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,2006/02,沈阳广众,*,希望英语(第二版),综合教程,1,Unit 5 Entertainment,希望英语(第二版),综合教程,2,外语教学与研究出版社,希望英语(第二版)综合教程,2,Unit 5 Entertainment,Speaking,Reading A,Grammar,Listening,Writing,Presentation,Reading B&Reading C,Speaking,Task 1,Task 2,Task 3,Look at the pictures on page 66 and list words or phrases about them.Then share your work with others.,Speaking,Task 1,Suggested Words:,bar nightlife music entertainment,dancing enjoy fun excitement,passive lonely lazy outdoor activities,Use the following sentence patterns and the words or phrases from Task 1 to talk about the pictures on Page 66.,A.Some while others,B.Unlike,Speaking,Task 2,Sample Sentences:,Some people like spending some time in a bar while others prefer watching TV at home.,Unlike outdoor activities,watching TV provides passive entertainment.,Work in pairs.Take turns asking your partner the following questions and make notes.Organize your notes and report to the class using the given paragraph as a model.,Speaking,Task 3,Is age an important factor in the entertainment choices?Why or why not?,What do you usually do for fun?,What are the advantages and disadvantages of outdoor entertainment?,Model Report,Toms grandpa is 70,but he is still looking for active,entertainment.Unlike most,people his age who spend most of their time watching TV,he loves all kinds of,outdoor activities,from looking around in a crowded shopping mall to cheering,for his favorite football team in the stadium,and from fishing by the lake to,taking a walk in the woods with his dog.He simply cannot stop moving about.,Recently,he has found something more excitingdancing,which he has,n,ever been good at all his life.,Reading A,Task 2 Text,Couch Potato,I,f I had the ability to change one thing about American society,my,d,ecision would not,be a difficult one.I would,ban,television.,Reading A,Task 2 Text,I grew up a couch potato.I owned several couch potato manuals,and can still clearly,recall,some suggestions,outlined,within.I mention these because,looking back,it seems I hardly read anything else at allI watched TV almost seven hours a day.,Reading A,Task 2 Text,There are so many good reasons for you to be a couch potato.Television is good before-breakfast entertainment.Television is good after-school entertainment.Television is good before-bed entertainment.Everybody watches it,so you have to watch it too in order to talk about it with friends.Otherwise you cannot say a word,which makes you look like an idiot.,Reading A,Task 2 Text,But when I stopped watching television completely several months ago,I found that I had become a more reflective person,simply because I had more time to think.Television had stopped,stuffing,its ideas into my head.I was,pondering,my childhood,and,to my dismay,I found that it could be,summed up,adequately in one sentence:“I watched a lot of TV.”And I wasted too much of my youth that I cannot have back.I will never be more imaginative,vigorous than I was in my childhood.,Reading A,Task 2 Text,One of my older brothers,Andrew,hasnt owned a television since he entered college,four years ago.I always thought this was ridiculous.How boring life would be without a,TV!He always suggested that I,quit,watching,but I,declined,explaining I watched just,four hours a day.,Reading A,Task 2 Text,Last summer I enrolled in the university and studied Japanese.I had no television in,my apartment,so I spent my leisure time reading,doing homework,or working in a mall,as a cashier.The most amazing thing I found was,the world did not end,.Nothing changed.,I didnt,miss out,any news items.,If anything,I was more relaxed,.,Reading A,Task 2 Text,Late in my stay,I got a roommate.John had driven from Minnesota to Alaska for,a job in Denali National Park.When he got there he found it was not as desirable as he,expected.He,applied for,another job as a waiter at a local restaurant.When it,fell through,again,he became frustrated and an out-and-out couch potato.Most often he found TV,programs boring,but he would keep changing channels.When I returned from my job,I,would see him watching television for hours,on,end,.I wanted to shout at him“Get out of,here and do something!”,Reading A,Task 2 Text,I know I couldnt,talk him into stopping,being a couch potato.There are so many of,them.I realized I had some reasons of my own to do research on,the subject of television.,Reading A,Task 2 Text,Now I can totally resist the temptation of TV no matter how marvelous the programs are,and Im entering into a new stage of life.In the meantime,Id hope that all couch potatoes would turn off their TV.But I fear that with the progress of“Nintendo”and“Sega”home video games,Im not going to be the last person in this country to,idle away,the best years of life sitting passively in front of a television.,Reading A,电视懒虫,如果我有能力为美国社会带来一点变化,做决定并不困难。我会取缔电视。,Text,Reading A,我从小就是个电视懒虫,有过几本电视懒虫指南,现在我还能清楚地回忆起其中列出的一些建议。我之所以提及这些,是因为回想起来,我似乎根本就没读过其他东西,每天我要看大约,7,个小时的电视。,Text,Reading A,成为电视懒虫有许多理由。看电视是很好的早餐前娱乐,看电视是很好的放学后娱乐,看电视还是很好的睡前娱乐。人人都看,所以你也得看,这样才能与朋友交谈。不然的话,在朋友面前你插不上话,这会让你看起来像个傻瓜。,A-Trans-3,Text,Reading A,但是几个月前我彻底不看电视了,结果我发现自己变成了一个更勤于思考的人,就是因为我有更多的时间去思考了。电视再不能把它的思想塞进我的脑子里。反思我的童年,让我惊讶的是,我发现用一句话就足以概括我的童年:“我看了许多电视。”而且,我浪费了太多的青春时光,再也不能追回了。我再也不会像孩童时代那样富有想象力和充满活力了。,A-Trans-4,Text,Reading A,我的哥哥安德鲁,自从,4,年前读大学起就一直不看电视。我过去总认为这很荒唐。没有电视的生活将是多么无聊乏味!他总是建议我不要再看电视。但我拒绝了,我解释说我一天只看,4,小时。,A-Trans-3,Text,Reading A,去年夏天我上了大学,学习日文。公寓里没有电视,因此,空暇时间里我读书、做功课或去超市做收银员。最让我惊奇的是,我发现天并没有塌下来,什么都没改变,我也没有错过任何新闻。要说有什么变化,那就是我变得更放松了。,A-Trans-3,Text,Reading A,在搬出公寓前不久,我有了一个室友约翰。为了德纳里峰国家公园的一份工作,他从明尼苏达开车来到阿拉斯加。可当他到了那儿,却发现那工作并不如意。后来他去当地一家餐馆应聘服务员,但又没成功。于是他变得十分沮丧,成了一个彻头彻尾的电视懒虫。大部分时候,他都觉得电视节目枯燥无味,但他会不停地更换频道。我下班回来,总是发现他在看电视,而且一看就是好几个小时。我真想对他吼一声:“出去做点事,好不好!”,A-Trans-3,Text,Reading A,我知道自己不可能说服他不泡电视。这样的人太多了。我知道自己有理由来研究一下电视问题,。,A-Trans-3,Text,Reading A,现在无论电视节目有多精彩,我都能完全抵挡住它的诱惑。我正迈入一个新的生活阶段。同时,我希望所有的电视懒虫都能关掉电视。但是我担心,随着“任天堂”和“世嘉”家庭电视游戏的发展,在这个国家中我不会是最后一个被动地坐在电视机前虚度黄金岁月的人。,A-Trans-3,Text,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,v.,to forbid,esp.by law,ban,e.g.,The new military government has,banned,strikes and demonstrations.,tackle,Jack has been,banned,from driving for a year.,Translation,杰克被禁止开车一年。,Text,v.,to bring(something/somebody)back into the mind,recall,e.g.,She,recalled,that he left early.,tackle,Translation,你能回忆起昨晚发生什么事儿么?,Can you,recall,what happened last night?,Text,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,v.,to give a short general description of(something),outline,e.g.,We,outlined,our main objections to the proposal.,tackle,The new monitor,outlined,his responsibilities.,Translation,新班长概述了他的职责。,Text,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,v.,to fill something tightly with something else,stuff,e.g.,He,stuffed,the shoe with newspapers.,tackle,Translation,在她床底下,他们找到了一个装满了钱的袋子。,Text,Under her bed,they found a bag,stuffed,with money.,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,v.,to spend time thinking carefully and seriously about a,problem,or a difficult question,ponder,e.g.,Theyre,pondering,moving their offices outside London.,tackle,He continued to,ponder,the problem as he walked home.,Translation,他走回家时一路在考虑这个问题。,Text,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,causing fear and hopelessness,to ones dismay,e.g.,To their dismay,the factory has been closed.,tackle,To,her dismay,the exam was a month earlier.,Translation,让她害怕的是,考试提前了一个月。,Text,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,to give a statement of the main points of(a report,a speech,a trial,etc.),sum up,e.g.,The last section,sums up,all the arguments on their,side.,tackle,Translation,在最后一段,总结你的文章。,In your final paragraph,sum up,your article.,Text,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,quit,tackle,Text,v.,to stop(doing something)and leave,e.g.,Ive,quit,my job because I cant put up with my,boss any more.,Translation,我希望你能停止抱怨。,I wish youd,quit,complaining.,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,v.,to refuse something offered,usually politely,decline,tackle,e.g.,I invited,her to join us,but she,declined,.,Translation,我邀请他来开会,但是他拒绝了。,I invited him to the meeting but he,declined,.,Text,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,it was not the end of the world,the world did not end,e.g.,The world will not end,if you fail an exam.,.,tackle,Translation,就算她拒绝你,也不会是世界末日。,Even if she refuses you,the world will not end,.,Text,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,to fail to include,miss out,e.g.,His account of the accident,misses out,one or two important points.,tackle,Translation,你做菜的时候,把奶酪忘掉了。,When you were cooking,you,missed out,the cheese.,.,Text,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,If there were anything changed,it would be that I became,more relaxed,after I quit watching television.,If anything,I was more relaxed,tackle,Text,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,to request something,esp.officially and in writing,apply for,tackle,Text,e.g.,I,made up my mind to,apply for,a scholarship.,She,applied for,a job in the local newspaper.,Translation,她申请了一份在当地报社的工作。,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,to fail to be completed;to come to nothing,fall through,tackle,Translation,总而言之,整个计划完全失败了。,In a word,the whole plan,fell through,.,Text,e.g.,Our holiday plans,fell through,because of transport,strikes.,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,a.,continuously,on end,e.g.,They argued for two hours,on end,.,tackle,Translation,接连下了四个星期的雨。,It rained for four weeks,on end,.,Text,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,to persuade somebody to do something,talk somebody into doing something,e.g.,He,talked,his father,into,lending him the car.,tackle,Translation,他们劝我和他们一起去游泳。,They,talked,me,into,going swimming with them.,Text,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,to waste(time)doing nothing,idle away,tackle,Text,e.g.,We,idled away,the whole afternoon on the beach.,Translation,他没有虚度整个假期。,He did not,idle away,his entire vacation.,Reading A,Task 2,Language Points,Reading A,Task 3,Read the passage again and fill in the following table.,Writers Experience with TV,While Being a Couch,Potato,After Quitting Watching TV,The Writer Grew Up a Couch Potato,Watched TV seven hours a day.,Hardly read anything,else at all.,Reasons,TV is good entertainment.,Attitudes Toward,Andrew,Ridiculous for not owning,a TV.,How boring.,Findings,Feelings,Attitudes,Toward John,The world did not end.,Nothing changed.,Became a more reflective person.,Wasted too much of youth.,(regretful),More relaxed.,Entering into a new stage of life.,Wanted to shout at him,.,Everybody watches it.,Had more time to think.,Reading A,Task 4,Fill in the blanks with words or phrases from the reading on Page 69 according to the,meaning in the column on the right.The first letters are already given.Then compare,with your partner.,request something,esp.in writing,bring something/somebody back into mind,fill something tightly with something else,upset or discourage,stop something or doing something,succeed in not giving in to,give a short description of something,do nothing;waste time,give a brief statement of the main points of something,fail to include something/somebody in,pply,ecall,tuff,rustrate,uit,esist,utline,dle away,um up,iss out,a _,r,_,s,_,f,_,q,_,r,_,o,_,i,_ _,s,_ _,m,_ _,Reading A,Task 5,Complete the following sentences with words or phrases from Task 4.Change forms if necessary.,1.At the meeting the director _ a five-point program for reconstruction.,2.Mary is thinking of _to that famous company for a post.,3.He found it hard to _ the temptation to smoke a cigarette.,4.Joan was _ by the lack of praise given to her work.,5.Some residents were cutting the grass,washing their cars to _ a pleasant,sunny day.,o,utlined,applying,resist,frustrated,idle away,Reading A,Task 5,Complete the following sentences with words or phrases from Task 4.Change forms if necessary.,6.This medicine can help people _ smoking without putting on weight.,7.When the teacher was giving the children sweets,she _Tom and Christine.,8.Though I used to go to Mr.Browns,surprisingly,I cant _ where he lives now.,9.The children are _ some tree branches down the hole to drive out the rabbit.,10.It is really hard for me to _ their suggestions in a few words.,sum up,missed out,stuffing,recall,quit,Reading A,Task 6,Complete the following sentences using the following words or phrases plus something of your own.,1.It rained heavily and our plan for a picnic _ so _.,2.The news that we had to work overtime during the holiday _,everyone for_.,3.I cant _ your name but _.,4.The most important thing for you to do now is to _ a job so that,_.,5.At the end of the discussion,he _ what others had said,and,_.,fell through,we had to turn to some indoor activities,frustrated,we had planned to travel abroad and had already booked tickets.,recall,Im sure I have seen you somewhere before,apply for,you can possibly make a living by yourself,summed up,added a few points,recall frustrate apply for sum up fall through,Reading A,Task 7,Rewrite the following sentences after the models.,they,the children,tell the truth(frighten),_,2.the girl,her father,give up smoking(persuade),_,They frightened the children into telling the,truth.,The girl persuaded her father into giving up,smoking.,Model 1:,I couldnt,him,stop being a couch potato(talk),I couldnt,talk,him,into,stopping being a couch potato.,Reading A,Task 7,Rewrite the following sentences after the models.,3.the government,the foreign spy,leave the country immediately(force),_,4.their serious criticism,her,realize her selfishness(shock),_,5.he,her,marry him by pretending that he was the son of a millionaire(trick),_,_,The government forced the foreign spy into,leaving the country,immediately.,Their serious criticism shocked her into,realizing her selfishness.,He tricked her into marrying him by pretending,that he was the son of,a millionaire.,Model 1:,I couldnt,him,stop being a couch potato(talk),I couldnt,talk,him,into,stopping being a couch potato.,Reading A,Task 7,Rewrite the following sentences after the models.,1.Im satisfied that his statement is correct.,_,2.He was overjoyed that his uncle gave him such a beautiful present.,_,To his great joy,his uncle gave him such a,beautiful present.,To my satisfaction,his statement is correct.,Model 2:,I was dismayed to find that my childhood could be summed up adequately in one sentence.,To my dismay,my childhood could be summed up adequately in,one sentence.,Reading A,Task 7,Rewrite the following sentences after the models.,3.He is delighted to know that his novel was accepted by the publishing house.,_,4.The scientists were surprised to know that some animals can create their own language.,_,5.The students were disappointed that the books they needed were sold out at the bookstore.,_,_,To his delight,his novel was accepted by the,publishing house.,To the scientists surprise,some animals can,create their own language.,To the students disappointment,the books,they needed were sold out,at the,bookstore.,Model 2:,I was dismayed to find that my childhood could be summed up adequately in one sentence.,To my dismay,my childhood could be summed up adequately in,one sentence.,Reading A,Task 8,Translate the following sentences into English paying attention to the highlighted parts.,
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