新编实用英语综合教程2 Unit 3 Communication by phone教案.docx

1、新编实用英语综合教程2 Unit 3 Communication by phone教案Unit 3 Communication by PhoneUnit GoalsWhat you should learn to do 1. Make a phone call 2. Answer the phone 3. Leave and take a passage 4. Pass the message to the person being called 5. Extend a phone call 6. Take/fill in a messageWhat you should know about

2、 1. Phone service in the USA2. Benefit or trouble of cell phones3. Business telephone etiquette for success4. The subjective mood Section I Talking Face to Face1. Imitating Mini-Talks2. Acting out the Tasks3. Studying Email Information on the Internet4. Following Sample Dialogues5. Putting Language

3、to UseSection II Being All Ears1. Learning Sentences for Workplace Communication2. Handling a Dialogue3. Understanding a Short Speech / TalkSection III Trying your Hand 1. Practicing Applied Writing2. Writing Sentences and Reviewing Grammar Section IV Maintaining a Sharp Eye Passage 1 :Information R

4、elated to the Reading Passage1. cell phone 手机，移动电话 A cell phone is a small telephone you can carry with you that operates through networks of radio antennas or space satellites. Other expressions of a cell phone: 1) a cellular phone / telephone 2) a mobile phone / telephone 3) a handset2. ATM 自动取款机

5、ATM is the abbreviation for automated teller machine. ATMs are found in business districts and shopping malls. People use them to get cash from their bank accounts and in many places, to pay for gas, groceries, and other things.3. voice mail 有声邮件 A voice mail is a telephone answering system on which

6、 spoken messages are left by one person for another.Text For Conversation Press # 1 Ive got a cell phone, e-mail and voice mail. But why am I so lonely? A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another. I was walking in the park with a friend rece

7、ntly, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There they were, talking and talking on a beautifully sunny day and I became invisible, absent from the conversation. The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing other people without looking at them, sa

8、ying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pet their puppies. Evidently, the cordless electronic voice is preferable to human contact.The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Recently I was in a car with three friends. The driver hus

9、hed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends zooming down the highway, unable to talk to one another because of a gadget designed to make communication easier.Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I

10、feel? Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction. With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone

11、. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up. You cant even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automa

12、ted.Pumping gas at the station? Why say good morning to the attendant when you can swipe your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact?Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to a clerk who might live in the neighborhood when you can just insert your card into the ATM? I

13、am no Luddite. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice mail system, an email account. Giving them up isnt an option they are great for what they are intended to do. Its their unintended consequences that make me cringe.Language Points1 Explanation of Difficult Sentences1. (Title) For Conversation P

14、ress # 1Analysis: In this sentence, for means with the purpose of. Press # 1 is in imperative mood. # stands for No., therefore #1 is read as No.1.Translation: 通话按1号键。Example: For redialing, press the # key.2. (Para. 3) I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, inter

15、rupting our conversation. Analysis: Interrupting our conversation in the sentence is a present participle phrase used as an adverbial of result.Translation: 最近我和一位朋友正在公园里散步，突然他的手机响起来，打断了我们的谈话。Example: The child fell, striking his head against the door and hurting it slightly.3. (Para. 3) There they

16、were, talking and talking on a beautifully sunny day and I became invisible, absent from the conversation.Analysis: Talking and talking on a beautifully sunny day is a present participle phrase used as an adverbial of attendant circumstance.Translation: 在一个阳光明媚的日子，他们在那儿谈啊谈，而我却被遗忘，成了谈话的局外人。Example: M

17、arta sat in the armchair, reading a magazine.4. (Para. 5) There we were, four friends zooming down the highway, unable to talk to one another because of a gadget designed to make communication easier.Analysis: Four friends zooming on the highway is a present participle phrase, with four friends as t

18、he logical subject of zooming on the highway. The whole phrase serves as an adverbial of attendant circumstance. Designed to make communication easier is a past participle phrase used as an attribute, modifying the antecedent gadget.Translation: 我们四位朋友坐在车里，飞驰在高速公路上，却因为有了那个被设计来方便通信的小玩意儿而不能互相交谈。Exampl

19、e: My room is on the fourth floor, its window overlooking the beach.Trucks and buses were driven on gas carried in large bags on the roof.5. (Para. 6) Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel?Analysis: In this sentence, the antecedent it stands for the subject that-clau

20、se (that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel), where the comparative . structure is used. Similar structure can be found in What is it that .?Translation: 为什么我们联系得越多，我却越感到失去了联系呢？Example: Why is it that you know so much?6. (Para. 7) As almost every conceivable contact between huma

21、n beings gets automated, the alienation index goes up.Analysis: As is a conjunction, meaning at the same time that.Translation: 随着人们之间几乎每一种可以想到的联系都变得自动化起来，疏远指数上升了。Example: They smiled as their eyes met. As he entered, the hall burst into thunderous applause.7. (Para. 8) Pumping gas at the station?An

22、alysis: This is an elliptical sentence. The complete sentence should be Are you pumping gas at the station?Translation: 你在加油站加油吗？Example: (Are you) Making a deposit at the bank? (Para. 9)8. (Para. 8) Why say good morning to the attendant when you can swipe your credit card at the pump and save yours

23、elf the bother of human contact?Analysis: In this sentence, why is used as an interrogative adverb, followed by a bare infinitive to form a rhetorical question, which can also take a negative structure such as Why not do something? The former means why should we do something or we dont need to do so

24、mething, while the latter means the opposite: lets do something.Translation: 既然你可以用信用卡在加油泵旁自动刷卡，免除与人打交道的麻烦，何必还要对加油站的工作人员打招呼呢？Example: Why smoke when you know it is so unhealthy? Why not try to train your character when you have the opportunity?9. (Para. 11) I am no Luddite.Analysis: In this sentence

25、, no means not at all.Translation: 我并不反对自动化。Example: Dont cheat her. Shes no fool. She is no friend of mine.10. (Para. 11) Giving them up isnt an option they are great for what they are intended to do.Analysis: The clause They are great for what they are intended to do serves to explain why giving t

26、hem up isnt an option. Great for means very good for. What they are intended to do means what they are designed to do.Translation: 放弃他们并不可取人们赋予它们的功能太美妙了。Example: Going there isnt a good idea its too far away from here.11. (Para. 12) Its their unintended consequences that make me cringe.Analysis: Thi

27、s is an emphatic sentence introduced by it is . that. What is emphasized here is the subject their unintended consequences. The basic structure of such a kind of sentence is as follows:It + be + the emphasized part + that + the other parts of the sentence.Translation: 只是他们无意中带来的后果使我感到不寒而栗。Example: I

28、t was David that (who) did it. It was a key that I found in his pocket. It was not until last year that he came to live in this city.2 Important Words1. lonely a. alone and feeling sad, lonesome 孤独的，寂寞的 e.g. Without friends, Selena felt lonely in the city she had just arrived in. I shall have a comp

29、anion in the house after all these lonely years.He felt lonely when his best friend moved to another place.2. recently ad. not too long ago; starting not too long ago and still going on, (syn.) currently 最近，近来 e.g. I saw my friend recently; we had dinner together last week. Recently, my brother has

30、been working on his masters degree at the university. Ive only recently begun to learn German.3. evidently ad. as it appears, seemingly, (syn.) apparently 明显，显然 e.g. Mr. Lowenberg evidently regarded this as a great joke. From the warm temperature and abundant flowers, it is evidently spring here. Ev

31、idently your sister was sensitive on the topic of operations.4. preferable a. better or more suitable, to be preferred 更可取的，更好的e.g. She found life in the city preferable to her quiet life in the country. Gradual change is preferable to sudden, great change. Milk is fine, but cream would be preferabl

32、e.5. connect v. to attach, join together; to reach sb. by telephone 连接，接通e.g. The telephone operator connected me with the human resources department. I connected the antenna to the TV set.A new road connects the two small cities.6. unable a. not able, incapable 不能的，不会的e.g. I am unable to cycle to school because my bicycle is broken. He is unable to walk because of a bad