Unit 3-Section B新視野大學(xué)英語第三冊

Unit3

TheAccidentUnit3TheAccidentBackgroundInformationReadingThroughTextBExercises

Words&ExpressionsCONTENTS

Inthispassage,thenarratortellsusastoryaboutanAmericanwomannamedDonna.Whenshewasateenager,shewasinjuredinacaraccident,andbigscarswereleftonherface.Manyyearslater,thenarratorlearnedfromDonna’smotheraboutDonna’slife.Inthenightoftheaccident,Donnawasdeeplyimpressedbythenurse’sjob,andfromthenon,shedecidedtobeanurse.Shegraduatedwithhonors,gotagoodjobinahospital,metayoungdoctor,fellinloveandishappilymarriedwithtwobeautifulchildren.Shebelievesthatthecaraccidentisthebestthingthateverhappenedtoher.Donnahastakenapositiveattitudetowardstheaccidentandsheturneditintoablessing.Introduction

BackgroundInformationQuestion&answer1.Howdoyouunderstandthetitleofthepassage?2.Therearequarrelsbetweenthewriterandherfather.

Doyouhavesimilarstoriesinyourfamily?3.Whatarethesimilaritiesanddissimilaritiesbetween

TextAandTextB?

BackgroundInformationWords&ExpressionsTextB

ReadingThrough

ChristmasEvefellonaSundaythatyear.Asaresult,theusualSundaynightyouthgroupmeetingatthechurchwasgoingtobeabigcelebration.AmotheroftwoteenagegirlsaskedmeafterthemorningserviceifIcouldfindarideforhergirlsthatnight,asIwasthechairmanoftheyouthcommittee.IpromisedIwould.Para.1ChineseTheAccident

TextB

Thegirlswereseatedbesidemeaswedrovetothechurchthatnight.Wecameupoverariseintheroad,onlytoseeanaccidentaheadofusontheroad.Becauseithadstartedtofreezeandtheroadwasveryslick,wewereunabletostop,anddroveintothebackofacar.Iturnedtoseeifthegirlswereokay,andIheardoneofthemscream,"O-o-oh,Donna!"Therewerenoseatbeltsincarsatthattime.Donnahadbeenthrownfacefirstthroughthecar'sfrontwindowandthesharpedgeofthebrokenglasshadmadetwodeepcutsintoherface.Bloodwasstreamingdown.Itwasaterriblesight.Para.2ChineseTextBTheinvestigatingpoliceofficersaidtheaccidenthadbeenunavoidable,butIstillfeltterriblethatabeautifulseventeen-year-oldgirlwouldhavetogothroughlifewithscarsonherface.Andithadhappenedwhenshewasinmycare.Atthehospital,thedoctorimmediatelytookDonnatosewherstitches.Itseemedtotakealongtime,andIaskedanurseaboutthedelay.Shesaidthatthedoctorondutyhappenedtobeaplasticsurgeon.HewastakinggreatcarewithDonna'sfacetoreducethelookofthescarsasmuchaspossible.Para.3-4ChineseTextBSinceitwasChristmas,thedoctorsinthehospitaltriedtosendpatientshomeandpostponedallelectivesurgeries.Asaresult,Donnawasthesolepatientonherfloor.ThenursetoldmethatDonnahadbeengivenapillforherpain,andkeptaskingquestionsaboutthemedicalprocedures.ThenurseskeptmakingupexcusestogointoDonna'sroomtochatwithher!

Para.5ChineseTextB

Donna'smotherandsisterdidnotblamemefortheaccidentandevenwentoutoftheirwaytothankmefortakingcareofthegirlsthatnight.AsforDonna,shefoundthatmake-upalmostcompletelycoveredherscars.Thatmademefeelbetter,butIstillcouldn'tridmyselfofguilt.Ayearlater,ImovedtothesuburbsandlosttouchwithDonnaandherfamily.Para.6ChineseTextB

Fifteenyearslater,Iwasinvitedbacktothechurchforaseriesofservices.ThelastnightIwasthere,InoticedDonna'smother.Likeaflashoflightning,thememoriesoftheaccident,theblood,andthescarsflewback.WhenDonna'smotherstoodbeforemeshehadabigsmileonherface.Shewasalmostlaughingwhensheasked,"DoyourememberhowinterestedDonnawasinwhatthenursesdidthenightoftheaccident?"Yes,Iremembered.Thenhermotherwenton:Para.7ChineseTextB"Well,Donnadecidedtobecomeanurse.Shegraduatedwithhonors,gotagoodjobinahospital,metayoungdoctor,fellinloveandishappilymarriedwithtwobeautifulchildren.Shetoldmetobesuretotellyouthattheaccidentwasthebestthingthateverhappenedtoher!"Para.8ChineseTextBMeaningofthe

SentencesMeaning:

ChristmasEvethatyearhappenedtobeaSunday..1

ChristmasEvefellonaSundaythatyear.Meaningofthe

SentencesMeaning:

Becauseoftheunusualoccasion,theusualSundaynightyouthgroupmeetingatthechurchwouldturnouttobeagreatcelebration..2Asaresult,theusualSundaynightyouthgroupmeetingatthechurchwasgoingtobeabigcelebration.Meaningofthe

SentencesMeaning:

Whenthemorningservicewasover,amotherwhohadtwodaughtersintheirteensaskedifIcouldgetacartotakethemtothechurchthatnight.ShemadesucharequestbecauseIwastheheadoftheyouthcommittee..3AmotheroftwoteenagegirlsaskedmeafterthemorningserviceifIcouldfindarideforhergirlsthatnight,asIwasthechairmanoftheyouthcommittee.Meaningofthe

SentencesMeaning:

Hereup

indicatesanupwarddirection.

Overmeansthatthecarreachedthetopofthehillafterclimbingit.Riseinthissentenceisusedasanounmeaninganupwardslopeortheraisedpartoftheroad..4Wecameupoverariseintheroad,onlytoseeanaccidentaheadofusontheroad.Meaningofthe

SentencesMeaning:

AsIlookedbacktofindoutwhetherthegirlswereinjuredornot,Iheardasuddenloudcryfromoneofthem..5Iturnedtoseeifthegirlswereokay,andIheardoneofthemscream...Meaningofthe

SentencesMeaning:

Whenthecarhadtostopsuddenly,Donnaflewthroughthefrontwindowasshewasnotwearingaseatbelt.Whenthishappened,thefrontwindowofthecarbrokeallaroundherandsomeglasscutDonna'sfacedeeplyintwoplaces..6Donnahadbeenthrownfacefirstthroughthecar'sfrontwindowandthesharpedgeofthebrokenglasshadmadetwodeepcutsintoherface.Meaningofthe

SentencesMeaning:

Thepoliceofficerwhowasresponsiblefortheinvestigationofthisaccidentsaidthattherehadbeennowaytopreventtheaccidentfromhappening.

However,Istillhadastrongguiltyfeelingbecausethegirlwasonlyseventeenyearsoldandshewouldhavetobearthescarsonherfaceallherlife.7Theinvestigatingpoliceofficersaidtheaccidenthadbeenunavoidable,butIstillfeltterriblethatabeautifulseventeen-year-oldgirlwouldhavetogothroughlifewithscarsonherface.Meaningofthe

SentencesMeaning:

Thedoctorwasverycarefulwhilesewingthewoundinherfacesoastomakethescarsaslittlevisibleaspossible.8HewastakinggreatcarewithDonna'sfacetoreducethelookofthescarsasmuchaspossible.Meaningofthe

SentencesMeaning:

ThedoctorsinthehospitalaskedthepatientstogobacktotheirhomesfortheChristmascelebrations,andputoffalltheoperationswhichwerenoturgent..9SinceitwasChristmas,thedoctorsinthehospitaltriedtosendpatientshomeandpostponedallelectivesurgeries.Meaningofthe

SentencesMeaning:

Donna'smotherandsisterdidn'tthinkIwasresponsiblefor(ordidnotaccusemeof)theaccident.Instead,theyeventookalotoftroubletothankmefortakingcareofthegirlsthatnight..10Donna'smotherandsisterdidnotblamemefortheaccidentandevenwentoutoftheirwaytothankmefortakingcareofthegirlsthatnight.Meaningofthe

SentencesMeaning:

Donna'smotherandsister'sthankingmeinsteadofblamingmemademefeelbetter,butIwasalwayshauntedbyafeelingofguilt.11Thatmademefeelbetter,butIstillcouldn'tridmyselfofguilt.Meaningofthe

SentencesMeaning:

Allofasudden,Irecalledsomanythingssoquickly:theaccident,theblood,thescars,andsoon..12Likeaflashoflightning,thememoriesoftheaccident,theblood,andthescarsflewback.Meaningofthe

SentencesMeaning:

Shedidwellinschoolandgraduatedwithhighmarks.Shegotagoodjobinhospital,whereshefellinlovewithayoungdoctorandgotmarried.Nowtheylivehappilywithtwobeautifulchildren..12Shegraduatedwithhonors,gotagoodjobinahospital,metayoungdoctor,fellinloveandishappilymarriedwithtwobeautifulchildren.NewWordsWords&Expressionschurch

unableblood

sew

committeescreamstreamdelaysurgeonplasticpatientpostphoneprocedureridblameflashExpressionsWords&Expressionsonduty

takecarewithmakeup

blamefor

gooutofone’sway(todo…)

ridof

churchn.【1】abuildingforpublicChristianworship教堂；禮拜堂

e.g.Walkasfarasthechurch,thenturnleft.

走到教堂那兒，然后左轉(zhuǎn)彎。

【2】thereligiousservicesheldinachurch禮拜儀式

e.g.Myauntgoestochurcheveryweek.

我姨媽每星期都去做禮拜。Notethedifferencebetweenthefollowingpairsofexpressions:

gotochurch

去做禮拜

gotothechurch

去教堂

atchurch

在做禮拜

inthechurch

在教堂NewWordsExercisesExerciseschurchNewWords2.在悉尼，我們看見好多海外留學(xué)生做禮拜。

WesawmanyoverseasstudentsatchurchinSydney.

1.從山頂上可以看到教堂的尖頂。

Thechurchspirecanbeseenfromthetopofthemountain.Exercisescommittee

n.委員會(huì)

e.g.Thecommitteecomprisessevenpeople.

委員會(huì)由7人組成。NewWords他在掌管市政會(huì)開支的委員會(huì)任職。

He'sonthecommitteethatcontrolscouncilspending.Exercisesunable

adj.不能的；無能力的

e.g.I'dliketogo,butI'munableto.

我想去，可是去不了。NewWords他似乎連最簡單的指示都無法理解。

Heseemsunabletounderstandthesimplestinstructions.

screamv.cryoutloudlyonahighnote,especiallyinfear,pain,greatexcitement,oranger,orsometimeslaughter

（尤指因恐懼、痛苦、興奮等）尖聲大叫；尖聲大笑

e.g.Fallingintothewater,thechildscreamedforhelp.

小孩掉進(jìn)水里后高聲呼救。

n.asuddenloudcryexpressinganger,pain,fear,orsometimeslaughter

尖叫聲；尖笑聲

e.g.ascreamofanguish痛苦的尖叫聲NewWordsExercisesExercisesscreamNewWords2.整幢房子里的人都可聽到這小孩大聲的尖叫。

Thechild’sloudscreamscouldbeheardalloverthehouse.

1.她心情不好時(shí)就要高聲辱罵我。

Whenevershewasinabadmood,shescreamedabuseatme.

bloodn.【1】

theredliquidwhichflowsthroughthebody

血；血液

e.g.Iamgoingtogivebloodthisafternoon.

今天下午我要去獻(xiàn)血。

【2】afamilyrelationship

血統(tǒng)；門第

e.g.ShehasRussianbloodinher.

她身上有俄羅斯血統(tǒng)。NewWordsExercisesExercisesbloodNewWords2.他是我父親的兄弟，所以我們有血緣關(guān)系。

Heismyfather’sbrother,sowearerelatedbyblood.

1.他們對待孩子的方式使我非常氣憤。

Thewaytheytreattheirchildrenmakesmybloodboil.

streamv.flowfastandstrong;pourout

奔流；傾注e.g.Shestoodinthedoorway,tearsstreamingdownherface.

她站在門口，眼淚從臉上流下。

n.anaturalflowofwatermovingacrosscountrybetweenbanks,narrowerthanariver

小河；小溪

e.g.Themountainstreamsareclearandsweet.

山間的小溪清澈又甘甜。NewWordsExercisesExercisesstreamNewWords2.街上汽車川流不息。

Astreamofcarsaremovingalongthestreet.

1.農(nóng)村居民正在源源不斷地涌向城市。

Ruralresidentsarestreamingintothecities.Exercisessew

v.縫；縫制

e.g.sewbackseveredlimbs縫合斷肢NewWords老太太的視力不好，無法把這顆紐扣縫到襯衣上。

Theoldladywithpooreyesightcouldn’tsewthebuttonontohershirt.

delayn.theactofdelayingorthestateofbeingdelayed延誤；耽擱

e.g.Wewilltryourbesttofinishthetaskwithoutdelay.

我們會(huì)盡量按時(shí)完成任務(wù)。v.【1】causetobelate耽誤；耽擱

e.g.

Herlatearrivaldelayedthestartofthemeeting.

她的遲到耽誤了會(huì)議的舉行。

【2】movetoalatertime;defer

推遲；使延期

e.g.Youwillloseyourchanceifyoudelay.

如果拖延，你將失去機(jī)會(huì)。NewWordsExercisesExercisesdelayNewWords2.飛機(jī)因?yàn)樘鞖鈵毫佣睃c(diǎn)幾小時(shí)。

Theplanewasdelayedforseveralhoursbecauseofbadweather.

1.由于意見不同，書的編纂進(jìn)度被耽擱了不少。

Differencesofopinionledtomuchdelayinbookcompiling.3.我被迫把旅行推遲到下個(gè)星期。

Iwasforcedtodelaythetripuntilthefollowingweek.

plasticadj.(ofasubstance)easilyformedintovariousshapesby

pressing,andabletokeepthenewshape

（物質(zhì)）可

塑的；塑性的

e.g.Waxisveryplastic.

蠟的可塑性很好。

n.alightartificialmaterialproducedchemically,whichcanbemadeintodifferentshapeswhensoft,keepsitsshapewhenhard,andiscommonlyusedformakingvariousobjects

塑料；塑膠

e.g.theplasticindustry

塑料工業(yè)NewWordsExercisesExercisesplasticNewWords2.這雨衣是用透明塑料做的。

Theraincoatisoftransparentplastic.

1.黏土和蠟是可塑性物質(zhì)。

Clayandwaxareplasticsubstances.Exercisessurgeon

n.外科醫(yī)生

e.g.Doyouknowthesurgeonwhooperatedonmybacklastweek?你認(rèn)識(shí)上星期給我背部做手術(shù)的那個(gè)醫(yī)生嗎？plasticsurgeon

整形醫(yī)生NewWords他想成為外科醫(yī)生而不是內(nèi)科醫(yī)生。

Hepreferstobecomeasurgeonratherthanaphysician.

patientn.apersonreceivingmedicaltreatmentfromadoctorand/orinahospital病人；患者e.g.Doctorsusuallyvisittheirpatientsinthemorning.

醫(yī)生通常在早上探視病人。

adj.havingorshowingpatience

忍耐的；有耐心的

e.g.

Bepatientwithyourchildren.

對你的孩子耐心些。NewWordsExercisesExercisespatientNewWords

2.汽車晚點(diǎn)了，但他還是耐心地等著。

Thebuswaslate,buthewaspatient.

1.有好幾個(gè)病人在等這個(gè)醫(yī)生給他們看病。

Thedoctorhasseveralpatientswaitingtoseehim.Exercisespostpone

v.使延期；推遲

e.g.postponemakingadecision推遲作出決定Noticethataftertheverbpostpone

–ingparticiple(ratherthaninfinitive)hastobeused.NewWords我們把開幕式推遲到10月份。

WehavepostponedouropeningceremonyuntilOctober.

proceduren.【1】asetofactionsnecessaryfordoingsomething步驟；

手續(xù)

e.g.aprocedureforcleaningawound.

對傷口進(jìn)行清洗處理

【2】themethodandorderofdirectingbusinessinanofficialmeeting,alawcase,etc.

程序

e.g.It’sjustamatterofprocedure.

那不過是程序問題。NewWordsExercisesExercisesprocedureNewWords

2.改變選舉程序是不可能的。

Therewasnopossibilityofchangingthevotingprocedure.

1.他把汽車換油的步驟跟我說了。

Hetoldmetheprocedureforchangingoilinmycar.

blameadj.consider(someoneorsomething)responsiblefor(somethingbad)

責(zé)怪；把……歸咎于e.g.Don’tblametheaccidentonhim.

別把事故的責(zé)任歸咎于他。

n.responsibilityforsomethingbad

（對壞事所應(yīng)負(fù)的）責(zé)任

e.g.

Thegovernmentcannotescapetheblameforthesloweconomicgrowth.

對于經(jīng)濟(jì)的緩慢發(fā)展，政府難辭其咎。

Shelaid/puttheblameonhimfortheaccident.

她把這次事故的責(zé)任歸咎于他。NewWordsExpressionsExercisesblame(somebody)for(something)

由于······指責(zé)（責(zé)怪）別把事故的責(zé)任歸咎于他。

Don’tblamehimfortheaccident.e.g.Hewasblamedforneglectofhisduties.

他由于失職受到責(zé)備。

ridv.

使擺脫掉（有害或不受歡迎的東西）；使去掉

NewWordsExpressionsridofgetridofExpressions

ridof

去掉

getridof

除去，消滅1.總有一天，我們會(huì)讓“非典”在世界上絕跡。

WewillmanagetoridtheworldofSARSoneday.e.g.Iwillridmyselfoftheweakness.

我會(huì)克服我的缺點(diǎn)。

Ihopetogetridofthepaininmyback.

我希望消除背部的疼痛。Exercises2.他把舊衣服處理給窮人。

Hegotridofhisoldclothesbygivingthemtothepoor.

flashn.asuddenquickbrightlight閃光

e.g.aflashofhope一線希望

v.(ofalight)appearasasuddenverybrightflameorflare

閃亮；一閃而過

e.g.Lightningflashesinthedistance.

閃電在遠(yuǎn)處一亮。Like/inaflash:

剎那間，立刻

e.g.Timepasseslikeaflash.

光陰似箭。NewWordsExercisesExercisesflashNewWords

2.那些賽車在我們身邊一閃而過。

Theracecarsflashedbyus.

1.一道閃電過后，開始下起雨來。

Therewasaflashoflightningandthenitstartedtorain.

3.突然，他意識(shí)到這只是個(gè)笑話。

Inaflashherealizeditwasaonlyajoke.

Expressionsonduty

值班，上班警察值勤時(shí)不準(zhǔn)抽煙。

Apolicemanmustnotsmokewhileheisonduty.e.g.I’mondutyfromMondaytoFridayeveryweek.

我每周值班時(shí)間是星期一到星期五。ExercisesTheoppositeofondutyis_______.offdutyExpressionstakecarewith

對······很小心對那個(gè)問題的評(píng)論要小心。

Takecarewithyourcommentsontheissue.e.g.Youmusttakeabitmorecarewithyourspellings.

你得多注意你的拼寫。ExercisesExpressionsmakeup編造（故事）；捏造（借口）約翰小時(shí)候總愛聽爺爺編的科幻故事。

Whenhewasalittleboy,Johnlovedtolistentothesciencefictionmadeupbyhisgrandpa.e.g.Heisoneofthosegoodatmakingupexcuses.

他是那種很會(huì)編造借口的人。ExercisesExpressionsgooutofone’sway(todo)

千方百計(jì)；特意；專門

盡管他本人很窮，但他總是盡力幫助老太太，給她食物。

Hewentoutofhiswaytohelptheoldladywithfoodthoughhehimselfwaspoor.e.g.Bothpartiesaregoingoutoftheirwaytoreachanagreement.

雙方正在努力達(dá)成協(xié)議。ExercisesPartIPartII

ExercisesPartI1.Johnsc________outwithpainwhenheburnthisfingers.2.It’ssensibletoleavethefootballgroundbeforethecrowdstr______out.3.After18hoursofsurgery,thedoctorsucceededinse______backthesevered(截?cái)嗟?fingerofthepatient.4.Themeetingdel____bySARSatlasttookplaceonFriday.

Fillineachofthefollowingblankswiththehelpofthefirstletter(s)givenbelow.

reamedeamed

wingayed

5.Ourdeparturehastobepostp________,becausethebridgewasdestroyedbytheflood.6.Heistheso___candidateformayorofthecity.7.TheAIDSepidemic(傳染病)red_____th