新视野大学英语第二册unit5

新视野大学英语第二册unit5

Unit 5

Weeping for My Smoking Daughter 1.

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7. To know the meaning and usage of some important words, phrases and patterns To understand the structure of cause-and-effect writing. To improve Ss reading skills by studying section B To respond and cooperate with classmates willingly To read sentences and texts with proper intonation To write smoothly and legibly To Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.

Pre-reading Activities

1. Discussion

1) Why are parents often worried about the growth of their children?

2) How to help children grow up healthy and sound?

3) Is it good to smoke? Why?

Harms of smoking:

do harm to the smoker’s health;

do harm to the health of those around the smoker;

waste of money;

fire hazard

4) How would you feel if you parents or other beloved family members smoke heavily?

5) How would you dissuade them from smoking?

Text Study

I. Culture Notes

Cigarettes Industry in America(美国的香烟业)

1860 Manufactured cigarettes first appear in the United States. A popular early brand, Bull Durham, commanded 90% of the market.

1864 First American cigarette factory opens and produces almost 20 million cigarettes annually.

II. Text structure: ( structured writing )

Divide the text into 5 parts and find the topic sentence in every part.

Topic: Feeling hurt at her daughter’s smoking and recalling her father’s death and her experience in

the third world countries, the writer got a better insight into the harm of smoking and called for people to stop smoking at each family.

Part 1 (Para. 1): I weep because my daughter smokes.

Part 2 (Para. 2-5): I recalled how my father was hooked and eventually killed by smoking.

Part 3 (Para. 6): I gain a better understanding of the harm of smoking in the Third World countries.

Cause → Effect

Cause: …I see many people like my father and daughter.

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Part 5 (Para. 8): I hope people would stop smoking at each family.

III. Reproduction

Pair work: a mini-play show.

One student acts as a worried mother and the other as a smoking daughter. You are supposed to

argue over the smoking problem.

A sample beginning

A conversation between a worried mother(M) and a smoking daughter(D):

M: Dear, I found Camels on your desk again. I need to talk to you.

D: Just take it easy, Mum. You see the heroes and beautiful women in movies? They looked so

fashionable and cool when blowing smoke rings.

IV. New Words

⑴cry 哭泣,流(泪)

(2)(of a wound) produce liquid (伤口)渗出液体

weep over/for

eg: When he heard the news, he broke down and wept.

他听到这个消息是控制不住感情,哭了起来.

eg: The wound is weeping.伤口在出血

weepy: adj. 要哭的，泪汪汪的;(故事、电影等)使人伤心的

辨析：weep意为哭泣，强调无声的饮泣,多用于书面语。

cry 意为哭，但多是指哭出声来，较常用.

sob 意为呜咽,指抽抽搭搭低声哭，常伴有类似于叹息的喘息声.

whimper 也作”呜咽”解,强调因无助\胆怯或失控而哽咽地哭,也指低声哭泣内心的牢骚.

: n. ⑴a box,etc.in which things are packed (包装用的)盒

⑵an object or group of objects that have been put up together in paper or box

(中小型的)包裹,包

v. make (sth.) into or put (sth.)in a package, e.g. for selling包装，打包，捆扎

eg: Would you pass me that package of cigarettes?请把那包香烟递给我好吗？

eg: Ministers are trying to put together a package deal that will end the dispute.

大臣们力图搞个一揽子交易结束这场争论。

Phrase: package up 把…捆成一捆

eg；She packaged up the old clothes and put them in the cupboard.

他把旧衣服包成一包放入衣柜。

过滤

vi.(消息等) 走漏，慢慢传开;人群逐渐走出（走入）

n.过滤器，过滤用料，过滤嘴

eg: filter paper 滤纸

eg: You need to filter the driking water.你需要把饮用水过滤。

eg: The students filtered into the exam room.学生们逐渐走入考场

新视野大学英语第二册unit5

Phrase:

filter sth. out 滤除

Eg: Filter out the blue light. 把蓝光滤掉.

filter through sth.泄漏，走漏

Eg: The sunlight filtered through the curtains.阳光透过窗帘映出来。

Filtrate v. 过滤

⑵使变硬，使硬化

eg: The snow hardened until ice was formed.雪成冰后变硬了。

Eg: I hardened my heart against him. 我硬起心肠来对待他。

Phrase: be hardened to 对…麻木，对…无动于衷

harden off (使植物幼苗)变耐寒

<注意>“en”可以放在形容词后面构成动词，也可以附加在名次后面构成动词。

译为：“变成”“使变成”如：sharpen, heighten, harden, weaken

n.(商品的)牌子，商标

vt. ⑴打烙印于，以烙铁打标记

⑵给…抹黑，加污名于

eg：Which brand of tooth paste do you prefer?你爱用什么牌子的牙膏？

Eg: On big farms cattle are usually branded. 大农场里的牛通常打有烙印。

Eg: The scandal branded him for life. 这件丑事使他终生蒙受耻辱。

Phrase :brand sb. as…给某人加…污名

brand sth. on one’s mind将某事铭记在心

6、钩住 n.钩子，钩状物

eg: When he turned around, he found a fish had been hooked.

当他转过身时，他发现有一条鱼已经上勾了。

eg: a fish hook 鱼钩

eg: a left/right hook 左/右钩拳

Phrase：be hooked on (吸毒)成瘾的；被…迷住的；对…着迷的

on the hook 处于困境的

off the hook 脱离困境的

hooked adj. 钩状的

: a. ⑴苗条的，纤细的 ⑵薄的 ⑶微小的，渺茫的

区别：slim slender thin lean skinny

slim:褒义词：躯体细长的，苗条的，只瘦而健康，可以指男，也可以指女的，强调结识，健康和

力量，指整个身体，slim 也可指(希望，愿望)等渺茫，微小

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