Unit Five Book II

1. Unit Five Book II 郧阳师专英语系综合英语教研室

2. Contents of Unix 5 • 1 Language Structures: Indirect Speech • 2 Dialogue I: Communicating by Pay Phone in the United States • 3 Dialogue II: Asking for Permission and Giving Warnings • 4 Reading I : America’s National Parks, Part I • 5 Reading II: America’s National Parks, Part II

3. Language Structure • Indirect Speech by a simple past verb and a simple present verb • A simple past verb reporting a command • A simple past verb reporting advice • A simple present verb reporting a request • A simple present verb reporting a reminder • A simple present verb reporting a question

4. Language points • 1). unruly • (adj). not easy to control or discipline, disorderly • 不受拘束的, 不守规矩的, 蛮横的, 难驾驭的不易管教或控制的 • e.g. an unruly child • 任性的小孩。 • to be unruly in word or deed • 乱说乱动 • A mop of unruly hair. • 乱蓬蓬的杂乱的头发 • Gang up with a group of unruly youths • 跟一群不守规矩的青年混在一起

5. 2). sticky • (adj.) 粘的 • sticky weather • 湿热的天气 • sticky flypaper • 粘的捕蝇纸 • a sticky sweet • 粘手的糖果 • a sticky situation. • 困难的境地 • It's warm and sticky. • 天气湿热不爽快。 • This sticky liquid empties slowly. • 这种粘液要好一会儿才能流空

6. Homework • Keep the structures in mind and speak them out spontaneously. • Exercise on P41 in the Workbook.

7. DialogueⅠ • Listen to the tape recording and answer the following questions. • (1)What seems to have bothered Weiwei? • (2)How does one make a long-distance call by pay phone in the U.S.? • (3)What is a toll-free call? And for what purpose do people make such calls? • (4)Compare the telephone service in China with that in the U.S.

8. Help Ss to know the American pay phone system • Two kinds of long distance calls: dial-direct and operator-assisted • How to dial long distance calls: dial 1 plus the area code plus the seven-digit local number; put money in the slot • Where to get information on long distance payment: the white pages directory. • Types of phone books in the U.S.: the white pages (people); the blue pages (city services, government services, public schools); the yellow pages (businesses and professional services) • WATS (Wide Area Telecommunications Service)---toll-free numbers---the area code is 800

9. Language points • 1). deposit: n (C, U) • matter that has been lying in rock by a natural process • sedimental deposit 【地质】沉积矿床;成层沉积 • radioactive deposit 放射性淀质 • mineral deposit 矿床 • There are rich deposits of gold in those hills.那些丘陵里埋藏着丰富的金矿。

10. 2). an act of placing money in a bank or safe. • I’d like to make a deposit please. 我想存款， 请给我办一下。 • term deposit 定期存款 • deposit account 定期存款帐户 • current /demand deposit活期存款

11. 3). deposit • v. • 1）to place in a bank or safe 储蓄，存放 • You can deposit your valuables in the hotel safe. 你可以把贵重物品存放到旅馆的保险柜里。 • 2）to let fall and leave lying 使沉淀 • As the river slows down it deposits rich soil at its bends. • 河水的流速减慢时有大量的沃土沉积在河的转弯处

12. 4). pay phone • public telephone one can use after putting a coin into the slot on the side of telephone.投币电话。 • Long-distance call (AmE)/trunk call (BrE), reverse-change call (BrE) 受话人付款的电话，toll-free call免费电话，IP phone(Internet Protocol)网络电话，

13. 5). toll-free • (AmE) (of a telephone call) paid for by the organization receiving it rather than the person making it. 由接电话机构付费的 • toll: a tax paid for the right to use a road, harbor, etc. （使用道路、港口等所付的）通行费，使用费 • tollway 收费的高速公路 • toll booth 收费亭

14. 6). what if • What would occur if; Suppose that 假设； 如果…将会怎么样， • It can be used either in real condition or in unreal condition. E.g. • What if the phone were cut off?

15. 7). run out of sth • (the subject is a person), • I’m afraid we’ve run out of petrol. 我们的汽油怕已用完了。 • I’m running out of patience. 我快没有耐心了。 • run out: (the subject is sth.) • Our food soon ran out. 我们的粮食很快就吃完了。 • Have you nearly finished? Time is running out. 你快做完了吗？时间快到了。

16. Role-play • Introduce the situation and sentence frames. • make up dialogues in pairs.

17. Dialogue Ⅱ • 1. Self-study Dialogue II and practise how to ask for permission and give warnings. • 2. Practice making dialogues according to the following situations given and by using the phrases, sentences and expressions given. • (1) You are going to a very important party. You want to borrow a friend’s dress or suit. • (2)You are in your friend’s home and you want to use the phone. • (3)You’ve left your meal card in the dorm, and you want to borrow your roommate’s card.

18. Homework • Practise Dialogue I, Role-play, Dialogue II and get ready for demonstration. • Do exercises in the WB.

19. Reading I • Pre-reading • Answer some questions: • 1)Have you ever read about any of the national parks in the United States? Do you know what America’s national parks are like? • 2)What is the purpose of a recreation area and that of a national park? • 3)What are the usual purposes of the different parks?

20. Language points • 1). priority: n (C, U) the state or right of coming before others in position or time; preference, greater importance 优先权， 优先考虑 • have/take priority over sth. /sb. 比…有优先权 • e.g. The badly wounded take/have priority for medical attention over those only slightly hurt.重伤员较之轻伤员优先治疗。 • The students with good academic records have/take priority over others in job hunting. • The arranging of this business agreement is a top priority. 安排这个商业协定是当前最重要的事。 • Vehicles coming from the left have priority. 左方开来的车辆先行。

21. 2). say • n. power or right of acting or deciding, the right or power to influence or make a decision • The workpeople had no say in how their factory was running. 工人对工厂经营没有发言权。 • Who has the say in family affairs？谁在家中作主？ • Citizens have a say in the councils of government.市民在政府议会中有发言权。.

22. 3).appeal to • 1) to please, attract, interest 使喜欢，吸引, • e.g. Does the idea of working abroad appeal to you? 出国工作的主意对你有吸引力吗？ • The cheap jewelry appeals to young girls. • 2)Make a strong request for support, help mercy, etc. ,恳请，恳求，强烈呼吁 • Appeal to / for • e.g. He is appealing to the public for help. • The police are appealing to the public for any information about the murder victim. • 警方呼吁公众提供有关被杀害者的情况。 • They are appealing for funds to build a new school.他们呼吁为建造新学校筹集资金。 • The government is appealing to everyone to save water.政府呼吁人人节约用水

23. 4). conservation • the careful preservation and protection of natural things, such as animals, forests, rivers, and plants, to prevent them being spoiled, wasted or lost for ever • e.g. wild life conservation • conserve: to keep from being wasted, damaged lost, or destroyed; preserve • We must conserve our forests and woodlands for future generations. • conservationist

24. 5). exceptionally • exceptional: unusual, esp. of ability. • Eg: All her children are clever but the youngest girl is really exceptional (unusually clever). • It was an exceptional game.

25. 6). He is the type who would discuss the weather with you. • The implied meaning of the sentence is that he is rather foolish or stupid. Here are some examples to use words like rain, wind, snow, mist, etc. • He felt a bit windyabout staying alone in the house. • You are very bright and breezy today! • A cloud of suspicion is hanging over him. • Applications for the job snowed on this company. • Good wishes showered on the bride and bridegroom. • His voice thundered in my ear. • Her eyes misted over.

26. 7). Should it hail and snow • --- in the normal word order, this clause reads: Even if it should hail and snow… • Notice that when subjunctive mood was used in the adverbial clause which contains modal verb or linking verb, such as were, had, should, could, did, would, etc., sometimes we will put modal verbs or linking verbs in the front part of the sentence and which formed partial inversion. For example: • Were you in my position, you would do the same. • I will go, should it be necessary. • Had he been in your position, he’d probably have done the same. • Had I time, I would come.

27. 8).paraphase • You still have a fair chance of passing as a remarkably witty man of sharp intellect, keen observation and extremely pleasant manners. • You still can be accepted as a very clever man who has high wisdom, good ability to detect others, and very agreeable behavior. • This sentence is not to be taken seriously. It is an exaggeration and a bit of sense of humour. The main idea of this reading text is that in Britain, weather is a very common topic of conversation, just because its weather is so changeable

28. Post-reading activities • Ask Ss to exercise their imagination and design their own parks.

29. Reading II • II. Introduce something related with this poem after their reading. • 1) The weather that is described in this poem is typical of Britain. • 2) This poem is made up of 12 couplets. A couplet is a pair of lines whose end-words rhyme, e.g., • January brings the snow, • Make your feet and fingers glow, • February’s ice and sleet, • Freeze the toes right off your feet.

30. Introduce • 3) Call the students’ attention to the importance of rhythm in reading poetry. An example of scansion follows” • `April `brings the `sweet spring `showers, • `On and `on for `hours and `hours.