新世紀(jì)大學(xué)英語教材_第二版_綜合教程2_unit5

1、 Unit 5 The Value of Life Get Started Listen and Respond Optional Classroom Activities Enhance Your Language Awareness Read and Explore Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions. 1. Are you enjoying college life at present? 2. What do you appreciate most in this world? Why

2、? 3. What specific goals do you have in life? 4. What can you do to make your life more valuable and meaningful? Study the following quotes about the value of life. Which quote do you like best? Why? The purpose of life is a life of purpose. Robert Byrne Click Picture Interpretation: We need to know

3、 what we live for and always bear in mind the purpose of life. If we just drift along without any purpose in mind, our lives will just be wasted existences. We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill Click Picture Interpretation: We cannot survive without food

4、, clothes and other things we can get. But a worthy life does not depend on how much we can get; rather it depends on how much we can give others. Giving, rather than taking, makes us different from other animals. Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Ga

5、ndhi Click Picture Interpretation: If we were aware that our lifespan is rather limited, we would try to spend it on more meaningful things and refuse to waste our time. When it comes to learning, we should never stop the quest for knowledge, as if we were immortal. There are only two ways to live y

6、our life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein Click Picture Interpretation: Everyone can live but once. But life can be very different because of the different attitudes towards life. When we take everything for granted, we will find

7、 life very dull. If we choose to appreciate whatever comes our way, we will be able to find the true value of life. A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. Charles Darwin Click Picture Interpretation: If we really love life and understand its true value, we wo

8、uldnt waste any time on trivial things. Watch the following video clip “Helen Keller Speaks Out” and then complete the tasks that follow: click here 1. What is so remarkable about Helen Keller according to the video? She is deaf and blind, but depending on touch, taste and smell, and the help of Ann

9、e, her teacher, she manages to learn to read and communicate with other people, and she understands more fully all human strivings, thwarted ambitions, and the infinite capacity of hope. click here 2. What else do you know about Helen Keller? (Open.) click here diameter n. (the length of) a straight

10、 line going from one side of a circle to the other side, passing through the centre of the circle 直徑，對徑 jar n. a short-necked wide-mouthed pot or bottle made of glass, stone, clay, etc 壇子，罐子；廣口瓶 pebble n. a small roundish smooth stone found esp. on the seashore or on a riverbed 卵石，小圓石，小漂礫 Choose the

11、 best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage. 1. The philosophy professor began his lesson by _. A) asking the students to be well seated B) playing a game with the students C) asking the students to do a test on philosophy

12、D) filling a large and empty glass bottle with rocks 2. The professor put the items into the jar in the order of _. A) rocks, beer, sand and pebbles B) rocks, pebbles, sand and beer C) sand, rocks, beer and pebbles D) pebbles, rocks, beer and sand 3. According to the professor the rocks represent _.

13、 A) different kinds of things in our life B) the things that matter in our life, like our job or our house C) the most important things in our life, like our family or our health D) the small stuff in our life 4. The professor poured some beer into the jar because he wanted to _. A) mix the beer and

14、 the sand together B) arouse his students curiosity about nature C) draw his students attention to the small things in their life D) prove that even if our life may seem very full, there is always room for some enjoyment A) we should try our best to keep balance between our work and health. B) we sh

15、ould set priorities in our life and take care of the most important things first. C) we should pay attention to both the big things and the small stuff in our life. D) no matter how full our life may seem, we can always enjoy a couple of beers. 5. The message the professor tried to put across in his

16、 lecture is that _. Listen to the recording again and fill in each of the blanks according to what you have heard. 1. A philosophy professor stood before his class with some on the desk in front of him. When the final student was seated he picked up a large and empty glass bottle and filled it with

17、. He then asked the students if the jar was . They agreed that it was. full items rocks _ _ _ 2. He then picked up a box of pebbles and added them to the jar, shaking it lightly. The pebbles, of course, the open areas between the rocks. After that he poured some sand into bottle. The sand everything

18、 else. Finally he took two cans of beer and poured it into the jar. rolled into filled in _ _ 3. Through this the professor wanted his students to recognize that this jar our life. The rocks are the important things in our life, like our family, our healththings that would still even if everything e

19、lse were lost, and our life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that like our job or our house. The sand is the in our life. If we put the sand into the jar first there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. So he told his students to set their priorities and pay attention to thi

20、ngs that are to their happiness: their family, their health The else is just sand. represents remain matter small stuff critical _ _ _ _ _ Exercise 1: Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text A. 1. Why does the author think that it would be an excellent rule to live each

21、 day as if we should die tomorrow? 2. According to the author, what is the right way to live each day? 3. What does the author mean by saying that most of us take life for granted? 4. What does Helen Keller think of the attitude that most of us adopt towards our faculties and senses? 5. Why does Hel

22、en Keller think that it would be a blessing if each of us were stricken blind and deaf for few days at some time during our early adult life? Exercise 2: Text A can be divided into two parts. Now write down the paragraph numbers of each part and then give the main idea of each in one or two sentence

23、s. PartPara(s)Main Idea I II 1-4 5-10 Most of us take life for granted. The author suggests that we live each day with a gentleness, a vigour, and a keenness of appreciation as if we should die tomorrow. We should also make full use of our faculties and senses so as to live a fuller and richer life.

24、 We tend to take what we have for granted, and seldom do we think about the value of life. Yet, Helen Keller, being both blind and deaf, taught us how to make the fullest use of our wonderful senses to appreciate life from a wholly different view with love and passion. 1 All of us have read thrillin

25、g stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours. But always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man Three Days to See Helen Keller chose to spend his last days or his last hours.

26、I speak, of course, of free men who have a choice, not condemned criminals whose sphere of activities is strictly confined. 2 Such stories set us thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. What events, what experiences, what associations, should we crowd into those last hours

27、 as mortal beings? What happiness should we find in reviewing the past, what regrets? 3 Sometimes I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the value of life. We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor

28、, and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant panorama of more days and months and years to come. There are those, of course, who would adopt the motto of “Eat, drink, and be merry,” but most people would be punished by the certainty of death. 4

29、Most of us take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future. When we are in good health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out endlessly. So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless att

30、itude towards life. loss of sight or hearing damage seldom make the fullest use of these blessed faculties. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sounds hazily, without concentration, and with little appreciation. It is the same old story of not being grateful for what we have until we lose it,

31、 of not being conscious of health until we are ill. 5 The same listlessness, I am afraid, characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the blessings that lie in sight. Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost s

32、ight and hearing in adult life. But those who have never suffered 6 I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the jo

33、ys of sound. 7 Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently I was visited by a very good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, and I asked her what she had observed. “Nothing in particular,” she replied. I might have shown disbelief had I not

34、 been accustomed to such responses, for long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little. 8 How was it possible, I asked myself, to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worthy of note? I who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate

35、 symmetry of a leaf. I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch, or the rough bark of a pine. In spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud, the first sign of awakening Nature after her winters sleep. I feel the delightful texture of a flower, and discove

36、r its remarkable folds; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me. Occasionally, if I am very fortunate, I place my hand gently in a small tree and feel the happy quiver of a bird in full song. I am delighted to have cool waters of a brook rush through my open fingers. To me a thick c

37、arpet of pine needles or soft grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. To me the colorful seasons are a thrilling and unending drama, the action of which streams through my finger tips. world is taken for granted. It is human, perhaps, to appreciate little that which we have and to

38、 that which we have not, but it is a great pity that in the world of light the gift of sight is used only as a mere convenience rather than as a means of adding fullness to life. 10 Oh, the things that I should see if I had the power of sight for three days! 9 At times my heart cries out with longin

39、g to see all these things. If I can get so much pleasure from mere touch, how much more beauty must be revealed by sight. Yet, those who have eyes apparently see little. The panorama of color and action which fills the long for If you only had one week left to live, what would you do in those seven

40、days? Who would you need to speak to and what would you say? Write down your answers in the space provided and share your ideas with your classmates. I would like to 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Key Words for Text B debtboundrespectiveliterature awardcoach slidesunshine indirectowepoetryglorious relaxedreme

41、dyinstrumentlower hopefulacademy wrinkle tremble single bang rack royal propose Expressions for Text B bound forfirst and foremost without so much asbreak the news (to sb.) keep back be in debt (to sb.) may well do sth. (right) from the beginning fall / run / get into debt repay sb. for sth. play /

42、act the fool on earth put ones name up (for) bestow sth. on / upon sb. single out (for) rack ones brains (about) propose a toast (to) 1. But then, just as I am about to break my news to him, I will decide to keep it back just a while longer and try the indirect approach. (Para. 8) 2) Make a sentence

43、 with the underlined structure. Just as I was about to leave the room, the telephone rang. 1) Translate this sentence into Chinese. 隨后，我正想告訴他這個(gè)消息，臨時(shí)決定故意再多隱瞞一會(huì)兒，用間 接的方式告訴他。 2. Father will straighten up in his rocking chair and a wonderful look will come into his eyes. (Para. 12) 2) Make a sentence wi

44、th the italicized structure. A kindly twinkle came into her eyes. 1) Translate this sentence into Chinese. 父親會(huì)在搖椅中坐直身子，眼睛里有一種奇妙的眼神。 3. I am also heavily in debt to those who have formed and molded our language into the good instrument that it is, and taught me to use it. (Para. 16) 2) Analyze this s

45、entence. The main clause is “I am in debt to sb.” “Those” is modified by “who have formed and molded and taught” “That it is” modifies “the good instrument.” 1) Translate this sentence into Chinese. 還有那些人，他們把我們的語言鍛造成如今這么精良的工具，并教會(huì) 我如何使用，我也欠他們太多。 4. They have shown that they have trust enough in me to

46、 single me out before the whole world. (Para. 27) 2) Make a sentence with the italicized structure. I am honored that you have trust enough in me to share your feelings and thoughts. 1) Translate this sentence into Chinese. 他們這是對我有足夠的信心，才在偌大的世界上，單單選擇了我。 For what purpose did the author go to Stockhol

47、m all the other times? Why was the author going to Stockholm this time? Para s.1-2 Who would rejoice at the authors receiving the Nobel Prize? Why did the author feel a deep sorrow as she was thinking of the exciting event? Para s.3-4 Can you use one or two sentences to describe the night train and

48、the sound of the wheels? What was the author thinking about sitting in the train? In her daydream what was her father doing? Para. 5 How did her father use to greet her? What is her fathers reaction to seeing her there? How will the author break the news to her father? Can her father help her with t

49、he debt? Para s.6-9 Why does the author ask her father to help her with her “debt”? To whom does the author owe her first debt of gratitude? Why? Whats her fathers response to this “debt”? Para s.10- 12 To whom does the author owe her second debt of gratitude? Why? Why does the author say that she i

50、s also in debt to the whole of nature? Para. 13 Why does the author ask for advice from her father in Paradise instead of from the people on earth? What does the author intend to do in Paras. 16, 17 and 18? What does her father advise her to do? Para s.14- 18 Does the father understand his daughters

51、 trouble now? Para s.19- 22 Whats the authors biggest debt? And why is it so? Para s.23- 27 Whats the fathers final comment on all her debt of gratitude? Why does the author propose a toast to the Swedish Academy? Para s.28- 29 Activity 1： In the Arabian Nights（一千零一夜）, Aladdin got a magic lamp with

52、which he could fulfill any desire. Suppose one day you were to get the lamp and be allowed to make three wishes. What would your three wishes be? Why would you make these wishes? Write down your three wishes in the space provided and share your views with your classmates. My three wishes 1) 2) 3) Ac

53、tivity 2: Whats your greatest achievement up to now? Write a list of persons to whom you owe your success in the box below. What have they done to help you achieve your success? NameRelationWhat has he / she done to help you? Useful Expressions from Text AChinese Equivalences strictly confined 受到嚴(yán)格限

54、制受到嚴(yán)格限制 set sb. thinking 引人深思引人深思 take life for granted 不珍惜生命不珍惜生命 go about sth.從事從事，進(jìn)行，進(jìn)行 apply to 適用于適用于 take in 注意注意 It is the same old story of 老一套老一套 nothing in particular 沒什么特別的沒什么特別的 Useful Expressions from Text AChinese Equivalences accustomed to 習(xí)慣于習(xí)慣于 worthy of note 值得注意值得注意 in full song 放

55、聲歌唱放聲歌唱 cries out with longing 因渴望而吶喊因渴望而吶喊 get much pleasure from 從從得到很多樂趣得到很多樂趣 as a means of 作為作為的方式的方式 streams through my finger tips 從我的指尖流過從我的指尖流過 Useful Expressions from Text BChinese Equivalences first and foremost 首要地，第一首要地，第一 keep back 隱瞞，隱藏隱瞞，隱藏 (right) from the beginning 從一開始從一開始 rack on

56、es brains (about) （為（為）絞盡腦汁）絞盡腦汁 Study the following paragraphs from the texts in this unit, paying special attention to the sequence of tenses. Reflect on its grammatical function in each sentence. Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently I was visited by a v

57、ery good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, and I asked her what she had observed. “Nothing in particular,” she replied. I might have shown disbelief had I not been accustomed to such responses, for long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little. (Para. 7, Text A) An

58、yone who has ever sat in a train as it rushes through a dark night will know that sometimes there are long minutes when the coaches slide smoothly along without so much as a shudder. All rustle and bustle cease and the sound of the wheels becomes a soothing, peaceful melody. Well, that is how it was

59、 as I sat there and thought how much I should like to see my old father again. And so I began to daydream: “Just think, if I were going to meet Father in Paradise! I seem to have heard of such things happening to other people why, then, not to myself?” The train went gliding on but it had a long way

60、 to go yet, and my thoughts raced ahead of it. Father will certainly be sitting in a rocking chair on a veranda, with a garden full of sunshine and flowers and birds in front of him. (Para. 5, Text B) 英語時(shí)態(tài)呼應(yīng)規(guī)律 在英語復(fù)合句中，從句中的動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)，特別是賓語從句中的動(dòng)詞時(shí) 態(tài)，通常在一定程度上受到主句中動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)的制約，英語語法上稱這種 現(xiàn)象為時(shí)態(tài)呼應(yīng)。 時(shí)態(tài)呼應(yīng)一般應(yīng)遵循下列幾條原則： 一、