大学英语综合教程B1-Unit4AmericanDream

《大学英语》全新版综合教程Book1《大学英语》全新版综合教程B1-Unit41Unit4AmericanDreamTextATonyTrvisonno’sAmericanDreamⅢ.GlobalReading1.PartDivisionofthetextPartsLinesMainIdeas11~82LifestoryofTonyTrivisonno.283~95Theauthor’sreflectionsonthestoryofTony2.FurtherUnderstandingForPartOneChartCompletionHowTonyFulfilledHisAmericanDreamLinesTimePhrasesTony’sStepstowardSuccess1~26OneeveningduringtheGreatDepressionTonystartedtoworkasahelpatMr.Crawford’shouse.27~33SummerpassedintofallTonygotajobcleaningsnowatMr.Crawford’sfactory34~43OnedayTonyaskedtobetrainedasanapprentice,andlaterlearnedtobeaskilledworker.44~85AyearortwopassedTonyboughtahousewiththehelpofMr.Crawford59~76AfterabouttwoyearsTonyboughtafarmandsentforhisfamilyinItaly.77~82DuringthewarTonydied,leavinghisfamilyaprosperousfarmandhischildreneducated《大学英语》全新版综合教程Book1《大学英语》全新版综合教程B1-Unit42ForPartTwoQuestionsandAnswers1)WhatisthekeytoTony’ssuccess?TonyworkedveryhardtocreatehisAmericanDream.Besides,hewasdetermined,self-controlled,optimistic,self-respected,honestandresponsible.Allthesehelpedhimbecomesuccessful.2)CompareTonywiththegreatestindustrialists.BothTonyandthegreatestindustrialistsaresuccessfulinpursuingtheirAmericanDreams.Theyreachedtheirsuccessbyworkinghard,andbythesamevaluesandprinciples.Theonlydifferencewasthattheyhaddifferentfinancialachievements.Ⅳ.DetailedReadingImportantwords,phrasesandsentences:PartOne(Para.1~Para.29)1.(L5)“Imowyourlawn,”hesaid.Howmanytimesisthesentence—“Imowyourlawn.”—repeatedinthetext?Whyisitrepeated?Thesentenceisrepeatedfourtimes.That’sbecauseitshowsTony’sdeterminationinfindingajob,andhisoptimisticviewthatpeoplewouldhelpamanwhoneededajob.2.(L11)turnaway:refusetohelporallow(sb.)toenteraplace---他拒绝了所有的应征者。Heturnedalltheapplicantsaway.---Heturnedawayseveralpeoplewhodidn’thavethetickets.Collocation:turndown拒绝；调低turnin交还，上交turninto使变成turnoff关；拐弯turnout生产，制造；证明，结果turnover仔细考虑3.(L24)workout:plan,solve,calculate---他们已经设计出把宇宙飞船送上太空的方法。They’veworkedoutamethodofsendingaspacecrafttothespace.*---Mymotherallowedmetotakethetrip,butaskedmetoworkoutthetotalcostfirst.Collocation:workat从事于，致力于workup引起，激起，逐渐上升《大学英语》全新版综合教程Book1《大学英语》全新版综合教程B1-Unit434.(L24)weekly:1)adj.happeningonceaweekoreveryweek---Hethinkshisweeklywageof100yuanisenough.2)adv.onceaweek,everyweek,bytheweek.---《21世纪报》每周出版一次。21stCenturyispublishedweekly.3)n.apublicationissuedonceaweek---Publishers’Weekly（美）《出版商周刊》twiceweekly半周刊*thesameasmonthly,daily5.(L30)Well,whatdoyoudowithsuchdeterminationandhope?ParaphrasethesentenceItishardtorefuseapersonwhoisdeterminedandhopefultogetajob.6.(L30)dowith:1)(usedinquestionswithwhat)dealwith---Tellmewhatyoudidwithyourselfthisweek.*---Whatdoyoudowithsuchrudeboy?2)tolerate---我不能忍受他和他的无礼。Ican’tdowithhimandhisimpoliteness.3)(oftenwithcould,can)desire---Icoulddowithacupoftea.Collocation:dowith没有…也行，将就doawaywith废除，去掉havesomethingtodowith和…有点关系havenotingtodowith和…毫无关系7.(L30)determination:n.theabilitytocontinuetryingtoachievewhatyouhavedecidedtodoevenwhenthisisdifficult---HehasgreatdeterminationtolearnEnglishwell.*---Herdeterminationtodowellmadeherkeepontrying.*determine(todo):v.decidetodo---Hedeterminedtogo.他执意要去。---IamdeterminedtodobetterthanMike.---Whatkindofweatherwewillgetdetermineswhetherwecangooutforapicnic.8.(L32)personnel:n.1)thedepartmentinalargeorganizationthatdealswithemployees;humanresources(uncountablenoun,usedwithasingularorpluralverb)---personneladministration人事管理《大学英语》全新版综合教程Book1《大学英语》全新版综合教程B1-Unit44---personneldepartment人事部/处/科---personneldirector人事部长/处长/科长*---HerfirstjobaftergraduationwasinpersonnelatMicrosoft.2)allthepersonsworkinginanorganization,inthearmy,etc.(oftenusedwithapluralverb)---Thepersonnelofthecompanyhasbeenincreased.---全体员工都允许参加晚会。Allpersonnelwereallowedtotakepartintheparty.*---Allpersonnelinthiscompanyareentitledtomedicalinsurance.N.B.此外注意与personal的区别：personal:个人的，私人的，亲自的，秘密的---Liketheirpersonallives,women’shistoryisfragmented,interrupted.如同她们的个人生活一样，妇女的历史是支离破碎的且中断的。---apersonalappearance亲自出面---Ihavesomethingpersonaltotellyou.我有秘密的事要告诉你。9.(L37)capacity:n.1)theabilitytounderstandordosth.(followedbyfororto)---Hiscapacityforrememberingthingsisinteresting.2)theabilitytoholdorcontainsth.;themaximumamountthatcanbecontained---ThetrunkisfilledtocapacityCF:capacity,ability,capability&proficiency这些词都可以表示“能力”的意思capacity用于物时，指容纳接受的能力，如容积、容量、生产能力；用于人时指潜在的能力，多用于才智、道德，尤指接受能力、颖悟性、敏感性等。ability既指天赋的能力，也指培养造就而获得的本领；主要用于人，指已经表现出来的实际能力，尤指人的思维能力。capability较多用于人，指胜任某项工作的能力、本领。proficiency正式用语，带有技术性，指对业务的精通和熟练。Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenabove:1)Hermentalabilityisverygreat.2)Thefilmisbeyondthecapacityofthechildren.3)Proficiencyinseveralforeignlanguagesisneededforworkasatraveler’sguide.4)Hehasthecapabilityofsolvingpracticalproblems.10.(L40)skilled:adj.1)havingskill,trained,experienced---skilledworker有技术的工人2)needingskill---skilledwork技术性工作《大学英语》全新版综合教程Book1《大学英语》全新版综合教程B1-Unit45CF:skilled&skillful这两个词在表示有“有技术的，熟练的”讲时可以互换。skilled通常是指受过正规训练，有多年实践经验，而掌握某项专门技术。skillful是指人聪明，做事很灵巧，尤指手的灵巧---Heisaskilled/skillfulsurgeon.---罗斯的父亲是个熟练的机械师，因而她也很会修理自行车。Rose’sfatherisaskilledmechan