大学英语(全新版)第二册电子教案

大学英语(全新版)第二册电子教案

Unit 2 Values

I．T eaching Objectives

Students will be able to :

1. understand the main idea (despite his wealth, Sam Walton remains down-home and devoted to his team) and structure of the text;

2. appreciate the use of indirect description in portraying a person;

3. grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text；

4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.

II．Language study

1.He imagined what surely awaited: He imagined what he was surely to see.

2. remote:far away in space or time

e.g.: The supply of electricity to remote mountainous villages is one of the local development

projects in Y unnan province.

Taming the deserts is no longer a dream of the remote future but a practical human endeavor.

3. discount: amount of money which may be taken off the full price

e.g.: Traditional retailers who’ve opened cyberstores may offer special discounts to online

shoppers.

Though online bookstores usu ally offer discounts, don’t expect to save much.

4. It was nice, but no palace: the house was nice, but not luxurious.

5. Only in America can a billionaire carry on like plain folk…: It is only in America that a

billionaire can live in the same way as ordi nary people…

only:In writing and formal speech, you can put “ only “ at the beginning of a sentence, followed by the word, word group, or clause it modifies, and then you put an auxiliary or “ be” followed by the subject of the main clause.

e.g.: Only here was it safe to prepare and handle hot drinks.

Only then did Peter realized that he still hadn’t phoned his mother.

Only when the injured limb is fully mobile will the runner be encouraged to restrengthen it. Carry on: behave or conduct oneself in a specific way

e.g.: There’s nothing unusual about them, They carry on just like everybody else.

He Carries on as if he were a millionaire, spending money left, right and center.

Folk:people in general ( You can refer to people as folk or folks.)

e.g.: They got married and had kids and lived like other folks.

These are the folks from the local TV station.

Get away with: do sth. Wrong or risky without being caught or punished

e.g.: They claimed that they knew how to play the system and get away with it.

Eric has been getting away with tax fraud for years.

6. bird dogs: dogs which hunt birds

7. local:of or for a particular place

e.g.: The plane was to take off at 6 a.m. and land at 7 a.m. local time.

Three-quarters of the investment needed to host the Olympics world be borne central and local government

8.treatment: the way you deal with sb. or behave towards them (followed by of )

e.g.: Like everyone else, I resent his cruel treatment of his old farther.

The old woman suffered from bad treatment at the hands of her sons. None of them were willing to take care of her.

9. by\from all accounts:according to what everyone says

e.g.: Tom, by all accounts, is a super teacher.

The Chinese football team will play the Koreans tonight. It should be a match worth watching, by all accounts.

10.cheerful: (of sb.) happy in a lively, energetic way; (of sth).making you feel happy

e.g.: One of the reasons why she is successful is that she is able to remain cheerful in a crisis.

They are both cheerful in spite of their colds.

I like songs with cheerful tunes.

11. Blend in\into: If sb.blends into a particular group or situation, or if they blend in, they seem to belong there or are not noticeable, because their behavior is similar to that of the other people involved. (used in the patterns: blend in; blend into sth.; blend in with sth.)

e.g.: What he said reinforced my determination to blend in with my surroundings.

As a newly-appointed manager, he was not sure whether he could blend in.

The painter blended in with the crowd at the art sale.

12.throw one’s weight around: behave in an aggressively arrogant way

e.g.: Mr. Smith is not much of a manager. He always throws his weight around.

Folks don’t like their ch airman as he always throw his weight around.

13. reserve:1) order or book ( a seat, book, room, table, etc.)

e.g.: The service at that five-star restaurant is excellent. I’ll reserve a table for five there.

Demand will be huge, so ask your friends to reserve tickets for the concert.

2) keep for a special use (used in the pattern: be reserved for sb.\sth..)

e.g.: In the United States lanes are reserved for cares with more than one occupant.

Some seats on the buses are reserved for the old.

14. “Look, he’s just not that way.” : You see, he is not the sort of person to reserve seat for

himself.

15. open up: unlock and open the door so that people can get in

e.g.: Open up, or I break in.

They open the school up at 7:45 a,m, so that students can have more sleep.

16. It buried the Forbes list at the bottom of page 2. :The Forbes list was arranged at the

bottom of page 2 in the Benton County Daily Democrat so that it could not be found easily.

17. headline: that title of a news paper article, printed about the article in large letters

e.g.: Headlines in the newspaper are arranged so that they attract attention.

The headlines in the newspapers were to please millions of people in China: Beijing to host the 2008 Olympic Games.

18.hold to : keep to

e.g.: John holds to his belief that you can be successful as long as you work hard.

She always holds passionately to the view that her mother is an angel.

19. stock: shares of a company that are sold to investors

e.g.: Y ou’d bette r get professional advice before buying stocks or bonds.

After a dull start, stock prices moved ahead again yesterday.

20. on the run:continuously active and moving about; try to avoid being captured

e.g.: I have been on the run all day and I am exhausted.

He has to be on the run from one to another to get the permit to open a take-away restaurant.

He is on the run from the police.

21. steer clear of: keep away from

e.g.: Children are told to start clear of troublemakers.

Members of the club steer of controversial issues such as religion.

22. but the real story in his mind is…:But what is always on his mind is…

23. make up: form the whole of ( sth.)

e.g.: Women make up nearly 50% of university entrants.

The college is made up of fourteen departments and five research centers.

24. liable: likely ( to do sth.)

e.g.: It’s liable to snow heavily tomorrow.

The sports meeting is liable to be postponed until next week because of the bad weather.

25. as laid down…: as established

e.g.: lay down: officially establish a rule, or officially state the way which sth. must be done

Conditions for membership are laid down in the soccer club rules.

The school authorities have issued a new booklet laying down regulations for students. 26. loyalty: the quality of staying in your friendship or support for sb.: a strong feeling that one

wants to be faithful to sb.\sth. (followed by to )

e.g.: My father is a soccer fan. His loyalty to the local team has taken him all over the country

to see them play.

e.g.: One his mind was made up, General Lee never changed his loyalty to the South

27. system: 1) set of ideas, theories, principles, etc. according to which sth. is done

e.g.: Most of the teachers are doing research work, trying to find a good system of teaching

English.

The classification of the books in the library follows the Dewey Decimal System.

All the employees are required to work on an eight-hour system.

2) group of things or parts working together as a whole

e.g.: With the further development of automation, more complicated control systems have

come into being.

Manned space vehicles have life-support systems designed to meet all the physical needs of the crew.

28. cut prices and margins to the bone: reduce prices and margins considerably or dramatically

29. qualify:have or give (sb.) a legal right ( to sth.\to do sth.) followed by for or infinitive to

e.g.: A few useful skills---English teaching, for example----qualified foreigners for work visa.

Highly trained staff are well qualified to give practical advice to students when they select courses.

30. option:1) (in business) an agreement or contract that gives sb. the right to buy or sell sth.

such as property or shares at a future date

e.g.: With cash, stock options and the promise of vast resources, Microsoft has attracted faculty

elites to its research center.

Jones has taken an option on that house.

2) sth. you can choose to do

e.g.: She has the option of entering graduate school or starting her professional career.

Analysts say that the launch of the euro offers a new and attractive option.

31. scholarship:(award of a ) grant of money to a scholar

e.g.: He can’t afford to go to college f he doesn’t win a scholarsh ip.

Some companies have set up scholarship for both students and teachers at our university.

32. and the like: and other things of the same sort

e.g.: If you mention particular things or people and then ass “ and the like” , you are indicating

that there are other similar things or people that can be included in what you are saying.

Many students are also keeping fit through jogging, aerobics, weight training, and the like.

Always carry your passport, money and the like with you while you are traveling abroad.

33. cultivate: 1) make a special effort to establish and develop ( sth .)

e.g.: They encourage students to cultivate special interests in theoretical physics.

Some students try to cultivate a love of art.

2) prepare land and grow crops on it

e.g.: They cultivated 500 acres in the suburb.

The remote area has barely been cultivated for decades.

34. reward:give sth. to ( sb. ) in return for work or services (used in the pattern: reward sb.for

sth. With sth.)

e.g.: The officer is to be rewarded for his efforts with promotion to the rank of inspector.

If you do well in the final exams, I will reward you with a trip to Hong Kong

35.retire: ( cause to ) stop working at one’s job, usu. Because of age (followed by from)

e.g.: Although their careers are important they plan to retire at 50.

The school had to employ the retired teacher to give classes.

36. . …who was stunned at such generosity after the stingy employer he left to join

Wal-Mart:… who, having left hi s stingy employer to join Wal-Mart, was shocked at such generosity by Walton

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/2314583699.html,e/get aboard: (AmE, infml) join

e.g.: New employees who came aboard in the last six weeks have not been tested.

This is her second promotion since coming aboard.

38. the way they’re treated:how they’re treated

When “the way”is followed by a defining relative clause, this clause can be either a “that”

clause or a clause beginning with “in which” . For example, you can say “the way she told the story”, “the way that she told the story”,“the way in which she told the story”. There is no difference in meaning.

e.g.: Scientists have spent years studying the way the brain retains information.

The information highway will have an unimaginable impact on the way people communicate with each other.

39.deserve: be sth. or have done sth. For which one should receive ( a reward, special treatment,

etc.) ; be entitled to ( not used in the continuous tense )

e.g.: I am only partly responsible for the success for this book, m collaborator deserve more

credit.

They deserve a good salary for the job hey do. Mary deserves a reward for her efforts.