大学英语专科unit7-sectiona.ppt

Section A Cyber-stepmother,,Contents,,,Text A,Main Idea & Structure,Words & Expressions,,Warming up,Do you often go online? Do you know the translations of hot words on the Internet? Have a try!,,菜鸟,newbie,灌水,bump,马甲,waistcoat,斑竹,moderator,大虾,knowbie,Warming up,,山寨,copycatting,囧,be sunken,槑,nuts,打酱油,get some soy sauce,凤凰男,phoenix man,Reading Through,,,“Stepparent” is a term we attach to men and women who marry into families where children already exist. It is most certainly a giant “step”, but one does often doubt whether the term “parent” truly applies—at least that’s how I used to feel about being a stepmother to my husband’s four children.,Para. 1,Chinese,Cyber-stepmother,,Text A,Meaning: Through this e-mail and chat-line service, along with the telephone, we were able to communicate with them every day. We often sent them notes and messages through e-mail and even made a friendly conversation together when we were all logged on to the Internet.,This technology, combined with the telephone, enabled us to correspond with them on a daily basis by sending frequent notes and messages, and even chatting together when we were all online.,,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: I felt I was so wrong and sorry for not telling her who I was, but I did not want to embarrass her by telling her the truth, so I only replied.,Feeling guilty for not identifying myself, yet not wanting to embarrass her, I simply responded.,,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: Again I felt like I was an outsider to the core family unit, and had a strong feeling of pain and emptiness that I thought I had gotten used to.,I thought again of their family circle and felt the sharp ache of emptiness I thought I had grown accustomed to.,,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: Then just as I was about to touch the keys to turn off the computer, Margo's last message came on the screen.,Then, just as my fingers reached for the keys to return the screen to black, Margo's final message appeared.,,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: With my eyes full of tears, I shut the computer off.,With tear-filled eyes, I turned the machine off.,,Meaning of the Sentences,With the development of the Internet, there emerges a new way of communication between stepparents and the stepchildren. The text illustrates how a stepmother communicated with her stepchildren by going online and how she and the eldest stepdaughter came to exchange words of affection openly with the help of the Internet.,Main Idea,Main Idea & Structure,,,,Main idea: How an anecdote changed her view,Structure,Main idea: The author’s feelings about being a stepmother to four children,Main idea: Introduction to the topic of the passage: Being a stepparent,Part II: Para. 2,Part III: Para. 3-4,Part I: Para. 1,Part IV: Para. 5-7,,,,,,,,,,Main idea: How the author feels when she uses the modern tool of online chatting,,,,,,,,New Words,,,,attach,,,enable,,basis,,exist,correspond,forth,guilty,identify,,,respond,accustomed,rent,combine,Expressions,,,,,,,,,,attach. to,at least,combine. with,correspond with,on a daily basis,grow/be/become accustomed to,attach v. 【1】 fix or connect 贴；联系 e.g. Please attach a label to each piece of luggage. 请在每件行李上贴上一个标签。

【2】 (used in be attached to) be fond of and feel a strong connection with 喜欢；依恋 e.g. Strongly attached to his home, he refused to work abroad. 他很恋家，所以不愿去国外工作New Words,,Exercises,,Exercises,attach,2. 他很喜欢那本书，不情愿借给我Very much attached to the book, he is not ready to lend it to me.,1. 不同的人对字词有不同的理解Different people attach different meanings to words.,New Words,,Expressions,attach… to 【1】 connect… with 把······和······联系起来 e.g. “Workaholic” is a word attached to a person who works too hard and too many hours. “工作狂”是指一个人拼命地、长时间地工作。

【2】 regard as having (special meaning or importance) 看作；认为······（有重要性） e.g. She attached such great importance to her work that she neglected her family. 她把工作看得太重了，而忽略了家庭Expressions,,Exercises,,Exercises,exist v. 存在；生存,e.g. Generation gaps exist in the United States as well as in China. 代沟在美国、中国都存在在世界大部分地方环保意识尚未形成In most parts of the world, environmental awareness does not exist.,New Words,,rent v. pay rent for the use of 租借 e.g. They want to see the inside of the house before they agree to rent it. 在租房前，他们想看看房子里面是什么样子。

n. (a stated sum of) money paid regularly for the use of a room, building, television set, piece of land, etc. 租金 e.g. The agreement is clear in saying the rent must be paid by the tenth of every month. 协议明确规定租金要在每月的10 号之前支付Exercises,New Words,,,Exercises,rent,2. 由于市中心的租金太贵，因此公司要搬到郊区Because the rent is too high in downtown areas, the company is moving to the suburbs.,1. 我得租一件晚礼服去参加我最好朋友的婚礼I’ll need to rent an evening dress to attend my best friend’s wedding.,New Words,,,Exercises,combine v.（使）结合；使（联合）,e.g. If you combine powdered milk and water, you get liquid milk. 把奶粉和水混合就会得到液体牛奶。

两个年轻人联手成立了一家公司，销售儿童服装The two young men combined to set up a company selling kids’ clothes.,New Words,,Expressions,Exercises,c。