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1、1 Practical College English Course (III) 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 2 Unit 5 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Focus 1 Section 1 :Text: Was It a Dream? Background Information Warm Up Vocabulary Intensive Reading Exercises: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII Section 2: Listening and Speaking Focus 2 Section 1: Text

2、: David Swan Exercises: I , II Language Points Section 2: Practical Writing Directions for Using Health Care Products 3 Focus 1 Section I 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Some Basic Facts about Human Nature Background Information Is human nature good or evil? Many arguments have been made on this issue. B

3、y “good” I mean behavior that is altruistic (无私心的), intentionally beneficial to other people more than yourself, socially commendable, benevolent and generally nice behavior. By “evil” I mean killing, selfishness, fear, lust, the urge to reproduce, violence and mankind behaving as a primitive animal

4、. In fact human nature is very complicated. On one hand, a person may be honest, kind, hardworking, and sympathetic. On the other hand, the same person could be selfish, hypocritical and cruel. As we all know people who will claim to be good or caring, and who, in reality, can be very petty, hypocri

5、tical, insensitive and downright rotten. What is the cause of the complex and multi-sided human nature? This complication is deeply rooted in our society. The society is getting more and more competitive and practical. Some people are so eager to succeed that they would do whatever they can, by fair

6、 means or foul. Some people also believe that the good in the natural world is based on evil. Even the moralistic, conscious and righteous good of human beings is based on evil and materialism. The complete picture of the living and natural world is that evil dominates: without evil there would be n

7、o good. In one word, good and evil are closely related and together make up human nature. 4 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Warm Up Focus 1 Section I 1. What is your opinion about human nature? 2. Which of the following statements do you agree with? Human nature is good. Human nature is evil. Human natur

8、e is both good and evil. Human nature is neither good or evil. A. I dont know what human nature is. 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Vocabulary Please go over the key words and expressions of the text before reading Focus 1 Section I Key Words virtue n. C, U 美德，德行；优点，长处 Among her many virtues are loyalty,

9、 courage, and truthfulness. *fever n. C, U 发烧；一时的狂热 After being caught in the rain yesterday, he had a fever. injection n. C, U 注射，注入 What injection did you have? seal vt. 密封 n. C 图章；封印 The samples are kept in sealed plastic bags. *bury vt. 埋葬，掩埋 The house was half buried under snow. *seize vt. 侵袭，突

10、然控制；抓住，捉住；夺取，攻占 She was seized with jealousy. 6 难道是梦？难道是梦？ 我曾疯狂地爱着她！我遇见了她，从此每天就靠她 的温柔、美丽、善良和爱而活着。我完全沉浸于有关她 的一切事情之中，以至于不再关心这片古老土地上的日 夜或冬夏。 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 1 I loved her madly! I met her and lived every day on her tenderness, her beauty, her virtue, and her love. I was so wrapped up in ever

11、ything about her that I no longer cared whether it was day or night, winter or summer, on this old earth of ours. Intensive ReadingWas It a Dream? Focus 1 Section I virtue: n. C, U a particular good quality or habit 美德，德行；优点，长处 e.g. (1) Among her many virtues are loyalty, courage and truthfulness. 她

12、有许多美德，诸如 忠诚、勇敢、诚实。 (2) Honesty is a virtue. 诚实是一种美德。 (3) Plastic has many virtues. 塑料有很多 优点。 短语by virtue of意为“because of sth. 因为， 由于，凭借”。 e.g. (1) By virtue of your promise to lend me $5,000, I bought the car yesterday. 多亏你答应 借我5000美元，我昨天才把车买下来。 (2) The boy is dependent by virtue of youth. 因为年幼，这个男孩

13、还没自立。 be wrapped up in sb./sth.: to be so involved with sb./sth. that you do not pay enough attention to other people or things 全神贯注于，专心致志于，完全沉浸于 e.g. (1) He was totally wrapped up in the game. 他被比赛深深吸引了。 (2) I was so wrapped up in the story that I forgot to eat. 我沉浸在小说中以至 于忘了吃饭。 7 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版

14、社美心英语美心英语 Intensive Reading 2 And then she died. How? I do not know. I no longer know anything. She came home one evening in the rain. She coughed, and then had a high fever. There were doctors and prescriptions. There were tablets and injections. I dont remember anything! I have forgotten everythin

15、g! Everything! Everything! Shes gone. They put her in a coffin after the memorial service! The sound of the hammer that nailed the coffin sealed is still thundering in my head! Shes buried in the ground! I dont believe it! 后来她死了。怎么死的？我不知道。我再 也不知道任何事了。有天晚上她淋着雨回到家 里。她咳嗽，接着发了高烧。后来医生来了， 开了药方，然后吃药和打针。我什么

16、都不记得 了！我把所有的事都忘了！所有的事！所有的！ 她走了。悼念仪式后，他们把她放进了棺材！ 封棺材时锤子的敲击声还在我的脑海中雷鸣般 回响！她已长眠地下！我无法相信！ Focus 1 Section I Question About Para. 2 What happened to the writers wife after she came home one evening in the rain? She coughed, had a high fever and died at last. memorial: a. created or done in order to remem

17、ber sb. who has died追悼的，纪念的 e.g. (1) He had a speech at the memorial ceremony. 他在追悼会上致了词。 (2) During the first week of the new semester, they visited Mei Lanfang Memorial Museum. 开学的第一周，他们参观了梅兰芳 纪念馆。 memorial还可作名词，意为“a statue, stone, etc. that is built in order to remind people of an important past

18、event or of a famous person who has died纪念碑，纪念堂，纪念仪式”。 e.g. (1) They erected a memorial to the martyrs. 他们为烈士们竖了一座纪念碑。 (2) This is the Memorial of Zunyi Meeting. 这是遵义会议纪念馆。 seal: vt. 密封 e.g. (1) The samples are kept in sealed plastic bags. 这些样本保存在密封塑料袋里。 (2) We sealed the back of envelopes before th

19、ey were delivered to the employees. 我们封上 信封的背面后才把信分发给员工。 seal还可作名词，意为“an official design or mark to show that it is genuine and carries the authority of a particular person or organization图 章，封印”。 e.g. The letter bore the presidents seal. 信上盖有 总统的印章。 thunder: vi. 轰隆响，打雷 e.g. (1) The bears footpace t

20、hundered in the forest. 熊的脚步声在森林中轰隆作响。 (2) The applause thundered in the hall. 大厅里 响起了雷鸣般的掌声。 thunder还可作名词，意为“the loud noise that you hear after a flash of lightening, during a storm雷，雷声；雷鸣般响声，轰隆声”。 e.g. (1) Lightning usually accompanies thunder. 打雷时通常伴随有闪电。 (2) The hall was filled with thunders of

21、applause. 大厅里回荡着雷鸣般的掌声。 8 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Intensive Reading 3 After the funeral, I couldnt face the walls where we had lived. I couldnt face my friends. The next morning I left Paris. 4 Yesterday I returned to take up my life again. But when I saw the rooms where we had lived and loved, I

22、 was seized by a new attack of sadness. I had to leave that place again. 5 As I left weeping, I stopped in front of a full- length mirror in the hallwaya mirror which I placed there for her. How often she stood there admiring herself! And I, standing near her, admired her much more than she admired

23、herself! 6 “Surely this glass contains some of her reflection,” I thought. Then I touched it. “Its cold,” I wept. Oh, what pain seizes a man when he has loved and lost! Questions About Paras. 3-4 (2) What did the writer do the next morning after the funeral? (3) Why did the writer return yesterday?

24、葬礼后，我无法再面对我们生活过的房子，无法 再面对我的朋友。第二天早晨，我离开了巴黎。 昨天我回来了，想再继续我的生活。但是当我看 到那些房间时，顿时又悲伤不已，在那儿，我们曾 经生活过、相爱过。我不得不再次离开那个地方。 我流着泪要离开时，在走廊里一面全身镜前停了 下来这是我为她放在那儿的镜子。曾多少次， 她站在那里，自我陶醉！而我，就站在她身旁，对 她的倾慕远远超过了她自己！ “这镜子里一定还藏有她的某些影子，”我想。 然后我摸摸镜子。“它是冷的，”我哭了。啊，一 个失去至爱的男人是多么地痛苦啊！ Focus 1 Section I He left Paris. He returned t

25、o take up his life again. 在这个句子中有三个admire。admiring herself是现在分词短语充当伴随状语。在第 二个句子中，I admired her是主句，standing near her也是现在分词短语充当伴随状语， more than she admired herself是比较状语从句。 9 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Intensive Reading 7 I wandered into the street. Without thinking, I went to the cemetery. I found her

26、simple grave. It had a white marble cross with these few words: SHE LOVED, WAS LOVED, AND DIED. 8 There should be a statue of her with a monument beside it. 9 “How horrible to think that she is below here!” I cried. “That beautiful body and pretty face, decayed!” 10 I wept there and didnt want to le

27、ave. Then I was seized by a mad wishto spend the night there. I hid so they would not find me when they closed for the night. Then it began to grow dark. “Clank! Clank!” The gates were closed. I was alone, perfectly alone. 我在街头徘徊，不知不觉来到了墓地。我找到了 她素朴的坟墓。一个白色大理石十字架立在那里， 上面刻着：“她爱过，被爱过，死了。” 这儿应该有一座她的雕像，旁

28、边再放一座纪念碑。 “想想她就在这下面，真是太可怕了！”我大叫 道，“那曼妙的身躯，姣好的面容，都香消玉殒 了！” 我哭泣着，不想离开那儿。接着我突然有了一个 疯狂的想法在那里过夜。我躲了起来，以免他 们在晚上关门时发现我。然后天开始逐渐黑了。 “哐！哐！”门被关上了。我成了一个人，完完全 全是一个人。 Focus 1 Section I Questions About Paras. 7 arise vi.; raise vt. a. Problems after they moved to live together in the apartment. b. His interest was

29、 by the boys graceful performance of the guitar. c. Can you this big stone? It is too heavy for me. (3) seal n. difficult a. a. This task is very . b. This task is of great . (5) honest a.; honesty n. a. is regarded as a human virtue. b. Please be to me. I am so faithful to you. grave graves arose a

30、roused sealed seals raise difficult Honesty difficulty honest 21 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Exercise IV.2 Fill in the blanks by choosing one of the structures provided in the brackets. Focus 1 Section I (Praising/Praised) by the teacher, the boy was very happy. (Amazing/Amazed) at what he saw, he ca

31、lled the police immediately. (Looking/Looked) at the souvenir bought by Jane in Rome, he couldnt help weeping. (Placing/Placed) his tools on the ground, the plumber began to check the pipe. (Locking/Locked) in her room, Mary was not able to go anywhere. The man lay on the ground, apparently (killing

32、/killed). The two friends stood by the wall (talking/talked). Slowly, he went to the stage, by many people (surrounding/surrounded). The girl left the room (weeping/wept). The boy sat by the window (reading/read). Locked Amazed Praised Placing killed Looking talking surrounded weeping reading 22 上海交

33、通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Exercise V.1 Rewrite the sentences after the example, using the structure “Clause + clause introduced by for.”. Focus 1 Section I Example: In the darkness my eyes were of no use. I tried to read the names with my fingers. I tried to read the names with my fingers, for in the

34、darkness my eyes were of no use. (1) His eyesight was beginning to fail. He found it increasingly difficult to read. . (2) She had nothing to lose. She told the truth. . (3) They know exactly what he has done. Voters will never forgive him. . Voters will never forgive him, for they know exactly what

35、 he has done He found it increasingly difficult to read, for his eyesight was beginning to fail She told the truth, for she had nothing to lose 23 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Exercise V.2 Combine the words and expressions into a sentence modeled after “S + as”. Focus 1 Section I Example: I struggled,

36、 I was frightened, between them, in those narrow rows, as I was frightened as I struggled in those narrow rows between them. the importance, as, she grew older, of independence, she gradually realized . (2) as, he was wandering, he noticed, lying beside the road, a man, in the street . (3) I crossed

37、 the hall, I heard, about something, as, they talk . She gradually realized the importance of independence as she grew older I heard they talk about something as I crossed the hall He noticed a man lying beside the road as he was wandering in the street 24 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Focus 1 Section

38、I Exercise VI Prcis Writing: Please summarize the passage in not more than 180 words. To cover the main points in the story, please refer to Exercise I. 1. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The writer loved his virtuous and beautiful wife deeply. But one evening after she came home in the rain, she coughed, and

39、 then had a high fever and died. The writer was overwhelmed with sorrow and left Paris. When he returned to take up his life again, he found he was seized by a new attack of sadness. Without thinking, he went to the cemetery, and wanted to spend the night by his wifes grave. However, at night, the s

40、keletons inside the graves came out. These skeletons scratched out the praises about them written on the gravestones, and wrote the truth about their evil deeds they had done when alive. To his astonishment, he found his wife was also writing the truth: she died because she caught a cold after going

41、 out in the rain one day in order to deceive her husband. 25 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Focus 1 Section I Exercise VII.1 Translate the following sentences into Chinese: (1) He cant be far away, for his bag is still on the desk. _ (2) Tom sat there, looking out of the window. _ (3) To be honest, the

42、TV set is not worth the price. _ (4) He is totally wrapped up in playing computer games. _ (5) After wandering in the supermarket for two hours, he bought nothing but a bottle of milk. _ 汤姆坐在那里，望着窗外。 老实说，这台电视机不值这个价。 他完全沉溺于电脑游戏之中。 在超市里逛了两个小时后，他只买了一瓶牛奶。 他不可能走远，因为他的包还在书桌上。 26 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语

43、 Focus 1 Section I Exercise VII.2 Translate the following passage into English, trying to use the words and expressions in the brackets. When Tom got home after work, he was amazed at what he saw. Jane was not at home. There was a letter left for him on the table. In the letter Jane told him that sh

44、e had left. She said she had been devoted to the family, but it was too boring to be a housewife. She wanted to take up a new life. Tom rushed out to find Jane in haste. However, it was of no use. Nowhere could Tom find Jane. (to be amazed at, to be devoted to, to take up, in a haste, of no use, now

45、here) 当汤姆下班回到家时，眼前的情景令他吃惊。简不在家，桌上留了一封信。简在信中告诉他，她 已经走了。她说她曾经对这个家全心全意的付出，但是做家庭主妇太令她厌倦了。她希望开始新 的生活。汤姆赶紧出去找她。但是却没有用，汤姆哪里也找不到简。 27 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Focus 1 Section 2 Listening: 1. Listen to a conversation on the text only once and then fill in the blanks according to what youve just heard. Jane

46、: Why are you lying here? How did you get in the (1) ? John: Sorry. I stayed here last night. Jane: What did you do here? John: I only wanted to stay with my wife for one night. But I was (2) at what I saw. Jane: What did you see? John: I groped and tried to find my wifes (3) , but I couldnt because

47、 it was too dark. Then I sat down to have a rest. Suddenly, the (4) below me was moving and rising. Jane: Really? What happened? John: A (5) got out of the grave. Jane: Its impossible! John: It was true. The skeleton (6) what was written on the (7) , and began to write on the stone with the bone of

48、his finger. Jane: My God! What did the skeleton write? John: He wrote down the (8) about him when he was alive. And then other skeletons all came out and did the same thing. Jane: What about your wife? Did she also write about herself? John: Yes. And now I know, she (9) me. I have been so (10) to he

49、r, but how could she. Jane: You must be mad! It was a dream. amazed grave cemetery scratched out devoted naked skeleton deceived marble gravestone evil deeds 28 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Focus 1 Section 2 Listening: 2. Listen to a conversation twice and then answer the questions. How long has Steve

50、n had a sore throat? . (2) Does Steven have a good appetite? . (3) Whats Stevens trouble according to the doctor? . (4) What advice does the doctor give to Steven before he writes the prescription? . (5) How often should Steven take the syrup? . For 2 days Its a throat infection No, his appetite has

51、 gone completely He should stay in bed and keep himself warm 3 times a day 29 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Focus 1 Section 2 Listening: 2. Script (Steven doesnt feel well today, so he goes to see a doctor.) Doctor:Well, whats the matter with you? Steven: I have had a sore throat for 2 days, and its ha

52、rd for me to breathe through my nose. Doctor:Have you got a headache? Steven: Yes, and I ache all over. Doctor:Are you coughing much? Steven: A little bit. Doctor:Now, let me listen to your chest. Breathe deeply. Thats right. Well, dont worry; its only a throat infection. Theres nothing wrong with y

53、our lungs. Show me your tongue, please. And how is your appetite? Steven: Its gone completely. Doctor:To get better faster, you should stay in bed and keep yourself warm. Ill 30 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Focus 1 Section 2 Listening: 3. Listen to a passage twice and then choose the best answer to ea

54、ch question. (1) B) A professor. C) A nurse. D) A student. (2) B) How to make medical appointments. C) Suggestions for improving the infirmary. D) What constitutes a healthy life. (3) A) Take plenty of medicine. C) Call up the doctor. D) Get proper exercise. (4) A) Join a sports organization. B) Kee

55、p regular hours to avoid fatigue. C) Try a new routine occasionally. A) A doctor. A) What to do in case of illness. B) Come to the clinic. D) Cut down on activities when sick. 31 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Focus 1 Section 2 Listening: 3. Script Good morning, to help you get familiar with campus life

56、, you will have a short tour of the medical clinic and the infirmary. As a doctor, I really hope that none of you gets sick. But just in case you do become ill, we want you to know what procedures to follow. If you have a really bad cold, its a good idea to have one of us check you over at the clini

57、c. Several students last year didnt see a doctor for their bad colds and they developed terrible coughs. Its possible to get pneumonia when you neglect the cough. If you do get something as serious as pneumonia, youll have to come and stay in the infirmary. A doctor visits the infirmary regularly. O

58、n the other hand, if you just have an ordinary cold, you can usually stay in your dormitory room. Many students try to keep up with their usual activities when they 32 上海交通大学出版社上海交通大学出版社美心英语美心英语 Focus 1 Section 2 Speaking Instructions: The following conversation is about some common expressions you

59、say to people who have lost a loved one due to illness, accident, or other circumstances. The first two sentences of the conversation are provided below and the rest are put in random order. Work with your partner to put them in correct order. Then role-play it before the class. Functional Expressio

60、ns Expressing Condolences: 表达哀悼 Im really sorry to hear about 听到我很难过。 I learned the news from the obituary in the paper. 我是从报纸讣告上得知这一消息的。 Please give our condolences to his wife and children. 我们向他的妻儿表示慰问。 My sincerest condolences go out to you and your family. 我向你和你的家人表示诚挚的慰问。 We wish to express our