大学英语综合教程B1Unit 1 Growing Up.docx

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大学英语综合教程B1Unit1GrowingUp

Unit1GrowingUp

TextAWritingforMyself

Ⅲ.GlobalReading

1.Scanning

ScanTextAandfindoutallthetimewords,phrasesandclauses.

sincemychildhoodinBelleville（LL.1-2）

untilmythirdyearinhighschool（L.2）

untilthen（L.3）

whenourclassedwasassignedtoMr.Fleagleforthird-yearEnglish（L.7）

lateintheyear（L.17）

untilthenightbeforetheessaywasdue.（LL20-21）

whenIfinished（L.40）

nextmorning（L.42）

twodayspassed（L.42）

whenIsawhimliftmypaperfromhisdesk…（L.45）

whenMr.Fleaglefinished（L.58）

2.Partdivisionofthetext

Parts

Lines

Mainideas

PartI

1-15

BakerwasboredbyeverythingassociatedwithEnglishcourses,includingessaywriting.

PartII

16-39

Bakerfoundhimselfattractedbyoneparticulartopicandwroteaboutitforhisownjoy.

PartIII

40-60

Theexperienceofwritingtheessayhelpedhimdiscoverhistalentforwritingandrealizewhathewishedtodoinlife.

3.Trueorfalse

1）.Bakerhadneverthoughtofbecomingawriteruntilhewasintheeleventhgrade.（F）

AsachildinBelleville,hehadthoughtofbecomingawriterfromtimetotime.

2）.Teachersfounditpainfultoreadstudents’longandlifelessessays.（T）.

3）.BeforeMr.FleaglebecametheEnglishteacherforBaker’sclass,theEnglishcoursehadbeeninteresting.（F）.

Fromthewords“anothercheerlessyear”wecanseetheEnglishcoursehadbeenquiteboring.

4）.InBaker’sopinion,Mr.Fleaglewasreallyaformal,rigidandout-of-dateteacheronlybecauseofFleagle’smannerofspeaking.（F）

Besidesthemannerofspeaking,Fleagle’sappearanceanddressalsoshowedthathewasadullandrigidteacher.

4.Multi-choice

1）Atfirst,BakerthoughtMr.Fleagle’sEnglishcoursewas_b__.

a）interesting

b）dull

c）hopeful

d）attractive

2）InBaker’sopinion,thetitleofthecomposition“WhatIdidonMySummerVacation”was_d__.

a）dull

b）unfruitful

c）difficult

d）foolishanddull

3）Bakerlikedtowriteacompositionwiththetitle“TheArtofEatingSpaghetti”because_c__.

a）neitherBakernorDorishadevereatenspaghettibefore.

b）theyarguedwitheachotheratthesupper.

c）itremainedhimofthepleasureofthatevening.

d）spaghettiwasfromItalyandquitenewthen.

4）WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?

_a__.

a）You’llnotwriteagoodcompositionuntilyoulikethetopic.

b）WhenBakerwrotetheessay,hethoughthisteacherwouldlikeit.

c）Mr.FleaglehadlikeBaker’scompositionsbefore.

d）Bakersucceededinwritingtwocompositions.

5.Questionsandanswers

1.Asastudent,Bakerwaslongboredbywritingcompositions.Later,however,hisattitudechangedcompletely.Whatdoyouthinkbroughtaboutthischange?

Byreadingthetext,itseemsthattheassignmenttowriteanessayledtothechange.However,theassignmentwasstillthereasitusedtobeaswellasMr.Fleagle.Nothingbuthisownunderstandingtowardwritinganessaychanged.

2.Mr.Fleaglesays“it’softheveryessenceoftheessay”,yethegivesnofurtherexplanation.Thinkitover.Whatdoeshemean?

AfterreadingtheclassBaker’sessay,Mr.Flealgetoldthestudents“it’softheveryessenceoftheessay”.Itwasclearenoughforthestudentstounderstandwhattheessencewas.Fortheyenjouedtheessaysomuchthattheyshouldhavegotaclueofhowtomketheessay.JustlikewhatBakerhaddone,towriteasthethingsareandtowriteforyourownjoy,mightbewhatMr.Fleaglewantstoillustrate.

3.Howdoyouunderstandthetitle”WritingforMyself”?

Towriteforoneselfmaybeagoodwayinmakingsomecertainarticlessuchasessayprpoemandsoon.Forbyreadingsuchanessay,thereadersexpectofnothingbutoftheauthor’sindividualfeelingstowardcertainmatters.

Ⅳ.DetailedReading

Importantwords,phraseanddifficultsentences:

PartOne（para.1-2）

1）（L.1）offandon:

oronandoff:

fromtimetotime;nowandagain,irregularly断断续续地，有时

---Ithasbeenrainingonandoffforaweek.That’whytheclothesfeeldamp.

---Asherpatientsleptsoundlyduringthenight,NurseBettywasabletodozeoffandoninabedsidechair.

2）（L.3）takehold:

becomeestablished生根，确立

---TheideaofonechildonlyhastakenholdinmanyChinesefamilies

---老习惯总是很难摆脱的.这就是为什么你要在习惯养成之前戒烟..

---Oldhabitsdiehard.That’swhyyoushouldstopsmokingbeforethehabittakeshold.

3）（L.3）bore:

vt.Makesb.feeltiredandloseinterest使人厌烦

---Thespeakerwentonandon,andtheaudiencegrewboredbyhisspeech.

---TomSawyergrewboredwithpaintingthegardenfence,sohethoughtofawaytomakeotherspaintforhim.

Collocation:

Acrashingbore讨厌之极的人/事

Afrightfulbore讨厌得要命的家伙

Aninsufferablebore讨厌得让人无法忍受的人

Anutterbore极惹人厌烦的事

4）（L.3）associate:

vt.Joinorconnecttogether;connectorbringinthemind.使联系起来，使联想

---我们只是把埃及和金字塔联系起来.

---WeoftenassociateEgyptwithpyramids.

---Ican’tassociatethisgentleyoungwomanwiththeradicalpoliticalessaysshehaswritten,.

---Jimwishedtoforgeteverythingassociatedwithhisformerlife.

*associate:

n.partner, 合伙人

---Heisnotafriend,heisabusinessassociate.

他不是我的朋友，而是我生意上的合伙人。

5）（para.1L.3-4）UntilthenI’d…withEnglishcourse.

Uptothen,BakerhadhadnointerestinthingsrelatedtoEnglishcourses

6）（L.5）turnout编写，生产，制造

a）comeoutorgatherasforameeting,publicevent,etc.

b）prove

c）shutoff

d）produce;make

matchtheabovedefinitionwiththesentencesbelow

---Alargegroupofprotestershaveturnedout.（a）

---Theschoolhasturnedoutsomegreatscholars（d）

---Turnoutthelightbeforeyougotobed.（c）

---Theplanturnedoutafailure.（b）

---Wearetoturnout100,000586computersnextyeartomeetthemarketrequirements（d）

---Theexperimentturnedouttobeasuccess.（b）

---Crowdsturnedoutfortheprocession.（a）

7）（para.1L.4-6）Ihatedtheassignments…formetowrite.

Ifounditpainfultowritelong,boringessaysasrequiredbyteachers;neitherdidteachersenjoywhatIwrote.

8）（L.8）anticipate:

vt.Expect（usu.followingbygerundorthat-clauses）预期，期望

---Thepolicehadanticipatedtroublesfromthesoccerfansandwereatthegroundinlargenumbers.

---他们预料到2005年死于艾滋病的人数将增加一倍.

---TheyanticipatethatdeathsfromAIDSwillhavedoubledby2005.

该动词接的宾语是动名词,不可用不定式代替

---Weanticipatehearingfromyouagain.

*anticipationn.预期

inanticipationof

9）（L.8）anothercheerlessyear

Whatcanwelearnfromthisphrase?

WecanknowformthisphrasethatbeforeMr.FleaglebecameBaker’sEnglishteacher,allEnglishcoursesweredull.

*10）（L.8）tedious:

boringandlastingforalongtime.乏味的，冗长的

---Theargumentsweretediousandcomplicated.

---那些论点冗长而繁复。

11）（L.9）inspire:

vt.Fill（sb.）withconfidence,eagerness,etc.

---MartinLutherKing,Jr.’sspeechesinspiredpeopletofightforequaltreatmentofAfricanAmericans.

---Thelastleafonthetreethatneverfelloffinspiredthedyingpatientwiththewilltoliveon.

Collocation:

inspiresth.insb.（=inspiresb.withsth.）

使某人产生某种感情，激发某人的某种感情。

12）（L.10）rigid:

adj.（oftendisapproving）fixedinbehavior,basedoncorrectoracceptedrules.一成不变；严格的

---如果他从前对事情不那么严格苛刻的话.他女儿就不会这么年轻就离家出走.

---Ifhehadbeenalittlelessrigidaboutthings,hisdaughterwouldnothavelefthomeatsuchayoungage.

---Therigidheadmasterwouldbuttonuphisclothesevenonthehottestday.

11）（L.11）severe:

adj.

a）completelyplain朴素的

---Thewidowworeasevereblackdresstoherhusband’sfuneral.

---海明威以其朴实的写作风格而闻名于世.

---Hemingwayisknownforhisseverewritingstyles.

b）stern;strict

---Onlythosewhohaveundergoneseveretrainingcanbeacceptedintotheairforce.

---FuLeiwassoseverewithhissonthatevenhiswifewouldcry.

c）causingverygreatpain,difficulty,worry,etc剧烈的

---TheseverechestpainexperiencedbytheVice-Presidentprovedtobeaheartattack.

---工厂必须生产出更新更好的产品,才能在激烈的商业竞争形势中获胜.

---Afactorymustturnoutnewerandbetterproductstowintheclimateofseverebusinesscompetition.

CF:

severe,stern&strict

severe作严厉解时，可以形容人（severefather严厉的父亲），人的面貌（severelook严厉的神色），人的态度（Theteacherisseverewithhisstudents教师对学生很严厉）

stern:

与stern相近，但用途比较宰，一般用于人的容貌或态度例如：

aseverefather和asternfather都可以用，但含义稍有不同：

aseverefather对子女有严厉的要求,积极意义更多asternfather对子女不含情,要他们服从,消极意义更多

strict:

相当与汉语的“严格的”,须假定有一种客观的标准（如规章,纪律定义、真理等）。

例如：

---Theteacherisstrictwithhisstudents.

---Thereisastrictregulationagainstsmokingintheauditorium.

PartTwo（para.3-5）

12）（para.3L.16-17）

Iprepareforan…notdisappointed.

Whatdoestheauthorreallymeanwhenhesays“I…wasnotdisappointed”?

HemeansthathisexpectationwasrightthatMr.Fleagle’slessonsweredull.

13）（L.17）tackle:

vt.dealwith处理，应付

---Toshibarecentlydesignedarobotthatcantacklealmostanykindsofhouse-work.

---Thequestionssaidbytheteacherweresodifficultthatthepupilsdidnotknowhowtotackleit.

*tacklesb.aboutsth.与某人谈谋事，为谋事与某人打交道。

14）（para.3L.20-22）Itookthelist…andscannedit.

Whatcanweinferfromthesesentences?

Bakerwasunwillingtowritehisessay.

Listphrasestosupportyourinference

“didnothinguntil…theessaywasdue;faceduptotheunwelcometask”

15）（L.21）faceupto:

bebraveenoughtoacceptordealwithasproblemordifficulty.勇敢地接受或对付

---YeltsinfaceduptothefactthathewasnolongerfitfortheRussianpresidencyandresignedonNewYear’sEve.

---既然你的女儿已经诞生了,你就要承担起做父亲的责任.

Nowthatyourdaughterwasborn,you’llhavetofaceuptotheresponsibilitiesofbeingafather.

16）（L.20~22）Itookthelisthomeanddidnothinguntilthenight…andscannedit.

1）Whatcanweinferthesesentences?

Bakerwasunwillingtowritehisessay.

2）Listphrasestosupportyour