全大學英語第一冊Unit4教案

章節(jié)名稱Romance課時5+3

授課時間授課地點學生人數(shù)

1.Practicereadingskillssuchasscanning,skimming,predicting,etc;

教學

2.Understandthetextsandgraspthemainideaandrelatedinformation;

目標

3.Graspsomenewwordsnewwordsandexpressionstoenrichstudents9

與

vocabulary;

要求

4.KnowHowtowritealetterofinvitation.

Howtohavestudents

1.understandthemainidea(thewayonereactstounattractivepeoplereveals

one'struecharacter)andstructureofTextA;

2.learntodescribeapersonbyhis/hercharacteristicfeatures,togetherwith

supportingdetailswhichdemonstratethefeatures;

重點

難點3.graspthekeylanguagepointsinTextAandlearnhowtousethemincontext;

分析

4.understandtheculturalbackgroundrelatedtothecontent;

5.expressthemselvesmorefreelyonthethemetheAmericanDreamafterdoinga

seriesoftheme-relatedreading,listening,speakingandwritingactivities;

6.writeanarrativeessayinthethirdpersonsingularaboutthestoryofTony

Trivisonno.

課程

資源Mp3ListeningmaterialTeachers'Manual

PPT

準備MediaplayerOxfordAdvancedDictionary

教學預設調控對策

TeachingSteps

Step1:WarmingUp

1.AskSsquestionsontherecording.Theyaresupposedtohave

listenedtoitbeforeclass.

2.HaveSsmoveaheadtodoTheme-relatedCloze,p.94,tohavea

betterunderstandingoftheAmericanDream.

3.Afterdoingtheaboveactivities,askSswhatistheessenceofthe

AmericanDream.

Step2:GlobalAnalysisofTextA

1.HaveSsscanthetextandcircleallthetimewords,phrasesor

sentencesinit.

2.GuideSsthroughTextOrganizationexercise1,p.88.

Step3：Language/CultureStudyandPractice

1.ExplainlanguagepointsandhaveSspracticethem.

2.InthemeantimeaskSstodopartofVocabularyexercises,and

thetext-relatedandthetheme-relatedClozeexercises.

3.DrawSs'attentiontohowtowriteapersonaldescriptionwitha

focusontheperson'scharacteristicfeatures(seeTextAnalysis).

4.Discusswithstudentstheculturalbackgroundrelatedtothestory.

Step4:FurtherStudyandPractice

1.HaveSsdoinclassPartIV:ComprehensivelanguagePractice

2.AskSstoprepareHomeReadingTask.

Step5:CheckonHomework

1.CheckifSshavedoneintheirsparetimetherestoftheexercises

onTextAanddiscusswiththemcommonerrorsthatcropup.

2.CheckonSs'homereading.

Step6:GlobalstudyingTextB

1.CulturalNotes

2.LanguagePoints

Stpe7:Exercises&WritingPractice

復Memorizetheusefulexpressions,includingwords,phrases&sentence

習pattern.

思

考FinishfastreadingexercisesonExerciseBook.

題

Haveacriticalthinkingon“Howsciencechangesourlives?”

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BeforeReading

BackgroundInformation

AmericanDream

AmericanDreamisthebeliefthateveryoneintheUnitedStateshasthechanceto

achievesuccessandprosperity.Forordinarypeople,itmeansahappyfamily,anideal

job,andanicehouse.Forminoritiesandimmigrants,italsoincludesfreedomand

equalrights.

Immigrant

ThefirstimmigrantstoAmericacamealmostfromwesternEurope.Duringthefirst

decadesofthe17thcentury,settlersfromEnglandcolonizedVirginiaandNew

England.ImmigrationtoNewEnglandbeganin1620whenEnglishPuritans

establishedPlymouthColonyinpresent-dayMassachusetts.Thevaluesofthese

PuritansettlersstronglyinfluencedthecultureoftheAmericancoloniesandlaterof

theUnitedStates.

TheGreatDepression

TheGreatDepressionisconsideredthemostsevereeconomiccrisisinthe

industrializedworld.ItbeganwhenAmericanstockmarketfellonFriday,Oct.24,

1929,andcontinuedthefollowingTuesday,knownasBlackTuesday,withagreater

fall.TheDepressionstruckmanyothercountriesaswell,particularlyGermany,Japan,

andBritain.Intheearly1930smillionsofpeoplelosttheirjobs,andmillionsof

businessesandbanksfailed.PresidentFranklinD.RoosevelfsNewDealpolicies

improvedthesituation,buttheGreatDepressiondidnotcometoanenduntilWorld

WarIIwhenindustrialproductionforthewarincreased.

Mortgage

Mortgageisanagreementtohavemoneylent,especiallytobuyahouseorland,with

thehouseorlandbelongingtothelenderuntilthemoneyisrepaid.Itenablesaperson

tobuyahousewithouthavingenoughmoneytopayforitcompletely.Iftheborrower

failstorepaytheloan,thelendermayforcethesaleofthehousetorecoverthe

amountoftheloan.

HowtoGetaMortgage

Aborrowercangetamortgagefromabank,creditunion,orotherlender.Most

lendersrequiretheborrowertohaveacertainamountofmoneytouseasadown

payment.Forexample,ifanindividualwantstobuyahomepricedat$50,000andthe

lenderrequiresadownpaymentof$2,000,theindividualwillapplyforaloanof

$48,000topayforthedifference.Paymentsfortheloanareusuallymademonthly.

Thelifeofthemortgagecanbe15,20,30,oreven40years.

Warm-upQuestions

1.WhatistheAmericanDreaminyouropinion?

2.Inwhatwayscanapersonbeconsideredasbeingsuccessful?

3.Whatisthekeytosuccess?

4.Tellastoryofasuccessfulperson.

GlobalReading

PartDivisionoftheText

PartsPara(s)MainIdeas

WithdeterminationandwithhelpfromMr.Crawford,Tonyachieved

11~29

hisdreamofhavinghisownfarm.

Tony'scareersettheauthorthinkingaboutwhyandtowhatextenthe

230-33

hadbeensuccessful.

FurtherUnderstanding

TableCompletion

HowTonyFulfilledHisAmericanDream

Para(s)TimeExpressionsTony'sStepstowardSuccess

oneeveningduringthe

l~10TonystartedtoworkasahelpatMr.Crawford'shouse.

GreatDepression

11-13summerpassedintofallTonygotajobclearingsnowatMr.Crawford'sfactory.

Tonyaskedtobetrainedasanapprentice,andlater

14-16oneday

learnedtobeaskilledworker.

17-21ayearortwopassedTonyboughtahousewiththehelpofMr.Crawford.

22-27afterabouttwoyearsTonyboughtafarmandsentforhisfamilyinItaly.

Tonydied,leavinghisfamilyaprosperousfarmandhis

28?33duringthewar

childreneducated.

Matchthefollowingthreecolumns.

Tony'srequestTheauthor'sfeelingResults

I....hehadgraduatedasa

1.“ImowyourA.Well,whatdoyoudowithskilledgrinder....MywifeandI

lawn.”suchdeterminationandhope?feltitwasasatisfyingendofthe

story.

2.“WhenwinterB.IdoubtedwhetherTonyhadII.Mywifesaidhewasvery

come,yougivemethecapacitytoreadblueprintshelpfulwhenevertherewereany

jobclearingsnowatandmicrometersordoprecisionheavyobjectstoliftorthingsto

thefactory.^^work.fix.

C.IwentintomyhouseIII.Iaskedthepersonnel

3."Iwanttounhappy...buthowcouldIturndepartmentforareport.They

be,prentice.^^awayapersonwhohadcometosaidTonywasaverygood

meforhelp?worker.

1—C—II2—A—III3—B—I

Scanning

ScanthetexttofindoutdescriptionsofTony'sphysicalappearance.

Para.1Hewasaboutfive-foot-sevenoreight,andthin.

Para.22Heseemedtostandalittlestraighter.Hewasheavier.Hehadalookof

confidence.

Para.27...neatlydressed

QuestionsandAnswers

1.WhatisthekeytoTony'ssuccess?

TonyworkedveryhardtocreatehisAmericanDream.Besides,hewasdetermined,

self-controlled,optimistic,self-respected,honestandresponsible.Allthesehelped

himbecomesuccessful.

2.CompareTonywiththegreatestindustrialists.

BothTonyandthegreatestindustrialistsaresuccessfulinpursuingtheirAmerican

Dreams.Theyreachedtheirsuccessbyworkinghard,andbythesamevaluesand

principles.Theonlydifferencewasthattheyhaddifferentfinancialachievements.

DetailedReading

Sentences

Sentence1——"ImowyourlawnJhesaid.

Howmanytimesisthesentence一"Imowyourlawn."-repeatedinthetext?Why

isitrepeated?

Thesentenceisrepeatedfourtimes.ThafsbecauseitshowsTony'sdeterminationin

findingajob,andhisoptimisticviewthatpeoplewouldhelpamanwhoneededajob.

Sentence2——Well,whatdoyoudowithsuchdeterminationandhope?

Paraphrase——Itishardtorefuseapersonwhoisdeterminedandhopefultogetajob.

Sentence3——MywifeandIweredelightedwithwhatwefeltwasasatisfyingendof

thestory.

1.Paraphrasethesentence.

MywifeandIwerehappywithwhatTonyhadachieved,andthoughtthatthewhole

thinghadthusbeensettled.

2.WasTonysatisfiedwiththisend?

Tonywasnotsatisfied.Hekeptonworkingharduntilhefulfilledhisbetterdreams.

Sentence4——Fromthenon,itwasinterestingtoseethatanydiscardedoddsand

endsaroundourplace一abrokenscreen,abitofhardware,boardsfrompacking一

Tonywouldgatherandtakehome.

1.WhydidTonytakehomethediscardedoddsandends?

Tonyboughtahouse,whichwasacompletewreck.Tofixanddecorateit,and,above

all,tosavemoney,hetookhomethediscardedoddsandends.

2.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.

從那以后，只要我家附近有什么被人扔棄的零星雜物，壞了的屏風啦，五金器具

啦，包裝紙板啦，托尼都要收起來拿回家，看他這個樣子真是有意思。

Sentence5----Hehadhuntedaroundtheedgeoftownuntilhefoundasmall,

abandonedpieceofpropertywithahouseandshed.

1.Whatdoes"property“refferto?

“Property“referstothefarmhewantedtobuy.

2.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.

他在小鎮(zhèn)周邊到處找，終于找到一處沒人要的一小塊地產，有一幢房，還有間小

棚。

Sentence6——Hegrewinstatureinmymind.

1.Paraphrasethesentence.

Hegrewtallerandgreaterinmymind.Hissocialstatusgreatlyimprovedinmymind.

2.DescribethechangeofTony'ssocialstatusinMr.Crawford'smind.

WhenMr.CrawfordfirstmetTony,Tonywas“aboutfive-foot-sevenoreight,and

thin”,andhisEnglishwasbroken.HeremainedstandingwhenhetalkedtoMr.

Crawford.Hedidnothavehighsocialstatus.Afterheboughthisfarmseveralyears

later,he“seemedtostandalittlestraighter”,andhe"hadalookofconfidence".He

andMr.Crawford“satdownandtalked".Hissocialstatusimprovedenoughtoallow

himtositdownwithMr.Crawford.Afterhepassedaway,Mr.Crawfordthought"he

stoodastall,andasproud,asthegreatestAmericanindustrialists.99

Sentence7——Tonydidnotbeginonthebottomrungoftheladder.Hebeganinthe

basement.

l.Whatdoes“l(fā)adder“referto?Andwhatdoes"basement“referto?

“Ladder“referstothewaytosuccess."aBasement^^referstoTony'sstartingpoint.He

wasworsethanordinarypeople.HehadnothingtohelphimseekhisAmerican

Dream.

2.Whatcanyouinferfromthesentence?

TonyhadnothingwhenhearrivedintheUnitedStates,andhebuiltupfromnothing.

Sentence8——But,afterall,thebalancesheetswereexactlythesame.Theonly

differencewaswhereyouputthedecimalpoint.

1.Whatdobalancesheetsreferto?Andwhatdoesdecimalpointreferto?

Balancesheetsareusedtoshowwhetherapersonoracompanyisfinancially

successful.Heretheyareusedtojudgeaperson'slifeachievements.Ifthedecimal

pointismoved,anumberwillbecomeeithersmallerorbigger.Hereitshowsthe

differenceintheamountofmoneyTonyandthegreatestindustrialistshadmade.

2.Whatcanyouinferfromthesentences?

WhatTonyandthegreatestindustrialistsachievedwasexactlythesame.Theonly

differencewasthattheyhaddifferentfinancialsuccess.

Words&Expressions

1.turnaway:refusetohelp(sb.)orallow(sb.)toenteraplace

Heturnedawayseveralpeoplewhodidn'thavethetickets.

Heturnedalltheapplicantsaway.他拒絕了所有的應征者。

Collocation:

拒絕；調低turndownturnout生產，制造；證明，結果

交還，上交turninturnover仔細考慮

使變成turnintoturnup出現(xiàn)，來到；開大，調大

關;拐彎turnoff

2.workout:plan;solve;calculate

They'veworkedoutamethodofsendingaspacecrafttothespace.

他們已經設計出把宇宙飛船送上太空的方法。

Theaccountanthasworkedoutyourshareoftheexpenseat1,000yuan.

會計已算出你的那份花費為1,000元。

Collocation:

workat從事于，致力于workup引起，激起，逐漸上升

3.weekly：

1).adj.happeningonceaweekoreveryweek

Hethinkshisweeklywageof400yuanisenough.

2)adv.onceaweek;everyweek;bytheweek

21stCenturyispublishedweekly.《21世紀報》每周出版一次。

3.n.apublicationissuedonceaweek

BusinessWeekly《商業(yè)周刊》

Publishers'Weekly(美)《出版商周刊》

atwiceweekly半周干U

4.dowith:

1)(usedinquestionswith"what")dealwith

Tellmewhatyoudidwithyourselfthisweek.

Thechilddidn'tknowwhattodowithhimselfforexcitement.

2)tolerate

Ican'tdow汕himandhisimpoliteness.我不能忍受他和他的無禮。

3)(oftenwith“could","can")desire

Icoulddowithacupoftea.

Collocation:

沒有…也行，將就dowithout廢除，去掉doawaywith

代替，適合…dofor對…有益dogood(to)

重復doover

5.determination:n.theabilitytocontinuetryingtoachievewhatyouhavedecidedto

doevenwhenthisisdifficult

HehasgreatdeterminationtolearnEnglishwell.

6.personnel:n.

1)thedepartmentinalargeorganizationthatdealswithemployees;humanresources

(uncountablenoun,usedwithasingularorpluralverb).

人事管理personneladministration

人事部/處/科personneldepartment

人事部長/處長/科長personneldirector

2)allthepersonsworkinginanorganization,inthearmy,etc.(oftenusedwitha

pluralverb)

Thepersonnelofthecompanyhasbeenincreased.

Allpersonnelwereallowedtotakepartintheparty.全體員工都允許參加晚會。

NB:此外注意與personal的區(qū)別。personal:個人的，私人的，親自的，秘密的

apersonalappearance親自出面

Ihavesomethingpersonaltotellyou.我有私人的事要告訴你。

7.capacity:n.

1)theabilitytounderstandordosth.

Hiscapacityforrememberingthingsisinteresting.

2)theabilitytoholdorcontainsth.

themaximumamountthatcanbecontained

Thetrunkisfilledtocapacity.

CF:capacity,ability,capability&proficiency

這些詞都可以表示“能力”的意思。

capacity用于物時，指容納接受的能力，如容積、容量、生產能力；用于人時，

指潛在的能力，多用于才智、道德，尤指接受能力、領悟性、敏感性等。

ability既指天賦的能力，也指培養(yǎng)造就而獲得的本領；主要用于人，指已經表現(xiàn)

出來的實際能力，尤指人的思維能力。

capability較多用于人，指勝任某項工作的能力、本領。

proficiency正式用語，帶有技術性，指對業(yè)務的精通和熟練。

8.skilled:adj.

1)havingskill;trained;experiencedaskilledworker技術熟練的工人

2)needingskillskilledwork技術性工作

CF:skilled&skillful

skilled,skillful表示“有技術的，熟練的”時可以互換。

skilled通常是指受過正規(guī)訓練，有多年實踐經驗而掌握某項專門技術。

skillful是指人聰明，做事很靈巧，尤指手的靈巧。

Heisaskilled/skillfulsurgeon.

Rose'sfatherisaskilledmechanicsoshehasbecomeskillfulatrepairingbicycles

too.

羅斯的父親是個熟練的機械師，因而她也很會修理自行車。

9.forsale:availabletobebought待售，供出售

Thecompanywillputthehousesforsale.

NotforSale.非賣品。

Collocation：

上市，出售；減價，賤賣onsale

賒購asaleoncredit

包退包換的，無法銷售可以退貨的onsaleorreturn

10.callon:

1)visitsb.forashorttime

rilcallonhimtomorrow.

2)summon;appeal

Theycalledontheworkersofthecitytosupportthestrike.他們號召全市工人支持

這次罷工。

3)invite;require

ThehostofthepartycalledontheChairmantospeak.

Collocation：

邀約；要求；需要callfor取消calloff

打電話；召集；使人想起callup順路到某處；收回callin

11.loan:

1).vt.lend

Thebankloanedmesomemoney.

Theartistloanedherpicturestothemuseum.

2).n.

①sth.lent,esp.asumofmoney

Thedictionaryisaloan,notagift.

Doestheloancarryanyinterest?

②lending

MayIhavetheloanofyourtypewriter?我可以借你的打字機用一下嗎？

Collocation：

請求借用,,,askfortheloanof

借…h(huán)avetheloanof...

出借的onloan

內(外)債adomestic(foreign)loan

公債，國庫券apublic/governmentloan

消費貸款aloanforconsumption

擔保貸款aloanonsecurity

無息貸款agift(interest-free)loan

長期貸款along-termloan

抵押貸款，抵押借款amortgageloan

12.character:n.theparticularcollectionofqualitiesthatmakesb./sth.differentfrom

others

Hehasastrongbutgentlecharacter.

Thenewbuildingshavechangedthecharacterofthevillage.

Characterbuildingshouldbethemainpointofeducation.

品質的培養(yǎng)應是教育的重點。

2)personinaplay,movie,etc.

Ifindallthecharactersinhisnewplayveryreal.

3)letter,signormarkusedinasystemofwritingorprinting

aChinesecharacter一個漢字

ThecharactersinChinesewritinglooklikesmallpictures.

漢字看起來像是一幅幅小圖畫。

CF:character,characteristic,feature&personality

這些詞都是名詞，都有“性格”、“品質”、“特征”的意思。

character指成年人已經充分發(fā)展的生活方式，而且往往與品格有關。

characteristic指某物的任何方面，不涉及全局的重要性，但常指有代表性的一個

側面，常用于科技領域。

feature通常指外貌的特征或特別的、附加的、有吸引力的東西。

personality偏重指一個人表現(xiàn)出來的無法明確闡述的整個情緒方面的特點，不與

形容詞連用時表示情感上的吸引力。

FillintheblankswiththewordsgivenaboveandtranslatethesentencesintoChinese.

1).Anaquilinenosewasherbestfeature鷹鉤鼻是她最明顯的特征。

2).Hecanreadaguy?scharacteratthefirstglance.他一眼就可以看出一個人的品

質。

3).Hehascharacterbutnopersonality.他有性格但沒有個性。

4).Apsychologicalreportlistseverypossiblecharacteristicofthepersonbeing

studied.

一份心理學報告列舉了研究對象所有可能有的特性。

13.confidence:n.thequalityofbeingcertainofone'sabilitiesoroftrustingother

people

Itookthemintomyconfidence.

Iamtellingyouthisinstrictconfidence.我告訴你這件事是因為絕對相信你會保

守秘密的。

Ihaveeveryconfidenceinyourabilitytosucceed.

14.sendfor:askforthearrivalof

Doyouwanttosendforthepolice?

Iwasseriouslyillandmyfatherhadtosendforadoctor.

15.hunt:v.

1)searchthoroughly(for)

Thepolicearehuntingfortheescapedcriminalinthemountain.

警察在山中搜索逃犯。

Theywerehuntingtheareaforanewapartment.

2)goafter(wildanimals)forfoodorsport

Weoftengoouthuntingintheholiday.

16.abandon:v.giveupcompletelyandforever

Thecruelfatherabandonedhisnewborndaughter.

Oneofmyclassmateshadtoabandonthetripbecauseofhisfather'sillness.

17.property:n.

1)land,buildingsorbothtogether

Littlepropertywasleftinthesmallcountryafterthewar.

2)Thethingorthingsthatsb.owns

Thefactoryismyuncle'sprivateproperty.

publicproperty公共財產personalproperty動產realproperty不動

產

18.sponsor:

1.v.supportbygivingmoney,encouragementorotherhelp

TheexhibitionwassponsoredbytheSocietyofCulture.

Somelargecompaniessponsoredthisfashionshow.

一些大公司贊助了這次的時裝表演。

2)n.onewhoputsforwardorguaranteesaproposal

asponsorcountry主辦國

19.approach:

1).v.comenearornearerto

Theboyshadapproachedthetunnelwhentheyplayedthegame.

Theyoungteacheriseasytoapproachandallthestudentsliketoanswerher

questions.

Theperformanceapproachesperfection.性能近乎完美。

2).n.way

Everyonehashisownapproachtostudy.每個人的學習方法都不一樣。

20.passaway:die

Hepassedawaypeacefully.

Collocation:

passby不注意，忽視passdown使傳下來passover對…不加考慮

passout失去知覺，昏倒passoff終止，停止

21.handle:

1).v.

①manage;control

Howtohandlethecontradictioncorrectlyamongthepeopleisimportanttosteady

development.

正確處理人們內部的矛盾對穩(wěn)定發(fā)展很重要。

②touch,lift,orholdwiththehands

Washyourhandsbeforeyouhandlethewhitepaper.

2).n.apartthatisdesignedtobeheldoroperatedwiththehand

Thehandleisnotwellfixed.

22.aboveall:mostimportantofall

Hewasconcernedaboveallwiththetruthoftheaccident.

Collocation：

畢竟，終究，歸根結底afterall完全，全然atall首先firstofall

總計；總的說來inall幾乎，差一點；除…外全部allbut

總之allinall

23.balance:n

l)..thedifferencebetweenthecreditandthedebitside;aremainder

abankbalance銀行余額

Thebalanceofthewageswasdevotedtonewbooksonflowerculture.

剩下來的工資全用來購買花卉栽培的新書上了。

Youmaykeepthebalance.

2)aweighingdevice

Thebalanceisanapparatusforweighing,notforyoutoplay.

3)astateofequilibrium

Thechildcouldkeephisbalancewithhislegsonhisnewbicycle.

孩子騎在他的新自行車上用雙腿保持平衡。

V.

1)keeporputsth.inasteadyposition

I'mtryingtobalanceontheballononefootinordertowintheprize.

2)showequaltotalsofdebitsandcredits

Myaccountsbalanceforthefirsttimethisyear!

AfterReading

Summary

UsefulExpressions

1.結結巴巴的英語brokenEnglish

2.大蕭條時期theDepressiondays

3.上門求助cometosb.forhelp

4.重整業(yè)務rebuildone'sbusiness

5.夏去秋來Summerpassesintofall.

6.人事部門personneldepartment

7.培訓I工人trainlaborers

8.anapprenticeschool徒工學校

9.precisionwork精密加工工作

10.takeacutinpay減薪水

11.loanmoneyoncharacter人品貸款

12.nosale沒門

13.manofcharacter人品端正

14.downpayment首付

15.從那以后fromthenon

16.零星雜物oddsand6nds

17.樣子自信havealookofconfidence

18.穿戴整齊beneatlydressed

19.兒時的伙伴childhoodfriends

20.最后intheend

SentenceTranslation

1.Hehadlearnedtoreadthemillionthsofaninchonthemicrometerandtoshapethe

grindingwheelwithaninstrumentsetwithadiamond.

他學會了在千分尺上辨識一百萬分之一英寸，會用鑲嵌著金剛石的工具制作砂

輪。

2.But,afterall,thebalancesheetswereexactlythesame.Theonlydifferencewas

whereyouputthedecimalpoint.

但究其實，兩者的資產負債表完全一樣。唯一的不同是你把小數(shù)點點在什么地方。

3.Hemovedtoalow-rentdistrictinOakland,gettingbyonacombinationof

scholarships,loans,asmallgrantand,asalways,work.

他搬到奧克蘭一個房租低廉的地區(qū)，靠獎學金、貸款、少量的補助金以及一如既

往地打工勉強度日。

4.對于他們，美國夢的含義就是才能與勤勞能讓你從小木屋

走向白宮。

Forthem,thedreamisthattalentandhardworkcantakeyoufromlogcabintoWhite

House.

5.我設法湊了一小筆微薄的周薪，就這樣托尼每天清掃院子，有什么零活，他

都干了。

Imanagedtoworkoutsomekindofsmallweeklypay,andeachdayTonycleanedup

theyardandtookcareofanylittletasks.

6.最后，我覺得他就和美國那些最偉大的實業(yè)家一樣高大、自豪。

Intheend,Ithinkhestoodastall,andasproud,asthegreatestAmerican

industrialists.

7.此刻，在手術室，看著這同樣的顏色一一使大腦充滿營養(yǎng)和奇跡的鮮紅顏色，

我仿佛回到了田間，正在那兒勞作。

NowIamhere,lookingatthesamecolor一thatbrightredthatjustfillsthebrain

withnutritionandwonder.I'mrightthereinthefield,andFmjustdoingit.

ABriefGuidetoWritingNarrativeEssays

Narrativewritingtellsastory.Inessaysthenarrativewritingcouldalsobeconsidered

reflectionoranexplorationoftheauthor'svaluestoldasastory.Theimportantaspect

torememberisthatyoushouldhaveastory.Inasuccessfulnarrativeessay,theauthor

usuallymakesapoint.

Features

1)Thestoryshouldhaveanintroductionthatclearlyindicateswhatkindofnarrative

essayitis(aneventorrecurringactivity,apersonalexperience,oranobservation),

anditshouldhaveaconclusionthatmakesapoint.

2)Theessayshouldincludeanecdotes.Theauthorshoulddescribetheperson,the

scene,ortheeventinsomedetail.Ifsokaytoincludedialogueaslongasyouknow

howtopunctuateitcorrectlyandaslongasyouavoidusingtoomuch.

3)Theoccasionorpersondescribedmustbesuggestiveinthatyourdescriptionand

thoughtsleadthereadertoreflectonthehumanexperience.

4)Thepointofviewinnarrativeessaysisusuallyfirstperson.Theuseof“I"invites

yourreadersintoanintimatediscussion.

5)Thewritinginyouressayshouldbelivelyandshowsomestyle.Trytodescribe

ideasandeventsinnewanddifferentways.Avoidusingcliches.Again,getthebasic

storydown,getitorganized,andinyourfinaleditingprocess,workonwordchoice.

SupplementaryReading

CultureNotes

IllegalImmigrationtotheUnitedStates

IllegalimmigrationtotheUnitedStatesreferstotheactofforeignnationals

voluntarilyresettlingintheUnitedStatesinviolationofU.S.immigrationand

nationalitylaw.

MedicalEducationintheUnitedStates

MedicaleducationintheUnitedStatesincludeseducationalactivitiesinvolvedinthe

educationandtrainingofmedicaldoctors(D.O.orM.D.),fromentry-leveltraining

throughtocontinuingeducationofqualifiedspecialists.

Atypicaloutlineofthemedicaleducationpathwayispresentedasmedicalschool,

internship,residency,fellowship,andboardcertification;however,medicineisa

diverseprofessionwithmanyoptionsavailable.Forexample,somedoctorsworkin

pharmaceutical(制藥的)research,occupationalmedicine(withinacompany),public

healthmedicine(workingforthegeneralhealthofapopulationinanarea),orjointhe

armedforces.

HarvardMedicalSchool(HMS)

HarvardMedicalSchool(HMS)isoneofthegraduateschoolsofHarvardUniversity

andcurrentlytheNo.lmedicalschoolinAmerica,asrankedbyU.S.NewsandWorld

Report.

LocatedintheLongwoodMedicalAreaoftheMissionHillneighborhoodofBoston,

Massachusetts,HMSishometo616students(asofFall2006)intheM.D.program,

435inthePh.D.program,and155intheM.D.-Ph.Dprogram.

Theschoolhasalargeanddistinguishedfacultytosupportitsmissionsofeducation,

research,andclinicalcare.Thisfacultyholdappointmentsinthebasicscience

departmentsontheHMSQuadrangle,andintheclinicaldepartmentslocatedin

multipleHarvard-affiliatedhospitalsandinstitutionsinBoston.Thereare

approximately2,900full-andpart-timevotingfaculty

membersconsistingofassistants,associates,andfullprofessors,andover5,000full-

orpart-timenon-votinginstructors.

Words&Expressions

1.illegal:adj.againstthelaw;notlegal

Itisillegaltodriveacarthatisnottaxedandinsured.

Itisillegaltoselltobaccotosomeoneunder16.

把煙草賣給16歲以下的人是犯法的。

2.immigrant:n.someonewhoentersanothercountrytolivetherepermanently

Illegalimmigrantsaresentbackacrosstheborderiftheyarecaught.

ThenewimmigrantscomemainlyfromAsiaandLatinAmerica.

新移民主要來自于亞洲和拉丁美洲。

3.putupwith:tolerateorbear

Foryearstheworkershavehadtoputupwithlowwagesandterribleworking

conditions.

多年來工人們不得不忍受低工資和惡劣的工作環(huán)境。

Marycouldnolongerputupwithherhusband'sviolenttemper.

4.insearchof:searchingfor

Manyofitsbest-educatedresidentshavebeendriventoneighboringcountiesin

searchofbetterjobs.

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