新视界大学英语综合教程4-unit5

TalkingpointWarmingupSkimmingDiggingCriticalthinkingLanguageinuseUnfamiliarwordsInterpretingDoyouknowhowtosay“八卦”inEnglish,bothitsoriginalmeaningandextendedmeaning?Watchthevideoclipandfindouttheanswer.WarmingupWarmingup➊Listenandunderlineanywordsorexpressionswhicharedifferentfromwhatyouhear.Conversation1AWho’sgoingtowinthebigmatchonSunday,then?BNotmuchdoubtaboutittomymind,it’sgoingtobetheHammers.AWhat?WestHam?AgainsttheleaguechampionManUnited?Youmustbejoking!BNo,I’mnot.They’replayingathome,they’vehadastringofgoodresultsrecently,they’vegottwogreatplayers…AWho’sgoingtowinthebigmatchonSunday,then?BNotmuchdoubtaboutittomymind,it’sgoingtobetheHammers.AWhat?WestHam?AgainsttheleaguechampionManUnited?Youmustbejoking!BNo,I’mnot.They’replayingathome,they’vehadastringofgoodresultsrecently,they’vegottwogreatplayers…MoreMoreWarmingupConversation2AHaveyouheardaboutJustin?BNo,what’shedone?AItseemshe’sstartedgoingoutwithawomanhalfhisage.Shesoundsittoo.Ican’tthinkwhatheseesinher,she’snotexactlyanEnglishbeauty.BNever!Idon’tbelieveyou!Hemustbemad!AHaveyouheardaboutJustin?BNo,what’shedone?AItseemshe’sstartedgoingoutwithawomanhalfhisage.Shesoundsittoo.Ican’tthinkwhatheseesinher,she’snotexactlyanEnglishbeauty.BNever!Idon’tbelieveyou!Hemustbemad!WarmingupAnswer:Conversation1:SundaySaturdaychampionleadersgreatnewConversation2:halftwicesoundslooksbeautyroseWarmingup➋Workinpairsanddiscussthequestions.1Didyoufindanythingstrangeaboutthetwoconversations?2Whichdoyouthinkismostlikelytotakeplace,andwhy?3Doyouhaveconversationslikethese?Whowith?4Whataretheusualsubjectsofyourconversations?5Whatdoyouthinkarethedifferencesbetweenthewaythatmenspeaktoeachotherandhowtheyspeaktowomen?6Whatdoyouthinkarethedifferencesbetweenthewaythatwomenspeaktoeachotherandhowtheyspeaktomen?Warmingup➊Check(√)thestatementsaboutgossipwhichyouthinkaretrue.□1Mengossipjustasmuchaswomen.□2Mentalkmoreaboutpoliticsthanwomen.□3Mentalkmoreaboutfootballthanwomen.□4Womentalkmoreaboutthemselvesthanmen.□5Mendon’tadmittheygossip.□6Womendon’tadmittheygossip.NowreadthepassagefromthebookWatchingtheEnglishandcheckyouranswers.Thepassagementionspoints1,3and5.Skimming◇Browsethepassagewithin8minutestogetaroughideaaboutit.◇AnswerthequestionsofActivity2and3onpage93.TaskSkimming➋Numberthedifferentpartsofthepassageintheordertheyoccur.□Giveadetailed,technicalaccountofhowwomengossip.□Refertorecentresearchtodispelthemythaboutmalegossip.□Concludethatthevitaldifferencebetweenmaleandfemalegossipliesinthepositiveresponseoftheaudience.□Suggestthatthemythaboutmalegossipisreallyaproblemofterminology.□Revealthatmenchangethetopicofconversationwhenwomenarepresent.□Focusonthedifferenceofcontentbetweenmaleandfemalegossip.Answer:5,1,6,4,2,3Skimming➌Answerthequestions.1Whatdoestheresearchquotedinthepassageshow?2Whatdomentalkaboutwhentheyareontheirown?3Whatdomendowhenwomenarepresent?4Whatisthemaindifferencebetweenmaleandfemalegossip?Thatmengossipasmuchaswomen.Mostlysocialtopics.Theytalkmoreabouthighbrowtopicssuchaspolitics,work,artandculturalmatters.Mentalkmoreaboutthemselves,womengossipmoreaboutothersSkimming5Whatisthe“tonerule”inwomen’sgossip?6Whatisthe“detailrule”?7Whatdoesthe“feedbackrule”sayaboutlisteners?8Howdowomenlistenersrespondtogossip?9Whydomenresponddifferentlytogossip?Aparticulartoneofvoiceisrequiredtoconveygossip.Theparticulardetailsofapieceofgossipareveryimportant.Listenersmustgiveappropriatelydramaticreactionstowhattheyhear.Theysoundsuitablysurprisedorshocked.Becausethefeedbackruledoesnotapplytomenasitdoestowomen.SexdifferencesinEnglishgossiprules译文DiggingMP3MP31Contrarytopopularbelief,researchershavefoundthatmengossipjustasmuchaswomen.InoneEnglishstudy,bothsexesdevotedthesameamountofconversationtime(about65percent)tosocialtopicssuchaspersonalrelationships;inanother,thedifferencewasfoundtobequitesmall,withgossipaccountingfor55percentofmaleconversationtimeand67percentoffemaletime.Assportandleisurehavebeenshowntooccupyabouttenpercentofconversationtime,discussionoffootballcouldwellaccountforthedifference.Backgroundinformation句子分析句子分析Digging译文译文MP3MP32Menwerecertainlyfoundtobenomorelikelythanwomentodiscuss“important”or“highbrow”subjectssuchaspolitics,work,artandculturalmatters—except(andthiswasastrikingdifference)whenwomenwerepresent.Ontheirown,mengossip,withnomorethanfivepercentofconversationtimedevotedtonon-socialsubjectssuchasworkorpolitics.Itisonlyinmixed-sexgroups,wheretherearewomentoimpress,thattheproportionofmaleconversationtimedevotedtothesemore“highbrow”subjectsincreasesdramatically,tobetween15and20percent.译文DiggingMP3MP33Infact,recentresearchhasrevealedonlyonesignificantdifference,intermsofcontent,betweenmaleandfemalegossip:Menspendmuchmoretimetalkingaboutthemselves.Ofthetotaltimedevotedtoconversationaboutsocialrelationships,menspendtwothirdstalkingabouttheirownrelationships,whilewomenonlytalkaboutthemselvesonethirdofthetime.译文DiggingMP3MP34Despitethesefindings,themythisstillwidelybelieved,particularlyamongmales,thatmenspendtheirconversations“solvingtheworld’sproblems”,whilethewome