21st Century College English: Book 3

1. 21st Century College English: Book 3 Unit 7: Part B

2. Unit 7: Part B • Revision of Text A • Reading Analysis • Structured Writing • Listening Practice • Assignment So What’s So Bad about Being So-So?

3. Revision of Text A 1.Dictation 2.Assignment Checkup •Structure •Cloze • Translation

4. Dictation Dictation! You are going to hear 5 sentences. Each will be read three times. Write down the sentences according to the dictation. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Check-up

5. Dictation Key to Dictation: 1. Ambition, drive and the desire to excel are all great within limits, but I don’t know where the limits are anymore. 2. As far as sports enthusiasts are concerned, if you don’t have the latest shoes you are hopelessly committed to embarrassing yourself. 3. My performance would make any serious music student weep, but I don’t care. 4. I can tell you from experience that a homemade cake still tastes pretty good even if it doesn’t look perfect. 5. In today’s competitive world we have to be “experts” even in our hobbies.

6. Structure 《读写教程 III》: Ex. X, p. 178

7. Structure The phrase it’s time and it’s high time can be followed by a subject + V-ed. The meaning of the whole sentence is present. e.g. It’s time we put a stop to all this. = We should put an end to all this now. e.g. It’s high time I lost some weight. = I should lose some weight now.

8. Structure Complete the following sentences with the proper forms of the verbs in brackets. 1. It’s time the children __________ (go) to bed. went 2. It’s high time you __________ (wash) your trousers. washed 3. It’s time we __________ (take) a coffee break. took

9. Structure Complete the following sentences with the proper forms of the verbs in brackets. 4. It’s high time we __________ (do) something about air pollution. did 5. It’s high time university administrations __________ (realize) what huge pressure students are facing these days. realized

10. Cloze 《读写教程 III》:Ex. XI, p. 178

11. Cloze Select the most appropriate word from the four choices given. The choice “0” means that no additional word is appropriate.

12. Cloze Last year I read a frightening study that showed that pre-school and kindergarten children no longer believe they can sing songs. Little children have l)_____ got the impression that the definition of song is “what you hear 2)_____ singing on the radio”. And when teachers try to 3)_____ these children that they 4)_____ sing, the kids just don’t see the point. Why should they struggle to perform a 5)_____ version that only theft mothers could possibly love? It’s so much easier to buy a CD and hear someone do it really 1. A. in some way B.in some ways C. somehow D. somewhat 2. A. professions B. professional C. professionally D. professionals 3. A. convince B. confront C. discourage D. encourage 4. A. are as able to B. can as well C. can too D. too can 5. A. graceful B. graceless C. incompetence D. incompetent C. somehow D. professionals A. convince D. too can B. graceless

13. Cloze well! Their logic is hard to argue 6)_____ — and it’s a direct result of our society’s 7)_____ with competence. Pleasure is no longer the aim of our 8)_____ activities; in fact no one even sees anything pleasant 9)_____ doing something less than perfectly well. This is crazy. And it’s l0)_____ a terrible toll. Not only l1)_____ depriving ourselves of creative satisfaction and l2)_____ our children from finding joy in l3)_____ they can do themselves — we’re also destroying our artists. In a world C. with 6. A. at B. for C. with D. 0 7. A. addiction B. enthusiasm C. enthusiast D. obsession 8. A. enthusiast B. hobby C. leisure D. pastime 9. A. at B. by C. in D. 0 10. A. doing B. having C. making D. taking 11. A. are we B. have we C. it is D. we are 12. A. competing B. committing C. depriving D. discouraging 13. A. that B. what C. which D. 0 D. obsession C. leisure C. in D. taking A. are we D. discouraging B. what

14. Cloze In a world l4)_____ we expect all our art to be supplied l5)_____ highly competent professionals, the pressure on the professionals becomes too great to bear. l6)_____ the number of musicians and artists who suffer from drug addiction, alcoholism or even commit suicide because of the pressures of keeping l7)_____ our demands for more and better music, art, books and movies to enjoy in our l8)_____ time. We are l9)_____ our artists with our refusal to entertain 20)_____ ourselves in our own incompetent ways. A. by 14. A. that B. what C. when D. where 15. A. by B. us by C. with us by D. 0 16. A. Consider B. Considering C. Considerable D. Given 17. A. on in B. up C. up with D. with 18. A. hobby B. leisure C. recreation D. pastime 19. A. slaughtering B. stumbling C. squeezing D. wrecking 20. A. as B. by C. for D. 0 D. where A. Consider C. up with B. leisure A. slaughtering D. 0

15. Translation • Ex. XII • Ex. XIII Translation

16. Translation — English to Chinese 《读写教程 III》:Ex. XII, p. 179

17. Translation — English to Chinese 遗憾的是，“三脚猫”已经过时了。 Unfortunately, doing things badly has gone out of style. It used to be a mark of class if a lady or a gentleman sang a little, painted a little, played the violin a little. You didn’t have to be good at it; the point was to be fortunate enough to have the leisure time for such pursuits. But in today’s competitive world we have to be “experts” even in our hobbies. Unfortunately, doing things badly has gone out of style. It used to be a mark of class if a lady or a gentleman sang a little, painted a little, played the violin a little. You didn’t have to be good at it; the point was to be fortunate enough to have the leisure time for such pursuits. But in today’s competitive world we have to be “experts” even in our hobbies. Unfortunately, doing things badly has gone out of style. It used to be a mark of class if a lady or a gentleman sang a little, painted a little, played the violin a little. You didn’t have to be good at it; the point was to be fortunate enough to have the leisure time for such pursuits. But in today’s competitive world we have to be “experts” even in our hobbies. Unfortunately, doing things badly has gone out of style. It used to be a mark of class if a lady or a gentleman sang a little, painted a little, played the violin a little. You didn’t have to be good at it; the point was to be fortunate enough to have the leisure time for such pursuits. But in today’s competitive world we have to be “experts” even in our hobbies. 过去那是一种有地位的标志 问题是你很幸运。能有这一份闲情逸致。

18. Translation — Chinese to English 《读写教程 III》:Ex. XIII, p. 179

19. Translation — Chinese to English 1. 只要你喜欢你的业余爱好，那么你不必因为自己水平一般而感到羞愧。别人怎么看你无关紧要。 hobby so-so feel ashamed (of) As long as you enjoy your hobby, you don’t have to feel ashamed of being so-so. It doesn’t matter what others think of you.

20. Translation — Chinese to English 2. 金钱在竞技体育中正显出其重要性，但我们必须确保它不会影响一些重要的东西。 competitive sports make sure get in the way (of) Money is becoming a big deal in competitive sports, but we must make sure that it doesn’t get in the way of what’s important.

21. Translation — Chinese to English 3. 我们都需要不时地锻炼来使自己保持身体健康。 now and then keep oneself in good shape We all need some form of exercise every now and then to keep ourselves in good shape.

22. Translation — Chinese to English 4. 我一再说该是你整理你自己房间的时候了，但你老是拖着。 it’s time … over and over put (it) off tidy up your room I’ve said over and over it’s time you tidied up your room, but you keep putting it off.

23. Translation — Chinese to English 5. 一两年前他才开始学画画，所以技法还未达到专业水准。你能给他指点指点吗？ technique professional standards give him some instruction He only took up painting a couple of years ago, so his technique isn’t up to professional standards. Can you give him some instruction?

24. Translation — Chinese to English 6. 健康专家试图通过宣传吸烟的种种害处来使人们戒烟。 inform sb. of its dangers discourage people from smoking Health experts are trying to discourage people from smoking by informing them of its dangers.

25. Translation — Chinese to English 7. 敬业是好的，但是不能让工作蚕食了你的全部休闲时间。 be committed to one’s job eat up all your leisure time Being committed to your job is fine, of course, but you shouldn’t let work eat up all your leisure time.

26. Translation — Chinese to English 8. 对于我来说，工作和业余爱好都必须严肃认真地对待。 As far as I’m concerned be seriously considered As far as I’m concerned, both jobs and hobbies should be seriously considered.

27. Reading Analysis Reading Analysis Look at the following chart about this argumentative writing. The central theme is that there is nothing bad about enjoying one’s hobbies and being somewhat familiar with but not necessarily professionally competent in them.

28. Reading Analysis The structure of Text A I. Author’s point of view with her personal experience Paras. 1~4 II. Examples to illustrate how people have to train themselves to be professional Paras. 5~9 III. The terrible result of taking a serious attitude towards recreation Para. 10 III. The author’s viewpoint Paras. 11~12

29. Reading Analysis I. Author’s point of view with her personal experience (From one specific example to the general thesis) A specific example of the author’s poor piano-playing. Paras. 1~2 A general statement: The author is not ashamed of her incompetence in her hobbies; instead she enjoys doing them badly. Para. 3 The general thesis: Enjoying hobbies is no longer a mark of class. In the competitive world today we have to be “experts” even in our hobbies. Para. 4

30. Reading Analysis II. Examples to illustrate how people have to train themselves to be professional First Example Para. 5 Second Example Para. 6 Third Example Para. 7 Fourth Example Para. 8 Fifth Example Para. 9

31. If you tone up your body by pulling on your gym shoes and jogging around, you are hopelessly committed to embarrassing yourself as you are not a serious runner. Reading Analysis First Example Para. 5

32. “Dancing” means squeezing into tights and leg warmers, then sweating through six hours of warm-ups, five hours of ballet and four hours of jazz classes. Reading Analysis Second Example Para. 6

33. A child who doesn’t know the difference between a goal kick and a head shot would be looked down upon by his friends and be deprived of the right of joining a soccer team. Para. 7 Reading Analysis Third Example Para. 7

34. A girl of nine is worrying about getting into the best tennis school as she is afraid that her technique is not up to the standards though she practices five or six hours a week. Para. 8 Reading Analysis Fourth Example Para. 8

35. Any lower level of accomplishment would embarrass the woman in thestudy a foreign language. Reading Analysis Fifth Example Para. 9

36. Reading Analysis The terrible result of taking a serious attitude towards recreation Many people avoid activities they might enjoy because they lack the time or the energy to tackle them “seriously”. Some people work so hard at their hobbies that they develop psychological problems.

37. It’s time we put a stop to all this. Keep enthusiasm independent of success and enjoy “the joy of creative fooling around”. • The author follows this philosophy herself. She indicates her interest in learning how to play golf and playing it only for fun. Reading Analysis The author’s viewpoint

38. Structured Writing 《读写教程 III》:Ex. XV, p. 181

39. Structured Writing Structured Writing Look again at the first four paragraphs of Text A to see how the author starts fromaspecific example, moves toa general statementand then leads toa general thesis.

40. Structured Writing • The author starts with a specific example. • She then moves to a more general statement about herself. • And this leads to her general thesis. writing

41. Structured Writing The author starts with a specific example (her bad piano-playing): The other afternoon I was playing the piano when my seven-year-old walked in. He stopped and listened for a while, then said: “You don’t play that thing very well, do you, Mom?” No, I don’t. My performance would make any serious music student weep, but I don’t care. I’ve enjoyed playing the piano badly for years.

42. Structured Writing  She then moves to a more general statement about herself: I also enjoy singing badly and drawing badly. I’m not ashamed of my incompetence in these areas. I do one or two other things well and that should be enough for anybody. But it gets boring doing the same things over and over. Every now and then it’s fun to try something new.

43. Structured Writing And this leads to her general thesis: Unfortunately, doing things badly has gone out of style. It used to be a mark of class if a lady or a gentleman sang a little, painted a little, played the violin a little. You didn’t have to be good at it; the point was to be fortunate enough to have the leisure time for such pursuits. But in today’s competitive world we have to be “experts” even in our hobbies.

44. Structured Writing Use the same specific-to-general structure to introduce a thesis of your own. Here are some ideas you can choose from: 1. Haste Makes Waste 2. A Small Act of Kindness 3. Harmony with Nature Sample Essay

45. Structured Writing Yesterday afternoon I was reading a magazine when my roommate shouted at me. She said, “It’s a beautiful day outside! You can’t just read all day!” Yes, I can. My ability to read at any time drives my roommates crazy, but I don’t care. I enjoy reading, and I’m good at it. I’ve been good at it all my life. I’m proud of my competence in reading, which I’ve achieved only through years of practice. I can read not only at any time, but also in just about any situation. Every now and then I try reading in some new place or position, just because it’s fun to try something new. Reading used to be a mark of accomplishment if a person read widely and miscellaneously. In today’s business world, the so-called social life eats up much of my reading time, but reading is still part of my life.

46. Structured Writing Here are some more ideas you can choose from: 1. Haste Makes Waste 2. A Small Act of Kindness 3. Harmony with Nature

47. Listening Practice • Conversation 1 • Passage 1 Listening & Speaking III

48. Listening Practice 《听说教程 III》 Part 4.3, p.92

49. Conversation 1 Listening Practice Questions

50. Listening Practice 1. A) Typing. B) Word-processing. C) Training. D) Working conditions.