新视野大学英语预备级二2单元.pptVIP

Unit 2 Home Ⅰ.Discussion: A. In which city do you like to settle down in future? And what kind of house do you want to live in? B. What are the difference between “home” and “house”? Listen to the audio clip for more understanding. family、house和home都与“家”有关,但所指对象和用法不同.1、family的意思是“家庭、家庭成员”,与居住的房子无关. 当family作为整体概念的“家庭”讲时是单数；当“家庭成员” 讲时是复数,如： Mr．Richard’s family is very large． （理查德先生家里的人很多.）（单数）  My family are very well． （我家里人都很好.）（复数） 2、house的意思是“房屋、住宅”,一般对家人所居住的建筑物 而言.如：There are many new houses in our village．  （我们村里有很多新房子.） 3、home的意思是“家”,主要指一个人出生或居住的地方,房屋 是其中的一部分,因而也有“家乡、故乡”的意思,它具有 house所没有的感情色彩（如“团聚”、“思念”等）,如： East or West,home is best． （金窝银窝不如自己的草窝.） Ⅱ.Sentence Analysis 1. … when one of them started trying to remember … (Para. 1) Note: start 和 begin 后面均可接带to的不定式或动词的-ing形式： The baby started/began to cry/crying. 娃娃开始哭了。 当start或begin为-ing 形式时，必须后接带to的不定式：The baby was just beginning/starting to cry. 娃娃刚开始哭。 2. We paid off the money we owed on the house eight years ago. (Para. 1) pay off: 1) pay all the money that you owe for sth. 把钱全部还清 I’ve now paid off all my debt. 我现在已经还清所有的债务了。 He expected to pay off all the money shortly after he borrowed from his friends. 他预计不久就能还清向朋友们借的钱。 2) be successful 取得成功；得到好结果 All their hard work has paid off! The house is finished at last. 他们的辛勤努力终于有了结果！房子建成了。? Did your plan pay off? 你的计划成功了吗？ 3. I’m in no way clever with money except when it comes to spending it. (Para. 4) in no way: not at all 一点也不 I in no way want to discuss the matter with him now. 我现在根本不想和他讨论那件事。 Meaning: I’m not at all good at using money wisely except that I spend it fast. 中文翻译：对钱我除了会花以外，别的一窍不通。 4. As a matter of fact, I like it much more than I did when the bank owned part of it. (Para. 5) as a matter of fact: to tell the truth 其实；事实上 I like her very much, as a matter of fact. 其实，我很喜欢她。 As a matter of fact, he hasn’t told me what happened last night: 事实上，他没有告诉我发生了什么事。 Meaning: To tell the truth, I like t