质疑英文新视野大学英语第三版读写教程第二册unit1A教案

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Section A

An impressive English lesson

一堂难忘的英语课

1 If I am the only parent who still corrects his child's English, then perhaps my

son is right. To him, I am a tedious oddity: a father he is obliged to listen to and

a man absorbed in the rules of grammar, which my son seems allergic to.

1

< p>
如果我是唯一一个还在纠正小孩英语的家长，那么我儿子也许是对的。

< /p>

对他而言，我是

一个乏味的怪物：一个他不得不听其教诲的父亲， 一个还沉湎于语法规则的人，对此我儿子

似乎颇为反感。

1

If I am the only parent who still corrects his child’s English, then perhaps my son

is right. To him, I am a tedious oddity: a father he is obliged to listen to and a man

absorbed in the rules of grammar, which my son seems allergic to. (Para. 1)

Meaning:

My son is probably right if there is no other parent like me who still corrects his

child?s mistakes in English. To my son, I am a bor

ing and strange father, who he has to

listen to; I am also the one who pays lots of attention to grammar rules, which he doesn?t

seem to like.

oddity:

n. [C] a strange or unusual person or thing

怪人；怪物；奇特的东西

With his neat suits on, he felt like an oddity walking in this poor neighborhood.

穿着笔挺的西

装

走在这个贫民区里，他觉得自己就像个怪物。

Usage note:

oblige

The word

oblige

is most commonly used in the expression

be/feel obliged

.

1 be/feel obliged to do sth.

指

“

感到有责任做某事

”

< p>
。例如：

He felt obliged to help his mother, even if it meant leaving college.

他觉得有责任帮助母亲，即

使

这意味着他要离开大学。

2

be/feel obliged to sb./sth.

指

“

对某人或某事心存感激

”

。例如：

Thank you very much, doctor. I am extremely obliged to you.

< p>
医生，非常谢谢您。对您，我

深

表感谢。

2 I think I got serious about this only recently when I ran into one of my former

students, fresh from an excursion to Europe.

of earnest anticipation.

2

我觉得我是在最近偶遇我以 前的一位学生时，才开始对这个问题认真起来的。这个学生

刚从欧洲旅游回来。我满怀着 诚挚期待问她：

“

欧洲之行如何？

”< /p>

2

I think I got serious about this only recently when I ran into one of my former

students, fresh from an excursion to Europe. (Para. 2)

Meaning:

I think I started to pay attention to other people?s usage of grammar only lately,

when I happened to meet one of my former students, who had just returned from a short

journey to Europe.

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“How was it?” I asked, full of earnest anticipation. (Para.

2)

Meaning:

When I asked about how her trip to Europe had been, I was expecting her

response anxiously and sincerely.

How was it?:

(spoken) often used in conversation to ask sb. about their opinion or

experience of sth.

怎么样？（口语常用表达，用于询问看法或经历）

Did you watch the movie last night? How was it?

你昨天晚上看那部电影了吗？感觉怎么

样？< /p>

I was told that you had traveled to many places in Asia recently. How was it?

有人告诉我

你最近跑了亚洲的很多地方，旅行怎么样？

full of: (followed by abstract nouns) feeling or showing a lot of particular emotion or

quality

（感觉、表达或表现出）充满某种情感（特质）的

full of excitement/energy/hope/happiness/praise

充满兴奋

/

活力

/

< br>希望

/

幸福

/

< br>赞美

The teacher was full of praise for the homework that the students had done.

老师对

学生们完成的功课赞不绝口。

Lucy is a happy child and always full of life.

露西是个快乐的孩子，总是充满了活力。

3

She

nodded

three

or

four

times,

searched

the

heavens

for

the

right

words, and then exclaimed,

3

她点了 三四下头，绞尽脑汁，苦苦寻找恰当的词语，然后惊呼：

“

真是 ，哇！

”

4

She nodded three or four times, searched the heavens for the right words, and

then exclaimed, “It was, like, whoa!” (Para.

3)

Meaning: She nodded her head three or four times, tried to find the right words in

her

mind, and then shouted with excitement, “It was, like, whoa!”

Meaning beyond words:

Since the student was not quite sure how to exactly describe

her travel experience, the tone of the author is somewhat sarcastic. The author intended

to send out the message that the student was incompetent regarding the selection of her

English vocabulary.

search somewhere for sth.:

try to find sth. in some place

在某地方搜寻某物

The

robber

reached

out

and

searched

the

back

pocket

of

my

trousers

for

anything

valuable.

那个盗贼伸手搜我裤子后面的口袋以寻找值钱的东西。

Note:

The

heavens

means

“the

sky”.

Here

“search

the

heavens

for

the

right

words”

implies

the

student

tried

hard

to

find

suitable

words

to

describe

what

she

saw

and

experienced when traveling in Europe.

Usage note:

search, search for

1

search: look through

检查；搜查

They searched the man in front of me from head to foot.

他们把我前面的男子从头到脚搜

查了一遍。

They searched everybody?s luggage.

他们检查了每个人的行李。

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search for: look for

寻找；搜寻

The customs were searching for drugs at the airport.

海关人员在机场搜查毒品。

Note:

“It

was,

like,

whoa!”

means

“It

was

really

great!”.

“It

was

like

…”

is

an

informal

expression in conversation, very common for young people who are lazy and incapable to

reference

their

ideas.

The

expression

is

usually

followed

by

an

adjective

or

an

exclamation.

It was, like, marvelous!

简直奇妙极了！

(It was like) Whoa! How come you got a hundred percent correct on such a hard test?

哇

!

这么难的考试你怎么都全答对了？

Note:

Whoa is specifically used to show that people are surprised or think something is

very impressive. It can be used in different contexts. For example:

﹒

To describe something that you?re not quite sure how to describe: That car is so cool,

it?s like, whoa.

﹒

To expres

s surprise: Whoa! It?s really amazing!

﹒

To indicate a desire to end what someone is talking: Whoa, OK, that?s enough.

4

And

that

was

it.

The

civilization

of

Greece

and

the

glory

of

Roman

architecture

were

captured

in

a

condensed

non-statement.

My

student's

4

没了。

所有希腊文明和罗马建筑的辉 煌居然囊括于一个浓缩的、不完整的语句之中！

我的

学生 以

“

哇！

”

来 表示她的惊叹，我只能以摇头表达比之更强烈的忧虑。

5

And that was it. (Para. 4)

Meaning:

And that was everything she said, without even mentioning any details of her

wonderful experience in Europe.

That was it.:

often used in conversation to say that sth. is completely finished or that a

situation cannot be changed

就这样（指某事彻底结束或形势不能更改）

That was it. I could no longer hope for a promotion, and my boss didn?t even want to see

me again.

就这样吧，我的升职再也没指望了，我的 老板甚至不想再见到我。

That?s it. There is nothing more we can d

o.

就这样吧，我们也再没有别的办法。

6

The civilization of Greece and the glory of Roman architecture were captured in a

condensed non-statement. (Para. 4)

Meaning:

The

civilization

of

Greece

and

the

glory

of

Roman

architecture

were

just

described in one word rather than a complete statement because of her inability to choose

appropriate words to express herself.

7

My student’s “whoa!” was exceeded only by my head

-shaking distress. (Para. 4)

Meaning:

My head-shaking distress at her inability to express properly was even greater

than her slang term

whoa

, one word, which did not make any statement to describe the

civilization of Greece and the glory of Roman architecture.

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Meaning beyond words:

The word exceed states explicitly that the author?s worry about

his student?s language

inability was much more intense than her excitement.

5 There are many different stories about the downturn in the proper use of

English.

Surely

students

should

be

able

to

distinguish

between

their/there/they're

or

the

distinctive

difference

between

complimentary

and

complementary.

They

unfairly

bear

the

bulk

of

the

criticism

for

these

knowledge deficits because there is a sense that they should know better.

5

关于正确使用英语能力下降的问题，有许多不同的故事。

学生的确本应该能够区分诸如

their/there/they're

之间的不同，或区别

complimentary

跟

complementary

之间显而易见的

差异。

由于这些知识缺陷，他们承受 着大部分不该承受的批评和指责，因为舆论认为他们

应该学得更好。

(Para. 5)

Meaning:

There are a lot of different stories about why more and more people are less

and less skilled when using English.

downturn:

n. [C, usu. sing.] a process in which business activity, production, etc. is

reduced and conditions become worse

衰退；下降

The downturn in the auto industry affected the entire economy of the United States.

汽

车

工业的衰退影响了整个美国的经济。

9

Surely students should be able to distinguish between their/there/they’re or the

distinctive difference between complimentary and complementary. (Para. 5)

Meaning:

Of course, students should be able to recognize and understand the

differences

between

their/there/they’re

or

the

obvious

difference

between

complimentary

and

complementary

.

Usage note:

distinguished, distinctive, distinct

这三个词词形相近，但意思有很大的差别，不能互换使用。

1

distinguished

指

“

卓越的；杰出的；著名的

”

。例如：

His grandfather had been a distinguished university professor.

他的祖父曾是一位杰出的

大学教授。

2

distinctive

指

“

（特征、性格或外表）独特的，有明显不同的

”

。强调

“

表示差别的

< p>
”

、

“

有特

色的

”

、

“

特殊的

”

。例如：

Irene had a very distinctive voice.

艾琳有一个非常独特的声音。

Can you find the distinctive watermarks of this stamp?

你能看到这枚邮票上明显的水印吗？

Pupils in Hong Kong usually have distinctive badges on their school uniforms.

在香港，小

学生的校服上常戴有颇具特色的徽章。

3

distinct

表示

“

分明的；明了的；清楚的

”

< br>。例如：

I have the distinct feeling that my friend did not realize what was happening.

我明显感到

我朋友并未察觉所发生的一 切。

The photo you took in Hong Kong Cultural Centre is not distinct enough.

你在香港文化中

心拍的那张照片不够清晰。

8

There are many different stories about the downturn in the proper use of English.

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She has a distinct pronunciation.

她的发音清楚。

There is a distinct smell of smoke in my room.

我的房间里有一股明显的香烟味。

distinct

的另一个词义是

“

明显不同的；有区别的

”

。例如：

Our interests were quite distinct from those of them.

我们的兴趣与他们的兴 趣截然不同。

现将

distinct

和

distinctive

用在一个句子里，以便区分：

One of the distinctive features of this book is its distinct illustrations.

这本书很明显的特点

之一就是其具有清楚明了的图解。

10 They unfairly bear the bulk of the criticism for these knowledge deficits because

there is a sense that they should know better. (Para. 5)

Meaning:

Just because they are assumed to learn better, students unfairly become the

main target of the criticism for their insufficient knowledge.

Note:

The word

deficit

is mainly used in the second meaning (

赤字；亏损；逆差

).

6 Students are not dumb, but they are being misled everywhere they look and

listen. For example, signs in grocery stores point them to the

stationary

, even

though the actual

stationery

items

—

pads, albums and notebooks

—

are not

nailed down. Friends and loved ones often proclaim they've just

ate

when, in

fact, they've just

eaten

. Therefore, it doesn't make any sense to criticize our

students.

6

学生并不笨，他们只是被周围所看到和听到的语言误导了。

举例来说，杂货店的指示牌

会把他们引向

stationary

（静止处），虽然便笺本、相册、和笔记本等真正的

stationery

（文

具用品）并没有被钉在那儿。

朋友和亲人常宣称

They've just ate

。实际上，他们应该说

They've just eaten

。

因此，批评学生不合乎情理。

11

Students

are

not

dumb,

but

they

are

being

misled

everywhere

they

look

and

listen. (Para. 6)

Meaning:

Students are not stupid. However, they mistakenly learn whatever they see and

hear in their language environment.

Note:

Here, “… they are being misled” is used for emphasis, emphasizing an on

-going

situation of “being misled”.

12

For example, signs in grocery stores point them to the stationary, even though

the actual stationery items

—

pads, albums and notebooks

—

are not nailed down.

(Para. 6)

Meaning:

For

example,

signs

of

merchandise

in

grocery

stores

lead

students

to

the

“stationary”

department

selling

stationery

like

pads,

albums

and

notebooks.

However,

these displayed stationery items are movable, but not nailed down.

Meaning

beyond

words:

Taking

the

wrong

spelled

signs

in

grocery

stores

as

an

example,

the

author

argues

that

it

is

not

student?s

fault.

The

verb

phrase

nail

down

is

cleverly

used

to

describe

the

funny

situation:

Movable

“stationery”

items

are

under

the

sign of unmovable “stationary”,

a distinct spelling mistake between the two words.

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Friends and loved ones often proclaim

they’ve

just ate when, in fact,

they’ve

just

eaten. (Para. 6)

Meaning:

Friends and loved ones often make mistakes when speaking English. For

example, they say public

ly they?ve just ate but actually they should say they?ve just eaten.

Usage note:

proclaim, claim

1

proclaim

是正式宣告或 公开宣告，

“

宣告

”

< br>的中文意思比

“

声明

”

要严肃。例如：

The government has proclaimed a new law.

政府已公布了一项新法令。

They proclaimed that he was a traitor.

他们宣称他是叛徒。

The ringing bells proclaimed the birth of the prince.

响亮的钟声宣布了王子的诞生。

2

claim

是根据权利声明，根据权利要求索赔，根据权利认领。

1)

声称；断言；主张。例如：

They claim to have discovered a cure for the disease.

他们声称已经发现了治疗此病的方

法。

She claimed that the ring was stolen, not lost.

她声言那只戒指是被偷的

,

而不是遗失的。

2)

要求；索赔。例如：

The old man claimed the land.

老人要求得到这块土地。

I claim payment from my friend.

我要求我的朋友付款。

14 Therefore, it doesn’t make any sense to criticize our students. (Para. 6)

Meaning:

So, there?s no good reason to criticize our students at all because it?s unfair to blame

them.

7 Blame for the scandal of this language deficit should be thrust upon our

schools,

which

should

be

setting

high

standards

of

English

language

proficiency. Instead, they only teach a little grammar and even less advanced

vocabulary.

Moreover,

the

younger teachers

themselves

evidently

have

little

knowledge

of

these

vital

structures

of

language

because

they

also

went

without

exposure

to

them.

Schools

fail

to

adequately

teach

the

essential

framework of language, accurate grammar and proper vocabulary, while they

should take the responsibility of pushing the young onto the path of competent

communication.

7

对这种缺乏语言功底而引起的负面指责应归咎于我们的学校。学校应对英语熟练程度制< /p>

定出更高的标准。

可相反，学校只教 零星的语法，高级词汇更是少之又少。还有就是，学

校的年轻教师显然缺乏这些重要的语言结构方面的知识，因为 他们过去也没接触过。

学校

有责任教会年轻人进行有效的语言沟通，可他们并没把语言的基本框架

——

准确的语法和恰

当的词汇

——

充分地传授给学生。

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Blame for the scandal of this language deficit should be thrust upon our schools,

which should be setting high standards of English language proficiency. (Para. 7)

Meaning:

Our schools should be blamed for the shocking situation of students?

insufficient language skills. It?s their responsibility to establish high standards of English

language abilities.