新编大学英语4

PartOnePreparation1.TheSentencesThatAffectedYou2.WhatHasHappened?4.ProverbsandQuotations3.DialectsandMandarinPartOne:PreparationTheSentencesThatAffectedYou1.TheSentencesThatAffectedYouAsentencecanchangeadayorevenyourattitudetowardlife.Workingroupstotelleachother.1)Thesentencethatmovedyouthemost:Youaresobeautiful.Takegoodcareofyourself.Iloveyou.Iadmireyou.2)Thesentencethathurtyouthemost:Youdisappointedme.3)Thesentencethatencouragedyouthemost:Whereveryougo,I’llberighttheresupportingyou.PartOne:PreparationTheSentencesThatAffectedYouYouarestupid.Idon’tloveyouanymore.Goon.I’msureyou’llsucceed.Lookatthetwopicturescarefullyandworkingroupstomakeupacoherentstorytoexplainwhathashappened.2.WhatHasHappened?PartOne:PreparationWhatHasHappened?NancyandRichardwerehavingdinneratarestaurant.Nancywascomplainingabouthernewneighbor,Sophia,whowasverynoisyandreallygotonhernerves.NancysaidthatSophiahadagatheringatherhouseseveralnightsaweekandthisoftenkeptherupatnight.NancyalsocomplainedaboutSophia’scaralarm,whichoftenwentoffinthemiddleofthenight.Afewminuteslater,NancysawSophiapassby.SherealizedthatSophiahadheardeverythingandshefeltembarrassed.RichardaskedNancytocalmdown,andsuggestedthatshetrytostraightenthingsoutbytalkingtoSophia.PartOne:PreparationWhatHasHappened?PartOne:PreparationDialectsandMandarin3.DialectsandMandarin3.IsadialectevermoreusefulthanMandarin?Whyorwhynot?Discussinpairsthefollowingquestionsandthenreportwhatyourpartnerhassaidtotheclass.ApossibleanswertoQuestion3isgivenforyourreference.1.Howmanydialectscanyouspeak?Whatarethey?2.Doallthemembersinyourfamilyspeakthesamedialect?Ifnot,whichonesdotheyspeak?IthinkMandarinismoreuseful.Therearearound80completelydifferentdialectsinChina.Ifwedon’tlearnMandarin,wemayfindithardorevenimpossibletocommunicatewithpeoplefromdifferentpartsofChina.Forexample,lastsemestermostofourclassmateshadahardtimeinmathclassbecausethemathteacherhadsostronganaccentthatitpreventedusfromunderstandinghislecture.Tosomeofus,hisstrongaccentnotonlymeantalotofinconveniencebutalsoledtoourfailureinthefinal.ApossibleanswertoQuestion3:PartOne:PreparationDialectsandMandarin4.ProverbsandQuotations1)Knowledgeisacitytothebuildingofwhicheveryhumanbeingbroughtastone.—Emerson知识是一座城堡，每个人都应为它增砖添瓦。——爱默生PartOne:PreparationProverbsandQuotations2)Realknowledge,likeeverythingelseofvalue,isnottobeobtainedeasily,itmustbeworkedfor,studiedfor,thoughtfor,andmorethanall,mustbeprayedfor.—ThomasArnold真知如同珍宝，不是轻易获得的，必须学习、钻研、思考，最重要的是必须有强烈的求知欲。——托马斯·阿诺德PartOne:PreparationProverbsandQuotations3)Readingmakesafullman;conferenceareadyman;andwritinganexactman.—Bacon读书使人充实，讨论使人机敏，写作使人严谨。——培根PartOne:PreparationProverbsandQuotations4)Knowledge,intruth,isthegreatsuninthefirmament.Lifeandpowerarescatteredwithallitsbeams.—DanielWebster知识的确是天空中硕大无比的太阳。它的光辉撒下生命和力量。——韦伯斯特PartOne:PreparationProverbsandQuotations5)Geniusonlymeanshard-workingallone'slife.—Mendeleyer,RussianChemist天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。——门捷列耶夫PartOne:PreparationProverbsandQuotations6)Ourdestinyoffersnotthecupofdespair,butthechaliceofopportunity.—RichardNixon,AmericanPresident命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。——尼克松PartOne:PreparationProverbsandQuotations7)Patienceisbitter,butitsfruitissweet.—JeanJacquesRousseau,Frenchthinker忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。——卢梭PartOne:PreparationProverbsandQuotations8)Hewholearnswithoutthinkingwillbebewildered;hewhothinkswithoutlearningwillbeindanger.—Confucius学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。——孔子PartOne:PreparationProverbsandQuotationsGotoPart2EndofPart1