Unit 8 Two Boxes of Gold (I) 大学英语教材.ppt

* * * * * Unit 8 Two Boxes of Gold (I) Unit Overview In this unit you will :? Have an adventure story in two sections Learn more about guessing meanings of words from context Take a test in fast reading Read another adventure story　 Questions What task was Herbert Blamyre trusted with? What life did Herbert had before he got the task? Who gave him the task? What did the telegram say? To where and whom would he take the two boxes of gold? What did the two boxes look like? Who did Herbert meet at his journey? Why was Herbert surprised so much when he saw Mr. Levison’s luggage? What’s your first impression on Major Baxter and Mr. Levison? Can you tell us the route that Herbert took? (From UK to Italy) Who was more interested in Herbert’s boxes? When the three people parted at Paris, what were their destinations respectively? 13. What dream did herbert make at the train to Lyons? 14. What happened when the train nearly arrived at Lyons? Text 1 Language notes: One cannot be too careful. (越小心越好。) Cannot…too means impossible for a certain state or action to be more than should be or to be beyond what is desirable. 2. It smells so of onions. (到处都是洋葱味。) Smell of means to have a smell like that of (something causing the smell).e.g. The air smells of paint. 3. We cut for partners. (我们分了伙儿。) Cut for means to choose from a pack of playing cards to see who shall be or have sth.e.g. They cut for dealer and then began the game. 　 Text 2 Language notes: 1.A rough shake woke me. (这时，有人使劲儿把我摇醒。) Please note that in different collocations the word rough takes on different meanings, which may in turn require different ways of translating it into Chinese, e.g. rough hands (粗糙的双手), rough seas（风浪很大的海）, rough behavior（粗暴的行为）, a rough estimate of costs（大致估计了一下费用）, to have a rough time（吃了很多苦）, etc. 2.Hundreds of blows were aimed at him, hundreds of hands stretched out to catch him. (许多拳头朝他打去，无数的手伸出去要捉住他。) Note the parallels in the senten