Unit 3 the land of lock 工程硕士 英语教程 培训资料.ppt

Copyright? 2007 Foreign Language Department of CUEB Copyright? 2007 Foreign Language Department of CUEB Copyright? 2007 Foreign Language Department of CUEB Unit 3 The Land of the Lock GO Quit Contents Listening, Watching,Thinking Speaking 1 Intensive Reading 2 Reading skill 3 Writing skill practice 4 Translation techniques practice 5 Learning in Fun 6 Supplementary Exercises 7 BACK Quit Listening Watching Thinking Speaking Thingking Speaking CNN News Audio BACK Issues After Killings at Virginia Tech Listening to the recording carefully and try to retell the topic as much as possible. Then have the discussion with your classmates on the followings： Violence and crime on campus and security problems Mental and psychological problems and school-safety American Dun culture and Gun law Gun control and social security What is your opinion on the issue? BACK New Words New Words Intervene vi. 干预, 介入 Bar vt.禁止, 除...之外 Emergency n. 紧急情况, 突然事件 Amendment n. 修正案，修正条款 Constitution n. 宪法 Militia n由普通公民而非职业士兵组成的部队 Infringe v. 破坏, 侵犯, 违反 Mourners at a memorial in Blacksburg, Virginia BACK Writing Features When we read, we are not only learning new vocabulary or structures, but also looking for key information. Identifying keywords is even more important if our reading time is not that plentiful.“lock” is the keyword in this text, by locating ‘lock’throughout the text, we get a pretty good idea of what this essay is about. There are several examples of comparison and contrast in this article: Para 1 vs Para 4, Para 10 vs. Para 11, Para12 vs. Para 13. the first pair acts as the opening of the whole piece of writing. The latter two are just two supporting details for the central argument. BACK It’s interesting to see how the author threads his narration back and froth between the past and the present. Never for once does he write ‘in the past’ or ‘at present’ explicitly. He has still cleverer devices at hand, like a subtle tense change, a phrase that indicated an o