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Unit2Values

Studentsarerequiredtofinishthefollowingtasksintwoweeks:

wandreviewTextAonline;

etheIn-classactivities(pp1-3)withothergroupmembers;

theexercisofTextA;

thelisteningtasksofUnit3&4fromyourlisteningbook;

extBbyyourlveswiththehelpofPPTonline;

thefourpassagesofUnit2fromyourfastreadingbook;

thetwotestsonline;

descriptionessayentitled“APersonILove/Admire/Fear/Despi/…”in

togivewellchondetailsoftheperson’s

appearance,character,ritein

generalitiesbutfocusononeortwoaspectsandtryto“show”byexamples

insteadof“tell”inwords.

In-classactivities:

ion(words,phrasorntencesfromthetext)

oudandlearnthembyheart:

1)“Icanstille…areyoupoor.”(Para.1)

2)“It’snotjust…spirited.”(Para.5)

3)“Inasociety…outofplace.”(Para.7)

4)“Incontrastto…muchtome.”(Para.10)

5)“AsIhaveexamined…goodfortune.”(Para.13)

anddiscussthequestionsconcerningthethemeofthetext(ep37)

falstatements:decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfal:

1)Theauthorhastakenjusttwovacationtripsinthepast35years.

2)Oneofhismainsourcesofenjoymentistotalkwithmanyactorfriends.

3)Theauthorfeelsquitenaturalaboutnotbeingfocudonmaterialgoods.

4)Onlyasmallpartofpeopleintheworldwouldconsidertheauthor’slifestyle

tobeaffluent.

5)TheauthorhasanofbelongingasheputontheSalvationArmy’sred

apron.

sthewritingskillsrelatedtoadescriptionessayofperson

1)Comparisonandcontrast

2)Anecdotes

3)Quotations

4)Examples

ationactivities

1)ItisonlyinAmericathatabillionairecan__________________(像普通百

姓一样过日子).

2)Wemust_________________(坚持下去，直到成功)inspiteofthe

extremelydifficultconditions.

3)Johnholdstohisbeliefthat_________________________(只要努力就会取

得成功).

4)Havinghelpedtenearthquakevictimsfightforsurvival,

_________________(她应得到奖赏).

5)It’sverylikelythatyouareofferedadiscounton

things_____________________(周末在当地超市买的).

entation

●pairwork:inthefollowingactivity,speakersaresuppodtobepositiveand

cooperativeintheconversation,sothattheconversationscangoonforatleast3

minutes.

Activity:Studentsmakealistof3thingstheywanttodomostafterbeingrich:

“IfIweretherichestmaninChina….”Whenfinishingtheirlists,

StudentAandBmaysharetheirchoiceswitheachotherandtryto

findwhytheothermakesadifferentlist?Whatvaluesarereflected

throughhis/herchoices?Whatdoyouthinkofhis/hervalues?

●discussion:ValuesofLife

Directions:Studentsmayformgroupsoffourandchoothequestionstheyare

yreporttheirdiscussionresultstothe

otherstudents.

1)Doyouthinkrichpeoplemustbehappierthanpoorpeople?Why?

2)Watchthevideoclip“MoneyCan’tBuyHappiness”.

3)Doyouthinkapoorpersoncanhavealifefullofriches?

How?

4)Howwouldyoushowyourvalueifyouwererichenough?

●groupwork:Activity1---aChatShow

Directions:

1)achatshow(访谈节目)isaradioortelevisionprogramwhereaprenter

talkstowell-knownguestswhoalsochatamongthemlvesastheprogram

develops.

2)Thestudentachchooawell-knownperson,eitherlivingordead,and

ldbeapersonwho

ouldnotshowthenameto

otherpeopleintheclass.

3)Thestudentsaretoappearonthechatshowasthepeople,andthatthe

askistoguesstheidentityoftheirfellow

guests.

4)Begintheshowbyaddressingquestionsyourlftoalltheguestsasagroup.

dyoufirstbecomeinterestedinpolitics?

Whatwasthefirstfilmyoumade?

Whatdoyouregardasthegreatestachievementinyourlife?

Ifaquestionisrelevanttomorethanoneguest,thopeopleshouldallanswer

itinturn.

5)Astheprogramgoeson,each“guest”canaddressquestionstotheothers.

Theyshouldnot,however,addressquestionstospecificguestsbuttoallthe

othersasagroup.

6)Whenthetimeisup,learnerswritedownwhotheythinktheotherguestsare.

7)rsscoreonepointforeach

neristhepersonwiththemostcorrectguess.

●groupwork:Activity2---CulturalDifferencesinValues

Directions:Studentsworkingroupsoffourtodiscusstheculturaldifferencesin

ouldtrytoexplainthedifferences

iscussion,

reprentativesofeachgroupmayreporttheirfindingstothewholeclass.

tivism

lf-consciousness

ity

●groupwork:Activity3---ValuesofDifferentGenerations

Directions:Studentsformgroupsoffourandtrytodiscussthevaluesofthe70’s

generation,80’sgenerationand90’ferentarethe

threegenerations’values?Whatexamplesorstoriescanbeudtoexplainthe

differences?

LanguagepointsofTextA:

nt:vt.

Thedifficultiesthatconfrontuseminsuperable.

1)(ofaproblem,difficulty,etc.)face(sb.)threateningly

Amajordifficultythatconfrontsinternationalstudentsishowbesttojudgethequality

ofaprograminaforeignuniversity.

2)(ofaperson)faceanddealwith(aproblem,difficulty,etc.)

必须面对危险和死亡。

Asoldierhastoconfrontdangeranddeath.

Astronautshavetoconfronttheunknown.

词组beconfrontedwith

beconfrontedwith:bebroughtfacetoface

Theprisonerwasconfrontedwithhisaccurs.

on

donation:rgoodsgivenforagoodcau

Theymadeagenerousdonationtocharity.

他们对慈善事业慷慨捐助。

Collocation：献血

ablooddonation捐赠

make/giveadonation允诺捐助

promiadonation

Thehospitalreceivesagooddealofmoneyindonations.

ion

confusion:,etc.

Theenemyretreatedingreatconfusion.

他们的突然到来打乱了我们的计划。

Theirunexpectedarrivalthrewourplanintoconfusion.

Collocation：

非常慌张

coveredwithconfusion

乱七八糟，处于混乱状态

inconfusion

使狼狈，使慌乱

throwintoconfusion

该词的动词为confu，confusing意思是“令人困惑、迷惑的”，confud意思

是“糊涂的、混杂的”。

ity

curiosity:gdesiretoknowaboutsth.

Justtosatisfymycuriosity,howmuchdidyoupayforyourcar?

Collocation：

在好奇心驱使下

from/outofcuriosity

公然出头过问与自己无关的事

inopencuriosity

好奇伤身。

Curiositykilledacat.

Weburnedwithcuriosityoverwhatwasinthebox.

r

stammer:ithatendencytorepeatrapidlythesamesoundorsyllable

It’scrueltomakefunofpeoplewhostammer.

他结结巴巴地道了谢。

Hestammeredhisthanks.

deny:vt.

ThereisnodenyingthefactthatJapanbegantoinvadeChinaaarlyastheearly

1930’s.

1)rue

2)refutoadmitoraccept

Hedeniedknowinganythingabouttheirplans.

t

fillout:addinformationsuchasyournameandaddressin(aformordocument)

请把附表填好。

Pleafillouttheattachedblank.

Ittookmequiteawhiletofilloutthequestionnaire.

to

fallinto:belongto(aparticulargroupofthingsthathavesimilarqualities)

Allwhalesfallintotwogroups,thowithteethandthowithout.

理事会成员们意见相左，分成自由和保守两个阵营。

Thecouncilmembersdisagreed,fallingintoliberalandconrvativecamps.

gmorethan

nothingmorethan:only,just

这只不过是个杜撰的故事而已。

Itisnothingmorethanamade-upstory.

Happinessisnothingmorethangoodhealthandabadmemory.

attain:dinachieving,lotofeffort

我决心不惜任何代价达到目的。

I’mdeterminedtoattainmypurpoatanycost.

Sheattainedherambitionofbecomingapilot.

Collocation：

达到目的attainone’sgoal

有…岁了attaintheageof

到达山顶attainthetopofamoutain

这四个词都是动词，都有“得到”、“获得”之意。

get,gain,obtain&attain

CF:

get是最普通的用语，可指通过任何方式的获得，多用于

口语中。例如：

Shegotthehighestscoreinfancyropejumping.

她在花样跳绳中得分最高。

gain多指在竞争中获得，所得的东西往往是有用的或是所期待的。例如：

Ihopeyouwillgainthevictorythistime.

我希望你这次获得胜利。

Bythismethod,weobtainedagoodresult.

obtain是书面语，指靠他人或自己努力而得到，强调结果或目的。例如：

我们用这种方法获得了好结果。

Suchaconditionisverydifficulttoattain.

attain强调达到完美的地步。例如：

这样的情况是很难达到的。

l

minimal:allinsizeoramount;assmallaspossible

暴风雨只造成极轻微的损失。

TheFordCEOofferedtoworkforaminimalsalaryofonedollarayear.

Thestormdidonlyminimaldamage.

该词的动词为minimize。反义词为maximal。

h

cherish:(sth./sb.)verymuchandprotectthem

Shecherishedthechildasthoughhewereherown.

RidinghorswithmymotherwhenIwasakidhasbecomeacherishedmemory.

Collocation：

做…的美梦cherishfonddreamsof

夙愿cherisheddesire

热爱…cherishadeeplovefor

ate

fabricate:(astory,apieceofinformation,etc.)inordertodeceivepeople

Haveyoueverliedalittle,orfabricatedastoryaboutyourlf,toimpresssomeone

youmeetthefirsttime?

她缺席的借口显然是瞎编的。

Theexcuforherabncewasobviouslyfabricated.

tickle:v.

Thecomediantickledthecrowdwithhisjokes.

IttickledhertothinkthatherbosswoulddressupasaclownattheNewYearparty.

1)amuandinterest

2)moveone’sfingersonansitivepartofanother’sbody

inawaythatmakesthemlaugh

Shetickledtheboy’sfeetandmadehimlaugh.

婴儿喜欢呵痒和拥抱。

Babiesliketobetickledandhugged.

vital:portant,necessary,oresntial

Theleader’svitalandcheerfulmannerfilledhismenwithcourage.

bevitalto…对…极为重要

Pattern:

Thispointisvitaltomyargument.

f

welloff:rich,orhavingenoughmoneytolivewell

TheCommunistPartyofChinawillleadtheChinepeopleinbuildingawell-off

society.

如果他年轻时多努力一点，现在就能过得舒服些。

Ifhehadworkedharderwhenyoung,hewouldbewelloffnow.

nal

emotional:tedwithpeople’sfeelings

Naturehasprogrammedusallwithbothphysicalandemotionalneeds.

Himotionallanguagereducedmanyoftheaudiencetotears.

t

pursuit:oflookingforortryingtofind

Heexerciverydayinpursuitofhealth.

我们为追求幸福生活而努力工作。

Weworkhardinpursuitofhappylife.

Collocation：

日常事务dailypursuits

教育事业educationalpursuit

追逐利润pursuitofprofit

追求幸福inone’spursuitofhappiness

lace

outofplace:feelinguncomfortableornotsuitableinaparticularsituation

Yourjokesareoutofplaceonsuchasolemnoccasion.

在正式的舞会上，我感到局促不安，很不自在。

AttheformalpartyIfeltveryawkwardandoutofplace.

rastto

incontrastto:whenacontrastismadeto

Incontrasttohersister,sheisverytall.

Incontrasttohisbrother,heisalwaysconsiderateofothers.

uence

conquence:shappened

Jimmyexperiencedvereheadacheasaconquenceofheavydrinkingthenight

before.

这样一种错误可能导致灾难性的后果。

Suchamistakewouldperhapsleadtodisastrousconquences.

Collocation：

因而，结果asaconquence

因此，结果inconquence

…的结果，因为…的缘故，由于inconquenceof

有势力的，重要的ofconquence

自食其果，承担责任taketheconquences

effect,result&conquence

这三个词都是名词，都有“结果”之意。

effect表示由某种原因直接产生的某一结果或状况。

result表示某一事件的发生或某一行为所造成的结果，有“最终的结果”之意。

conquence表示由于逻辑推断得出的结果，或由于某种原因、一些必要的条件

而造成的结果。

22commercial

rtimentonTVorradio

TVcommercialstodayaremoreimaginativethantheywere20yearsago.

ngtobusiness

Heleftthecommercialworldtobecomeagovernmentofficial.

商业函件

commercialcorrespondence

23focus

focus:trate(one’sattention,etc.)on(sth.);concentrate(onsth.)

Theonlywaytoattainyourgoalsistostayfocudandworkhard.

Youshouldfocusyourattentiononyourwork.

nt:oughtobuythingsforpleasure

Inanaffluentsocietypeoplecanaffordtostrikeabalancebetweenworkandlife.

自然资源丰富的土地

landaffluentinnaturalresources

rich,wealthy&affluent

这三个词都是形容词，都有“丰富”、“富有”之意。

CF:

Therichgetricherwhilethepoorgetpoorer.

富人更富，穷人更穷。

rich意为“有钱的”、“富有的”，其程度超过正常需要

的，语气强烈；形容人时，指拥有大量金钱、财产，

其引申义为“富于…”。例如：

wealthy指人、家庭或国家富有、安康、富裕；语气较缓，

程度可大可小。尤指拥有大量财产、财富。例如：

Somewealthypeoplearelikelytobephilanthropists.

有些富人往往是慈善家。

It’sourdutytobuildanaffluentandcivilizedsocietyinthenewcentury.

在新世纪建设一个富裕文明的社会是我们的义务。

affluent意为“富裕的”、“富足的”，尤指家庭和社会，在这一点上相当于wealthy，

是较正式用语。例如：

genuine:,true

Itappearstobegenuine,butIhavemysuspicionsaboutit.

他真心诚意地愿意帮助我们。

Hehasagenuinedesiretohelpus.

real,true&genuine

这三个词都是形容词，都有“真的”、“真正的”之意。

real普通用语，指真实的或与事实相符的。

true强调客观事实与实际情况相符合，兼有real的含义。

genuine指真实性是有据可查的。

ugh

gothrough:experience(ultorunpleasant)

He’samazinglycheerfulconsideringallthathe’sgonethrough.

Whenhewasachild,hewentthroughonehardshipafteranother.

孩提时代,他经历了一个又一个的艰难困苦。

:vi

Helingeredoutsidetheschoolaftereverybodyelhadgonehome.

1)lastorcontinueforalongtime

2)takealongtimetoleaveordisappear

Thebeautifulmelodyislingeringinmymind.

BeforeleavingSuzhou,wetookalastlingeringlookatthebeautifulview.

这三个词都是动词，都有“停留”、“逗留”之意。

stay,remain&linger

stay是本组词中最普通的用语。或长期或短期，或永远或暂时地停留。例如：

Mycarstaysinthegaragemostoftheweek.

我的车子一周大部分时间都停放在车库里。

remain强调维持原来的状态，表示“逗留”时比stay更正式些。例如：

Littleoftheoriginalarchitectureremains.

原来的建筑现在留存很少了。

这三个词都是动词，都有“停留”、“逗留”之意。

stay,remain&linger

linger意思是“逗留”、“徘徊”，尤指迟迟不愿离开的样子。例如：

Heshouldhavegoneout,butlingeredoverhismealtillitwastoolatetocatchthe

train.

他本该出门了，可还慢腾腾地吃饭，以致来不及赶火车了。

dual:

1).consideredparatelyfromtheirsociety

Thewelfareoftheindividualisboundupwiththewelfareofthecommunity.

rightsofindividuals

个人权利

2).roneperson

Agoodcoachknowshowtotakebestadvantageofthestrengthofeachindividual

playerontheteam.

Shehasherownindividualwayofwalking.

le

tangible:nbeclearlyentoexist;thatyoucantouchandfeel

Sculptureisatangibleartform.

Tangibleastsrefertothoaststhathaveaphysicalform,suchasmachinery,

buildingsandland.

该词的反义词为intangible。

DifficultntencesorufulexpressionsfromtextA:

1YetIfeelnothingmorethanapassingwhimtoattainthematerialthingssomany

otherpeoplehave.

2It’snotjustthatI’vebeenillness-free,it’sthatIfeelvigorousandspirited.

3Ialsocherishthegiftofcreativity.

4WhenIwriteabeautifullineofpoetry,orfabricateajokethatticklessomeone,I

feelrichinside.

5Inasocietythatspendssomuchemotionalenergyonthepursuitofposssions,I

feeloutofplace.

6WhenIwasyounger,therewasanexceptionallyinterestingpersonIdated.

7Whatwasmostimportanttoher,shetoldme,was“what’sontheinside.”

8IthoughtIhadfoundsomeonespecialtosharemylifewith.

9Atthetime,Ilivedinabamentefficiencywithafewpiecesofdatedfurniture.

10Shortlyafterhervisit,ourrelationshipwentstraightsouth.

11Theeminglyabruptchangeinherprioritieswasjolting.

12Itremainsamostmemorableturningpointinmypersonaljourney.

13Incontrasttorelationships,stuffjustdoesn’tmeanthatmuchtome.

14Thereisacommercialontheradiothatbegins,“Everybodywantsahigh-end

TV…”

15Thepressuretopurchaisreal.

16Itmaybetruethateverybodywantsahigh-endTV.

17Afterall,nobodywantstobeanobody.

18Infact,notbeingfocudonmaterialgoodsfeelsquitenaturaltome.

19Insteadoffeelingoutofplaceeconomically,Ibegintofeelagenuinenof

belonging.

12ProverbsandQuotations

Athousand-miletripbeginswithonestep.千里之行，始于足下。

Asthetouchstonetriesgold,sogoldtriesmen.试金石试金，金钱试人。

Easycome,easygo.来得容易去得快（易得则易失。）

Allforone,oneforall.

--AlexandraDumas,Frenchwriter

人人为我，我为人人。

--法国作家大仲马