新视界大学英语综合教程4unit1

1、 talking pointtalking pointwarming uwarming up pskimmingskimmingdiggingdiggingcritical thinkingcritical thinkinglanguage in uselanguage in useunfamiliar wordsunfamiliar wordsinterpretinginterpretingwarming up listen and underline any words or expressions which are different from what you hear. a: so

2、, are you enjoying the new job?b: oh yes. its much better than being in a factory. it gives me a lot of satisfaction, because im working with people, not machines, but its hard. whats more, its even harder if youre new on the job i get all the tasks that none of my colleagues want to do, like being

3、on duty at opening time, or having to sort out all the things that get lost every day. but i suppose thats normal anywhere in the world i mean, to give the new colleague the hardest tasks. a: so, are you enjoying the new job?b: oh yes. its much better than being in a factory. it gives me a lot of sa

4、tisfaction, because im working with people, not machines, but its hard. whats more, its even harder if youre new on the job i get all the tasks that none of my colleagues want to do, like being on duty at opening time, or having to sort out all the things that get lost every day. but i suppose thats

5、 normal anywhere in the world i mean, to give the new colleague the hardest tasks. warming upnow listen again and correct the information.a: so what do you enjoy about the job?b: the fact that every day is different. the fact that you have to be critical, you have to solve problems, you have to reas

6、sure colleagues. the fact that every day is mentally challenging and physically demanding. when i get back home im exhausted, and i look back over the day and realize how many things i did wrong. but thats normal too. im learning on the job, just as the children are too i hope!a: so what do you enjo

7、y about the job?b: the fact that every day is different. the fact that you have to be critical, you have to solve problems, you have to reassure colleagues. the fact that every day is mentally challenging and physically demanding. when i get back home im exhausted, and i look back over the day and r

8、ealize how many things i did wrong. but thats normal too. im learning on the job, just as the children are too i hope!a: so what do you enjoy about the job?b: the fact that every day is different. the fact that you have to be critical, you have to solve problems, you have to reassure colleagues. the

9、 fact that every day is mentally challenging and physically demanding. when i get back home im exhausted, and i look back over the day and realize how many things i did wrong. but thats normal too. im learning on the job, just as the children are too i hope!warming upanswer: 1 a factoryan office 2 m

10、achinescomputer 3 opening timelunchtime 4 i mean 5 criticalcreative 6 colleaguesthe childrenwarming up work in pairs and discuss the questions. 1 why does the man like his job? he finds the work satisfying and enjoys the fact that it is not routine. new things are always happening and there is no ti

11、me to feel bored.2 what is difficult about the job? the work is tiring and his colleagues give him some of the hardest tasks.3 what do you think the job is? he is working with children, so most probably the job is teaching; it is also possible that he is working in a home for children or orphanage (

12、孤儿院).warming up4 do you agree that a new person on a job always gets the hardest tasks? it depends what you mean by “hardest”. i dont think newcomers are given the most difficult tasks as they do not have the experience to handle them well, but they may be given the tasks no one likes doing thats ju

13、st something a junior has to accept.5 what kind of satisfaction do you hope to get from a job? i hope i can do something which will make me feel useful. i would like to feel i am contributing to society and not just making money.warming up look at the title of the passage and read the first paragrap

14、h. check () the point(s) you expect the writer to make in the passage. 1 men can teach small children just as easily as women can. 2 men find it hard to teach small children. 3 people dont expect men to teach small children. 4 women dont think men should teach small children. 5 it isnt easy for men

15、to make a career as a teacher of small children.now read the passage by daniel meier and check your answers. skimmingbrowse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it.answer the questions of activity 2 and 3 on page 5.tasktaskskimming check () the tasks which the writer does on a typi

16、cal day as a first-grade teacher. answer: 1, 2, 6, 7 1 finding lost shoes 2 cleaning up mess that children have made 3 telling jokes 4 inventing crossword puzzles 5 completing a lot of paperwork 6 helping children who have hurt themselves 7 mending broken toys 8 showing videos of winnie the pooh 9 c

17、limbing laddersskimming answer the questions.1 what picture does the writer give of his classroom? a busy and lively place with all sorts of things going on at once. 2 do you think it is a happy class? why / why not? yes, the children are interacting happily with the teacher, enjoying themselves. of

18、 course, there are moments of upset, but they soon pass.3 how is teaching first graders different from other traditional male jobs? it does not involve a chase after something or the conquest of a problem. it is about caring and involves the heart.skimming4 what did the writer tell the interviewers

19、when he was applying for the job? he told the interviewers that he wanted to observe and contribute to the intellectual growth of a maturing mind. 5 what didnt he tell them? he would prefer to talk about his personal interactions with children rather than abstract intellectual points.6 how did the i

20、nterviewers react to what he said? the interviewers liked the writers response and nodded approvingly.skimming7 what do men ask the writer when they find out hes a f irst-grade teacher? most men ask about the subjects the writer teaches and the training courses he took.8 how do women react when they

21、 find out hes a first-grade teacher? women talk about children of that age.9 the writer describes himself as “soft around the edges” what do you think he means? he is adaptable and does not have just one way of doing things. he fits in with the children and “goes with the flow”.about men: one mans k

22、ids译文译文diggingbackground information1 i teach first graders. i live in a world of skinned knees, double-knotted shoelaces, riddles that ive heard a dozen times, stale birthday cakes, hurt feelings, wandering stories and one lost shoe (“and if you dont find it my motherll kill me”). my work is domina

23、ted by six-year-olds. its 10.45, the middle of snack, and im helping emily open her milk carton. she has already tried the other end without success, and now theres so much paint and ink on the carton from her fingers that im not sure she should drink it at all. but i open it. then i turn to help sc

24、ott clean up some milk he has just spilled onto rebeccas whale crossword puzzle. digging2 while i wipe my milk- and paint-covered hands, jenny wants to know if ive seen that funny book about penguins that i read in class. as i hunt for it in a messy pile of books, jason wants to know if there is a n

25、ew seating arrangement for lunch tables. i find the book, turn to answer jason, then face maya, who is fast approaching with a new knock-knock joke. after what seems like the tenth “whos there? i laugh and maya is pleased. 译文译文digging3 then andrew wants to know how to spell “flukes” for his crosswor

26、d. as i get to “u”, i give a hand signal for sarah to take away the snack. but just as sarah is almost out the door, two children complain that “we havent even had ours yet”. i stop the snack mid-flight, complying with their request for graham crackers. i then return to andrew, noticing that he has

27、put “flu” for 9 down, rather than 9 across. its now 10.50. 译文译文digging4 my work is not traditional male work. its not a singular pursuit. there is not a large pile of paper to get through or one deal to transact. i dont have one area of expertise or knowledge. i dont have the singular power over lan

28、guage of a lawyer, the physical force of a construction worker, the command over fellow workers of a surgeon, the wheeling and dealing transactions of a businessman. my energy is not spent in pursuing, climbing, achieving, conquering or cornering some goal or object. 译文译文digging5 my energy is spent

29、in encouraging, supporting, consoling and praising my children. in teaching, the inner rewards come from without. on any given day, quite apart from teaching reading and spelling, i bandage a cut, dry a tear, erase a frown, tape a torn doll and locate a long-lost boot. the day is really won through

30、matters of the heart. as my students groan, laugh, shudder, cry, exult and wonder, i do too. i have to be soft around the edges. 译文译文digging6 a few years ago, when i was interviewing for an elementary-school teaching position, every principal told me with confidence that, as a male, i had an advanta

31、ge over female applicants because of the lack of male teachers. but in the next breath, they asked with a hint of suspicion why i chose to work with young children. i told them that i wanted to observe and contribute to the intellectual growth of a maturing mind. what i really felt like saying, but

32、didnt, was that i loved helping a child learn to write his name for the first time, finding someone a new friend, or sharing in the hilarity of reading about winnie the pooh getting so stuck in a hole that only his head and rear show. 译文译文digging7 i gave that answer to those principals, who were mos

33、tly male, because i thought they wanted a “male response. this meant talking about intellectual matters. if i had taken a different course and talked about my interest in helping children in their emotional development, it would have been seen as closer to a “female answer. i even altered my languag

34、e, not once mentioning the word “love to describe what i do indeed love about teaching. my answer worked; every principal nodded approvingly.译文译文digging8 some of the principals also asked what i saw myself doing later in my career. they wanted to know if i eventually wanted to go into educational ad

35、ministration. becoming a dean of students or a principal has never been one of my goals, but they seemed to expect me, as a male, to want to climb higher on the career stepladder. so i mentioned that, at some point, i would be interested in working with teachers as a curriculum coordinator. again, t

36、hey nodded approvingly.译文译文digging9 if those principals had been female instead of male, i wonder whether their questions, and my answers, would have been different. my guess is that they would have been. 译文译文digging10 at other times, when im at a party or a dinner and tell someone that i teach youn

37、g children, ive found that men and women respond differently. most men ask about the subjects i teach and the courses i took in my training. then, unless they bring up an issue such as merit pay, the conversation stops. most women, on the other hand, begin the conversation on a more immediate and pe

38、rsonal level. they say things like “those kids must love having a male teacher or “that age is just wonderful, you must love it. then, more often than not, theyll talk about their own kids or ask me specific questions about what i do. were then off and talking shop. 译文译文digging11 possibly, men would

39、 have more to say to me, and i to them, if my job had more of the trappings and benefits of more traditional male jobs. but my job has no bonuses or promotions. no complimentary box seats at the ball park. no cab fare home. no drinking buddies after work. no briefcase. no suit. (ties get stuck in pa

40、int jars.) no power lunches. (i eat peanut butter and jelly, chips, milk and cookies with the kids.) no taking clients out for cocktails. the only place i take my kids is to the playground.译文译文digging12 although i could have pursued a career in law or business, as several of my friends did, i chose

41、teaching instead. my job has benefits all its own. im able to bake cookies without getting them stuck together as they cool, buy cheap sewing materials, take out splinters, and search just the right trash cans for useful odds and ends. im sometimes called “daddy and even “mommy by my students, and i

42、f theres ever a lull in the conversation at a dinner party, i can always ask those assembled if theyve heard the latest riddle about why the turkey crossed the road. (he thought he was a chicken.) main idea of the text1. about men; one mans kids (title)the title points to the two main themes of the

43、passage: different ideas of maleness and a man teaching young children.difficult sentences difficult sentences 2. i live in a world of skinned knees, double-knotted shoelaces stale birthday cakes, hurt feelings, wandering stories (line 1, para 1)the sentence describes what the writer does on a typic

44、al working day. skinned knees: knees wounded lightly on the surface by a fall double-knotted shoelaces: shoelaces children cannot untie and need help with stale birthday cakes: cakes that kept too long and no longer fresh wandering stories: stories which go on and on without a clear pointdifficult s

45、entences 3. its 10.45, the middle of snack (line 6, para 1)snack: a morning break or recess time with milk and biscuits. many american states provide free milk for school children.difficult sentences 4. then i turn to help scott clean up some milk he has just spilled onto rebeccas whale crossword pu

46、zzle. (line 11, para 1)whale crossword puzzle: a crossword about whalesdifficult sentences 5. i stop the snack mid-flight, complying with their request for graham crackers. (line 5, para 3)i tell sarah to bring the snack back and give the two children the snack they want.difficult sentences 6. my en

47、ergy is not spent in pursuing, climbing, achieving, conquering or cornering some goal or object. (line 9, para 4)when i work my aim is not to chase, achieve, gain control of or capture something as is the case with many traditional male occupations.difficult sentences the pleasure of teaching childr

48、en comes from many small physical or external services the teacher offers them. here the word “without” is used as a noun, and is an old usage meaning outside. e.g.happiness cannot come from without. it must come from within.7. in teaching, the inner rewards come from without. (line 2, para 5)diffic

49、ult sentences 8. on any given day (line 3, para 5)any given day: any day you choosedifficult sentences 9. the day is really won through matters of the heart. (line 6, para 5)children are openly emotional beings and the day can be judged more in terms of emotional gains than practical results. a succ

50、essful day is one when children are happy and enjoying learning.difficult sentences 10. i have to be soft around the edges. (line 9, para 5)i have to be not too rigid or serious.difficult sentences 11. but in the next breath and contribute to the intellectual growth of a maturing mind. (line 5, para

51、 6)the male principals worried that there was omething odd about a man wanting to teach young children. in explaining why he wanted to, the writer referred in abstract terms to an interest in mental development as he thought this would be acceptable as a normal male attitude. in the next breath: one

52、 moment later difficult sentences 12. some of the principals also asked what i saw myself doing later in my career. (line 1, para 8)some of the principals also wanted to know my aims for the future, that is, how in my imagination i pictured myself in a few years time.difficult sentences 13. then, un

53、less they bring up an issue such as merit pay (line 5, para 10)merit pay: extra pay for achieving successful results, usually as measured in terms of employee performance. it is a term most frequently used in the context of educational reform. in the united states, policymakers are divided on whethe

54、r merit pay should be offered to public school teachers, as is commonly the case in the uk.difficult sentences 14. most women, on the other hand, begin the conversation on a more immediate and personal level. (line 7, para 10)while men ask the writer factual questions about his work, women go straig

55、ht to the main issue and focus on the feelings of the writer and his pupils.difficult sentences 15. were then off and talking shop. (line 14, para 10)the conversation becomes lively and we talk about matters related to work (for a teacher, teaching; for an accountant, financial figures, and so on).d

56、ifficult sentences 16. possibly, men would have more to say to me, and i to them, if my job had more of the trappings and benefits of more traditional male jobs. (line 1, para 11)the writer feels other men find his job hard to talk about because it is unlike the usual male jobs. they cannot compare

57、offices, business trips, promotions etc.difficult sentences 17. no power lunches. (line 8, para 11)power lunches: business meals where major deals are discussed and settledstale 释义释义1a. stale food such as bread is old and no longer fresh （食物）不新鲜的例句例句their french bread is really good but it goes stal

58、e very quickly. 他们的法式面包非常好吃，只是很快就不新鲜了。 翻译翻译wordswords例句例句there is only a piece of stale cake left in the refrigerator. 冰箱里只剩下一块不新鲜的蛋糕。 翻译翻译释义释义2a. used for describing something that does not smell fresh or pleasant 气味不新鲜的；污浊的wordswords例句例句the air had been stale and oppressive; now fresh winds were b

59、lowing. 曾经是混浊不堪和令人窒息的空气，此时吹来阵阵清风。 翻译翻译例句例句a layer of smoke hung low in the stale air. 一层烟雾低悬在污浊的空气中。翻译翻译stale 释义释义a. very untidy or dirty 凌乱的；杂乱的；肮脏的wordswords例句例句your room is messy. you should clean it up. 你的房间乱七八糟，你应该整理一下。 翻译翻译例句例句as the work tends to be a bit messy youll need to wear old clothes.

60、这个活儿有点脏，你需要穿旧衣服。翻译翻译messy 释义释义1n. c, u the way that things are arranged in a particular order or pattern 排列；布置wordswordsarrangement 例句例句the house was always decorated with imaginative flower arrangements.这所房子总是摆放着富有创意的插花。翻译翻译例句例句the arrangement of the furniture in our new house took a long time. 布置我