大学英语精读预备级unit2

Afather,aSonandanAnswerBobGreeneUnit2Parents父与子WhenisFather’sDay?

AndhowaboutMother’sDay?theoriginofFather'sDayFather'sDayisayearofspecialthankstothefatherofthefestival,fromtheUnitedStates,aboutstartedinearlytwentiethCentury.Father'sDaydateforeachcountryaredifferent,therearevariouswaystocelebrate,mostofthemwithgifts,familygatheringsoractivities.Theworldhas52countriesandareaisonthethirdSundayofeveryJunetocelebratefather'sday.明星父子怎样和老爸融洽相处在家的时候你和老爸之间经常有战争爆发吗？你们已经形成一山不容二虎的可怕局面了么？不要怕，下面来教你怎样和各色星座老爸融洽相处，摸透了老爸脾气化解你们之间的冰山就容易多啦！AbouttheauthorBobGreeneBobGreene(bornMarch10,1947)isanAmericanjournalist,bestknownasanaward-winningcolumnistfortheChicagoTribunenewspaper,whereheworkedfor24years.GreenehaswrittenbooksonsubjectsvaryingfromMichaelJordan,tosmalltown,toU.S.presidents.HisHangTime:DaysandDreamswithMichaelJordanbecameabestseller.

Greenehastwochildren,NickandAmanda,froma31-yearmarriagewithSusanKoebelGreene.Hewasoftenderidedbycriticsforhiscontinueduseofahelmet-liketoupee.Warm-up:1.Canyoudescribeyourparentsinafewsimplewords?whatisyourdeepestimpressionofyourparents?2.Whatdoyouenjoydoingmostwhenyouarewithyourparents?3.Whatisanidealparentlikeinyoureyes?4.Istheregenerationgapbetweenyouandyourparents?howdoyoudealwiththisproblem?Differencesinideasstylesandattitudebetweenolderandyoungerpeople5.Whattypeisthetext?A.narration记叙文B.exposition说明文C.description描述文D.argumentation议论文6.Canyoudescribethefatherandson?Both:black,happy,wearinginexpensiveclothesThefather:patientcaringTheboy:delightfunpleasedexcitinglaugherPartdivisionofthetext:partsparagraphsmainideas11-11Afatherandhissonrideanairportshuttletrainforfun.212-14Insteadofgivingkidsluxuriousthings,thefatherandthesonmaketherideexcitingbysharingeachother’scompany.315-17Theanswertomanytroublesisthatparentsshouldcarefortheirkidsanddevoteandeffortstostayintheircompany.Wordstolearn

1.terminal：n航站楼；（火车、公共汽车、轮船等的）终点站；计算机终端

2.board：v上（船，飞机、公共汽车等）e.g.boardatrain上火车onboard上船①Pleaseboardtheplaneimmediately.Phrase：boardinggate登机口3.backandforth来来往往的，前后，来回地e.g.Hewalkedbackandforth,lookingworried.

他来回走着,看起来忧心忡忡4.holdonto抓住，不放手，不放弃。

eg.Youshouldholdontothisopportunity.5.track：n（火车等的）轨道e.g.①asingletrack单轨

②adoubletrack双轨

③Thetrainleftthetrack。火车出轨了。6.pure：a纯粹的，完全的，纯净的e.g.①purecotton纯棉的

②puregold纯金的

③purewhite纯白的7.delight：n欣喜，高兴，愉快

e.g.Toourgreatdelight，thedayturnedout(tobe)fine。toone’sdelight…使…感到高兴的是8.supposev认定，假定e.g.①Supposeyouhadamillionpounds-howwouldyouspendit？Phrase：besupposedto=should①理应，应该

Teachersaresupposedtoknowalot。②【用于否定句】Youarenot

supposedtosmokeinhere。9.racialadj种族的

Eg.①racialconflict种族冲突

②racialdiscrimination种族歧视。

racialistn.种族主义者racialismn.种族主义10.distinctionn.区别，差别对比

difference

Eg.TellthedifferencebetweenAandB11.inexpensivea.不贵的，价廉的

→反义词.expensive.12.betv.打赌赌博

Ibet(我敢打赌，我确信)=IamcertainPhrase：betonsthEg.Hespendsallhismoneybettingonhorses.他把所有的钱用在赌马上.13.stretchv.拉长撑大，伸展，拽紧（某物）Eg.①stretcharope拽紧绳子stretchone’sneck某人伸长脖子14.headfor……向（某处）行进eg.Theboatwasheadingforsomerocks.那船正驶向一些礁石15.ridev.乘坐车辆或者其他陆上交通工具（骑马，骑自行车）rideabike骑自行车16.shuttle.n

(火车、公共汽车等)短距离的区间车，定时往返两地的运输（工具）17.pretend.V.佯装，伪装pretendtodo/pretendthat从句Eg.①她假装很忙。

Shepretendstobebusy.②这个男孩假装生病了。Theboypretendedthathewasill.18.annoyv.使……烦恼，使……生气19.rottena.腐烂的.变质的Thewoodwassorottenthatyoucouldeasilybreakit.木头已经朽了，你可以轻松地打碎。20.replyn.回答,回复

Eg.①makeareply作答.replyV.回复

eg.pleasereplymesoon.请快速回复我。21.destination.n.目的地eg.①Tokyowasourfinaldestination东京是我们的最终目的地.22.sharecompany在一起,陪伴,伴随

share：v分享，分配，共有Eg.Childrenshouldbetaughttosharetheirtoys.应该教育孩子们分享玩具。23..trouble

n．麻烦.困难

eg.whatisyourtrouble?24.takeover接管

eg.Whenhegraudated,hetookoverhisfather’scompany.他毕业后接管他爸爸的公司。25.increase（1）n．增加，增大，增多，增加的量Eg.Wecanincreaseourknowledgebytravelling.旅游可以增加我们的知识。26.badlanguage粗野的话语。27.careabout对…..关心，操心，忧虑。

eg.Sheiscaringabouthertest.

她对她的考试很担心。28.comeupwith提出来，发现（解决办法，答案）29．Valuablea.有价值的，贵重的，有用的Eg.

valuableadvice宝贵的意见。30.pickupspeed

加速gainspeedEg.Icouldn’tmanagetoreachtheseatbeforethetaxipickedupspeed.31pointout：指出eg.Pointoutthemistakesinthissentence,please.请指出这句话中的错误。Withtherapiddevelopmentofeconomy,moreandmoreparentsareabletoprovidetheirchildrenwithexpensivetoys,clothesoffamousbrands,andevencarsandmanyotherluxuries.Someparentsspendalotofmoneytosendtheirchildrentoschoolsabroad.Howeveraccordingtotheauthorofthistext,noneoftheseiscrucialfortheyoungergeneration.Thebestthingparentscandoistospendsomehappytimewiththeirchildrenratherthanspendalotofmoneyonthem.Thisissomethingwewillbenefitfromthestory.summaryPartone:1backandforth

2destination3terminals

4distinction5arenotsupposedto

6bet

7rotten

8racial

9board

10inexpensive11delight

12ride13pretended

14increasing15valuableParttwo:1comeupwith

2turnedout

3holdonto

4takeover

5pickedupspeed

6headforVocabulary&activities1reboarded2invaluable3inarguably4int