大学英语精读第三册Unit3 Why ITeach.pptVIP

Unit Three Why I Teach? 我为什么教书？ before the text probably : perhaps, presumably time and again: 屡次，常常 outweigh: be more important or valuable than sth. else 比…重（在重量上）；比…重要；比…有价值 The benefits of this treatment far outweigh any risks. outdo: do better than: 超过，胜过 The nine-year-old outdo all his siblings. 九岁的孩子胜过了他的兄弟姐妹。 outgrow: too old to sth: 长大而不再适合… I have outgrown the age of playing toy. 我已经超过了玩玩具的年龄。 She outgrew her dress. Para One administrative ；step-up administrative [?d‘m?n?stret?v] adj. 管理的，行政的 He holds an administrative post in the company. hold a post: 任职 administrate v. 管理；经营 administration n. 管理，行政 administrator n. 管理人员，行政人员 My friend asked the question when I told him that I didn’t want to be considered for an administrative position. T: 当我朋友为我为什么教书时，我告诉他是因为我不想考虑做管理类的工作。 step-up: promotion, 递升的，递进的 Analyze: He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a “step-up” toward what all Americans are taught to want when they grow up: money and power. 主句？ He was puzzled 主系表结构 that 引导的宾语从句 I didn’t want what was…: what 引导want 的宾语从句 toward what all Americans are taught to want … what 引导的是toward 介词后面的宾语从句，want 的宾语 money and power : 解释说明 T: 所有的美国人受的教育是长大成人后应该追求金钱和权力，而我却偏偏不要明明是朝着这个目标“迈进”的工作，他为之大惑不解。 Para 2 mechanic; carpenter; sweaty ; palm; profession; stay up; convince Certainly, I don’t teach because teaching is easy for me. 如何理解？ A. 我不教书，是因为教书对我来说很简单。 B. 我教书，不是因为我觉得教书轻松。 Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, writer. mechanic: [m?‘k?n?k] n. 机械工，机修工 carpenter: [‘kɑrp?nt?] n. 木匠 attempt to do sth: try to do sth difficult 尝试做某事 earn one’s living: 谋生 = make a living 我尝试着以写作谋生。 I try to earn my living by writing. I try to make a living by selling clothes. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach profession. sweat: [sw?t] 汗水 (nv) drip with sweat sweaty: adj. 流汗的，出汗的 sweaty palm sweaty workout palm [pɑm] 金棕榈奖： sinking-stomach: He