大学英语book3active reading8

1、resourcesunderstanding humourunpacking complex sentencesdeveloping the skill of discussing connotations strange given namestalking about the new born babytrademarks & productshow americans name their childrenstrange given nameswork in pairs and talk about some unlikely and rather strange names e

2、nglish-speakers and chinese might be tempted to give their children as a result of social trends and recent news.for example:morestrange given namesmorestrange given namesmorestrange given namesmore徐李柏荣 林陈潇潇贾谷儿 达芬琪 陈一一what do you think about this phenomenon?strange given namestrademarks & produc

3、tsmatch the trademarks with the products they represent on p134. more (e) fittings used in the building industry(from rawlings, the engineers who first used this plastic plug used for holding screws)trademarks & productsmatch the trademarks with the products they represent on p134. more (c) a so

4、ft drink(from coca as it was once an ingredient in the drink)trademarks & productsmatch the trademarks with the products they represent on p134. more (f) cosmetics(an invented name connected to laureole, a french word for a ring of light)trademarks & productsmatch the trademarks with the pro

5、ducts they represent on p134. more (d) a japanese car manufacturer (created by slightly changing the family name toyoda to show he kept business and home separate)trademarks & productsmatch the trademarks with the products they represent on p134. more (h) medicines taken for headaches (connected

6、 to an ingredient, ibuprofen)trademarks & productsmatch the trademarks with the products they represent on p134. more (j) an american canned food industry (it is italian and means of the mountain)trademarks & productsmatch the trademarks with the products they represent on p134. more (a) ele

7、ctrical goods, especially hi-fi system (japanese for three oceans, showing the companies wish to be global)trademarks & productsmatch the trademarks with the products they represent on p134. more (g) stylish clothes (family name)trademarks & productsmatch the trademarks with the products the

8、y represent on p134. (b) hardwearing shoes and clothes (the sort of clothes worn by lumberjacks and tree-fellers in the us and canadian forestry industry)talking about the new born babywork in pairs and act out a role-play. student a asks student b, who is the father/mother of a new born baby, some

9、questions. you can:1 ask what the childs name is.2 offer your congratulations.3 ask how much the baby weighs.how americans name their childrenlisten to the passage and complete the notes.l _ american parents can choose any name they want for their children. it honours _ they like itl baby center lis

10、ts some unusual names last year. _ in old stories kinds of _ _ famous people from _moregenerallya family membercharactersfoodplaceshistoryhow americans name their children _ or the weather recording _ and movie _l some american parents do not want unusual names. honour their _ faith the same as a fa

11、mily member / _l usssa published a list of the most popular names for babies last year. many from the jewish and christian _backbackflowersartistsactorsreligious good friend bibles s scriptcripthow americans name their childrenbackback american parents generally can choose any name they want for the

12、ir children. they may choose a name because it honors a family member. or they may choose a name just because they like it. a web site called baby center lists some unusual names given to american babies born last year. some were named for characters in old stories, such as hero, thor and ulysses. o

13、ther people named their text evaluationtext exploration text organisationtext organisationsources of childrens namesbible goods and servicesparents aspirationspicking letters out of a scrabble bag_ on childrens lives more complicated:teenagers more _the government should have drawn up a list of _imp

14、actconservativeapproved namesunderstanding the textchoose the best answer to the questions on page 137. u work in pairs and do an interview. student a asks question 1, and student b gives the answer. then a asks a conversational question to follow up the statement.u then a and b exchange roles for t

15、he next question.for example:what do the most popular names in england have in common? i think they are all traditional. oh, really, can you give some example?moreunderstanding the textchoose the best answer to the questions on page 137. 2 what have parents always based their choice of names on? (a)

16、 the names which were popular in their own parents day. (b) names which reflect the hopes they have for their children. (c) names which they like the sound of. (d) names which they hope will always be popular.moreunderstanding the textchoose the best answer to the questions on page 137. 3 what is ch

17、aracteristic of many of todays names? (a) they are well-known trademarks. (b) they are impossible to pronounce. (c) they are dull and unimaginative. (d) they cause a lot of problems for older people.moreunderstanding the textchoose the best answer to the questions on page 137. 4 why should parents t

18、hink carefully before choosinga name? (a) because they both have to agree on the name. (b) because the name will affect their childrens lives. (c) because some names go out of fashion quickly. (d) because it is best to avoid foreign names.moreunderstanding the textchoose the best answer to the quest

19、ions on page 137. 5 why might teenagers not approve of “strange” names? (a) a survey has shown they prefer names coming from the royal family. (b) it is natural for teenagers to disagree with parents decisions. (c) they are quite conservative in their opinions. (d) they are not imaginative enough fo

20、r them.moreunderstanding the textchoose the best answer to the questions on page 137. 6 how have they solved the name problem in iceland? (a) all names have to be approved by feminists. (b) they have abandoned the old system of surnames. (c) the given name is now the same as the surname. (d) parents

21、 have to choose from a list of official given names.moreunderstanding the textcheck () the true statements. 1 chardonnay is a traditional name.2 araminta is a common name in australia.3 the pop star frank zappa named his daughter after a cheese.4 ruby and opal are old-fashioned names.moreunderstandi

22、ng the textcheck () the true statements. 5 the writers mother was called shirley.6 the writer knows a girl whose name is diet coke.7 jack wilman sounds like a very ordinary name.8 the writer thinks that noah is a typical name for a gay person.interpreting work in four groups and answer the questions

23、. your tasks are: group 1 group 2 group 3 group 4interpreting 1 where is the pun in the title of the passage? noah floods of water (in the bible) coke a drink both have liquid association how wet is that? means how ridiculous is that?2 why is produce an offspring funnier than have a baby? because th

24、e former sounds very grand and formal. backbackinterpreting 3 what does squeezing out a last-minute baby suggest?squeeze toothpaste out of a tubequite funny4 why is oaky an appropriate response to the name chardonnary?oaky describes the flavour of some wines having a pleasant flavour imparted by the

25、 oak barrel in which it was stored.you can buy oaked or unoaked chardonnay.backbackinterpreting 5 what do expressions like poor sod and poor thing suggest?they both suggest the kids have got bad names and deserve pity.6 he said jack wilman sounded like a rogue cia agent ah yes, i pointed out, but i

26、can also see jack wilman written down the side of a van. what is funny about the conflicting images behind the name jack wilman?one is associated with excitement and glamour, the other is the name of a baker . backbackinterpreting 7 how does the style of the passage add to the humour?the style chang

27、es from line to line; a lot of it is ironic.8 read the sentence and interpret it. i was about to launch into yet another attack on the americans who regularly choose a childs name by picking letters out of a scrabble bag. but ive just remembered that over here harvey smith called his horse sanyo mus

28、ic centre .better to choose a name at random than call your horse sanyo music centre. backbackdestination indexwork in pairs and discuss the questions. student a expresses opinions which agree with the questions, while student b disagrees. question 1 question 2question 3question 4text evaluationtext

29、 evaluation1 should parents be allowed to call their children any name they wish?they can use anyname they likeat home.official names on identity cards and so on should be limited to reasonably sensible choices. backbacktext evaluation2 is it morally wrong to give someone the name of a commercial pr

30、oduct?backbacksilly; morally wrongit does not harm people and we cannot get awayfrom the fact that our lives are deeplyinfluenced bycommerce. text evaluation3 should governments limit the names that parents can choose from? ?backbackin theory, yes.one final list of names seems very restrictive. givi

31、ng individual officers the power to decide is too subjective. we may have to accept social changes even ifwe do not like them. text evaluation4 should people have the right to change their names if they wish? ?backbackyes, some names are deeply embarrassing and there is no reason for people to suffe

32、r when it is so easyto put the situation right.summarisingtalking point destination indexdestination index summarising listen and fill in the blanks with words you hear to complete the summary of the text. the annual list of most _ names shows that the bible is still a source of _ for most, and that

33、 the two names at no. 1 are the _ jack and emily. but after the top ten, its a _ of lunacy. people have always named their children to _ their aspirations. but in america people _ to names of goods and _, and sometimes choose a name at random. its _ to remember that the chosen name will have a huge

34、_ on how the poor sods life will _. if the government hadmorepopularinspirationsuper-traditionalmaelstromreflectaspireservicesimportantimpactturn outdestination index summarisingdrawn up a list of _ names from which childrens names must be chosen, the beauty of _ english names could be _. backbackap

35、proved traditional maintaineddestination index talking point work in pairs. read the quotations and discuss the questions.1 which quotations do you agree with?2 which is the funniest?3 which is the wisest?useful vocabulary: talking about trust; insults; publicity; celebritysceptical; disillusion; re

36、putation; cynicalmockingmoredestination index talking point john f. kennedy mark twain george m. cohan jean-paul sartre proverb the biblealgernon charles jfkmark twain george m. cohan jean-paul sartre algernon charles swinburne destination indexbackbackjohn f. kennedy, 35th president of the us forgi

37、ve your enemies, but never forget their names. meaning: do them no harm but do not be too trusting of them.destination indexbackbackmark twain, us writer /humourist names are not always what they seem. the common welsh name bzjxxllwcp is pronounced jackson.it is true that the way welsh is written ma

38、kes it look impossible to pronounce. take the example of these place names: bwlch, llanrwst, bryngwyn and bontnewydd, roughly, w=oo, ll=tl, y=i, dd=th. there arealso some strange pronunciations of english names which baffle american visitors: beauchamp(beechum), leicester (lester) and mainwaring (ma

39、nnering). destination indexbackbackproverb sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.meaning: actions can hurt me, but words do nothing. it is often used as a reply to insults.destination indexbackbackgeorge m. cohan, us songwriter / singer i dont care what you say about me,

40、 as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right. as another saying has it: no publicity is bad publicity. celebrities want to be in the news anyhow.destination indexbackbackjean-paul sartre, french writer / philosopher i confused things with their names: that is belief

41、.it is a sceptical comment of disillusion which means the things we believe in often turn out to be only empty words.destination indexbackbackthe bible a good name is better than precious ointment. meaning: a good reputation is worth a lot (and makes you smell sweetly like valuable oils).destination

42、 indexbackbackalgernon charles swinburne and the best and the worst of this is that neither is most to blame if you have forgotten my kisses and i have forgotten your nameit is a cynical comment on a very short-lived affair.difficult sentenceswords to noteindex language in useinformation relatedprev

43、iew difficult sentences to make matters more complicated, a survey out last week suggests teenagers are a lot more conservative than we might think. theyre in favour of the monarchy, long prison sentences and patriotism, so this would lead us to believe theyd be against having silly names such as ra

44、wlplug.click at this point, i was about to launch into yet anotherattack on the americans who regularly choose a childsname by picking letters out of a scrabble bag.clickdifficult sentence 1transanals让问题变得更复杂的是，上周进行的一个调查表明，现让问题变得更复杂的是，上周进行的一个调查表明，现在的青少年比我们想象的要保守的多。他们支持君主制，在的青少年比我们想象的要保守的多。他们支持君主制，赞成

45、长期监禁，充满了爱国主义情愫，这就让我们相信赞成长期监禁，充满了爱国主义情愫，这就让我们相信他们肯定会抵制像他们肯定会抵制像“罗威套管罗威套管”这样的傻名字的。这样的傻名字的。so this would lead us to believe 需灵活处理，如果需灵活处理，如果直译成直译成“因此这就会使我们相信因此这就会使我们相信”，就很难找到原文，就很难找到原文的语气。的语气。to make matters more complicated, a survey out last week suggests teenagers are a lot more conservative than we

46、 might think. theyre in favour of the monarchy, long prison sentences and patriotism, so this would lead us to believe theyd be against having silly names such as rawlplug.backbackdifficult sentence 2transat this point, i was about to launch into yet anotherattack on the americans who regularly choo

47、se a childsname by picking letters out of a scrabble bag.backbackclick说到这儿，我本想好好地嘲讽一下那些从拼字游戏袋中随便抓出几个字母给小孩取名的美国民众。translate the sentence into english:所有对政治感兴趣的、才华出众的年轻人都梦想着有朝一日所有对政治感兴趣的、才华出众的年轻人都梦想着有朝一日成为伟大的政治领袖，对世界有积极的影响，让世界变得更成为伟大的政治领袖，对世界有积极的影响，让世界变得更美好。美好。(aspire; have impact on)all talented youn

48、g men who are interested in politics aspire to become great political leaders some day, to have impact on the world in a positive way and make it a better place. ex.words to notenew wordsphrases1. aspire2. lower3. sensible in measured tonesgo for somethingmove onaspire v. to want to achieve somethin

49、g or to be successful, especially in your career aspire to something aspire to be / do somethingtranslate the following sentences:(1) 她一心渴望成为该公司的董事长。 (2) 他是一个有志于成为纪录片制片人的电影专业学生。 she aspires to nothing less than the chairmanship of the company.he is a film student who aspires to be a documentary make

50、r.lower v. to move something or someone slowly down from a higher position 雕像被轻轻地向下放回原位。雕像被轻轻地向下放回原位。 the statue was gently lowered back into place. to reduce something in number, amount, value, or strength 日常饮食中少吃点脂肪会降低得心脏病的风险。日常饮食中少吃点脂肪会降低得心脏病的风险。 less fat in your diet lowers the risk of heart dis

51、ease.more expressions: lower your eyes / head / voice morelower adj. the upper and lower _the lower _ of the buildingthe lower _ of the armylipsfloorsrankssensible vs sensitive moresensible adj. 1. reasonable and practical 2. knowing or understanding something sensitive adj.1. reacting quickly or st

52、rongly to something 2. needing to be protected3. showing that you care about someone or something sensible vs sensitive choose the suitable words for the sentences.1. this seems to be a _ way of dealing with the problem.2. bats have extremely _ ears.3. ministry officials are _ to human rights issues

53、. 4. conservationists and farmers in environmentally _ areas are learning to work together.5. this is a difficult case which needs _ and skillful handling.sensiblesensitivesensiblesensitivesensitivein measured tonestranslate the following sentences:（1）我们在谨慎小心地处理这个问题。 （2） “真的吗？”他用怀疑的语气说道。（3）他们坐得很近，压低

54、嗓门在谈话。 we are taking a careful and measured approach to the problem.“really?” he said in a disbelieving tone of voice.they were sitting close together, talking in hushed tones.go for something(1) there were 200 people going for just three jobs.(2) i dont really go for horror films. (3) i think ill g

55、o for the steak. what are you having?match the phrasal verbs with the meanings:a. to like a particular type of person or thingb. to try to get something that you have to competec. to choose a particular thingcmove on complete the sentences with phrasal verbs of move.move along move in move on move u

56、p move into move out move over 1 she _ to let me pass.2 hes been _ to the position of manager. 3 the house has been sold, and were _.4 they stayed for only a few days before _.5 theyre planning to _ publishing.6 the troops _ while the enemy was sleeping.moving onmoved overmoving outmove intomoved up

57、moremoved inmove on complete the sentences with phrasal verbs of move.move along move in move on move up move into move out move over 7 its up to the committee to _ the process _.movealonglanguage in use useful expressions uword formation: -something and -odd unpacking complex sentencesuseful expres

58、sions 1. 避孕避孕1. birth control2.灵感源泉灵感源泉2. a source of inspiration 3.千奇百怪千奇百怪3. a maelstrom of lunacy 4.异国风味奶酪异国风味奶酪4. exotic cheeses 5.热衷于消费品热衷于消费品5. aspire to goods6.有巨大影响有巨大影响6. have a huge impact on 7.有一个后代有一个后代7. produce an offspring8.绝对绝对8. in all probability9.长期监禁长期监禁10.笑柄笑柄10. a laughing stoc

59、k 9. long prison sentencesuseful expressions 11. 效仿某人效仿某人take a leaf out of sb.s book 12. 用小心谨慎的语气用小心谨慎的语气 in measured tones 13. 喜欢越来越荒谬可笑的名字喜欢越来越荒谬可笑的名字 go for increasingly ludicrous handles 14. 导致导致的激增的激增result in a surge in 15. 我们还是接着说别的吧。我们还是接着说别的吧。lets move on. 16. 对对大发雷霆大发雷霆 be livid aboutword

60、 formation: -something and -oddlook at the sentence and answer the question.lots of my forty-something friends seem to be taking a leaf out of the blairs, book on birth control and squeezing out a last-minute baby.how old are the writers friends?(a) 40.(b) nearly 40.(c) just over 40.(d) between 40 and 50.moreword formation: -something