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Book II

Book II. Unit 1 Time conscious Americans. I. Leading-in. 1.1 vocabulary related to time. Time consciousness/awareness Time span working time time bomb time card time sheet time lag time keeper timer time switch timetable/schedule time zone deadline.

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Book II

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  1. Book II Unit 1 Time conscious Americans

  2. I. Leading-in • 1.1 vocabulary related to time

  3. Time consciousness/awareness • Time span working time • time bomb time card • time sheet time lag • time keeper timer • time switch • timetable/schedule • time zone • deadline

  4. waste time • Kill time/idle away time • budget time • Save time • value/cherish time

  5. Time-consuming • time-saving • time-worn

  6. within the time allowed • Time flies/passes/elapses by

  7. Cultural difference • cultural shock • bridge Cultural difference / cultural shock

  8. 1.2. Please come up with more proverbs about time

  9. 预习 课文 小结 写作 Back N H C E Tips Tips Are there any proverbs bound up with time in both Chinese and American cultures? 1) Time is money. 时间就是金钱。/一寸光阴一寸金。 2) Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself. 时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。 3) Time flies like an arrow, and time lost never returns. 光阴似箭，一去不返。 4) Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不等人。 随 笔

  10. 1.3. Topic-related discussion • (to make use of the above vocabulary to create some sentences ,a dialogue or a paragraph about the topic)

  11. 1.our ways to waste time / save time(What do you do with time?) • 2. Do you prefer a slow pace of life or a fast pace of life? Give your reasons.

  12. III. Detailed reading • 3.1 From what aspects does the writer describe Americans’ time consciousness?

  13. Americans view • A foreigner’s/new arrivals’ impression of the US • Americans’ ways to save time

  14. 3.2 About Americans view of time • Americans’ attitude toward time: • Americans _____ time ______. They also save ______. • They treat time as___________.

  15. 3.3 About A foreigner’s/new arrivals’ general impression of the US • Specific details : • Their life: • Working: • People: • The writer’s advice:

  16. Business: • They talk business without___、 _____and ______. • They start talking business_______.

  17. 3.3 Their modern ways to save time:

  18. The cultural difference between new arrivals and people in the US is:

  19. Language points • 1) stand still 停滞不前 • Here "stand" means "keep or stay in a particular position or state". In this sense, "stand" is followed by adjectives. More examples: • The room stands idle. 这房间闲置着。

  20. 2）Slave to sth • A slave to drink 酒鬼 a slave to money 守财奴

  21. 3）budget • v. Eg. to budget a new hospital 在预算中拨款建一家新医院 • The school budget one million dollars for a new library. • 学校计划拨款一百万美元来建一座新的图书馆。 • n. a budget motel 一家收费公道的汽车旅馆 balance budget 量入为出

  22. 4）a sense of • a sense of humor/duty/direction • 幽默感/责任感/方向感

  23. 5) Abrupt • adj. abrupt behavior 粗鲁的行为 • adv. abruptly=suddenly • 形近词：erupt v. 喷出，爆发 • corrupt adj. 腐败的, 贪污的

  24. 6) convention n. .习俗，惯例 / 会议，大会 • 近义词辨析： • congress 代表大会 • assembly 集会 • conference 讨论会，协商会

  25. 7) Fall behind落在……后面 • Eg.He has been falling behind his group members in English. • 他在英语方面一直落后于他们组的成员。 • I’m falling behind with my work. • 我的工作拖下来了。 • Fall into 分属于，分类

  26. 8) run out用完，耗尽 • Eg. Their supplies soon ran out. • 他们的补给很快就耗尽了。 • I’m afraid we’ve run out of gas. • 我们的汽油恐怕已经用完了。 • run after 追逐，追求 • run into 偶然碰到 • run for 伸手拿

  27. 9) due to: 因为, 由于 • Her absence was due to the storm. • 由于风雨交加她没来。

  28. 10) give added weight to 重视 • 在一些女孩看来，她们对男友的冷淡会使自己在爱情游戏中的身价进一步加码。 • In the eyes of some girls, their indifference to their boyfriends will give added weight to their status in the game of love.

  29. The word "weight" here is used as an uncountable noun metaphorically to mean "importance". More examples: • an idea of great weight 一个很重要的观点 • Don't worry about what he thinks; his opinion doesn't carry much weight. • 别担心他怎么想，他的意见没有多少影响。

  30. Text Study—Summary Summary of the text Americans are ____________ people. They value time and save it carefully. Time is a real, ________ resource to them so every minute must _____. Foreigners may think Americans are always _____ ____ and under pressure. Smiles, short conversations, and small exchanges with strangers don’t exist because Americans dislike “_______” too much time. Americans assess others ____________ rather than socially, so they time-conscious precious count in a hurry wasting professionally (to be continued)

  31. Text Study—Summary start talking business immediately since they are always _________ of time. Americans work hard at _______ time by producing a steady flow of labor- saving devices. They may have meetings using equipment like television screens and telephones rather than ________ . Solving a problem or doing a job successfully __________ is taken as a sign of _________. The more important the job, the more time and effort Americans will _________ it. conscious saving in person with speed skillfulness pour into

  32. Important Phrases

  33. 导入 预习 课文 写作 Back N H C E English Equivalents of Chinese to stand still to be committed to result in to account for precious resource to want every minute to count to seek attention the pace of life within the time allowed small exchanges with a stranger 随 笔 短语应用 句型应用

  34. 导入 预习 课文 写作 Back N H C E English Equivalents of Chinese to go with in relaxed surroundings to develop a sense of trust to work hard at the task of at hand in person to be due partly to in one’s eyes by the passage of time to get things moving 随 笔 短语应用 句型应用

  35. Sentence Patterns

  36. N H C E 新视野 － 程序性知识提炼与应用 Sb. do not do sth., much less do sb. do sth. else.某人不做某事， 更不用说做其他事。 Back 句 型 提 炼 应 用 提 示 用于强调“某人绝不会做某事”。 产生式应用

  37. Eg: • People in the desert are always short of water to drink, much less to bathe in. • 沙漠地区的人们连喝的水也总是不够，更别提洗澡了。 • The baby can’t even walk, much less/ let alone run. • 宝宝连走路都不会，更不用说跑了。

  38. N H C E 新视野 － 程序性知识提炼与应用 Sb. do sth. by / through … rather than by / through …, which, though …, … — especially given …某人是通过······而不是通过······做某事。虽然后者······, 但却······，尤其是考虑到······。 Back 句 型 提 炼 应 用 提 示 用于强调“对某人做事的辩证分析”。 产生式应用

  39. N H C E 新视野 － 程序性知识提炼与应用 在这种下雪天，我宁愿乘公交, 也不愿自己开车去上班。虽然自己开车自在，但更加危险，特别是考虑到我糟糕的驾驶技术。 Back 典 型 例 句 意 群 提 示 On such a snowy day, I would go to work by bus rather than by driving my car, which, though comfortable, is more dangerous, — especially given my poor skills in driving. on such a snowy day / go to work / one’s poor skills in driving

  40. N H C E 新视野 － 程序性知识提炼与应用 To some, sth. have little relation to sth. else. To others, nothing can be done without (doing) sth. else.在一些人看来，某事与他事无关； 然而对另一些人而言，没有(做)他事什么都做不成。 Back 句 型 提 炼 应 用 提 示 用于表述“两种人在事物认识上的鲜明反差”。 产生式应用

  41. N H C E 新视野 － 程序性知识提炼与应用 对于美国人，买卖成功与宴请无关。而对于中国人，无一连串宴请则无法成交。 Back 典 型 例 句 意 群 提 示 To Americans, success in a deal has no relation to feasts. To Chinese, no deal can be made without a steady flow of feasts. success in a deal / a steady flow of feasts

  42. It is considered +adj.+to do sth. • Sb. /Sth. is taken as … • eg: • It is considered impolite to work too quickly. • It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem.

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