NewHorizonCollegeEnglish(Reading&Writing)

BookIIUnitI(6periods)

I.TimeAllocation:

l.Warniing-upActivity:!period

2.NewWords:1period

3.DetailedstudyofTextA:2periods

4.DoingexercisesinTextA:1period

5.SectionB:1period

SectionA

1.Warming-upActivity

A..Readthefollowingproverbs.Haveyoueverlearntthem?

WhataretheChineseversionsforthem?

1.Timeworkswonders.

2.Timetriestruth.

3.Timeandtidewaitfornoman.

4.Timeisthebesthealer.

5.AHtimeisnotimewhenitispast.機不可失,時不再來。

B.Now,haveadiscussiononthefollowingquestions:(Writesomekeywordsonthe

blackboardasreferenceorguidetothestudents)

1.Americanshaveasaying“Timeismoney."Howdoyouunderstandit?

Timeisapreciousresource.Timecanbringprofits.Ifwemakegooduseoftimeand

workefficiently,wemayexpectgoodresultsandbigprofits.Onthecontrary,ifwe

workwithtardiness,we'llwasteourprecioustimeandgainlessthanweshouldgain.

Therefore,timeisreallymoneyandsavingtimeisjustlikesavingmoney.As

individuals,weshouldtreasureourlimitedtimeandleteveryminutecount.

2.InAmerica,there'sanothersayingabouttime:"Weareslavestonothingbutthe

clock."Howdoyouunderstandthissaying?

Americancultureisatime-consciouscultureandpeoplevaluetimehighly.Timeis

treatedasifitweresomethingalmostreal.Manypeoplehavearatheracute(敏感的)

senseoftheshortnessofeachlifetime.Timeisalwaysticking(滴答響)intheirinner

ear.Asaresult,sometimespeoplejustfeelhelplessinfrontoftime.Theyareunder

controloftimeandareslavestotheclock.

II.NewWords:

I.budget:vt.vi.planthespendingof(lime,money,etc.)ortoprovide(time,money,elc.)inthe

plan

Shehasmadesomanycommitmentsthatshehastobudgethertimeverycarefully.她答應下來

的事太多，因而不得不精心安排自己的時間。

IhadtobudgetforbuyinganewdresswhenIwasacollegestudent.Mostofyoudon'thaveto

now,Iguess?

n.:afamily/week'sbudget;

thecompany'sadvertisingbudget公司的廣告預算

Itisimportantforyoutobalanceeverymonth、budget.Doyouthinkso?重要的是要平衡每個

月的預算開支。

2.acute:adj.

I)(offeelingsorthesenses)fine;sharp

Shestillhasveryacutehearing,thoughsheisovereightyyearsold.

Dogshaveanacutesenseofsmell.狗有靈敏的嗅覺。

2)severe,verygreat

acutepain劇痛/anacutelackofwater嚴重缺水

Pleasenotetheuseof“sense”inthefollowingexamples:

Asenseofhumorisagreatqualityforaperson.幽默感是一個人的寶貴素質(zhì)。

asenseofsight(hearing,smell,taste,touch)視覺(聽覺,嗅覺,味覺,觸覺)

asenseofduty/thesenseofplace(direction)責任感/方位(方向)感

Usuallymenhaveabeltersenseofplace(direction)thanwomen.Doyouagree?

belost(or:dead)toallsenseofshame全不知羞恥

3.replace:vt.1)putsth.backwhereitwasbefore

Replacethebookontheshelf.把書放回到書架上。

Everyoneofusshouldreplacethingsafterwehaveusedthem.

2)takctheplaceof接替

ShehasreplacedLiLeiastheEnglishmonitorofClass40.

4.restlesslyHnipatiently

Themanrepeatedlylookedathiswatchwhilewalkingupanddownrestlesslyintheroom.

那人一邊不耐煩地在屋子里走來走去，一邊一遍又一遍地看手表。

5.elbowvt.pushothersoutofthewayusingelbows

Itriedtostophim,bu(heelbowedmeoutoftheway.

我試圖攔住他，可他用胳搏肘把我推開。

Theyoungmanelbowedhiswaythroughsomanypeopleonthebus.

6.abrupl:adj.

1)(ofbehavior)rough粗魯?shù)?無禮的

anabruptattitude

WhenIaskedheraboutherattitudetowardsthenewplan,shewasquiteabruptwithme.

DriverswillbeabruptintheU.S.

2)suddenandunexpected

Themeetingcametoanabruptend.會議突然結(jié)束。

anabruptchangeofpolicy/at(itude,ecc.

Recentlythetaxidriverskeptcomplainingabouttheabruptriseinoilprices.最近出租車司機一

直在抱怨油價突漲。

7.ritual:l)adj.ofordoneregularlyfollowedinexactlythesamewayeachtime

Everydaytheworkbeginswiththeritualphrasesofgreeting.

每天工作以例行的相互問候開始。

2)n.[C,UJmcthodfollowedrepeatedlyinthesamewayeverytime

Wivesmakearitualoftheirhouseholdduties.

家庭主婦把家務作為自己每天的例行公事。

IstarttoreadEnglishaloud(hefirstthingafterIgetupinthemorningandthathasbecomea

ritual.

S.convcntionn

.conventional:adj.

1)gcncral,usu.unspokenagreementabouthowpeopleshouldactorbehaveincertainsituations;

customarypractice慣例，習俗

Itistheconventionformentowearsuitsonformaloccasions.

男子在正式場合穿西裝是一種慣例。

Untilrecently,itwasaconventionintheUnitedStatesforpeopletowearblacktoafuneral.

直到最近，穿黑顏色的衣服參加葬禮仍然是美國的習俗，

2)meetingofmembersofaprofession,politicalparty,etc.

Usuallyhotelstrytoattractconventionsbecausetheybringalotofbusiness.賓館設(shè)法吸引各種

會議，因為會議可帶來大量生意。

9.assess:vt.judgethequality,importance,orworthof評估，評價

Assessthepresentstateoftheeconomy

Herneedswereassessedat€.80aweek..一周所需費用估計為80歐元。

Itisstilltooearlytoassesstheeffectsoftheteachingreform.

要評價教學改革的效果還為時過早。

10.probc:v.examineclosely

Sometimesthisverbcanbeusedintransitivelyandthenthepreposition"into”isneeded.Theuse

oftheprepositionisbychoice.

Thepoliceareprobing(inlo)tradingwhichbreaksthelaw.警方正在調(diào)查非法交易活動。

11.conduct:v.1)organizeandcanyout

Idecidedtoconductanexperiment.

AteamfromtheUnitedNationshasbeensenttoobservetheelectioninIraqtobesurethatit

wouldbefairlyconducted.一個聯(lián)合國代表團被派來觀察這次伊拉克大選，以保證它公平地進

行。

2)actasthepathfor(electricity,heat,etc.)

Plasticandrubberwon'lconductelectricity,bulcopperwill.

塑料和橡膠不導電，但是銅導電。

Concernedphrases:Conductanexperiment

Conductbusiness

Conductanelection

Conductelectricity

12.whcreas:conj.:but,incontrast;while而，但是

Wethoughtshedidn'tlikeus,whereasinfactshewasveryshy.

Theywantahouse,whereaswewouldratherliveinaflat.

從這個意思上講,可以用“while”(第一冊第十課)代替,意思完全相同

13.elapse:vi.(fml.)(oftime)pass

Threemonthshaveelapsedsincehelefthome.

14.fulfill:vt.l)doorperform

Theyfulfilledtheirwork(task)aheadoftimeaswcdidours.

同我們一樣，他們也提前完成了任務。

fulfilladuty

2)supplyorsatisfy(aneed,demandorrequirement)

Thetravelinglibraryfulfillsanimportantneedforpeoplewholiveinthecountryareas.

I'mafraidwe'verunoutofgas.

I'mrunningoutofpatience.

Hourglass:n.aglassconuincrholdingfinesandformeasuringtime,whichisnarrowinthe

middlelikeafigure8sothatthesandinsidecanrunslowlyfrom(hetophalftothebottomtaking

exactlyonehour.

6.Wewanteveryminutetocount.

Meaning:Wewanteveryminutetobeputintogooduse(sinceitisprecious)

Count:vt.Ifsth.counts,itisimportantorvaluable.

Tous,everysecondcounts.

Sheisoneofthewomenwhoreallycountintheneighborhood.

她是這個街區(qū)有影響力的女士之一。

Whatreallycountsinschooleducationisthetrainingofthestudents'abilities.

7.Theywillmisstheritualinteraction.

Interaction:n.1Communication

Informalinteractionsamongadults

Human-computerinteraction人機對話，人機交流

2)actingoneachother;workingtogether

Increasedinteractionsbetweenthepoliceandcitizenswillimprovetherateofsolvingcrime.

警民之間加強合作將有助于提高破案率。

Interact(v.)witheachotherinclass/interacton

8...thatgoeswithawelcomingcupofteaorcoffee...

Gowith:existortakeplaceatthesametime,befoundtogether

Happinessdoesnotgoasanautomaticresultwithmoney.

有錢不一定幸福。

Responsibilitygoeswithbecomingparents.

當了父母責任就隨之而來，

9....muchless:andevenlesslikely

Thelittleboycanhardlywalk,muchlessrun.

Theyarealwaysshortofwatertodrink,muchlesstobathein.

Forthissense,wecanalsouse“stillless”

Shewouldirttakeadrink,stillless(or:muchless)stayfordinner.

10....especiallygivenourtraffic-filledstreets.

Meaning:...especiallywhenwctakeintoaccountourbusystreetsthatarcoftenfulloftraffic.

Given:prep.takingintoaccount

Giventheirinexperience,they'vedoneagoodjob.

Givenhisinterestinmusic,hisparentsboughtapianoforhim.

Wecanalsouse“giventhat',forthesamemeaning:

Giventhattheyareinexperienced,they'vedoneagoodjob.

Note:"given”+anounphrase

“givcn"+afiniteclause

IV.TextStructureAnalysis

PartOne:(Para.1-2)Anintroductiontothetopictheauthorwantstotalkabout:Americansvalue

timeandtheywanteveryminutetocount.

PartTwo:(Para.3)EveryAmericanisinarush.....-oftenunderpressure.

(AParagraphofaGeneralStatementSupportedbySpecificDetailsandReasons)

PartThree:(Para.4-6)Morespecificdetailstoshow(hattimeisalwaystickingintheirinnerear.

PartFour:(Para.7)ThcU.S.isdefinitelyatelephonecountry.

(AnotherParagraphofaGeneralStatementSupportedbySpecificDetailsandReasons)

PartFive(Para.8)Americansandpeopleofdifferentcultureshavedifferentattitudetotimein

doingtheirwork.

SectionB

1.Cultureshock:atermmeaningstrongfeelingsofdiscomfort,fear,oranxiety,whichpeople

mayhavewhentheyenteranothercountry.Usuallywhenapersonmovestoliveinaforeign

counlry,he/shemayexperienceaperiodofcultureshockuntilhe/shebecomesfamiliarwiththe

newculture.

2.Phrasesandexpressions:

1)inspiteof:Thefootballmatchstillwentoninspiteoftherainandwind.

Spite:n:desiretohurtoroffendanotherperson,illwill

Hewrotethatarticlepurelyoutof(or:from)spite.

2)clash:v.n:.clashwith:Sometimespeople,sfeelingsclashwiththeirreason.

Thereisaboundaryclashbetwe