新视野大学英语第三册Unit 4 section A.ppt

Unit 4Five Symbols of American Culture New Words Passage Reading Structure statue: 雕塑，塑像 the Statue of Liberty 自由女神像 the Statue of Luxun 鲁迅像 ★stature:Her mother is a little short in stature. 他母亲身高有些矮。 ★status: He is a person of important social status. 他是个有着重要社会地位的人。 approve I dont approve of people smoking in bed. 你做了一个很好的决定，我完全赞同。 We are waiting for the government to approve this project. 国会已经通过了一个教育改革方案。 The Parliament has approved a program of education reform. assemble We spent the day trying to assemble our new bookshelves. 安装这台机器花了他一天的时间 It took him a whole day to assemble the machine. The leaders assembled in Shanghai for the meeting. 我收集了写论文所需的所有材料。 universal The rejoicing was universal. 谁该当主席，大家的意见是一致的。 There was universal agreement as to who should become chairman. a univeral drive program universally: worldwide a universally accepted point of view solemn: serious in behavior or style a solemn statement 作出郑重的承诺 make a solemn promise 板起面孔 put on a solemn face origin the origin of a river 感染源至今还不清楚。 The origin of infection hasnt been identified. 她从来没有忘记自己卑微的出身 She never forgot her humble origins. recruit Many young men were recruited that day. We wont be recruiting again until next year. 许多学校高薪招聘有经验的教师。 Many schools offer high salaries to recruit experienced teachers. Passage reading He was working on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the World, a monument celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance…but Bartholdi went ahead and married his love in 1976. go ahead (para.1) Go ahead! Everyone is here. In spite of the chairmans illness, the meeting will go ahead as planned. The lawyer asked whether they wanted to go ahead with the deal. Before all the different types of Barbie dolls for sale now, there was just a single Barbie…Ruth came up with the idea for Barbie after watching her daughter play with paper dolls. The sign on the house says “for sale”. 本次展览中的所有绘画作品都出售。 All the pictures in this exhibition ar