新視野5講解Unit 1 A課件

NewHorizonCollegeEnglish大學(xué)英語UnitOne

SectionAATechnologicalRevolutioninEducationTeachingObjectivesSpeakingDiscussabouttherelatedtopicsTextreadingPredictthemainideasbeforereadingUnderstandmainideasAnalyzethestructureoftextGraspkeylanguagepointsWritingArgumentationPre-readingActivityPleaselistentoashortpassagecarefullyandpreparetoanswerthequestionsonP2.TextStructureAnalysisInthisreadingpassagetheauthorarguesthatalthoughschoolsareinherentlyconservativeinstitutions,intoday’sworldthereisaneedforatechnologicalrevolutionineducation.Thepassageismadeupof5parts,asisclearlyindicatedbythesubtitles.Thefirstpartismadeupofthefirstthreeparagraphs.InParagraphs1and2,theauthorcontraststhecontinuityofwhat’sgoingonintoday’sclassroomwithchildren’svariedexperiencesoutsidetheschoolwalls.Andthiscontrastleadsnaturallytotheauthor’sargumentstatedinParagraph3:thereisaneedforarevolutionineducation.ThesecondpartisfromParagraph4toParagraph9,altogether6paragraphs.Inthispart,theauthorfocusesonhowcomputerswilltransformeducationinthefuture.Heanalyzesthemerits(blessings)anddrawbacks(curses)ofcomputertechnology,andthenconcludesthateducationisfacedwithanunprecedentedsituationbroughtaboutbycomputertechnology.

ThefourthpartismadeupofParagraphs14,15,16and17.Inthispart,theauthorliststheimpactsofotherinnovationsoneducation,suchasmedicaltechnologies,andrecentbreakthroughsinbiologyandmedicine.

EssaysummaryonP12.GlobalUnderstandingoftheTextrangefrom...to:

varywithinspecifiedlimits(在一定幅度或范圍內(nèi))變動(dòng)，變化Thetemperaturerangesfrom10to20degreesinspring.春天氣溫在10到20度內(nèi)變化。Thereisabigagedifferenceamongpub-goers,rangingfrom17to70.去酒吧的人年齡差異很大，從17歲到70歲不等。

withtheexceptionof

except;apartfrom

除外，除……之Thehouseisalmostperfect,withtheexceptionofitssewagesystem.除了排水系統(tǒng)外，這房子完美無缺。

continuityn.[U]uninterruptedconnectionorunion(throughtimeorspace)連續(xù)性，連貫性Thereisnocontinuityofsubjectinadictionary.詞典的主題沒有連續(xù)性。Thispaperlackscontinuity.這篇論文缺乏連貫性。haveaccesstohavetherighttoapproach,enter,exit,ormakeuseof有接近（或使用）……的機(jī)會(huì)Citizensmayhavefreeaccesstothelibrary.市民可以免費(fèi)使用圖書館。TheschoolchildrenintheFarWesthavenoaccesstotheInternet.偏遠(yuǎn)西部的學(xué)生沒有機(jī)會(huì)接觸互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。exerciseinherentadj.任何形式的登山運(yùn)動(dòng)都有其內(nèi)在的危險(xiǎn)性,畢竟它是一項(xiàng)冒險(xiǎn)運(yùn)動(dòng)。(P.10VI2)Anyformofmountaineeringhasitsinherentdanger.Afterall,itisanadventuresport.inlargemeasure

toalargedegree;mostly在很大程度上，多半Theproblemwasinlargemeasurecausedbyhiscarelessness.這個(gè)問題在很大程度上是由他的粗心造成的。(3)leadingtoaresult;decidinganissue決定性的，關(guān)鍵性的Womencanplayadecisiveroleinthedebateovercloning.permeate

vt.

passthroughorintoeverypartof(sth.)滲透，滲入，充滿Thefragranceofflowerspermeatestheair.空氣中彌漫著花香。Rainpermeatesthroughthegroundtoaddtogroundwaterlevels.那所大學(xué)將在一定程度上允許針對個(gè)人的授課，學(xué)生會(huì)得到符合自身需要、適合自己學(xué)習(xí)方法和進(jìn)度的課程設(shè)置。(P.10VI3)Theuniversitywillpermitadegreeofindividualinstructionandthestudentsmayreceiveacurriculumtailoredtotheirneeds,learningstyleandpace.exercisetechnology

thepracticalapplicationofscientificknowledge,esp.inindustrytechnique

thewayofdoingsth.,esp.usingartisticorscientificmethodsexercise(1)exactly,withoutexaggeration確切地，真正地Therearepeopleintheworldwholiterallydonotknowhowtoboilwater.世界上確實(shí)有不知道怎么燒水的人。據(jù)報(bào)道，在加拿大幾乎有數(shù)以千計(jì)的江、湖不再能維持魚和植物的生長。(P.10VI5)IthasbeenreportedthatinCanadaliterallythousandsoflakesandriversarenolongerabletosupportfishorplants.

literally

ad.

(3)accordingtothewordsandnottheintention按字面地Don’ttakemyremarksliterally.別按字面理解我的話。

(4)(usedlooselytointensifymeaning)(用于加強(qiáng)語氣)簡直Hewasliterallybluewithcold.他真是冷得全身青紫。

blessvt.askGod’sfavororprotectionfor（祈求上帝）祝福，賜福于Blessthishouse!愿上帝保佑這個(gè)家。blessing

n.[C]agiftfromGodoranythingthatbringshappinessorgoodfortune

上帝的恩賜；幸事Itwasablessingthatnoonewasinjured.沒有人受傷，真是萬幸。huntdown

seekout;searchfor(andfind)找尋，搜尋……直至找到huntdowntheescapedconvict追捕逃犯人們發(fā)現(xiàn)，在那個(gè)森林里獅子和狼常常協(xié)作搜尋活食。(P.11VI10)Peoplehavefoundthatthelionsandwolvesintheforestoftenhuntdownliveanimalsbycooperativeefforts.

exerciseinstantaneousa.happeningatonce,instantly,withoutdelay

即刻的；瞬間發(fā)生的Thestudentscanalmostgiveinstantaneousresponsestoquestionsraisedbytheirteacher.學(xué)生們幾乎能立即回答老師提出的問題。modernmethodsofinstantaneouscommunication

literacy

n.[U]

theabilitytoreadandwrite識字，能讀能寫，有文化aliteracycampaign掃盲運(yùn)動(dòng)Itissaidthatintheuniversitiesthereisageneraldeclineinstandardsofliteracyamongundergraduates.據(jù)說，大學(xué)本科生的讀寫水平普遍有所下降。在文化普及率相對高的國家中，書籍對豐富人們的生活起著重要的作用。(P.10VI6)Incountrieswithrelativelyhighliteracyrates,booksplayanimportantpartinenrichingpeople’slives.exercisemingle

v.

mix(withanotherthingorwithpeople)soastobeanundividedwholeortobeindistinguishable相混合,(與另一物或人)混在一起Thepresidentdeliveredaspeechthatcontainedpraisemingled

withblame.總統(tǒng)發(fā)表了一篇有贊揚(yáng)也有責(zé)難的演說。Thekingmingledwiththepeopleinthestreets.國王與街上的人混在一起了。Theywerelookingathimwithanairthatmingledironyandrespect.他們用夾雜著嘲諷和尊敬的眼光看著他。exercise(1)giveafalseaccountof;twistthetruemeaning曲解；歪曲Thatnewspaper'saccountsofinternationalaffairsaresometimesdistorted.那家報(bào)紙對國際事件的報(bào)道有時(shí)是歪曲事實(shí)的。政府干預(yù)的實(shí)質(zhì)向來都是限制和歪曲競爭，而不是鼓勵(lì)競爭。(P.11VI7)Theessenceofgovernmentinterventionhasbeentolimitanddistortcompetitionratherthantoencourageit.distort

vt.

(2)twistoutofanatural,usual,originalshapeorcondition使變形，弄歪Tallbuildingscandistortradiosignals.afacedistortedbyanger因憤怒而扭曲的臉exerciseformidable

a.

(1)difficult;hardtodefeat困難的，難以克服的formidableproblems/task/challenge/obstacles在一個(gè)充斥著錯(cuò)誤信息的世界，讓學(xué)生學(xué)會(huì)識別真的、美的、好的信息是一個(gè)巨大的挑戰(zhàn)。(P.10VI1)Inaworldfullofmisinformationitisaformidablechallengeforthestudentstolearntoidentifythetrue,thebeautiful,andthegood.(2)causingfear,doubt,anxiety,etc.可怕的，令人生畏的Theheadoftheresearchsectionwasaformidableoldprofessor.研究室主任是個(gè)令人生畏的老教授。exercise[C,U]anactorinstancethatmaybeusedasanexampleindealingwithsubsequentsimilarinstances(用來處理同類問題時(shí)行之有效的）先例中國人民所從事的偉大改革事業(yè)是史無前例的。(P.11VI8)ThegreatcauseofreformbeingcarriedoutbyChinesepeopleiswithoutprecedentinhistory.precedent

n.

precedent

precedence:priorityHiswishtoremaininpowertookprecedenceoverhisfamilyresponsibilities.

他對維持權(quán)力的欲望高于他對家庭的責(zé)任感。certify

vt.(1)giveacertificateto(sb.)declaringofficial/professionalrecognition授予合格證書Shewascertifiedasateacherin1983.acertifiedteacher持有證書的教師(2)declarethatsth.iscorrectortrue證明，證實(shí)Myaccountswerecertifiedbythebank.銀行證明我的賬目無誤。certificaten.

anofficialdocumentthatstatesthatafactorfactsaretruebirth/death/marriagecertificatecertificationfordriving

…/certificationofcompetence:anofficialdocumentthatsaysthatsomeoneisallowedtodoacertainjob,thatsomethingisofgoodqualityexercisesimulatevt(fml.)givetheeffectorappearanceof;imitate;closelyimitatetheconditionsofaparticularsituation（正式）模擬，模仿；假裝Interviewscanbesimulatedintheclassroom.模擬考試訓(xùn)練不得推遲到臨近正式考試時(shí)進(jìn)行。(P.11VI9)Practiceinsimulatedexaminationconditionsmustnotbedelayeduntilclosetotheexaminationtime.acomputer-simulatedexplosion計(jì)算機(jī)模擬的爆炸

Howevercleverlysimulatedtheemotion,simulateditremained.無論偽裝得多么巧妙,那情感還是矯揉造作的。flawvt.damage;makeimperfect使有瑕疵It’sapitythatthescarflawedherskin.很遺憾，這塊傷疤變成了她皮膚上的缺陷。n.[C]damageorimperfection(usu.minor)缺點(diǎn)，瑕疵TheytoleratenoflawsintheirplanbecausesomeVIPswillbepresentinthemeeting.他們不允許計(jì)劃有半點(diǎn)紕漏，因?yàn)橛袔孜灰艘鱿瘯?huì)議。drawon

extractortakefromexperiencesforone‘sownuse憑借，動(dòng)用，利用Ourancestorshaveaccumulatedrichexperiencesforustodrawon.

我們的祖先積累了豐富的經(jīng)驗(yàn)供我們借鑒。

intheabsenceof

lacking;forthewantof缺乏，沒有Intheabsenceofchildren,thepicnicwasabore.沒有孩子參加，野餐單調(diào)乏味。

Salesarealmostimpossibleintheabsenceofgoodtechnicalsupport.沒有良好的技術(shù)支持，銷售幾乎不可能有進(jìn)展。innovation

n.[C,U]theintroductionofsth.new革新，創(chuàng)新，改革discovery

theactoffindingoutsth.thatalreadyexisted,suchasacometorascientificlaw

invention

theactofcreatingordesigningsth.thathasnotexistedbeforedoom

vt.（usu.pass.）causetounavoidablyexperienceorsuffersth.unpleasant使……遭厄運(yùn)，注定，判決Anyattempttodestroythefriendshipbetweenourtwonationsisdoomedtofailure.任何破壞我們兩國間友誼的企圖都注定要失敗。Idon'tparticularlybelievethatallloveisdoomed.我并不特別相信所有的愛情都是命中注定的。據(jù)說對學(xué)習(xí)過程的基因基礎(chǔ)的理解能告訴我們哪些年青學(xué)子可能更快取得進(jìn)步、哪些注定要有“艱難的”求學(xué)歷程。(P.10VI4)Itissaidthattheunderstandingofthegeneticbasisoflearningwilltell