新视野大学生英语第二册Unit8.pptVIP

Representative 名词，形容词：代表- represent 动词 : 代表 Responsibility 名词：责任— Responsible for sth./ sb. 形容词：有责任的，因为… Language Point 11 This is reasonable, for psychologists use this term to describe mental processes which are unknown to the individual. (Para. 2) Meaning: The explanation holds water as psychologists use this special term to describe the patterns going on in our mind, which are not known by human beings. process: n. a connected set of actions or events that produce continuation or slow changeIn this example, the conscious mind at the moment of creation knew nothing of the actual processes by which the solution was found. (Para. 5) 在这个事例中，意识在创造的时候对发现答案的实际过程一无所知。Scientists have now discovered more about the processes of sleep and dreaming. 科学家已经发现了更多的有关睡眠和做梦的过程。Psychologists study the processes by which human personalities are formed, develop and change. 心理学家研究人类性格的形成、发展和改变的过程。 Language Point 12 Creative thought depends on what was unknown becoming known. (Para. 2) Meaning : Creative thought comes if one can change what was unknown into something that is knowndepend on: happen according to; count on The success of the factory depends on the workers. 工厂的成功取决于工人的工作。Depending on how much he sells, his earnings will increase. 他收入的增加取决于他能卖出多少。 * * New Horizon English Book 1 Unit 8 Ⅰ. Background Information 1. Richard Wagner (1813-1883), the greatest composer of German opera, made a major addition to the nature of opera through his writings about and the creation of music drama. Music drama combines singing, orchestra, verse, story, drama and spectacle. Wagners works include the The Ring of the Nibelung (1853-1874) /wagner/index.html or /entertainment/music/. 2. The Rhinegold, the first of the four operas in the Ring cycle, exemplifies Wagners theory of music drama in its purest form. 3. La Spezia is an industrial port and Italys chief naval station in northwest Italy. please visit /ct_00067.asp 4. Henri Poincare (1854-1912), a great French mathe