新视野大学英语第二册.ppt

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1、UnitOneTeachingObjectives1.Enlargevocabulary2.TalkabouttimeconsciousnessofAmericans3.Learntoreadformainideas4.LearntowriteaboutdifferentapproachestosomethingSectionsSectionATime-consciousAmericansSectionBCultureShockSectionCAdjustmenttoaNewCultureSecti

2、onATime-consciousAmericansTableofContentsBackgroundInformationWarming-upActivitiesTextAnalysisVocabularyandStructureVocabularyTestWritingBackgroundInformation(1)1.TimeConsciousnessMostAmericansplaceastrongemphasisonbeingontime. Theytendtoorganizetimeby

3、meansofschedules.TimeishighlyvaluedandtreatedassomethingrealinAmericanCulturebecauseitconveysdifferentmeaningstoAmericanpeople.Intheireyes,“Timeandtidewaitfornoman”and“Timelostisneverregained”.Asaresult,theywanteveryminutetobeimportantandmeaningful,and

4、theyfirmlybelievethatnotimeshouldbewasted.BackgroundInformation(2)Notsurprisingly,thenewcomerstoAmericafindtheAmericansseemalwaysinahurryanddoeverythingatarunningpace.Sowhatmakesthenewcomersembarrassedistohavenoopportunitytosmile,converseorhaveashortex

5、changewithstrangersbecausetheAmericansregardsuchpracticesasawasteoftime.BackgroundInformation(3)2.KeepingAppointmentsandDatesItisconsideredimpoliteandextremelyinconsiderate(考虑不周的)tofailtokeepanappointmentordatewithoutgivingpriornoticetotheotherperson. 

6、Ifyoudonotplantomeetthetheperson,thenyoushoulddeclinetheinvitation.BackgroundInformation(4)ProverbsandSayingsaboutTimeTimeworkswonders.时间创造奇迹。Timetriestruth.时间检验真理。Timeisthebesthealer.时间是治愈创伤的良药。Timeandtidewaitfornoman.时间不等人。（时不我待。）BackgroundInformatio

7、n(5)Sorrowcallsnotimethat’sgone.悲伤唤不回已逝的光阴。Onecannotputbackthelock.往者不可追。Seizethepresentday,trustingtomorrowaslittleasmaybe.--Horace抓住今天，尽可能少信赖明天。--贺拉斯BackgroundInformation(6)Alltimeisnotimewhenitispast.机不可失，时不再来。Neverputofftilltomorrowthatyoucandotoda

8、y.今日事，今日毕。Idleforkshavetheleastleisure.懒散的人最没空。Procrastinationisthethiefoftime.拖延就是偷盗时光。BackgroundInformation(7)Thereisnoothermisfortunethatcouldbecomparedwiththelosstime.没有一种不幸可与失掉时间相比。Thevalueofaman’slifeincreaseswiththefactthatheknow