新编英语教程 4 Unit 1.docx

1、新编英语教程 4 Unit 1Unit OneLead-in1.Movie Clip2.Quotes1.Movie ClipWatch the movie clip and answer the following questions.1.What is Ingrids first New Years resolution? Did she accomplish it?Her first New Years resolution is to quit her job. Yes, she did.2.Why did Ingrid buy the man for the whole day?Bec

2、ause she wanted him to help make her other New Years resolutions come true by midnight.Discussion: Why do New Years resolutions rarely work? In your opinion, how can we succeed in achieving them?(This is an open question.)Script （From New Years Eve）- All right. Working on those resolutions, huh?- No

3、. - Okay. I have a delivery here for Mr. Jonathan Cox.- Do you work here?- No. I work for a courier(快递员) service. Ive been delivering packages to you for about, I dont know, a year now. But I think this is maybe the first time youve ever looked me in the eye. How are you doing?- Sorry. Thats actuall

4、y an old resolution. Make more eye contact.- So those were New Years resolutions, huh? Looks like a long list. You gotta get on it.- I dont know, maybe next year.- Whoa. Jeez! Are you serious? That is a hot ticket.- Really? - Its amazing. They have the best food, the best music. They have so many si

5、ngle girls. And its a masquerade（化妆舞会）, so you dont even have to worry about their faces. You kind of just, you know, use your imagination. If anybody tries to kick you out, or even asks who you are, you just straight-up lie. What are they gonna do? Its brilliant. Its like Facebook, but real.- I rem

6、ember who you are now.- Right, exactly. Anyways, I would give my left. Well, maybe next year.- Ms. Withers? Did you call in a delivery of something?- Ingrid. - Ingrid.- And actually, Im your next job. I bought you for the day.- Bought me for the day, huh? Oh, Ms. Withers. I think I should be offende

7、d（得罪，冒犯）, but Im just too intrigued（好奇的，被迷住的）.- My New Years resolutions. I just took care of the first one.- You quit your job? All right. - If you can make the rest of these come true by midnight, you get these.- For me? Holy shi. Whoa. Whoa, okay. Put these down. Put these down. Dont flash those

8、around. Everybody can see them. Seriously, You called the right guy. Im in. Let me see No. Two. What is it? Whew. Go to Bali. Breakfast at Tiffanys. You wanna save a life. Are you kidding me? Its physically impossible. I dont understand what youre talking about. All right? I dont understand what you

9、 want me to do here.- Use your imagination.- Were gonna need a bigger boat.- You know, you dont have to sit like that. You can put your legs around me, or you can hold onto me.- No, Im okay.- All right.- This is it. This is as close to the ball dropping as I can get you. Hey, good luck with that las

10、t one, all right?- No. I figured that was a long shot going in.- A long shot? What are you talking about? Going to Bali? That was kind of a long shot.- Lets get this out of here, okay?- Man, I dont even know whose this is, bro. Im just saying.- Thanks. Make a list of your own. Dont wait as long as I

11、 did.- Pow, pow, shwing.- Thank you. Mm.- Goodbye.- Goodbye.- Have a great time. - You too. Happy new year, Ingrid.2.QuotesRead the following quotes and tell your classmates which one is your favorite. State your reasons.Sometimes we know the best thing to do, but fail to do it. New years resolution

12、s are often like that. We make resolutions because we know it would be better for us to lose weight, or get fit, or spend more time with our children. The problem is that a resolution is generally easier to break than it is to keep. Peter SingerNo ones ever achieved financial fitness with a January

13、resolution thats abandoned by February. Suze OrmanI have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldnt be nicer. Every once in a while someone barks at me. My New Years resolution is not to bark back. Tucker CarlsonMy New Years Resolution List usually starts

14、 with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds. Nia VardalosIf you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am. Cyril CusackMay all your troubles last as long as your New Years resolutions. Joey AdamsI think in terms of the days resolutions, not the years. H

15、enry MooreMaking resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.Eric Zorn I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and mol

16、ding my life, is too much of a daily event for me.Anas NinTextI. Text I 1. Pre-Reading Questions2. General Reading3. Background Notes4. Text5. Comments on the Text6. ExercisesII. Text II1. Text2. ComprehensionText I1.Pre-Reading QuestionsThe hero of the story, who is married and has four children, i

17、s talking about his New Years Resolution in the text. In the first paragraph, he says “This year its going to be different”. Why does he say so? What sort of resolutions did he make in the previous years? How do his New Years resolutions for this year differ from previous ones? Make a few guesses.Fo

18、r your reference:When a person makes New Years resolutions, he makes up his mind to do or not to do certain things in the coming year. Of course, different people make different New Years resolutions. For example, a student may decide to work harder at his studies and not go to the cinema so often;

19、a teacher may decide to improve his/her teaching; a heavy smoker may decide to stop smoking altogether. Some people may be able to carry out their New Years resolutions, but some may not. For most people, its often easier to make New Years resolutions than to carry them out.2.General ReadingYou are

20、given five minutes to read the text rapidly once to get the main idea.Now decide which of the following statements best sums up the main idea. Put a tick by it._ 1. Some of his family members were pleased while others were not when the writer tried to please everybody in the family on New Years Day.

21、_ 2. The writer tried to be a better husband and a better father in the new year, and his family members appreciated this. 3. The writer carried out his New Years resolutions faithfully to improve himself, but the results all went contrary to his expectations.Key（点击答案按钮，上述第三句前面横线上出现）3.Background Not

22、es(1) escapement（卡子，擒纵机）An escapement is a device in mechanical watches and clocks that transfers energy to the timekeeping element and allows the number of its oscillations（振荡，振动） to be counted. The escapement is driven by force from a coiled卷 spring弹簧 or a suspended悬挂 暂停 weight, transmitted throug

23、h the timepieces时钟 座钟 gear 齿轮 排挡train. The amount of stored energy, energy loss and efficiency of transfer to the timekeeping element determines the time a clock will run after it has been wound. (2) small talkSmall talk is meaningless conversation in terms of content, but is often seen as socially

24、important in certain situations, or context. In many English-speaking countries, it can be viewed as rude or unfriendly not to participate in it. Non-personal comments about non-controversial subjects are usually considered as appropriate for this type of conversation.4.TextThis Year Its Going to Be

25、 Different(1)New Years resolutions are like anything else you get out of them what you put in. Judging from results of other years, I had never put enough in, but this year was going to be different. I read books on self-improvement before I wrote my list. Find some beauty in everything. . Make the

26、other fellow feel important. . About thirty like that. Pretty clearly, (2)anyone who followed my collection of rules would be blessed with a richer life, (1)boundless 无穷的 无限的love from his family, and the admiration of the community. I could hardly wait until New Years Day. When I came downstairs Mag

27、gie, my wife, was at the kitchen sink水池. I (2)tiptoed over踮着脚尖走 and kissed her on the back of the neck. (Resolution No.1: Be (3)spontaneous 自发的无意识的 自然的in showing affection.) She (4)shrieked 尖叫and dropped a cup. “Dont ever (5)sneak up悄悄来临 鬼鬼祟祟 on me like that again!” she cried. “Youre looking lovely

28、this morning,” I said. (A sincere (6)compliment称赞 恭维 is worth its weight in gold.) (3)“Look,” she said, “it wasnt my idea to stay out until four a.m.” I took some aspirin and coffee into the living room. Id just started reading the paper when Sammy, our five-year-old, came in. He was wearing the wat

29、ch hed received for Christmas. (4)“Say, Dad,” he said, “what makes a watch run?” In the old days I would have told him to ask his mother. Instead, I got a pencil and drew a (7)sketch草图素描 of the escapement (8)mechanism结构 机械装置 机能. (Always encourage your childs curiosity.) It took about fifteen minutes

30、, and Sammy wandered off several times, but I kept calling him back. “There,” I said, “thats what makes your watch run.” (5)“Then how come it doesnt?” he asked. His brother Roy walked by. “You have to wind上发条 it,” said Roy. Sammy wound it and held it to his ear. He smiled. “Roy sure is smart,” he sa

31、id.Our daughter Gretchen came in with her doll, Mrs. Robinson. “Good morning, Gretchen,” I said. “Happy New Year, Mrs. Robinson.” (Meet your child at his own level.) (6)“It isnt either happy,” said Gretchen. “Mrs. Robinson is sick. Probably a coronary冠状动脉血栓形成.” “Why dont you take her to see Dr. Samm

32、y?” I suggested. “He can use his new doctors kit.” The phone rang, and I answered it. It was a friend of our daughter Kit. “Happy New Year, Marilyn,” I said. “What have you been doing over the holidays?” (Show an interest in your childrens friends.) She said she hadnt been doing anything much. “(7)Come now, a pretty girl like you,” I said (9)jovially (8)“Ill b