新標準高職公共英語實用綜合教程(第二版)unit6

1、新標準高職公共英語實用綜合教程(第二版)unit6ObjectivesIn this unit, you willObjectives read a story about a mother asking her daughter to clean her room; learn a list of words for describing kinship; get some ideas of the differences between Chinese parents and American parents in educating their children; get some ti

2、ps about the relative clause in English grammar; learn how to read and write an invitation letter.mainListening and SpeakingText AGrammar TipsText BComprehensive ExercisesPractical Reading and WritingWarm-upGeneration GapWarm-up-Background InformationDiscussionBackground InformationWarm-upIn modern

3、society, there is often a lack of understanding between parents and children. Parents often dislike what their children think and do, while children often complain that their parents cannot understand them. This is what we call the generation gap. There are reasons for the existence of the generatio

4、n gap. Firstly, the environment in which young people now live in is quite different from that in which their parents grew up. Secondly, people of different ages have different interests. However, theWarm-up- The use of the Internet Warm-upBackground InformationDiscussiongeneration gap can be bridge

5、d as long as both parents and children are willing to make an effort. They may talk openly and honestly and tell each other what they think about certain problems. They should be considerate enough to realize that each generation has its own advantages.Questions:(1) What possible conflicts may be th

6、ere between parents and children?Warm-up- Discussion1DiscussionBackground InformationWarm-upIn aspects of thinking, values, living habits and so on.Hints Questions:(2) If you have different ideas from your parents, what do you do to bridge the gap?Warm-up- Discussion2DiscussionBackground Information

7、Warm-upI will talk to them, telling them how and why I think in a different way. Meanwhile, Ill listen to their voices, trying to put myself in their position.Hints A. Choose the best answer according to what you hear.Listening_A1Listening and SpeakingSpeakingListeningI. Listening ScriptA. To tidy u

8、p the room. B. To go for a dance.C. To meet his mom. D. To wash the dishes.1.Listening_A2Listening and SpeakingSpeakingListeningA. He does not like to accept new things. B. He is active in many ways.C. He is kind to everyone. D. He is a good-looking person.2.Listening_A3Listening and SpeakingSpeakin

9、gListeningA. Father and daughter. B. Father and son.C. Brother and sister. D. Teacher and student.3.Listening_A4Listening and SpeakingSpeakingListeningA. Because parents are too busy.B. Because children are too shy.C. Because parents and children live apart.D. Because parents and children do not tal

10、k with each other enough.4.Listening_A5Listening and SpeakingSpeakingListeningA. Before 10:30. B. Before 9:30. C. At 10:30. D. At 9:30.5.Some people think that today the generation gap is becoming wider and wider, but this may not be (1) . The problem remains the same: the young need to find their (

11、2) in life. To better understand your daughter, try to remember how you (3) at her age. Probably you also worried about how you lived among your friends. You compared yourself with others in yourListening_B1Listening and SpeakingSpeakingListeningB. Fill in the blanks of the following passage accordi

12、ng to what you heartrue_place_felt_class who were more beautiful, smarter, more popular, or more successful. You (4) big decisions: How far would you go in school? What would you do when you grew up? Who would you marry? You probably didnt (5) what was happening at the time, and your daughter probab

13、ly doesnt understand it now. If you think that way, you will finally (6) yourself and understand the young better.Listening_B2Listening and SpeakingSpeakingListeningunderstand_discover_faced_Is there a generation gap between you and your parents?2. What differences are there between you and your par

14、ents?Talk about the generation gap based on the following questions.Speaking1Listening and SpeakingII. SpeakingSpeakingListeningDifferences between my parents and me: (1) different interests; (2) different living habits; (3) different values.Hints 3. What do you do when you and your parents have dif

15、ferent ideas about the same thing?4. What suggestions do you have for bridging the generation gap?Speaking1Listening and SpeakingSpeakingListeningWhat I do when I have different ideas: (1) ask them why they think the way they do is right; (2) let them know my reasons for thinking my own way; (3) res

16、pect each others choices.Hints Suggestions: (1) exchange ideas with each other; (2) share interests; (3) respect each other.Hints M: Oh mom, would you let me go if I tidy up my room before the dance?W: Um, maybe.Q: What does the son want to do?W: How would you describe your fathers personality?M: We

17、ll, hes a pretty conservative person.Q: What kind of person is the father according to the son?Listening Script1Listening and SpeakingSpeakingListening1.2.M: Mom doesnt let you go out on dates. Everybody knows that.W: Yes, and yet she said I was old enough to make my own decisions!Q: What is probabl

18、y the relationship between the two speakers? W: Bill, why do you think there is a generation gap?M: Well, the most important reason may be that parents and their children often fail to talk with each other.Q: What does the man think may be the major cause of the generation gap?3.4.Listening Script2L

19、istening and SpeakingSpeakingListeningW: Im going to meet some friends, Dad.M: But you must be home before half past ten.Q: What time must the daughter return home?5.Listening Script2Listening and SpeakingSpeakingListeningvery infectious disease that usually results in death 瘟疫ComprehensionWords and

20、 ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText A Words and Expressions1Text Studymake (a) differenceText A有影響，很重要，有關系plague n.fear n. v.a feeling of distress or anxiety 害怕 擔心important, serious, or significant 主要的major adj.anxious, worried 關切的，擔心的concerned adj.make (the) bed鋪床ComprehensionWords and ExpressionsV

21、ocabulary BuildingText A Words and Expressions2Text StudyText Adorm n.building at a college or university where students live 宿舍save vt.collect money, etc. by spending less than one gets; help sb. to avoid harm or to escape from a dangerous orunpleasant situation 節(jié)??；解救cause, reason 緣故，理由sake n.為了某人的

22、緣故for sb.s sakeComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText A Words and Expressions3Text StudyText Abring things together from several places or from several people 收集；收繳exaggerate vt.indicate that sth. is bigger, worse, more important, etc. than it really is 夸大，夸張collect vt.can n.a met

23、al container in which something such as food, drink, or paint is put 鐵罐，罐頭養(yǎng)育，把拉扯大bring upComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText A Words and Expressions4Text StudyText Athe most important thing to do or deal with 需優(yōu)先考慮的事，優(yōu)先care about關心，對感興趣priority n.mess n.lack of neatness 臟亂，混亂se

24、verely harm, damage, or spoil 使變得糟糕透頂；毀壞ruin vt.ComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText A Words and Expressions5Text StudyText Ageneration gap:代溝，指兩代人（年輕人與他們的父母）之間的隔閡，主要表現(xiàn)在價值觀、做事方式、生活方式等方面，是普遍存在的一種社會問題。也可以轉(zhuǎn)指不同時代的技術之間的差異。people可以表示（特指的）人們，人群。這里，女兒用you people指代像她父母那一類的人。you people:Pr

25、oper Names1 You dont really feel the generation gap until a son or daughter comes home from college for Christmas.2 “Nancy, youve been home from school for three days now. Why dont you clean up your room?”3 “We dont have to clean up our rooms at college, Mother.”4 “Thats very nice, Nancy. But while

26、youre in the house, your father and I would like you to clean up your room.”Clean Your RoomText A-1ComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText StudyText AText A-2Text AComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Study5 “ What difference does it make? Its my room.”6 “I kno

27、w, dear, and it really doesnt mean that much to me. But your father has a great fear of the plague. He said this morning if it is going to start anywhere in this country, its going to start in your room.”7 “ Mother, you people arent interested in anything thats relevant. Do you realize how the major

28、 corporations are polluting our environment?”Text A-3Text AComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Study8 “Your father and I are very worried about it. But rightnow were more concerned with the pollution in your bedroom. You havent made your bed since you came home.”9 “I never make

29、 it up at the dorm.”10 “Of course you dont, and Im sure the time you save goes toward your education. But we still have these old-fashioned ideas about making beds in the morning, and we cant shake them. Since youre home for such a short time, why dont you do it for our sake?”Text A-4Text AComprehen

30、sionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Study11 “Mother, Im grown up now. Why do you have to treat me like a child?”12 “Were not treating you like a child. But its very hard for us to realize youre an adult when you throw all your clothes on the floor.”13 “I havent thrown all my clothes on

31、the floor. Those are just the clothes I wore yesterday.”14 “Forgive me. I exaggerated. Well, how about the dirty dishes and empty soft-drink cans on your desk? Are you collecting them for a science project?”Text A-5Text AComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Study15 “Mother, you

32、dont understand us. You people were brought up to have clean rooms. But our generation doesnt care about things like that. Its what you have in your head that counts.”16 “ No one respects education more than your father and I do, particularly at the prices theyre charging. But we cant see how living

33、 in a mess can improve your mind.”Text A-6Text AComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Study17 “ Thats because of your priorities. You would rather have me make up my bed and pick up my clothes than become a free spirit who thinks for myself. All right, Ill clean up my room if it

34、means that much to you. But I want you to know youve ruined my vacation.”Text A- ComprehensionA1A. Pair Work Complete the following sentences orally according to the text.1. How long had Nancy been home from school for Christmas?She had been home for .2. What did Nancys father fear?He feared that .C

35、omprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyText AWords and Expressionsthree days_the plague might start in his daughtersroom_3. What “old-fashioned” idea couldnt Nancys mother shake?The idea was that .4. Why couldnt Nancys mother treat her as an adult?Because NancyText A- ComprehensionA2Text AComprehe

36、nsionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsone should make the bed in themorning_Nancy threw her clothes on the floor_.5. What was Nancys priority, according to the text?Nancys priority was toText A- ComprehensionA2Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsbeco

37、me a free spirit whothinks for herself_.Text A- ComprehensionB1Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and ExpressionsB. Main Idea Read the text again. As you read, underline what you think are the most important ideas. Then, in one or two sentences, write the main idea of the text.The

38、 arguments on whether its necessary to clean up the room between Nancy and her parents reflects a generation gap which seems hard to bridge._Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA1Active Wordsv. (1) 開始；著手，開始做The program starts at 9 a.m.He started eating an apple.(2) （機器等）發(fā)動，啟動The engine wont start.Comprehensi

39、onVocabulary BuildingText StudyText AWords and ExpressionsstartText A- Vocabulary BuildingA1Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsstart(3) 動身，出發(fā)We will have to start early if we want to arrive on time.(4) 創(chuàng)辦，發(fā)起They have decided to start their own business.n. (1) 開始，開端T

40、his gave him a good start in life.Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA1Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsstart(2) 出發(fā)，起程We made an early start in the morning.for a start 首先，一開始For a start, you are too young.For a start, she didnt say anything.to start with 首先，開始時，一開始You hav

41、e no right to stay here, to start with.Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA2Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and ExpressionsstartHe was a teacher to start with and then an engineer.start for 動身前往The family started for Shanghai.start off 出發(fā)，動身，啟程We need to start off early because the jou

42、rney will take six hours.Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA2Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsstartstart out 出發(fā)，動身Having missed the last bus, they had to start out walking.Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA3Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsc

43、oncernv. (1) 涉及，對有關系This problem concerns all of us.I believe he was concerned in all those matters you mention.His project is concerned with applying the technology to practical business problems.Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA3Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsconce

44、rn(2) （使）掛念，（使）擔心，（使）不安We are all concerned for about her safety.People are concerned about social inequality.n. (1) 關切的事，有關的事；事務Thats no concern of yours.Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA3Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsconcern(2) 關心，掛念，擔心Without her care and concern

45、, he had no chance at all.concerning prep. 關于I received a letter concerning the meeting.Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA4Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsconcernas far as . be concerned 就而言As far as were concerned, the matter is settled.to whom it may concern （用作正式信件等

46、的開頭）敬啟者Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA4Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsthrowvt. 投，擲，拋，扔He threw the ball to me, and I caught it.He threw me to the ground and started to kick.throw away 扔掉，拋棄I have a huge number of ties because I never throw old ones away.Text A- Voc

47、abulary BuildingA4Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionscarev. (1) 在乎，擔心，介意If no one cares, Ill smoke.At first I really didnt care whether he came or not.(2) 喜歡，愿意I dont care to go there.Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA5Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords

48、 and Expressionscaren. (1) 照顧，照管There are four children in her care.(2) 小心，謹慎，注意Fragile! Handle with care!Cross the road with care.Give more care to your spelling.Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA5Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionscare(3) 護理，保健In Holland, the government

49、 sets a yearly budget for health care.(4) 關心，關切，關懷She shows no care for others.care about 關心，對感興趣，注意All he cares about is himself.Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA5Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionscarecare for 喜歡；對關心；照顧，照料Would you care for some orange juice?He wanted

50、me to know that he still cared for me.They hired a nurse to care for her.(in) care of 由轉(zhuǎn)交（常用在信封上，略為c/o）Please write to me care of the publishers.Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA5Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionscaretake care 當心，注意Take care not to burn your fingers.tak

51、e care of 愛護，照顧，照料There was no one else to take care of their children.Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA5Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionscountv. (1) 數(shù)，點的數(shù)目I counted the money. There was more than five hundred pounds.I dont want to count my chickens before they are hat

52、ched.Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA5Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionscount(2) 把算在內(nèi)There will be twenty guests, not counting the kids.(3) 認為，看作；算得上They can count it as a success.(4) 有影響，有價值，有重要意義Every second counts.n. 點數(shù)，計數(shù)Text A- Vocabulary BuildingA5Text AComprehen

53、sionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and ExpressionscountThere were so many cars that I lost count.count on 依靠，依賴Hes counting on his mother to take care of the twins for him; shes had plenty of experience with children.count out 不把算在內(nèi)They counted me out because I didnt live on campus.1. After a lo

54、t of discussion, we decided to (本周末動身去北京).2. Were all rather (非常擔心你父親的健康).3. After he finished reading the newspaper, he (將它扔了).Text A- Vocabulary BuildingText AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and ExpressionsComplete the following sentences based on the given Chinese.start out forcon

55、cerned about your fathers health_Beijing this weekend_threw itaway_Text A- Vocabulary BuildingText AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressions4. Once inside, we didnt (在乎是否下雨).5. If you decide to go on a visit, please (把我算上).count me in_care whether it rained or not_Text A- Voca

56、bulary Building_Ex_A1Text AcollectmesswearprioritysavemajorvacationcorporationexaggerategenerationplagueruinComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and ExpressionsA. Match the words in the left-hand column with the Chinese meanings on the right.夸大，夸張使變得糟糕透頂；毀滅假期，休假主要的一代，一代人需優(yōu)先考慮的事穿，戴瘟疫臟亂，混亂節(jié)

57、??；解救公司，企業(yè)收集，收繳ExercisesText A- Vocabulary Building_Ex_B1Text A1. He was elected by a (major) of 3,240 votes.2. What he said doesnt seem to have much (mean).3. His belief in his own talent is (shake).4. Here is a (collect) of stamps for you to enjoy.ComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and

58、 ExpressionsB. Fill in each of the following blanks with the proper form of the given words.majority_meaning_unshakable_collection_5. The statement that he could eat fifty eggs is an (exaggerate).6. I refused to stay in his (mess) bedroom.7. I opened a bank account for my (save).8. What you are sayi

59、ng doesnt have any (relevant) to the matter in hand.Text A- Vocabulary BuildingEx_B2Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsexaggeration_relevance_messy_savings_Text A- Vocabulary Building D1Text AEnglish TermsChinese Terms親戚，親屬relativenephewunclecousinstepfatheroffsprin

60、gancestor 侄子，外甥表兄弟(姐妹)，堂兄弟(姐妹)伯父，叔父，舅父，姑夫，姨夫繼父子女，子孫，后代祖先，祖宗ComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and ExpressionsWords for Describing KinshipText A- Vocabulary Building D2Text AComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and ExpressionsEnglish TermsChinese Terms親戚，親屬relationnieceaunttwi