實用英語第四冊unit4PPT課件

1、practical college english course (iv)上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社美心英語美心英語美心英語美心英語unit four focus 1 language skills focus 2 language use focus 3 translation skills上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社美心英語美心英語 focus 1 language skillssection 1: text: struggles in life background information warm up vocabulary intensive reading exe

2、rcises: i , ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii section 2: listening and speaking unit 4上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社background information focus1 section 1 focus 1 section i美心英語美心英語background information上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社 911 terrorist attacks early in the morning on september 11, 2001, nineteen hijackers took control of

3、 four commercial airliners en route to san francisco and los angeles from boston, newark, and washington (washington dulles international airport). the hijackers flew two of the airliners, american airlines flight 11 and united airlines flight 175, into the north and south towers of the world trade

4、center. another group of hijackers flew american airlines flight 77 into the pentagon. a fourth flight, united airlines flight 93, whose ultimate target was either the u.s. capitol building or the white house, crashed near shanksville, pennsylvania. during the hijacking of the airplanes, the hijacke

5、rs used box cutters to kill passengers and crew members, but some passengers were able to make phone calls using the cabin airphone service and mobile phones. they reported that several hijackers were aboard each plane. the hijackers had reportedly taken control of the aircraft by using knives and b

6、ox-cutter knives to kill flight attendants and at least one pilot or passenger, including the captain of flight 11, john ogonowski. on united airlines flight 93, black box recordings revealed warm up focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語 focus 1 section iwarm up1. what do you remember about the 911 terrorist att

7、acks in new york city in 2001?2. have you experienced or heard of any unexpected accidents? can you describe them? 上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社vocabulary focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語vocabulary focus 1 section i上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社new words *kick vt. 踢，踹 n. c 踢she kicked me under the table.*plastic n. u, c 塑料；塑料學(xué)；信用

8、卡 a. 塑料制的，塑料的childrens toys are made of plastic. *uptown ad. 在（向）城鎮(zhèn)住宅區(qū) n. u 城鎮(zhèn)住宅區(qū)it is really convenient to live uptown. dread vt./vi. 非常害怕，極為擔(dān)心n. u, c 恐懼，令人懼怕的事物this was the moment he had been dreading.chaos n. u 混亂，雜亂，紊亂the city-wide blackout caused chaos. *process vt. 加工，處理；審閱，審核 n. c 過程，進(jìn)程；工序，制作

9、法生命的抗?fàn)幱行┤丝赡苁菑膱蠹埳险J(rèn)識我的，而有些人則是從對我做的電視報道上認(rèn)識我的。看來記者都是詢問我同樣的問題。他們看著我，面露同情；我則報以微笑，禮貌地回答他們的問題。為什么他們總覺得有必要問我記得那天發(fā)生了什么？那天開始時，真的一切很正常。美心英語美心英語 1 some people may have known me from the newspapers, others from the stories that were done on me. it seemed that the reporters had the same inquiry over and over. they

10、 would look at me and show pity. i would smile, and politely answer their questions. why did they feel the need to always ask me what i remembered about that day? the day really started out quite normally. struggles in life focus 1 section iover and over: 反復(fù)地，一再，多次;相當(dāng)于over and over again。e.g. (1) th

11、e account checked the money over and over. (2) in order to buy the goods at a good price, he negotiated with the seller over and over (again). 上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社 plastic: n. u, c 塑料；塑料學(xué)；信用卡e.g. (1) childrens toys are made of plastic. (2) the plastics industry in the country is well-developed. plasti

12、c還可以用作形容詞，意為“ 塑料制的，塑料的”。e.g. it is safe for children to use plastic spoons. kick: vt. 踢，踹e.g. (1) she kicked me under the table. (2) the police kicked the door down. kick還可以用作名詞，意為“ 踢”。e.g. if the door wont open, just give it a good kick. 美心英語美心英語 2 i began to walk to work. i was paying an odd amoun

13、t of attention to the ground that day. i was kicking a piece of plastic as i walked down the crowded streets. i must have kicked that little piece of plastic all the way to where my little shop was set up. i opened shop early, maybe about 7:00. it was tuesday and the early rush would start soon. foc

14、us 1 section i an (odd) amount of: 一定量的它可以看作限定詞短語，與a number of意義相近，但一般修飾表示金錢、數(shù)量、體積等的不可數(shù)名詞。e.g. (1) ex-soccer chief charged with taking an enormous amount in bribes.(2) chinas soccer corruption trials attract an inordinate amount of attention of soccer fans.上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社那天我出發(fā)步行去上班，對路面稍加留意。我沿著擁擠的

15、街道邊走邊踢著一塊塑料。我一定是一路踢那塊塑料直到我的小店門口。那天我開店很早，大概是七點(diǎn)。正好是星期二，早晨高峰期馬上就要到了。 intensive reading-para1 focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語 focus 1 section i(1) how did the writer go to work on the day of the terrorist attack?he walked to work that day. as he walked down the crowded street, he was kicking a piece of plastic

16、.questions about para. 2(2) when did the writer open the shop?he opened the shop early, at about 7:00.上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社幾年前母親去世后，我就繼承了這家小店。我和母親非常親近，我將她的相片放在一個十字架里，一直戴在脖子上。在住宅區(qū)開這么一家小店，使我很容易和顧客們建立起融洽和諧的關(guān)系。我?guī)缀鹾退腥硕己苡押茫艘晃?。這一點(diǎn)我認(rèn)為是沒法改變的，據(jù)我所知，有些人就是那么憤世嫉俗，你拿他一點(diǎn)辦法都沒有。 intensive reading-para1 focus1 section

17、 1美心英語美心英語 3 i inherited my mothers shop when she passed away a few years ago. my mother and i were very close. i continue to wear her picture inside a cross around my neck. having such a little shop uptown made it easier to have a rapport with the customers. i was friendly with just about all of th

18、em, except one. i didnt think it was anything i could have changed. ive learned that some people just hate life and theres nothing you can do about it. focus 1 section i uptown: ad. 向城市的北部（尤指有錢人的住宅區(qū)）e.g. it is really convenient to live uptown. uptown也可作形容詞和名詞，意思和作副詞一樣。e.g. (1) we walked uptown a cou

19、ple of blocks until we found a cab. (2) you should take a uptown train and get off at the 42nd street. be friendly with: 與某人友好e.g. (1) china is very friendly with its neighbouring countries.(2) the dormitory keeper is friendly with all the students.上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社intensive reading-para1 focus1 se

20、ction 1美心英語美心英語 4 mr. shepard was an older man in his fifties and always came in smelling like a cats litter box. i once asked him if he had cats, and he scolded me. i had never s p o k e n b a c k i n c a s e t h e customers saw it as disrespect. i dreaded every morning at 10:00 when he would come

21、in, and he knew it. focus 1 section i speak back (to): 回嘴，頂嘴，不禮貌地說e.g. (1) you are not supposed to speak back to your parents. (2) its really impolite to speak back to teachers. dread vt./vi. 非常害怕，極為擔(dān)心e.g. (1) the pronounce was the moment he had been dreading. (2) i dread to think what will happen i

22、n the case of a major emergency dread還可作名詞，意為“恐懼，令人懼怕的事物”。e.g. i have an irrational dread of snake. 上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社他就是謝潑德先生，一個五十多歲的老先生，比我年長，每次走進(jìn)店門，他身上都有一股貓窩的臭味。有一次我問他是否養(yǎng)貓，他卻罵了我一頓。我從不對顧客回嘴，以免顧客認(rèn)為我對他們不敬。每天早上十點(diǎn)當(dāng)他要來的時候，我都感到害怕，這點(diǎn)他也知道。intensive reading-para1 focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語 focus 1 section i(3

23、) how did the writer get on with his customers? he was friendly with just about all of his customers except mr. shepard. questions about paras. 3&4(4) why did the writer never speak back to customers?because he didnt want to be seen as disrespectful.上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社時間過得可真慢。我真希望現(xiàn)在我和弟弟仍和睦相處。自從母親

24、去世后，我們倆就有分歧了。像通常的家庭問題一樣，是由于錢的原因。我沒想到弟弟會這么在意，但錢看來對他很重要。我注意到這樣一個問題：每當(dāng)你最終決定給某人他想要的東西時，他卻說不要了，因為那時他會感覺很糟，這可真是諷刺！我看到收銀機(jī)旁柜臺上的手機(jī)顯示已經(jīng)是八點(diǎn)四十五分了。 pass away是to die的委婉語，意為“逝世”。類似的表示“死”的委婉語還有：kick the bucket，give up the ghost等。 試與pass out比較的：pass out意為是“失去知覺”。 e.g. i nearly passed out when i saw all the blood. pr

25、oclaim: vt. 宣布，申明，表明；贊頌e.g. (1) nathan proclaimed that it has always been his dream to be a good actor. (2) they proclaimed that slavery was dead. (3) they loudly proclaimed the quality of this machine. be on speaking terms with someone: 與（某人）和好如初，和睦相處e.g. (1) are you on speaking terms with your mot

26、her?(2) after the quarrel, they were no longer on speaking terms with each other美心英語美心英語 5 the hours passed slowly. i had wished i were on speaking terms with my brother. after my mother passed away, my brother and i had parted ways. as usual with family, it was a money matter. i didnt think my brot

27、her would take it so far but the money seemed very important to him. one thing i noticed was whenever you finally decide to give someone what they want, they proclaim they dont want it because now theyll feel bad. the irony. as my cell phone sat on the counter by the register, i saw that it was 8:45

28、 already. focus 1 section i上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社intensive reading-para1 focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語 focus 1 section i(5) what happened between the writer and his brother after his mother passed away?they had parted ways because of a money matter.question about para. 5上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社chaos: n. u 混亂，雜亂，紊亂

29、e.g. (1) the city-wide blackout caused chaos. (2) i arrived home to find the house in chaos. 注意，chaos既是本句中的主語，又是動詞process的邏輯賓語。 process: vt. 加工，處理；審閱，審核e.g. (1) theyre busy processing medicinal herbs. (2) it is really complicated to process a loan. process也可用作名詞，意為“過程，進(jìn)程；工序，制作法”。e.g. (1) let me expl

30、ain to you the process of digestion. (2) they used a special process to manufacture this product. 這時一位三十出頭的女士走進(jìn)店來，她的步伐緩慢而鎮(zhèn)定。當(dāng)她剛要開口說話時，事情發(fā)生了。當(dāng)時房子震動了大約三十秒，我拼命抓住柜臺。接著就一把抓住那位女士，把她拖到柜臺下。我們向樓外張望，聽到了人們的尖叫聲，甚至還看到了滾滾濃煙；場面的混亂程度讓人大腦一片空白。原來一架飛機(jī)撞上了世貿(mào)中心。 intensive reading-para1 focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語 6 a woman

31、in her early thirties entered the store. her pace was slow and calm. as she opened her mouth to speak, it happened. i held onto the counter as the building shook for about thirty seconds. i grabbed the woman and pulled her down under the counter. as we looked outside the building, we heard the screa

32、ms. we even saw the dust ball of smoke. the chaos was too much to even process. a plane had crashed into the world trade center. focus 1 section ihold onto (on to): 抓緊，不放開；堅持e.g. (1) hold onto the rail or youll slip. (2) hold on to your dreams. dont give up. 上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社casualty: n. c 傷員，死者，遇難

33、者e.g. (1) the casualties on our side were frightful. (2) that air crash caused heavy casualties. heart-pounding: a. 令人心跳劇烈的，驚心動魄的e.g. (1) i can still remember that heart-pounding moment. (2) that piece of music can make people heart-pounding. 我的小店離北樓較近，所以爆炸引起的大火沒有影響到我們，只感覺到整棟建筑那瘋狂的、懾人心魄的震動。我努力不去想這可能

34、會是什么，也不讓自己去想傷亡人員。就在那時，有人低頭沖進(jìn)了商店。（待續(xù)）intensive reading-para1 focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語 7 my shop was closer to the side of the north tower, so we didnt receive any blasts of fire, just the insane, heart-pounding shaking of the entire building. i tried not to think about anything this could possibly be

35、. i wouldnt let myself think of the casualties. at that point, someone ducked into my shop. (to be continued) focus 1 section iinsane: a. 瘋狂的，危險的；精神失常的e.g. (1) the whole plan sounds absolutely insane. (2) hes insane, so dont believe what he said. 上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社我當(dāng)時太震驚了都沒看清楚是誰。后來定睛一看，原來是謝潑德先生。只見他眼

36、中滿是恐懼，突然倒在了地上。我和那位年輕女士馬上過去幫他，我們把他拖到小店后面存放醫(yī)療用品的地方。我讓年輕女士和謝潑德先生一起呆在那里。因為如果有什么事情發(fā)生，那扇鐵門會保護(hù)他們的。 intensive reading-para1 focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語i was too shaken up to see who. as my eyes finally came to, i saw mr. shepard. his eyes were frozen with fright. he fell onto the floor. the y o u n g w o m a n

37、 a n d i w e n t immediately to his aid, and we dragged him to the back where i had medical supplies stored. i told the young woman to stay there with mr. shepard. if anything else was to happen, the steel door would shield them. focus 1 section igo to someones aid: 幫助某人 e.g. (1) an old lady fell on

38、to the g r o u n d a n d w e w e n t immediately to her aid. (2) the little girl went immediately to his aid to pick up the book on the floor. 類似的詞組還有come (go) to someones rescue, help, etc.（拯救/幫助某人）shield: vt. 保護(hù)，防護(hù)e.g. (1) he shielded his head from the sun with an old sack. (2) you should shield y

39、our eyes from the light. shield也可作名詞，意為“保護(hù)物，護(hù)罩；盾”。e.g. the ozone layer, the shield that protects the earth from the suns harmful rays, has been damaged. 上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社intensive reading-para1 focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語 focus 1 section i(6) for how long did the building shake after the first plane c

40、rashed into the world trade center?it shook for about 30 seconds.questions about paras. 6-7(7) who ducked into the shop at that point?it was mr. shepard.上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社hold ones breath: 屏住呼吸；急切等待e.g. (1) i just held my breath and prayed i wouldnt sneeze. (2) we held our breath while mr. white rea

41、d the exam results. awe: n. u 敬畏，驚嘆e.g. (1) he speaks of her with awe. (2) kate gazed at the mountains in awe. 我費(fèi)力的走向店門，到店外駐留片刻，人們都在尖叫。離災(zāi)難發(fā)生已將近整整十分鐘了。我看到街對面的電視上已經(jīng)在播報對大樓的襲擊事件了。當(dāng)我抬頭看時，我屏住了呼吸，開始擔(dān)心起自己的安危，但多半還是處于震驚之中。接下來我感覺自己就要癱倒在地了。我又聽到了尖叫聲。intensive reading-para1 focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語 8 i made my wa

42、y to the front of the store, and stepped outside for a brief moment. everyone was screaming. it was approaching a good ten minutes since the disaster. i saw on the television across the street that they were already reporting the hit on the tower. as i looked up, i held my breath. i feared for my ow

43、n safety, but mostly i was in awe. the next moment i felt paralyzed. i heard the screams again. focus 1 section imake ones way:（尤指費(fèi)時地）行進(jìn)，前行，前進(jìn)；發(fā)跡，成功e.g. (1) we made our way down the hill towards the town. (2) gradually, he began to make his way in politics. 上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社又一架！噢，天哪！又來了一架飛機(jī)！我仰頭看到飛機(jī)

44、徑直沖向高樓。就在這時我感到一股熱浪沖過我的面龐。飛機(jī)的爆炸讓我意識到自己離這次破壞有多近。當(dāng)我再抬起頭看高樓時，就看到有什么東西徑直朝我飛過來。我看不清是什么，只記得當(dāng)時眼前一片漆黑。intensive reading-para1 focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語 9 here comes another! oh, my god! theres another plane! 10 i looked up, and saw the plane fly directly into the tower. only this time, i felt a surge of heat

45、run across my face. the blast from the plane made me realize how close i was to all this devastation. after looking back up at the tower, i saw something come straight at me. i couldnt make out what it was. i can only recall blackness. focus 1 section idevastation: n. u（尤指大面積的）破壞，毀壞e.g. (1) a cyclon

46、e came over the city, causing complete devastation. (2) the earthquake caused great devastation to the west part of the country. make out: 勉強(qiáng)看見，辨別出；寫出，填寫e.g. (1) i cant make out his handwriting. (2) please make out this check first. 上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社intensive reading-para1 focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語

47、focus 1 section i(8) what did the writer see when he made his way to the front of the store?he found everyone was screaming. he saw on the television across the street that the hit on the tower was being reported.questions about paras. 8-10(9) why did people scream again?because another plane appear

48、ed and it flew directly into the tower.上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社當(dāng)我蘇醒過來時，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己被一個金屬片刺穿右腿，釘在了我的店門上。在這場噩夢中，我選擇不發(fā)出尖叫，我選擇低頭看我胸口掛著的我母親的相片，它將給我希望。每個人都想方設(shè)法地做點(diǎn)什么。我感到了我服務(wù)過的那些顧客對我的關(guān)愛，看到了路人深深關(guān)切的眼神。而當(dāng)時我所能想到的是到底有多少人將因此喪生。intensive reading-para1 focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語 11 when i came to, i found myself pinned against the

49、 door of my shop with metal debris lodged in my right leg. i chose not to scream through the whole nightmare. i chose to look down to my chest where my mothers face would give me hope. everyone was helping one way or another. i felt the love of every customer i ever served and every onlooker who loo

50、ked so concerned for me. all i could think about was how many people would die. focus 1 section ipin: vt. 使不能動彈，按??；釘?。ㄓ么箢^針類）固定。e.g. (1) they found him pinned under the wreckage of the car. (2) pin the pieces together before sewing it. pin還可以作名詞，意為“大頭針；胸針；鋼釘”。e.g. (1) we can use pins to fasten pieces

51、 of cloth together while making clothes. (2) when i broke my leg, i had to have a pin inserted. debris: n. u 碎片，瓦礫，殘骸e.g. (1) a number of people were killed by flying debris. (2) his right foot was injured by stepping on metal debris on the ground. lodge: vi. 卡住，固定；借宿e.g. (1) a fish bone had lodged

52、in her throat. (2) tom lodged with a family in london when he first started work. lodge也可作名詞，意為“鄉(xiāng)間小屋，旅舍；門房”。e.g. you can see a hunting lodge in the distance. nightmare: n. c 噩夢，可怕的經(jīng)歷；夢魘e.g. (1) traveling on those bad mountain roads is a nightmare. (2) years after the accident i still have nightmares

53、 about it. one way or another: 用某種方法（雖然不知道用哪一種） e.g. (1) well find the money, one way or another. (2) one way or another he always seems to win. onlooker: n. c 旁觀者e.g. (1) a crowd of onlookers had gathered at the scene of the accident. (2) those onlookers seemed indifferent to what happened to him.

54、上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社intensive reading-para1 focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語 focus 1 section i(10) what happened to the writer then?he was severely injured. when he came to, he found himself pinned against the door of his shop with metal debris lodged in his right leg.questions about para. 11(11) how did the

55、writer feel then?he felt the love of every customer he ever served and every onlooker who looked so concerned for him. all he could think about was how many people would die.上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社storefront: n. c 商店門面，店面e.g. the interior designer has a collection of pictures of the actual storefronts. 僅

56、僅過了四年，我現(xiàn)在得拄著腋杖顛跛而行?，F(xiàn)在我每天早上醒來，不知什么原因，都會感到害怕。但這種害怕不是由于恐怖主義的襲擊。那天我失去了右腿。有時候我會想一路踢著一塊塑料到店門口會是什么樣子。那位女士和謝潑德先生在第二次爆炸中都沒有受傷。（待續(xù)）intensive reading-para1 focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語 12 a mere four years later, i hobble down the streets with crutches. for some reason, every time i wake in the morning i sense dre

57、ad. however, the dread is not in the form of terrorism. i lost my leg that day. i wonder sometimes what it would be like to kick that little piece of plastic all the way to my storefront. the young woman and mr. shepard were not hurt by the second blast. (to be continued) focus 1 section iin the for

58、m of: 以的形式，以的形狀e.g. (1) the main staircase was in the form of a big “s”. (2) people get the information in the form of magazines and tv advertising. 上海交通大學(xué)出版社上海交通大學(xué)出版社我的店面在爆炸中被炸得稀爛，但后來又修復(fù)完好了。我和謝潑德先生的關(guān)系變得密切了。我想我在這次事件中的最大收獲就是我和弟弟的關(guān)系了。爆炸剛一發(fā)生，他就打電話給我。在我受傷恢復(fù)時期，我們一直保持著聯(lián)系，我們再也沒有提起當(dāng)初的魯莽之舉。有時我希望并不是非得靠美國領(lǐng)土上最大

59、的襲擊事件才讓我和弟弟重新走到一起?？刹⒉皇鞘率露寄苋缭傅?。 intensive reading-para1 focus1 section 1美心英語美心英語the front of my store was torn to shreds but later got repaired perfectly. mr. shepard and i became very close. i guess what came out of it all was my brother. as soon as the blast happened, he called me. we spoke as i wa

60、s convalescing, and never once mentioned our previous indiscretion. sometimes i wish it took more than the largest attack on american soil to bring my brother and me together again. you cant always get what you wish for. focus 1 section ishred: n. c 碎片，細(xì)條e.g. (1) there are shreds of coconut on the floor