大学英语泛读教程 unit3

Unit3

WhenTestsMakeYouNervousQuestionsfromUnit2Doyouhaveanyquestions?10minutesVocabulary–dictation(5’)ClassReportGroupActivity(10minutes):discusswithyourpartnerswhatyouhavereadinthepastweek.Eachhas3minutesatmost.ClassReport(5minutes):2studentswillbechosentospeaktothewholeclassReadingskillpractice:Readthefollowingpassagesanddiscusstheconnectionsbetween:1.thetitleandthepassages2.thetopicsentenceandthesupportingsentencesEnergyintheFuture

byTerryBell

Greatsourcesofenergyareneededifgovernmentswanttodevelopindustryandmakelifemorecomfortable.However,fuelswhichareusedtoproduceenergyatthemomentwillsoonrunout.Itseemscertainthatpeoplewillhavetodependonnuclearpowerasthesourceofenergy.Butalotofpeopledonotwantthisformofenergy;theythinkitisdangerousandsowouldlikesomeothersourceofpower.Manysuggestionshavebeenmade;someofthemarenotverypracticalbutotherscouldbeusedsuccessfully.

Peoplewhoareagainstnuclearpowerwouldratherusetheforcesofnature,forexamplethewind,thesea,theriversandthesun.Itisstrangetothinkthatthesesourcesofenergywereusedlongagoforwindmillsorforwatermillsbutthenwerealmostforgotten.Hydro-electricityisprobablythemostusedformofenergysuppliedbynature.Yetonlyasmallpartofthewaterenergywhichcouldbeusedisindeedused.IncountriessuchasBritain,America,CanadaandRussia,therearegreatpossibilitiesfordevelopinghydro-electricitybutonlyasmallnumberofgeneratorshavebeenbuilt.“WhenTestsMakeYouNervous”

Judgingfromthetopic,whatisTEXTIabout?TEXT1WhenTestsMakeYouNervousPre-readingQuestions1.whattypesoftestshaveyoutakenbefore?Listsomeoftheimportantones(seealsopage24).2.whypeoplegetnervouswhentakingtests?Whatwouldyoudoifyouwanttoconquerthenervousness?LanguagePointsP.1Gothrough:experienceanunpleasantordifficulttimeHewasgoingthroughaverydifficulttime.SouthAfricawasgoingthroughaperiodofirreversiblechange.P2Giveout:distributesth.amongagroupofpeople分发

~leafletsPassout:faint,collapseThrowup:vomit,feelsickP3.Youarenotalone:youarenottheonlyonedose:anamountofsth.(esp.alargeamount)TheWestisgettingaheavydoseofsnowandraintoday.Asmalldoseofanxiety格式:A+adj+dose+ofsth.(用于强调)Sharpandfocused:quicktoreact,purposeful;Symptoms:signsofillness;seeP.1Takeover:Ifonethingtakesoverfromsomethingelse,itbecomesmoreimportant,successful,orpowerfulthantheotherthing,andeventuallyreplacesit.

Carsgraduallytookoverfromhorses.

Whenthefinalvotecame,rationalitytookover.P.4Forgoodreason/fornoreason(atall)Tackle:dealwithThefirstreasontotackletheseproblemsistosavechildren'slives.Firemenlatertackledtheblaze.Get/haveahandleon

Ifyouhaveahandleonasubjectorproblem,youhaveawayofapproachingitthathelpsyoutounderstanditordealwithit.(INFORMAL)Whenyouhavegotahandleonyouranxietyyoucanbegintocontrolit.P.6Outlawv.:ban,forbidIn1975gamblingwasoutlawed.TheGermangovernmenthasoutlawedsomefascistgroups.theoutlawedpoliticalparties.P7Figureout:Ifyoufigureoutasolutiontoaproblemorthereasonforsomething,yousucceedinsolvingitorunderstandingit.(INFORMAL)

Ittookthemaboutonemonthtofigureouthowtostarttheequipment.

They'retryingtofigureoutthepoliticsofthiswholesituation.

Idon'thavetobeadetectivetofigurethatout.PHR-V=workout

Boost:boost

Ifonethingboostsanother,itcausesittoincrease,improve,orbemoresuccessful.

Itwantsthegovernmenttotakeactiontoboosttheeconomy.Weneedabigwintoboostourconfidence.

Dowhatyoucantogiveherconfidenceandboosthermorale.P9Positively/positive

Ifyouarepositiveaboutthings,youarehopefulandconfident,andthinkofthegoodaspectsofasituationratherthanthebadones.

Bepositiveaboutyourfutureandgetonwithlivinganormallife....apositiveframeofmind.

=optimistic*negative

Youreallymusttrytostartthinkingpositively.

P9