新视野大学英语第二版 unit 1 Time-Conscious

Time-Conscious

AmericansEtRaymondUnitOnePayingnewyear’scall

HowtogreetinEnglish?

Blessings:Treasuresfillthehome

金玉满堂Businessflourishes

生意兴隆Peaceallyearround

岁岁平安Mayallyourwishescometrue

心想事成Everythinggoeswell吉祥如意Thecountryflourishesandpeopleliveinpeace国泰民安SomeinventionsforreckoningtimeSundialBeforeHanDynastyClepsydrasandglassAboutNowQuartzwatchmechanicalwatchElectronicwatchTimeisimportanttous.Canyouimaginelifewithouttimeconscious?Timeandtidewaitfornoman.Timeismoney.Timetriestruth.日久见人心Neverputofftilltomorrowwhatmaybedonetoday.Timeislifeandwhentheidlemankillstime,hekillshimself.Tochoosetimeistosavetime.

合理安排时间就是节约时间。ProverbsabouttimeTimeConsciousnessinAmericaSituation1:Onyourwayhome,itoccurredtoyouthatyourAmericanfriendMaryhadinvitedyoutovisitherwhenyouwerefree.Thenyoudroppedinonherhouse.

Butwhenyouknockedatthedoor…ReadandthinkInChina,it’sOKtovisitfriendswithoutcallingaheadoftime.WhileintheU.S.,it’simpolite

todoso.Maryfeltsurprised.Why?OhmyGoddess..WhatisthepolitewayintheU.S.?Callingaheadoftime.A.Before7:00,tohelphertoprepare.B.5’~10’late,nottobethefirstguest.C.After8:00,I’mtheVIP.D.5’~10’earlier,it’sapolitewaytoshowmyrespectforher.Situation2:YourAmericanfriendinvitedyoutoherpartytonightat7:30.Whenareyousupposedtogetthere?Why?IntheU.S.,peopletendtobe_____________.

InChina,closefriendstendtoarrive_______________，butacquaintancestendtoarrive_______________.5’~10’late(B)before7:00(A)

5’~10’earlier(D)Rightontime.

Befashionablylate.C.Halfanhourlate.

D.About5’－10’earlier.TheAmericans：ATheChinese:BSituation3:YourAmericanfriendinvited

youtoherhousefordinnerat6:30.

Whenareyousupposedtogetthere?TextStudyEtRaymondStructureAnalysisGeneralStatement+Illustration+EmphasisA.TheWritingModelofthePassage:WhatistheGeneralStatement?Whatistheillustration?Whatdoesthewriteremphasize?Thegeneralstatement(Paras.1~2)Whatdoesthewriterwanttotellus?time-consciousAmericansare_____________.Illustration:(Paras.3~7)

theforeigner’sfirstimpressionoftheU.SPara.3:EveryoneintheU.S.isinarush.Para.4:Americansstarttalkingbusinessquickly.Para.5-7:Americansworkhardtosavetime.Emphasisbycontrast(Para.8)Americanstakeitasasignofskillfulnesstodothingsquickly,whiletheforeignersconsideritpropertotaketimedoingthings.HomeB.Thewaytodevelopparagraphs（inP3,P7）:

Thewriterpresentsthegeneralstatementbygivingspecificdetails,thentellingthereasons.GeneralStatement+SpecificDetails+ReasonGeneralstatement:Specificdetails:___________________________________________________________________________________________________citypeople,hurryingto…workingtime,precious…drivers,abrupt,people,pushpast…Thereason:

__________________________________.Thisisbecausepeoplevaluetimehighly_____________________________________.Everyoneisinarush—oftenunderpressurePara.3Generalstatement:Specificdetails:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________everyone,telephone,conductbusiness…telephones,save,feet,time…Telephoneservice,superb,postalservice,lessThereason:_____________________________________.TheU.S.isdefinitelyatelephonecountryefficient…Para.7Backstand:means“keeporstayinaparticularpositionorstate”,isfollowedbyadjectives.Standfirm–don’tletthemtellyouwhattodo.要坚定，不要让他们对你指手画脚。Theystandopposedtothenewlaw.他们反对这项新法律。他在英语方面一直落后于同组同学。He’sbeenfallingbehindhisgroupmembersinEnglish.Translation我工作拖下来了，我得想办法赶上。I’mfallingbehindwithmywork;Imusttrytocatchup.Backfallbehind:movemoreslowlythanotherpeoplesothatoneisbehindthem这样的措施可能会带来工作效率的提高。Suchmeasuresarelikelytoresultintheimprovementofworkefficiency.tocause,tohaveasaresult,toleadtoTranslationKeyBackresultinresultfrom:becausedbysththathashappenedpreviously他的努力终成泡影。Nothinghasresultedfromhisefforts.孩子生病是由于吃了不干净的食物。Thechild’sillnessresultedfromeatinguncleanfood.theotherbeinglabor:subject+v-ing/v-ed.Itcanalsobeputatthebeginningofthesentence.Nofurtherdiscussionarising,themeetingwasbroughttoanend.没有进一步讨论，会议结束了。吃完午饭，所有客人都回到了客厅。Lunchfinished,alltheguestsreturnedtothelivingroom.InEnglish,youmayfindsomeexpressionsformedbyverycommonwords,buttheyareactiveandpowerful.

What’sonatthecinematonight?

今晚电影院上演什么？

What’sheupto?他忙什么呢?e.g.I.ActiveExpressionsNotestotheText—ActiveExpressions

1.Weareslavestonothingbuttheclock.(L5)2.Theywillmisstheritualinteractionthatgoeswithawelcomingcupofteaorcoffee…(L23)3.Tous…haslittleornorelationtothesignificanceofthematterathand.(L38)4.InAmerica,too,afinalagreementwillnormallybesignedinperson.(L39)

Findouttheactiveexpressions:NotestotheText—ActiveExpressions

1.nothingbut+n./pron./todo………只……2.gowithsth.伴随……3.athand在附近……临近的……4.inperson亲自，亲身ActiveExpressionsNotestotheText—ActiveExpressions

1.他成天什么也不干，只知道睡觉。Therehedidnothingbutsleepalldaylong.2.幸福未必伴随金钱而来。Happinessdoesn'tnecessarilygowithmoney.

TranslationNotestotheText—ActiveExpressions

Tips3.他写东西时，手边总放着一本字典。Whenhewrites,healwayskeepadictionary

athand.4.在中国，要开银行账户，需本人亲自去银行办理。IfonewantstoopenabankaccountinChina,hemustgotothebankinperson.

NotestotheText—ActiveExpressions

MorePractice

学校编列了一百万美元建新图书馆的预算。

Sheisextremelybusy,soshehastobudget

hertimecarefully.

Theschoolbudgetedonemilliondollarsfor

anewlibrary.

她忙极了,所以必须好好安排时间。vt.①to

planthespendingof…

TranslationKeybudget小两口为下一年定预算。Theyoungcouplebudgetedforthecomingyear.vi.②tosaveorspendmoneyfor…

TranslationKey量入为出是很重要的。Itisessentialtobalanceone'sbudget.n.③

aplantoshowhowmuchapersonwillbeabletospend

TranslationKey他以低廉的价钱买下这所房子。Heboughtthehouseatabudgetprice.adj.④inexpensive,cheap

TranslationKeyBack这个星期你每天都迟到，对此你怎么解释？Howdoyouaccountforthefactthatyouhavebeenlateeverydaythisweek?①to

giveasatisfactoryexplanationfor…

TranslationKeyaccountforGirlsaccountforhalfoftheclass.女生占了我们班一半人数。②

beaproportionofsth.TranslationKeyBack

考试前，每一秒钟都很重要。就运动而言，重要的不是赢，而是参与。Everyminutecountsbeforetheexam.Insportwhatreallycountsisnotthewinningbuttheplaying.TranslationKeyBackcountvi.

Ifsth.counts,it’simportantorvaluable;

她一到我们就开始。

一旦染上坏习惯,想改掉就难了。Onceshearrives,wecanstart.Onceyougetintoabadhabit,you'llfindithardtogetoutofit.NotestotheText—FocusStudy

Translation

Once…,一旦….便……runout:1)thereisnoneleftTheirsuppliessoonranout.他们的补给很快就耗尽了。时间不多了。Timeisrunningout.2)useallofsthandnothaveanyleft我快没耐心了。I’mrunningoutofpatience.5.replacevt.

她将听筒放了回去。Shereplacedthereceiver.WordsandExpressions—WordUsing①putsth.backinitsplaceTranslationKey5.replaceAwithB

②taketheplaceof

电灯已经取代了蜡烛。刹车需要更换。Humanbeingshavereplacedcandleswithelectriclights.Thebrakeshavetobereplaced.WordsandExpressions—WordUsingTranslationKeymuchless:isoftenusedafteranegativestatement,toindicatethatthestatementismoretruthoftheperson,thingorsituationthatyouaregoingtomention.Theyarealwaysshortofwatertodrink,muchlesstotakeabath.他们连饮用水都不够，更别提洗澡了。这位老人几乎不能走，更别说跑了。Theoldmancanhardlywalk,muchlessrun.2.…whichthoughpleasant,takelonger—especiallygivenourtraffic-filledstreets.

given+n./thatclause,如果有……,假如；考虑到……Practice

NotestotheText—FocusStudy

考虑到时间紧张,他们算做得很出色了。

如果照样再给他治疗一次，他肯定会痊愈。Giventhatthetimeislimited,they’vedoneagoodjob.

Giventhesametreatmentagain,heissuretogetwell.NotestotheText—FocusStudy

Translationsavefor:keep…forfutureuse不要把钱都用完，留点以后哪天用。Don’tspendallyourmoneynow;savesomeforanotherday。你能不能把你的故事留在以后讲。Canyousaveyourstoryforlater.inperson:doingsthbyoneself.你是写信还是亲自前去申请那个职位？Willyouapplyforthepositionbyletterorinperson?总经理要亲自和他谈话。Thegeneralmanagerwantedtotalktohiminperson.paragraphNotestotheText—FocusStudy

3.……thetelephoneserviceissuperbhere,whereasthepostalserviceislessefficient.

whereas…,……却；而……Note:“whereas”isusedtoshowthecontrast.Practice

有些人喜欢肥肉,而有些人却不喜欢。

他们想去看电影，而我们宁愿呆在家里。Somepeoplelikefattymeat,whereasothershateit.Theywanttoseeamovie,whereaswewouldratherstayathome.NotestotheText—FocusStudy

TranslationEnglishEquivalentsofChinese1.停止不前2.致力于3.造成······的结果4.说明；解释5.宝贵资源6.想使每分钟有意义7.想引起别人注意8.生活的节奏9.在允许的时间内10.与陌生人闲聊tostandstilltobecommittedtoresultintoaccountforpreciousresourcetowanteveryminutetocounttoseekattentionthepaceoflifewithinthetimeallowedsmallexchangeswithastrangerEnglishEquivalentsofChinese11.同时发生；伴随12.在轻松的环境里13.增进信任·······14.千方百计地做15.在手边16.亲身；亲自17.部分由于18.在······眼里19.随着时间流逝20.使工作开展起来togowithinrelaxedsurroundingstodevelopasenseoftrusttoworkhardatthetaskof

athandinpersontobeduepartlytoinone’seyesbythepassageoftimetogetthingsmovingHomeKeytoexercisesⅢ.1.petent6.assessing7.fulfill8.conducting9.consequently10.significanceⅣ.1.behind2.at3.in4.out5.to6.to7.in8.with9.but10.forⅤ.1.L2.C3.D4.N5.O6.A7.E8.G9.I10.KWordBuildingⅥ.1.position7.confusion8.congratulation9.consideration10.explanation11.acquisition12.depressionⅦ.desirablefavorableconsiderableacceptabledrinkableadvisableremarkablepreferable1.advisable2.desirable3.favorable4.considerable5.remarkable6.preferable7.drinkable8.acceptableSentenceStructureⅧ.muchlesscanhewriteEnglisharticlesmuchlesscanhemanageabi