新核心读写基础课件Unit.ppt

Unit 1 Profile of Foreign Universities,Learning objectives,In this unit,you will:1.learn about some foreign universities;2.familiarize yourself with the words,expressions,and sentence patterns related to universities;3.use these words,expressions,and sentence patterns in writing and speech;4.search the Internet and/or other resources for the information about famous foreign universities;5.give an oral presentation to the class about famous foreign universities;6.learn about four traditional sentence patterns.,Part I Approaching the Topic,Part II Understanding the Text,Part III Integrated Tasks,Part IV Writing Strategy,Part I Approaching the Topic,Task 1 Brainstorming,Task 2 Surfing and Reporting,Task 3 Watching and Retelling,Task 4 Vocabulary Preview,You will need a partner for this activity.1.Brainstorm a list of 10 words commonly used when discussing university.2.Why did you choose your present university?3.If you had an opportunity to further your study in famous universities either at home or abroad,which university would you choose?Why?,Task 1 Brainstorming,Unit 1 Part I Task 1,1.Work in groups to find information on the Internet about the following terms.,Task 2 Surfing and Reporting,Unit 1 Part I Task 2,Answers for reference:,Unit 1 Part I Task 2,2.Report the information you have found by giving a PowerPoint presentation to the class.,Unit 1 Part I Task 2,3.Make a list of key words related to university based on your Internet research.Compare it with the list you made Task 1.,Task 3 Watching and Retelling,1.Watch the video clip adapted from“Why Did You Choose Yale”.Use the glossary below as a reference.,Unit 1 Part I Task 3,Unit 1 Part I Task 3,2.Watch the video again,focusing on the specific information,and then match the information in Column A with the corresponding items in Column B.,Unit 1 Part I Task 3,f,_,g,_,e,_,c,_,d,_,b,_,a,_,Unit 1 Part I Task 3,Student 1,Student 2,Student 3,Student 4,Student 5,Student 6,Student 7,3.Watch the video again and then explain the main idea to your partner.,【Script】,Unit 1 Part I Task 3,Script,Unit 1 Part I Task 3,Task 4 Vocabulary Preview,Read the words and phrases below,paying attention to the pronunciation.Put a check mark()next to all known words.Try to understand unfamiliar words from context.,Glossary for Main Reading,Unit 1 Part I Task 4,Unit 1 Part I Task 4,Unit 1 Part I Task 4,Glossary for Related Reading,Unit 1 Part I Task 4,Unit 1 Part I Task 4,Unit 1 Part I Task 4,Part II Understanding the Text,Main Reading,Related Reading,Part II Understanding the Text,Main Reading,Text-Related Information,Language Points,Translation of the Texts,Tasks,Text-Related Information,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,1.Michael Pettis,2.John Jay,John Jay(December 12,1745 May 17,1829)was an American politician,statesman,revolutionary,diplomat,a Founding Father of the United States,and the first Chief Justice of the United States(178995).Jay served as the President of the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1779.During and after the American Revolution,Jay was a minister(ambassador)to Spain and France,helping to fashion United States foreign policy,and to secure favorable peace terms from Great Britain(with Jays Treaty of 1794)and the First French Republic.Jay also co-wrote the Federalist Papers,along with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,3.Enrico Fermi,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,4.Jack Kerouac,Jack Kerouac(March 12,1922 October 21,1969)was an American novelist and poet.He is considered a literary iconoclast and,alongside William S.Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg,a pioneer of the Beat Generation.Kerouac is recognized for his spontaneous method of writing,covering topics such as Catholic spirituality,jazz,promiscuity,Buddhism,drugs,poverty,and travel.,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,5.John Allyn Berryman,John Allyn Berryman(October 25,1914 January 7,1972)was an American poet and scholar,born in McAlester,Oklahoma.He was a major figure in American poetry in the second half of the 20th century and was considered a key figure in the Confessional school of poetry.His best-known work is The Dream Songs.,Language Points,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,1.along with together with,Dunne,along with three guards,was murdered.Tea from China,along with silk and porcelain,began to be known to the world in ancient China and has since always been an important Chinese export.,e.g.,2.Like those other schools,it has played an important role in US history,having educated,among others,Alexander Hamilton,one of Americas Founding Fathers and in my opinion the most brilliant and important of American leaders.(L9),Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,Paraphrase:,Like those other schools,it has played a big part in US history.It has educated many American leaders,including Alexander Hamilton,who is one of the Americas Founding Fathers and who I think is the most intelligent and important American leader.,【译文】,与其他七所大学一样，哥伦比亚大学在美国的历史中扮演了重要的角色，培养出了一大批杰出人物，其中包括美国的创始人之一亚历山大汉密尔顿我个人认为他是美国领袖中最杰出也是最重要的一位。,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,among others used when mentioning one or more examples,play an important role in play an important part in,Parents play an important role in their childrens learning.All these factors played an important role in the disaster of 1940.,e.g.,All they want are“good”jobs which could offer,among others,good salary,comfortable working conditions,and high social status.,e.g.,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,She was awarded the Nobel Prize for her work in medical research.,e.g.,3.award vt.,to officially give someone something such as a prize or money to reward them for something theyhave done,award somebody something,The judge awarded me first prize.,e.g.,award something to somebody,A Nobel Prize was awarded to Waksman in 1952.,e.g.,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,to officially decide that someone should receive a payment or a formal agreement,award somebody something,The government awarded a German company the contract.,e.g.,award something to somebody,45,000 was awarded to a typist with an injured hand.,e.g.,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,Compared to/with our small flat,Bills house seemed like a palace.,e.g.,pare v.,compared to/with something,used when considering the size,quality,or amount of something in relation to something similar,He compared the girl to the moon in the poem.,e.g.,Pay attention to the other usage of compare to:used to draw an analogy between one thing and another for the purposes of explanation or clarification,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,The police compared the suspects fingerprints with those found at the crime scene.,e.g.,compare something/somebody to something/somebody,to examine or judge two or more things in order to show how they are similar to or different from each other,compare something/somebody with something/somebody,Davies style of writing has been compared to Dickens.,e.g.,5.Although most Columbians recognize that in some ways Columbia is very typical of any of the worlds great universities,we always insist that there are three things that make Columbia different from any other school.(L21),Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,Paraphrase:,Most Columbians admit that in some aspects Columbia is having the usual features orqualities of any of the worlds great universities,but we always say firmly that there are three things that make Columbia different from any other school.,【译文】,虽然大多数哥伦比亚人承认哥伦比亚大学在某些方面与世界上任何一所伟大的大学别无二致，但我们坚持认为有三点使哥伦比亚大学有别于其他任何学校。,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,recognize vt.,First,it is important to recognize what kind of person you are.,e.g.,to accept or admit that something is true,One must recognize that homesickness is natural.,e.g.,recognize(that),recognize what/how/who etc.,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,The World Health Organization has recognized alcoholism as a disease since 1951.,e.g.,to know who someone is or what something is,because you have seen,heard,experienced,or learned about them in the past,I didnt recognize you in your uniform.,e.g.,recognize something as something,to officially accept that an organization,government,document etc has legal or official authority,British medical qualifications are recognized in Canada.,e.g.,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,Lawrences novel was eventually recognized as a work of genius.,e.g.,(usually in passive)if something is recognized by people,they realize that it is important or very good.,Alexander tried to get his work recognized by the medical profession.,e.g.,be recognized as something,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,insist v.,She kept insisting on her innocence.,e.g.,to say firmly and often that something is true,especially when other people think it may not be true,Mike insisted that he was right.,e.g.,insist(that),insist on,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,They insisted that everyone should come to the party.He insisted I should take a taxi.,e.g.,to demand that something should happen,Let me pay this time.I insist.,e.g.,insist(that),We insist on the highest standards of cleanliness in the hotel.He insisted upon checking everything himself.,e.g.,insist on/upon doing something,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,insist on doing something to keep doing something,especially something that is inconvenient or annoying,She will insist on washing her hair just when I want to have a bath.,e.g.,“Why dont you call them up today?”“Oh,if you insist!”,e.g.,if you insist spoken used when agreeing to do something that you do not really want to do,6.Columbia students may at first be intimated by the citys rigorous reputation,but most very quickly learn to adapt to and absorb the intellectual excitement of the city.(L26),Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,Paraphrase:,At the beginning what Columbia students may know about New York is its strong reputation,but most of the students quickly learn to adjust themselves to the intellectual excitement of the city and take in it.,【译文】,哥伦比亚大学的学生最初了解到的可能是这座城市的鼎鼎大名，但大多数学生很快就学会适应并吸收这座城市的活跃思想。,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,adapt,How do these insects adapt themselves to new environments?,e.g.,vt.&vi.to gradually change your behaviour and attitudes in order to be successful in a new situation,The children are finding it hard to adapt to the new school.,e.g.,adapt to,adapt yourself/itself etc.(to something),Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,These teaching materials can be adapted for older children.,e.g.,vt.to change something to make it suitable for a different purpose,The car has been adapted to take unleaded gas.,e.g.,adapt something to do something,adapt something for somebody,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,vt.(usually passive)if a book or play is adapted for film,television etc.,it is changed so that it can be made into a film,television programme etc.,Many children buy books after they have been adapted for television.,e.g.,be adapted for something,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,7.absorb vt.,Her capacity to absorb information is amazing.,e.g.,to take in liquid,gas,or another substance from the surface or space around something,Water and salts are absorbed into our blood stream.,e.g.,absorb something into something,to read or hear a large amount of new information and understand it,Plants absorb nutrients from the soil.,e.g.,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,to interest someone so much that they do not pay attention to other things,Judith lay on the bed,absorbed in her book.,e.g.,be absorbed in something,The movement and noise of the machines absorbed him completely.,e.g.,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,to become part of something larger,We were soon absorbed into local village life.,e.g.,be absorbed into something,California absorbs many of the legal immigrants to the US.,e.g.,if something absorbs light,heat,energy,or noise,it takes it in,Darker surfaces absorb heat.,e.g.,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,8.instinct n.,Animals have a natural instinct for survival.,e.g.,a natural tendency to behave in a particular way or a natural ability to know something,which is not learned,Her instinct told her that something was wrong.,e.g.,instinct for,Birds build nests by instinct.,e.g.,by instinct,His first instinct was to rush back to Isobel.,e.g.,somebodys first instinct what someone feels like doing first when something happens,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,9.require vt.,You are required to show the ticket.,e.g.,to need something,Campbells broken leg will probably require surgery.Most house plants require regular watering.,e.g.,if you are required to do or have something,a law or rule says you must do it or have it,be required to do something,Regulations require that students attend at least 90%of the lectures.,e.g.,require that,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,10.argue,Gallacher continued to argue with the referee throughout the game.,e.g.,vt.to disagree with someone in words,often in an angry way,We could hear the neighbours arguing.,e.g.,argue with,They were arguing about how to spend the money.,e.g.,argue about,The children were arguing over which TV programme to watch.,e.g.,argue over,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,vt.&vi.to state,giving clear reasons that something is true,should be done etc.,It could be argued that a dam might actually increase the risk of flooding.,e.g.,argue that,He argued for changes to the tax system so that it assisted people who undertook training.Senator Harvey argued strongly against taking any form of military action.,e.g.,argue for/against(doing)something,11.The third thing that makes Columbia different from other schools is that as the leading school in what has always been a great commercial center,it was always less concerned with social status than other schools,and has always been more open to people of different races,backgrounds,nationalities and religions.(L52),Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,Paraphrase:,The third thing that makes Columbia different from other school is that as one of the best schools in the world,located in a great commercial center,unlike other schools,it has never attached much importance to social status and has always been more open to people of different races,backgrounds,nationalities and religions.,【译文】,哥伦比亚大学不同于其他学校的第三点是，作为一所一直以来坐落于重要商业中心的顶尖学校，它从不像别的学校那样重视社会地位，一直都对不同种族、背景、国籍及宗教信仰的人更为开放。,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,Many politicians are more concerned with power and control than with the good of the people.,e.g.,be concerned with think something is important,This chapter is concerned with the mental health of older people.,e.g.,be concerned with somebody/something if a book,story etc.is concerned with a person,subject etc.,it is about that subject,Compare:be concerned for/about caring about someone and whether they are happy and healthy,He was genuinely concerned for the children.,e.g.,Unit 1 Part II Main Reading,bined with having two or more different features or qualities at the same time,Diets are most effective when combined with exercise.,e.g.,Good carpet wool needs to combine softness with strength.Steel is produced by combining iron with carbon.Many people enjoy combining a holiday with learning a new skill.,e.g.,combine v.if you combine two or more different things,or if they combine,th