研究生英語綜合教程上Unit6

1、高等院校研究生英語系列教材綜合教程（上）綜合教程（上）integrated course2unit 6 sanctuary or fulfillment content starting out reading focus reading more practical translation focused writing final projecttask 1work with your partner to match the following us cities with their nicknames. try to explain the origin of the nicknam

2、es on page 160.1. detroit 2. columbus 3. seattle 4. st.louis5. honolulu6. new york city7. philadelphia8. anchorage9. pittsburgh10. los angelesmotor citythe discovery cityjet citythe gateway citythe big pineapplethe big applethe city of brotherly lovethe city of lightsthe steel citycity of angelstask

3、 2 f a native of beijing in new york was a tv series reflecting the lives of chinese living abroad. they struggle for a better life while coming to realize how much they have lost. its prologue is quite impressive (p160): if you love him bring him to new york for its heaven; if you hate him bring hi

4、m to new yorkfor its hell. task 2fwith which part of the prologue would you agree? justify your choice with examples (p161). useful words and expressions: attractive; leading global city; land of opportunities; full of robbery; high crime rate; high living expenditure; widening gap between the rich

5、and poor, etc task 3 the song new york, new york is often heard at many social events in new york area. many sports teams play this song before or after the game, the new york yankees is the most prominent example. listen to the song, and sing along with it. new york, new york start spreading the ne

6、ws, im leaving todayi want to be a part of it - new york, new yorkthese vagabond shoes, are longing to strayright through the very heart of it - new york, new yorki wanna wake up in a city, that doesnt sleepand find im king of the hill - top of the heapthese little town blues, are melting awayill ma

7、ke a brand new start of it - in old new yorkif i can make it there, ill make it anywhereits up to you - new york, new york (to be continued) new york, new yorki want to wake up in a city, that never sleepsand find im a number one - top of the list, king of the hilla number onethese little town blues

8、, are melting awayim gonna make a brand new start of it - in old new yorkand if i can make it there, im gonna make it anywhereits up to you - new york new yorknew yorkhere is new york global understanding 1detailed information2critical thinking3language points4vocabulary in action5global understandi

9、ng1introduction2the vibrations of great things or people felt in new york3the insulation provided by new york(para. 1)(paras. 2-3)(paras. 4-6)paras. 7-84conclusion(paras. 7-8)introductiona. its largess can account for the presence within the citys walls of a considerable section of the population.b.

10、 the capacity to make such dubious gifts is a mysterious quality of new york.c. the special quality of new york can either destroy an individual or fulfill him. new york presents the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy to everyone who comes to town.global understandingthe vibrations of great

11、things or people felt in new yorka. i am curiously affected by emanations from the immediate surroundings while i am sitting in a hotel in new york: i am 22 blocks from where rudolph valentino lay in state beautifully. i am eight blocks from where nathan hale was executed. i am five blocks from the

12、publishing house where ernest hemingway hit max eastman on the nose. i am four miles from where walt whitman sat sweating out editorials for the brooklyn eagle.b. the waiter also felt the same stimulus from being close to a famous actor. example 1:example 2: example 3:global understandingexample 4:t

13、he insulation provided by new yorka. new york succeeds in insulating the individual against all enormous and violent and wonderful events taking place every minute. i did not attend the worlds greatest air show staged in new york. i did not notice the biggest oceangoing ships on the north atlantic.

14、b. the inhabitants in new york is in the happy position of being able to choose his spectacle and so conserve his soul.c. the quality of new york that insulates its inhabitants from life may simply weaken them as individuals. global understandingexample 1:example 2:conclusion new york has a positive

15、 effect on the creative capacities of its inhabitants. new york can bring the sense of rejuvenation to its inhabitants.the positive qualities of new yorka.b.global understandingtask 2work in groups to decide whether the statements are true or false according to the passage. (p170) key:1 2 3 4 5 6 78

16、 9 1011 12 13 14 tfffffftftdetailed informationffttcritical thinkingreading focusstep one read the following sentences from the text and decide what the author actually meant. do you agree with him or not? no one should come to new york to live unless he is willing to be lucky. i think that although

17、 many persons are here from some excess of spirit (which caused them to break away from their small town), some, too, are here from a deficiency of spirit, who find in new york a protection, or an easy substitution.reading focuscritical thinkingwork in groups to provide examples from the text to sup

18、port your ideas.step twojust like new york in america, beijing is the city in china that many chinese dream of living in. what are the gifts beijing bestows on its residents? suppose you are a university students in beijing. after graduation, will you decide to stay in beijing and why? discuss in gr

19、oups the above questions. reading focuscritical thinking1. it is this largess that accounts for the presence within the citys walls of a considerable section of the population; for the residents of manhattan are to a large extent strangers who have pulled up stakes somewhere and comet to town, seeki

20、ng sanctuary or fulfillment of some greater or lesser grail. (para. 1) considerable: adj. considerably: adv. much, a lot 非常；很；相當多的非常；很；相當多的 grail: a thing that you try very hard to find or achieve, but never will 渴望但永遠得不到的東西渴望但永遠得不到的東西翻譯：翻譯：紐約城內(nèi)數(shù)量龐大的居民中，沖著這份贈禮而來此落紐約城內(nèi)數(shù)量龐大的居民中，沖著這份贈禮而來此落腳的絕不在少數(shù)；曼哈頓也因

21、此聚集了眾多異鄉(xiāng)客，他們腳的絕不在少數(shù)；曼哈頓也因此聚集了眾多異鄉(xiāng)客，他們背井離鄉(xiāng)到此闖蕩，有的為了尋求庇護，有的為了一展抱背井離鄉(xiāng)到此闖蕩，有的為了尋求庇護，有的為了一展抱負，還有的為了實現(xiàn)心中或大或小的愿望。負，還有的為了實現(xiàn)心中或大或小的愿望。 language point 2. it carries on its lapel the unexpungeable odor of the long past, so that no matter where you sit in new york you feel the vibrations of great times and tall

22、 deeds, of queer people and events and undertakings. (para. 2) undertakings： 1) an important job, piece of work, or activity that you are responsible for e.g. a commercial undertaking 2) an agreement or a promise to do something. e.g. the landlord _ (書面保證) that repairs would be carried out before th

23、e end of the month. language point gave a written undertaking3. “mr. stone is a very hearty eater,” said the waiter thoughtfully, content with this fragile participation in destiny, this link with oz.(para. 4) in this sentence “content” is an adjective and “content with” means happy and satisfied wi

24、th what you have. e.g. 1) he seemed more content, less bitter. 2) he had to be content with third place. language point content (n.) : 1) the things that are contained in sth e.g. 1) 大火導致那棟大樓里的東西嚴重損毀。 fire has caused severe damage to the contents of the building. 2) she hadnt read the letter and so

25、was unaware of its contents. 2) the different sections that are contained in a book e.g. 1) a contents page 3) the subject matter of a book, speech, programme, etc. e.g. your tone of voice is as important as the content of what you have to say. language point content (v.) : 1) to accept and be satis

26、fied with sth and not try to have or do sth better e.g. martina contented herself with a single glass of wine. 2) to make sb feel happy or satisfied e.g. my apology seemed to content him. language point 4. the lions are overwhelming; the event is unavoidable. (para. 5) 辨析辨析 overwhelming; overwhelmed

27、; overwhelmingly e.g. 1) she was _by feelings of guilt. 2) the _ majority of those present were in favor of the plan. 3) they voted _against the proposal. overwhelmedoverwhelming overwhelminglylanguage point 5. a cornice falls, that it hits every citizen on the head, every last man in town. (para. 5

28、) “every last man” means “everybody without exception”. this sentence means in most metropolises, no one can escape from the influence of every major event happening in the city. e.g. every last man is supposed to seize each opportunity that comes along. language point 6. i am not defending new york

29、 in this regard. (para. 7) “in this regard” means “concerning what has just been mentioned”. e.g. 1) i have nothing further to say_( (在這在這方面方面) ).paraphrase: i do not think that new york is necessarily a better place because people are insulated from events. in this regardlanguage point 7. i think t

30、hat although many persons are here from some excess of spirit (which caused them to break away from their small town), some, too, are here from a deficiency of spirit, who find in new york a protection, or an easy substitution. (para. 8) excess (n.) : 1) more than is necessary, reasonable and accept

31、able e.g. he started drinking to excess after losing his job. 2) an amount by which sth is larger than sth else e.g. we cover costs up to $600 and then you pay the excess. language point excess (adj.) : 1) in addtion to an amount that is necessary, usual or legal e.g. 1) excess food is stored as fat

32、. 2) drinking with excess alcohol in the blood is a serious offence. v syn.: excessive language point task 1 fill in the missing information in the left-hand column of the table and write down your comparison in the right-hand column. (p170)vocabulary in action vocabulary in action unique qualities

33、of new york other places in the us compared with new york para 1: new york presents the gift of _ and the gift of _ to _.para 2: every corner of new york city has been full of _.para 3: new yorkers are _ far as well as _ near to everyone including those great people. para 4: for all the enormous eve

34、nts that are taking place every minute, new yorkers enjoy _.loneliness privacy everyone comes to town they are less lonely and private and present fewer opportunities for fulfillment. wonderful people, events and undertakings. they are not the center of the us there arent so many tall deeds and grea

35、t people and events. 18 inches 18 inches residents in other places might be closer or more distant to each other and to those famous people. the option of participation or insulation residents are all involved in the major events taking place there. vocabulary in action unique qualities of new yorko

36、ther places in the us compared with new york para 5: compared with _, new yorkers are lucky with regard to _.para 6: _ in new york may simply weaken them as individuals.para 7: however, it has a _ effect on the _ of new yorkers. para 8: _ _ prevents new yorkers from a _ of spirit. inhabitants elsewh

37、ere their optional right in most metropolises, small and large, the choice is often not with the individual at all. the insulation life might be healthier without the insulation in new york. positive creative capacities settlers there cannot escape from reality. the abundance of excitements deficien

38、cy they sometimes seem dead or unresourceful. key 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14- 15-task 2read the words and their explanations in the box. choose a word to complete each of the sentences below and explain its meaning. change the form if necessary. (p.172)contentedconventiontallcurio

39、uslyconventioncontentexecutecountvocabulary in action curiousexecutecontentconventionscountconventiontalltask 3 the culture of new york city is shaped by centuries of immigration, the citys size and variety, and its status as the cultural capital of the united states. because of its 1) _ size and cu

40、ltural influence, new york has been the 2) _ of many different, and often 3)_, portrayals in mass media. fill in each of the blanks with an appropriate phrase from the box. change the form if necessary. (p174)contradictory worldly sophisticated glamorous crime subject safest sheer chaotic violencevo

41、cabulary in action sheersubjectcontradictory from the sophisticated and 4) _ metropolis seen in many woody allen films, to the hellish and 5) _ urban jungle depicted in such movies as martin scorseses taxi driver, new york has served as the unwitting backdrop for virtually every conceivable viewpoin

42、t on big city life.contradictory worldly sophisticated glamorous crime subject safest sheer chaotic violencevocabulary in action chaoticworldly in the early years of film new york city was characterized as urbane and 6)_. by the citys crisis period in the 1970s, however, films like midnight cowboy,

43、the french connection, marathon man, and death wish showed new york as full of chaos and 7)_. contradictory worldly sophisticated glamorous crime subject safest sheer chaotic violencevocabulary in action sophisticatedviolence with the citys renaissance in the 1980s and 1990s came new portrayals on t

44、elevision; friends, seinfeld, and sex and the city showed life in the city to be 8) _ and interesting. nonetheless a disproportionate number of 9) _ dramas, such as law & order, continue to make criminality in the city as their subject even as new york has become the 10) _ large city in the unit

45、ed states in the last two decades.contradictory worldly sophisticated glamorous crime subject safest sheer chaotic violencevocabulary in action glamorouscrimesafestfeathers from a thousand li awayclick the picture for the movie clip global understanding detailed information critical thinking languag

46、e points vocabulary in action12345 the american dream jing-mei woos mother hadparas. 5-7the story of a swan featherhow jing-meis mother attemptedto turn her into a prodigyparas. 1-4para. 8-19jing-mei finally refused to be a prodigy paras. 20-22reading moreglobal understandingthe story of a swan feat

47、her:a. _ _b. _c. _ _d. _ _many years ago the old woman bought a swan in shanghai for a foolish sum.she made up her mind to have a daughter who would become more than what was hoped for in america.her swan was taken away by the immigration officials and there was only one swan feather left.she expect

48、ed that one day she could leave this feature to her daughter.reading moreglobal understandingthe american dream jing-mei woos mother had :a. _ _.b. how jing-meis mother attempted to turn her into a prodigy:a._.b._.jing-mei finally refused to be a prodigy. jing meis mother considered america as a lan

49、d of opportunitiesreading moreglobal understandingwhen jing mei was nine-year-old, woos mother hoped that she could become a prodigy.jing meis mother wanted to turn her into a prodigy in acting just like shirley temple.jing meis mother presented some tests to her in the hope of turning her into a re

50、markable child.task 2 fcomplete the following extract with information from the text. (p180) many years ago my mother bought a beautiful swan in shanghai for much 1)_than its worth. after losing everything in china, she sailed across the 2)_ocean with the swan and her dream for a new life in america

51、. but upon her arrival, the swan was pulled away from her by the immigration officials and only one swan 3)_ was left to her. now my mother is old. for many years she has kept the feather for me which she carried from her 4)_ with all her good 5)_. (to be continued) reading moredetailed informationm

52、ore pacificfeatherhomelandintentionsmy mother once believed that anyone could 6)_ any dream in america. she believed that her daughter, me, could be a(n) 7)_ of some kind. at first, she wanted to train me to become a child 8)_ just like shirley temple. then she had me do the various tests she read a

53、bout in different 9)_ about amazing children. however, she was 10)_ every time by my answers. reading moredetailed informationrealizeprodigymovie starmagazinesdisappointedat the beginning, i was 11)_ as my mother, if not more so. i imagined myself successful in many different 12)_. as time went by,

54、the hoping prodigy in me became more and more 13)_ and began to die. i hated the tests, the raised hopes and 14)_ expectations. but one sad night in front of the mirror, i suddenly saw a new me-an angry, powerful and 15)_ girl. i made up my mind to be myself for the rest of my life. reading moredeta

55、iled informationexcited/hopefulimagesimpatientfailedwillfulcritical thinkingcritical thinking step one what does the word “feather” in the title “feathers from a thousand li away” stand for in this text? what kind of life had the old woman lived before she came to america? discuss the personality of

56、 the old woman in the text. what was the daughters decision at the end of the text?fwork together with your partner to answer the following questions based on the text youve just read. language point step twodiscuss in groups the following questions. fwhat are your expectations for your (future) chi

57、ld? will you act like the mother in the text? why?fin the mind of the average chinese city residents, what are the criteria of a persons success? do you agree or disagree with them? what will your ideal life be like in the future?reading morecritical thinking1. this bird, boasted the market vendor,

58、was once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose, and now look!it is too beautiful to eat. (para. 1) boast (v.) :1) to talk with too much pride about sth you have or can do e.g. she is always boasting about how wonderful her children are.2) to have sth that is impressive and that

59、 you can be proud of e.g. hangzhou boasts beautiful scenery and rich cultural legacy. language point boast (n.) : 1) sth that a person talks about in a very proud way, often to seem more important or clever e.g. it was her proud boast that she had never missed a days work because of illness. boastfu

60、l (adj.) : 1) talking about yourself in a very proud way e.g. i tried to emphasize my good points without sounding boastful.language point 2. for a long time now the woman had wanted to give her daughter the single swan feather and tell her, this feather may look worthless, but it comes from afar and ca