TextATime-ConsciousAmericans.pptVIP

公外一系 Contents New Words Passage Reading Lead-in Global Reading Detailed Reading Discussion Exercises New Words budget vi. budget for … elbow vt. elbow one’s way 身体部位作动词 shoulder, tiptoe, finger, eye, face, foot, thumb… abrupt ab- : off -rupt : break bankrupt, disrupt, erupt, interrupt, rupture assess assess / estimate / evaluate assess: 原意指对商品的估价，以决定课税，现指估计价值以更好利用 estimate: 根据个人的知识、经验或认识而形成看法或者判断，强调结果可能是错的，甚至只是一种想法。 I estimated his age at 40. evaluate: 评定某人、某物的价值 conduct conduct oneself with n. behave oneself obtain obtain / get / secure / acquire / gain / win / earn obtain: 经过长期的计划和努力得到向往已久之物 get: 普通用词 secure: 在竞争对手多而目的物少的情况下“获取” acquire: 虽为努力获得，但强调在原基础上的自然增长与增添 gain: 强调努力奋斗得到有价值，特别是有物质价值之物 win: 突出获得者具有的有利的品质 earn: 获得物与花的力气成正比 skillful skillful / skilled skillful: 指人聪明，做事很灵巧，尤指手的灵巧 skilled: 受过正规训练，有多年的实践经验而掌握专门技术 competent be competent for sth. be competent to do sth. be able to do be capable of doing Passage Reading Offer one word to describe the Americans in your eyes. Title Time-Conscious Americans time-conscious -conscious Try to Translate 看重金钱的 money-conscious 赶时髦的 fashion-conscious privacy-conscious 注重隐私的 body-conscious 讲究身材的 Global Reading Scan the text and fill in the blanks. What are Americans trying to save? Two things: ________________ What does time mean to Americans? Time is regarded as _____________________. How do Americans do everything? They do everything ______________. How do Americans start talking business? They start talking business _____________. How do Americans save time? They work hard at the task of saving time by _______________________________. Detailed Reading Text Structure Analysis Part I Para _____ General idea of the whole passage Part II Para _____ Illustrations of the general idea Part III Para _____ Restatement and emphasis of the general idea Part I General Idea ______ is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor. We are slaves to ____________________. Many people have a