大学英语基础教程北大版_Unit_2_对电视说不解决方案.ppt

Unit 2 Television? No Thanks Some Topics Related to TV Watching Do you like watching TV? And what kind of TV programs do you usually watch? If one day you don’t watch TV any more, what else can you do? Maybe you need some new words to describe TV programs(电视节目) and entertainment(娱乐活动) Some Reference Words The text is going to tell us that the end of dinosaurs was caused by an asteroid(小行星) hitting the earth many years ago, which destroyed the natural conditions the dinosaurs depended on. Main Idea (Television? No Thanks) Since TV is very common and very important in our daily life, from the title, what can we imagine will be discussed in the text? My family and I decided to live without TV, because TV destroyed our normal family life and turned every family member into slave of television. In the days of no TV, we enjoyed the family reunion and other meaningful activities with more daily emotional communication. In a word, the negative influence of watching TV is discussed in this text. Text Structure Part I (1) The author gives us the introduction of the whole text—why her family decided to live without TV. Part II (2～6) The author describes her family life in the days of watching TV and describes the disadvantages brought by TV. Part III (7～10) The author gives the advantages of living without TV. reform and opening-up policy改革开放 switch v. 转换 n. 转换；开关 turn on 强调旋转式开关 switch on 涵盖所有开关 tragedy [‘tr?d??di] n. 悲剧 tune [tju?n] n. 曲调 v. 调音 be determined to do 决心做某事 take up拿起；开始从事；占据(时间,地方) Roller Skate The roller skate is a type of skate with wheels to be used on solid ground (as opposed to the ice skate which is to be used on ice). ignore v. 忽视，不理睬 ignorance (n.忽视); ignorant (adj.) informative inform (v.通知); information (n.); dictate dic- (speak; order); dictation (n.听写); dictator (n.下命令的人；独裁者) tolerate v. 忍受 tolerance (n.忍受；宽容); tolerant (adj.宽容的) Television? No Thanks! I belong to one of the two