8. stack: make into a pile
---Once the last few people had left the hall, the caretakers began stacking the chairs.
---Before being processed into lumber, the wood must be carefully stacked to prevent warping. 9. wicked: evil or bad
---In the story, the little girl has a wicked stepmother, who makes her life a misery. (Page 15-9) 在这个故事里，这个小女孩有一个恶毒的继母，这位继母使小女孩的生活极其悲惨。 ---I would rather starve in a ditch than accept the fortune upon such wicked terms. ---We are all born good, but can be taught to be wicked. 10. get through: come successfully to the end
---The local government has taken some measures to ensure that all the people will get through the winter.
---She got through the entrance examination and was accepted by the college. 11. at that point: at that very moment, right then
---My father died when I was too young to live on my own. The people of my hometown took over my upbringing at that point. (Page15-15) 父亲去世时我还小，无法独立生活，那时乡亲们收留我并养大了我。
---The train was now only a couple of yards from the kids on the track. At that very point, Anthony threw himself forward and pulled them clear.
---The man suddenly held up a poster. At that point, all TV cameras were pointed at him. 12. on balance : with all things considered
---My job varies between the extremely tedious and the annoying busy. On balance I think I’m happier during the really busy times; no time to think about how bored I am. (Page 14-2)
---我的工作有时十分沉闷，有时又极其繁忙。总的来说，真忙极了我倒更快乐一些，因为这样一来我就没时间去想工作有多么枯燥的事情。 ---I think, on balance, I didn‘t treat you unfairly.
---On balance, it‘s probably not advisable to change the company‘s name. 13. illustrate: provide with visual features; clarify by use of example, etc.
---Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced—even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it. (Page 15-10) 眼见为实——即使是谚语也不一定正确，除非你在生活中检验过。 ---Let me use another example to illustrate this difficult point.
---The editor has illustrated the book with black-and-white photographs. 14. digest: 1) n.: short condensed account; summary
---This magazine is a digest of article from many newspapers and magazines around the world.(Page15-12)
这本杂志是一本文摘，其中的文摘摘自世界各地的报纸杂志。 ---a digest of week‘s news 一周新闻摘要
2) change (food) in stomach and bowels so that it can be used by the body; fully understand ---It takes hours for a meal to digest. 一顿饭要几小时才能消化掉。 ---Have you digested the report yet? 这个报告你吃透了吗？ 15. boundary: sth. that indicates or fixes a limit or extent
---Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario are shared by the United States and Canada, and form part of the boundary between the two countries. (Page15-13)
---苏必利尔湖， 休伦湖，伊利湖以及安大略湖都是美国及加拿大共有的，它们构成这两个
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国家之间的边界的一部分。
---The fence marks the boundary between my land and hers. 这道栅栏是我的地和她的地的分界线。
Confusable words: boundary, border, frontier, rim, verge 这几个名词都有“边界”的意思。
boundary n.边界；界线。多指作为界线的标识物等。
---The fence marks the boundary between my land and hers.这道栅栏是我的地和她的地的分界线。
border n.较宽的边缘，边界，多指两国或两地之间的分界处附近的边缘地区、边界地带；也可以指物体的边缘等。
---We crossed the Mexican borders into the USA.我们穿过墨西哥边界进入美国境内。
frontier n.边界，边境，边疆，指靠近边界(boundary)的区域；也可引申为“未开发的领域”，“(学术的)前沿”等。
---The American West was still a frontier a century ago.一个世纪以前美国西部还是一片边疆。 ---She is a biochemist who works on the frontiers of biology.她是从事生物学前沿研究的生化学家。
rim n.边，边缘，尤指圆形或近似圆形的物体的边缘。
verge n. (道路、花坛等长着草的)边缘，引申为“某事即将发生之际”。 ---on the verge of war战争爆发之际
16. I’m not making anywhere near as much money as I did …: I am not earning as much money as I did …
17. generate : bring into existence, produce
--- The widespread use of Spanish in some American cities has generated a public debate over language use in the country.
--- Space technology has generated thousands of products for everyday use such as lightweight materials used in running shoes.
18. insurance :a guarantee that you will receive money if something is lost or damaged, or have repairs paid for, by a financial company in return for regular payments you make to them --- Construction workers should always have insurance against personal injury. (Page14-1) 建筑工人都应该投人身伤害险。
---Many nations have some form of compulsory unemployment insurance.
---People regularly buy insurance to reduce uncertainty and to protect themselves from future disasters.
19. pick up : be ready tom by
---If he loses the case, Michael will have to pick up the bill for legal costs.
---Taxpayers will be picking up the tab for the improved public transport network. 20. minor: lesser or smaller in amount or importance , etc .
---The Ford Company made only minor changes to the Model T for nearly two decades. ---They only encountered minor problems in their first space flight.
21 .premium: a sum of money that you pay regularly to an insurance company for an insurance policy
---The employers make the employees pay for a large portion of their health insurance premium. ---Some people are complaining that car insurance premiums have increased too much this year.
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22. aside from: except for ; in addition to ( more usual in American English ;same as apart from) ---He is an ardent football fan; he hardly watches any television aside from football matches. (Page14-3) 他是个狂热的足球迷，除了足球比赛，他几乎不看别电视节目。 ---Aside from an occasional game of tennis, he doesn‘t take any exercise. ---This essay is good aside from a couple of spelling mistakes.
---They were going to have other expenses, aside from the school fees
23.cut back: reduce in size or amount ( used in the patterns :cut back sth. ; cut back on sth.)
---“There were many occasions,” he recalls, “when I willingly cut back on food and other expenses in order to be able to afford some rare books that I liked.” (Page14-4) “有很多次”，他回忆说：“为了买我喜欢的几本珍贵的书，我心甘情愿地节省食物及其他方面的开支。”
---There is a growing movement to cut back the government‘s role in agriculture and to reduce subsidies paid to farmers.
---The government has cut back on defense spending.
24. lower: make or become smaller in amount, degree, etc.
---Increasing your intake of fruits and vegetables can lower your risk of getting some types of cancer.
---Governments may raise or lower taxes to achieve social and economic objectives. 25. dine out : eat a meal away from home (usu. in a restaurant )
--- With the improvement of living standards, more people dine out at weekends . ---It‘s my daughter‘s birthday today , so we‘re dining out tonight. 26. patronize: go to as a customer
---When he was a student, Sterling often patronized the little restaurant near the school. ---They no longer patronize the local department store because of its poor service.
27. Extravagant Christmases are a memory, and we combine vacations with story assignments.: We no longer have extravagant Christmases, and when a magazine sends me somewhere to write an article, I will take my family along. By doing so, we can save some money.
V. Grammatical Structure (8 minutes) 1. when it comes to… (Line 64)
1) Age is no criterion when it comes to changing your life. In fact, change is what keep us young. 提到改变生活，年龄并非标准。实际上，是变化使我们保持年轻。
2) Through a very organized man at work, Smith can be a mess when it comes to such matters as keeping the room tidy.
尽管史密斯是一个工作很有条理的人，但提到诸如室内保洁的问题时，他仍然会弄得一团糟。 3) Women are not smarter than men when it comes to emotional intelligence nor are men smarter than women. 提到商情，女人并不比男人更聪慧，男人也不比女人更聪明。
4) The board of directors only sets basic guidelines or standards but, when it comes to managing minor matters, it‘s up to you and other assistant managers.
董事会只制定基本方针和标准，至于处理问题，就得靠你和其他经理助理了。
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使用日期 授课方式 授课章节 教学目的 和要求 年 月 日 第 周第 次课 课堂讲授（√）， 实践课（√） 教学时数 2 授课班级 While-reading (Part IV) & Post-reading 1. master some skills about fast-reading 2. appreciate the various techniques employed by the writer （comparison and contrast, topic sentences followed by detail sentences, use of transitional devices, etc.） 3. master the key language points and grammatical structures in Part IV 4. know the writing strategy of this text suspect; budget; requirement; scale; resist; temptation; device; profit; invest; primarily … 1. make a revision (5 minutes) 2. Ss do the exercises of fast-reading (Text B-1, Unit1) (10 minutes) 3. While-reading (35 minutes) 1) T explains language points in Part IV (Paras12-15) and gives Ss practice (20 minutes) 2) Ss do the After-text exercise on Page 21 to master the structure of ―not all/ everyone/ everything‖ (10 minutes) 3) Ss find out the two special qualities that make a country lift possible. (5 minutes) 4. Post-reading (40 minutes) 1) Ss work in pairs to finish Text Organization Exercise2. Later some of them may report to class. (10 minutes) 2). ①T asks Ss to re-read Para 2 and analyze the relationship among its sentences (one topic sentence—―It‘s a self-reliant sort of life.‖---followed by three detail sentences). ②Ss re-read the rest of the text to find similar patterns. Then they would report their findings to class (see Text Analysis) ③T encourages Ss to model their own writing after this pattern.( 15 minutes) 5. T explains some difficult sentences and also conducts a series of reading and translation to help students have a better understanding of the text (15 minutes) 重点 难点 教学进程(含课堂教学内容、时间分配) 作业或思考题 1. review what have learned and preview the rest part of the text. 2. think about that 1) What do you know about family life in your parents‘ childhood? 2) What is home life like in your family today? 3) What are the forces that have helped bring about changes in Chinese family life? 4) What would you suggest as a way of improving our family life? 3. do the after-text exercises 主要参考资料 《全新版大学英语》教师用书;《全新版大学英语》导读本 An English-Chinese / English-English Dictionary for Cet-4
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I. Review II. Fast-reading III. Language Study
1. suspect: believe to be sure, likely or probable; feel doubt about (used in the patterns: suspect sb. / sth. ; suspect that)
---China banned cosmetics suspected of containing substances that cause mad cow disease. ---It was perfectly all right, Henry said, because the police had not suspected him of anything. ---Scientists realized that Mars‘ evolution had been more complex and fascinating than they had suspected.
2. budget: any plan that a person, organization or government has that shows how they will raise money and how they will spend the money they have
---Nowadays almost all libraries are finding it increasingly difficult to remain within their budget. (Page 15-11) 现在很多图书馆都发现他们很难做到不超出预算。
---The personal or family budget is a financial plan that helps individuals to balance income and expenses.
---The General Assembly has exclusive authority to set the UN budget, paid for all members according to an agreed quota.
3. requirement: sth. needed or asked for
---Patience is definitely a requirement for a career in teaching.
---Many schools have tightened their requirements, and test scores for admission have been rising. 4. scale: a relative level or degree (usu. used in the phrase on a …scale)
---After the Selma protest Martin Luther King continued to organize protests but not any on such a grand scale.
---We tested our new teaching methods on a small scale. Indeed only six classes were involved in it.
5. resist: keep from giving in to or enjoying (used in the patterns: resist sth. resist doing sth.)
---It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. (Page15-5) 智者天生抑制享乐的诱惑，而愚人情愿做它的奴隶。 ---We couldn‘t resist laughing at him in those funny clothes.
---Keep me away from the duty-free shop. You know I can‘t resist expensive perfumes.
6. temptation: the feeling of being tempted to do sth. that you know might be wrong or harmful; the thing you want to have ( uncount or count )
---The kids can‘t resist the temptation of McDonald‘s.
---In my view students should resist the temptation to take part-time jobs in their first two years at college.
---the temptations of a big city 大城市的种种诱惑 resist temptation 抵制诱惑
yield to temptation / fall into temptation / give away to temptation 经不住诱惑 7. device: a piece of equipment designed to serve a special purpose
---For consumers without access to PCs, intelligent set-top devices will be their guide to digital photography.
---They suspected that an explosive device had been left somewhere inside the building. ---The rescuers used a special device for finding people trapped in the coalmine. 8. profit: an advantages gain or return
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