(全新版)大学英语综合教程1 (But generally speaking we have sent only Christmas cards to keep in touch with each other for the last 20 or 30years.) mostly: eg:They have invested their money mostly in expensive real estate (他们的钱几乎都投资到昂贵的房地产去了。) 10 Your friendship over the vears has meant an awful lot to me more than I can say because I'm not good at saving thingslike that the ars has been very important to me.more imporant than I can eI am not good at expressing myfeelings) awful:(infml)very great;very bad or unpleasant eg:I have got an awful lot of work to do. I can't bear the awful smell of cigarette smoke too upset tos learned the news of his friend's sudden death,he was so choked up he thig(惊闻他朋友的死讯，他哽咽住说不出话来。) 12 destination:the place to which sb.is going or being sent eg:Singapore is still our most popular holiday destination. Only half of the em pplies have e reached their destination because of bad weather 13 skip:pass from(o t comes betweer eg:The teacher skipped chapter five and said it wouldn't be on the test 14 right away:at once eg:I wrote him a letter and posted it right away. StepTwo Ways to Keep a Conversation Going From the text we can conclude that the narrator is very good at keeping the conversation going Ss try to find the relevant examples. He expresses his agreement to show the cabbie what a sympathetic listener he is: home always mean a lot.At least they with me because I'm on the road so much." -"I don't think any of us keep up our correspondence too well.I know I don't." -"I know I'd like to receive a letter like that from my oldest friend." He asks questions directly to get more information out of the cabbie -You saidwas'.Does that mean” thought your friend'sname was Ed.Why did he sig it Tom? He asks an indirect question by making guesses -"From a child or maybe a grand child?" -Itake it he's someone you've known quite a while?" Step Three: Q estions on Part3: 1 What was the lesson the storyteller learned from the cabbie? (Never delay expressing one's true feelings to one's friend. 2 Which word in the last sentence should be stressed when we read it aloud? 6
(全新版)大学英语综合教程 1 16 (But generally speaking we have sent only Christmas cards to keep in touch with each other for the last 20 or 30 years.) mostly: almost all; generally eg: They have invested their money mostly in expensive real estate. (他们的钱几乎都投资到昂贵的房地产去了。) 10 Your friendship over the years has meant an awful lot to me, more than I can say because I’m not good at saying things like that. (Your friendship over the years has been very important to me, more important than I can say because I am not good at expressing my feelings.) awful: (infml) very great; very bad or unpleasant eg: I have got an awful lot of work to do. I can’t bear the awful smell of cigarette smoke. 11 choke up: become too upset to speak eg: When he learned the news of his friend’s sudden death, he was so choked up he couldn’t say a thing. (惊闻他朋友的死讯，他哽咽住说不出话来。) 12 destination: the place to which sb. is going or being sent eg: Singapore is still our most popular holiday destination. Only half of the emergency supplies have reached their destination because of bad weather. 13 skip: pass from ( one point, etc) to another, disregarding or failing to act on hat comes between. eg: The teacher skipped chapter five and said it wouldn’t be on the test. 14 right away: at once eg: I wrote him a letter and posted it right away. Step Two: Ways to Keep a Conversation Going From the text we can conclude that the narrator is very good at keeping the conversation going. Ss try to find the relevant examples. ① He expresses his agreement to show the cabbie what a sympathetic listener he is: -“Letters from home always mean a lot. At least they do with me because I’m on the road so much.” -“I don’t think any of us keep up our correspondence too well. I know I don’t.” -“I know I’d like to receive a letter like that from my oldest friend.” ② He asks questions directly to get more information out of the cabbie: -“You said ‘was’. Does that mean.?” -“I thought your friend’s name was Ed. Why did he sign it Tom?” ③ He asks an indirect question by making guesses. -“From a child or maybe a grand child?” -“I take it he’s someone you’ve known quite a while?” Step Three: Questions on Part3: 1 What was the lesson the storyteller learned from the cabbie? (Never delay expressing one’s true feelings to one’s friend.) 2 Which word in the last sentence should be stressed when we read it aloud?
(全新版大学英语综合教程1 ("and") Step Four: Translation (p49) Divide the Ss into groups to finish the exercise,and correct the work of the different group. ead Text B 2 Review Text A,mark the confusing points. 计间 教室 Objeetives: 1 Improve skill of letter-writing 2Think about the theme Step One: Discussion: What's your idea of friend ship?How important are friends to you? Step Two: Comments on Ss'Writing Take one or two pieces of work as example,praising the appreciable points and correcting the common errors. Step Thre: Homework Checking I Dictation 2 Check exercises 3 Discuss some important and difficult point in Text B Step Four Preview Unit3 Assignments: 1 Study the vocabulary of Unit3 2Look for the material about two great Stephen Hawking and Albert Einsteir
(全新版)大学英语综合教程 1 17 (“and”) Step Four: Translation (p49) Divide the Ss into groups to finish the exercise, and correct the work of the different group. Assignments: 1 Read Text B 2 Review Text A, mark the confusing points. 时间 教室 Objectives: 1 Improve skill of letter-writing 2 Think about the theme Step One: Discussion: What’s your idea of friend ship? How important are friends to you? Step Two: Comments on Ss’ Writing Take one or two pieces of work as example, praising the appreciable points and correcting the common errors. Step Three: Homework Checking 1 Dictation 2 Check exercises 3 Discuss some important and difficult point in Text B Step Four: Preview Unit3 Assignments: 1 Study the vocabulary of Unit3 2 Look for the material about two great scientists: Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein
(全新版)大学英语综合教程1 Unit3 Understanding Science 时间 Obiectives: 1 Have the basic sense of science 2Learn the difference between narration and exposition 3Grasp the structure of the tex Step One: Recording on Stephen Hawking: 1 Play the tape twice.then ask the question: What makes Haking's chevement remarkable? (The contrast between the strength of his mind and the weakness ofhis body.) 2 Ss write down on a sheet of paper some of the scientific and technological discoveries that have changed or will change the way people live.When they finish.,T may invite some of them to read out to the class.T writes down some discoveries on the blackboard. 3Pointing the discoveries noted downon the blackboard,Tasks Ss -In what ways do these discoveries change our lives for the worse? (Example:Television provides people with quick and easy access to information,education. entertainment,etc,but it also exposes children to violence,deprives families of time and the will to communicate with each other,etc.) 4Comments.Thesme and technological discovery can bring us good things and bad things.According to Stephen Hawking author of this text it's up to us to make changes heac towards changing our lives for the better.If you turn to the Language Sense Enhancement section after this text,you will find a quotation that expresses the same idea"People must understand that is inherently neither a potential for good nor for evil.It is a potential toeharnessed by man to do his bidding" Step Two: Cultural Notes 1 Stephen Hawking(1942-): A British sci ist who has greatly influenced people's ideas on the origins of He has devoted much of his life toprobing the space-time described by general relativity and the singularities where it breaks down.And he's done most of his work while confined to a wheelchair brought on by the progressive neurological disease.Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge,a post once held by Isaac Newton. In the Hawking proved that if general relativity is tue and the universe is expanding.a singularity must at the birth of the universe In 1974 he firs recognized a truly remarkable property of black holes,objects from which nothing was supposed to be able to escape.He has written the international bestseller 4 Brief History of Time.The book
(全新版)大学英语综合教程 1 18 Unit3 Understanding Science 时间 教室 Objectives: 1 Have the basic sense of science 2 Learn the difference between narration and exposition 3 Grasp the structure of the text Step One: Recording on Stephen Hawking: 1 Play the tape twice, then ask the question: What makes Hawking’s achievement so remarkable? (The contrast between the strength of his mind and the weakness of his body.) 2 Ss write down on a sheet of paper some of the scientific and technological discoveries that have changed or will change the way people live. When they finish, T may invite some of them to read out to the class. T writes down some discoveries on the blackboard. 3 Pointing at the discoveries noted down on the blackboard, T asks Ss: -In what ways do these discoveries change out lives for the better? -In what ways do these discoveries change our lives for the worse? (Example: Television provides people with quick and easy access to information, education, entertainment, etc., but it also exposes children to violence, deprives families of time and the will to communicate with each other, etc.) 4 Comments: The same scientific and technological discovery can bring us good things and bad things. According to Stephen Hawking, author of this text, it’s up to us to make changes head towards changing our lives for the better. If you turn to the Language Sense Enhancement section after this text, you will find a quotation that expresses the same idea: “People must understand that science is inherently neither a potential for good nor for evil. It is a potential to e harnessed by man to do his bidding.” Step Two: Cultural Notes 1 Stephen Hawking (1942-): A British scientist who has greatly influenced people’s ideas on the origins of the universe. He has devoted much of his life to probing the space-time described by general relativity and the singularities where it breaks down. And he’s done most of his work while confined to a wheelchair, brought on by the progressive neurological disease. Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, a post once held by Isaac Newton. In the late 1960s, Hawking proved that if general relativity is true and the universe is expanding, a singularity must have occurred at the birth of the universe. In 1974 he first recognized a truly remarkable property of black holes, objects from which nothing was supposed to be able to escape. He has written the international bestseller A Brief History of Time. The book