大学英语book3TextAStudyofunit3.pptx

,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,*,Unit 3,:,Security,Text A,The Land Of The Lock,A country protected by,locks,.,锁之国,1/70,Text A:The Land of the Lock,Abstract of the text,Questions for the topic,Text organization,Cultural Notes,Text explanation,Vocabulary,.,锁之国,2/70,Abstract of The Text,The text,by providing many examples,describes the wide use of security devices,typically locks in varied forms in America.The author,by comparing with the past era of leaving the front door on the latch,regrets that people no longer trust each other and have to resort to elaborate security systems to protect themselves and their possessions.And this has led to the fact that people may have locked the evils out,but they also have locked themselves in.,安全装置,夜不闭户,求援于，凭借,精心设计，精心制作,人们可能会把坏人挡在门外，但也把自己锁在里面。,locks,3/70,Questions for The Topic,What does the title mean?What is the text about?,What is the legacy we might best remember when we look back on the present age?,Main idea of the Text:,教训,4/70,Questions for The Topic,1.What has replaced the era when people could safely keep their front door unlocked?,2.What does the author think is the new atmosphere of American life?,3.Look through the text and find out the equipment that we usually use to keep us safe and fill in the blanks of the chart.,5/70,At Present,security chain,electronic alarm systems,trip wires,electronic X-ray equipment,sliding glass doors with steel bars,access cards,high intensity light,rape whistles,dead-bolt locks,出入证,防盗锁,防护链,电子报警系统,触发式报警装置,钢筋玻璃滑门,电子透视装置,探照灯,防强暴口哨,6/70,Para.4,It has been replaced by dead-bolt locks,security chains,electronic alarm systems and trip wires,hooked up to,a police station or private guard firm.Many suburban families have sliding glass doors on their patios,with,steel bars elegantly built in so no one can,pry,the doors open.,取而代之是,with steel bars being well-installed inside.,把门撬开,防盗锁,防护链,电子报警系统,触发式报警装置,7/70,Text Organization:Page 79,Part I,:,Paras.1-3,In America,the era of leaving the front door on the latch has drawn _.,to a close,8/70,Text Organization:Page 79,Part II,:,Paras.4-15,A new atmosphere of _ and _ creeps into every aspect of daily life.,fear,distrust,9/70,Text Organization:Page 79,Part III,:,Paras.16-19,By locking our fears out,we become _ of our own making.,prisoners,10/70,Cultural Notes,In the United States today,Americans are growing more concerned with their security.It is reported that the crime rate is,soaring,.To help people protect themselves from crime,police depart-ments in many states have offered to citizens,safety tips,such as,how,to protect yourself when using a banks automated teller machine(ATM),安全提醒,使用自动取款机是怎样保护自己，,犯罪率急剧上升,11/70,Cultural Notes,how,to protect yourself from a carjacking,how,to protect yourself from motor vehicle theft,how,to protect yourself in parking garages,how,to safeguard your home while on vacation,and,how,to protect yourself while walking at night.Here is one set of tips in detail.,怎样防范截车,怎样防范机动车被盗,停车库里怎样防身,度假时怎样确保家里安全,夜间行走怎样保护自己,12/70,Safety tips:,Avoid walking or running alone at night.Instead,go walking or jogging with a friend.,Dont use headphones while walking,driving or jogging.,Always walk in well-lighted areas.,Always stay near the curb.,13/70,safety tips:,Avoid the use of short cuts.,After dark,keep away from large bushes or doorways where someone could be lurking.,Do not display cash openly,especially when leaving an ATM.,stay hidden especially when waiting to attack.,埋伏,潜藏,14/70,safety tips:,If someone in a vehicle stops and asks for directions,answer from a distance.Do not approach the vehicle.,If followed,go immediately to an area with lights and people.If needed,turn around and walk in the opposite direction;your follower will also have to reverse directions.,15/70,Cultural Notes,In Britain there is,Neighborhood Watch,which is an arrangement by which people who live in a particular street or area,watch,each others houses and tell the police if they see anything suspicious.Many people have formed local,Neighborhood Watch,groups to try to prevent crime,but others have refused to join them because they do not like the idea of being,watched,by their neighbors.,街道（区）巡查队,观察（留心）各家各户,被人监视,16/70,Text Explanation:,The Land of the Lock,Text A,锁之国,17/70,The Land Of The Lock,In America,the era of leaving the front door on the latch has drawn _.,Part I,:,Paras.1-3,to a close,18/70,Para.1,In the house where I grew up,it,was,our custom to leave the front door,on the latch,at night,I dont know if that was a,local,term or if it is,universal,;“on the latch”meant the door was closed but not locked.,None of us carried keys;the last one,in,for the evening would,close up,and that was it.,Why past tense is used in this Paragraph?,closed but not locked,What do“local”and“universal”mean respectively?,“Local”means“of a particular place”,while“universal”means“common to all conditions,or situations”,我不知道这是,当地,一个说法还是,普遍都,这么说；“不落锁”意思就是掩上门，但不上锁。,19/70,Para.2,Those days,are,over.In,rural,area as well as in cities,doors do not stay unlocked,even for part of an evening.,Do people,now,still leave the front door on the latch at night?,Why present tense is used here?,20/70,Para.3,Suburbs and country areas are,in many ways,even more,vulnerable,than well-patrolled urban streets.Statistics show the crime rate rising more dramatically in those allegedly,tranquil,areas than in cities.,At any rate,the era of leaving the front door on the latch is over.,易受攻击,巡查严密城市街道,不论怎么说，夜不闭户时代是一去不复返了。,Lets go to Part Two:,21/70,The Land Of The Lock,Part II,:,Paras.4-15,A new atmosphere of _ and _ creeps into every aspect of daily life.,fear,distrust,22/70,Para.4,It has been replaced by dead-bolt locks,security chains,electronic alarm systems and trip wires,hooked up to,a police station or private guard firm.Many suburban families have sliding glass doors on their patios,with,steel bars elegantly built in so no one can,pry,the doors open.,取而代之是,with steel bars being well-installed inside.,把门撬开,防盗锁,防护链,电子报警系统,触发式报警装置,23/70,Para.5,It is not uncommon,in the most pleasant of homes,to,see,pasted on the windows small notices announcing that the premises are under surveillance by this security force or that guard company.,Double negative for emphasis.,What can be commonly seen pasted on the windows of the most pleasant homes?,Small notices warning against burglary are commonly seen pasted on the windows of the most pleasant of homes.,在最温馨居家，也经常看得到窗户上贴小小通告，称本宅由某家安全保卫机构或某个保安企业负责监管,24/70,Para.6,The lock is the new,symbol of America,.Indeed,a recent public-service adver-tisement by a large insurance company,featured,not charts showing how much at risk we are,but a picture of a childs bicycle with the now-usual padlock attached to it.,锁成了美国新象征。,公益广告,现在常见挂锁,25/70,Para.7,The ad,pointed out,that,yes,it is the insurance companies that,pay for,stolen goods,but,who is gong to pay for what the new atmosphere of distrust and fear is doing to our way of life?Who is going to,make the psychic payment,for the,transformation,of America from the Land of the Free to the Land of the Lock?,广告指出:没错，确是保险企业理陪失窃物品,不过谁来赔偿互不信任，以及担心害怕新气氛对我们生活方式所造成影响呢？,谁来对美国从自由之国蜕变到锁之国作出精神赔偿呢？,精神赔偿,26/70,Para.8,For,that is what has happened.We have become,so,used to defending ourselves against the new atmosphere of American life,so,used to putting up,barriers,that,we have not had time to think about what it may mean.,无暇思索这会意味着什么。,the present state of affairs,(因为)那就是现实状况.,27/70,Para.9,For some reason we are satisfied when we think we are well protected;it does not,occur,to us to ask ourselves:why has this happened?Why are we having to,barricade,ourselves against our neighbors and fellow citizens,and,when,exactly,did this start to take over our lives?,我们没有想到问问自己:为何会出现这种情况？,shut ourselves away from,这一切终究是从什么时候开始主宰我们生活？,28/70,Para.10,And it has taken over.If you work for a,medium-to-large-size,company,chances,are that you dont just,wander,in and out of work.You probably carry some kind of,access card,electronic or otherwise,that allows you in and out of your place of work.Maybe the security guard at the front desk knows your face and will wave you in most days,but the fact remains that the business you work for feels threatened enough,to,keep outsiders away via these“keys”.,大中型企业,It is likely that,上下班（不好）随便进出,出入证,so that they keep,假如你在一家大中型企业上班，你上下班很可能不好随意进出。,29/70,Para.11,It,wasnt,always like this.Even a decade ago most private businesses had a policy of,free access,.It simply didnt occur to managers that the proper thing to do was to distrust people.,Why past tense is used here?,以前（过去）可不是这么。,自由出入,管理人员根本就没想过恰当（安全）伎俩是不信任他人。,30/70,Para.12,Look at the airports.Parents used to take children out to departure gates to watch planes land and take off.Thats all gone.Airports are,no longer,a place of education and fun;they are the most sophisticated of security sites.,机场再也不是有趣学习场所，而是保安办法最严密地方。,31/70,Para.13,With,electronic X-ray equipment,we seem finally to have,figured out,a way to,hold,the terrorists,real and imagined,at bay,;it was such a relief to solve this problem that we did not think much about what such a state of affairs says about the quality of our lives.We now pass through these electronic friskers,without so much as,a sideways glance;the machines and what they,stand for,have won.,凭借电子透视装置,come up with a good way想出妙计,凭借着电子透视装置，我们似乎终于想出妙计让恐怖分子（不论是真还是凭空臆想）无法近身。能处理这一问题真是如释重负，于是我们就不去多想这种情况对我们生活质量意味着什么。,without even a sideways glance甚至连看都不看一眼,32/70,Para.14,Our neighborhoods,are bathed in,high-intensity light;we do not want to afford ourselves even so much a luxury as a,shadow,.,cover or envelop as if with liquid,处于之中,strict watch 严密监视,privacy or secret个人秘密或隐私,我们居住区处于强光源照射之下，我们连像阴影这么小小享受也不想给自己。,我们居住区处于严密监视之下，就连保护自己一点点隐私也成了奢望。,33/70,Para.15,Businessmen,in increasing numbers are purchasing new machines that hook up to the telephone and analyze a callers voice.The machines are supposed to tell the businessman,with a small margin of error,whether his friend or client is telling lies.,The machines are thought to be able tell the businessman whether his friend or client is telling lies with little probability of making mistakes.,with little probability of making mistakes,Lets go to Part Three:,34/70,The Land Of The Lock,Part III,:,Paras.16-19,By locking our fears out,we become _ of our own making.,prisoners,35/70,Para.16,All this is being done,in the name of,“,security,”,that is what we tell ourselves.We are fearful,and so we devise ways to lock the fear out,and that,we decide,is what security means.,This is not real security.People are living in the,illusion,that they are properly protected by these“security”means.,以名义,Why does the author use the quotation marks?,we think，,我们认定，,全部这一切都是以“安全”名义实施；我们是这么跟自己说,我们害怕，于是我们设法把害怕锁在门外，我们认定这就是安全意义。,36/70,But no;with all this“security,”we are perhaps the most insecure nation in the history of civilized man.What better,word,to describe the way in which we have been forced to live?What sadder,reflection,on all that we have become in this new and puzzling time?,Para.17,其实不然;即使有了安全办法,不过我们或许是人类文明史上最不安全国民.,有什么更加好字眼能用来描述我们被迫选择生活方式呢?,还有什么更为可悲地表明我们在这个令人迷惑新时代所感受到惶恐之情呢?,37/70,Para.18,We trust no one.Suburban housewives wear,rape whistles,on their station wagon key chains.We have become so smart about self-protection that,in the end,we have all,outsmarted ourselves,.We may have locked the evils out,but in so doing we have locked ourselves in.,我们在自我防卫方面变得如此聪明，最终全都聪明反被聪明误。我们或许把邪恶锁在了门外，但同时我们把自己也锁在了里面。,防强暴口哨,聪明反被聪明误,38/70,Para.19,That may be the,legacy,we remember best when we,look back on,this age:in dealing with the,unseen horrors,among us,we became prisoners of ourselves.All of us prisoners in this time of our troubles.,教训,那可能是未往返顾这一时代时我们记得最牢教训：,无形恐惧,在对付这无形恐惧之时，我们成了自己囚徒。,在这个问题重重时代，我们全部人都是囚徒。,那可能是未往返顾这一时代时我们记得最牢教训：在对付这无形恐惧之时，我们成了自己囚徒。在这个问题重重时代，我们全部人都是囚徒。,Thats all for“Text Explanation”.,39/70,close up:,I wanted so much to close up my store and go traveling.,On the New Years Eve all the stores were closed up in my hometown.,shut(sth.)esp.temporarily,40/70,close up:,许多跨国企业正考虑结束在这个国家业务，把生产转移到低工资国家或地域,。,Many multinational corporations are considering closing up in this country and transferring production to low wage countries or districts.,shut(sth.)esp.temporarily,41/70,rural:,Rural life is more peaceful than city life.,In a few years urban residents will outnumber rural residents in most developing countries.,of,in or suggesting the countryside,42/70,vulnerable:,Intruders are developing techniques to harness the power of hundreds of thousands of vulnerable system on the Internet.,Museums in the developing world often have fewer security measures and thus remain more vulnerable to thefts.,exposed to danger or attack;unprotected,43/70,Compared with Saudi Arabia soccer team,the Chinese team is more vulnerable.,It is on economic policy that the government is most vulnerable.,政府在经济政策这点上最易受到攻击。,exposed to danger or attack;unprotected,vulnerable:,44/70,More collocations:,vulnerable,to abuse,blackmail,criticism,易受虐待/敲诈/批评(),a,vulnerable,point,弱点,in a,vulnerable,position,地位岌岌可危,45/70,urban:,Motor vehicle emissions,to a large extent,are responsible for,urban,air pollution.,of,situated in or living in a city or town,In,urban,areas of industrializing nations,millions of people have no secure shelter.,46/70,urban:,Traffic noise,pollution,huge concrete buildings how can people survive in the,urban,jungle?,车辆噪音、污染、钢筋混凝土摩天大楼-人们怎样能在这么城市丛林中生存,?,of,situated in or living in a city or town,47/70,tranquil:,Visitors like to stay in this hotel because it is beautiful and located in a,tranquil,lake area.,She stared at the,tranquil,surface of the water.,calm,quiet and undisturbed,48/70,Compare,:tranquil vs.calm,calm:,平静；镇静，从容,After a night of fighting,the streets are now,calm,.,Shes not very good at keeping/staying,calm,in difficult situations.,49/70,Compare:,tranquil vs.serene,serene:,平静，安宁；安详,She has a lovely,serene,face.,What amazes me is his,serene,indifference to all the trouble around him.,50/70,hook up to:,My computer,is hooked up to,the Internet,so I can communicate with my students at home via email.,The alarm systems in the banks,are hooked up to,the local police station.,connect or attach(sth.)to(sth.else)with or as if with a hook,51/70,feature:以为显著特点，突出,Modern libraries often,feature,telecommunication links that provide users with access to information at remote sites.,give a prominent part to(sb./sth.),52/70,feature:以为显著特点，突出,East Asian dramas often,feature,ethical conflicts,divided loyalty,or concerns about the afterlife.,道德伦理冲突,They had a traditional Thanksgiving,dinner,featuring,roast turkey.,忠孝两全,来世，再生,他们享用了一顿以烤火鸡为传统特色感恩节大餐。,53/70,transform:,Whenever a camera was pointed at her,Marilyn would instantly,transform,herself into a radiant star.,change completely in form,appearance,or nature,54/70,transformation,Local people have mixed feelings about the planned,transformation,of their town into a regional capital.,55/70,barrier:,The driver slowed down as he approached the police,b