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,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。,Unit 3,Out of Step,1/91,The Author:Bill Bryson,（,1951-,）,A well-known American travel writer and humorist,Bill Bryson cant decide where to live-England,Australia,Iowa,New Hampshire-its really a tough decision.But,as he points out in his book,Im A Stranger Here Myself,no matter where Bill is,Bills a stranger.,Michael Feldman,2/91,about the author,Bill Bryson was born in,Iowa,in 1951.He is a best-selling American author of humorous books on travel.,A backpacking expedition in 1973 brought him to,England,where he met his wife and decided to settle.,He wrote for the English newspapers,The times,and,The independent,for many years,writing travel articles to,supplement,his income.,3/91,He lived with his family in North Yorkshire before moving back to the states in 1995,to Hanover,New Hampshire,with his wife and four children.,In,he and his family moved back to England,where they currently reside.,4/91,Cultural note,-the U.S.,area;ideal living environment;time-consciousness;travel,1)USA,a country of,vast territory,:,9,375,720 sq.km,over 314 million people,5/91,2)Ideal living environment for many Americans:to,escape both isolation and crowds,.People have flocked to the suburbs.There is nothing but car that can make it possible for them to move around easily living in suburbs.,6/91,3).For a country that moves generally according to schedules,being punctual,is highly valued.,7/91,4)people regard,travel as an indispensable part,of their life;people value freedom more than anything else.,8/91,“,If you are an American,you travel as much as you can;if you are an American,you travel in your own car.,”,It is not uncommon at all for American people to drive for 5 or more hours to have lunch or dinner with a friend and then drive back for their favorite NBA games at home.,Zhou Ping from her personal experience,9/91,“,I haven,t taken the train for nearly 20 years.No reason why I should now.,”,I used to hear people say.Indeed,for many people living far away from the train station,car is the only vehicle that takes them from place to place.Besides,it is much cheaper and quicker to move around by driving a car than taking the train.That is why more considerations are given to drivers than to pedestrians whose voice is hardly audible.,10/91,New England-the birthplace of America-is filled with rich history,cultural attractions,fascinating cities,scenic villages,and outdoor adventures at every turn.,11/91,New England,New Hampshire,Dartmouth College,Main Street,Residential Neighborhood,Rosey Jekes Caf,Cappuccino,Nugget theatre,Murphy,s on the Green,Give a ride,12/91,New England,New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of,Maine,New Hampshire,Vermont,Massachusetts,Rhode Island,and Connecticut.,13/91,History of New England,New England is one of the most historic and culturally rich regions of the USA.,The region was one of the earliest English settlements in the,“,New World,”,following the arrival of the Pilgrim Fathers,who set sail from England aboard the Mayflower in 1620 in search of religious freedom.,They and their descendants are called,Yankees,.,14/91,The region was the scene of the first,Industrial Revolution,in the United States.,New England(and Virginia)led the way to the,American Revolution,By the 1840s it was the center of the,U.S.anti-slavery movement,and was the leading force in American literature and higher education.,15/91,Dartmouth College:one of the best art colleges in the world.,Located on the Connecticut River and surrounded by the White Mountains,it offers the most beautiful natural scenery in the Ivy League.,16/91,Main Street,In small towns in the United States,the street where most of the stores are is often called,Main Street,.(,美国小城镇,),主街,17/91,Residential neighborhood,居民区,curb,N-COUNT,The,curb,is the raised edge of a sidewalk which separates it from the road.,路边,18/91,pull up,1.PHRASAL VERB When,a vehicle or driver,pulls up,the vehicle slows down and stops.,慢慢停下,例：,The cab pulled up and the driver jumped out.,出租车慢慢停了下来，司机跳下了车。,19/91,20/91,New Hampshire,新罕布什尔州格言是：,“,不自由，毋宁死,”,。,Live free or die.,。,21/91,Do you need/want a ride?,Give someone a ride,22/91,Hitchhiking,小说主人公及其搭档沿途搭车或开车，几次横越美国大陆，最终到了墨西哥。,On The Road,is based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across America.It is considered a defining work of the postwar,Beat Generation,with its protagonists living life against a backdrop of,jazz,poetry,and,drug,use.,23/91,什么是搭车？,搭便车是在路上乘陌生人顺路车来完成一段旅程。,旅程可能只是几公里也可能是几百公里，看车主一起顺路多远。搭车普通是不付钱。,24/91,欧美搭车文化,搭车自从汽车诞生到,60,、,70,年代欧美是非常普遍一个交通方式。同时当代著名小说,在路上,描写几个年轻人横跨北美故事也给无数欧美人心中流下了很深印象,-,对他们来说搭车有着浓浓自由浪漫精神。,至今在欧美每年有数万人都用搭车做成他们交通方式。对他们来说搭车还是一个自由探险旅行方式。,25/91,A typical hitchhiking gesture,26/91,warm-up,1.Which nation is said to be a nation on the wheel?,2.Cars are entering ordinary Chinese families.If you have a car,when do you prefer to walk,and,when to drive?,Do you think Cars will be as,predominant,in China as they are in the United States.Why or Why not?,27/91,3.If you/your parents won 200,000RMB in lottery,will you suggest buying a car,why or why not?,4.In modern society,it seems that people are losing some traditional ways of living,what are they?,28/91,What information can you learn from the title?,out of fashion,no longer walk,29/91,text analysis,“Out of Step”is an,exposition,that presents the absurdity of the Americans,dependence,on cars.The Americans,being so accustomed to using cars,have almost forgotten the existence of their legs.Wherever they go,they go in their cars.As a result,pedestrian facilities,are neglected in city planning or rejected by the inhabitants.,30/91,text understanding,1.How do people in the small town take the authors habit of walking around for his business?,odd,slightly guilty if not giving him a ride,31/91,2.Why do the people consider his preference for walking at times a bit eccentric?,32/91,3.To what extent have the American people come to depend on cars?,33/91,4.What is the problem with the urban planning of American cities?What does that have to do with the dependence of the American people on cars?,34/91,5.What do you think makes the author sad at the end of the passage?,35/91,6.Did the author write out any solution to the problem that American people rely too much on cars?,No,Sound the siren,36/91,Text Comprehension,Decide which best states the author,s,purpose,of writing.,Pointing out the fact that Americans walk too little today.,B.Introducing an alternative to car-driving as a means of transport for an average American.,C.Complaining about inconvenience traffic conditions for pedestrians in America.,37/91,Structural Analysis,Part I(para.1,6),Introduction of the idea with an anecdote.,Part II(para.7,13),Presentation of the fact that the Americans are habituated to using cars for everything.,Part III(para.14,20),Explanation of the fact that pedestrian facilities are neglected or discarded.,38/91,Part I(para.1,6),What kind of town is it?,What is considered the author,s,“,eccentric behavior,”,?,How do people in the small town take the author,s habit of walking around for his business?,Why would drivers,“,depart reluctantly,even guiltily,”,when their offer was declined?,39/91,sedate,a.,quiet especially in a way that lacks excitement宁静,a sedate country town,The fight against a nuclear power station site has transformed a normally,sedate,town into a battlefield.,calm,serious and formal,庄重，严厉，不苟言笑,She is a,sedate,old lady;she is caring but never talks much.,40/91,compact(a):,small and easy to carry,a,compact,camera,using a small amount of space,The kitchen was,compact,but well equipped.,antonym:,41/91,venerable,venerable things or people deserve respect because they are old,important,wise etc,值得敬重，受敬仰,a,venerable,scholar,the,venerable,ruins of the abbey,Respectable;,respectful;respective,42/91,debonair,fashionable and confident,carefree(usu of men),He strolled about,looking very,debonair,in his elegant new suit.,43/91,cappuccino,；,a type of coffee made with hot frothy milk and sometimes with chocolate powder on the top,44/91,Cappuccino,此字历史,圣芳济教会,(Capuchin),修士都穿著褐色道袍，头戴一顶尖尖帽子，圣芳济教会传到意大利时，当地人以为修士衣饰很特殊，就给他们取个,Cappuccino,名字，此字意大利文是指僧侣所穿宽松长袍和小尖帽，源自意大利文,头巾,即,Cappuccio,。,然而，老意爱喝咖啡，发觉浓缩咖啡、牛奶和奶泡混合后，颜色就像是修士所穿深褐色道袍，于是灵机一动，就给牛奶加咖啡又有尖尖奶泡饮料，取名为卡布奇诺,(Cappuccino),。直到一九九,0,年以后，才成为世人耳熟能详咖啡饮料。应该能够这么说,Cappuccino,咖啡这个字，源自圣芳济教会,(Capuchin),和意大利文头巾,(Cappucio).,45/91,46/91,eccentric(adj),of people/behavior unusual,peculiar,not conventional,an,eccentric,lady,The old gentleman,who lived alone all his life,was said to have some,eccentric,habits.,Most people considered him a harmless,eccentric.,eccentricity(n),eccentricity of style,clothing,manners,One of his,eccentricities,is sleeping under the bed instead of on it.,eccentrically,47/91,stroll,to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way,48/91,curb,prevent sth from getting out of control,预防,.,失控；约束,curb,ones feelings/anger,curb spending,place/put a curb on,.,49/91,Poor nutrition can,curb,a childs development both physically and mentally.,There will be,curbs,on,drunk-driving from next month.,50/91,paraphrase,a pleasant,sedate and compact,town,a leafy residential neighborhood,I wouldnt dream of,going to any of these places by car.,People have gotten used to,my eccentric behavior,.,They would depart,reluctantly,even guiltily,as if leaving the scene of an accident without giving their name,.,51/91,Part II(para.7,13),What is the main idea of the part?,How important is the car to average Americans?,How does the author support this idea in this part?,52/91,para7,habituate:,By the end of the school term,the students had been,habituated/accustomed/used to,rising at five oclock.,53/91,Para 8,Contortion,1,countable a twisted position or movement that looks surprising or strange:,I could not force my body into the,contortions,required by classical ballet.,facial contortions,2,uncountable when something is twisted so that it does not have its normal shape:,involuntary muscle,contortion,3,countable something difficult you have to do in order to achieve something:,He,went through,a series of amazing,contortions,to get Karen a work permit.,54/91,Contort,implies violent change that produces unnatural or grotesque effects:,a face,contorted,with rage;,Twist,applies to distortion of form or meaning:,a mouth,twisted,with pain.,He accused me of,twisting,his words to mean what I wanted them to.,The reporter,distorted,the facts.,55/91,Deform,refers to change that disfigures and often implies the loss of desirable qualities such as beauty:,Great erosion,deformed,the landscape.,Warp,can refer to a turning or twisting from a flat or straight form.It also can imply the bending or turning of something from a true course or direction:,floorboards that had,warped,over the years.,56/91,Para 9,The thing is,:,What matters ;What is important is,e.g.The thing is not to interrupt him while hes talking.,要紧是,57/91,extravagant:,Shes very _,she spends all her money on clothes.(frugal,economical,thrifty,extravagant),I had a,frugal,meal of bread and cheese last night.,They lived a very,frugal,existence,avoiding all luxuries.,As far as oil energy is concerned,we cannot be too,frugal,.,58/91,Her mother is a,thrifty,housewife.,Mr.Thompson is so,thrifty,that he is able to save more than half of his weekly salary.,Only very,thrifty,children manage to fill up a money-box.,She is an,economical,housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.,59/91,She has been longing for a,luxurious,life.,Shes got very,extravagant,tastes.,60/91,Para 10,acquaintance,a speaking acquaintance,He is not a friend of mine,only an acquaintance.,I am,not acquainted with,chemical terms.,make the acquaintance of sb,认识某人,61/91,Para 11-13 confess,；,Les confessions,She,confessed to her husband,that she had sold her wedding ring.,He,confessed to,sleeping/having slept through most of the film.,+(that)I have to confess(that)when I first met Ian I didnt think he was very bright.,I found it all very confusing,I must confess.,confess ones sins,62/91,63/91,deficient:,A diet,deficient,in vitamin D may cause the disease rickets.,not good enough,His theory is,deficient,in several respects.,Pregnant women often suffer from,iron deficiency,.,64/91,proficient,:skilled and experienced,a proficient swimmer,Shes,proficient,in two languages.,It takes a couple of years of regular driving before you become,proficient,at it.,proficiency:,It said in the job ad they wanted proficiency in at least two languages.,65/91,In this regard:,66/91,paraphrase,become so habituated to using the car that it doesnt occur to us to unfurl our legs and see what those lower limbs can do.,We will go through the most extraordinary contortions to,And the thing is,this man looked really fit.,jogs extravagant distance,She looked at me as if I were tragically simple-minded.,and I can adjust it for degree of difficulty,I confess it had never occurred to me how thoughtlessly deficient nature is in this regard.,67/91,Part III(para.14,20),Why did the author say,“,Actually,I,m surprised it was that much,”,?,Why did Laconia change its downtown pedestrian mall to one with parking lots?,68/91,Bring/drive sth home to sb,:to make sb realize sth,The editorial,brought home to me,that the government did spend some money on the pedestrian facilities though very little.,The professor,drove home to the students,that they have to finish the writing assignment by Friday.,69/91,pedestrian,Skip,skip lunch,skip school/class,skip the first chapter,skip a year/grade,Skipping rope/jump rope,I suggest we skip over the details and get to the point.,70/91,ridiculous(adj),What a,ridiculous,suggestion!,Thats,ridiculous,!,That fat woman looked,ridiculous,in her tight golden dress.,Do I look,ridiculous,in this hat?,He has become an object of,ridicule,.(n),Those who,ridicule,others will be punished in return.(v),71/91,exasperating:annoying;displeasing,Its so,exasperating,when he wont listen to a word that i say.,exasperated:annoyed,Hes become increasingly,exasperated,with the situation.,72/91,entertain an idea/hope/thought etc,to consider an idea etc,or allow yourself to think that something might happen or be true:,She could never entertain the idea of living in the country.,73/91,paraphrase,According to a concerned and faintly horrified 1997 editorial,Actually,Im surprised it was that much.,I had this brought home to me one summer when,I realized that I was possibly the only person ever to have entertained the notion of negotiating that intersection on foot.,woe to anyone who tries to make us,74/91,I w
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