新视野大学英语-第三版读写教程第二册unit5A教案.pdf

新视野大学英语第三版读写教程第2册

Unit5SectionASpendorsave—Thestudentsdilemma

花钱还是存钱，学生进退维谷

IspendorshouldIIIthinkthatthemessageswegetfromour

environmentseemtodefycommonsenseandcontradicteachother.The

governmenttellsustospendorwellnevergetoutoftherecession.Atthe

sametime,theytellusthatunlesswesavemore,ourcountryisingrave

danger.Banksofferhigherinterestratessoweincreasesavings.Thenthe

samebankssenduscreditcardofferssowecanspendmore.

1你是不是跟我一样对我应该花钱还是存钱“”这个问题感到困惑，且有被操纵的感觉？我觉

得我们从生活的环境里所获得的信息似乎是有违常识、互相矛盾的。政府告诉我们要花钱，

否则我们将永远走不出衰退；与此同时，他们又告诉我们，除非我们节省更多的钱，否则我

们的国家会处于严重危险之中。银行提供较高的利率以增加储蓄。然后，同样是这些银行

又提供信用卡让我们可以花更多的钱。

1DoyoufeelasconfusedandmanipulatedasIdowiththisquestion,“ShouldI

spendorshouldIsave?”(Para.1)

Meaning:Whenaskingyourselfwhetheryoushouldspendorsave,doyoufeelpuzzled

andcontrolledasIdo?

Meaningbeyondwords:Accordingtotheconventionalconcept,wearethemasteror

thebossofthemoneywehaveearned.Itisuptoustodecidehowtouseourmoney.

However,thesentencegivesusthehintthatweareactuallynolongerincontrolofour

money.

2Ithinkthatthemessageswegetfromourenvironmentseemtodefycommon

senseandcontradicteachother.(Para.1)

Meaning:Inmyopinion,themessageswegetinourdailylifeaboutthequestion“Should

IspendorshouldIsave?”areagainstcommonsenseandtheyoftendon’tagreewith

eachother.

Usagenote:defy,deny

defy和deny都是及物动词，词形相近，但实际上两者词义有别，用法也不同。

1defy主要表示违“抗；反抗；蔑视”，后接名词；而deny主要表示否“认；拒绝承认”，后接

名词或that引导的从句。

Nearly11thousandpeoplehavebeenarrestedfordefyingthebanonstreettrading.近一

万一千人因违抗在街