应用型大学英语综合教程3Unit2电子教案

Practical English Reading and Writing Course Book 1

while he was a teenager.

the world’s thumb: 全世界的影响/力量

be under somebody’s thumb: 受某人影响/支配 e.g. He was still under his father’s thumb.

press down: to weigh (somebody) down 抑制，压制 e.g. The financial crisis almost pressed him down.

7. He had worked two jobs night and day saving his money, so he could put a down

payment on a sailboat. 他夜以继日地干着两份工作，终于攒够了购买一艘船所需的首付金。

work vt.努力做成；完成

e.g. They believe that united, they can work wonders.

He worked his passage from England to Australia. down payment:（分期付款购物的）首次（期）付款

8. The young man bought the boat on site and immediately paid the down payment and signed

the sales agreement. He was so happy he began to share the news with everyone he knew. They were surprised, to say the least, and wished him well, while never admitting they were

wrong. 这个年轻人当场买下了那艘船，并立刻付了首付金，签订了买卖合同。他太高兴了，把这个消息告诉给了所有他认识的人。他们很惊讶，这样说毫不夸张，但他们还是祝他一切顺利，然而绝不承认自己是错的。 on site:当场，在现场

e.g. He was caught stealing on site. to say the least: 毫不夸张地说

e.g. His teaching methods were strange, to say the least. Notes to Paras. 7-9 9. The men were federal agents who were preparing to seize the boat. The man who sold the boat was a con man and drug runner and the boat was now being confiscated in a federal drug sting operation. 这些人是联邦特工，准备扣押这条船。卖船的那个人是个骗子和毒贩，这条船在联邦缉毒行动中也将被没收。 seize: vt. 1) （依法）没收；依法占有或取得

e.g. The customs officers seized the smuggled heroin. 2) 攫取，抓住

e.g. He seized her hand and shook it heartily. confiscate: vt.充公，没收

e.g. Miss Williams confiscated all our sweets in class. 2) [C]刺痛，叮伤

e.g. He felt a sting in the elbow. vt. 刺（疼）；蜇；叮

e.g. A bee stung him on the back.

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10. The federal agents said they would be back in the morning to take possession of the boat

and left without even showing concern for the young man’s loss. 联邦特工说他们第二天上午要过来没收这条船。他们离开时对这个年轻人的损失没有表现出一点同情。 possession: n. 1) [U] 拥有，具有

e.g. On her father’s death, she came into possession of a vast fortune. 2) [C, usu. pl.] 个人财产，私人物品

e.g. He lost all his possessions in the fire.

take possession of: 占有，拿到

e.g. When he was put into prison, the court took possession of all his property. 11. As the young man was leaving, the harbormaster presented him with a bill in the amount

of twelve hundred dollars for past docking fees, owed by the previous owner. 当年轻人要离开时，港务长给他一张1200美元的泊船费用账单，费用是先前的船主所欠下的。 Meaning: When the young man was leaving, the harbormaster handed him a $1,200 bill that the former boat owner was due to pay for keeping the boat in the harbor. dock: vi./vt. 停靠码头，进港

e.g. We docked at Rangoon the next morning. n. [C]码头；船坞

e.g. The boat pulled up alongside the dock. 12. This was the last straw. 忍无可忍。

the last straw: 终于使人不堪忍受的最后一件事（或因素等）

e.g. You’ve been late for work too often. This is the last straw. You’re fired. 13. The young man cursed the harbormaster and left. 年轻人把港务长骂了一通离开了。

curse: vt./vi. 1)痛骂，咒骂

e.g. He cursed his bad luck in arriving just after the train had left. 2)诅咒

e.g. Don’t curse in front of the children. n. 1) [C]咒语

e.g. The witch’s curse seemed to work on him. 2) [C]咒骂语

e.g. His curses for something unimportant only made a fool of himself. Notes to Paras. 10-13 14. The harbormaster waved his arms and yelled for the young man to stop, that there was a

storm coming. But the young man just cursed him again and continued heading out to sea. 港务长挥舞着手臂，高喊着暴风雨即将来临，要年轻人停下来。但是这个年轻人又一次咒骂他，继续向大海的方向驶去。

yell: vi. 叫喊，叫嚷，吼叫

e.g. We yelled together for our team.

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yell 有时也可以作及物动词，如：

e.g. We yelled our goodbyes as the bus left.

head: vt. 1) 使??朝特定方向行进；使??走向 e.g. The captain ordered to head the ship northward. 2)站在??的前头；率领

e.g. The delegation headed by the foreign minister visited eight European countries in

a week. head out/off: 出发

e.g. The girl headed out to the forest with her dog.

15. Sure enough, after sailing ten miles out a storm overtook the boat, tossing it from side to

side. The young man frantically headed the boat back to shore. 果然，航行十英里后，风暴袭击了小船，船被抛来抛去。年轻人狂乱地驾船返回岸边。

overtake: vt./vi. 1) 突然发生，突然降临

e.g. The climbers were overtaken by bad weather. 3) 赶上；超车

e.g. The driver behind me tried to overtake on the inside. frantically: ad.（因痛苦、焦虑等而）狂乱地

e.g. The soldiers were frantically digging out the buried victims.

16. When he was a mile from the harbor, he radioed the harbormaster and asked him to

prepare for his docking. 在离港口还有一英里时，他用无线电向港务长发出信号，让他为他泊船做准备。

radio: vt./vi.（用无线电）发送，传送

e.g. The ambassador radioed an urgent message to his government. 其他常见的名词可用作动词的例子：

e.g. The library houses about one million books. 该图书馆收藏了约一百万册书。

Dick is babied by all the family. 迪克受到全家的宠爱。 The region is thickly peopled. 该地区人口稠密。

17. “Was it because of what I said,” the young man said in desperation. “是因为我说过的

话吗？”年轻人绝望地说。 in desperation: 绝望地

e.g. He killed himself in desperation when he went broke and became penniless in the

financial crisis.

18. “No, I never hold a grudge,” the harbormaster said. “不，我从不心怀怨恨。”港务长

说。

grudge: n. [C] 怨恨，嫌隙

e.g. He still harbors a grudge against me. vt. 勉强做；不情愿给

e.g. I grudge paying so much for such inferior goods.

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hold a grudge: 心怀怨恨（恶意）

e.g. I always have a feeling that for some reason she bears a grudge against me.

2. Period Three:

? Step One: Post-reading interaction After the text teaching, the instructor can have the students listen to the recording of the whole text and see if they have any questions.

Then go on with the interaction activity (if necessary). This step shall take not more than 18 minutes. ? Step Two: Working with words and phrases

Ask students to do Exercise 4 to build their word power. While checking the answers, make explanations when necessary. This step shall take 10 minutes. ? Step Three: Discussion

Proceed to Exercises 5 to enhance students’ oral English. Divide students into groups of 4 to 6 for the discussion task. Some of the answers to the questions in this section are open-ended. And the answers provided are merely for the instructor’s reference. After group discussion, ask 3-5 students to report their answers to the whole class.

This step shall take not more than 15 minutes.

3. Period Four:

? Step One: Practice: interpreting and translation After a brief revision of the whole text, ask students to do Exercises 6 together with their partner. Do this exercise to improve their interpreting skills as well as strengthen their text learning. Give them a few minutes to interpret the conversation into English before showing them the reference answer to help them improve their interpretation work. If time permits, have a few pairs to role-play the conversation in front of the class.

When doing Part A of Exercises 7 remind them to pay special attention to the italicized parts of the sentences. As for Part B of Exercises 7, ask them to compare their translation with the reference answers to improve their translation skills.

This step shall take not more than 20 minutes. ? Step Two: Practice: writing

When doing Part A of Exercises 8, the summary writing may be assigned as homework after going though the outline quickly in class.

Before doing Part B of Exercises 8, make sure that the students understand the four coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, nor. Then illustrate the basic sentence writing techniques: understand and write compound sentences. If time permits, ask students to finish the exercises after finishing the explanations, or assign it as homework. This step shall take not more than 15 minutes.

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