新视野第二册unit1.ppt

Task 1: Read through the text and answer the questions on page 7. Part I (Para 1): Americans save two things: time and labor Part II (Paras2—7): The ways of Americans saving time Part III (Para 8): The foreigners have difficult ideas from those of American 1.stand — keep or stay in a particular position or state. In this sense, “stand” is followed by adjectives. e.g. ⑴The room stands idle. ⑵Stand firm – don’t let them tell you what to do. ⑶They stand opposed to the new law. 4. account for [?ka?nt] 1. explain the cause of something ⑴Jenny had to account to her husband for every penny she spent. ⑵The man charged with the crime couldn’t account for the fact that the money was found in his house. 2. make up a particular amount or part of sth ⑶North Sea oil accounts for a high proportion of British trade earnings. ⑷Paying rents accounts for half of my expenditures. 5. count [ka?nt] vt. 计算；认为vi. 计数；有价值 ⑴ If we try to make each action count, we’ll do less, but focus on more important actions. 如果我们试图让每次行动有价值，我们会做得很少，但是集中在更加重要的活动中。 ⑵ Isolated instances do not count. 个别情况不算数。 1.造就；造成 2. 投身于 3. 探索 4. 对…做出解释 5. 有责任感 6. 用完，花完 7. 有意义 result in commit to explore account for have a sense of duty run out (of) count Americans believe no one stands still. if you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting, and exploring. time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor.? 3. We are slaves to nothing but the clock, It has been said. Time is treated as if it were something almost real. We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it: we also change for it. It is a precious resource. 4. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a persons hourglass, they cannot be replaced. We want every minute to count. 6. restless – unable to keep still because o