大学英语三级第一单元

Ethnic

IdentityNewEraInteractiveEnglish

Book3Unit1大连东软信息学院TeachingObjectives:Reading—recognizeclassificationwords

Writing—writeaccordingtothebasicstructureofessaysTranslating—translateaccordingtodifferenttypesoftextsEthnicIdentityReading1Warm-updiscussionHowmanyethnicgroupsarethereinChina?Canyounamesome?Whichethnicgroupdoyoubelongto?Whichethnicgroupsareyoumostinterestedin?Howcanyoudistinguishpeopleofoneethnicgroupfromanother?Section1(para.1)Combinationsofethnicboundarymarkersareusedtodistinguishoneethnicgroupfromanother.Section2.(para.2)Nativelanguagefrequentlyservesasanethnicboundarymarker.Section3.(para.3)Inmanycases,religiousdifferencesmaybethemostimportantmarkerofethnicidentity.Section4.(para.4)Itiscommontoidentifyethnicgroupsbytheirphysicalcharacteristics.Section5(para.5)Culturetraitsremainthemostimportant,diverse,andcomplexcategoryofethnicboundarymarkers.Section6(para.6)Onspecialoccasions,manypeopleemphasizetheirethnicidentitybywearingethnicclothes.wordsandexpressions

Boundaryn.界线;边界;境界;范围Theriveristheboundarybetweenthetwocountries.这条河是两国的界河。Scienceadvancestheboundariesofknowledge.科学扩展了知识的范围。boundary,border,frontier,limitThesenounsalldenotealineoranareaseparatingonepieceofterritoryfromanother.所有这些名词都指分隔一地域与另一地域的线或地区。1)boundaryisalimitingline:boundary是限制线：Astonewallmarkedtheboundarybetweenthetwofarms.2)borderisalinethatseparatespoliticalentities:Border是将政治实体分离的界限：Customsofficersinspectedourluggagewhenwecrossedtheborder.当我们过境时海关官员检查了我们的行李。3)Frontierdenotesthepartofacountrythatfacestowardorfrontsanadjoiningcountry:Frontier意指一国中朝向或面对邻国的部分：“thatlong[Canadian]frontierfromtheAtlantictothePacificOceans,guardedonlybyneighborlyrespectandhonorableobligations”“那条自大西洋至太平洋的长边界线，仅出于邻国的尊敬和高尚义务守护着”（温斯顿·S·丘吉尔）。4)Limitdenotesaboundarythatsurroundsanarea:Limit意指包围一地区的界线：Carscannotexceed35milesperhourwithincitylimits.在市区线以内车速不能超过每小时35英里

Overt:a.openandobservablee.g.overthostilityovertintelligencegatheringDenotevt.Tomark;indicatee.g.Aflashingyellowlightdenotescaution.Grantvt.Toconsenttothefulfillmentof:同意：同意对…的满足：grantarequest.同意要求Toaccordasafavor,prerogative,orprivilege:授予：把…作为帮助，特权或权利而给予：grantedthefranchisetoallcitizens.给予所有公民选举权Tobestow;confer:赠予；提供：grantaid.给予帮助Toconcede;acknowledge:承认；知道：

Igrantthegeniusofyourplan,butyoustillwillnotfindbackers.我承认你的计划有创意，但你还是不会找到支持者习惯用语takeitforgranted认为…理所当然grant(ing)that...(=grantedthat...)假定...,即使...Distinguish

vt.&vi.Toperceiveasbeingdifferentordistinct(常与from,between连用.)Canyoudistinguishbetweenthosetwoobjects?Speechesdistinguishesmanfromtheanimals.你能区分不同的乐器吗?Canyoudistinguishthedifferentmusicalinstruments?Correspondvi.通信（with）

相当于；等于；相关（to）

【数】对应；与...一致；符合（to，with）correspondwithsb.与某人通信TheAmericanCongresscorrespondstotheBritishParliament.美国国会相当于英国议会。Hisactionsdonotcorrespondwithhiswords.他言行不一。Inassociationwithe.g.Ilearnedfrommyassociationwiththem.Readily:ad.Promptly,willingly,easilye.g.1)Icanreadilybelievethatsheislazyathome---sheisverylazyatschool.2)whereverhegoes