大学英语 Unit 5

1、Module 5 HolidayPart Three Intensive Reading Lead-in questionsWill you choose a travel agency when you are going to travel? Why?Pros and Cons of Travel AgenciesAlthough I am not a fan of travel agencies, I do not doubt that they have some benefits, especially when it is your first China travel. Why?

2、 A tour to China does not equal to visit those so-called international modern cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai. equal adj. 相等的, 平等的 Women demand equal pay for equal work. 妇女要求同工同酬。vt. 比得上 Nobody can equal him in intelligence.没有人在智力方面能比得上他。【语法用法】 equal作为动词时，属于及物动词，后面可直接加宾语，不需要加介词，如to等。 One plus o

3、ns equals two.be equal to表示“与相等，能胜任”，其中equal为形容词，介词to不可省略。 One plus one is equal to two.be equal in表示“在某方面相等”，如be equal in price可解释为“在价格上相等”； 【词义辨析】 match, equal, rival这些动词均含“相称、比得上、与相比”之意。match: 指对手之间力量、强度、性能或利益等的较量或竞争。equal: 指在数量、价值或程度等方面已完全相等。rival: 指某人或某物在和对手竞争中，在能力、质量等方面都能与之相匹敌，都能比得上。There is n

4、o doubt that you can have friendly and convenient Shanghai Tours by yourself, as local people and tourisms there are extremely “international”. But what if you are planning to visit the inland or western part of China, like Xian which used to be the capital for six dynasties, my suggestion would be

5、joining a trip arranged by the travel agencies for the first couple of days.Extremelyadv. 非常 Im extremely sorry.我非常非常抱歉。极其He is an extremely frank person. 他是个极其老实的人。 It pains me extremely to have to leave you. 不得不离开你，这使我极感痛苦。 used to be 过去是 He used to be a mail carrier. 他曾是个邮递员。used to过去常常, 习惯于 I we

6、igh less than I used to. 我的体重比以前轻了。There are some pros. Tour packages save you money. The 1-day or 3-days city tours in China are similar to the New York Day Pass or Bus Tour. This kind of tours usually combines tickets of several places with some appealing discounts. Also booking hotels and airplan

7、e tickets with the tour packages is economical as well. Since the family trips are concerned with the money, sometimes, the travel agencies have some promotions or good deals for family tours. Appealn. 恳求；呼吁, 上诉, 吸引力 Their appeal for help went unheeded.他们求助的呼吁未受到注意。v. 呼吁 The police appealed to the c

8、rowd not to panic.警方向群众呼吁不要惊慌。【词义辨析】 plead, appeal, beg, petition, entreat, pray这些动词均含“请求，恳求”之意。plead: 指谦卑而又不失尊严地请求，侧重迫切感。appeal: 常指以道义原则为基础或以法律为依据的请求。beg: 比plead通俗，不用于法律范畴，指低声下气地请求，有时含贬义，指某人喋喋不休地要求得到帮助。petition: 指正式而热切地请愿或祈求。entreat: 的意义与beg的大致相同，但较文雅。pray: 指祈求，多用于宗教用语中。Promotionn. 提升 There are goo

9、d chances of promotion in this firm. 这家公司里提升的机会很多。晋升I have every confidence that hell get a promotion soon.我很有信心,他不久就会晋升的。促销This years sales promotions havent been very successful. 今年的推销活动不是很成功。Promotevt. 促进 They discussed how to promote cooperation between the two countries.他们讨论如何促进两国间的合作。提升He has

10、been promoted to general manager.他已被提升为总经理。促销They now need to put some real elbow grease into promoting the products.他们现在推销产品确实需要化大力气。Relieve you from complicated and time-consuming trip planning. Many visitors are not “professional” backpackers, so the purpose of a trip is to relax and leave from t

11、he busy daily work. A well-organized and scheduled trip plan costs more than you think. You need to consider how to lower your expense, which hotel is more convenient for you to stay, and what routes you should pick. When you arrive at the tour destination, you still need to think of the trip plans

12、and prepare for anything unexpected. If you are not an experienced trip planner or you are too busy to make trip plans, you can just do some research on choosing travel agencies instead. Relievev. 救济The Government acted quickly to relieve the widespread distress caused by the earthquake. 地震造成大范围的灾难,

13、政府迅速采取行动赈济灾民。减轻This medicine will relieve your headache. 这药将减轻你的头痛。【词义辨析】 comfort, console, ease, soothe, relieve这些动词均含有“给人以帮助以减轻痛苦或悲伤”之意。comfort: 普通用词，指用语言或行动对痛苦者给予鼓励、勇气和力量，从而减轻其痛苦或悲伤，得到安慰。console: 较正式用词，侧重缓和或减轻别人的痛苦或悲伤。ease: 正式用词，指减轻身心的痛苦、不安和忧虑。soothe: 着重以安慰减轻悲痛、愤怒或激动，使人理智地平静下来。也可指药物等减轻病痛。relieve:

14、 指解除或缓解某人的病痛、担心或忧虑等，常用被动态。Insteadadv. 代替 I gave him advice instead of money. 我给了他忠告，而不是钱。【语法用法】 1.instead一般与of连用作为介词词组，后面可接名词和代词意外的词，如形容词，副词，动词和介词。 Things are now better instead of worse.He walks slowly instead of quickly.That increased instead of decreased our anxiety.He laughed with instead of at

15、us.2.注意instead of和without的区别，两者不要混用。一般情况下，用人，事，行为去代替另外的人，事，或行为时，用instead of。 Ill have tea instead of coffee, please.我要喝茶而不是咖啡，谢谢。表示人，事，行为不和其他的一起时，用without。 She often goes swimming without telling her mother.她经常没有告诉于她妈妈就去游泳了。3.instead 可以是形容词，一般放于句首或句尾。 Dont marry Mary. Marry me instead.不要和玛丽结婚，和我结婚吧。

16、Besides pros, cons exist during the holiday. Tight schedules. This is a little bit controversial. The un-flexible schedule is the critical reason why I am not that into travel agencies. Though this can be loved by some “photo takers” whose goal for trip is to take photos everywhere as the trophy. So

17、 identify your goals for traveling at first: for vacation or collecting photos or experiencing various cultures? Then choose different tour packages to be consistent with your goals. For example, the shopping trip package to Hong Kong provides the convenient hotel to stay and the bus for shopping. S

18、o you can concentrate on shopping and looking for hot deals and cheap goods. Controversialadj. 有争议的 We tried to stay away from controversial topics at the dinner party.晚宴上我们尽力避免一些有争议的话题。引起争论的This is a controversial question.这是个引起争论的问题。Criticaladj. 批评的 It is difficult enough to be critical of our own

19、 mistakes.对我们自己的错误采取批评的态度确实非常困难。She viewed the findings with a critical eye.她以批评的眼光看待这些研究结果。决定性的Joint strategic maneuver is critical.联合战略行动是决定性的。【词义辨析】 critical, acute, urgent这些形容词均有“紧急的”或“严重的”之意。critical: 指极为危急或缺乏的状况，而这种状况标志一种转折点。acute: 通常指需要和缺乏的紧急程度。也指病情的严重。urgent: 指情况紧急，急需解决问题。 “Unfair” issues. A

20、lthough I do not want to admit that you may find some unfair issues once you join the travel group. You may find other members paid less than you and you feel being cheated. The price is usually influenced by these factors: price varies with the time; numbers of people register together; and the las

21、t moment sale. This is hard to avoid and it is impossible for you to get the cheapest price all the time. The suggestions, rather than solutions, are to compare more travel agencies and gather more companions with you to join this tour.Take you to some shopping malls on purpose. It makes me a little

22、 bit embarrassing to say that when you are a member of the travel agency in China, you need to be careful about this. It seems like to happen in every travel agency, so people here feel nothing unusual. I can understand why this additional item is added in the travel schedules. Seemvi. 似乎 He seems t

23、o know everything. 他似乎什么都懂。好像Im sorry, I seem to have mislaid my ticket.对不起,我的车票好像弄丢了。【词义辨析】 appear, look, seem这些动词均有“看起来，好像是”之意。appear: 指从感观印象看似乎是如此，但有时着重指因视野、观点限制而产生的歪曲印象。look: 指从样子看起来，侧重通过视觉而建立的印象。seem: 多指从主观印象或个反应得出的看法。As the competition among travel agencies is quite tense, they have to reduce

24、the tour service as much as they can. But they are not charities and they need to earn some money from their efforts. One way is to receive some advertisement fees or commissions from those shopping centers. You cannot have a cake and eat it. There is no way to get rid of it. My advice is to accept

25、their arrangements of shopping and enjoy your window shopping. reducev. 减少 The new governments prime task is to reduce the level of inflation. 新政府的主要任务是减低通货膨胀的水平。缩小We must gradually reduce the wage gap.我们要逐步缩小工资差距。【词义辨析】 decrease, diminish, lessen, reduce, dwindle这些词的共同含义是“减少，变少”。decrease: 指逐渐地、不断地减

26、少。diminish: 侧重大小、数量和重要性的不断减小，强调减小的部分。lessen: 普通用词，与decrease近义。指数目、程度、价值、实力等的减少。reduce: 普通用词，含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。dwindle: 与decrease同义，指逐渐减小，但强调变得越来越少终至全无。get rid of摆脱, 除去 I wish I could get rid of this cold; its been hanging about for two or three days now. 我希望能摆脱这场感冒; 两三天来我一直象是要患感冒的样子。After presenting these pros and cons of travel agencies in China, my suggestion woul