新视界大学英语综合教程4-unit5学习.ppt

;;Warming up;Warming up;Warming up;Warming up;Warming up;Skimming;Skimming;Skimming;Skimming;Sex differences in English gossip rules;Digging;译文;译文;译文;译文;译文;译文;译文;译文;Digging;Digging;Digging;; ;;;;Difficult sentences ;gossip ;释义2;释义;释义;释义;释义;释义;释义1;释义2;释义;释义1;释义2;释义;释义;释义;释义;释义;释义;释义1;释义2;释义;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Background information; The book is a cultural description of English ways of communicating and behaving. She observes people’s behaviour, but also, as a social scientist, interviews people and conducts social experiments to reveal the social rules or underlying codes and customs. Other topics in the book include dress codes, ways of shopping, queuing, and – the extract here – social gossip. ;Interpreting;;Interpreting;Interpreting;Work in pairs and discuss the questions.;1 Why do people gossip?;2 Can gossip cause harm?;3 How useful is the sort of research presented in the passage?;4 Do you think research done in different languages, and for different cultures, would lead to similar findings?;5 Is the stereotype of women as “gossipers” universal?;Unfamiliar Words;Unfamiliar Words;;Unfamiliar Words;;;contrary to;Language in Use;Language in Use;no more than;Language in Use;Language in Use;Language in Use;Language in Use;unpacking difficult sentences;Language in Use;Language in Use;Language in Use;Language in Use;1 Men were certainly found to be no more likely than women to discuss “important” or “highbrow” subjects such as politics, work, art and cultural matters — except (and this was a striking difference) when women were present.;;;;;⑦ Translate the sentences into English.;3 目前，全国女公务员人数约占公务员总数的三分之一。(civil servants; account for) At present, women civil servants account for one third of the country’s total. 4 这篇论文大致讨论的是女性与男性的思维方式有巨大的差别。(what-clause; to the effect that) What the essay argues is to the effect that the female way of thinking is very different from the male. ;5 最近的一项调查显示，家务占用了女性大约50%的业务时间。(housework; occupy);Talking