卓越英语Unit 5

1、HighlightsSection A Listening123Section B SpeakingSection C ReadingTopic IntroductionWarm-up ActivitiesPronunciation GuideDialoguesSentencesSection A Listening目标目标 能够听懂表达喜好和厌恶的相关用语。能够听懂表达喜好和厌恶的相关用语。Likesand Dislikes 日常生活中我们经常会谈论自己在电影、音乐、时尚等各方面的喜好与厌恶。谈论喜欢的事物时，可以使用enjoy, like, love, be fond of, be kee

2、n on等表达不同的喜爱程度。谈论不喜欢的事物时，要注意表达的方式，以免冒犯他人，如“憎恨 (detest)”、“不能忍受 (I cant stand)”等表示极端厌恶的词语会让人感到不舒服，可采用“恐怕我不喜欢 (Im afraid I dont like)”之类较委婉的表达。了解了有关好恶的不同表达方式后，就可以畅所欲言地谈论自己的好恶了。Topic IntroductionBackWarm-up ActivitiesThe following table is a survey of likes and dislikes. Pick out the expressions accordi

3、ng to your own experiences.BackGroup 1 /a/ and /:/1. Strike while the _ (/a/, /:/) is hot.2. First impressions are _ (/a/, /:/) the battle.3. Great _ (/a/, /:/) think alike.4. Time _ (/a/, /:/) cannot be called back again.5. A still tongue makes a _ (/a/, /:/) head.Pronunciation GuideBackKey 1. iron

4、 /a/ 2. half /:/ 3. minds /a/ 4. past /:/ 5. wise /a/Group 2 /a/ and /1. _ (/a/, /) is as _ (/a/, /) does.2. We surely shall see the sun _ (/a/, /) soon.3. Tit for _ (/a/, /) is fair play.4. Time and _ (/a/, /) wait for no man.5. You may know by a handful the whole _ (/a/, /).Pronunciation GuideBack

5、Key 1. Handsome /, handsome / 2. shine /a/ 3. tat / 4. tide /a/ 5. sack /Pronunciation Guide 三者都是元音，都具有元音的基本发音特点，即气流不受阻碍，声带振动，发音响亮。 /a/是合口双元音。发音时先发第一个单元音，然后自然滑向第二个单元音。 /:/与/是单元音。其中，/:/是后元音，发音时舌身压低并后缩，后舌稍隆起，舌尖不抵下齿龈；而/是前元音，发音时舌前部稍抬高，舌尖抵下齿龈。/a/, /:/, / 的发音对比的发音对比相同点：相同点：不同点不同点：BackSentencesBackKeyScrip

6、t1. Are you fond of music?C. Yes, I am.2. Why dont you like him?A. I cant stand his rudeness.3. Dont you like meeting people?B. No, I dont.4. How do you feel about snakes?C. I really hate them.5. Do you go for this painting?B. Sure. I dont think Ive seen anything I like better.DialoguesNew Words fav

7、orite adj. 最喜欢的 stand vt. 忍受 oppressive adj. 闷热的 Performance n. 表演 Beijing Opera 京剧 national adj. 国家的BackDialoguesKeyScriptListen to the dialogues twice and choose the best answer to each question from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.Listen to the dialogues for the third time and fill in the b

8、lanks. 1. C 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. D. 1. spare time 2. prefer 3. Terrible 4. dont think, better 5. worth seeing BackDialoguesDialogue 1W: What do you usually do in your spare time?M: Listening to music. How about you?W: I am interested in reading and doing sports games.Q: What are they talking about?Dial

9、ogue 2W: How do you like your coffee? M: With milk but without sugar, please. I prefer coffee with milk.W: Is coffee your favorite drink?M: No, I like tea best.Q: What is the mans favorite drink?BackDialoguesDialogue 3W: How do you like the weather here?M: Oh, God! I cant stand the strong wind in sp

10、ring.W: What about the weather in summer?M: Its hot and oppressive. Terrible, isnt it?Q: How does the man like the weather in summer?Dialogue 4W: Whats on television tonight?M: Theres a good movie on after the evening news, but Ive seen it before.W: Oh, what do you think of it?M: Great! I dont think

11、 Ive seen any movie better.Q: What does the man think of the movie?BackDialoguesDialogue 5W: Would you like to enjoy a performance of Beijing Opera tonight, John?M: Beijing Opera? Can you tell me more about it?W: Yes. It is the national opera of China. Its really worth seeing.M: OK, lets go to enjoy

12、 it. Q: Which of the following is true about John?BackNew Words inherit vt. 继承 behave vi. 表现 peculiar adj. 怪异的 raw adj. 生的 insist vt. & vi. 坚持 inheritance n. 遗产PassageBackPassage Listen to the passage for the first time and answer the following questions. Listen to the passage for the second tim

13、e and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Listen to the passage for the third time and fill in the blanks.KeyScriptBackPassage Everybody in the world is different from everybody else. No two people, anywhere, are exactly alike and no two people share exactly the same l

14、ikes and dislikes. Here is a story about a man who just inherited one million dollars. But he behaves very strangely. What others like, he dislikes, and what most people enjoy, he doesnt care for. Even his taste in food is peculiar. He likes drinking warm beer and cold tea, eating raw eggs and cant

15、stand fresh fruit. Last week his uncle died and left him one million dollars. In his will, the old man insisted that the nephew spend half of the inheritance within the next five years. If he didnt, the money would be given to a university. Everybody is anxious to know what the nephew will do. You s

16、ee, he likes to buy things, but he hates to spend money.BackPassageBackKeyI. 1. Its about a man whose behavior is very strange. 2. One million dollars.II. 1. T 2. T 3. FIII. 1. is different from 2. care for 3. be given to 4. to buy, to spend学习有关喜好和厌恶的英语表达，并能灵活运用学习有关喜好和厌恶的英语表达，并能灵活运用于日常会话。于日常会话。目标目标S

17、ection B SpeakingSituational Dialogues EasyLearningNew Words and PhrasesSituational Dialoguesband n. 乐队rock music 摇滚乐recording studio 录音室nuts adj. 发疯的work up 引起，激发enthusiasm n. 热情rap n. 说唱音乐New Age 新世纪音乐instrument n. 乐器bass n. 低音电吉他you bet 当然jogging n. 慢跑锻炼adore vt. 热爱fit adj. 健康的air-conditioned adj

18、.装有空气调节设备的Dialogue 1BackSituational Dialogues1. Oh, it drives me nuts! 啊，它吵得我快发疯了！2. And I cant work up any enthusiasm for rap. 我对说唱音乐毫无热情。NotesBackSituational Dialogues(M=Mark, L=Laura)M: Laura, what did you do last night?L : I went to a concert. I like listening to music very much.M: Are you fond

19、of rock music?L : Rock music? Oh, it drives me nuts! I cant work up any enthusiasm for it. But I love rap music very much.M: Can you play some instruments?L : Yes, but I can only play the piano.M: When did you begin to learn playing it?ActivitiesBackSituational DialoguesL : At the age of six indeed.

20、 From then on, I almost practice it for a long time every day.M: Oh, you must be quite good at it.L : Yes. Theres nothing I enjoy more than playing the piano.ActivitiesBackSituational DialoguesNotesI am very fond of listening to different birds sing, watching them fly and studying how they behave. 我

21、非常喜欢听各种各样的鸟的鸣叫声，观察它们飞翔的样子，研究它们的一举一动。Nothings more relaxing than watching TV in my airconditioned room. 没有任何事情比待在自己的空调屋里看 电视更令人放松了。Dialogue 2BackActivitiesSituational Dialogues(C=Chen, S=Sue)C: Hi, Sue! Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?S: Id like that very much. Thank you!C: Do you fancy

22、 pizza? I love it very much. What about going to the newly opened Italian restaurant?S: Well, I am not very fond of pizza. I like Sichuan food best.C: The Italian restaurant is so beautiful and comfortable. IBackActivitiesSituational Dialogues bet youll adore it. And the pizza is very delicious. You

23、ll be keen on it, Im sure.S: Nothings more relaxing than having dinner with a good friend. Lets go there!C: Thats great!BackEasy Learning 【情景】： 主人Jon让猫Garfield抓耗子Louis，Garfield却和Louis达成君子协议，让Louis好好听它的话。 KeyBackEasy LearningKeyKey1. so little 2. Im full3. anymore 4. hear me 5. couldnt help 6. get 7.

24、 trying to 8. as long as 9. lost 10. CoolBackSection C ReadingThe Choice Is YoursIntensive Reading Warm-upText study ExerciseIntensive ReadingBackIntensive ReadingThe following table is some information about Nokia phones. Suppose you are going to buy a phone, decide on the detailed items of it.Warm

25、-up ActivitiesBackIntensive ReadingDiscuss the following question with your partners.When shopping, do you prefer a small number or a large number of the types of goods?Is it difficult for you to make a choice when shopping? Why or why not?III. Describe a product to your partners and ask them to gue

26、ss what it is. Your description should be brief and clear.BackIntensive Reading1 “Would you go to the supermarket, darling,” my wife asks, “and get some butter? Nothing special; just for baking.” A short time later, Im standing at the butter section and reminded of the story of the hungry donkey sta

27、nding in front of two piles of hay. It looks from one to the other, but cannot decide which pile to eat first. The donkey finds it so hard to choose that it drops dead from hunger before touching the food.2 So here I am, like the donkey, trying to choose between low-fat butter, sweet butter, mildly

28、sour butter, easy-to-spread butter, original Irish butter and butter with herbs.VocabularyStructureBackNotesIntensive Reading3 The last time I bought butter was sometime in the early 1980s. Shopping was certainly simpler back then. You could buy what you wanted from a small selection. Today, consume

29、rs are faced with dozens of products that look more or less the same.4 Want to buy an iPod? Apple offers nearly 30 models, from 512 MB to 60 GB, before youve even decided on a color. Then, of course, theres the cost-benefit analysis. For more confusion, ask a shop assistant.VocabularyStructureBackNo

30、tesIntensive Reading5 “Spoilt for choice” is the English expression that describes the dilemma facing todays consumers. Shopping has become an activity in which it is no longer possible to make intelligent informed decisions. This problem is not limited to fast-moving consumer products. It touches e

31、very aspect of our lives. Which university degree? Which job? Which holiday? Which investment or insurance? Which partner? Cosmetic surgery even offers: which face? And the Internet: which identity?6 Choice is a key aspect of modern society, but too much choice is not necessarily a good thing. Take

32、a study carried out several years ago in the United States. Shoppers in a mall wereVocabularyStructureBackNotesIntensive Reading offered 24 different kinds of jam to try for free. Many people stopped to taste them, but hardly anyone bought any jam. Later, the number of products was reduced to six. T

33、his time, fewer people stopped, but ten times as much jam was sold. This result seems hard to believe, but practice shows that people are more comfortable if the number of choices is limited.7 Remember that for many of the situations we face, the simplest and quickest choice is often the best. Life

34、is too short for anything else.VocabularyStructureBackNotesIntensive Reading Para. 1Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6Facing a wide variety of commodities, consumers today have difficulty making a purchasing choice.The problem of “spoilt for choice” touches every aspect of our lives.Take a study for example to

35、 show too much choice is not necessarily a good thing. Para. 7Make a conclusion: the simplest and quickest choice is often the best.TextVocabularyNotesdarling n. 亲爱的，宝贝baking n. 烤制，烘焙 adj. 灼热的，炽热的section n. 部门，部分；部件remind vt. 提醒，使想起remind sb. to do sth. 提醒某人做某事remind sb. of sth. 使某人想起某事donkey n. 驴In

36、tensive ReadingTextStructureNew WordsBackNoteshay n. 草料，干草make hay while the sun shines 趁有太阳时晒干草，抓紧时机，打铁趁热pile n. 堆；摞，垛pile vt. 堆放pile up 堆积mildly adv. 轻微地，稍微地spread vt. & vi. 涂；传播 n. 传播，扩展spread the word 散布消息 Intensive ReadingTextStructureBackNotesoriginal adj. 原来的，起初的；独创的herb n. 香草，药草selection

37、 n. 可供选择的事物；挑选，选拔select vt. 挑选，选择consumer n. 消费者consume vt. 消耗，耗费 (燃料、能量、时间等)product n. 产品；产物benefit n. 益处 vt. 使受益 vi. 得益于for ones benefit 为帮助某人，为某人的利益benefit from 从中获益Intensive ReadingTextStructureBackNotesanalysis n. 分析，分析结果analyse vt. 分析confusion n. 困惑，不确定；混淆confuse vt. 使糊涂，使迷惑spoilt adj. 宠坏的，娇惯坏

38、的expression n. 词语，措辞；表情dilemma n. 困境，窘境be in a dilemma 处于进退两难activity n. 活动intelligent adj. 有才智的，聪明的Intensive ReadingTextStructureNotesinform vt. 知会，通知inform sb. about/of sth. 通知某人某事limit vt. 限制，限定 n. 限度aspect n. 方面investment n. 投资；投资额invest vt. 投资invest (sth.) (in/on sth.) (把资金) 投入insurance n. 保险；保

39、险费cosmetic adj. 整容的 n. 化妆品Intensive ReadingTextStructureBackNotessurgery n. 外科手术identity n. 身份necessarily adv. 必然地，不可避免地necessary adj. 必然的，无法避免的mall n. 大型购物中心reduce vt. 减少，缩小Intensive ReadingTextStructureBackNotesmore or less 几乎，差不多；大约decide on 决定，选定carry out 完成；履行，实施for free 免费Intensive ReadingText

40、StructurePhrases and ExpressionsBackNotesIntensive ReadingTextStructureVocabulary 1. A short time later, Im standing at the butter section and reminded of the story of the hungry donkey standing in front of two piles of hay. 片刻后，我站在了超市的黄油区，想起了一头驴站在两堆干草前的故事。 现在分词短语standing in front of two piles of ha

41、y在句中做后置定语，修饰donkey。现在分词做定语表示正在进行或主动的动作，也可说明被修饰词的性质和特征。被修饰词与现在分词之间有逻辑上的主谓关系。 e.g. 1) He saw a flying bird and raised his bow. 他看见一只飞鸟，举起了弓箭。 2) The American president visiting China now will return on Saturday. 正在访问中国的美国总统将于周六回国。BackIntensive ReadingTextStructureVocabulary 2. The donkey finds it so hard to choose that it drops dead from hunger before touching the food. 这头驴实在拿不定主意，最后一口草也没碰，倒在地上饿死了。 句中it做find的形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的动词不定式to choose。当不定式、动名词或从句在复合宾语结构中做某些动