1、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,Intensive,Study,Practice,Unit 3,COMMUNICATION,by PHONE,Session 2,Lead in,PassageI,ForConversationPress#1,Session2,A 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 satellit
2、es.,Other expressions of a cell phone.,a.a cellular phone/telephone,b.a mobile phone/telephone,c.a handset,Lead in,ATM,自动取款机,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 p
3、laces,to pay for gas,groceries,and other things.,Lead in,A Voice Mail,有声邮件,A voice mail is a telephone answering system on which,spoken message are left by one person for another.,Lead in,1.What are the advantages of the cell phone?,2.What are the advantages of the e-mail and voice mail?,Warm-up Que
4、stions,Lead in,Intensive Study,1.Questions for Group Discussion,2.Analysis of the Text,3.Word Study,4.Sentence Structure,1.Why does the author feel lonely with a cell phone,e-mail and voice mail in hand?,Questions for Group Discussion,2.Why does the author feel he is invisible and absent,from his co
5、nversation with his friend?,3.Why do people think cell phones are preferable to,human contact?,4.What are the advantages of the e-mail and voice mail,according to the author?,5.Whats the consequence brought about by the,communications technology?,6.Whats the authors attitude towards the,communicatio
6、ns revolution?,Reference,1.Why does the author feel lonely with a cell,phone,e-mail and voice mail in hand?,Questions for Group Discussion,Because people stop talking face to face to one another.,2.Why does the author feel he is invisible and,absent from his conversation with his friend?,Because his
7、 friend was busy talking on the phone,completely forgetting his presence.,3.Why do people think cell phones are,preferable to human contact?,Because they can be used anywhere and anytime.,4.What are the advantages of the e-mail and,voice mail according to the author?,Questions for Group Discussion,W
8、ith e-mail,we can communicate without seeing or talking to one another;and with voice mail,we can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone.,5.Whats the consequence brought about by,the communications technology?,People lose their intimacy of interaction.,6.Whats the authors attitude
9、 towards the,communications revolution?,He thinks its great,but worries about its unintended consequences,Division,Main idea,Part 1:,Para 1-2,Part 2:,Para 3-10,Part 3:,Para.11,Analysis of the text,Communication revolution leads to,loneliness.,Examples to illustrate the point above.,Telling people to
10、 use the communication,devices wisely.,For Conversation Press#1,Para.1,Ive got a cell phone,email and voice mail.But why am I so,lonely,?,Para.2,A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution:we stopped talking to one another.,Para.3,I was walking in the park with a friend,recent
11、ly,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.,1,2,3,Text,For Conversation Press#1,Para.4,The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones.They were passing other
12、 people without looking at them,saying hello,noticing their babies or stopping to pet their puppies.,Evidently,the untethered electronic voice is,preferable,to human contact.,Para.5,The telephone used to,connect,you to the absent.Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent.Recently I was in
13、a car with three friends.The driver hushed 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.,4,Text,For Conversation Press
14、1,Para.6,Why is it that the more connected we get,the more disconnected I feel?Every,advance,in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction.With email and instant messaging over the Internet,we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.With voice-m
15、ail,you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone.If my mom has a question,I just leave the answer on her machine.,Para.7,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 an
16、other person any more.Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.,6,5,Text,For Conversation Press#1,Para.8,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?,Para.9,Making a,deposi
17、t,at the bank?Why talk to a clerk who might live in the neighborhood when you can just,insert,your card into the ATM?,Para.10,Pretty soon you wont have the burden of making eye contact at the grocery store.Some supermarket,chains,are using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out,avoiding those
18、annoying clerks who look at you and ask how you are doing.,9,7,8,Text,For Conversation Press#1,Para.11,I 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,
19、that make me cringe.,12,10,11,Text,Word Study,lonely,a.alone and feeling sad,lonesome,孤独的,寂寞的,FOR EXAMPLE:,Without friends,Selena felt,lonely,in the city she had just arrived in.,I shall have a companion in the house after all these,lonely,years.,He felt,lonely,when his best friend moved to anther p
20、lace.,Word Study,recently,ad.not too long ago;starting not too long ago and still,going on,(syn.)currently,最近;近来,FOR EXAMPLE:,I saw my friends,recently,;we had dinner together last week.,Recently,my brother has been working on his masters degree,at the university.,Ive only,recently,begun to learn Ge
21、rman.,Word Study,evidently,ad.as it appears,seemingly,(syn.)apparently,明显,显然,FOR EXAMPLE:,Mr.Lowenberg,evidently,regarded this as a great joke.,From the warm temperature and abundant flowers,it is,evidently,spring here.,Evidently,your sister was sensitive on the topic of operations.,Word Study,prefe
22、rable,a.better or more suitable,to be preferred,更可取的;更好的,FOR EXAMPLE:,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,preferable.,Word Study,connect,v.to attach,join together;to reach sb.by t
23、elephone,连接,接通,FOR EXAMPLE:,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.,Word Study,unable,a.not able,incapable;,不能的,不会的,FOR EXAMPLE:,I am,unable,to cycle to school because my bicycle is brok
24、en.,He is,unable,to walk because of a bad ankle.,He is,unable,to do the job for lack,of experience.,Word Study,advance,n.an improvement,(syn.)a breakthrough,前进,进展,FOR EXAMPLE:,There have been great,advances,in medicine in the last 50 years.,This model is a great,advance,on previous ones.,Under this
25、system popular science education made great,advances,.,in advance of,:more highly developed,Their training facilities are far,in advance of,anything we have.,in advance,:ahead of time,Everything had been fixed,in advance,.,Word Study,deposit,v.to place sth.valuable,such as money,in a bank or brokera
26、ge account;to place valuables for safekeeping,存放,存储,FOR EXAMPLE:,Sam,deposited,ten dollars in his savings account.,Mrs.Heckler,deposited,her jewelry in a safe.,n.a partial payment to hold goods or property until the buyer makes complete payment,定钱,押金,FOR EXAMPLE:,She left a,deposit,on the coat.,Word
27、 Study,insert,v.to put sth.into,between,or among,插入,嵌入,FOR EXAMPLE:,The old lady carefully,inserted,the letter into an envelope carefully.,The professor,inserted,a comment in the margin.,A film of oil is,inserted,between the sliding,surfaces of a bearing.,Word Study,chain,n.a series of related thing
28、s or events;a group of stores,restaurants,一连串;连锁店,FOR EXAMPLE:,The kings murder started a,chain,of events,that led to a war.,That bookstore is part of a,chain,;you can find,the chain stores in cities all over the country.,Word Study,account,n.money kept in a bank for present or,future use,帐;帐户,FOR E
29、XAMPLE:,I have a checking,account,at Metropolitan Bank.,The,accounts,were perfectly in order.,He opened an,account,at my bank in your name.,Word Study,consequence,n.the result of doing sth.,结果,后果,FOR EXAMPLE:,He drank heavily and died as a,consequence,.,Im quite willing to accept the,consequence,.,H
30、e does not consider the,consequences,.,For Conversation Press#1,Para.1,Ive got a cell phone,email and voice mail.But why am I so lonely?,Para.2,A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution:we stopped talking to one another.,Para.3,I was walking in the park with a friend recentl
31、y,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.,1,2,3,1 For Conversation Press#1(Title),Analysis,:In this sentence,for,means,with the purpose of,.,Press#1,is in imperative mood
32、stands for,No,.,therefore,#1 is read as No.1.,Translation,:,通话按号键,Example,:For redialing,press the#key.,Text,For Conversation Press#1,Para.1,Ive got a cell phone,email and voice mail.But why am I so lonely?,Para.2,A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution:we stopped talkin
33、g to one another.,Para.3,I was walking in the park with a friend recently,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.,1,2,3,2.I was walking in the park with a friend recently
34、and his cell phone,rang,interrupting 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
35、 slightly.,Text,For Conversation Press#1,Para.1,Ive got a cell phone,email and voice mail.But why am I so lonely?,Para.2,A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution:we stopped talking to one another.,Para.3,I was walking in the park with a friend recently,and his cell phone ra
36、ng,interrupting our conversation.There they were,talking and talking on a beautifully sunny day and I became invisible,absent from the conversation.,1,2,3,3.There they were,talking and talking on a beautifully sunny,day and I became invisible,absent from the conversation.(Para.3),Analysis,:,Talking
37、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,而我却被冷,落,成了谈话的局外人,.,Example,:Marta sat in the armchair,reading a magazine.,Text,For Conversation Press#1,Para.4,The park was filled with people talki
38、ng on their cell phones.They were passing other people without looking at them,saying hello,noticing their babies or stopping to pet their puppies.Evidently,the untethered electronic voice is preferable to human contact.,Para.5,The telephone used to connect you to the absent.Now it makes people sitt
39、ing next to you feel absent.Recently I was in a car with three friends.The driver hushed 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 commu
40、nication easier.,4,4.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 the logical subject of,zooming on the,h
41、ighway,.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艺儿而不能互相交谈,.,Example,:My room is on the fourth floor,
42、its window overlooking the,beach.,Trucks and buses were driven on gas carried in large bags,on the roof.,Text,For Conversation Press#1,Para.6,Why is it that the more connected we get,the more disconnected I feel?Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interac
43、tion.With email 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.If my mom has a question,I just leave the answer on her machine.,Para.7,As almost every conceivabl
44、e 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 automated.,6,5,5.Why is it that the more connected we get,the more,disconnected I feel?(Para.6),Analys
45、is,:In this sentence,the antecedent,it,stands for the,subject that-clause(,that,the more connected we get,the,more disconnected I feel,),where the comparativestructure 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 s
46、o much?,Text,For Conversation Press#1,Para.6,Why is it that the more connected we get,the more disconnected I feel?Every advance in communications technology is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction.With email and instant messaging over the Internet,we can now communicate without seeing or
47、talking to one another.With voice-mail,you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone.If my mom has a question,I just leave the answer on her machine.,Para.7,As almost every conceivable contact between human beings gets automated,the alienation index goes up.You cant even call a p
48、erson to get the phone number of another person any more.Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.,6,5,6.As almost every conceivable contact between human,beings gets automated,the alienation index goes up.(Para.7),Analysis,:As is a conjunction,meaning,at the same time that,.,Translatio
49、n,:,随着人们之间几乎每一种联系都变得自动化起来,疏远,的指数就上升,.,Example,:They smiled as their eyes met.,As he entered,the hall burst into thunderous applause.,Text,For Conversation Press#1,Para.8,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
50、 the bother of human contact?,Para.9,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?,Para.10,Pretty soon you wont have the burden of making eye contact at the grocery store.Some supermarket chains are using a self-s






