大学英语精品课件（兰州大学）U6Active reading 2.pptVIP

* * * * Collocations Work in pairs. Read the explanations of the words. Answer the questions. Active reading 2: Resources observation click petty click Collocations More This word refers to the process of watching someone or something carefully, in order to find out about it. An observation is a comment about something you have seen, heard or felt. (a) If someone makes an interesting observation about someone or something, what do they do? They make an interesting comment about it which attracts the listener. Active reading 2: Resources observation Collocations (b) If you enter hospital under observation, what are the doctors trying to do? The doctors are watching you to see how your problem develops. (c) What would a soldier do from an observation post? To keep watch on what is happening nearby. Active reading 2: Resources Back Collocations This word usually means small, unimportant or minor. (a) What kind of crime is a petty crime? Such crimes as shoplifting sweets, not paying your bus fare etc. (b) Is a petty officer in the navy likely to be of high or low rank? A petty officer in the navy is likely to be of low rank. (c) Do you think petty cash is a large or small amount of money? Petty cash is a small amount of money, eg cash kept in an office for paying any small charges such as extra postage. Active reading 2: Resources petty Back English to Chinese Translate the paragraph into Chinese. The historian is not required to have the special skills which enable the expert to determine the origin and period of a fragment of pottery or marble, to decipher an obscure inscription, or to make the elaborate astronomical calculations necessary to establish a precise date…just as much a fact about the past as the fact that Caesar crossed the Rubicon. (Para 1) click Active reading 2: Resources English to Chinese The historian is not required to have the special skills which enable the expert to determine the origin and period of a fr