Integrated Course of College English

1. Integrated Course of College English Book Three Unit Eight The First Two Periods Designed by SHAO Hong-wan

2. Listening and Speaking • A Clip • Review • Group Discussion • Background Information • New Words • Listen to the Text • Talk about the Pictures • Poem Appreciation

3. Warm-up Questions Keep the following questions in your mind. When you watch the clip, please think them over. • What is Newland daydreaming about? • How does Newland feel when he sees a man walking towards the country house? He is daydreaming about that Ellen is walking towards him and show love to him. He feels greatly disappointed.

5. Related Phrases to the Topic Directions: The following words are closely related to “dream”. Please put the following words or phrases into English. a nightmare 1. 噩梦 a daydream 2. 白日梦 a fond dream 3. 黄粱美梦 an idle dream 4. 痴心妄想 a long-cherished dream 5. 一直以来的梦想 a simple dream 6. 纯朴的梦想 a longstanding dream 7. 长期的梦想 a distant dream 8. 虚无飘渺的梦想 9. 做梦 have a dream achieve / realize one’s dream 10. 实现某人的梦想

6. Review----- Direction: Complete the following sentences with the appropriate given in the box. Change the forms if necessary. head for call off blow one’s top pile up make a difference pick out break down break up figure out take over 1.When the car _________ on the high way for the third time, his patience completely ran out. 2.Bill’s father ____________ when he knew Bill hit his car. 3. Work __________ during her absence. 4. We _______ the work when they left. 5. It is hard to___________ what he is saying. broke down blew his top piled up took over figure out

7. head for call off blow one’s top pile up make a difference pick out break down break up figure out take over make a difference 6. It will _________________ whether you do it or not. 7. He is going to ____________ some books and send them to his friends in Beijing. 8.A fleet of Japanese merchant ships __________________ Panama Canal. 9. When will your school _____________ this term? 10. The football match of yesterday ________________ because of the bad weather. pick out is heading for break up was calledoff

8. Group Discussion Direction: Please have a discussion with your partners about the following questions for 5 minutes. Then one out of each group will be singled out to share your discussion with the whole class for 1 minutes. 1. Do you ever daydream? If so, what do you dayfream about? 2. Are daydreams a waste of time? 3. Can daydreaming ever lead to fame and fortune?

9. Henry J. Kaiser: (1882 – 1967) American Industrialist A brief introduction to Kaiser 胡佛大坝 -- being the chairman of the executive committee of the company formed to build Hoover Dam (1931) 221meters -- establishing the first health maintenance organization (1938) -- managing Pacific coast shipyards (during World War II) -- being the chairman of Kaiser Industries, an enterprise involving steel, aluminum, and home building (1945~1967) 健康维持组织

10. Kaiser, Henry John, (1882–1967) was an American industrialist. He organized his first construction company in 1913, soon entered the road-paving business, and by 1930 was a leader in the field. In 1931 he was named chairman of the executive committee of the company formed to build Hoover Dam. He also participated in the construction of Bonneville, Grand Coulee, and Shasta dams and the San Francisco–Oakland Bridge underwater foundations. In 1938, he established the first health maintenance organization, the Kaiser plan, for his shipyard employees; it served more than a million people and became a model for later federal programs. During World War II he managed Pacific coast shipyards that handled a great deal of the wartime shipbuilding for the U. S. government and dramatically increased the speed of ship construction. From 1945 to his death, he served as chairman of Kaiser Industries, an enterprise involving steel, aluminum, and home building. ■

11. I always have to dream up there against the stars. If I don’t dream I will make it, I won’t even get close. Problems are only opportunities in work clothes. 只有穿上工作服后,问题才会变成机会

12. 克里米亚战争 A brief introduction to Nightingale 提灯女神 功绩勋章 -- serving in the Crimean War (1854) -- being called the “The Lady with the Lamp” -- the first woman to be given the Order of Merit (1907) -- establishing the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses in London -- her book’s becoming the first definitive textbook for the nursing field

13. Nightingale, Florence (1820–1910) was an English nurse and the founder of modern nursing. She was dedicated to the care of the sick and war wounded. In 1854, she organized a unit of 38 women volunteer nurses for service in the Crimean War. By the end of the war she had become a legend. She was called “Lady with the Lamp” because she believed that a nurse’s care should never cease, no matter night or day; she thought that nursing was a noble profession, and she made it so. Florence Nightingale was the first woman to be given the Order of Merit (1907). Once back in London after the war, she founded the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses using money donated in tribute to her services. The school marked the beginning of professional education in the nursing field. Her book Notes on Nursing became the first definitive textbook for the nursing field. ■

14. Thomas Edison (1847 – 1931)

15. A brief introduction to Edison Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors and industrial leaders in history. Among his nearly 1, 100 patents — the most ever issued to one person — are the phonograph, which became the first practical method of recording and playing the back sounds, a motion picture camera and projector, and the incandescent lamp — an inexpensive and safe source of light for everyday use in homes. Among Edison’s greatest achievements was the development of one of the first research laboratories. Here in Menlo Park and West Orange, New Jersey, Edison and his assistants developed thousands of inventions. 专利 白炽灯 ■

16. Introductory Remarks Listen to the following passage and write down every word you hear. We often hear parents scold their children or teachers criticize their students for daydreaming. People usually take a hostile attitude towards daydreaming because they think daydreaming is a waste of time and an escape from real life. Well, daydreaming may sometimes be a waste of time or an escape, but daydreaming can also do us a lot of good. ■

17. New Words----Spelling Practice 1.Please listen to the tape and try to write down the words you hear. 2. Then open your books and have a check, try to find out the spelling mistakes. 3. Analyses the spelling mistakes and try to improve your spelling ability.

18. Listen to the Text • Listen to the text • pay attention to the pictures • Underline the difficult sentences • After listening to the text, please discuss with your partner about the picture. Try to describe the picture based on the text.

19. Daydreaming has always had a bad reputation, but now scientific research has revealed that daydreaming may actually improve your mental health and creativity. It can even help you achieve your desired goals. Daydream a Little Eugene Raudsepp “Daydreaming again, Barb? You’ll never amount to anything if you spend your time that way! Can’t you find something useful to do?” Many youngsters have heard words like those from their parents. And until recently this hostile attitude towards daydreaming was the most common one. Daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it was considered an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very healthy thing to do.

20. Attitudes towards daydreaming are changing in much the same way that attitudes towards night dreaming have changed. Once it was thought that nighttime dreams interfered with our needed rest. But then researchers tried interrupting the dreams of sleepers. They learned that sleepers who aren’t allowed to dream lose the benefits of rest. They become tense and anxious. They become irritable. They have trouble concentrating. Their mental health is temporarily damaged. To feel well again, they must be allowed to dream.

21. Now researchers are finding that daydreaming may also be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us, is a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go beyond this. A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some surprising conclusions. Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded thatdaydreaming contributes to intellectual growth.It also improves concentration, attention span, and the ability to get along with others, she says. In an experiment with school children, this same researcher found that daydreaming led the children to pay more attention to detail. They had more happy feelings. They worked together better. Another researcher reported that daydreaming seemed to produce improved self-control and creative abilities.

22. But that’s only part of the story. The most remarkable thing about daydreaming may be its usefulness in shaping our future lives as we want them to be. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his success was due to the positive use of daydreaming. He maintained that “you can imagine your future.” Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured himself as an inventor. For these notable achievers, it appears that their daydreams came true. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick believed thatthe way we picture ourselves is often the way we turn out. He offered this advice: “Hold a picture of yourself ... in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn towardit. Picture yourself vividly as defeated, and that alone will make victory impossible. Picture yourself as winning, and that will contribute immeasurably to success. Do not picture yourself as anything, and you will drift ...”

23. Why would a mental vision of success help produce real success? Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a surgeon and author, says this: “Your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an imagined experience and a real experience. In either case it reacts automatically to information that you give it ... It reacts appropriately to what you think or imagine to be true.” He believes that purposeful daydreaming builds new “memories” in the brain. These positive memories improve a person’s self-image. And self-image has an important effect on a person’s actions and accomplishments.

24. Can you use purposeful daydreaming to shape your own future?Why not try?Here is how those who believe in creative daydreaming recommend going about it. Choose a time when you can be alone and undisturbed. Close your eyes, to permit your imagination to soar more freely. Many people find that they get best results by pretending that they are sitting before a large screen. They project the desired image of themselves onto that screen. Now picture yourself — as vividly as possible — the way you want to be. Remember to picture your desired goals as if you had already attained them. Go over all the details of this picture. See them clearly and sharply. Impress them strongly on your memory. The resulting memory traces will supposedly start affecting your everyday life. They will help lead you to the attainment of your goals.

25. Of course daydreaming is no substitute for hard work. If it’s athletic achievement you want, you also have to get lots of practice in your sport. You have to work hard to develop skills. If it’s school success you’re after, you can’t neglect studying. Daydreaming alone can’t turn you into your heart’s desire. But in combination with the more usual methods of self-development, it might make a critical difference. It could be the difference between becoming merely good at something and becoming a champion.

26. If what researchers are saying is true, a life lived without fantasies and daydreams isn’t as rich and rewarding as life can be. So they suggest setting aside a few minutes each day for daydreaming. By so doing, you may improve your physical and mental well-being. By taking a ten- or fifteen-minute “vacation” into the realm of imagination each day, you may add much to the excitement and enjoyment of your life. And who knows: You might see your own daydreams come true.

27. Talk about the Pictures

28. Poem Appreciation DREAMS Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow In this poem “dream” refers to a wish to do or have something.

29. Paradise (Excerpts) (Christina Rossetti) Once in a dream I saw the flowers That bud and bloom in paradise; More fair they are than waking eyes Have seen in all this world of ours. And faint the lily on its stem, Compared with them. I heard the songs of Paradise: Each bird sat singing in his place; It soared like incense to the skies. Each bird sat singing to his mate Soft cooing notes among the trees: The nightingale herself were cold To such as these.

30. Assignments • Read the new words again and again after class. • Read the text and try to find the difficult sentences or phrases. • Do Ex.4. enrich your word power, usage and structure.