世纪大学实用英语综合教程第三册第二单元.ppt

TextB_P2_LP_Clement Stone Language Points Clement Stone /?kl????t ??t???/: 克莱门特·斯通（1902—2019，美国联合保险公司的创始人） 4) What’s the difference between the two shoe salesmen who went to Africa? They had opposite perspectives on the same fact that people in Africa went barefoot, one optimistic and the other pessimistic. TextB_P3_Questions (3) Chinese Version TextB_P3_Chinese 我最近听到一个故事，和斯通自己的成功故事相似。故事说，有两位鞋子推销员被派往非洲。第一位推销员报告了一个难题——所有的当地人都打赤脚—— 因此他认为在非洲没有鞋子市场。第二位推销员报告了一个商机——所有的当地人都打赤脚——因此他认为非洲有一个巨大的鞋子市场。 (3) Language Points parallel /????????/: 1. a. (of lines, etc.) always the same distance from each other at every point; similar; same （线等）平行的；类似的；相同的 TextB_P3_LP_ parallel-1 e.g. parallel lines 平行线 T 2. n. line that is parallel to another; person, situation, event, etc. that is exactly similar to another 平行线；极相似的人（或情况、事件等） e.g. It’s a disaster with no parallel anywhere else in the world. 这是一场在世界上任何其他地方都不曾发生过的灾难。 T (3) Language Points TextB_P3_LP_ parallel-2 e.g. No one has paralleled her success in acting. The new invention could parallel that of the car in the last century. 在表演上没有人像她那样成功。 这项新发明的重要性可与上世纪汽车的发明相提并论。 T T 3. vt. be similar to; match 与…相似；与…相当 parallel /????????/ (3) Language Points Africa /???????/: n. 非洲 TextB_P3_LP_ Africa (3) Language Points The first reported a problem — all of the natives went barefoot — and thus he believed that there was no market in Africa for shoes. TextB_P3_LP_ The first reported … 第一位推销员报告了一个难题——所有的当地人都打赤脚——因此他认为在非洲没有鞋子市场。 破折号中间的部分是problem的同位语。 (3) Language Points TextB_P3_LP_ native native /??????v/: n. person born in a place, country, etc.; one of the original people in a particular country 土生土长者，本地人， 本国人；土人，土著 Are you a native of Shanghai? The natives were friendly to the visitors. native language/country T 你是上海本地人吗？ T 土著居民对客人们很友好。 T 母语/祖国 e.g. (3) bare /b??/: a. without clothing; not covered