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Unit1ThisYearItsGoingtoBeDifferent
Unit1ThisYearIt’sGoingtoBeDifferent
I.TeachingObjectives:
1.Abriefsummaryofthewaystoexpressfuturity.
1）willdo2）begoingto3）betodo4）beabouttodo
2.theuseofoverinthetext
tiptoeover,goover,putitover,takeover,…
3.drawasketch,bedrawnby…
II.Difficultandimportantpoints
1.Compoundnounsformedwith“self-”
self-improvement,self-control,self-respect,self-determination…
2.Pragmatics:
howtounderstandthemeaningofasentenceindifferentcontext.See:
“You’relookinglovely…”“Look…tostayoutuntilfoura.m.”inthetext.
III.IntroductionoftheText:
1.TheAuthor___WillStanton（1918-）,Americanhumoristandmagazinewriter.Hehaspublishedmorethan150articlesinsuchmagazinesasReader’sDigest,McCall’sandTheNewYorker.ThistextfirstappearsinhiscollectionTheOldFamiliarBoobyTrapsofHome（1978）.
2.Theheroofthetext,whoismarriedandhasfourchildren,istalkingabouthisNewYear’sresolutions,whichperfectastheyseemed,endedintotalfailure.Thisisalight,humorouspieceofwritingwithvividdescriptions.
3.TheMainIdea:
Thestatementthatbestsumsupthemainideais（3）:
“ThewritercarriedouthisNewYear’sresolutionfaithfullytoimprovehimself,buttheresultsallwentcontrarytohisexpectations.”
IV.DetailedStudyoftheText:
1.NewYear’sresolution___somethingonemakesupone’smindtodoatthebeginningofanewyearinordertobeanddobetterintheyearahead.
“Resolution”hereisacountablenounwhichmeans决定、决议,butitcanbealsousedasanuncountablenounwhichmeans坚定、果断.Itsverbformis“resolve”.
Resolveonsth./doingsth.orresolvetodosth.
Setphrase:
beresolvedtodosth.（下决心做某事）
2.…wouldbeblessedwitharicherlife
___anyonewouldbeluckyenoughtohaveaninterestingandeventfullife.
Theliteralmeaningof“bless”is“askGod’sfavourorprotectionfor”.为祝福
Beblessedwith,however,onlymeans“tohavesomethingsuchasanability,agoodquality,whichisadmiredorwhichisanadvantagedtoaperson.”幸运拥有
e.g.Iamblessedwithmanygoodfriends.（我有许多好朋友，真是幸运。
）
Heisblessedwithgoodhealth.（她享有良好健康的幸福。
）
Fortuneblessedhimwithsuccessandvictory.（命运之神赐给他成功与胜利）
3．Bespontaneousinshowingaffection
Spontaneous,impulsive,instinctive,automatic,etc.showthemeaningof“人的行为、话语等不假思索的，未经考虑的”。
Nowseethedifference:
Spontaneous——强调自发的，自愿的，发自内心而没有外力的干涉的；
Impulsive——指冲动，意气用事的，更强调不由自主和受感情支配的；
Instinctive——以为本能、天生的，下意识的，常表习惯性动作；
Automatic——指不经思考，没有感觉的机械运行，没变化的机械反应
4．Don’teversneakuponme…
sneakupon…___creepupon,comenearquietlyandunnoticed.
e.g.Don’tsneakuponmelikethat,yougivemeashock!
Darknesswassneakinguponthetravelersastheyenteredtheforest.
Thewrinklesaresneakinguponmyfsce.
Otheruse:
sneakon___giveinformationabout（abadthing）（tosomebody）
e.g.Theclasshadanagreementnottosneakoneachothertotheteacher.
（……不把各自的过失告诉给老师。
）
sneakout（of）___leaveinasecretivemanner
e.g.Wewerestillhavingtheclasswhentheboysneakedoutoftheclassroom.
Don’ttrytosneakoutofyourdutieslikeyoudidlasttime.
sneakin___enteraplacesecretly
e.g.Theboysusedtosneakinwithoutpaying.
5.“You’relookinglovely…”“Look…tostayoutuntilfoura.m.”
注意此处丈夫与妻子的对话，妻子的回答看似文不对题，但根据语用学（pragmatics）的原理，人们在对话过程中理解话语时，在新出现的信息与当时的语境之间通过认知和推理寻找其中的关联性，已达到交际的目的。
而信出现的信息与当时的语境相结合时，可以通过逻辑的推理关系推导出新的暗含的语境效果。
例如，
1）A:
How’she?
B:
Acoupleofpillswillcurehim.
2）A:
How’she?
B:
Anambulancemustbesentforatonce.
B似乎都没有直接回答A的问题，没说He的病情究竟如何，但基于双方共有的常识，B的话都是A的问题的恰当的回答。
##“Look,…itwasn’tmyideatostayoutuntilfoura.m.”
Para.Ididn’twanttoremainoutsideaslateasfourintheearlymorning.
（howcanIlooklovely？
）
“Look”inthiscontextisaninterjectionthatisusedforemphasizingapointbeforemakingastatement,oftenwhenoneisangry.
6.Asincerecomplimentisworthitsweightingold.
___Atruthfulwordmakesitsworthytoothers.（真诚的称赞比金子都贵重，非常有价值的）
7.Sammywanderedoffseveraltimes,…
Wanderoff（v+dav.orprep.）___leaveaplaceunintentionally,stayfrom
e.g.Whensheforgotwhatshewassupposedtobedoing,sheusedtowanderoff,andwouldoftenbefoundquitealongwayfromhome.
Youarewanderingoffthepointagain;dopleasetrytokeeptothesubject.
8.“Thenhowcomeitdoesn’t?
”
Thisisacolloquialexpressioninaninformalway,whichmeans,“Thenwhydoesn’titrun/work?
”
Howcomeisinformallyusedtoask“howdoes/didithappen（that）orwhy…?
”（怎么会……，为何会……）
e.g.Howcomeshehatesbirds?
（她为何讨厌鸟？
）
Howcomeyounevervisitusanymore?
（你为何不再来看我们？
）
9.“…I’llbetthefellowsareswarmingaround.…”
Para:
“…I’msuremanyyoungmenareafteryou.”
Theliteralmeaningofbetis“risk（money）ontheresultofafutureevent.”Or“becertainthatsomethingwillhappen.”
10.“Iknowyou’renotfeelingyourbestafterlastnight,”…
Para:
Iknowyouarenotinyourrightmind,…
11.Istruckupaconversationwith…
strikeup___beginplaying（music）
e.g.Thebandstruckuptheweddingmarchassoonasthebrideandbridegroomsteppedin.
____begin（arelationshiporconversation.usu.Informal）
e.g.It’seasytostrikeupafriendshipwithpeopleyoumeetonholiday.
（很容易与在假日里结识的人建立友谊。
）
Hestruckupaconversationwiththisotherwomanintheshop.
（他开始与另一名妇女交谈。
）
strikewith___hit（someoneorsomething）byusing（something）
e.g.It’snoteasytostriketheballwiththisnarrowpieceofwood.
bestruckwith___feeltheeffectof（astrongfeeling）
e.g.IwasstruckwithwonderasIsawthegreatshipforthefirsttime.
Theyweregreatlystruckwiththenewyoungsinger.
bestrickenwith___begintosufferfrom（somethingsuchasadisease）
e.g.Manychickensandduckwerestrickenwithinfluenza.Wecallthisbirdflu.
12.Itouchedonhippies,…
touchon___mention（something）forashorttime
e.g.Thebookonlytouchesonthecausesofthewaranddoesnotdojusticetotheinfluenceoftheslavetrade.
（此书谈及这场战争的理由，但对贩卖奴隶的影响却不公正。
）
____comeverynear,orbemuchlike（something）
e.g.Hismannerwasveryinconsiderate,touchingonrudeness.
（他的行为非常轻率，简直就是粗鲁。
）
Hisremarksweremorethanslightlyunsuitable;theytouchedontheoffensive.（他的那些话有点不太适合，几乎令人不愉快。
）
touchsomeoneontheraw（揭别人的短；触及到别人的痛处）
___makesb.sufferbymentioningadelicatesubjectaboutwhichheissensitive
e.g.Yourmentionofhistimeinprisontouchedhimontheraw,sonowonderhetookoffence.（……，难怪他会大怒。
）
13.throwin（orup）thesponge（认输，放弃）
Para:
（They）wouldhaveadmitteddefeatandgivenupdoing…
Intheboxingmatchoneboxer’scoacherthrowsthespongeortowerintoadmittedbeingdefeated.
Passthespongeover抹去、购销（怨恨等）
14.MaggiealwaysdreadstakingdowntheChristmastree,…
1）Dread___feelworriedabout.Dreadisfollowedbyan–ingparticiple.
e.g.Smallchildrenusuallydreadpayingavisittothedentist.
Idreadtothinkofwhatwillhappeninthenextfewdays.
Itisalsocorrecttosay:
Smallchildrenusuallydreadavisittothedentist.
Smallchildrenusuallydreadthattheywillbetakentothedentist.
Tobe/liveindreadof…（生活在…的恐怖之中）
2）takedown___movesomethingtoalowerlevelorfromahigherposition
e.g.Thelibrariantookthebookdownfromitsshelfandhandedittothereader.
Wemusttakethecurtainsdownforcleaningnextweek.
____pullsomethingtopiecesusu.toremoveit
e.g.It’ssadtoseetheoldbuildingbeingtakendowntomakewayforanewshoppingcenter.
takeover（v+adv.）____leadsb.orcarrysth.toanotherplace.
e.g.Hetooktheletterovertothewindowtoreaditinagoodlight.
____becomethepersonorgroupincharge
e.g.Thankyouforyourintroduction;nowI’llaskthenextspeakertotakeover.
Pricesseemtogonorisingwhicheverpoliticalpartytakesover.
（无论哪个政党执政，物价似乎不断上涨。
）
takeover（v+prep.）____enablesb.orsthtocross;spendtimeon
e.g.Runandtakethatoldladyoverthisbusyroad,shemightgethurtwithouthelp.
Ihavetakennearlythreedaysoverthisbookalready.
Takepains/troubleover____bethoroughindealingwithsth.
e.g.Icanseethatyou’vetakenpainsoveryourstudies,butyoushouldstillworkhard.
Takeone’stimeover____workatsth.solelyorcarefully
e.g.Iliketotakemytimeoverpreparingamealforimportantvisitors.
Takea（firm）standover/on___actfirmlyonone’sjudgmentabout
e.g.Thegovernmenthasdecidedtotakeafirmstandoverfightingthebirdflu.
TheUnitedStatesistakingastandover/onhumanrights.
15.Theuseof“over”inthetext
1）Itiptoedoverandkissedher…
“Over”hereisusedasanadv.Meaningacrossadistanceoropenspace,towardsorawayfromsomebody/something.
2）“Whatdidyoudoovertheholidays?
”
“Over”hereisusedasaprep.Meaningduring,inthecourseof…
e.g.Shelikestolistentosomelightmusicovertheweekend.
3）“…andputitoverachair.”
“Over”hereisusedasaprep.whichmeansrestingontopofsomethingandcoveringsomethingpartlyorcompletely.
e.g.Shespreadacleanclothoverthetable.
Heputhishandoverhismouthwhenheyawned.
4）Takeoveroneofhiswife’schores,…
“Takeover”isav-phrasewhichmeans“takechargeof…”
16.IwasabouttwothirdsdonewhenMaggiecamein.
Para:
Ihadfinishedabouttwo-thirdsofthework,…
Two-thirdsservesasanadverbialmodifyingdone.
e.g.Hisnewnovelisabouttwo-fifthsthickerthanhispreviousone.
Attheendoflastyeartheconstructionprojectwasalreadyfour-fifthsfinished.
17.Thekidshavebeenimpossibleallday.
Para:
Thechildrenhavebeenveryunpleasantandd
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