大學(xué)英語(yǔ)3 第7章

UnitSeven

ColorfulCulture

Cultureitselfisneithereducationnorlawmaking,itisanatmosphereandaheritage.

—H.L.Mencken文化本身既不是教育，也不是立法，它是一種氛圍，一種遺產(chǎn)。

——H.L.門肯

HenryLouisMencken

(1880–1956),Americanwriterandprosestylist.NextUnit7ColorfulCultureWhenwetalkaboutcultureingeneral,itreferstothewayoflifeforanentiresociety,includingcodesofmanners,dresses,languages,religions,rituals,normsofbehaviorsuchaslawandmorality,andsystemsofbeliefaswellastheart.Itiscomplexyetcolorful.Inthisunit,wewillhaveaglimpseofcontemporaryculturefromtwodifferentaspectstohelpyouunderstandhowcolorfulcultureis.Preview

PreviewPreviewNextUnit7ColorfulCultureLead-inListeningCommunicativeActivityTextATextBTranslationinFocusUnit7ColorfulCultureListentothefollowingpassagethreetimes.Fillintheblanksnumberedfrom1to7withtheexactwordsand8to10withthemissingphrasesorfragments.Someparentschoosenameswhichcomefrompopular1_______.Forexample,therehavebeensixboysnamedGandalfafterthecharacterintheLordoftheRings2

________andfilms.Equally,namesrelatedto3

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arefairlycommon—since1984,36childrenhavebeencalledArsenalafterthefootballteam.HomeNextPreviousLead-inListening本頁(yè)播放全文播放culturenovelssportUnit7ColorfulCultureOtherparentsliketomakeupnames,or4

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namestomaketheirownuniqueversion,amethoddemonstratedbyJordan,theBritishmodel,whorecently5

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thenameTiáamiiforherdaughterbycombiningthenamesTheaandAmy(thetwograndmothers).Shewasquotedassayingthatthe6

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anddoubleletterswere7

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tomakethename‘moreexotic’.

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________________________________________________________.CountriesincludingJapan,Denmark,Spain,GermanyandArgentinahaveanapprovedlistofnamesfromwhichparentsmustchoose.InChina,therearesomerulesaboutwhatyoumaycallachild–9________________________________.Asaresultacouplewasrecentlybannedfromcallingtheirbaby@.InBritain,10

__________________________________________________________________,suchasMaisieorEllaforagirl,orAlfieorNoahforaboy.

combineinventedaccentaddedOthercountrieshavemuchstricterruleswhenitcomestonamechildrenNoforeignlettersorsymbolsareallowedsomenameswhichwerepreviouslythoughtofashavebecomemorepopularagain.HomeNextPrevious本頁(yè)播放全文播放Lead-inListeningUnit7ColorfulCultureSampleDialogue:StatingProbabilityandPossibilityReadthefollowingconversation.Payattentiontohowthespeakersstateprobabilityandpossibility.Ally:

Thistermpaperisdrivingmecrazy!Idon’tthinkIcan finishitintime.Brian:

Don’tworryaboutit!ThepaperisduenextWednesday.It’s onlySaturdaytoday,youstillhaveplentyoftime.Ally:

Youcan’tbeserious!Itmightbeeasyforyou!You attendedeveryclassandfinishedallassignmentswell everytime.Lookatme.Iknowalmostnothingaboutit. HowcanIpossiblywriteaten-thousand-wordpaperwithin lessthanaweek?Brian:

Well,youshouldhavetakenthiscoursemoreseriously.HomeNextPrevious本頁(yè)播放全文播放CommunicativeActivityUnit7ColorfulCultureAlly:

Yeah,yeah,yeah…Iknow,Icouldhavedonemuchbetter ifIdidn’tskipsomanyclasses.Buttherealproblemnow istofinishthepaper.Helpme!Willyou?Brian:

Youmustbejoking!AlthoughIdowanttohelpyou,asa friend,Iwon’t.Ally:

Whynot?Brian:

IfIhelpyouwiththepaper,youwon’tbeabletoactuallyl earnanythingaboutthiscourse.That’swhy.Ally:

OK,OK,Ishouldn’thaveaskedyouinthefirstplace. MaybeIshouldjustgokillmyself,that’seasier.Brian:

IguessIcouldgogetyousomereferencebooksfromthe library,butpromisemeyou’lldotherestofthejob.Ally:

Alright.HomeNextPrevious本頁(yè)播放全文播放CommunicativeActivityUnit7ColorfulCultureOralpractice:

Talktoyourclassmatesaboutthepossibilityofachievingyourplanforfuture.Youmayusethefollowingwordsandphrases.can,could,might,maycannot,couldnot,mightnot,maynotcouldhavedone,shouldhavedone,wouldhavedonebeableto,must,oughtto,should,willHomeNextPreviousCommunicativeActivityUnit7ColorfulCulture1.DoyoulovewearingT-shirts?Why?2.DoyouhaveanyT-shirtswithEnglishslogans?WillyoumakesureyouunderstandthemeaningoftheslogansonaT-shirtbeforeyoubuyit?

Pre-readingQuestionsTextAHomeNextPreviousTextAUnit7ColorfulCultureCoolShirt!WhatDoesItMeanExactly?AExercisesEProperNamesCNotesDTextABWords&ExpressionsBackNextPreviousHomeTextAUnit7ColorfulCultureT-shirtshavelongbeencheap,comfortableandapopularmeansofcommunication.Youngpeopleusethemtoexpresstheiropinionsabouttheenvironment,societyandtheworld.

WangSibin,asociologyprofessoratPekingUniversity,believesT-shirtslogansareasilentbutpowerfulmeansofexpression.Intheearly1990s,thecottongarmentwasstillknownasa“culturalshirt”.Youngpeopleworethemwithsloganssuchas“I'mfedup!Leavemealone!”or“Gettingrichisallthereis”.“Itreflectedthementalityofyoungpeopleatthattime,”saidWang.“Thecountrywasjustopeningup.Youngpeoplewantedtoliveabetterlife.Atthesametime,theywantedtocommunicatetheirpersonalfeelingsandfrustrations.”譯TextACoolShirt!WhatDoesItMeanExactly?ABackNextPreviousHome酷T！什么意思？T恤一直以來(lái)不僅便宜、舒適，而且是一種流行的交流方式。年輕人用T恤來(lái)表達(dá)他們對(duì)環(huán)境、社會(huì)和世界的看法。北京大學(xué)社會(huì)學(xué)教授王思斌認(rèn)為T恤是一種無(wú)聲卻有力的表達(dá)方式。上世紀(jì)90年代早期，這種棉質(zhì)的衣服還是公認(rèn)的“文化衫”。年輕人都穿著有諸如“煩著呢，別理我！”、“我要下?！敝悩?biāo)語(yǔ)的文化衫?！拔幕郎系臉?biāo)語(yǔ)反映了當(dāng)時(shí)年輕人的心態(tài)，”王教授說(shuō)，“當(dāng)時(shí)我國(guó)開(kāi)放不久。年輕人都想要過(guò)上更好的生活。同時(shí)，他們也以此表達(dá)個(gè)人的心情和困惑?！北卷?yè)播放全文播放英Unit7ColorfulCulture譯Sincethen,popculture,includingmoviesandTVshows,hashelpedproduceanewwaveofT-shirtslogans.Sohaveimportantevents,suchastheglobalOlympictorchrelayandearthquakeinSichuan.Beinganeasymeansofcatchingeyesandexpressingindividuality,T-shirtswithexoticcharactersstandouttobecomeafascinationtoyoungpeoplethroughouttheworld.AquickglanceatAsianI,awebsitesellingChinesestuff,revealsthestandardstyleofT-shirtsthatinterestsWesterners.TheanimalsoftheZodiac,suchastheChinesecharactersfor“dragon”and“tiger”areverypopular.Othercharactersincluding“l(fā)ove”,“fortune”,“wisdom”and“happiness”arecommon.WhenpeoplewithChinesecharactershirtsareaskedwhytheygotwhattheydid,atypicalresponsewouldbesomethinglike“Ithoughtitlookedcool”.Butwhenaskediftheyknewwhatthecharactersactuallymean,they’dusuallysay‘Iwastoldthatitmeant…’—withnoideaonpronunciation.

從那時(shí)起，包括電影、電視在內(nèi)的流行文化催產(chǎn)了T恤標(biāo)語(yǔ)的新浪潮。像全球火炬?zhèn)鬟f、四川地震這樣的大事件也起著同樣的作用。作為一種吸引眼球、表達(dá)個(gè)性的簡(jiǎn)單途徑，有外國(guó)文字的T恤更是凸顯了其對(duì)全世界年輕人的巨大魅力。迅速瀏覽一下AsianI就可以看出吸引西方人的T恤的風(fēng)格標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。像中文“龍”、“虎”這樣的生肖屬相非常受歡迎。另外像“愛(ài)”、“財(cái)”、“智”、“樂(lè)”之類的文字也很常見(jiàn)。當(dāng)你問(wèn)穿有中文字樣T恤的人為什么買身上穿的這種T恤時(shí)，比較典型的回答大致是“我覺(jué)得看起來(lái)挺酷的”。但是若再問(wèn)他們是否知道這些字的意思時(shí)，他們通常會(huì)說(shuō)：“據(jù)說(shuō)是……的意思”，卻完全不知道該怎么念。TextABackNextPreviousHome全文播放本頁(yè)播放CoolShirt!WhatDoesItMeanExactly?A英Unit7ColorfulCulture譯

Lookingcoolisonething,lookingstupidisanother.BeforeputtingonaT-shirtwithanEnglishtext,makesureyouunderstanditsmessage,orelseyoumaymakeyourselfthelaughingstockwithoutevenknowingit,becausesomesloganscanhavesubtle,offensiveimplications.Herearesomeexamples:BitemeIfyouareaniceyoungmanwholikestomakenewfriends,thisT-shirtsloganisdefinitelywhatyoushouldavoid.“Biteme”istypicallyusedasanidiomaticexpressionofdiscontenttowardanotherparty.Wearingitmayruinyourgoodimage,makingpeoplebelievethatyouarehardtodealwith.“Delicious”isanotherT-shirtsloganwomenshouldavoid.Whenthewordispositionedacrossthechest,itcansuggestthatthewearer'sbreastsare“delicious”.

看起來(lái)酷是一回事，看起來(lái)傻就是另一回事了。在穿上有英文的T恤之前，要確保你明白它是什么意思，不然你也許會(huì)成為別人的笑柄，自己卻毫不知情。因?yàn)橐恍?biāo)語(yǔ)會(huì)帶有微妙的、令人反感的含義。以下是一些例子：Biteme倘若你是一個(gè)善于交友的年輕男士，那就千萬(wàn)別穿帶有此標(biāo)語(yǔ)的T恤衫。“Biteme”最常用來(lái)表示對(duì)另一方的不滿。穿這樣的T恤衫會(huì)破壞人們對(duì)你的印象，使人們認(rèn)為你難以相處。另一個(gè)女士應(yīng)該回避的標(biāo)語(yǔ)是“DELICIOUS”。如果這個(gè)單詞正好處在胸部，它可以暗指穿這件T恤的人的胸部很“美味”。TextABackNextPreviousHome全文播放本頁(yè)播放CoolShirt!WhatDoesItMeanExactly?A英Unit7ColorfulCultureTABThisshirtlookscute,right?It'spink,ithasacartoonishgirl,andthenthere’stheseeminglymeaninglesswordTAB.Butreadthefineprintandyou’llfindthatTABstandsfor“TrendyAsianBitch”—bitchbeingamean,arrogantwoman.AnothershirtthatsurfacedinGuangzhoutwoyearsagoreads“Thisbitchbites”.“Bitch”inthiscasemeans“femaledog”.Anotherfamousshirtreads“BuckFush”.Itswitches“B”and“F”inanot-so-subtlecriticismoftheUSpresidentGeorgeW.Bush.I'mFarFromNormalWeallwanttobeunique,butthisT-shirtslogandoesn’trefertoindividuality.Instead,itsuggeststhatthepersonwearingitismad.IntheUS,someonemightwearthisjusttogetalaughfromfriends.ButifyouwearitinChina,somemightthinkyouareoblivioustothemeaning.AnotherT-shirtreads“I’mwithstupid”.Itstatesthatthepersonwhoiswalkingbesideyouisnotverysmart.

TAB這件T恤看上去很可愛(ài)，對(duì)吧？粉色的，有一個(gè)卡通美眉的圖案，還有一個(gè)看起來(lái)毫無(wú)意義的單詞TAB。但是，讀一下旁邊不起眼的小字，你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)TAB代表的是“TrendyAsianBitch”—bitch的意思是又刻薄又狂妄的女人。兩年前在廣州出現(xiàn)了一款有“Thisbitchbites”字樣的T恤。這句話中的“bitch”意思是“母狗”。另外還有一款很有名的“BuckFush”T恤。這個(gè)標(biāo)語(yǔ)其實(shí)是對(duì)調(diào)了兩個(gè)單詞中的“B”和“F”，以不怎么隱晦的方式批判美國(guó)總統(tǒng)小布什。I'mFarFromNormal我們都想成為獨(dú)一無(wú)二的人。但是這件T恤可不是在談個(gè)性。相反，它暗指穿這件衣服的人是個(gè)瘋子。在美國(guó)，有的人可能會(huì)穿這個(gè)以博朋友一笑。不過(guò)如果你在中國(guó)穿上它，有些人會(huì)認(rèn)為你根本不懂這話的意思。還有一件T恤的標(biāo)語(yǔ)是“I’mwithstupid”。它的意思是走在你旁邊的人不怎么聰明。譯TextABackNextPreviousHome全文播放本頁(yè)播放CoolShirt!WhatDoesItMeanExactly?A英Unit7ColorfulCulture譯AddictedFamiliarlogosandpicturescanbemanipulatedtocommunicateanewmessage.Takethisshirtforexample:WhatappearstobeanAdidaslogohasbeenchangedtoread“Addicted”.Thismessagemightnotbeparticularlyoffensive,butthewearermaygetasked,jokingly,ifheorshehasadrughabit.AnotherpopularT-shirtreads“Make7”onthefrontand“UpYours”ontheback.Themessageencouragespeopletodrink7-Up,butthe“UpYours”onthebackalsomeanssomethingbad.

Addicted相似的標(biāo)志和圖片可被拿來(lái)做一些處理以傳達(dá)新的信息。比如說(shuō)這一件?？瓷先ナ前⒌线_(dá)斯（ADIDAS）的標(biāo)識(shí)被改成了“ADDICTED”。這也許并不是特別讓人反感，但穿衣服的人可能會(huì)被人打趣地問(wèn)他/她是不是有毒癮。還有一件流行的T恤前面是“Make7”，背后是“UpYours”。整句話的意思是鼓勵(lì)人們多喝七喜飲料（7-Up），但是背后的“UpYours”也有不良的含義。

TextABackNextPreviousHome全文播放本頁(yè)播放CoolShirt!WhatDoesItMeanExactly?A英Unit7ColorfulCulturemeans

interest

befedupwithtypical

leavesb.alone

Aisonething,Bisanother

awaveof

subtle

individuality

offensive

exotic

implication

character

referto

standout

avoid

fascination

standforglance

trendyBWords&ExpressionsTextABackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturemean

unique

arrogant

oblivious

surface

addicted

criticism

manipulate

farfrom

TextABackNextPreviousHomeBWords&ExpressionsUnit7ColorfulCulturemeansn.anaction,anobjectorasystembywhicharesultisachieved;awayofachievingordoingsth.方式；方法；途徑

Televisionisaneffectivemeansofcommunication.Isthereanymeansofcontactinghim?3.WeneededtogettoLondonbutwehadnomeansoftransport.TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturebefedupwithannoyedordisgustedbysth.thatyouhaveexperiencedfortoolong厭煩

1.Peoplearefedupwithallthesetrafficjams.2.Youlookfedup.What’sthematter?

TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureleavesb.alone

don’ttouchorannoysb.讓獨(dú)自呆著；不打擾

Hewon’tleavemealone—he’salwayscalling.

Sheisupsetaboutheruncle’sdeath.Youshouldleaveheraloneforawhile.

TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureawaveof

alargenumberofpeopleorthingssuddenlymovingorappearingsomewhere潮流，風(fēng)潮

Waveafterwaveofaircraftpassedoverhead.Awaveofemotionsweptthroughherasshevisitedherhometown.TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureindividuality

n.[U]thequalitiesthatmakesb./sth.differentfromotherpeopleorthings個(gè)性Sheexpressesherindividualitythroughherclothes.Hisindividualityreallycomesoutwhenhedances.TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureexotic

Shetravelstoallkindsofexoticlocationsallovertheworld.

Foodservedinthatrestauranttastesexotic.

TextAExamples:adj.seemingexcitingandunusualbecauseitisconnectedwithforeigncountries異國(guó)情調(diào)的；異國(guó)風(fēng)味的

BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturecharacterShetravelstoallkindsofexoticlocationsallovertheworld.

Foodservedinthatrestauranttastesexotic.

TextAExamples:n.[C]aletter,sign,markorsymbolusedinwriting,printingoroncomputers（書(shū)寫(xiě)、印刷或計(jì)算機(jī)上的）文字，符號(hào)，記號(hào)

BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturestandout

She’sthesortofpersonwhostandsoutinacrowd.Theblackletteringreallystandsoutagainstwhitebackground.TextAExamples:tobeeasilyseenornoticed突出；杰出；醒目

BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturefascination

Thefascinationofthisgameliesintryingtoguesswhatyouropponentisthinking.HerfascinationwithmodernartbeganwhenshesawthePicassoshow.TextAExamples:n.[C,usuallysing.]averystrongattraction,thatmakessth.veryinteresting魅力；極大的吸引力BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureglance

Hewalkedawaywithoutabackwardglance.Hecouldtellataglancewhatwaswrong.(ataglance:immediately;withonlyaquicklook)TextAExamples:n.[C]aquicklook匆匆一看

BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureinterest

v.toattractyourattentionandmakeyoufeelinterested使感興趣

Politicsdoesn’tinterestme.ItmayinterestyoutoknowthatAndydidn’tacceptthejob.TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturetypical

adj.havingtheusualqualitiesorfeaturesofaparticulartypeofperson,thingorgroup典型的；有代表性的

ThisisatypicalexampleofTomanpottery.Atypicalworkingdayformebeginsat7:30.Thismealoftypicaloflocalcookery.TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureAisonething,Bisanother

BisverydifferentfromA,forexampleitismoredifficult,seriousorimportantA是一碼事，B是另一碼；A和B不可同日而語(yǔ)Romanceisonething,marriageisquiteanother.

It’sonethingtoteaseyoursister,butit’sanothertohither.

TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturesubtle

adj.notverynoticeableorobvious微妙的；不明顯的

She’sbeendroppingsubtlehintsaboutwhatshe’dlikeasapresent.Inoticedasubtlesmileonhisface.TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureoffensive

adj.rudeinawaythatcausesyoutofeelupset,insultedorannoyed無(wú)禮的；冒犯的；得罪人的

Hiscommentsweredeeplyoffensivetoalargenumberofsinglemothers.

Theprogrammecontainslanguagewhichsomeviewersmayfindoffensive.

TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureimplicationn.[C,U]somethingthatissuggestedorindirectlystated含義；暗指Theimplicationinhisarticleisthatbeingahousewifeisgreatlyinferiortoeveryotheroccupation.HecriticizedtheDirectorand,byimplication,thewholeoftheorganization.Whataretheimplicationsofthisstatement?TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturereferto

torelatetoorinvolvesb./sth.指

Doesyourremarkrefertoallofus?

Thetown’snamemayrefertoanearbyundergroundspring.

Theterm‘Arts’usuallyreferstohumanitiesandsocialsciences.

TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureavoid

v.(~sth./doingsth.)topreventsth.badfromhappening避免Theaccidentcouldhavebeenavoided.

Theybuiltawalltoavoidsoilbeingwashedaway.

Itriedeverythingtoavoidmakinganymistake.

TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturestandfor

tobeanabbreviationorsymbolofsth.是……意思；代表

UNstandsfortheUnitedNations.Integrityofanationalflagstandsfortheintegrityofthatcountry.TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturetrendy

adj.veryfashionable流行的NewYorkCityisfulloftrendyshopsandrestaurants.

Trendyclothesarealwayswhatshewants.

TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturemean

adj.(ofpeopleortheirbehaviour)unkind刻薄的；不善良的Hetookameanadvantageofme.Whydoyouhavetobesomeantoeveryone?Shesaidsomemeanwordstohermother.TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturearrogant

adj.behavinginaproud,unpleasantway,showinglittlethoughtsforotherpeople傲慢的；自大的

I’veneverseenamorearrogantyoungmanbefore.

Hehasbecomemoreandmorearrogantsincehewonhisfirstgoldmedal.

TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturesurface

v.tosuddenlyappearorbecomeobviousafterhavingbeenhiddenforawhile露面；顯露

Doubtsbegantosurface.ShesurfacedagainyearslaterinLondon.Thisstoryfirstsurfacedaboutaweekago.TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturecriticism

n.[U,C]theactofexpressingdisapprovalofsb./sth.andopinionsabouttheirfaultsorbadqualities批判；指責(zé)；批評(píng)

Theplanhasattractedcriticismfromconsumergroups.

Therewaswidespreadcriticismofthegovernment’shandlingofthedisaster.(~ofsb./sth.)

Peopleinpubliclifemustalwaysbeopentocriticism.(=willingtoacceptbeingcriticized)

TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturefarfrom

almosttheoppositeofsth.orofwhatisexpected幾乎相反；遠(yuǎn)非

Farfromrelievingmycough,themedicinemadeitevenworse.

Itisfarfromclearwhatheintendstosay.

TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureunique

adj.beingtheonlyoneofitskind獨(dú)一無(wú)二的；唯一的

Everyone’sfingerprintsareunique.Thepreviewoffersauniqueopportunitytoseetheshowwithoutthecrowds.TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureoblivious

adj.notawareofsth.不知道的

Hedroveoff,obliviousofthedamagehehadcaused.(~ofsth.)

Youwilleventuallybecomeoblivioustothenoise.(~tosth.)

TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureaddicted

adj.unabletostoptakingharmfuldrugs,orusingordoingsth.asahabit上癮的；成癮的Hegotaddictedtoalcoholafterhiswifedied.(~tosth.)Hersonisaddictedtocomputergames.TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturemanipulate

v.tocontrolorinfluencesb./sth,ofteninadishonestwaysothattheydonotrealizeit（暗中）操縱

Sheuseshercharmtomanipulatepeople.Asapolitician,heknowshowtomanipulatepublicopinion.Theymanagedtomanipulateusintoagreeingtohelp.(~osth./doingsth.)TextAExamples:BackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureV.OrganizingYourIdeas

IV.TryingtheTranslationIII.RecognizingMainIdeasII.DevelopingYourVocabulary

VI.BeyondtheReadingI.GettingtheMessageExercisesTextABackNextPreviousHomeEExercisesUnit7ColorfulCultureI.GettingtheMessageDirections:ChoosethebestanswerbasedonyourcomprehensionofTextA.1.T-shirtsareconsideredasapopularmeansofcommunicationbecause_________.A.theyarecheapB.theyarecomfortableC.theyexpresspeople’sopinionsD.theyaresilentbutpowerful2.MostWesternersfindT-shirtswithChinesecharactersafascinationbecause__________.A.theythinkit’sinteresting.B.theythinkit’spopularC.theythinkit’scommonD.theythinkit’scoolCDTextABackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulture3.WhenWesternersbuyT-shirtswithChinesecharacters,theyusually__________.A.knowwhatthecharactersmeanandhowtopronouncethemB.donotknowwhatthecharactersmeanorhowtopronouncethemC.knowwhatthecharactersmeanbutdonotknowhowtopronouncethemD.donotknowwhatthecharactersmeanbutknowhowtopronouncethem4.IfyouwearaT-shirtwiththeslogan“I’mfarfromnormal”inChina,peoplemaythink__________.A.youaremadB.youarejokingC.youareinterestingD.youdon’tknowwhatthesloganmeans5.Theauthor’sintentioninwritingthispassageismainlyto__________.A.introduceT-shirtstomorepeopleB.explainwhyT-shirtsarepopularC.remindpeopletounderstandthemessagebeforetheyputonaT-shirtwithslogansD.explainsomesubtleandoffensiveT-shirtslogansCDCI.GettingtheMessageTextABackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureII.DevelopingYourVocabularyDirections:Completethefollowingsentenceswiththecorrectwordsgiveninthebrackets.1.Thisbookisprintedinalarge___________.(characters,sign)2.Hehasmadeafortuneby_________(method,means)ofstealing.3.Itiswrongtoset_________(mental,spiritual)civilizationagainstmaterialcivilization.4.Youwill________(avoid,prevent)makingsuchmistakesifyoufollowmyadvice.5.Ihaveto________(withdraw,retreat)somemoneyfromanATMmachine.6.Herfatherthrewadisapproving__________(glimpse,glance)ather.characterswithdrawspiritualmeansavoidglanceSectionATextABackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureII.DevelopingYourVocabularyDirections:Completethefollowingsentenceswiththeproperwords.1.Igotfedup________hisconstantcomplaining.2.WhenIfeelupset,Ijustwanttobeleft_________.3.Chinabegantoprosperrapidlysinceitopenedup_______theworld.4.YouknowwhoIamreferring________.5.OMGstands________“Oh,myGod”.6.Ithoughtthetaskwouldbetough,butitturnedouttobefar________difficult.

withfortoalonetofromSectionBTextABackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulturebelievingHoweverembarrassingembarrassedthinktoAsatwearers’suggestputonInsteadofwearingpopularcomfortableIII.RecognizingMainIdeasDirections:Thefollowingisabriefsummaryofthetextwith10blanks.Selectonewordforeachblankfromthelistgiven.TextABackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureIII.RecognizingMainIdeasAddYourTitleT-shirtshavelongbeencheap,1________,andapopularmeansofexpressionforyoungpeople.2________slogansonT-shirtscaneasilycatchpeople’seyesandexpressthe3________individualityinasilentbutpowerfulway.T-shirtswithexoticcharactershaveparticularlybecomeanattraction4________youngpeoplethroughouttheworld.5________,someslogansmayhavesubtle,offensiveimplications.Forexample,“Biteme”and“Delicious”mayhavebadimplication,“I’mfarfromnormal”might6________thatyouareignorant,and“Addicted”maymakepeople7________youhaveadrugproblem.Ifyoudon’tknowthemeaningoftheslogansbeforeyou8________thoseT-shirts,itwouldbeavery9________experienceforyou10________fortableAswearers’toHoweversuggestthinkputonembarrassinginsteadofTextABackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureIV.TryingtheTranslationSectionADirections:TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoChinese.1T-shirtshavelongbeencheap,comfortableandapopularmeansofcommunication.T恤一直以來(lái)不僅便宜、舒適，而且是一種流行的交流方式。2Youngpeopleworethemwithsloganssuchas"I'mfedup!Leavemealone!"or"Gettingrichisallthereis".年輕人都穿帶有諸如“煩著呢，別理我！”、“我要下?！敝悩?biāo)語(yǔ)的文化衫。TextABackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCulture3Butwhenaskediftheyknewwhatthecharactersactuallymean,they’dusuallysay“Iwastoldthatitmeant…”withnoideaonpronunciation.

但是若再問(wèn)他們是否知道這些字的意思時(shí)，他們通常會(huì)說(shuō)：“據(jù)說(shuō)是……的意思”，卻完全不知道該怎么念。…orelseyoumaymakeyourselfthelaughingstockwithoutevenknowingit…4……不然你也許會(huì)成為別人的笑柄，自己卻毫不知情。5“Biteme”istypicallyusedasanidiomaticexpressionofdiscontenttowardanotherparty.“Biteme”最常用來(lái)表示對(duì)另一方的不滿。

IV.TryingtheTranslationTextABackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureSectionBIV.TryingtheTranslationDirections:TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish,usingthewordsorphrasesinthebrackets.1會(huì)說(shuō)英語(yǔ)是一回事，敢說(shuō)英語(yǔ)是另一回事。(…isonething,…isanother)

KnowingEnglishisonething,daringtospeakitisanother.2她說(shuō)話的方式讓我很感興趣。(interest)Thewayshetalksinterestsmemuch.TextABackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureIV.TryingtheTranslation3中國(guó)被公認(rèn)為是四大文明古國(guó)之一。(beknownas)

Chinaisknownasoneofthefourancientcivilizations.4學(xué)習(xí)一門外語(yǔ)絕不是容易的事。(farfrom)5由于天氣不好，我的航班被取消了。(dueto)Learningaforeignlanguageisfarfromeasy.Myflightwascanceledduetothebadweather.TextABackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureV.OrganizingYourIdeasDirections:Putthefollowingsentencesintheproperordersothattheymakeacompleteparagraph.1.OnthesamestreetlivedaprofessorwhospokeRussianandwasafriendoftheRussianwoman.2.TheprofessorturnedtoNickandsaid,“She’snotgoingtotellyou.Shesaidshe’dratherdiefirst.”3.HedraggedtheprofessortotheRussianwoman’shouse.4.Afterhecameback,heimmediatelywenttothebackyardofhishouse,dugaholeandplantedthemoneyinit.5.Nickwon$100,000fromgambling.6.Grabbinghisgun,Nickwenttoawakentheprofessor.7.Henoticedfootstepsleadingfromtheholetothehousenextdoor,whichwasownedbyaRussianwoman.8.Theprofessortoldthemessagetohisfriend,andsherepliedinRussian,“Ihiditinmybackyard,underneaththeappletree.”9.“Youtellherifshedoesn’tgivemebackmy$100,000,I’mgoingtokillher!”Nickscreamedattheprofessor.10.Thefollowingmorninghewalkedoutsideandfoundonlyanemptyhole.KEY5-4-10-7-1-6-3-9-8-2TextABackNextPreviousHomeUnit7ColorfulCultureVI.BeyondtheReadingHowwillyouDIYyourown