综合英语二上unit-3.pptVIP

lesson 3 Go-Go Americans Alison R. Lanier para 1-3 Americans attitude to time New words: V. 忍受 落后 承诺 adj. 有实体的；可触摸到的 解释，说明 part I (para. 1-2) related questions: P95 1. What attitude do Americans generally adopt towards life? 2. Americans are often regarded as a squandering nationBut they do carefully two things. what are they? 3. How time is regarded and treated in the USA? para 1 This attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring. With this attitude Americans feel urged to work hard at finding new ways to make life better through researching, experimenting and exploring. 这种不进则退的观念使得整个民族都觉得有责任去研究、实验和探索。 result in: lead to 导致 result from： 由…引起 他生意失败是因为盲目投资导致的。 The blind investment resulted in his business failure. His business failure resulted from the blind investment. 　be committed to：决心或承诺 “We are committed to working with all nations collaboratively,” the secretary said. 她说：“我们致力于与所有国家[在这个问题上]进行合作。” 中国致力于以自身发展促进世界发展. We are committed to promoting world development through our own development. para. 2 We are slaves to nothing but the clock, ( ) A. We are not important at all, for even the clock can be our master. B. We are the most important except the clock. C. We are only in the control of the clock. D. We work hard only to produce clock. C 我们只是受时钟的支配。 para 2 Time is treated as if it were something almost tangible. 对待时间简直就像它是看得见、摸得着的东西一样。 as if: 仿佛，好像，这句话用到了虚拟语气。 与现在事实相反，从句用 ； 与过去事实相反，从句用 。 你看上去好像并不在乎。 那女孩倾听着，一动也不动，像已经变成了石头。 para. 2 We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it。 我们计划时间，节省时间，浪费时间，挤出时间，消费时间，减少时间，解释时间。 account：vi 1. 解释，说明，常与for搭配。 Jack could not account for his foolish mistake. 杰克无法解释自己的愚蠢错误。 他无法解释自己职务之外的时间是如何度过的。 He couldnt account for the time spent away from his post. account for The flood accounted for the bad crop. 2. 导致，引起，起因于 It accounts for 15 per cent of all air accidents.