came 普通人在家里使用电脑的时代已经来临。 flooding back. The time has come when ordinary people 贝尔维尔之夜的清晰的回忆如潮水一般涌来, can use computers at home. 当时,我们大家一起围坐在晚餐桌旁 (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 To-infinitive as subject 7. To write it as I wanted, however, would violate all the rules of formal composition I’d learned in school,… (para.5) as:按照… 然而,照我希望的那样去写,就会违反我 在学校里学的正式作文的种种法则。 Turn to page 17, try to finish Structure Exercise 2. (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 8. Two days passed before Mr. Fleagle returned the graded paper,… (para.6) 两天后弗利格尔先生发还批改过的作文。 在多长时间后,before从句中的动作才发生 It will be two years before I come here again. 2年后我才会来这里 3周后她才收到他的来信。 It was three weeks before she received his letter. (Three weeks has passed before she… ) (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 引导主语从句的连接词 1)that:that在主语从句中不充当任何成分,只起连 接作 Subjective 用。 clause That he was once here can be proved. 2)whether:是否(...or not) was pure delight at 9. …but what I was feeling Whether she comes or not makes difference. this demonstration that mynowords had the 3)连接代词who, whom, whose, which, what. whatever, power to make people laugh. (para.9) whichever, whoever: Who will speak at the meeting has not been decided yet. clause Which team willAppositive win the game is not known yet. 但是看到我写的文章竟然能使别人大笑,我真是 Whatever is worth doing should be done well. 心花怒放。 Whoever gains the most points wins the game. 4) 连接副词 where, when, how, why When we can begin the experiment is still a question. (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 the last moment before sth. important happens e.g. The president's visit was called off at the eleventh hour. 10. In the eleventh grade, at the eleventh hour as it were, I had discovered a calling. (para.9) occupation, to speak, as one In my eleventh grade,soand one an might saymight at theasay last profession, or a a e.g.found He became, as itIwere, possible moment, I had something wished career country. to take up as a career.man without 就在十一年级,可谓是最后的时刻,我找到了 一个今生想从事的职业。 (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Selection of Details (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Mr. Fleagle was dull and rigid. Part 1 Eyeglasses: primly severe Hairstyle: Clothes: Jaw: Nose: primly cut, primly combed Excessively prim prim suits, with necktie set Formal, rigid, button primly against the collar Hopelessly out of date, primly pointed A comic antique primly straight Manner of speaking: prim manner, correct and gentlemanly (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Part 2 Which sentences show that at first Baker was unwilling to write the essay? Dull topics, though not so simple- minded Did nothing until the night before the essay was due Finally, faced up to the unwelcome task (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Part 3 Classmates’ response: listening attentively, laughing with open-hearted enjoyment Mr. The Fleagle’s authorresponse: didn’t tell us directly that his essayprim was stop 2-3 times, a small very good. By which sentences smile did he managed to give us the impression that this essay was very good? My feeling: pleasure, pure delight Mr. Fleagle’s concluding words: of the very essence of the essay (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Wording Devices (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Repetition • How many prim’s and primly’s are used in para.2? There are 9 prim’s and primly’s in as few as 3 sentences. Thus readers have in their mind a vivid picture of what Mr. Fleagle looked like. • How many wanted’s are used in para.5? There are 5 wanted’s to emphasize Baker’s strong desire to write for himself. (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE Synonymous words and phrases • • • • • • 外国语学院 dull, lifeless, cheerless, tedious formal, rigid, prim, correct, turn out, compose, put down write proper respectable anticipate prepare for • vivid memories of sth. come sb. recalls sth. flooding back to sb. , sth. reawakes in one’s mind recapture relive • • pleasure contempt • delight, happiness ridicule • (全新版)大学英语 topic title BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Words & Expressions (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Words & Phrases to Drill anticipate argument assign associate avoid bore career command compose congratulation distribute finally image inspire possibility recall reputation rigid scan sequence severe tackle tedious violate vivid (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE face up to hold back off and on out of date put down take hold turn in turn out what’s more • 外国语学院 Synonyms 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. off and on turn out assign anticipate tedious out of date severe tackle finally extraordinary recall put down turn in what’s more compose hold back (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. from time to time produce give expect boring old-fashioned plain deal with at last unusual remember write down hand in moreover, in addition write, create keep back • 外国语学院 Comparison • respectable – respectful – respective • turn off – turn on - turn up – turn down – turn out – turn in • career – position – profession – occupation • put over – put down – put off – put up • hold on – hold back – hold up – hold out • face up to – live up to – add up to – come up to • avoid – prevent • be composed of – consist of – be comprised of -constitute – be made up of (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 C) 1. The management board ________ three directors and two outside consultants. A) is comprised by B) is made up with C) is composed of D) consists in B) 2. No one imagined that the apparently ________ businessman was really a criminal. A) respective B) respectable C) respectful D) realistic 3. Peter was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to A) storming into boss’s office. _____ A) avoid B) turn C) prevent D) prohibit D) 4. Mr. Smith had an unusual ______: he was first an office clerk, then a sailor, and ended up as a school teacher. A) profession B) occupation C) position D) career (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 C) 5. The new washing machines are_______ at the rate of fifty a day. A) turned up B) turned down C) turned out D) turned in D) her tears. 6. The movie was so moving that she could not ______ A) hold on B) hold up C) hold out D) hold back A) the 7. Now that your daughter is born, you'll have to _______ responsibilities of being a father. A) face up to B) add up to C) live up to D) come up to D) on a 8. What's the use of a password to your computer if you ______ piece of paper stuck to the computer screen? A) put it over B) put it up C) put it off D) put it down (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Verbs and Nouns verb noun verb noun assign assignment avoid avoidance Noun suffixes (add to verbs) -ment associate movement, arrangement association argument -ion, ation, sion argue anticipate anticipation distribute distribution -ance, ence (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE compose composition action, inspire inspiration demonstration , expansion violate violation congratulate dependence, congratulation resistance • 外国语学院 • Adjectives and Nouns Adjective suffixes (add to nouns) -ous dangerous, contemptuous Adjective Noun Adjective Noun -ial,possible al, possibility editorial, musical humorous Noun suffixes (add to adjectives) tediousness rigid tedious -ness, ridiculous ridicule kindness essential purity -ity (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE humor rigidness essence • 外国语学院 Useful Expressions • • • • • • • • • • • 断断续续 • 对…感到腻味 • 觉得…枯燥难懂 • 以…而出名 • 据说某人… 拘谨刻板,落后于时代• 随笔小品文 • 躺在沙发上 • 不得不面对 • 围坐在晚餐桌旁 • (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE off and on be bored by… find...dull and difficult have a reputation for… sb. be said to be… formal, rigid and out of date an informal essay lie on a sofa face up to be seated around the supper table • 外国语学院 Useful Expressions • • • • • • • • …重现在我脑海中 自得其乐 违反规定 不及格分 别无选择,只好做… 更不可思议的是 专心听讲 乐乎乎地开怀大笑 • 心花怒放 • 最后时刻 (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • • • • • • • • reawake in my mind for my own joy violate the rule a failing grade There is no choice but to do What’s more listen attentively laugh with open-hearted enjoyment • pure delight • at the eleventh hour • 外国语学院 Narrative writing (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Assignment (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 • Finish exercises following Text A for consolidation. • Write an account of memorable personal experience, using first person point of view. Then ask one of your classmates to make an evaluation about your work. make sure: your story has a point, expressed in the first sentence; provide a context for the reader to understand the story; provide as many details as possible so that readers can really share your experience; using time order to organize you details; details you selected should support the point you stated in the first sentence • Tackle Text B on your own. (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Suggested topic for narrative writing • • • • • The first time you felt grown-up A time you took a foolish risk An incident that changed your life A time when you did or did not do the right thing Your best or worst holiday, birthday or other special occasion • An occasion of success in sports or some other event • … (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 • • • • • • • • • Checklist for your narrative writing Have you provided a topic sentence? Have you make the context of your story clear at the beginning? Have you told the story in chronological order? Have you keep the point of view consistent: all in first person? Have you named all the characters and kept their behavior and dialogue consistent? Are the details relevant to the main idea of the essay? Have you crossed out all unnecessary details? If possible, have you included dialogue? Does the narrative have a lesson learned? Are there any mistakes in spelling or grammar? (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 THE END (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE • 外国语学院 Bye-bye (全新版)大学英语 BOOK ONE