(全新版)大学英语综合教程】 give treats rather than having tricks played on them Trick or trea Smell my feet Give me something to eat Step Four: General mpression 1 Main idea of the text (Never delay expressing your true feelings to a friend) 2 Contents questions: 1)What was the cab driver doing when the author wanted to take the taxi? 2)How long had the driver and Ed been friends? What did the driver and E use todo when they were kids? 4)Why did the driver repeat that he should have kept in touch 5)What did the author mean by saying the first sentence in the letter reminded him ofhimsel? 6)How did the driver feel about Old Ed's friendship with him? Step Five Text Structure(Ex p39) I Answer the clue questions: 1)What does the story begin with? 2)What helped start a conversation between the cab driver and the passenger? 3)What was 2 Divide the text into three parts and give the main idea of each part. Step Six: Pronunciation practice Ask Ssto pron the new wordsone by one.pay special attention to the following words available apologetically estimate correspondence shrug postpone absolutely awful choke destination Assionments: 1List the difficult word phrases in the text and find their proper meaning with assistance of the dictionary. 2Ex vocabulary p43-46
(全新版)大学英语综合教程 1 11 give treats rather than having tricks played on them. *Trick or treat Smell my feet Give me something to eat Step Four: General Impression 1 Main idea of the text: (Never delay expressing your true feelings to a friend) 2 Contents questions: 1) What was the cab driver doing when the author wanted to take the taxi? 2) How long had the driver and Ed been friends? 3) What did the driver and Ed use to do when they were kids? 4) Why did the driver repeat that he should have kept in touch? 5) What did the author mean by saying the first sentence in the letter reminded him of himself? 6) How did the driver feel about Old Ed’s friendship with him? Step Five: Text Structure (Ex p39) 1 Answer the clue questions: 1) What does the story begin with? 2) What helped start a conversation between the cab driver and the passenger? 3) What was their conversation centered on? 4) How did the author get to learn more about the friendship between the driver and Ed? 2 Divide the text into three parts and give the main idea of each part. Step Six: Pronunciation Practice Ask Ss to pronounce the new words one by one, pay special attention to the following words: available apologetically estimate correspondence shrug postpone absolutely awful choke destination Assignments: 1 List the difficult word or phrases in the text and find their proper meaning with assistance of the dictionary. 2 Ex vocabulary p43-46
(全新版)大学英语综合教程1 时间 教室 Objectives: 1 Learn to express the idea in one's own words 2 Know the writing strategy:a surprising ending 3 Learn the relative language points. Step One Skimming 1 Pair Work:skim the text and find out how many questions the narrator asked the cabbie and what were the latter's response. 1)-Is your cab available?(Yes.) -Is the letter froma childora grandchild?(No.Ed was my oldest friend.) -He's someone you've known quite a while?(All my life.) 4)-Did you go to school together?(All the way through high school.) 5)-Is he dead?(He died a couple of weeks ago.) -Did you two work at the same place?(No.But we hung out together when single,later nore distant) -The letter must have made you feel good,didn't it?(The driver said something that the narrator could not understand.) 8)-Ithought your friend was Ed.Why did he sigh it Tom?(The letter was not from Ed to me Iam Tom.It'sa letter I wrote to him before Iknew he'd died.So I never mailed it.) 2ne pair ofs performs answers for the class.Before that they needn't read from the text,but should use theirown words to get the meaning across. 3Questions: 1)At first,did you mistake Ed for the writer of this letter,like the storyteller did? 2)When did you realize your mistake? 4 Comments:a surprising ending is sometimes adopted in stories O'Henry's The Last Leaf.Maupassant's Necklace Step Two: Language Study (Part1) Texplain some difficult pointsand ask Ssto do the rest Partl: 1 be lost in/lose oneself in:be absorbed in,be fully occupied with -thought/wonder/admiration in computer mes ohe of y cring theo avail v.-oneself of sth:make use of sth;take advantage of sth cg:The information is readily available to anyone.(这资料人人可方使地利用。)
(全新版)大学英语综合教程 1 12 时间 教室 Objectives: 1 Learn to express the idea in one’s own words 2 Know the writing strategy: a surprising ending 3 Learn the relative language points. Step One: Skimming: 1 Pair Work: skim the text and find out how many questions the narrator asked the cabbie and what were the latter’s response. 1) -Is your cab available? (Yes.) 2) -Is the letter from a child or a grandchild? (No. Ed was my oldest friend.) 3) -He’s someone you’ve known quite a while? (All my life.) 4) -Did you go to school together? (All the way through high school.) 5) -Is he dead? (He died a couple of weeks ago.) 6) -Did you two work at the same place? (No. But we hung out together when single, later we grew more distant.) 7) -The letter must have made you feel good, didn’t it? (The driver said something that the narrator could not understand.) 8) -I thought your friend was Ed. Why did he sigh it Tom? (The letter was not from Ed to me, I am Tom. It’s a letter I wrote to him before I knew he’d died. So I never mailed it.) 2 One pair of Ss performs the questions and answers for the class. Before doing so, T explains that they needn’t read word-for-word from the text, but should use their own words to get the meaning across. 3 Questions: 1) At first, did you mistake Ed for the writer of this letter, like the storyteller did? 2) When did you realize your mistake? 3) Which round of question-and-answer leads to the mistake? ( the second one) 4 Comments: a surprising ending is sometimes adopted in stories. *O’Henry’s The Last Leaf, Maupassant’s Necklace Step Two: Language Study (Part1): T explain some difficult points and ask Ss to do the rest. Part1: 1 be lost in/ lose oneself in: be absorbed in, be fully occupied with ~ thought/ wonder/ admiration eg: He was lost in playing computer games so he was unaware of my entering the room. 2 available: able to be used, had, or reached *avail v. ~ oneself of sth: make use of sth; take advantage of sth eg: The information is readily available to anyone. (这资料人人可方便地利用。)
(全新版大学英语综合教程1 You must avail vourself of every opportunity to speak English 3 He sounded as ifhe (This sentence implies the sad state of mind the taxi driver was in.) or something/or something like that:used when you are not very sure about what you have just said.or another thing similar to that mentioned. 4 go ahead:continue.begin -with sth. g The bard of will vote todayonwhether to go ahead with the plan The government intends togo ahead with its. 5 At least they do with me because I'm on the road so much. (At least letters from home mean a lot to me because I travel a lot in a car for long distances.) 6 estimate:form a judgment about (a quantity or value):calculate roughly the cost.size.value -sth.at.~for sth Bill'spersonal riches were We asked the builder to estimate for the repair of the ceiling 7 might/mav (just)as well: If you say that you might/may (just)as well do sth.,you mean that you will do it although you do not have a strong desire to do it and may even feel slightly reluctant about it ting:I'm not good at writing not much of a:not agood eg:Some people may think that doing housework for others is not much of a career. He is not much of a father,but he is an outstanding professor. 9correspondence:letter-writing.letters. ~with long correspondence with aclos colege friend. correspondence course:course of study using books,exercises,etc sent by post (2 agreement,similarity:~with,between sth.and sth. corresnond y 10 But i take it he's someone (ButI expect that he is someon The sentence pattern"take it(that)"is used to say that you expect someone will do something.know something. eg:I take it(that)you've heard that all the students in my class have done a very good job in CET-4 11 practically:almost,but not completelyor exactly eg:She wasn't beautiful,but she was kind of cute. 13 acouple of (infml)a few,more than one but not many They promis the studts that they would find a subt teacher was still on his mind when he spoke again,almost more to himself than to me. But I realized that the taxi driver was still thinking of Old Ed when he spoke again.It seemed that he spoke more to himself than to me. on one's mind:in one's thoughts,of concern to one
(全新版)大学英语综合教程 1 13 You must avail yourself of every opportunity to speak English. 3 He sounded as if he had a cold or something: (This sentence implies the sad state of mind the taxi driver was in.) or something/ or something like that: used when you are not very sure about what you have just said, or another thing similar to that mentioned. 4 go ahead: continue, begin ~with sth. eg: The board of directors will vote today on whether to go ahead with the plan. The government intends to go ahead with its privatization plan. 5 At least they do with me because I’m on the road so much. (At least letters from home mean a lot to me because I travel a lot in a car for long distances.) 6 estimate: form a judgment about (a quantity or value); calculate roughly the cost, size, value ~ sth. at. ~ for sth eg: Bill’s personal riches were estimated at $368 million. We asked the builder to estimate for the repair of the ceiling. 7 might/ may (just) as well: If you say that you might/ may (just) as well do sth., you mean that you will do it although you do not have a strong desire to do it and may even feel slightly reluctant about it. eg: Anyway, you are here, you might as well stay. 8 I’m not much of a hand at writing: I’m not good at writing. not much of a : not a good eg: Some people may think that doing housework for others is not much of a career. He is not much of a father, but he is an outstanding professor. 9 correspondence: ① letter-writing; letters: ~ with eg: His interest in writing came from a long correspondence with a close college friend. * correspondence course: course of study using books, exercises, etc sent by post ② agreement, similarity: ~ with, ~ between sth. and sth. * correspond v. 10 But I take it he’s someone. ( But I expect that he is someone.) The sentence pattern “I take it (that)” is used to say that you expect someone will do something, know something. eg: I take it (that) you’ve heard that all the students in my class have done a very good job in CET-4. 11 practically: almost, but not completely or exactly eg: I know people who find it practically impossible to five up smoking. 12 kind of/ sort of: a little bit, in some way or degree. (used before v. or after a link v.) eg: She wasn’t beautiful, but she was kind of cute. 13 a couple of: (infml) a few, more than one but not many eg: They promised the students that they would find a substitute teacher in a couple of days. 14 But I realized that Old Ed was still on his mind when he spoke again, almost more to himself than to me. ( But I realized that the taxi driver was still thinking of Old Ed when he spoke again. It seemed that he spoke more to himself than to me.) on one’s mind: in one’s thoughts; of concern to one
(全新版)大学英语综合教程1 *be out of one's mind:be crazy or mad nthe stock market have been on hismind all the tim Doccur,arise,happen,esp.unexpectedly eg:I'm afraid something urgent has come up,I won't be able to see you tonight 2be mentioned or discussed eg:The term"Project Hope"has come upalot recently in the newspaper (ofa lottery ticket,number)be drawn.win My number came upand won a ca 16 urge:try earnestly or persistently to persuad ~sb.to do sth. ~that-clause <SM> eg:They urged the local government to approve plans for their reform program. Step Three: Language Style 1 T reads out the following sentences and Ss try to find out sentences of similar meaning in the text: -Go on reading your letter.(Go ahead and finish your letter. -We were friends our childh .So our friendship has a long history.(We were kids together,so we go way back.) -For one reason or another you lose touch even though you never forget.(You kind of lose touch even though you never forget. It is painful to lose any friend.(It'sno fun to lose any friend.) 2 Question:Which s are more 00 Since this story is developed mainly through the conversation between the cabbie and his passenger,its language tends to be simpler and more colloquial,sentences tend to be shorter or even incomplete. Assignments: 1Exp4547 2 Writing:read p56 and write aletter to the teacher,saying anything you want to say 3 Learn Part2,3
(全新版)大学英语综合教程 1 14 *be out of one’s mind: be crazy or mad eg: Dealings on the stock market have been on his mind all the time. 15 come up: ①occur, arise, happen, esp. unexpectedly eg: I’m afraid something urgent has come up, I won’t be able to see you tonight. ②be mentioned or discussed eg: The term “Project Hope” has come up a lot recently in the newspaper. ③(of a lottery ticket, number) be drawn, win eg: My number came up and I won a car. 16 urge: try earnestly or persistently to persuade ~ sb. to do sth. ~ that-clause <SM> eg: They urged the local government to approve plans for their reform program. Step Three: Language Style 1 T reads out the following sentences and Ss try to find out sentences of similar meaning in the text: -Go on reading your letter. (Go ahead and finish your letter.) -I’m not used to writing letters. (I’m not much of a hand at writing.) -We were friends since our childhood. So our friendship has a long history. (We were kids together, so we go way back.) -For one reason or another you lose touch even though you never forget. (You kind of lose touch even though you never forget.) -It is painful to lose any friend. (It’s no fun to lose any friend.) 2 Question: Which sentences are more colloquial? Since this story is developed mainly through the conversation between the cabbie and his passenger, its language tends to be simpler and more colloquial, sentences tend to be shorter or even incomplete. Assignments: 1 Ex p45-47 2 Writing: read p56 and write a letter to the teacher, saying anything you want to say. 3 Learn Part2,3
(全新版)大学英语综合教程1 时间 斯富 Objectives 1 Study language point 2 Learn the skills of conversation 3 Understand the theme of the text Step One: Language Study(Part2) T explains some language points and give some practices,Ss consult dictionaries to understand the rest 1 postpone v.delay,arrange sth.at alater time(+n/-ing) eg:The couple had *put off 2 It had references to things that. (The leuer made mention of things that.) reference:Othe act of talking about sb./sth.or mentioning them g:No reference was made by anyone to the past.(没有人提到过去。) Avoid m ing any reference to hisiles 2note,tellinga reader in what other book,article,information may be found eg:The references at the end of each chapter will be found useful for class assignment. (每章结尾处的参考书目有助于布置练习。) the act of looking at sth.for information Use the dictionry for y reference Keep their price list for further reference. 3"Like it says there.' "about all we had to spend in those davs was time ("As the letter says there.""though we didn't have much money we had a lot offree time.") 4 absolutely:totally and completely between the twool- 5 reunion:a party attended by members of the same family,school,other group who have no seen each other for a long time. eg:The soccer club holds an annual/yearly reunion 6 go by:(of time)pass ou(infm)stay in o near a place for no particular reason.not doing very much eg:I often hung out in coffee bars while I was unemployed. 2hang clothes ona piece of string outside in order to dry them eg:What a pain!-It's raining and I have just hung the washing out. *hang on eg:Every now and then I have a desire to quit my tedious job I still see Jane for lunch every now and then,but not as often as I used to But for the last 20r30 years it's been mostly just Christmas cards
(全新版)大学英语综合教程 1 15 时间 教室 Objectives: 1 Study language point 2 Learn the skills of conversation 3 Understand the theme of the text Step One: Language Study (Part2) T explains some language points and give some practices; Ss consult dictionaries to understand the rest. 1 postpone v. delay, arrange sth. at a later time (+n./-ing) eg: The couple had postponed having children to establish their careers. *put off 2 It had references to things that. (The letter made mention of things that.) reference: ①the act of talking about sb./sth., or mentioning them eg: No reference was made by anyone to the past. (没有人提到过去。) Avoid making any reference to his illness. ②note, telling a reader in what other book, article, information may be found eg: The references at the end of each chapter will be found useful for class assignment. (每章结尾处的参考书目有助于布置练习。) ③the act of looking at sth. for information eg: Use the dictionary for easy reference. Keep their price list for further reference. 3 “Like it says there,”. “about all we had to spend in those days was time. (“As the letter says there,”. “though we didn’t have much money we had a lot of free time.”) 4 absolutely: totally and completely eg: There is absolutely no difference between the two oil-paintings. 5 reunion: a party attended by members of the same family, school, or other group who have not seen each other for a long time. eg: The soccer club holds an annual/ yearly reunion. 6 go by: (of time) pass eg: As each month goes by, the economic situation gets better. 7 hang out: ① (infml) stay in or near a place, for no particular reason, not doing very much eg: I often hung out in coffee bars while I was unemployed. ② hang clothes on a piece of string outside in order to dry them eg: What a pain!-It’s raining and I have just hung the washing out. *hang on 8 every now and then: sometimes, at times eg: Every now and then I have a desire to quit my tedious job. I still see Jane for lunch every now and then, but not as often as I used to. 9 But for the last 20 or 30 years it’s been mostly just Christmas cards