unit-6-the-Pace-of-Life全新版大學英語第四冊第六單元

Unit6ThePaceofLifeProcedureCulturalNotesQuestionsTrueorFalseScanningLanguagePointsUsefulExpressionsHomeworkCulturalNotesRichardTomkins:

ConsumerindustrieseditoroftheFinancialTimes,wherehehasbeenamemberoftheeditorialstaffsince1983.Heiscurrentlybasedatthecompany’sLondonhead-quarters,whereheleadsateamofjournalistscoveringtheconsumergoodssectorandwritesaboutconsumertrends.TomkinswasborninWalsall,England,in1952.Hisformaleducationendedattheagedofseventeen.Beforebecomingajournalist,hewasacasuallaborer,afactoryworker,atruckdriver,arestaurantcashier,acivilservant,andanassistantprivatesecretarytoagovernmentminister.Heleftgovernmentservicein1978tohitchhikearoundtheworld,andonreturningtotheU.K.in1979,joinedalocalnewspaperasatraineereporter.HejoinedtheFinancialTimesasasub-editorfouryearslater.Inthissection,hediscussesthetimesqueezethatmanypeopleareexperiencingandoffersawayofcombatingtheproblem.QuestionsWhatisthecruxoftheproblemtheauthorpointsout?Whatisremedyforthestressaccordingtotheauthor’sopinion?TrueorFalseItisconvenienttosaywearealllackoftime.About50%ofpeoplewilltellyoutheyneverhaveenoughtimetogetthingsdone.IntheU.K.,workinghourshaverisenonlyslightlyinthelast10years.Thegainsoffreetimewereunevenlydistributedonlybecausedifferentgroupsofpeoplegaineddifferentamountoffreetime.Scanning

ScanPartIandfindout3reasonswhywefeelsotime-pressedtoday.Andmakeanoteofthetransitionaldevicesusedthere.TechnologyInformationexplosionRisingprosperityTransitionaldevices:...apart,…asecondreason…(Para.7)Thereisanotherreason…(Para.11)LanguagePoints1.onthego:(infml)veryactiveorbusye.g.I’vebeenonthegoallweek,preparingmythesis.

我母親終日忙碌。

Mymotherisonthegoallday.短語：allthego

時髦的，流行的

atonego

一舉，一氣，一次

befullofgo/haveplentyofgo

精力充沛2.copewithsb./sth.:dealsuccessfully

e.g.Healthpsychologistsstudyhowpeoplecopewithstress.

孩子們自己不能應付這些問題。

Childrenthemselvescannotcopewiththeseproblems.3.setaboutsth./doingsth:begin;startdoingsth.e.g.Imustsetaboutworking,otherwiseIwon’tfinishthetaskontime.

媽媽和我在客人走后開始打掃客廳。

MymumandIsetaboutcleaningthelivingroomaftertheguestsleft.短語：setaside

留出，撥出（時間，金錢）；把…置于一旁

setback

推遲，阻礙；使花費setforth

闡明，陳述4.quantities/alargequantityof+不可數(shù)名詞：largeamounts/alargeofamountofe.g.Thekeytostayinghealthandstrongwhenbackpackingistoeatlargequantitiesofenergy-richfoods.

今年夏天雨水很多。

We’vehadquantitiesofrainthissummer.5.eatinto:graduallyreducetheamountof;damageordestroye.g.Responsibilitiesathomeandworkeatintohistime.

Acideatsintothemetal,damagingitssurface.

我們的假日旅游耗費了我們的積蓄。

Ourholidaytravelhaseatenintothemoneywesaved.6.inreality:infact;reallye.g.Somefamousprivateschoolsaretheoreticallyopentothepublic,butinrealityareattendedbythosewhocanaffordthefees.

Heismuchsmallerinrealitythanhelooksonthetelevision.7.multiply:increaseinnumberorquantity;addanumbertoitselfaparticularnumberoftimese.g.Theweedsjustmultiplied,andbeforelongthegardenwasajungle.

Multiplyinglargequantitiesinone’sheadhasbecomealostartsincetheinventionofthecalculator.擴展：multiplicity：n.大數(shù)目，多種多樣，繁多

multiple:adj.復合的，多樣的

multitude:n.大量，眾多8.burden:heavyloade.g.Manypupilsfindhomeworkaburden.Somefarmersarecomplainingabouttheheavyburdenoftaxation.9.fraction:smallpart,bit,amountorproportione.g.Onlyasmallfractionofthepopulationlivedinthatremotearea.

他只花了所賺的錢的一小部分。

Hespendsonlyafractionofherearning.搭配：afractionof：一小部分…inafractionofasecond:眨眼間10.pourin:gointoaplacequicklyandinlargenumberse.g.TouristspouredintoBeijingonNationalDay.

鈴一響，學生們就蜂擁進入食堂。

Assoonasthebellrang,thestudentspouredintheschoolcanteen.11.ahandfulof:asmallnumberof;theamountofsth.thatyoucanholdinyourhande.g.Ahandfulofgraduateshavenotfoundjobssofar.

我們邀請了十幾家公司，但只來了少數(shù)幾個。

Weinvitedadozencompanies,butonlyahandfulofthemarrives.12.amountto:beequalto;adduptoe.g.Theirtravelingexpensesamounttosevenhundredpounds.

學費總計一萬元。

Thetuitionfeeamountstotenthousandyuan.13.minute:verysmallinsizeoramounte.g.Onlyaminuteamountofmoneyisneeded.Studiesshowthatwatercontainsminutequantitiesoflead.

搭配：minutedifference

極小的差別

inminutedetail

極其詳盡的14.frontier:(usu.pl)theextremelimitofanareaofknowledgeoraparticularactivity;theborderbetweentwocountriese.g.OurpassportswereinspectedattheCzechfrontier.Thefrontierofmedicalknowledgearebeingpushedfartheroutwardsastimegoeson.

frontierdisputes

邊疆爭端

frontierincidents

邊疆事件

15.stress(on)n.e.g.Thedirectorstressedthatpointinparticular.

他強調(diào)了苦干的必要。

Helaidstressontheneedforhardwork.

搭配：危難之時timesofstress

強調(diào)某事laystressonsth.v.ImuststressthatwhatIsayisconfidential.16.prosperity:stateofeconomicallysuccessfulofriche.g.Warbringsnoprosperitytothegreatmassofordinarycitizens.

每個人都渴望幸福而富足的一生。17.obligesb.(withsth./bydoingsth.)e.g.pleaseobligemebyleavingmealone.

請幫忙把門關上。

Pleaseobligemebyclosingthedoor.18.abundanceof:quantitythatismorethanenough;plentye.g.ThevisitortoOxfordhasanabundanceofsightstosee.Mostmilkconsistsofanabundanceofthemajornutrientsneededbythebodyforgoodhealth.inabundancee.g.Bythemid-15thcenturypaperwasavailableinabundance.watermelonsareavailableinabundanceinsummer.

夏天西瓜貨源充足。19.forecast:tellinadvance;predicte.g.預測自然災害的方式themeansofforecastingnaturaldisasters

預示著形勢的變化forecastthechangeofthesituation20.perception:wayofseeingorunderstandingsth.;abilitytonoticeandunderstandthingse.g.Ourteachersalsotaughtushowtoincreasethepowersofperception

我對藝術的感知力不是很強。

Myperceptionofartisn’tverystrong.21.nurture:careforandeducate(achild);encouragethegrowthof;nourishe.g.Parentswanttoknowthebestwaytonurtureandraisetheirchildtoadulthood.

發(fā)展心智nurtureone’smind22.appliance:instrumentordeviceforaspecificpurposee.g.TheEnergyDepartmenthassetefficiencystandardsfornewhomeappliances.

家用器具能為人們提供方便。

Householdappliancescanbringconveniencetopeople.23.famine:extremescarcityoffoodinaregione.g.去年非洲有很多人死于饑荒。

Lastyear,manyAfricansdiedoffamine.

易混：feminine:adj.女性的

familiar:adj.熟悉的，常見的24.provoke:causesth.tooccurorarousee.g.TheyarguedthatNATOenlargementcouldprovokeRussianhostility.

國王的殘暴引起了人民的反抗。

Theking’scrueltyprovokedtherebellionofthepeople.25.avarietyof:alotofaparticulartypeofthingsthataredifferentfromeachothere.g.Manystudentscomefromavarietyofdifferentbackgrounds.Chinahasavarietyofmineralresources.

這個購物中心出售多種商品。

Thisshoppingmallsellsavarietyofgoods.26.streamline:makemoreefficientandeffective;giveastreamlinedformtoe.g.Someracingcarsarestreamlinedforspeedandaresingle-seated.Corporationmergerscanresultinjoblossesbecausemanagementcombinesandstreamlinesdepartmentswithinthenewlymergedcompanies.27.domestic:ofthehome,householdorfamily;oforinsideaparticularcountrye.g.GDPGrossDomesticProduct

國內(nèi)市場

domesticmarket

家畜

domesticanimal

家庭糾紛

domestictrouble28.forum:anassembly,place,radioprogrametc.forthediscussionofpublicmattersorcurrentquestionse.g.Theschoolauthoritieswillprovideaforumwhereproblemscanbediscussed.Theletterspageofthisnewspaperisaforumforpublicargument.這份報紙的讀者來信欄是公眾意見的論壇。29.springup:appear,develop,growth,etc.quicklyorsuddenlye.g.Fastfoodrestaurantsarespringingupalloverthecity.Astrongwindseemedtohavesprungupfromnowhere.

雜草到處從生。

Weedsarespringingupeverywhere.30.futile:producingnoresult;useless;pointlesse.g.Itwasfutiletocontinuethenegotiations.Iknewthatitwasfutiletotryandpersuadeheronceshehadmadethedecision.

易混：fertileadj.多產(chǎn)的；肥沃的31.divert:turn(sb./sth.)asidefromacourse,direction,etc.intoanothere.g.Somedamsdiverttheflowofriverwaterintoapipeline,canal,orchannel.

街上一陣喧鬧聲轉(zhuǎn)移了我的注意力。

Aloudnoisefromthestreetdivertedmyattention.

搭配：divert…(from…)to…

使…(從…)轉(zhuǎn)向…;使…改道

divertariverformitscourse使河改道32.arise:appear;becomeevidente.g.Somebirdsattackcropswhentheopportunityarises.Afinancialcrisishasariseninthemultinationalcorporation.33.switchoff:disconnect(electricity,etc.)e.g.Besuretoswitchoffthelightswhenyouleavehome.

他把車停好，關掉引擎。

Heparkedthecarandswitchedtheengineoff.34.bedoomedto:becertaintohappen,andyoucandonothingtopreventit

bedoomedtosth.

bedoomedtodosth.

e.g.Theirplanseemedtobedoomedtofailure.Hethoughtthathewasdoomedtospendtherestofhislif