新编实用英语综合教程Unit-3-Road-Signs-and-Commuting

1、2021/8/612021/8/622021/8/63Section Section Section Section 2021/8/642021/8/651) Asking How to Get to the Railway Station A: Excuse me. Could you tell me the way to the railway station? B: Sure. Go down this street and turn right at the traffic lights . A: Right at the traffic lights. B: Yes. Youll s

2、ee the railway station when you get there.2) Asking How to Get to West Avenue A: Excuse me. Do you know where West Avenue is? B: Well, you go down Market Road, pass the market, and turn left. West Avenue is the first turning on the right. A: Pass the market and turn left. First turning on the right.

3、 Thanks. B: You are welcome.Window on Key Words1 Work in pairs. Practice the following mini-talks about giving directions.traffic lightsAvenue交通灯，红绿灯大街2021/8/663) Asking How to Get to the Sales Managers Office A: Good morning. Can you tell me where the Sales Managers office is? B: Sure. The Sales Ma

4、nagers office is on the fifth floor, Room 512. A: Where is the lift , please? B: Over there. Take the lift to the fifth floor, and then turn left. It is the second room on the left.4) Asking How to Get to the Meeting Room A: Hello, Miss. Im looking for the meeting room. B: The meeting room is on the

5、 third floor. You can take the lift or just walk upstairs . A: When I walk out of the lift, how can I get there? B: Just go straight ahead. Its in front of you. You cant miss it.5) Asking How to Get to the City Center A: Excuse me, could you please tell me how to get to the city center? B: You know

6、the school gate, dont you? There is a bus stop there. A: Oh, yes, the bus stop is in front of the gate. B: Take Bus No. 16 or Bus No. 19, and youll get downtown .Window on Key WordsBack销售部经理电梯在去楼上商业区Sales Managers lift upstairs downtown2021/8/672 Work in pairs and act out the tasks by following the

7、above mini-talks.Back2021/8/683 Maps are very useful for giving and understanding directions. Read the following sample maps carefully and try to use the information to practice short dialogues.2021/8/69Back2021/8/6104 Read the following sample dialogues and try to perform your own tasks.2021/8/611B

8、ack2021/8/6125 Sally wants to go to Beach Hotel. She is asking a stranger for directions to get there. Read aloud the following dialogue with your partner by putting in the missing words. Sally: 1 _ me, can you help me? Im going to Beach Hotel, but Ive lost 2 _.Stranger: Go 3 _ this street until you

9、 come to West Avenue. Turn left There and go straight ahead about four blocks. The Beach Hotel is 4 _ of West Avenue and Main Street. Sally: I see. Thank you very much. 5 _ the way, can I take a bus?Stranger: Yes. If you go there by bus, 6 _ Bus No. 15 and get 7 _ at the third stop. Sally: Where can

10、 I take the bus, please?Stranger: The bus stop is over there in 8 _ of the supermarket. Sally: 9 _ thanks.BackManyExcusemy wayalongon the cornerBytakeofffront2021/8/6136 Ken is looking for Mr. Anderson. He meets Jane and asks her for directions. Imagine you are Jane. Tell Ken how he might find Mr. A

11、nderson. Fill in the blanks according to the clues given in brackets. Then act it out with your partner.Ken: Jane, where is Mr. Andersons office?You: 1 (告诉他安德森先生的办公室在顶层，电梯旁边。) _.Ken: Do you think he is in?You: No. I saw him just now on the second floor. 2 (说他可能在会议室。) _.Ken: The conference room? Wher

12、e is it?You: 3 (告诉他在二楼206房间。) _.Ken: Room 206. Thanks, Jane.You: 4 (礼貌回答肯的致谢。) _.You are welcomeIts on the top floor, next to the liftHe might be in the conference roomIt is on the second floor, Room 206Back2021/8/6142021/8/615 5) Just pass the tall building and turn 5) 走过高楼向右拐。 to the right. 1 List

13、en to 10 sentences for workplace communication cross-referenced with their Chinese translations. 1) The Sales Department is next to 1) 销售部在人力资源部的隔壁。 the Human Resources Department. 2) The reception desk is in the middle 2) 接待前台在一楼大厅中间。 of the hall on the first floor. 3) Cross the bridge, and make a

14、right 3) 过了桥向右拐。 turn. 4) You need to transfer at Fuxingmen. 4) 你得在复兴门转车。2021/8/616 Window on Key Wordshuman resources 人力资源 reception 接待transfer 转乘 block 街区 6) Drive back to the traffic lights and 6) 往回开到红绿灯，然后往左拐。 turn left. 7) Can you show me the way to the 7) 请问去火车站怎么走？ railway station? 8) Walk w

15、est for two blocks and youll 8) 往西走两个街区就到了。 be there. 9) Sorry, Im new around here. 9) 对不起，这一带我不熟悉。 10) Take the No.19 bus and get off at 10) 坐19路公交车，在第五站下车。 the fifth stop. Back2021/8/6172 Listen to the following sentences for workplace communication in Column A and match each one with its Chinese

16、version in Column B.Column AColumn B5) Take the subway first, and then e. 乘电梯到六楼。 change to Bus No. 9. 2) You will take less than 5 minutes to b. 我想最好的办法是乘地铁。 get there.4) Take the elevator to the sixth floor. d. 先坐地铁, 然后换乘9路公交车。1) I think the best way is to take the a. 用不了5分钟你就走到了。 subway. 3) Keep

17、going until you see a white c. 向前走直到看到左边有一栋白色大楼。 building on your left.Column AColumn B2021/8/6186) Sorry, Im a stranger here myself. f. 对不起，我也是外地人。7) The subway station is just two g. 你可以乘坐地铁二号线，在西直门下车。 blocks away.8) Excuse me, can you tell me how to h. 化学楼在图书馆对面。 get to the computer center?10) Yo

18、u can take Subway Line 2 and j. 地铁站离这里只有两个街区远。 get off at Xizhimen.Key:1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-e, 5-d, 6-f, 7-j, 8-i, 9-h, 10-g9) The chemistry building is opposite i. 打扰了，能告诉我去计算机中心怎么走吗？ the library.Column AColumn BBack2021/8/6191) A) Thank you. B) You are welcome. C) Dont mention it. D) Sorry to hear tha

19、t.2) A) You cant miss it. B) Its only three stops away. C) Its on your left. D) Take Bus No. 10.3) A) Yes, but you may walk there. B) No, you cant miss it. C) Yes, take a taxi. D) No, its a white building.4) A) Yes, keep going. B) No, thank you. C) Yes, you need to turn around. D) No, it isnt.5) A)

20、Sorry to trouble you. B) Thank you for the information. C) No, very close. D) Yes, here we are.6) A) You got lost. B) You cant miss it. C) It is easy to get downtown. D) It is opposite the bank.3 Listen to 6 sentences for workplace communication and choose their right responses.2021/8/6201. When you

21、 come out of the lift, turn left. Mr. Smiths office is the second one on the right.2. How far is it from here to the library?3. Is there a bus going there?4. Am I going in the wrong direction?5. Is the shopping mall far from here?6. Excuse me, where is the nearest supermarket?Back2021/8/621 When Bob

22、 knows that Jack and some of his friends are having a 1 meeting, party, game at Emilys house, he says he would like to 2 join, see, miss them. He doesnt know where Emily lives, so he is asking for 3 information, decisions, directions . He is told that Emilys house is quite 4 close, distant, near and

23、 it will take him about 5 five, fifteen, fifty minutes to get there. He has to take aleft turning at the 6 traffic lights, flyover, crossroads on Main Street and then a right turning at the 7 police station, petrol station, railway station . He has to go down the road until he comes to a 8 fork, sig

24、n, square and turn right. About 9 one, two, three hundred meters up the right road he will see a 10 one-story, two-story, three-story building on the right.4 Listen to a dialogue and decode the message by finding out the correct choices in the brackets according to what you have heard.meeting,party,

25、 game join, see, miss information, decisions, directions close, distant, nearfive, fifteen, fifty traffic lights, flyover, crossroadspolice station, petrol station, railway stationfork, sign, square one, two, three one-story, two-story, three-story 2021/8/622Jack: Hi, Bob. This is Jack. Im at Emily

26、Greens house, and there is a party going on. Bob: Oh, really? Can I join you?Jack: Thats why Im calling. Bob: But I dont know her address.Jack: I can tell you how to get here. Its quite close. Itll take you about fifteen minutes. Bob: OK. Please give me the directions.Jack: Take a left turn at the t

27、raffic lights on Main Street, and then a right one at the police station. Go down that road until you come to a fork. Turn right at the fork and youll see her house about a hundred meters up the road. Its a two-story building on the right. Bob: OK. Can I bring anything?Jack: You dont have to bring a

28、nything, but if you have some friends who want to come, bring them along. Bob: Are there many people there?Jack: Oh, yes. Right now there are about ten people here and the music is great!Back2021/8/6235 Now listen to a short speech / talk and fill up the blanks according to what you have heard. The

29、words in brackets will give you some hints. Good morning, everyone. Let me tell you how to get to Tsinghua University from 1 _(where?). The easiest way is to 2 _ (do what?). And the second way is to 3 _ (do what?) the airport shuttle (穿梭往返) bus . You can come all the way to Zhongguancun terminal (终点

30、站) . From the terminal, a taxi ride costs about 4 _ (how much?). The third choice is to take 5 _ (what?) to Dongzhimen Station. Then 6 _ (do what?) to Line 2 to Xizhimen Station. Change again at Xizhimen Station to 7 _ (which line?) to Wudaokou Station. Then, you may 8 _ (do what?) to Tsinghua Unive

31、rsity.Beijing International Airporttake a taxitake10 yuanthe airport subwaychange Line 13walkBack2021/8/6246 Listen to the speech / talk again and complete the information in Column A with the right choices in Column B.2021/8/625Back2021/8/6262021/8/6271 Read the following two samples of signs and l

32、earn to write your own.2021/8/628Back2021/8/6292 Find from the box the English equivalents to the signs given in Chinese.2021/8/6303 Match Column A with Column B.2021/8/6314 Translate the following signs into Chinese with the help of a dictionary.BackNO TRESPASSING FOR PEDESTRIANS2) LIFT UNDER REPAI

33、RS TAKE THE STAIRS3) NO ADMITTANCE EXCEPT FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS4) CLOSED TO MOTOR VEHICLES5) SLIPPERY ROAD PROCEED WITH CAUTION6) ROAD CONSTRUCTION AHEAD行人不得穿越行人不得穿越电梯修理，请走楼梯电梯修理，请走楼梯非公莫入非公莫入禁止机动车辆通行禁止机动车辆通行路滑慢行路滑慢行前方修路前方修路2021/8/632Back2021/8/6331) Mary is spreading _ on her bread. (butter, butters

34、)2) There might be _ about his mistake. (much doubt, many doubts)3) How often do you go to the _? (movie, movies)4) A goods train carries all kinds of things, except for _. (passengers, passenger)5) Tom hadnt had _ before he joined the army. (much education, many educations)6) I forgot both of the _

35、. (rooms numbers, room numbers)7) Beijing, the Capital of China, has_ now. (a large population, large populations) 8) To their great _, the roof of their house caught fire. (dismay, dismays)9) They have given us a lot of valuable _. (information, informations)5 Choose the correct answers to fill in

36、the blanks, paying attention to the number form of the nouns given in brackets.Backinformationbuttermuch doubtmoviespassengersmuch educationroom numbersa large populationdismay2021/8/6346 Correct the errors in the following sentences.All the news are interesting to us.2) We all like your ideas of us

37、ing the money to build a primary school.3) If he refuses to pay, I shall take measure against him.4) What a lovely hair you have!5) The Johnsons have just moved into a large house and are planning to buy many newfurnitures.6) Mary likes potato better than tomato.7) It was such long journey that we f

38、elt very tired when we arrived.All the news is interesting to us.We all like your idea of using the money to build a primary school.If he refuses to pay, I shall take measures against him.What lovely hair you have!The Johnsons have just moved into a large house and are planning to buy much new furni

39、ture.Mary likes potatoes better than tomatoes.It was such a long journey that we felt very tired when we arrived.2021/8/6358) My father never gave me many advices.9) Our school bought two pieces of equipments for the lab.10) In modern age, electronics have been developing very fast.11) He did too li

40、ttle preparations for his examination.12) There are a book, two pencils and three notebooks on the desk.13) Every means have been tried but without much success.14) Ten dollars are all that I can afford to pay for the recorder.BackMy father never gave me much advice.Our school bought two pieces of e

41、quipment for the lab.In modern age, electronics has been developing very fast.He did too little preparation for his examination.There is a book, two pencils and three notebooks on the desk.Every means has been tried but without much success.Ten dollars is all that I can afford to pay for the recorde

42、r.2021/8/636Ill have a cup of coffee and two pieces / slices of bread.The teacher asked us to take out one sheet / piece of paper for the quiz.He bought two bottles of beer and three bars of chocolate.Mathematics is the subject I feel most interested in.Thank you for the much advice youve given me.

43、/Thank you very much for the many suggestions youve given me.Failure is the mother of success.All the equipment in the factory is made in China.Sports are good for health.7 Translate the following sentences into English.Back我要一杯咖啡和两片面包。我要一杯咖啡和两片面包。2) 2) 老师让我们拿出一张纸考试。老师让我们拿出一张纸考试。3) 3) 他买了两瓶啤酒和三块巧克力。

44、他买了两瓶啤酒和三块巧克力。4) 4) 数学是我最感兴趣的课程。数学是我最感兴趣的课程。5) 5) 谢谢你给我很多建议。谢谢你给我很多建议。6) 6) 失败是成功之母。失败是成功之母。7) 7) 工厂里的所有设备都是中国制造的。工厂里的所有设备都是中国制造的。8) 8) 体育有益健康。体育有益健康。2021/8/6378 Write a short passage of about 100 words to tell a story or about an event related to the picture given below. Some useful words and phras

45、es are provided here to help you. You may start the passage with the sentence: Signs are marks, pictures or words on a board to draw attention, give warnings or direct somebody towards some place.2021/8/638 Signs are marks, pictures or words on a board to draw attention, give warnings or direct some

46、body towards some place. They are widely used in public places to provide people with all kinds of useful information. For instance, a Check In sign at an airport will lead you to the check-in counter. A Way Out sign at the subway tells you where you can get out. Wet Paint in a park warns you to kee

47、p away from a bench which is still wet with painting. Visiting Hours at the door of an office informs you that it is working time for the officers and clerks in this department. Of course, you will be happy to see the sign “Admission Free” at the gate of an exhibition hall.Key:Back2021/8/6392021/8/6

48、40 America is a nation on wheels. Americans use their cars even for very short distances such as going to the neighborhood store to buy some groceries. The average household owns two cars, trucks or sport vehicles and one in four owns three or more. Ninety percent of Americans drive to get where the

49、y need to go, reporting an average of 87 minutes a day behind the wheel. For car commuters, its an average of 100 minutes. Cities like Atlanta, San Bernardino and Riverside, Calif., have difficult commutes as the result of city sprawl. In Atlanta, 12.7% of commuters spend more than an hour getting t

50、o work, and in the “Inland Empire”, which includes San Bernardino and Riverside, 15% of commuters take more than an hour to get to the office.2021/8/641Back About a third can be classified as aggressive drivers. Six in ten concede they sometimes go well over the speed limit. Sixty-two percent occasi

51、onally get frustrated behind the wheel, more than four in ten get angry and two in ten sometimes boil into road rage. And nothing fuels driver anger like getting stuck in a traffic jam. Anyway, the road still offers more freedom than frustration. Three quarters of Americans say driving often gives t

52、hem a sense of independence, and nearly half say its often relaxing. Four in ten love their cars not just like them, but love them.2021/8/642 Most road signs you come across are straightforward. They tell you what to do, which direction to go in, where you are, etc., but occasionally (and usually un

53、intentionally), road signs can be funny! Taking pictures of funny road signs while traveling is a favorite pastime for many travelers. Weve all come across these gems: a miswritten translation; an unusual warning; or an illustration that just doesnt seem right. It might be an official highway sign o

54、r something written on a shop window. All are perfect for adding to your travel photo album and sharing with friends. And oftentimes, photographic evidence of such a sign not only makes a great souvenir, but also serves as proof for doubtful folks back home.2021/8/643 Herere a few funny road signs f

55、ound from various parts of the world theyre all real road signs. I hope you enjoy them and please feel free to add your own captions to the pictures. It seems that this is a real possibility around Irelands Dingle Peninsula. After all, the authorities put up a warning sign, picturing a car flying he

56、adfirst into the sea. And that sign, pictured against an actual cliff in the background, makes a great travel photo.bewareBack2021/8/6441 Explanation of Difficult Sentences(Para. 2) Taking pictures of funny road signs while traveling is a favorite pastime for many travelers.Analysis: The gerund phra

57、se beginning with taking is the subject of the sentence, in which while travelling (= while they are travelling) serves as the time adverbial of the verb taking.Translation:旅行过程中拍一些滑稽有趣的路牌对很多旅行者来说都是一大消遣乐事。Example: Looking elsewhere while talking to customers is not considered good manners.Back2021/8

58、/6451 Explanation of Difficult Sentences2. (Para. 2) All are perfect for adding to your travel photo album and sharing with friends.Analysis: For is a preposition, which takes two gerund phrases (adding, sharing) as its object.Translation:这些都完全适合添加进你的旅行相册中与朋友分享。Example: The song is perfect for singi

59、ng in the New Year celebration.Back2021/8/6463. (Para. 4) After all, the authorities put up a warning sign, picturing a car flying headfirst into the sea. Analysis: The noun sign has a present particle phrase as its post-modifier (picturing=which pictured) and the noun car also has a present particl

60、e phrase as its post-modifier (flying=that was flying).Translation: 毕竟，有关部门竖立了一块警示牌，上面画的是一辆轿车头朝下 飞入大海。Example: The artist showed us his new oil painting, depicting a pretty girl dancing in the garden.1 Explanation of Difficult SentencesBack2021/8/6474. (Para. 4) And that sign, pictured against an ac