Unit9艺术

Unit one Time-Conscious Americans Section A Premarital Agreements Objectives: Having learned this unit, students should: grasp the main idea of the text and get detailed information about prenups. analyze the structure of the text and master the skill of predicting the writer’s ideas. master the active vocabulary/phrases, and grammatical structure in the text . conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities to the theme of the Unit. I. Pre-reading Activity: Look at several pictures and guess the meaning of “prenuptial agreements” and what this passage is about. Taking several situations as examples, discuss whether you agree or disagree with the idea of signing a prenuptial agreement. II.While-reading Tasks Text Structure: Part I: Introduction of prenups.. Part II: Types of people who want prenups. Part III: Several points to be taken care of about prenups.. Part IV: Evaluation of prenups (How to see prenups). Words and Expressions verify: v. make certain of or prove the truth of something. 证明 住所证明下载场所使用证明下载诊断证明下载住所证明下载爱问住所证明下载爱问 ，证实 eg. All teachers should be given a competence test to verify that they are competent to be a teacher. 所有教师都应参加能力测试，证明他们有能力当老师。 address: v. (formal) to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem. 处理，考虑 eg. The issue of funding has yet to be addressed.资金问题还没有开始考虑。 Our products address the needs of real users. 我们的产品着力解决真正用户的需求。 类似短语：address yourself to sth: 致力于，着手 eg. It is time we addressed ourselves to the main item on the agenda. 现在我们该把注意力集中到议事日程上的主要项目上来了。 sting: v. ①if an insect or a plant stings you, it makes a very small hole in your skin and you feel a sharp pain because of a poisonous substance；蜇 ；② to make something hurt with a sudden sharp pain, or to hurt like this；伤； ③ if you are stung by a remark, it makes you feel upset （情绪上）刺痛 eg. He was stung by a bee. 他被蜜蜂蜇了。 Her ingratitude stung him。她的忘恩负义使他痛心。 She had been stung by criticism. 那些批评刺痛了她。 The football team felt the sting of defeat. （sting这里是名词.）足球队感受到了失败之痛。 exposure: n. ① when someone experiences something or is affected by it because they are in a particular situation or place. （因为处在某位置或情景下而）接触；② Exposure is publicity that a person, company, or product receives. eg. You should always limit your exposure to the sun. 你应该总是限制在阳光下暴露的时间。 Even a brief exposure to radiation is very dangerous. 即使是短暂的暴露于放射中也是很危险的。 Banks will seek to minimize their exposure to risk. 银行要寻求风险最小化（最少的暴露于风险中）。 We need to increase our exposure to English. 我们需要更多的接触英语。 He has received great exposure in media recently. 他最近在媒体上出现很频繁。 shield: v. shield sb./sth. (against/from sb./sth.): protect sb./sth. from harm; defend sb./sth. from criticism, attack, etc.保护 eg. The mother shielded the child with her body. 妈妈用她的身体保护了小孩。 Never, ever, warn marriage law consultants, should you use the same lawyer as your future spouse does. 这是“never”开头的倒装句（类似否定词，如：nowhere, no longer, hardly, little, few, seldom, rarely, barely, etc.） 中文意思：婚姻法顾问提示道，永远不应与你的未来配偶用同一位律师。 awkward adj. ①lacking skill or grace; clumsy.笨拙，不灵活；②embarrassed, embarrassing eg. I was always an awkward dancer.我跳舞一向很笨拙。 I made several awkward English sentences in my composition. 我在作文中写了几个很别扭（Chinglish）的英语句子。 I realized they wanted to be alone together so I felt very awkward. 我意识到了他们想要单独在一起，所以觉得很尴尬。 have a/some/no etc. bearing on sth. : If something has a bearing on a situation or event, it is relevant to it. eg. Exercise has a direct bearing on how healthy you are. 体育锻炼与健康有直接的联系。 The rise in interest rates had a direct bearing on the company's profits. 利率的提高对此公司的利润有直接影响。 lay sth. bare v. to make sth. known eg. lay bare the contradictions 摆明矛盾； lay one's heart bare 倾吐真情； lay bare the truth 揭露真相； In his book, he laid bare the foulness of man. 在他的著作中,他揭露人性的卑鄙。 shed/cast/throw light on sth.: make sth. clearer. 使某物显示清楚 eg. Recent research has shed new light on the causes of the disease. 最近的研究成果对该病的病因已有了新的了解。 III. Post-reading tasks: Think about the following questions after you have learned this unit. What roles a prenuptial agreement could possibly play? Some people think “Nothing can kill romance faster than a prenup”, do you agree? Is there any cultural difference at this point between USA and China? Write a structure of “a general statement supported by examples”. 第六单元课后习题答案 III 1. sensible 2. detect 3. precaution 4. occurrence 5. withstand 6. resistant 7. vertical 8. accidental 9. enclosed 10. fastened IV 1. come out of 2. watch for 3. resistant to 4. put out 5 .After all 6. make a difference to 7. agree on 8. attach labels to 9. if necessary 10. In addition to V E J K O B L C H G N VI 1. sense 2. message 3. argument 4. image 5. idea 6. belief 7. knowledge 8. reputation 9. standard 10. habit VII 1-f cupboard 橱柜 2-I motorcycle 摩托车 3-l silkworm 蚕 4-k teardrop 泪滴 5-g bloodstain 血迹 6-a sawdust 锯木屑 7-e cabinet-maker 细木工匠 8-j steamboat 汽船 9-b arrowhead 箭头 10-h shirtsleeves 衬衫袖子 11-d windowpane 窗玻璃 12-c manservant 男佣人 VIII 1. encourage 2. enlarge 3. encircles 4. enable 5. endanger 6. enlightened 7. ensure 8. enforce 9. enacted 10. endear IX 1. so that the baby would not catch cold 2. so that more people would vote for him 3. so that his father might forgive him for his failure in the math exam 4. so that it would go on smoothly 5. so that you can judge for yourself X 1. She cycled from Shanghai to Beijing, which is pretty difficult for a woman of 50. 2. He wore his swimming things in the office, which shocked his boss a great deal. 3. They ran out of drink, which actually didn’t bother me because I wasn’t drinking. 4. They will win the match, which will please my brother. 5. She borrowed a book on literature, which suggests that her literature teacher was having some influence on her. XI 1. We should try our best to forecast earthquakes so that destruction of property caused by them could be prevented as much as possible. 2. A farmer noticed large schools of fish swimming near the surface of the water, which, he said, indicated the possible occurrence of an earthquake. 3. Keep an English-English dictionary handy, and when you cannot understand a word with accuracy, you may refer to it any time. 4. If necessary, people who live in the area where an earthquake is about to occur may sleep in tents. 5. A master’s degree does make a great difference to a student who wants to get a job. 6. In addition to the knowledge about earthquakes, the book tells us how to prepare for them. XII 1. 由于在地震中遇难的人大部分都是被倒塌的建筑物砸死的，所以一定要改进建筑结构，以便它们能够抵御地震的力量。 2．人们应该在家里和工作地点储备些水和食物，这在可能发生地震时是特别必要的。 3．在日本和中国，人们长期以来一直相信通过观察动物行为可以预测地震。 4．除了努力改进建筑结构之外，地震多发地区的人们还应该在其他几个方面为可能发生的大地震做好准备。 5．明智的做法是每个家庭都制定地震应急 计划 项目进度计划表范例计划下载计划下载计划下载课程教学计划下载 ，而且所有的家庭成员都应该知道在地震过后的混乱中如何离开那个地区。 6．由于剩下的几条可用电话线路将会很忙，所有的家人都应该往往在远离地震区域的某个朋友或亲戚家中打电话报平安。 XIII 1 B 2 C 3 A 4 B 5 C 6 D 7 A 8 C 9 D 10 A 11 B 12 B 13 D 14 C 15 D 16 B 17 A 18 C 19 D 20 D