新视野大学英语第二版第二册1单元A复习.ppt

1.Vocabulary development: 1) words: efficient, competent, consequently, acute, restless, budget, abrupt, leisure, whereas, fulfil 2) Expressions: stand still, to be committed to, want every minute to count, seek attention, the pace of life, within the time allowed, small exchanges with a stranger, in relaxed surroundings, develop a sense of trust, by the passage of time, get things moving, race through, have little or no relation to, give added weight to 2. Translation 1. 停滞不前 2. 消磨时间 3.?承受压力 4. 开场白/寒暄 5. 只受时间的支配 6.?深感（人生的短暂） 7. 在规定的时间内(赶回去工作) 8. 针对某个人 9. 不得当地（浪费时间） 10. 喝着茶或咖啡招待客人的礼节性交往 11. 增进相互间信任 12.源源不断地生产出节省劳力的工具 13.与手头的事情(很少有或)完全没有关系 14. 被看作是一个人有能力的表现 1. 时间创造奇迹 2. 时间检验真理 3. 时间是治愈创伤的良药 4. 时间不等人（时不我待） 5. 机不可失，时不再来 6. 寸金难买寸光阴 Summary of the text Americans are ____________ people. They value time and save it carefully. Time is a real, _______ resource to them so every minute must _______. Foreigners may think Americans are always ___________ and under pressure. Smiles, short conversations, and small exchanges with strangers don’t exist because Americans dislike “_________” too much time. Americans assess others ____________ rather than socially, so they start talking business immediately since they are always _________ of time. Americans work hard at _______ time by producing a steady flow of labor-saving devices. They may have meetings using equipment like television screens and telephones rather than __________. Solving a problem or doing a job successfully __________ is taken as a sign of _________. The more important the job, the more time and effort Americans will _________ it. * stand still kill time be under pressure opening exchanges be slaves to nothing but the clock to have a rather acute sense of (the shortness of each lifetime) (get back to work) within the time allowed take it personally (waste the time) beyond a certain appropriate point the ritual interaction that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coff