Readings of Unit 1-2

1、Readings of Unit 1学习目标： 1. 扩展知识面，提高阅读、分析能力 2. 扩大单词量，学会一些词组的用法  Reading of Unit 1 : Old phone , true friend. （旧手机，真朋友）  一. Key words and phrases （重点词汇） 1. mobile adj 可移动的 2. ashamed adj 惭愧的、害臊的 3. old - fashioned adj. 过时的、老式的 4. outdated adj 过时的 5. fashionable adj 时髦的、时尚的 6. actually adv. 实

2、际上 7. latest adj 最新的，最近的 8. embarrassed adj 尴尬的 9. main adj 主要的  1. on ones way to 在去的路上 2. be ashamed of 由于感到害臊 3. behind the times 过时的 4. at the time 当时 5. send fast messages / short messages 发短信 6. worst of all 最糟糕的是 7. make sb do sth 使某人做某事（如make people laugh） 8. status symbol 身份的象征 9. if o

3、r not 是否 10. spend on sth 在上花费（金钱或时间） 11. be with sb 与某人在一起 12. fit in with sb 与相处融洽  二. Questions before reading. （热身练习） 在我们阅读文章之前，课本中提出了几个问题，我们要唤起自己的背景知识，回答这些问题，这样也可以帮助我们对文章更好的理解。To answer these questions , we should use our background knowledge . Also , it can help us get a better under

4、standing of the text. For example , “How long has that model been around ? ” be around 意思是“在某领域或行业中，活跃而突出”。因此，这句话我们可以译成“这一款手机已经流行（或面市）了多久？” You can answer like that “It has been around for about half a year. ” 又如“What special things can it do ? ”他有什么特别的用途？ 现在的手机用途可谓多种多样，无所不能，所以也可以这样回答。 It can sing t

5、he songs , play cool tunes , send fast messages , surf the Internet , take photos , use as a recorder , and so on. 认真完成这些热身练习，可以帮助我们开动脑筋，为学习下面的文章做好充分的头脑、思维上的准备，提高学习效果。所以我们不应忽视。  三. Summarizing each paragraph. （总结每段的大意） 快速阅读文章，总结每段的大意，能够帮助我们的分析理解能力和归纳能力。正确的用自己的语言来概括每段的主要内容，一方面能够帮助我们看清楚文章的结构

6、和脉络，另一方面也可以锻炼我们使用语言的能力。这两方面都对我们提高写作能力有积极的作用。 请同学们写出每段的大意，只须每段一句话。 参考答案： Paragraph 1 : What phone you have says a lot about you. Paragraph 2 : I didnt use my phone much , except sending fast messages. Paragraph 3 : My phone is outdated now. Paragraph 4 : I dont need a new one. Paragraph 5 : The real

7、reason is that I like my old phone.  四. Key points of reading material. （重点分析） 1. While we were on our way to the restaurant , my mobile phone rang. 当我们去饭店的路上的时候，我的手机响了。 while引导了一个时间状语从句。while后面一般加一个时间段，既该动作或状态必须应持续一段时间。如we were on our way to the restaurant , “我们去饭店的路上”这一状况不可能瞬间发生就结束的，而一定会持续一段时

8、间，因此，可用while 引导。另外，while也可引导进行时态的句子。如： Somebody knocked at the door while we were having supper. 当我们正在吃晚饭的时候，有人敲门。  2. What phone you have says a lot about you to some people these days. 现在，你拥有什么样的手机会向别人透露许多你的信息。 句中What phone you have 是主语从句，意思是你拥有什么样的手机 又如：What you said made me terrified. 你说的话使

9、我感到恐惧。  3. times : 指时代、时势、境况，the times 指当代 eg. What wonderful times we live in ! 我们生活在多么了不起的时代啊！ in ancient times 在古代hard times 艰难时世  4. I was glad to be like my friends who all had mobile phones. 我非常高兴能像我那些有手机的朋友们一样。 like 介词，像一样 用于系动词后面 如be like. 又如look like 看起来像 The story sounds like a b

10、eautiful song. 这个故事听起来像一首优美的歌曲。 Who all had mobile phones 是定语从句，修饰先行词my friends. 意思是“我的那些有手机的朋友们。”  5. I often think my old phone will make people laugh. 我经常认为我的老手机会惹人笑话。 make people laugh 使人发笑 make 是使役动词，我们经常用make sb do sth . 使某人做某事 请注意make 后面直接加动词原形，而不能加不定式to . 又如：If you have the latest model

11、 , it can make you look good in front of your friends. 如果你有最新款的手机，它可以使你在朋友面前很有面子。 “make you look good”使你看起来很有面子。 类似的使役动词还有have , let 。 eg. The teacher had some students stay in the classroom after school. 放学后老师让一些学生仍留在教室里。 If you have a new idea , please let me know. 如果你有了新主意，请让我知道。  6. Why do

12、I spend money on a new model when I wont use everything it has and I wouldnt even know how to anyway ? 当我不可能使用新手机的每一项功能，甚至我也不知道怎么（使用）的时候，我为什么要花钱买个新手机呢？ 这是一句含有否定意义的疑问句，意在表达“我不想买新手机”。when 引导了两个并列的时间状语从句，中间用and连接。  7. Giving it up would be like saying goodbye to an old friend just because he

13、or she doesnt fit in with my new , fashionable friends. 放弃（我的旧手机）就象是跟我的老朋友说再见，仅仅是因为他或她和我的新朋友，时髦的朋友不相衬了一样。 在这一句中， giving it up 是动名词短语做主语。 fit in （with sb）意思是与相处融洽，与相配 本句比较复杂，要求能读懂大意即可。  五. Culture Note （文化背景） For many people , having a mobile phone is a status symbol . They like to show others t

14、hat they have one and use it often . But mobile phones can be very annoying for other people in many situations . When you are with someone else in a social or business context , you should not answer the phone unless you are expecting an important call . Otherwise , you are saying

15、60;that the person you are with is not as important as other people. 对于许多人来讲，拥有手机是身份的象征。他们乐于在人前，展示并经常使用它。但有一些场合，手机会使其他人感到心烦。当你在公众场合或商业场合中，与其他人在一起时，不应该接电话，除非你是在等一个重要的电话。否则，你的举动就等于表示和你在一起的那个人并没有其他人那样重要。造成不好的影响。 对于中学生而言，也容易引起攀比，虚荣的风气。有手机有利有弊。 Reading of Unit 2 : E-mail English （E-mail英语）一. Key words an

16、d phrases （重点词汇） 1. save v. 节省 节约 2. chat line n. 热线交谈服务 3. mostly adv. 几乎全部地，主要地 4. acronym n. 首字母缩拼词，首字母组合词 5. homophone n. 同音异义词 6. emotive n. 表情符号 7. mark n. 符号，记号 8. indicate v. 标示，指示 9. expression n. 表情，表达，措辞 10. comprehend v. 理解、领会 11. describe v. 描绘、描述 Phrases : 1. be made up of 由组成 2. sound

17、 like 听起来像 3. take sb to do sth 花费某人（多长时间）去做某事 4. cant stop doing sth 禁不住做某事 5. instead of 代替，而不是 6. make faces 做鬼脸 7. consist of 由组成，由构成 8. come from 来自于出自于 9. stand for 代表 代替 10. face to face 面对面 11. such as 例如  二. Warming - up （热身练习） E-mail English ，这篇文章相当富有时代感，因为e-mail英语是近年来随着因特网的飞速传播而迅速发展起

18、来的新兴变化。事实上就是使用首字母组合词，或同音异义词及一些象形符号等使得语言的键盘输入更加迅速，看起来，有时会一头雾水，读起来，渐渐体会个中滋味。请看下面的例子： BTW by the way F2F Face to face OICOh , I see ! CUSee you . How RuHow are you ! GR 8 Great ! 试着翻译下面这两个句子：（请译成正常的规范的英文） 1. Hi , how RU ? Lets meet 4 dinner and then C a movie 2night . 2. Good idea . BTW , Im at school

19、until 5 : 30 Cu ! :-） 译文： 1. Hi , how are you ? Lets meet for dinner and then see a movie tonight. 2. Good idea , By the way . Im at school until 5:30 . See you ! （Happy face） 有些人喜欢在网上使用它，因为它能使沟通更加迅速；有的人则非常反对，因为它看起来怪里怪气，不熟悉的人根本看不明白。做为教师们来说，多数老师都认为学生应该掌握规范的英语才好，但是我们不妨了解e-mail English 的一些简单规律，也做为我们增长见

20、识的一个方面。  三. Main ideas of each paragraph. （段落大意） Paragraph 1 : Where e-mail English comes from. Paragraph 2 : How new e-mail words are made. Paragraph 3 : E-mail words that save space. Paragraph 4 : Using sounds in new e-mail words. Paragraph 5 : Using faces in e-mail English 3. Paragraph 6 : T

21、eachers and e-mail English .  四. Key Points （重点分析） 1. E-mail English is a new kind of English that many people use to save time . E-mail 英语是一种新兴的，许多人用来节省时间的英语。 that many people use to save time 是定语从句，用来修饰先行词，new kind of English . 注意use to 和used to 的区别 二者后面都加动词原形，但意义大不相同。    save

22、time 节省时间 save space 节省空间 save money 则是攒钱的意思  2. The first kind is made up of the first letters of other words. These are called acronyms. 第一种是由单词的首字母组合而成，被称为首字母组合词。在这两个句子中，is made up of , are  called 都涉及到了一个重要的语法现象，被动语态结构：“be +动词的过去分词” 在英语中，有主动和被动两种语态。主动语态表示主语是动作的执行者，被动语态表示主语是动作的承受者。 如： 试

23、对比： He wrote the letter . 他写了信（写信的动作是由主语他发出的）为主动语态。 The letter was written by him. 那封信是他写的。 （主语“信”是动作的承受者，是被动语态。） eg. 1. These are called acronyms. 这些被称做首字母组合词。 eg2. His bike has been stolen. 他的自行车被人偷走了。 关于被动语态的详细内容将在第三单元讲解。  3. mostly adv. 大多数地，大部分，主要地（= almost all , generally 几乎全部、大多） eg. I s

24、pend my free time mostly watching TV . 我闲暇时大多在看电视。 eg. There are only 7 girls in our PE class , so the class is mostly boys. 在我们体育班仅有7个女孩，因此这个班大多数是男生。  4. Other acronyms are F2F which stands for face to face , CSL for cant stop laughing and  , 其他的首字母缩写词有F2F 代表face to face. CSL代表cant stop l

25、aughing 以及。 which 引导了定语从句修饰先行词F2F. stand for 表示代表 为的缩写 eg. U.S.A stands for United States of America.  5. look like 看起来像 sound like 听起来像  6. For example , 8 sounds like -eat in great , so to save time , people write gr8. 比如，8听起来像great 中eat eit的发音，因此为了节省时间，人们就写成了gr8来代表great。 to save time 为了

26、节省时间，动词不定式做目的状语。  7. Other punctuation marks , such as commas , help add other parts of the face and indicate different expressions. 其它的标点符号，比如说逗号，可以放在这张鬼脸的其他部位，显示出不同的表情。 such as 比如说，例如。  8. Your best friend will probably understand it ,but your parents and teachers might not. 你最好的朋友可

27、能会明白（短信的内容），但是你的父母和老师可能就不懂。  9. Its not just because they cant comprehend what it means. 这不仅仅是因为他们不明白（短信）的含义。 what it means 是宾语从句，做动词comprehend 的宾语。 意思是“短信的意思是什么”。  五. Culture Note（文化背景） Whats the difference between an e-mail and a letter ? E-mails are a fast and easy way of contactin

28、g friends , family and business associates , but fast is not always best . For formal situations , such as notices about births , deaths and marriages , its still preferable to send e-mail . In business , its best to reply in the way you have been contacted ; if you have been sent a l

29、etter , sent a letter back . Also , be careful what you write in an e-mail . Often people do not check , their ideas , spelling and grammar and may look foolish to whoever reads the message. 电子邮件和信的区别是什么呢？电子邮件是与朋友亲朋、商业往来联系的既方便又快捷的方式，但是快并不一定就是最好的。在一些重要正式的场合，比如说出生通知，死亡、婚礼的消息，仍然可以用电子邮件来传递。在商业

30、往来中，最好的答复方式就是你一直用的方式。如果你收到了一封信，就可以发一封信做为回复。而且，你写电子邮件的时候也要小心仔细。人们通常不检查他们的大意、拼写和语法，结果别人读起来则觉得乱七八糟的。  【模拟试题】 一. 翻译下列词组 1. 由于感到害臊_ 2. 过时的_ 3. 发短信_ 4. 最糟糕的是_ 5. 身份的象征 6. 与某人在一起_ 7. 听起来像_ 8. 禁不住做某事_ 9. 代表、代替_ 10. 面对面_ 11. 例如_ 12. 做鬼脸_  二. 搭配单词和英文注解 1. symbola. not modern 2. comprehendb. sending

31、text messages with a mobile phone 3. SMSc. words that only some people understand 4. ashamedd. understand 5. secret codee. feeling embarrased about something 6. behind the timesf. a picture that means something  三. Since mobile phones are more and more popular , many teenagers have their own ph

32、ones . But do you know the advantages and disadvantages of mobile phones ? Put the following sentences in the right places , please . （请将句子代号填入表格的横线上） 1. You can make a call anywhere. 2. Mobile phones can make a lot of noise , especially in a class , or at a meeting . 3. It can be used as a not

33、ebook because it can keep many phone numbers. 4. It harms peoples physical health. 5. You can take photos with it and then send them to your friends or relatives. 6. You can send fast messages and it costs less than making phone calls. 7. Its easy to be robbed. 8. Its dangerous to receive a call whi

34、le riding and driving.  AdvantagesDisadvantages_ _ _ _ _ _ _四. 阅读理解：A: Cats Have Nine Lives There is a saying that cats have nine lives . A recent study examined why . Scientists  carried out a study of cats which had fallen out of windows of buildings . Nine out of ten  remained aliv

35、e after a fall of two storeys or more . One cat which fell from the 32nd floor of  a building only broke a tooth . Interestingly , the cats were in greatest danger of being  killed if they fell from the seventh floor . Falling from either a lesser or greater height  gave them a better

36、 chance of survival （生存）. Damage （损伤）to a body depends on how fast it hits the ground , which in turn depends on  how far it has fallen . But its not quite that simple because , as an object falls through  the air , the air holds it back and slows the object down . After a while the object

37、 stops  accelerating （加速）and continues at a fixed speed . This is the terminal （临界）speed .  Bulky （庞大的）things have a lower terminal speed because there is a larger area for the air to push up on . Heavy things have a higher terminal speed because they push down harder against the

38、 air . Cats have a lower terminal speed than falling people , for example , because they are quite bulky and not very heavy so that they hit the ground more slowly and are less likely to be hurt. Then what does the seventh floor matter ? This is the distance cats take to reach their 

39、terminal speed . After the seventh floor , they may relax and spread out their legs like a  flying squirrel and change their falling position so that they may land on their feet . This  would slow them down and allow their muscles to reduce the force of impact （冲击），and thus reduce the

40、 damage. 1. The scientists came to a conclusion that a fall from the _ floor was most likely to kill a cat. A. sixthB. eighth C. 33rdD. seventh 2. A falling cat has a lower terminal speed than a falling man because it is _. A. bigger but heavier B. bigger and stronger C. lighter but relatively

41、bigger D. smaller and lighter 3. A fall from higher than a seventh floor allows the falling cat _. A. to have time to reduce its falling speed B. to relax and spread out its legs and to land on a safer position C. to reach the ground softly on its back D. to fall slower than from the sixth floor 4.

42、Which of the following pictures best shows the usual sight of a cat falling from the eighth floor shortly before it hits the ground ?    5. Do cats really have nine lives ? A. Yes , they do. B. No , they dont. C. Yes , it does. D. No , it doesnt.  B. The Cats : First Eat , T

43、hen Wash There is a story which tells how Man wanted to build a house . First he asked Dog to help him . Dog was not interested and said he wouldnt . Then Man asked Cat. Cat was pleased to help . When the house was finished , Cat was told to sleep inside by the fire . As for Dog , Man told him he would have to sleep out of doors . That is why dogs often sleep outside , but cats seldom do. Do you know