Unit6第一周自学指南(学生必看).doc.doc

PAGE PAGE 1 Unit 6 Women, Half the Sky Students are required to finish the following tasks this week: 根据本资料、下面2中列出来的视频资源和阅读材料、新理念学习大厅内的资源等认真学习综合教程Unit 6，Text A，包括课文和单词。要求能够熟读全文，了解文章主题思想。 及时登陆E-learning网络教学平台，在我们课程的“资源”或“媒体库”中找到老师制作的background视频资源以及课文讲解并认真阅读观看。 各组在网络教室学习时或课下时间，应组织本组对课文理解的疑难之处进行讨论，解决不了的可以找老师当面提问。 本周教室上课时，准备回答老师就你所观看的资料所提出的问题。 本周进行视听说教程第6单元的网络自学，暂时不用考试；并完成《长篇阅读》第6单元阅读任务。 每组完成Key or difficult sentences from text A中的问题，下周三上课时每组上交一篇答案。 Language points of Text A: (Para. 2) ironic: adj. humorously sarcastic or mocking *我如此拼命要守住的这个秘密，却被他们这么漫不经心的对待. (=How ironic is it to have something I tried so desperately to keep secret treated so casually.) * It is sadly ironic that in these modern times it still takes weapons to prevent war. CF: sarcastic, satiric ironic 这三个词都是形容词, 都有“讽刺的”之意。 sarcastic 指运用讥讽的、嘲笑的（方法、方式）。例如： Must you always be so sarcastic when I ask you anything? 每当我问你时，你有必要总是这样嘲笑吗？ satiric 指喜好讽刺的、含有讽刺的。例如： Gulliver’s Travels is a satiric book. 《格利弗游记》是一部讽刺小说。 ironic 指讽刺的、具有讽刺意味的。例如： It was ironic that he should have been invited to play for the Scotland team on the very day that he broke his legs. 具有讽刺意味的是他正好在跌断腿的那一天收到了要为苏格兰队踢球的邀请。 2. (Para. 2) convert: vt. change the nature, purpose, or function of something * The room was converted from a kitchen to a lavatory. (=Many kinds of clean energy are converted into electricity, since they cause less environmental pollution.) CF: reform, convert revise 这三个词都是动词，都有“改良”、“改变”之意。 reform 指为除掉不完善、不圆满的东西而做的激烈变革。例如： The Chinese government has reformed the pattern of economic construction. 中国政府改革了其经济建设的模式。 convert 指为了能适应新的用途或目的，而改变某一事物的性质或状态。例如： They converted the study into a nursery when the baby was born. 婴儿出生时他们把书房改成了育婴室。 revise 指先仔细考虑和检查，找出需要改正、改善的地方，然后进行必要的变动。例如： The dictionary has been completely revised. 这部词典已彻底修订过了。 3. (Para. 3) distinguish: vt. 1) recognize the difference between (people or things) * People who cannot distinguish between colors are said to be color