unit1一個(gè)平衡的生活abanlancedlife

1Howisyourwintervacation?2Didyoumakebestuseofyourholiday?3Whatdidyoudoduringtheholiday?TravelPart-timejobWatchingTVSleepingReunion

dinnerGatheringswithfamilyandfriendsReunion

dinner

helps

to

deepen

family

ties

while

the

exchange

ofgifts

and

greetings

enhances

relations

between

friends.

通過(guò)團(tuán)圓飯，增進(jìn)親情，通過(guò)送禮拜年，增進(jìn)友情。SpringFestivalGala

ChineseNewYearGalaSpringfestival

大吉大利-Wishyouauspiciousandpropitiousinthenewyear.恭喜發(fā)財(cái)Wishyoubecomerich/prosperous.恭喜發(fā)財(cái)，紅包拿來(lái).

Wishyouafortune！Givemearedpacket！I

am

here

to

say

Happy

New

Year

to

everyone!

我給大家拜年了！Pay

New

Year

phone

calls.

電話(huà)拜年Burning

fireworks

was

once

the

most

typical

custom

on

the

spring

festival.

Didyouset

off

firecrackers

and

watch

fireworks

displaysontheNewYear’sEve?The

local

government

has

decreed

that

fireworks

be

banned

in

urban

areas.Youfeelalittlelonging,alsoalittlefearful.Weshouldwavegoodbyetolastyearandwelcomethenewyear.

schoolbeginsfromtodayon.Itmeansanotherlifewillbegin.

Areyoureadytogobacktoschool???Requirements:1performance(activeorpassive)2presencea.unauthorizedabsence(1/3)b.latecomer(3)c.leaveearly(3)3homework(handintime)

AWell-balancedLifeBeingallearsKeytoShortconversations1.colleagues,fessor,pleased3.overseas,technician4.editor,journalist5.UnitedStates,flightscriptMr.Sun:Goodmorning.SoyouareLiPing.LiPing:yes,I’dliketoapplyforthejobyouadvertisedintoday’snewspaper.Mr.Sun:Takeaseat,please.LiPing:Thanks.Mr.Sun:Whatcollegedoyouattendandwhatisyourmajor?LiPin:ShanghaiIndustryCollegeandmymajorisElectronicEngineering.Mr.Sun:HowgoodisyourEnglish?LiPing:IcanspeakandwriteinEnglishsmoothly,andIhavepassedthenationalexaminationforcollegestudents.Mr.Sun:What’sthat、LiPing:It’sthePracticalEnglishTestforcolleges.Mr.Sun:Good.willyoupleasefilloutthisapplicationform?We’llsendyouanemail

inhalfamonth.LiPing:Sure,Thanks.Dialogue2Peter:Thereyouareatlast.Wethoughtyouwerenotcoming.Joe:Hi,Peter.Sorry.Igotheldupatwork.Peter:Anyway,I’dliketointroducemyfiancee,June.Joe:fiancee?well,thatisasurprise.Congratulations.:Peter:Thanks,Joe.June,myhighschollclassmate.HeisnowastudentatNewYorkUniversity.June:Hello,Joe.Whatareyoustudyingthere?joe:Computer.I’vebeentherefortwoyears.Peter:talkingofcomputer,Joe.iamgoingtobuymyfirstpersonalcomputernextmonth.Couldyougivesomeadvice?Joe:ofcourse.Butyoumusttellmehowmuchmoneyyouwanttospend.Peter:Around1,400dollars.KeytoPassageListening1American2Tokyo3holiday4Europe5forward6discussed7agent8advice9visit10detailsSummary&homeworktopreviewAWell-balancedLifewell-balancedadj.很均衡的Weshouldhaveawell-balancedlife.

well-built體型勻稱(chēng)的，健美的well-known出名的，眾所周知的

functionv.運(yùn)行，起作用，運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)

Despitethepowercuts,thehospitalcontinuedtofunctionnormally.

盡管供電中斷，醫(yī)院繼續(xù)照常運(yùn)作。adjustv.調(diào)整，使適應(yīng)

Youmustlearntoadjustyourselftothenewlife.Theheightofthebicycleseatis____.(adjust)relievev.緩和，減輕，解除

reliefn.安慰，減輕，解除，救濟(jì)I’vetriedeverymeansto___mystress.(relief)

tiresomeadj.令人厭倦的，討厭的-some用以構(gòu)成復(fù)合形容詞,表示“有…傾向的，引起的…”handsome英俊的lonesome寂寞的troublesome麻煩的depressv.使憂(yōu)愁，沮喪，消沉

Hissadnewsdepressedusallday.

他的不幸消息令我們整天難過(guò)。depressn.?depressionn.憂(yōu)愁，沮喪，不景氣depressdepressed--depresseddepressed

adj.沮喪的；蕭條的；Wheneveryoufeeldepressed,youcouldtalktoyourfriends.creativeadj.有創(chuàng)造力的

createv.創(chuàng)造，創(chuàng)作

creativityn.創(chuàng)造力，創(chuàng)造性ExerciseonPage111unfulfilled2Alongwith3universal4wentthrough5figureoutReadTextAandanswerthefollowingquestionsWithoutawell-balancedlife,whatwouldhappentoaperson?Inwhatwaydidtheauthorfinallyfindtorelievehisstress?Whydoestheauthorlikelisteningtomusic?Friendsareveryimportanttotheauthor.Why?Howdidtheauthorbehavewhenhewasexperiencingashorttimeofdepression?Whatkindoflifeiscalledabalanced-life?Whatkindoflifeisconsideredawell-balancedlife?

Iflifeisnotwell-balanced,whatwouldhappenDetailedStudyofTextAWithoutawell-balancedlifeapersoncanneitherfunctionproperlynordevelopintoawell-roundindividual.

沒(méi)有平衡健康的生活，一個(gè)人就沒(méi)法正常工作，也不能發(fā)展成為一個(gè)全面的個(gè)體。neither….nor….既不….也不….

她既不高也不矮。Sheisneithertallnorshort.Alongwithreadingtorelax,listeningtomusicisveryimportanttome.

除了讀書(shū)放松，聽(tīng)音樂(lè)對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)也非常重要。alongwith…

除….以外；與…一起；relateto涉及，與…相關(guān)

Itcanrelatetothesoul,orinfactIthinkitisthesouloffeelings.音樂(lè)可以與靈魂相聯(lián)系，或者實(shí)際上我認(rèn)為它就是感覺(jué)的靈魂。Heisneverjokingwhenitrelatestomoney.otherthan除了，而不是

Butwhenithappens,youcandosomethingotherthanwait,liketalkingtoyourfriendsorlisteningtomusic.當(dāng)你感到沮喪或者不幸時(shí)，你可以去做些什么而不是等待，比如和你的朋友聊聊或是聽(tīng)聽(tīng)音樂(lè)。Idon’tknowanyFrenchpeopleotherthanyou.getby勉強(qiáng)生活，設(shè)法維持

Withoutsomesortofbalanceitishardtogetbyineverydaylife.

沒(méi)有一定的平衡，很難設(shè)法維持每一天的生活。她靠這點(diǎn)微薄的工資怎么生活？Howdoesshegetbyonsuchasmallsalary?

Let’ssumupHowcanwerelieveourstressandrelax?

AWell-balancedLife