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1、MappingMappingEmbarkationEmbarkationNavigationNavigationDestinationDestinationResourcesActive reading 2Developing the ability of inferring implied meanings by reading between lines.Reading for main ideas.Practicing prediction.Active reading 2: MappingActive reading 2: MappingSettling down as immigra

2、nt Active reading 2: EmbarkationActive reading 2: Embarkation A miserable childhood Whos who? Prediction MoreActive reading 2:Active reading 2: EmbarkationEmbarkationSettling down as an immigrant1.What difficulties might the writer of the extract, Frank McCourt, have faced as an immigrant when he fi

3、rst arrived in New York?2. Why might a lack of formal education be a disadvantage?3. What do you think he needed to do in order to become a schoolteacher?4. What do you think the blurb (书籍简介) means when it refers to “survival”?Discuss in groups about the questions. Then answer the following up quest

4、ions in class.Active reading 2:Active reading 2: EmbarkationEmbarkationSettling down as a new immigrant1. What difficulties might the writer of the extract, Frank McCourt, have faced as an immigrant when he arrived in New York? continuing his education to qualify (使合格) as a teacher; finding job perh

5、aps he was treated as outsider; facing lonely; experience some culture shock; Which of them above is the most difficult one to cope with?BackActive reading 2:Active reading 2: EmbarkationEmbarkation2. Why might a lack of formal education be a disadvantage?Formal education would be necessary for many

6、 jobs; People might mistake his lack of formal education for: - lack of intelligence - lack of experience; - that he had no training in anything - that he was illiterate (文盲).What other disadvantage can you think of?Settling down as a new immigrantBackActive reading 2:Active reading 2: EmbarkationEm

7、barkation3. What do you think he needed to do in order to become a schoolteacher?First step: to study for a degree;Second step: to receive some training as a teacher. Full time or part time?How many years it would have taken him to become a teacher?Easy or difficult? Why?Settling down as a new immig

8、rantBackActive reading 2:Active reading 2: EmbarkationEmbarkation4. What do you think the blurb means when it refers to “survival”? He overcame difficulties in the new situation; It was not an easy life. What do you think you need to have to survive in a new situation?Settling down as a new immigran

9、tBackMoreActive reading 2:Active reading 2: EmbarkationEmbarkation When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a _ childhood: the happy childhood is hardly _ your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable _ childhood, and worse yet is

10、 the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.A Miserable Childhood - Extract from Angelas Ashes by Frank McCourtListen to the recording read by Frank McCourt himself and fill in the blanks.miserableworthIrishActive reading 2:Active reading 2: EmbarkationEmbarkation People everywhere brag (自夸) and whimper

11、 about the woes (不幸) of their early years, but _ can compare with the Irish version: the poverty; the shiftless loquacious (多话的) alcoholic (喝过酒) _ ; the pious defeated mother moaning by the fire; pompous (自负的) priests; bullying schoolmaster (校长); the _ and the terrible things they did to us for _ hu

12、ndred long years. nothingEnglishfathereightBackMoreActive reading 2:Active reading 2: EmbarkationEmbarkationWhos who? (a) Fyodor Dostoyevsky(c) Frank McCourt(b) Herman Melville132MoreActive reading 2:Active reading 2: EmbarkationEmbarkationWhos who?(a) Fyodor Dostoyevsky(1821 1881)(c) Frank McCourt(

13、1930 - 2009)(b) Herman Melville(1819 - 1891)132What books did they write?MoreActive reading 2:Active reading 2: EmbarkationEmbarkationWhos who?Fyodor DostoyevskyCrime and PunishmentFrank McCourtTis: A MemoirHerman MelvilleMoby Dick132MoreActive reading 2:Active reading 2: EmbarkationEmbarkationFrank

14、 McCourt Frank McCourt (1930 - 2009) was born in New York of Irish parents, but grew up in Limerick, the Republic of Ireland. Aged 19, he _ to New York and did a variety of manual jobs before he went to _, without even a high school diploma. His strong desire for education was based only on his habi

15、t of reading. After qualifying as a teacher, he _ English and creative writing in high schools and colleges for 30 years. He wrote a prize-winning childhood _, Angelas Ashes (1996), and Tis: A memoir (1999), about his return to New York. McCourts writing has a humorous style, based on exaggeration a

16、nd amusing dialogues. returned memoir taught collegeMoreActive reading 2:Active reading 2: EmbarkationEmbarkationPredictionWhat do you think means in the title of this memoir?Tis Tis is an abbreviation (缩写) for “It is”. Old-fashioned.To evoke (唤起) the feel of a memoir - old way of doing things. To g

17、ive a different view of the world from the writers experience. Why is it used here?MoreActive reading 2:Active reading 2: EmbarkationEmbarkationRead the blurb (书籍简介书籍简介) on page 6 and discuss with your partner about the questions.1 What can you expect to know from the text? 2 Which information descr

18、ibes facts, and which describes opinions about the book?Facts: This book comes after Angelas Ashes, Frank McCourts second volume of memoirs; it tells the story of his American journey; it follows his progress as an immigrant.Opinion: He is a brilliant storyteller and school teacher; this is a vivid

19、story about survival.PredictionText organisationText explorationText evaluation Understanding text InterpretingActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: Navigation ScanningActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationText organizationSituationBeing allowed to take two university cours

20、es a full time job; inadequate European EducationProblemsFeeling uncertain, insecure, lack of confidence not knowing how to take notes; afraid to ask questions; puzzled by what the professor talks; worried about mid-term and final examsSolutionsComforting himself with the dream of romance.Active rea

21、ding 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationLook through the text and identify the sentences providing evidences for the following statements.More He doesnt have a broad cultural background about America.Evidence from the text: “She says the History of Education in America course will provide me w

22、ith the broad cultural background I need after my inadequate European education.” (paragraph 1)Example:1. He is unfamiliar with university classes (paragraph 3,8)2. Hes afraid to open his mouth, because the American students will know hes not one of them (paragraph 3, 4)3. He knows the university ca

23、feteria and some Greenwich Village coffee shop. ScanningActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationPair work. Discuss with your partner about the impliedMeanings of the statements. More1. He is unfamiliar with university classes (paragraph 3,8) He is a new student.2. Hes afraid to open

24、his mouth, because the American students will know hes not one of them (paragraph 3, 4) He is conscious of his Irish accent.3. He knows the university cafeteria and some Greenwich Village coffee shop. Hes not a complete newcomer to the city. He doesnt have a broad cultural background about America.I

25、mplied meaning: He has not been to America for a long timeExample:ScanningActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationWhere do you think the extract comes from the novel, the beginning, middle or ending?Therefore, the extract comes early in the book after his recent arrival.ScanningActiv

26、e reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: Navigation Group work. Look through the text to find answers by each group. Group One: Why doesnt the writer think he needs to be introduced to literature? Group Two: How does the writer feel as he listens to Professor Greens lecture? Group Three: Why does th

27、e writer want to try an American accent? Group Four: Does the writer agree with the professor about the Pilgrims? Group Five: How does the writer feel about his chances of success as a student?clickclickclickclickclickUnderstanding textActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationBack1.Wh

28、y doesnt the writer think he needs to be introduced to literature?Because he has even read Dostoyevsky (aRussian novelist) and Melville (an American)writer) whose novels are lengthy and are hard for students.Understanding textActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationBack2. How does th

29、e writer feel as he listens to Professor Greens lecture?He feels uncertain. He lacks confidence and seems insecure. He doesnt know what kind of notes to write or what he is supposed to remember.Understanding textActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationBack3. Why does the writer want

30、to try an American accent?So that he can sound like the other students, like Americans, not be regarded as an outsider.Understanding textActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationBack4. Does the writer agree with the professor about the Pilgrims?No. The writer is puzzled because he has

31、 a different view based on the Irish history. His view is that the English persecuted the Irish and other people, so he wonders why the English would escape from persecution. He wants to tell the professor about the Irish suffering.Understanding textActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: Navi

32、gationBack5. How does the writer feel about his chances of success as a student?He is not confident at the moment about his success. Hes worried about the exams because he doesnt know where the questions will come from. The professor talks a lot and the textbook is thick there seems to be too much t

33、o learn.Understanding textActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationWork in pairs. Interpret the meanings of the sentencesand answer the questions.1.She says The History of Education in America course will provide me with the broad cultural background I need after my inadequate Europea

34、n education.2.How does the writer feel about his European educationbeing described as “inadequate”?2. All around me are students scribbling away in their notebooks and I wish I knew what to scribble myself. How am I supposed to know whats important out of all the things shes saying up there? How doe

35、s he feel about being in class at the moment?clickCclickCInterpretingMoreActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationBack3. Some students raise their hands to ask questions but I could never do that. The whole class would stare at me and wonder whos the one with the accent. Does he feel

36、part of the class yet?4. I could tell the girl how I read Dostoyevsky and Melville and shed be impressed and fall in love with me and wed study the history of education in America together. Do you think he has made friends yet? How does he feel about this?InterpretingclickCclickCActive reading 2: Na

37、vigationActive reading 2: Navigation1. She says The History of Education in America coursewill provide me with the broad cultural background Ineed after my inadequate European education.How does the writer feel about his Europeaneducation being described as “inadequate”?She has a point that Im not q

38、ualified enough if all the American students have a high school diploma.She makes me feel that my education is inadequate.InterpretingBackActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationBack2. All around me are students scribbling away in their notebooks and I wish I knew what to scribble my

39、self. How am I supposed to know whats important out of all the things shes saying up there?How does he feel about being in class at the moment?I have no experience of note-taking.Im not sure what sort of notes to take.I wish someone could give me guidance about it.InterpretingActive reading 2: Navig

40、ationActive reading 2: NavigationBack3. Some students raise their hands to ask questions but I could never do that. The whole class would stare at me and wonder whos the one with the accent.Does he feel part of the class yet?I have an Irish accent.I dont have a high school diploma.InterpretingActive

41、 reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationBack4. I could tell the girl how I read Dostoyevsky and Melville and shed be impressed and fall in love with me and wed study the history of education in America together.Do you think he has made friends yet? How does he feel about this?I feel like a

42、 stranger. Id like to share with others what I know. InterpretingActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationText EvaluationCritical thinking1 How did you feel when you first started college? 2 How do you feel during lectures?3 How often do you ask questions during a lecture?4 Do you alw

43、ays agree with what the professor says?5 Do you think life in an American university is different from life in a Chinese university?clickclickclickclickclickActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationCritical thinking1 How did you feel when you first started college? (sample answers)I f

44、elt - excited- interested - confident- anxious- shy- when I first started college.BackActive reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: Navigation2. How do you feel during lectures?(sample answers)BackI felt - interested- enthusiastic - bored- unsure- confident- during lectures.Critical thinkingActive r

45、eading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationBackCritical thinking3 How often do you ask questions during a lecture? (sample answer)I prefer to ask questions after the lecture, but I think it is more effective to ask questions during a lecture. Asking questions during a lecture? No.I will lose fa

46、ce.I may interrupt other students.My English is not good.Active reading 2: NavigationActive reading 2: NavigationCritical thinking4 Do you always agree with what the professor says? (sample answers)BackAlways agreeI need to know a lot before I can disagree, and since Im a student now, I dont know en

47、ough yet to disagree with professors, who surely know more.Sometimes disagreeProfessors know that there is a range of views and hope that students will think for themselves. So if students give reasons and evidence for their comments, professors welcome disagreement.Active reading 2: NavigationActiv

48、e reading 2: NavigationCritical thinking5 Do you think life in an American university is different from life in a Chinese university? (sample answer)BackSimilar aspects: Both have lectures, courses Different aspects: food, halls of residence, sports and social activities, some approaches to learning

49、 and teaching, . SummarizingTalking pointActive reading 2: DestinationActive reading 2: DestinationRole playActive reading 2: DestinationActive reading 2: DestinationSummarizingListen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the words you hear. The writer of the text newly arrived in New York as a

50、n immigrant. He worked _ _ with a variety of manual jobs while taking courses at the university. He was faced with many _. He felt inferior (自卑) to his classmates because he didnt have a high _ diploma and he had a strong Irish accent. He didnt know how to _ _ in the class. He was puzzled by what th

51、e professor said about the Pilgrims and dared not ask questions in the class. Being _ and insecure, he was dreaming of a good-looking girl who was impressed by what he had read and what he would fall in _ with him. full timeproblemsschooltake noteslonelyloveActive reading 2: DestinationActive readin

52、g 2: DestinationTalking pointWork in pairs. Read Starting out at college and discuss the questions. Give advice to the speakers. 1. Im very shy. How will I find the courage to make new friends? Mary, Oxford 2. I have to shop and cook for myself and I havent a clue what to do. Where do I start? Tony,

53、 Manchester 3. I get really worried by exams, but have always had my family to help me. How will I cope now? John, London 4. I get homesick very easily, and Im sure Ill miss my family. What should I do? Katy, StirlingMoreclickclickclickclickActive reading 2: DestinationActive reading 2: DestinationT

54、alking pointWork in pairs. Read Starting out at college and discuss questions. Give advice to the speakers. 5. Ive never had to handle my own finances. How do I stop getting into debt? Jo, Exeter 6. Ive heard that everyone is incredibly clever at university. Im sure Im going to feel stupid. How can

55、I appear more intelligent? Malcolm, Birminghan 7. Ive heard that work at university is different from senior high school. What can I expect? Callum, BelfastclickclickclickBackActive reading 2: DestinationActive reading 2: DestinationTalking point1. Give advice to Mary from Oxford about making new fr

56、iends.Try joining some student societies interesting to you;Talk to your classmates during breaks and before/after class;Talk to others in your hall of residence BackActive reading 2: DestinationActive reading 2: DestinationTalking point2. Give advice to Tony from Manchester about cooking.Get a cook

57、book and learn to cook a few basic dishes;Ask someone to show you how to cook a dish or two;Buy the ingredients (原料) for them and share the meal. BackActive reading 2: DestinationActive reading 2: DestinationTalking point3. Give advice to John from London about being worried by exams. Talk to the te

58、acher ask for advice and see if you can find any details about the format and style of the exam;You can get some sample exam papers from last year from the library or from other students.BackActive reading 2: DestinationActive reading 2: DestinationTalking point4. Choose the best advice from the fol

59、lowing list for Katy from Stirling about homesick and explain the reason. phone home; send emails; write letters; keep busy with studies; try to make friendsBackActive reading 2: DestinationActive reading 2: DestinationTalking point5. Choose the best advice from the following list for Jo from Exeter

60、 about handling his own finances.Keep track of your spending by writing down major expenses;Turn to the banks who give students personal advice and leaflets with guidance about financial management;Go to the Students Union for advice and support if you have difficulty.BackActive reading 2: Destinati

61、onActive reading 2: DestinationTalking point6. Give advice to Malcolm from Birmingham about self-confidence.If you have won a place at university, you have already passed competitive exams and selection procedures. So you are certainly intelligent enough.Dont compare yourself with others. You need t

62、o believe in yourself and be yourself.BackActive reading 2: DestinationActive reading 2: DestinationTalking point7. Giving advice to Callum from Belfast about differences between senior high school and university.To learn to study more independently and to study in more depth at university;To study

63、completely different subjects and disciplines for many students at university;To make use of the environment provided by the university for you to read about and discuss topics widely.To join a lot of social, sports and leisure activities.BackActive reading 2: DestinationActive reading 2: Destinatio

64、nRole playWork in pairs and perform the tasks according to the following scenario.Scenario (1)Student A performs the role of Malcolm from Birmingham who used to be the top in the class in the middle school. But now he has the following problem: Ive heard that everyone is incredibly clever at univers

65、ity. Im sure Im going to feel stupid. How can I appear more intelligent?MoreActive reading 2: DestinationActive reading 2: DestinationRole playScenario (1)Role B gives some advice: Dont worry. If you have a at the university,you have already passed So you are certainly Dont compare yourself with oth

66、ers. You need to placecompetitive exams & selection procedureintelligent enoughbelieve in yourself &by yourself.MoreActive reading 2: DestinationActive reading 2: DestinationRole playWork in pairs and perform the tasks according to the following scenario.Scenario (2)Student B performs the role of Ca

67、llum from Belfast:Ive heard that work at university is different from senior high school. What can I expect?MoreActive reading 2: DestinationActive reading 2: DestinationRole playScenario (2)Role A gives some advice: Students learn to study at the university.Many students study completely compared t

68、o those at school. University also provide youread about and discuss topics widely. You can also join in a lot of independentlydifferent subjects & disciplines. environment tosocial, sports & leisure activities.BackInformation relatedDifficult sentencesWords to noteLanguage in useActive reading 2: R

69、esourcesActive reading 2: ResourcesPreviewActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: ResourcesDifficult sentence 1but the woman in the admissions office says its a requirement even though Ive read Dostoyevsky and Melville and thats admirable for someone without a high school education. (Para 1) Tr

70、ansclickDoes the writer think that he needs to be introduced to the literature course? Why?No, because he has read a lot of literature already including writers of vey long novels.可是招生办公室的那位女士说，虽然我读过陀斯妥耶夫斯基和梅尔维尔的小说，虽然一个没上过高中的人能读这些书的确令人敬佩，但这门课是必修课。Translate the sentence into Chinese.Active reading 2:

71、 ResourcesActive reading 2: Resources Then the professor tells us ideas dont drop fully formed from the skies, that the Pilgrims were, in the long run, children of the Reformation with an accompanying world-view and their attitudes to children were so informed (Para 6)1.According to the professor, h

72、ow do ideas come from? Trans接着，教授告诉我们，观念并不是从天而降的现成品。 从长远来看， 清教徒是宗教改革运动的产物， 他们继承了宗教改革运动的世界观， 并且他们对孩子的态度也是由此体现了宗教改革运动的思想。clickIdeas have a history they dont come from nothing. They are born in a context (环境) of previous ideas.2. What is “so” in the sentence referred to? click“so informed”= informed by

73、 the Reformation with an accompanying world-view.Difficult sentence 2Active reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: ResourcesId like to go to the university cafeteria or a Greenwich Village coffee shop and chat with the girl about the Pilgrims and their Puritan ways and how they frightened the life ou

74、t of their children. (Para 9)What will the writer say to the girl?A.The Puritans made their children very much afraid of going to Heaven. B.The Puritans didnt have their strict moral attitudes.C.The Puritans made their children very much afraid of going to Hell.Trans我愿意和她一起去学校的餐厅和格林尼治村的咖啡馆，一块儿谈谈清教徒和

75、他们极端拘谨的生活方式，谈谈他们是怎样把孩子吓破了胆。Difficult sentence 3Words to noteNew Words1.memoir 2.inadequate 3.scribble 4.extract5.persecution 6.diploma 7.cafeteria8. Active reading 1: ResourcesActive reading 1: ResourcesPhrases 1. in the long run2. frighten the life out of sb. 3. be supposed toActive reading 2: Reso

76、urcesActive reading 2: Resourcesmemoir n. CA.(formal) a short piece of writing about a person or place that you knew well, or event that you experiencedB.(plural) a book by someone important and famous in which they write about their life and experiencesC. an essay on a learned subjectWork in pairs.

77、 Figure out the meanings. Put proper letters (A，B or C) according to the definitions.(1) The former president has published his memoirs.(2) She is writing a memoir of her husband. (3) This is an important memoir on tsunami (海啸).ABCActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: Resourcesinadequate a. n

78、ot enough for a particular purpose; (of a person) unable to deal with the situationWhat is the Chinese meanings of the words underlined?1.The parking facilities are inadequate for a busy shopping centre. 2.The new air conditioning system proved inadequate.3. 4.The teacher made us feel inadequate if

79、we made mistakes.5.He is a sad and inadequate man.停车设备不够齐全达不到效果不能胜任不会生活的Active reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: Resourcesscribble v.Work out the meanings of scribble in the following sentences.He took a pen and scribbled something. wrote quickly and untidilyHe scribbled down our names. wrote qu

80、ickly and untidilySomeone has scribbled all over my picture. mark or draw with no meaning MoreActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: Resourcesscribble v.Enlarge your vocabulary with related words. Match the words with the meanings.a)scribe 1. an unimportant writer b)a scribbler 2. to write or

81、a writerc)a script 3. an extra message writtend) after one has signed the lettere) (附言)f)d) a postscript/PS 4. manuscript of a play or movieg) (剧本) h) BackActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: ResourcesextractA. (v.) To remove something from a particular place;B. ( v.) To get someone to tell

82、or give you something when they do not want;C. (n.) A short piece of something taken from something such as a book or a letter.Decide which meaning is used with a proper a letter in a bracket.1. The teacher read several extracts ( ) from the novel.2. The army uses force to extract ( ) confessions (供

83、词).3. She felt painful when the dentist extracted ( ) her tooth. ABCActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: Resourcespersecution n.Cruel or unfair treatment of people because of their religious or political beliefs or race they belong to. Translate the following sentences into Chinese:1.Many Je

84、ws (犹太人)fled to America to escape persecution in Europe during the war.2.2. William asked Canada to protect him from persecution in his home country. 威廉要求加拿大保护，免遭本国的迫害。TransTrans战争期间许多犹太人为了逃避在欧洲的迫害而逃到美国。MoreActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: ResourcesMorepersecution n.Synonyms: cruelty; ab

85、use; bullying; mistreatment; maltreatment; ill-treatment; inhumanity, punishment Choose proper words above to fill in the blanks:1.What kind of person could treat a fellow human being with such _.2.The doctor said there was no evidence of child _, despite the womans claim. 3.The novel Uncle Toms Cab

86、in focuses on the _ of the slave trade. 4.This race has suffered terrible _. crueltyabuseinhumanitypersecutionActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: Resourcespersecution n.Choose proper words above to fill in the blanks:5. The teenagers often bully those younger and smaller. So the government

87、has to get involved in school _.6. There can be no good reason for the _ of factory-farm animals. 7. This is the way that mothers give _ to their childrenbullyingmistreatmentpunishmentBackSynonyms: cruelty; abuse; bullying; mistreatment; maltreatment; ill-treatment; inhumanity, punishment Active rea

88、ding 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: Resourcesdiploma n.British English: a document showing that someone has successfully completed a course of study or passed an examination. 证书American English: a document showing that a student has successfully completed the high school or university education. 文凭Tr

89、anslate the sentences into Chinese.You need to have a high school / university diploma.你需要有高中毕业证或者大学毕业证。I hope to get my teaching diploma this year.我希望今年能拿到教师证书。Active reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: Resourcescafeteria n.A restaurant often in a factory, school, university where customers serve

90、 themselves. Synonyms: canteen (British English), restaurant, cafDiscuss with your partner the meanings of the words:1.They ate in a little local restaurant.a place where food is sold and eaten2 He went into a local caf for a cup of tea.a small restaurant where light meals and drinks (in Britain onl

91、y non-alcoholic (不含酒精) are served.The students are taking meals in the canteen. A restaurant often in a factory, school, university where customers serve themselves. Active reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: Resourcesin the long runin the end; in the final result1.You may make good grades _ befor

92、e examination, but you will succeed in the long run _.2.2. Moving to Beijing will _ in the long run.3.3. The project seems to be expensive in the short run. But it _ many local people in the long run.Match the two halves of the sentences by filling in letters. a. better for youb. by studying hard ev

93、ery dayc. will provide jobs to d. by studying hardbacdActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: ResourcesMorefrighten the life out of somebodymake someone very frightenedIdentify the phrases similar or different in use with the above one by filling in “S” (similar) and “D” (different).1 frighten

94、sb. out of their wits ( )2 frighten the daylights out of sb. ( )3 frighten sb. into doing sth. ( )4 frighten sb. off / frighten off ( )5 frighten sb. to death ( )SDDS SActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: Resourcesfrighten the life out of somebodyTranslate the following sentences into Chines

95、e.1.What are you doing? You frighten life out of me! 你干什么？你把我吓个半死！2. Their lawyer tried to frighten us into signing the contract. 他们的律师想恐吓我们，让我们在合同上签字。3. The man pulled out a gun and managed to frighten off his attackers. 那男人掏出枪来，把袭击他的人给吓跑了。4. Film-makers know that the way to capture an audience is

96、to frighten the audience out of its wits. 拍电影的人知道，想抓住观众，就得把他们吓个半死。5. Sara is frightened to death of snakes. 萨拉怕蛇怕得要命。BackActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: Resourcesbe supposed to (do / be something)Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1.We are supposed to check out of the hotel

97、by 11 oclock. 按规定我们应该11点钟之前在旅馆退房。2. The old lady has been supposed to have a lot of money. 大家一直以为这老妇人很有钱。3. The new laws are supposed to prevent crime. 人们希望新法律的颁布能够阻止犯罪。4. I shouldnt have been in the study, I am not supposed to go in there. 我本不应该在书房里，我是不准许进到那里的。A. Someone should or should not do som

98、ething.B.What is expected or intended to happen.C. Something is believed to be true by many people.Active reading 1: ResourcesActive reading 1: ResourcesLanguage in useUseful ExpressionsActive reading 1: ResourcesActive reading 1: ResourcesUseful expressionsMore1.全职工作1. work full time2.选修课程2. take a

99、 course3.招生办公室3. the admission office4.乐得飘飘然4. in heaven5.不停地记笔记5. scribble away in a notebook6.盯着看6. stare at7.观念并不是从天而 降得现成品7. Ideas dont drop fully formed from the skies.8.从长远来看8. in the long runActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: ResourcesUseful expressions9.宗教改革运动的产物9. children of the

100、Reformation10.世界观10. the world-view11.期中考试11. a mid-term exam12.期末考试12. a final (exam)13.学校的自助餐厅13. the university cafeteria14.咖啡馆14. coffee shop15.使孩子吓破胆15. to frighten the life out of their children16.爱上某人16. fall in love with somebodyActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: ResourcesBackActiv

101、e reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: ResourcesInformation relatedl The structure of higher education in Americal “A very enjoyable read!”l More culture notes l Applications for higher education institutionsActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: ResourcesThe structure of higher education in

102、AmericaMoreThe following are four categories of institutions of the higher education in America. Choose a proper word for each of them from the box:2-year or community college; university; college; technical training institution 1. _, the independent 4-year undergraduate institution, confers (颁发) a

103、Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree after four years of study. 2. _, at which high school graduates may take courses ranging from 6 months to 4 years in duration and learn a wideThe collegeThe technical training institutionActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: Resourc

104、es2-year or community college university college technical training institution The structure of higher education in America variety of technical skills, from hair styling through business accounting to computer programming. 3. _, which may contain several colleges for undergraduate students seeking

105、 a bachelors degree and one or more graduate school for those continuing in specialized studies beyond the bachelors degree to obtain a masters or a doctoral degree.4. _, from which students may enter many professions or may transfer to 4-year colleges. They serve many students needs. The university

106、The 2-year, or community collegeBackActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: ResourcesApplications for higher education institutionsThe success of applications is based on: high school records recommendations from high school teachers the impression students make during the interviews at the uni

107、versity students scores on the SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test Active reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: Resources“A very enjoyable read!”Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the words you hear: I thoroughly enjoyed reading Tis: A Memoir. I appreciated Frank McCourts candor (公正) about h

108、is own _. He does not sugarcoat any of his experiences and his life is clearly _ when he first arrived in New York City with no high school education. However, he never feels _ for himself; there is a lightness and a sense of _ to his descriptions of hardship. My only criticism is McCourts habit of

109、constantly _ things that he wrote earlier in the book. While I understand that this is a stylistic future, I think it should have been used much more sparingly (节制). shortcomingsdifficultsorryhumorrepeatingMoreFyodor Dostoyevsky(1821-1881) was an outstanding 19th-century Russian novelist. His most f

110、amous novels are Crime and Punishment and The Idiot. He is sometimes credited as the creator of the modern psychological novel. More notes罪与罚白痴Have you read the books?Active reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: ResourcesMoreHerman Melville Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American writer who wrot

111、e a long novel called Moby Dick (白鲸记) (1851) is an adventure about hunting whales, which has been made into films. Now, watch a clip of the film Moby Dick.More notesActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: ResourcesMoreBrogueAccent is a more general term. Brogue emphasizes the locality of the ac

112、cent, particularly referring to an Irish or a Scottish accent, e.g. the common expression an Irish brogue means the person has a strong Irish accent. For example, in the folksong “Finnegans Wake”, the character of the song, Tim Finnegan, was said to have a “beautiful brogue so rich and sweet”. Liste

113、n to part of the song “Finnegans Wake”More notesFinnegans WakeOne morning Tim was rather full, His head felt heavy, Which made him shake, He fell from the ladder and broke his skull, They carried him home, his corpse to wake, Rolled him up in a nice clean sheet, and laid him upon the bed, A bottle o

114、f WhiskeyAt his feet, and a gallon of Porter At his head LyricsActive reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: ResourcesThe ReformationThe Reformation refers to a period of religious changes in Europe in the 16th century. During the Reformation efforts to reform religious practices and beliefs resulted

115、 in the development of a variety of new churches with differing ideas, about individualism and authority, broadly still called protestant churches, and the Counter-Reformation during which the Catholic Church made efforts to change, reform and defend itself. Both Protestants and Catholics are Christ

116、ians, of course, but in the past there had been disputes and violence between them which were part of the reason behind the troubles and violence in Northern Ireland in the 20th century. More notesRead the passage and understand what Reformation is.Active reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: Resour

117、cesPreviewActive reading 2: resourcesActive reading 2: resourcesRole A: Make a phone call to your mother/father complaining about the life in college. What would you say?Role B: You are mother/father now. What would you say? Go over “Reading across culture” and “Guided writing” for some clue. Active reading 2: ResourcesActive reading 2: Resources