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2、式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,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,*,*,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,*,*,Section B,2,5,UNIT,A$3,000 dictionary,To master the reading skill,To understand the text,To practice the phrases and patterns,To learn about,speech,writing,Objectives,The money game,Warm
3、ing-up,Reading Skills,Text Study,Comparative Study,Contents,Unit Project,A$3,000 dictionary,B,S,ection,Warming-up,Lead-in,Background Information,A$3,000 dictionary,B,S,ection,Video Watching,1.What does the“Magic 25”mean in the video?,Tips,Tips,2.According to the speaker,what are the“No-Nos”,when usi
4、ng credit cards?,Back,Purchas,Tips,1.What does the“magic 25”mean in the video?,over 25$,under 25$,Get a new card,Pay for cash,Know exactly how much you spend,Say no to cash advance;,Dont pay late;,Because of fees;,Pay off your card;,Dont make just the minimum payment;,Dont forget check credit report
5、2.According to the speaker,what are the“No-Nos”,when using credit cards?,Tips,1.What is a credit card?,2.What is credit limit?,3.What is credit card debt?,Tips,Tips,Tips,1.What is a credit card?,Tips,A credit card is a standard-sizeplastictoken,with amagnetic stripethatholdsamachine readablecode.C
6、redit cards are a convenient substitute forcashor check,and an essentialcomponentofelectronic commerceandinternet commerce.Cardholders normally must pay for credit cardpurchaseswithin 30daysof purchase to avoidinterestand/orpenalties.,2.What is credit limit?,Tips,Holders of a validcredit cardhave th
7、e authorization to purchase goods and services up to a predetermined amount,called acredit limit.,3.What is credit card debt?,Tips,Debt results when a credit card holder purchases an item or service through the card system.Debt accumulates and its sum increases via interest and penalties when the ho
8、lder does not pay the company for the money he or she has spent.The results of not paying this debt on time are that the company will charge a late payment penalty(generally in the US from$10 to$40).,Reading Skills,Presentation of the Skill,Reading Skill Practice,A$3,000 dictionary,B,S,ection,Denota
9、tion,is the literal meaning of a word,the one we find in a dictionary.,Connotation,on the other hand,is the implied meaning of a word,the one a word suggests to us,or what it makes us feel or think.Connotation contains the emotional implications and associations that a word may carry.,Denotation and
10、 Connotation,Example 1,Heres another familiar example:If we dont pay our credit card bill on time,we get demanding,nasty emails from the credit card company saying something like:“Your failure to pay is unacceptable.Pay immediately or youll be in trouble!”,(Text A,Para.2),Denotation:,extremely unkin
11、d or unfriendly,Connotation:,The word implies that these unpleasant emails sent by the credit card company are disgusting and make people feel angry and annoyed.,Denotation and Connotation,Example 2,Advertisements invade our daily lives.We are constantly surrounded by the message to spend,spend,spen
12、d.,(,Text A,Para.4),Denotation:,go into a place in large numbers,Connotation:,It connotes a sense of forcefulness and it also has an implied meaning of being overwhelming,resented and unwanted.,Denotation and Connotation,Read the following sentences from Text B and pay close attention to the underli
13、ned words.Write the denotation of each word and its connotation.Check the context for clues.The first one has been done for you.,Denotation and Connotation,Practice,Denotation and Connotation,1.,After all,a major feature of college life is limited finances.Free stuff is like,gold,and I felt entitled
14、 to my share!(Para.1),Denotation:,a valuable soft yellow metal that is used to make coins,jewelry,etc.,Connotation:,It implies how anxious the author was to get something free.He felt so excited about it,as if he had found gold.,Denotation and Connotation,2.,I moved closer to,scout out,the situation
15、Para.2),3.,To my sheer amazement,plastic,freedom,made its way into my mailbox a few weeks later.(Para.3),4.,With my,artificial,sense of security,I bought a guitar,a fishing rod and a hunting rifle,long-stem roses for my girlfriend,a brand-new wardrobe,a sophisticated new calculator,and countless o
16、ther trifles I felt I“absolutely needed”.(Para.4),5.,Friends would call and invite me for dinner,but my finances would prohibit any expenses,so Id decline every time.I would,manufacture,excuses for why I always said“No”to their offers.(Para.7),Denotation and Connotation,6,.A simple matter of credit
17、card debt caused me to drive everything I cared about from my life.I felt emotionally,crippled,and financially bankrupt!(Para.7),7,.I,choked,on every word,and I hesitated on,the number.I felt physical pain when I looked,her in the eye.(Para.8),8,.If this does not change,many students,like,myself,wil
18、l suffer the consequences of the,illusion,of a seemingly free but staggeringly,expensive$3,000 dictionary.(Para.10),Text Study,Text Comprehension,Language Focus,Critical Thinking,A$3,000 dictionary,B,S,ection,1.Why did the author feel entitled to his share of the free stuff?,(Para.1),2.Why did he co
19、mplete the form and submit it at last?(Para.2),3.Why was he so surprised when he received a credit card?,(Para.3),4.Why did he buy more things he felt he absolutely needed?,(Para.4),5.Why did he feel that he was letting his parents down?(Para.6),6.Why did he feel that he was emotionally crippled?(Pa
20、ra.7),7.Why did he say it was torture to explain his credit card debt to his mom?(Para.8),8.According to the author,what is the intent and purpose of credit card companies?(Para.10),Because a major feature of college life is limited finances and free stuff is like gold.,1.Listen to Para.1 and answer
21、 the following question.,Q:,Why did the author feel entitled to his share of the,free stuff?,Tips,2.,Why did he complete the form and submit it at last?,(Para.2),Tips,He thought he wouldnt be qualified for the credit card anyway.,With the confidence that a probe of my finances would reveal the sheer
22、 weakness of my profile,I completed the form and submitted it.,原句:,I moved closer to scout out the situation.In my mind,I heard my mother issue her famous line:“There is no such thing as free stuff!”,as the student behind the table urged me to receive a brand-new dictionary.,(Para.2,L1),解释,:,At firs
23、t,he remembered what his mom had said and didnt believe that there was something free in this world.However,he just couldnt resist the temptation of a free dictionary in the end.,译文:,我走近前去察看详情。当桌子背后的那位学生怂恿,我去领一本免费的全新的字典时,我的脑海里仿佛听,到了母亲的那句名言:“世上绝没有免费的东西。”,3.,Why was he so surprised when he received a
24、credit,card?(Para.3),Tips,A.He was not interested in getting it.,B.He was rather weak financially.,C.He just started with a part-time job.,D.He was used to cash but not credit cards.,Choose the best answer to the question.,4.,Why did he buy more things he felt he absolutely,needed?(Para.4),Tips,Soon
25、however,I began to buy things that I wanted.With my _,I bought a _,a _ and a _,_ for my girlfriend,a brand-new _,a sophisticated new _,and countless other trifles I felt I“absolutely needed”.,artificial sense of security,guitar,fishing rod,hunting rifle,long-stem roses,wardrobe,calculator,Because h
26、e didnt live up to his parents,expectations.,5.,Why did he feel that he was letting his parents down?,(Para.6),Tips,原句,:,Making matters worse,I lost one part-time job and with it my output of funds grew ever smaller,like those now long-dead roses.,(Para.5,L1),解释,:,What made things even worse was I l
27、ost one of my two part-time jobs,and because of this the money available to me became more limited than before;just like the roses I had sent to my girlfriend,my money had withered away.,译文:,更糟的是,我失去了一份兼职工作,这样我能,使用的资金就如那些凋零的玫瑰一样,越来越少。,6.,Why did he feel that he was emotionally crippled?,(Para.7),Tip
28、s,A.Everything he cared was taken away from,his life.,B.His friends would turn down all his,invitations.,C.No one wanted to make friends with him.,D.His mom wouldnt care about his financial,situation.,Choose the best answer to the question.,原句,:,I would,manufacture,excuses for why I always said“No”t
29、o their offers.My dirty little secret began to,tear at,my emotional stability.,(Para.7,L3),解释,:,I would invent excuses for not accepting my friends offers.My dishonest little secret began to shake my emotional stability.,译文:,我会编造借口来解释为什么我对他们的提议总是,说“不”。我那见不得人的小秘密开始扰乱我稳,定的情绪。,编造(虚假情况、借口等),撕扯,Because h
30、e realized his financial situation,was a nightmare for his mom.,7.,Listen to Para.8 and answer the following question.,Q:Why did he say it was torture to explain his credit card,debt to his mom?(Para.8),Tips,译文:,是到解决问题的时候了。在那一刻,我觉得我给生活,带来的消极面开始消散。,原句,:,The time had come to move toward a solution.At
31、that moment,I felt the,negativity,I had,brought into,my life began to dissolve.,(Para.8,L6),解释,:,It was time to solve my financial problem.Only at that moment did I feel that the negative effect on my life began to melt away.,消极性,使处于(某种情形),8.,According to the author,what is the intent and purpose,of
32、 credit card companies?(Para.10),Tips,The intent and purpose of credit card companies is,to profit from students accumulated debts.,A$3,000 Dictionary,Once the author completed a credit card,application,he was told would receive a _,dictionary.The plastic freedom_,into his mailbox a few weeks later.
33、His first,purchases were_.Soon,he began to buy,things that he wanted and accumulate_.,Whats worse,he lost one_.The,gravity of credit card debt crisis had left him in,_.He felt he owed his parents more,free,made its way,tame,debt,part time job,despair,than he could imagine.He began to _,in many activ
34、ities.After graduation,he explained,the financial distress to his mother and felt physical,_ when looked her in the eye.Recently he,learned that many students fall to the _,of easily accessible credit cards.Finally the author,pointed that the _ must,become more severe,and college campuses,should be
35、free of _.Be-,cause “There is no such thing as _!”.,lose interest,pain,temptation,screening procedures,credit card marketers,free stuff,Practical Phrases,Specific,Meanings,1.be/feel entitled to(do)sth.,使某人有权利做某事,2.urge sb.to do sth.,催促(某人)做某事,3.filter out,滤除(不需要的文,字、信息等),4.let sb./sth.down,使失望,5.shr
36、ug off,对,满不在乎,6.tear,at,撕扯,7.bring sb./sth.into,使处于(某种情形),8.access to,进入权;使用权;接触,的机会,使某人有权利做某事,(,beentitledto/paid holiday,),Every worker will,beentitledto,four weeks paid holiday a year.,be/feel entitled to(do)sth.,短语逆译,短语应用,每位工人每年都能享受,4,周的带薪休假。,意群提示,催促(某人)做某事,urge sb.to do sth.,短语逆译,(,minister/tak
37、es the floor/denounce/constitutional rule,),Minister takes the floor to denounce the people who,urgehim to suspend,constitutional rule.,短语应用,部长会上发言谴责催促他停止宪制的人们。,意群提示,滤除(不需要的文字、信息等),(,filterout/UV,(Ultraviolet Rays,),Children should have glasses which,filterout,UV,(,Ultraviolet Rays,)rays.,filter out
38、短语逆译,短语应用,儿童应该戴上滤除紫外线的眼镜。,意群提示,使失望,(,excessively/plot/let sb.down,),Sadly,the excessively simple plot of the film,let,all of us,down,.,let sb./sth.down,短语逆译,短语应用,遗憾的是,过于简单的电影情节让我们所有人都感到失望。,意群提示,对,满不在乎,(,shrug off/hit,),Themiddle class may,shrug off,rising food prices,but the poor are being hit hard
39、er.,shrug off,短语逆译,短语应用,中产阶级对于食品涨价也许只是耸耸肩而已,但对于穷人来说却是沉重的打击。,意群提示,撕扯,(,hunting dogs/tearat/flesh,),African hunting dogs will,tearat,the flesh of their victim until it is weak.,tear at,短语逆译,短语应用,非洲猎狗会撕咬猎物的皮肉,直到它变得虚弱不堪。,意群提示,使处于(某种情形),(,behavior/bring sth.Into/disrepute,),The players behavior on the fi
40、eld is likely to,bring,the game,into,disrepute.,bring sb./sth.into,短语逆译,短语应用,球员在赛场上的表现很可能使这场比赛臭名远扬。,意群提示,进入权;使用权;接触的机会,(,TV reporter/fence/restrict/,access to,),Villagers told these TV reporters that the fence would restrict public,access to,the hills.,access to,短语逆译,短语应用,村民们告诉那些电视台记者这个围栏将限制公众进入山区。,
41、意群提示,Functional,Patterns,Functions&Usages,1.sb./sth.does sth.,as sb.does,sth.,用于表达“某人做某事时,发生了能够影响其决定的事”,。,2.With the confidence/anticipation/,satisfaction/hesitation that,sb.,does,用于表示“某人带着自信、期待、满意、迟疑等心情或感情做某事”。,3.It had been several,years/,a,couple of weeks,/a few days,since sb./sth.did sth.,so sb,
42、does,but,用于表达“由于时间关系,某人认为能够做某事,可结果却出乎意料之外”。,当,桌子背后的那位学生怂恿我去领一本免费的全新的字典时,,我,的脑海里仿佛听到了母亲的那句名言:“世上绝没有免费的东西。,原句译文,逆译练习,In my mind,I heard,my mother issue her famous line:“There is no such thing as free stuff!”,as,the student behind the table urged me to receive a brand-new dictionary.(Para.2),句型提炼,sb./s
43、th.does sth.,as sb.does sth.,句型提炼,应用提示,用于表达,“某人做某事时,发生了能够影,响其决定的事”,。,句型应用,(,motherland/bychance/dilemma,),He saw,the photos of his beautifulmotherland bychance,as he faced with,the dilemma of whether or not to return to his country.,典型例句,当决定要不要回国,进退两难时,他无意间看到了自己美丽祖国的照片。,意群提示,我确信,对我财产状况的调查会曝露我在财务上的不足
44、所以,我填了表格,并把它交了。,原句译文,逆译练习,With the confidence that,a probe of my finances would reveal the sheer weakness of my profile,I completed,the form and submitted it.(Para.5),句型提炼,With the confidence/anticipation/satisfaction/hesitation that,sb.does,句型提炼,应用提示,用于表达,“某人带着自信、期待、满意、迟疑等心情或感情做某事”,。,句型应用,(,With
45、the confidence that/,competition,/,peacefully,),With the confidence that,he could win the competition,easily,he,closed his eyes and,went tosleeppeacefully,.,典型例句,他确信能够轻而易举地赢得这次比赛,于是闭上眼睛,安然入睡。,意群提示,我那可怕的金钱问题从开始至今,已好几年了,,,所以我以为,伤口愈合得相当不错了,,但是,当我向母亲解释我的信用卡债务时,对自己的厌恶感和所感到的尴尬合并成一种折磨。,原句译文,逆译练习,It had bee
46、n several years since,my awful money issues began,so I,believed the wound to be fairly well healed,but,the blend of disgust and emotion I felt when I explained my credit card debt was torture.,(Para.8),句型提炼,It had been several years/a couple of weeks/a few days since sb./sth.did sth.,so sb does,but,
47、句型提炼,应用提示,用于表达,“由于时间关系,某人认为能够做某事,可结果却出乎意料之外”,。,句型应用,(,keep company,/,spy,/,neighboring country/appear,),It had been several years since,I kept company with him,so I believed,I knew him quite well,but,I never knew he was a crown prince from neighboring country until I saw him appeared on the televisi
48、on news.,典型例句,同他来往已经好几年了,所以我以为已经非常了解他,但是我看到他出现在电视新闻时,才知道他是位邻国王储。,意群提示,1.,新学期刚开学,the first days of a new semester,2.,在财务上的不足,the sheer weakness of ones profile,3.,建立自己的信用,develop ones own,credit,4.,虚假的安全感,artificial sense,of security,5.,基本生活费,basic,ongoing living expenses,6.,真正有自主能力,的男孩,a,truly auton
49、omous man,7.,编造借口,manufacture excuses,8.,哽咽地说出每一个字,choke on every word,9.,孤立的事件,an isolated case,10.,可能断送未来,have the potential,to ruin ones future,起初,我感到非常震惊,这些庞大的信用卡公司竟然信任我这个在经济上苦苦挣扎的学生,我只持有两份拿最低工资的兼职工作,每月还在分期支付之前所买的电脑。,a.At first,I was shocked that these huge credit card corporations trusted me,a
50、struggling student holding two minimum wage part-time jobs and paying monthly installments on a purchased computer.,b.Making matters worse,I lost one part time job and with it my out put of funds grew ever smaller,like those now long-dead roses.,更糟的是,我失去了一份兼职工作,这样我能使用的资金就如那些凋零的玫瑰一样,越来越少。,c.I owed th
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