literature-6-大学英语泛读.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Reviewing,Guess the meaning of the underlined words.,1.By 1861,11 states had,seceded,from the Union.,2.He,perceived,that there was no other way out of the crisis.,3.The President,proclaimed,the republics independence.,4.Some of the data was specifically,excluded,from the report.,5.A third of accidental deaths,occur,in the home.,6.What,induced,you to do such a foolish thing?,7.Love is a,recurring,theme in the book.,8.Lucys enthusiasm soon,infected,the rest of the class.,9.The museum received$5 million from an unnamed,benefactor,.,10.The fridge was sent back to the,manufacturers.,11.Jules expressed his,concurrence,with the suggestion.,12.Picking up a sheet of paper,she casually unfolded it,and then gave an,exclamation,.,13.We had our wedding,reception,in a local hotel.,14.The British were not prepared to make any,concessions,.,Roots,fer=bear,carry,bring,1.confer:to discuss something with other people,so that everyone can express their opinions and decide on something,The engineers and technicians are still,conferring,on the unexpected accident.,2.differ:to be different from something in some way,The two systems,differ,in many respects.,3.infer:to form an opinion that something is probably true because of information that you have,From your smile I,infer,that youre pleased.,4.transfer:to move from one place,school,job etc to another,He has been,transferred,from Beijing to Shanghai.,to move money from one account or institution to another,Id like to,transfer,$500 to my checking account.,fin;fine=end;limit;fine,1.finish,final,fine,2.confine:keep somebody in a place,All the illegal immigrants were,confined,to a small island in the harbour.,3.refine:to improve a method,plan,system etc by gradually making slight changes to it,Car makers are constantly refining their designs.,flect;flex=bend,1.reflect:if a surface reflects light,heat,or sound,it sends back the light etc that reaches it,Wear something white-it,reflects,the heat.,to think carefully about something,or to say something that you have been thinking about,He had time to,reflect,on his successes and failures.,2.flexible:something that is flexible can bend or be bent easily,shoes with,flexible,rubber soles,a person,plan etc that is flexible can change or be changed easily to suit any new situation,We can visit your company on Monday or Tuesday;our plans are fairly,flexible,.,form=model;form,1.conform:to obey a law,rule etc,Students can be expelled for refusing to,conform,to school rules.,to behave in the way that most other people in your group or society behave,2.deform:if you deform something,or if it deforms,its usual shape changes so that its usefulness or appearance is spoiled,Wearing badly-fitting shoes can deform your feet.,3.reform:to improve a system,law,organization etc by making a lot of changes to it,so that it operates in a fairer or more effective way,Plans to,reform,the health care system have failed more than once.,4.transform:to completely change the appearance,form,or character of something or someone,especially in a way that improves it,Increased population has,transformed,the landscape.,When she smiled,her face was completely,transformed,.,3.refuse:to say no to something that you have been offered,She,refused,a second piece of cake.,4.futile:actions that are futile are useless because they have no chance of being successful,All efforts to save the child proved,futile,.,gress=step;go,1.aggress:attack,2.congress:a formal meeting of representatives of different groups,countries etc,to discuss ideas,make decisions etc,3.progress:the process of getting better at doing something,or getting closer to finishing or achieving something,4.regress:to go back to an earlier and worse condition,or to a less developed way of behaving,Read for the main idea-topic,Today most cars use gasoline,but in the future many people may drive electric cars.Electric cars do not pollute the car.Electricity from a battery powers the motor of an electric car.Drivers of electric cars do not fill their cars with gasoline;they connect their cars to an electrical outlet to charge the battery with electricity.The driver of an electric car connects the car to an electrical outlet at night.In the morning,the battery is charged with enough electricity to drive all day.Electric cars are not as fast as gasoline-powered cars and they cannot travel more than 150 miles.After 150 miles the driver must charge the battery again.However,electric cars may be the answer to the problem of pollution and high gasoline prices.,What is the topic of the passage?,Under hypnosis,people may recall things that they are unable to remember spontaneously.Some police departments employ hypnotists to probe for information that crime victims do not realize they have.In 1976,twenty-six young children were kidnapped from a school bus near Chowchilla,California.The driver of the bus caught a quick glimpse of the license plate of the van in which he and the children were driven away.However,he remembered only the first two digits.Under hypnosis,he recalled the other numbers and the van was traced to its owners.,What is the topic of the paragraph?,What does the author want you to know about that topic?,Most children are excellent language learners.They can learn a second language quickly and easily.Most adults,on the other hand,find learning a second language difficult.They must study hard,and it usually takes them a long time to master the language.Adults usually try to learn a second language the same way they learn mathematics,science,history,or other subjects;but children learn a second language the same way they learned their first language.The child language learner has all the necessary skills to learn another language,but the adult language learner often has to relearn these skills in order to learn a second language.,What is the topic of this paragraph?,What is the main idea?,My father drank.He drank as a gut-punched boxer gasps for breath,as a starving dog gobbles food-compulsively,secretly,in pain and trembling.I use the past tense not because he ever quit drinking but because he quit living.That is how the story ends for my father,age sixty-four,heart bursting,body cooling,slumped and forsaken on the linoleum of my brothers trailer.The story continues for my brother,my sister,my mother,and me,and will continue as long as memory holds.,Addictive drinking can have lifelong effects on the families of alcoholics.,BASIC is an acronym for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.It was originally developed at Dartmouth College in the 1960s as a tool for teaching principles of computer programming.Because it is quite easy to learn and oriented toward problem solving without much concern for machine details,it quickly spread beyond the college as a language especially suited for nonprofessional programmers and casual computer users.It became popular in commercial time-sharing and has spread rapidly with the rapid increase in the use of personal computers.,Identifying supporting details in paragraphs,Supporting details in the paragraph provide additional and very specific information about the main idea.They help to develop and explain the main idea.Specific details can include reasons,examples,facts,definitions,steps and incidents.,Supporting detail:Example,Example details frequently begin with“for example”or“for instance”,so they can easily identified as such.,People use computers in a variety of ways.In business,computers track inventories with bar codes and scanners,check the credit status of customers,and transfer funds electronically.In homes,tiny computers embedded in the electronic circuitry of most appliances control the indoor temperature,operate home security systems,tell the time,and turn videocassette recorders on and off.Computers in automobiles regulate the flow of fuel,thereby increasing gas mileage.Computers also entertain,creating digitized sound on stereo systems or computer animated features from a digitally encoded laser disc.,Euthanasia,the author of the essay thinks,by painless ending the life of any individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable conditions,contributes to the persons happiness rather than agonies.It is not a matter of life or death but one of dying happily or painfully.It helps such a person die with dignity instead of pain.It is ethically and morally justified.First,it is in the interest of the patient to give him/her a painless ending.Second,it reflects the wish of humankind for painless and good death,or rather,for a high quality of“death”.Third,it defends ones dignity by relieving his/her terminal pains and burdens on the family.So,euthanasia helps people face death bravely and happily and give them a happy,dignified and glorious death.,News,George W.Bush is the 43rd President of the United States.He was sworn into office January 20,2001,after a campaign in which he outlined sweeping proposals to reform Americas public schools,transform our national defense,provide tax relief,modernize Social Security and Medicare,and encourage faith-based and community organizations to work with government to help Americans in need.President Bush served for six years as the 46th Governor of the State of Texas,where he earned a reputation as a compassionate conservative who shaped public policy based on the principles of limited government,personal responsibility,strong families,and local control.,He served as managing general partner of the Texas Rangers until he was elected Governor on November 8,1994,with 53.5 percent of the vote.He became the first Governor in Texas history to be elected to consecutive four-year terms when he was re-elected on November 3,1998,with 68.6 percent of the vote.,Since taking office,President Bush has signed into law bold initiatives to improve public schools by raising standards,requiring accountability,and strengthening local control.He has signed tax relief that provided rebate checks and lower tax rates for everyone who pays income taxes in America.He has increased pay and benefits for Americas military and is working to save and strengthen Social Security and Medicare.He is also committed to ushering in a responsibility era in America,and has called on all Americans to be citizens,not spectators;citizens,not subjects;responsible citizens building communities of service and a Nation of character.,The attacks of September 11th changed America-and in President Bushs words,in our grief and anger we have found our mission and our moment.President Bush declared war against terror and has made victory in the war on terrorism and the advance of human freedom the priorities of his Administration.Already,the United States military and a great coalition of nations have liberated the people of Afghanistan from the brutal Taliban regime and denied al Qaeda its safe haven of operations.Thousands of terrorists have been captured or killed and operations have been disrupted in many countries around the world.In the Presidents words,our Nation-this generation-will lift a dark threat of violence from our people and our future.We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts,by our courage.We will not tire,we will not falter,and we will not fail.,President Bush is married to Laura Welch Bush,a former teacher and librarian,and they have twin daughters,Barbara and Jenna.The Bush family also includes their dog Barney and their cat India.,Opening time for Beijing Olympic Games set,BEIJING,Nov.5(Xinhuanet)-The opening time for Beijing Olympics is set to be at 8pm,August 8th,2008.,At a forum in Beijing,Beijing Mayor Wang Qishang says the opening time was previously set to be in late August in light of the hot weather in early August in Beijing.,But as the US Open and Major League Baseball will also take place in late August,the opening time for Beijing Olympics is finally set to be in early August.,Wang Qishang also reveals that the International Olympic Committee has refused to include martial arts as a sports event in the 2008 Olympics.Whether it will be an exhibition event is still under discussion.,Students set top-paying job as life goals,Childrens ambitions and life goals in Hangzhou,capital of East Chinas Zhejiang Province,are surprisingly diversified,a survey shows.,Having a promising job with decent pay has become the ideal life goal for more and more high school students in this city,the survey reports.,Some students said they want to be another Bill Gates,a CEO or a white-collar worker and others want to go to elite universities,which are closely connected with their future employment.,And a happy family and a good occupation have also become some students top objective in their lives.,Such results were found in a month-long survey called tell it like it is,which had 198 high school students in three high schools and one vocational school in Hangzhou complete a secret questionnaire on student morals.,Conducted by the Care for Next Generation Commission of the Education Bureau of Hangzhou,the survey aims to find out youths true feelings and thoughts,according to the organizers.,When being asked about the goal in life,most students chose to be a wealthy person,enjoying life for the sake of practical self-interest,while some younger ones prefer devoting their lives to their country.,But most of them have a strong sense of national identity,and about 89.9 per cent of them are proud of being Chinese.,Topping societal issues are the reunification of the motherland,the countrys social and economic development and the education reform,according to the survey.,Credibility,Moreover,the survey says credibility is taken as the most critical quality by students.,For example,about 84.8 per cent students said they would not cheat on school tests without a proctor watching closely.,And most of students expressed their active attitude towards difficulties in life and they intended to follow the spirit of tolerance,forbearance,understanding and conciliation in conflict.,About 92.6 per cent youngsters are inclined to join in activities aiming to help others.,However,a few students are very pessimistic about their future and apathetic to the adult world.,