大學(xué)英語(yǔ)基礎(chǔ)教程北大版_Unit_2_對(duì)電視說(shuō)不講述

1、Unit 2 Television? No Thanks Some Topics Related to TV Watching lDo you like watching TV? And what kind of TV programs do you usually watch? lIf one day you dont watch TV any more, what else can you do? lMaybe you need some new words to describe TV programs(電視節(jié)目) and entertainment(娛樂(lè)活動(dòng)) Some Referen

2、ce Words lThe text is going to tell us that the end of dinosaurs was caused by an asteroid(小行星) hitting the earth many years ago, which destroyed the natural conditions the dinosaurs depended on. Main Idea (Television? No Thanks) lSince TV is very common and very important in our daily life, from th

3、e title, what can we imagine will be discussed in the text? lMy family and I decided to live without TV, because TV destroyed our normal family life and turned every family member into slave of television. In the days of no TV, we enjoyed the family reunion and other meaningful activities with more

4、daily emotional communication. In a word, the negative influence of watching TV is discussed in this text. Text Structure lPart I (1) lThe author gives us the introduction of the whole textwhy her family decided to live without TV. lPart II (26) lThe author describes her family life in the days of w

5、atching TV and describes the disadvantages brought by TV. lPart III (710) lThe author gives the advantages of living without TV. LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT belong to junkie n. reform v. switch on view v. cartoon n. comedy n. pop n. pop show wildlife n. Ian tune in (to) current adj. occasional adj. debate n

6、. 為成員 (俚語(yǔ))吸食海洛因者； 上癮者 (使)改進(jìn)；改革；改過(guò) 開(kāi)(電燈,電視,電器等) 看(尤指看電視、電影) 卡通影片 喜劇 流行歌曲 流行歌曲表演 野生動(dòng)植物 伊恩（人名） 收聽(tīng)廣播;收看電視 時(shí)下的，當(dāng)今的 偶爾的 辯論 LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT Vocabulary reflective adj. documentary adj. trance n. bore v. dictate v. shush v. hiss v. determined adj. surprise v. anyway adv. enthusiastic adv. agree to try n.

7、 tolerate v. 沉思的,熟慮的 紀(jì)錄片;實(shí)況錄音 出神;發(fā)呆;精神 恍惚 令人厭煩 控制；口授 安靜下來(lái),肅靜 作噓聲 決心做某事，決定 做某事 使吃驚,使感到意外 無(wú)論如何 熱情的，熱心的 同意做某事，贊成 試一試 容忍，寬容，縱容 LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT Vocabulary boredom n. take up reckon v. outing n. roller skate argue v. passive adj. communication n. respond v. skill n. be keen on entertaining adj. inform

8、ative adj. ignore v. potential n. 煩悶 從事于，專注于 考慮,認(rèn)為;猜想,估計(jì) 短途的愉快旅行,郊游 用輪式溜冰鞋滑行 顯示出,表明;建議 被動(dòng)的,消極的 交流,表達(dá) 回答，回應(yīng) 技能，技巧 對(duì)某人或某事非常 喜愛(ài)或非常熱心； 熱衷于做某事 有趣的 增進(jìn)知識(shí)的，提供 資料的 忽視，忽略 潛能，可能性 lreform and opening-up policy改革開(kāi)放 l switch v. 轉(zhuǎn)換 n. 轉(zhuǎn)換；開(kāi)關(guān) turn on 強(qiáng)調(diào)旋轉(zhuǎn)式開(kāi)關(guān) switch on 涵蓋所有開(kāi)關(guān) tragedy trddi n. 悲劇 tune tjun n. 曲調(diào) v. 調(diào)音

9、 be determined to do 決心做某事 take up拿起；開(kāi)始從事；占據(jù)(時(shí)間,地方) Roller Skate lThe roller skate is a type of skate with wheels to be used on solid ground (as opposed to the ice skate which is to be used on ice). l ignore v. 忽視，不理睬 lignorance (n.忽視); ignorant (adj.) linformative linform (v.通知); information (n.);

10、ldictate ldic- (speak; order); dictation (n.聽(tīng)寫); dictator (n.下命 令的人；獨(dú)裁者) ltolerate v. 忍受 ltolerance (n.忍受；寬容); tolerant (adj.寬容的) PREPARATORY belong to switch on tune in (to) be determined to do sth. agree to take up be keen on 開(kāi)(電燈、電視、電器等) 決心做某事，決定做某事 同意做某事，贊成 從事于，專注于 為成員 收聽(tīng)廣播；收看電視 開(kāi)開(kāi)( (電燈、電視、電器等電燈

11、、電視、電器等) ) 為為成員成員 同意做某事，贊成同意做某事，贊成 對(duì)非常喜愛(ài),熱衷于做某事 從事于，專注于從事于，專注于 決心做某事，決定做某事決心做某事，決定做某事 收聽(tīng)廣播；收看電視收聽(tīng)廣播；收看電視 對(duì)對(duì)非常喜愛(ài)，熱衷于做某事非常喜愛(ài)，熱衷于做某事 Television? No Thanks! lI belong to one of the two percent of British families who have decided to live without a television set. The reason is simple: as a family, we we

12、re television junkies. But were now reformed and its almost three years since we last switch on. Translation of Pa.1 l我屬于英國(guó)家庭中決定不看電視的百分之二家 庭中的一員。原因很簡(jiǎn)單：作為家庭，我們?cè)?經(jīng)是電視成癮者。但是現(xiàn)在一切都變了，離我 們最后一次開(kāi)電視大概有三年了。 belong to l1) be a member of 為成員 l2) be the property of 屬于 l eg. lI belong to the music club on our cam

13、pus. l我是校園音樂(lè)俱樂(lè)部的成員。 lThat dictionary belongs to me. l那本字典是我的。 lIn the days of television, each of us had our favorite viewing. My three children liked to watch cartoons, comedies, pop shows and anything to do with wildlife or science. My husband, Ian, was a great one for action films. He also tuned

14、in to the news, all the current affairs programs, occasional political debate and sports. I preferred the more reflective type of films, documentary and some of the arts magazines. view v. watch (esp. television, movie) 看 （尤指看電視、電影） lThe show has a viewing audience of six million. l這個(gè)節(jié)目有600萬(wàn)電視觀眾。 lI

15、 like to view a movie before it goes on general release. l我喜歡在一部片子公演之前就觀看它。 great (of people) unusually active 積極的，活躍的積極的，活躍的 lHes a great talker. 他是個(gè)非常健談的人。 lShe is a great friend. 她是個(gè)了不起的朋友。 have something/anything/nothing to do with 和和有關(guān)有關(guān)/無(wú)關(guān)無(wú)關(guān) lHer job has something to do with computer. l她的工作和計(jì)算

16、機(jī)有關(guān)。 lI like anything to do with music. l我喜歡任何和音樂(lè)有關(guān)的事情。 tune in (to): receive broadcasts from radio or program from TV 收聽(tīng)廣播；收看電視收聽(tīng)廣播；收看電視 lWe always tune in at 10 oclock to hear the news. l我們總是在10點(diǎn)開(kāi)收音機(jī)收聽(tīng)新聞。 lHe used to tune in to news in the morning when he was at school. l他在學(xué)校的時(shí)候，常常早上收聽(tīng)新聞。 current

17、adj. 時(shí)下的，當(dāng)今的時(shí)下的，當(dāng)今的 lcurrent fashions lcurrent events lcurrent prices l時(shí)裝/時(shí)事/現(xiàn)價(jià) l在有電視的日子里，我們每個(gè)人都有自己喜歡 的節(jié)目。我的三個(gè)孩子喜歡看卡通片、喜劇片、 流行歌舞表演，還有任何和野生動(dòng)植物及科學(xué) 有關(guān)的節(jié)目。我丈夫伊恩是個(gè)動(dòng)作片迷。他也 會(huì)收看新聞、所有的時(shí)事報(bào)道節(jié)目，有時(shí)收看 政治辯論和體育節(jié)目。而我青睞于發(fā)人深省的 電影、紀(jì)錄片和一些藝術(shù)雜志。 lBut since we had TV, everything changed. Weekends were the worst. From four

18、oclock on Friday to the midnight on Sunday, our set was never off. lWhat is television? It is something that changes you into a kind of trance so that you cant move away, even though the program youre watching is boring you. change into: become something different 把把變成變成 lWhen the prince kissed the

19、cat, it changed into a beautiful princess. l當(dāng)王子親吻小貓時(shí)，它變成了美麗的公主。 lThe little worm finally changed into a beautiful butterfly. l小毛毛蟲(chóng)最終變成了一只美麗的蝴蝶。 trance n. (in a trance) 出神，發(fā)呆，精神恍惚出神，發(fā)呆，精神恍惚 lWhen he is on his English class, he always seems in a trance. l當(dāng)他在英語(yǔ)課上時(shí)，似乎總是在發(fā)呆。 lAfter her sons death, her he

20、art was broken and she was always in a trance. l她兒子死后，她的心都碎了，并且經(jīng)常精神恍 惚。 l但是自從我們有了電視，一切都改變了。周末 的情況更糟糕。從星期五四點(diǎn)鐘到星期天午夜， 我們的電視從未關(guān)掉過(guò)。 l什么是電視呢？它就是能將你變成一種懶洋洋 的樣子，甚至在你看的節(jié)目十分無(wú)聊的情況下， 你也沒(méi)法走開(kāi)的玩意兒。 lOur family life was dictated by television. No one would eat at the table. All meals even Christmas dinnerwere take

21、n on the knee. The children refused to take a bath, do their homework or go to bed while there might be “something good on.” If my husband was watching television in the living room, no one dared to watch something else. lThe worst thing about television was that nobody had time to talk to each othe

22、r. “ Shush!” wed all hiss when someone asked a question. “Cant you see were watching this?” dictate l1) v. control; order 控制；命令 l She refused to be dictated by anyone. l 她拒絕受任何人的控制。 l dictator n. 獨(dú)裁者 l2) v. say words for someone else to write down 口授 lShe dictated a letter to her secretary. l 她對(duì)她的秘書

23、口授一封信。 l dictation n.聽(tīng)寫；口述；命令 take v. eat, drink. 吃，喝吃，喝 lDo you take sugar in your coffee? l你的咖啡里加糖嗎？ lThe doctor has given me some medicine to take for my cough. l為了治我的咳嗽，醫(yī)生給我開(kāi)了些藥吃。 l我們的生活被電視控制著。沒(méi)有人在飯桌上吃飯。所 有的飯甚至是圣誕大餐也會(huì)放在膝蓋上吃。 當(dāng)電視上有“什么好看的節(jié)目”時(shí)，孩子們拒絕洗澡、 做家庭作業(yè)或是睡覺(jué)。 如果我丈夫在客廳看電視，沒(méi) 有人敢看其他的節(jié)目。 l電視帶來(lái)的最為糟糕

24、的事情就是沒(méi)有人有時(shí)間相互交 流?！皣u！”當(dāng)有人問(wèn)問(wèn)題時(shí)，我們都會(huì)讓他安靜下 來(lái)，“難道你沒(méi)有看見(jiàn)我們?cè)诳垂?jié)目嗎？” lUntil one day I was determined to stop watching it to see what would happen. The children surprised me by being quick to agree “Yes,” they said, “we dont like television much anyway.” My husband was less enthusiastic but agreed to give it a

25、 try. Of course at first, they were unable to tolerate more than half an hour of boredom when the set was not there. lIn the days when we had no set, we found ourselves taking up new hobbies, cleaning our rooms, going visiting. I reckoned that we saved 200 a year and that was money to be spent on ou

26、tings, roller skating, cinema and so on. reckon v. l1) consider, regard 考慮，認(rèn)為 l He is reckoned to be a great actor. l 他被認(rèn)為是偉大的演員。 l I reckon him as a friend. l 我當(dāng)他是朋友。 l2) guess; suppose; 猜想，假設(shè)，估計(jì) l I reckon hell come soon. l 我猜他很快就來(lái)了。 l How much do you reckon she earns? l 你估計(jì)她掙多少錢？ take up. 從事；拿起；占

27、據(jù)（時(shí)間，空間）從事；拿起；占據(jù)（時(shí)間，空間） lJohn took up art while at school. l約翰在學(xué)校的時(shí)候就對(duì)藝術(shù)開(kāi)始感興趣了。 lIn spare time, he likes to take up golf. l在業(yè)余時(shí)間，他喜歡玩高爾夫。 tolerate v. put up with 容忍，寬容，縱容容忍，寬容，縱容 lThe old man cant tolerate the young guys bad manners. l這位老人無(wú)法忍受那個(gè)年輕人的粗魯。 lCan you tolerate the noise outside? l你能忍受外邊的噪音

28、嗎？ l直到有一天我決心不看電視，看看會(huì)發(fā)生什么事。孩 子們的立刻同意讓我十分吃驚。他們說(shuō)：“反正我們 也不怎么喜歡看電視。”我丈夫的反應(yīng)不是很熱烈， 但是也同意一試。當(dāng)然起初，在沒(méi)有電視時(shí)，他們不 能夠容忍超過(guò)半小時(shí)的煩悶。 l在沒(méi)有電視的日子里，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己開(kāi)始從事一些新 的業(yè)余愛(ài)好，清潔房屋，拜訪朋友。我想我們一年下 來(lái)攢了200英鎊，而那筆錢可以用來(lái)郊游、滑旱冰、 看電影，等等。 argue v. show; suggest 顯示出，表明;建議 lThe new development argues a change in government policy. l新的發(fā)展表明政府的政策

29、有了變化。 lThe way he spends money argues he is very rich. l他花錢的方式可以表明他很闊綽。 open up. 開(kāi)發(fā)；開(kāi)展；開(kāi)始 lThe railway opened up the west of the country. l鐵路開(kāi)發(fā)了這個(gè)國(guó)家的西部。 lThe game is used to open up childrens imagination. l這個(gè)游戲用來(lái)開(kāi)發(fā)兒童的想象力。 respond v. answer 回答，回應(yīng) lHe responded to my suggestion with a laugh. l他對(duì)我的建議的反

30、應(yīng)是大笑。 potential n. qualities that exist and can be developed 潛能 lThe boy has a potential in music but needs training. l這個(gè)男孩在音樂(lè)方面有潛力，但是需要訓(xùn)練。 lDo you know everyone has a potential in creating? l你知道每個(gè)人都有創(chuàng)造的潛力嗎？ l 我曾聽(tīng)專家們說(shuō)，盡管電視給孩子們開(kāi)啟了新世界， 但是這其實(shí)是一種消極被動(dòng)的活動(dòng)。所有的交流都成 了單向活動(dòng)。孩子們不需要積極地回應(yīng)，所以他們的 語(yǔ)言和交流技能都沒(méi)有發(fā)展。我不知道我

31、的孩子有什 么不同。我只知道現(xiàn)在他們非常愿意加入到任何進(jìn)行 中的談話中來(lái)。 l 盡管電視展現(xiàn)出新的世界，帶給我們快樂(lè)也增加我 們的知識(shí)，但是我認(rèn)為如果它讓你忽略了大腦的潛質(zhì)， 那就存在一種危險(xiǎn)。沒(méi)有電視最大的好處就是我們可 以相互給予更多的時(shí)間和關(guān)注。 5. After doing the morning exercises, I caught an cold. occasional LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT 1. My roommate phoned his friends for almost an hour and I could do nothing but . 2. M

32、y of writing in English needs training. 3. The question given by my math teacher was quite difficult to . 4. Scientists that global warming should be paid a great attention. 6. What the 4-year-old girl said her parents. 7. He his mother as a good friend. 8. How can you your health by overworking? 9.

33、 He always takes part in some hot with his friends. 10. A cruel ruler once this country. tolerate skill respond argue surprised reckoned ignore debates dictated occasional surprise tolerate ignore dictate skill reckon argue debate respond LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT tune in (to) be determined to do agree to

34、 switch on change into belong to take up be keen on 1. He likes to receive broadcasts from radio for the latest news. He likes to tune in to the latest news. 2. I was the member of Class One, Grade Two. I belonged to Class One, Grade Two. 3.After many years hardships, the young man, who was ever kin

35、d, became a quite different person. After many years hardships, the young man, who was ever kind, changed into a quite different person. 4. She had a strong will to become an actress and nothing could stop her. She was determined to become an actress and nothing could stop her. LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT t

36、une in (to) be determined to do agree to switch on change into belong to take up be keen on 5. In spare time, he likes to spend time in outdoor sports. In spare time, he likes to take up outdoor sports. 6. Lei Feng was eager to help those who were in need. Lei Feng was keen on helping those who were

37、 in need. 7. We had the same idea to meet at the gate at 11 a.m. yesterday. We agreed to meet at the gate at 11 a.m. yesterday. 8. The room is so dark that we need to turn on the light. The room is so dark that we need to switch on the light. lI like to view cartoons and pop shows. lI was determined

38、 not to depend on my parents and became an independent man. lHe agreed to give me another chance to do the experiment. lIn the days when we didnt watch TV, we still took up lots of other hobbies. lThe Internet changes some people into indifferent ones. lI was unable to tolerate his rudeness. lSince

39、some TV programs are entertaining and informative, why is it harmful for the development of childrens brain? lEveryone has the potential to create. l1. 但是現(xiàn)在一切都變了，離我們最后一次開(kāi)電視大概 三年了。 l2. 我的三個(gè)孩子喜歡看卡通片、喜劇片、流行歌舞表 演，還有任何和野生動(dòng)植物及科學(xué)有關(guān)的節(jié)目。 l3. 它就是能將你變成一種懶洋洋的樣子，甚至在你看 的節(jié)目十分無(wú)聊的情況下，你也沒(méi)法走開(kāi)的玩意兒。 l4. 我丈夫的反應(yīng)不是很熱烈，但是也同

40、意一試。 l5. 盡管電視展現(xiàn)出新的世界，帶給我們快樂(lè)也增加我 們的知識(shí)，但是我認(rèn)為如果它讓你忽略了大腦的潛質(zhì)， 那就存在一種危險(xiǎn)。 that/which 6.This is the reason _ he gave. 1.Ill never forget the days_ we worked together.when /in which which where/ in which which why/ for which 幾種易混的情況幾種易混的情況 及物動(dòng)詞及物動(dòng)詞 5.This is the reason _ he was late. 及物動(dòng)詞及物動(dòng)詞 4.I went to the

41、 place _ I visited ten years ago. 及物動(dòng)詞及物動(dòng)詞 3.I went to the place _ I worked ten years ago. 2.Ill never forget the days _ we spent together. 定語(yǔ)從句和轉(zhuǎn)語(yǔ)從句的區(qū)別定語(yǔ)從句和轉(zhuǎn)語(yǔ)從句的區(qū)別 la. Approximately (adv. 大約) 45% of the worlds population live where mosquitoes (n. 蚊子) transmit (v.傳 播 ) malaria (n.瘧疾). lb. Approximate