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大学综合英语教程Unit1
Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingEnglish Song ― Out in the Country The CountrysideDetailed ReadingIvy League Fahrenheit and Celsius Scales Buying Insurance Sports IllustratedIndividual Retirement AccountUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingEnglish Song ― Out in the CountryDetailed ReadingQuestions about the SongBlank FillingUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingListen to the song and answer the following questions.Detailed ReadingUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingQuestions about the Song 1. What is the song about?Detailed ReadingTaking a break from city life and escaping from the crowd. 2. How is the song related to the theme of this unit? The singer needs a break because the pace of life has quickened, the environment has changed, and the old life style has gone.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingBlank Filling Listen to the song and fill in the blanks with what you hear. Whenever I need to leave it all behind Detailed Reading get away Or feel the need to ________ I find a quiet place, far from the __________ human race Out in the countryBefore the breathin’ air is gone a bright spot Before the sun is just ___________ in the nighttime Out where the rivers like to run I __________ and take back somethin’ worth stand alone rememberin’Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingWhenever I feel them closing in on me a bit of room to move Or need __________________ Detailed Reading relief When life becomes too fast, I find _____ at last Out in the country Before the breathin’ air is gone Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime Out where the ______________ rivers like to run I stand alone and take back somethin’ worth rememberin’Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingBefore the breathin’ air is gone Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime Out where the rivers Detailedto run like Reading I stand alone and __________________________________ take back somethin’ worth rememberin’Before the breathin’ air is gone Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime Out where the rivers like to run I stand alone and take back somethin’ worth rememberin’Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingThe Countryside The countryside of Britain is well known for its beauty and many contrasts: its bare mountains and moorland, its lakes, rivers and woods, and its long, often wild coastline. Detailed Reading Many of the most beautiful areas are national parks and are protected from development. When British people think of farmland, as well as open spaces, they imagine cows or sheep in green fields enclosed by hedges or stone walls, and fields of wheat and barley. Many people associate the countryside with peace and relaxation. They spend their free time walking or cycling there, or go to the country for a picnic or a pub lunch. Only a few people who live in the country work on farms. farms.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMany commute to work in towns. Many others dream of living in the country, where they believe they would have a better and healthier life style. America has many Reading of wild and beautiful Detailed areas scenery, and there are many areas, especially in the West in states like Montana and Wyoming, where few people live. In the New England states, such as Vermont and New Hampshire, it is common to see small farms surrounded by hills and green areas. In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and other Midwestern states, fields of corn or wheat reach to the horizon and there are many miles between towns.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingOnly about 20% of Americans live outside cities and towns. Life may be difficult for people who live in the country. Services like hospitals and schools may be further away, and going shopping Reading mean driving long distances. Detailed can Some people even have to drive from their homes to the main road where their mail is left in a box. In spite of the disadvantages, many people who live in the country say that they like the safe, clean, attractive environment. But their children often move to a town or city as soon as they can. As in Britain, Americans like to go out to the country at weekends. Some people go on camping or fishing trips, others go hiking in national parks.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadingmountainsUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadingmoorlandUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadinglakesUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadingcoastlineUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed Readingnational parksUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadingfarmlandUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadingpicnicUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadingOhioUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingIvy League Ivy League refers to eight long-established colleges and universities in the United States with prestigious academic and social reputations. Members of the Ivy Detailed Reading League are Brown University in Providence, Rhode I Columbia University in New York C Cornell University in Ithaca, New Y Dartmouth College in Hanover, New H Harvard University in Cambridge, M University of Pennsylvania in P Princeton University in Princeton, New J Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The members of the Ivy League compete in intercollegiate athletics.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadingBrown UniversityUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadingColumbia UniversityUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadingCornell UniversityUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadingDartmouth CollegeUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadingHarvard UniversityUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadingUniversity of PennsylvaniaUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadingPrinceton UniversityUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDetailed ReadingYale UniversityUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingIf you want to know more about these schools, you are welcome to visit their websites: Brown University Detailed Reading Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth College Harvard University University of Pennsylvania Princeton University Yale University www.brown.edu www.columbia.edu www.cornell.edu www.dartmouth.edu www.harvard.edu www.upenn.edu www.princeton.edu www.yale.eduUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingFahrenheit Scale Fahrenheit Scale refers to a scale of temperature, first established by the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1715. The unit of Detailed Reading temperature is the degree Fahrenheit (H), and 0 0H was originally the coldest temperature Fahrenheit could achieve using a freezing mixture of salt and ice. On his scale, water freezes at 32H and boils at 212H (under set atmospheric conditions). No longer used in scientific work, Fahrenheit temperatures still feature
hot days “in the eighties”, for example. To convert a Fahrenheit temperature to Celsius (centigrade), subtract 32, then multiply by 5/9.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingFahrenheit ScaleDetailed ReadingGabriel FahrenheitUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingCelsius Scale Celsius Scale refers to a scale of hotness, or temperature, first established by the Swedish scientist Anders Celsius () in 1742. On Detailed Reading this scale, the unit of temperature is the degree Celsius (℃ ); water freezes at 0℃ and boils at 100℃ (under agreed standard atmospheric conditions), although when Celsius originally devised the scale he made 0°the boiling point and 100°the freezing point. The Celsius scale was formerly commonly known as the centigrade scale because of the 100 divisions between the freezing and boiling points of water. To convert from degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit multiply by 9/5 and add 32.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingCelsius ScaleDetailed ReadingAnders CelsiusUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingBuying Insurance People face many choices when Detailed Reading buying insurance policies. They commonly choose an insurance provider based on several criteria. Some of the most important of these include: 1) the financial stability of the insurance company, 2) the price of policies, and 3) details of coverage and service.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingPeople seeking to buy insurance often use the services of an insurance agent or broker to assist in their purchase. Most Detailed Reading insurance falls into four main categories, according to what it covers: 1) property and casualty, 2) life, 3) health and disability, and 4) old-age and unemployment. Insurers commonly refer to insurance purchased by individuals as personal lines coverage and to insurance purchased by businesses as commercial coverage.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingSports Illustrated Sports illustrated is a popular US sports magazineDetailed Reading each published week by Time Inc, part of Time Warner. It first appeared in 1954, and is read mainly by men. The magazine also publishes the Sports Illustrated Sports Almanac every year.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingIndividual Retirement Account Individual Retirement Account refers Detailed Reading to a US government plan that allows people to put part of their income into special bank accounts. No tax has to be paid on this money until they retire. In fact, “IRA” is used more often.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingPart Division of the Text Further UnderstandingUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingFurther Understanding True or FalseInterviewMultiple Choice Answer the QuestionsUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingPart Division of the Text Parts Para(s) Main Ideas The writer views his life in the country as a self-reliant and satisfying one. Life in the country is good yet sometimes very hard.11~324~7Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingParts 3Para(s) 8~11Main IdeasAfter he quit his job, the writer’s income was reduced, but he and his family can manage to get by. A tolerance for solitude and a lot of energy have made it possible for the family to enjoy their life in the country.412~15Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingTrue or False 1. The writer is a famous writer who is living in the ( F ) countryside. He is not famous. 2. In the writer’s opinion, their life in the countryside is self-reliant because they can grow all kinds of fruits ( F ) and go picnicking in the summer. The writer does believe that it’s a sort of self-reliant life, but “go picnicking in the summer” is not one of the reasons.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading3. The writer is satisfied with the life in the countryside only because their hens can lay eggs for them and their bees can provide them with honey ... ( F ) Their hens, eggs, bees and honey are evidences to prove their self-reliant life in the countryside. The writer’s satisfaction comes from elsewhere. 4. The writer and his family live in the countryside because they were dissatisfied with the life in the city and suburbs. ( T )Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading5. The writer uses the following words or phrases to tell the readers that he is satisfied with the life in the countryside: canoe, go picnicking, bicycle rides, deer, hawks, fruits and honey. ( F ) The last two words are related to his self-reliance in the countryside but not his satisfaction.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingInterview Suppose one of your classmates is the writer of this unit and you and another classmate are the college students in a nearby city. When you learn that the writer has moved to the countryside from the city, you are very interested in it and ask for an interview with him. The following tips may give you some help in the interview.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingThe words in the brackets are the hints about the questions. 1. How long have you been here since you left the city? (3 years) 2. Just now you mentioned that the country life is selfreliant and satisfying. But can you tell us something about the tough side of the country life? ( outdoor toilet) 3. Besides what you mentioned just now, what do you and your wife usually do? ( old saying)Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading4. We were told that the first winter has left a deep impression on you. Could you please say something about that? ( apples) 5. What did you do when spring came? ( barn)Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. 1. The writer quitted his job because __________. A) he thought he would have a better time in the countryside B) he would have more work to do in the year to come C) he was sure that he had enough money to support his family D) he just wanted to improve the quality of his family’s life in the countryUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. A 1. The writer quitted his job because __________. A) he thought he would have a better time in the countryside B) he would have more work to do in the year to come C) he was sure that he had enough money to support his family D) he just wanted to improve the quality of his family’s life in the countryUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. B 1. The writer quitted his job because __________. A) he thought he would have a better time in the countryside B) he would have more work to do in the year to come C) he was sure that he had enough money to support his family D) he just wanted to improve the quality of his family’s life in the countryUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. C 1. The writer quitted his job because __________. A) he thought he would have a better time in the countryside B) he would have more work to do in the year to come C) he was sure that he had enough money to support his family D) he just wanted to improve the quality of his family’s life in the countryUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. D 1. The writer quitted his job because __________. A) he thought he would have a better time in the countryside B) he would have more work to do in the year to come C) he was sure that he had enough money to support his family D) he just wanted to improve the quality of his family’s life in the countryUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 2. In order to write stories for Smithsonian the writer had to _______. A) crawl into black-bear dens B) hitch up dogsled racing teams C) check out the Lake Champlain “monster”D) canoe through the Boundary Water wilderness area of MinnesotaUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 2. In order to write stories for Smithsonian the writer A had to _______. A) crawl into black-bear dens B) hitch up dogsled racing teams C) check out the Lake Champlain “monster”D) canoe through the Boundary Water wilderness area of MinnesotaUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 2. In order to write stories for Smithsonian the writer B had to _______. A) crawl into black-bear dens B) hitch up dogsled racing teams C) check out the Lake Champlain “monster”D) canoe through the Boundary Water wilderness area of MinnesotaUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 2. In order to write stories for Smithsonian the writer C had to _______. A) crawl into black-bear dens B) hitch up dogsled racing teams C) check out the Lake Champlain “monster”D) canoe through the Boundary Water wilderness area of MinnesotaUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 2. In order to write stories for Smithsonian the writer D had to _______. A) crawl into black-bear dens B) hitch up dogsled racing teams C) check out the Lake Champlain “monster”D) canoe through the Boundary Water wilderness area of MinnesotaUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 3. The total premium of the writer’s family every year is _____. A) $960 B) $2,000 C) $400D) $560Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 3. The total premium of the writer’s family every year A is _____. A) $960 B) $2,000 C) $400D) $560Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 3. The total premium of the writer’s family every year B is _____. A) $960 B) $2,000 C) $400D) $560Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 3. The total premium of the writer’s family every year C is _____. A) $960 B) $2,000 C) $400D) $560Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 3. The total premium of the writer’s family every year D is _____. A) $960 B) $2,000 C) $400D) $560Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 4. Suppose the medical fee for the writer’s wife is $3,000, the insurance company has to pay _____. A) $2,400 B) $2,000 C) $3,000D) $500Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 4. Suppose the medical fee for the writer’s wife is A $3,000, the insurance company has to pay _____. A) $2,400 B) $2,000 C) $3,000D) $500Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 4. Suppose the medical fee for the writer’s wife is B $3,000, the insurance company has to pay _____. A) $2,400 B) $2,000 C) $3,000D) $500Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 4. Suppose the medical fee for the writer’s wife is C $3,000, the insurance company has to pay _____. A) $2,400 B) $2,000 C) $3,000D) $500Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 4. Suppose the medical fee for the writer’s wife is D $3,000, the insurance company has to pay _____. A) $2,400 B) $2,000 C) $3,000D) $500Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice 5. In order to save money the writer’s family ______.A) drink less wineB) never go to see any ballet C) go to some less expensive restaurants once or twice a month D) attend the opera twice a monthUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice A 5. In order to save money the writer’s family ______.A) drink less wineB) never go to see any ballet C) go to some less expensive restaurants once or twice a month D) attend the opera twice a monthUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice B 5. In order to save money the writer’s family ______.A) drink less wineB) never go to see any ballet C) go to some less expensive restaurants once or twice a month D) attend the opera twice a monthUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice C 5. In order to save money the writer’s family ______.A) drink less wineB) never go to see any ballet C) go to some less expensive restaurants once or twice a month D) attend the opera twice a monthUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMultiple Choice D 5. In order to save money the writer’s family ______.A) drink less wineB) never go to see any ballet C) go to some less expensive restaurants once or twice a month D) attend the opera twice a monthUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingAnswer the Questions 1. According to the author, what special qualities are necessary for people to live in the countryside? 2. How does the writer think he and his family will feel when they have to leave the farm someday?3. Why did the writer and his family choose to live in the country? Do you think their dream has come true? Why?Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingMR. DOHERTY BUILDS HIS DREAM LIFE Jim Doherty There are two things I have always wanted to do ― write and live on a farm. Today I’m doing both. I am not in E. B. White’s class as a writer or in my neighbors’ league as a farmer, but I’m getting by. And after years of frustration with city and suburban living, my wife Sandy and I have finally found contentment here in the country.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingIt’s a self-reliant sort of life. We grow nearly all of our fruits and vegetables. Our hens keep us in eggs, with several dozen left over to sell each week. Our bees provide us with honey, and we cut enough wood to just about make it through the heating season. It’s a satisfying life too. In the summer we canoe on the river, go picnicking in the woods and take long bicycle rides. In the winter we ski and skate. We get excited about sunsets. We love the smell of the earth warming and the sound of cattle lowing. We watch for hawks in the sky and deer in the cornfields.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingBut the good life can get pretty tough. Three months ago when it was 30 below, we spent two miserable days hauling firewood up the river on a sled. Three months from now, it will be 95 above and we will be cultivating corn, weeding strawberries and killing chickens. Recently, Sandy and I had to retile the back roof. Soon Jim, 16 and Emily, 13, the youngest of our four children, will help me make some longoverdue improvements on the outdoor toilet that supplements our indoor plumbing when we are working outside. Later this month, we’ll spray the orchard, paint the barn, Later this month, plant the garden and clean the hen house before the new chicks arrive.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingIn between such chores, I manage to spend 50 to 60 hours a week at the typewriter or doing reporting for the freelance articles I sell to magazines and newspapers. Sandy, meanwhile, pursues her own demanding schedule. Besides the usual household routine, she oversees the garden and beehives, bakes bread, cans and freezes, drives the kids to their music lessons, practices with them, takes organ lessons on her own, does research and typing for me, writes an article herself now and then, tends the flower beds, stacks a little wood and delivers the eggs. There is, as the old saying goes, no rest for the wicked on a place like this ― and not much for the virtuous either.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingNone of us will ever forget our first winter. We were buried under five feet of snow from December through March. While one storm after another blasted huge drifts up against the house and barn, we kept warm inside burning our own wood, eating our own apples and loving every minute of it.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingWhen spring came, it brought two floods. First the river overflowed, covering much of our land for weeks. Then the growing season began, swamping us under wave after wave of produce. Our freezer filled up with cherries, raspberries, strawberries, asparagus, peas, beans and corn. Then our canned-goods shelves and cupboards began to grow with preserves, tomato juice, grape juice, plums, jams and jellies. Eventually, the basement floor disappeared under piles of potatoes, squash and pumpkins, and the barn began to fill with apples and pears. It was amazing.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingThe next year we grew even more food and managed to get through the winter on firewood that was mostly from our own trees and only 100 gallons of heating oil. At that point I began thinking seriously about quitting my job and starting to freelance. The timing was terrible. By then, Shawn and Amy, our oldest girls were attending expensive Ivy League schools and we had only a few thousand dollars in the bank. Yet we kept coming back to the same question: Will there ever be a better time? The answer, decidedly, was no, and so ― with my employer’s blessings and half a year’s pay in accumulated benefits in my pocket ― off I went.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingThere have been a few anxious moments since then, but on balance things have gone much better than we had any right to expect. For various stories of mine, I’ve crawled into black-bear dens for Sports Illustrated, hitched up dogsled racing teams for Smithsonian magazine, checked out the Lake Champlain “monster” for Science Digest, and canoed through the Boundary Waters wilderness area of Minnesota for Destinations.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingI’m not making anywhere near as much money as I did when I was employed full time, but now we don’t need as much either. I generate enough income to handle our $600a-month mortgage payments plus the usual expenses for a family like ours. That includes everything from music lessons and dental bills to car repairs and college costs. When it comes to insurance, we have a poor man’s majormedical policy. We have to pay the first $500 of any medical fees for each member of the family. It picks up 80% of the costs beyond that. Although we are stuck with paying minor expenses, our premium is low ― only $560 a year ― and we are covered against catastrophe. Aside from that and the policy on our two cars at $400 a year, we have no other insurance. But we are setting aside $2,000 a year in an IRA.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingWe’ve been able to make up the difference in income by cutting back without appreciably lowering our standard of living. We continue to dine out once or twice a month, but now we patronize local restaurants instead of more expensive places in the city. We still attend the opera and ballet in Milwaukee but only a few times a year. We eat less meat, drink cheaper wine and see fewer movies. Extravagant Christmases are a memory, and we combine vacations with story assignments …Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingI suspect not everyone who loves the country would be happy living the way we do. It takes a couple of special qualities. One is a tolerance for solitude. Because we are so busy and on such a tight budget, we don’t entertain much. During the growing season there is no time for socializing anyway. Jim and Emily are involved in school activities, but they too spend most of their time at home.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingThe other requirement is energy ― a lot of it. The way to make selfsufficiency work on a small scale is to resist the temptation to buy a tractor and other expensive laborsaving devices. Instead, you do the work yourself. The only machinery we own (not counting the lawn mower) is a little threehorsepower rotary cultivator and a 16-inch chain saw.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingHow much longer we’ll have enough energy to stay on here is anybody’s guess ― perhaps for quite a while, perhaps not. When the time comes, we’ll leave with a feeling of sorrow but also with a sense of pride at what we’ve been able to accomplish. We should make a fair profit on the sale of the place, too. We’ve invested about $35,000 of our own money in it, and we could just about double that if we sold today. But this is not a good time to sell. Once economic conditions improve, however, demand for farms like ours should be strong again.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingWe didn’t move here primarily to earn money though. We came because we wanted to improve the quality of our lives. When I watch Emily collecting eggs in the evening, fishing with Jim on the river or enjoying an old-fashioned picnic in the orchard with the entire family, I know we’ve found just what we were looking for.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingand we cut enough wood to just about make it through the heating season. Tell the meaning of the phrase “make it” and paraphrase this part of the sentence.The phrase “make it” means “succeed.” The meaning of this part is “With the wood we cut, the family can succeed in getting through the cold winter.”Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingSoon Jim, 16 and Emily, 13, the youngest of our four children, will help me make some long-overdue improvements on the outdoor toilet that supplements our indoor plumbing when we are working outside. Analyze the structure of the sentence. The structure of this sentence is complicated. 1) “The youngest of our four children” is in apposition to “Emily, 13.” 2) “that supplements our indoor plumbing when we are working outside” is an attributive clause modifying “the outdoor toilet.”Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingTranslate the sentence into Chinese. 过些时候，16岁的吉米和四个孩子中最小的13岁的 埃米莉，会帮着我一起把拖了很久没修的室外厕所 修葺一下。我们在室外干活时，这个厕所便成了室 内卫生设备的补充。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingThere is, as the old saying goes, no rest for the wicked on a place like this ― and not much for the virtuous either. Tell the class the origin of the saying “There is no rest for the wicked.” The saying comes from the Bible, Isiah 57:21, “… no peace, saith my god, to the wicked.” It is used in a jocular manner, meaning “there’s no someone is kept busy all the time.”Translate the sentence into Chinese. 正如老话说的那样，在这种情形之下，坏人闲不着―― 好人也歇不了。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingWhile one storm after another blasted huge drifts up against the house and barn, ... Translate this part of the sentence into Chinese. 暴风雪肆虐，一场接着一场，厚厚的积雪覆盖着屋子 和谷仓?Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingWhen spring came, it brought two floods. Read this paragraph and tell what “two floods” refer to here. The first flood refers to the overflow of the river covering their land while the other refers to agricultural produce.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingThen the growing season began, swamping us under wave after wave of produce. What’s the function of the phrase “swamping us under wave after wave of produce”? This v-ing form is one of the non-finite verbs (非谓 语动词). It serves as an adverbial in the sentence and it indicates another action by the subject of the sentence.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingParaphrase the sentence. Then the growing season came and it brought us a lot of agricultural products. What attitude of the author can we infer from this sentence towards his country life? We can see that he was very satisfied with it and enjoyed the harvest.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingIt was amazing. What can we infer from the sentence? 1) The big harvest was beyond expectation. 2) He was filled with joy because of the big harvest.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingThe timing was terrible. What’s the meaning of this sentence in Chinese? 时机选得实在太差。 Why does the author think so? 1) He had to pay the expensive tuition for his two girls. 2) He had only a few thousand dollars in the bank.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingThe answer, decidedly, was no, and so ― with my employer’s blessings and half a year’s pay in accumulated benefits in my pocket ― off I went. Why did the author decide to quit his job even though it was a terrible timing? What could be the reasons for the author’s decision to leave the city? Though it was a terrible timing, the author was clear that there would be no “good” timing at all. Possible reasons for his decision are as follows: A) He didn’t think his job was good. B) He longed for risks and changes in his life.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingC) He was attracted by the good harvest his family had got the year before. D) He was fascinated by the hectic, self-reliant and colorful life in the countryside.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingIt picks up 80% of the costs beyond that.What does the word “that” in the sentence refer to?It refers to “the first $500 the family pays.” Suppose the medical fee is $1,000, the family has to pay $500 while the insurance company will pay $400.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingand we are covered against catastrophe.Translate this part into Chinese.而且我们给自己投了巨灾险。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingExtravagant Christmases are a memory, and we combine vacations with story assignments … What can we infer from this part of the sentence? We can infer that the family used to spend much more money on Christmases.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingget by: be good enou manage to live or do things in a satisfactory wayIt is a little bit difficult for the old couple to get by on such a small pension. 我父母靠很少的钱将就着把日子过了下去。 My parents managed to get by on a small amount of money. She never works but somehow she gets by.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readinghaul: vt. 1. transport, as with a truck, cart, etc. The farmers haul vegetables to the market on a truck every morning. 救援队把药品和食物运到被淹的村庄。 The rescue team hauled medical supplies and food to the flooded villages.2. pull or drag sth. with effort or force A crane had to be used to haul the car out of the stream. Rescue workers hauled passengers out of the crashed train.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingCF: haul, drag & pull 这几个词都是动词，都有“拖”、“拉”、“拽”之意。 haul 指缓慢而费力地拖一极重之物，有时可表示很困难地拽。 例如：Lorries haul heavy goods from factories to ports. 大卡车把沉重的货物从工厂运到港口。drag 指施力者在地面或表面上缓慢而沉重地把东西拖过一段距离 该词通常使人想到主动或被动的阻力。例如： You might drag a heavy box across the ground if you couldn’t lift it. 如果你提不动一个重箱子，你可以在地上拖着它走。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingpull 为最普通用词，可指朝各个方向拉，并不强调用力 大小。该词后面可添加副词或副词词组具体描述拖 拉动作的用力大小或方向等。例如： They pulled hard but the rock remained stock-still. 他们使劲地拉，可那石头仍纹丝不动。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingsupplement: 1. vt. add to sth. in order to improve it (followed by with) Peter supplements his ordinary income by writing books. 医生建议在我的饮食中补充维生素 E 和 A。 The doctor suggested supplementing my diet with vitamins E and A. 2. n. an additional amount of sth. Do you read the color supplements of the Sunday newspapers? 你读周日报纸的彩色增刊吗？ She has been ill and must have supplements to her ordinary food.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingspray: vt. force out liquid in small drops upon (followed by with)I’ll have to spray the roses with insecticide to get rid of the greenfly (蚜虫). They sprayed the President’s car with bullets. 汽车开过，溅了我一身水。 A car went past and sprayed me with water.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingpursue: vt. 1. continue (steadily) withHe is pursuing his studies at the university. After graduation Martin chose to pursue the same career as his father as a doctor. 2. follow esp. in order to catch, kill, or defeat The police are pursuing an escaped prisoner.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingwicked: adj. evil or bad We are all born good, but can be taught to be wicked. 他真邪恶。 That was wicked of him. I have such a wicked toothache.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingget through: come successfully to the end当地政府已采取一些措施以确保所有人顺利过冬。 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.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingat that point: right thenThe train was now only a couple of yards from the kids on the track. At that 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.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingon balance: with all things considered On balance, it’s probably not advisable to change the company’s name.我想，总的来说我更喜欢新的操作系统。I think, on balance, I prefer the new operating system. NB: balance 的反义词是 imbalance。此外，与 balance 有关的 其他搭配有： keep one’s balance 保持平衡 lose one’s balance 失去平衡 strike a balance 力求折中 in the balance 不确定，成败或安危未定Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingillustrate: vt. provide
clarify by use of examples, etc. Let me use another example to illustrate this difficult point. CF: illustrate, exemplify & demonstrate 这三个词都是动词，都有“举例说明”之意。 illustrate 表示不仅使用具体事例而且有时使用图画，目的是 使说明生动、逼真或有效，从而真实地说明某一观 点。例如： The way that a pump works is used to illustrate how the heart sends blood around the body. 水泵的工作原理可用来解释心脏是如何将血液送至全 身各处的。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingexemplify 可用于举例说明某一笼统、抽象的陈述，也 可用于举出某事物的典型或范例。例如：Knights exemplified courage and courtesy. 武士们是勇敢与礼貌的榜样。demonstrate 表示用充足且可靠的证据证实某一学术观点 或结论，也可用于说明人或事。例如： Galileo demonstrated that objects of different weights fall at the same speed. 伽俐略证实了重量不同的物体以同样的速 度下落。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingdigest: 1. n. a short account of written materials or data Reader’s Digest is a popular magazine in the US. He was so busy that he only read a concise digest of their project. 2. v. 1) change sth. into a form that the body can use 玛丽吃肥肉不消化。 Mary can’t digest fat. 2) think about sth. carefully and understand it I heard her speech, but I haven’t digested it yet. 吸收新思想往往需要很长时间。 It often takes long time to digest new ideas.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readinggenerate: vt.
produce煤燃烧时，产生热量。When coal burns, it generates heat. The widespread use of Spanish in some American cities has generated a public debate over language use in the country. The teacher’s remark generated loud laughter.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readinginsurance: n. guarantee of compensation for loss, damage, sickness, death, etc. in return for regular paymentDoes your insurance cover damage by flooding?Our firm carries fire insurance.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingCollocation：accident insurancemedical insurance private health insurance意外保险医疗保险私人健康保险 伤残保险disability insurancesocial insurance unemployment insurance whole life insurance社会保险失业保险 终身人寿保险Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingpick up: 1) be ready to pay 2) improve 3) get 4) take hold of and lift up 5) collect 6) collect someone or something from a place Match the following sentences with appropriate definitions above. Where did you pick up your excellent English? (3) Please pick up all your toys when you’ve finished playing. (5) If he loses the case, Michael will have to pick up the bill for legal costs. (1) I’ll pick you up at your hotel. (6) She picked up a stone and threw it at the window. (4) Mary has been ill, but she’s picking up now. (2)Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingpremium: n. a sum of money paid regularly to an insurance company to protect sb. against some risk of loss or damage The employers make the employees pay for a large portion of their health insurance premium. He is complaining that car insurance premiums have increased too much this year. 他抱怨说，今年汽车保险费增加得太多。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingaside from: in addition to (more usual in American E same as apart from)Aside from an occasional game of tennis, he doesn’t take any exercise. This composition is good aside from a couple of spelling mistakes. 万籁俱寂，只有从远处偶尔传来汽车喇叭声。Everything was quiet, aside from the occasional sound of a car horn in the distance.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingcut back: reduce in size or amountPattern: cut back sth.; cut back on sth. The government has cut back on defense spending. 我们反对任何削减教育预算的计划。 We oppose any plans to cut back (on) education budget.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingdine out: eat a meal away from home (usu. in a restaurant) I’m going to dine out with Peter tonight. With the improvement of living standards, more and more people dine out at weekends.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingsuspect: 1. v. 1) believe to be true, likely or probable Pattern: suspect that …I strongly suspect that they’re trying to get rid of me. 2) believe to be guilty Pattern: suspect sb./sth. of sth. The police suspect him of murder.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading2. n. a person who is suspected of guilt, esp. in a crime The police have arrested two suspects in connection with the bank robbery. 3. adj. of uncertain truth, quality, etc.That is a r I don’t believe it.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingCF: suspect, assume & presume 这几个词都可用作动词，都有“主观想像”之意 suspect 意思是“猜想”、“觉得会”、“有点感觉到”， 表示有（某事物）存在的想法。另外，该词有“怀 疑”、“怀疑某人有?罪”之意。例如： We suspected that he was lost, even before we were told. 别人告诉我们之前，我们就怀疑他失踪了。 He is suspected of murdering that old lady. 他被怀疑杀了那位老妇人。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingassume 意思是“假定”、“设想”，指把一件尚未证 实的事作为事实或真理。例如： He assumed that the train would be on time. 他假定火车会准时到达。 presume 也有“假定”、“设想”的意思，但它指根据过 去的经验或某些现实的感觉认为某事属实，虽然 还没有确凿的证据。例如： The court presumed the death of the man who disappeared during the war. 法庭假定那个在战争中失踪的人已死亡。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingbudget: n. a plan of how to arrange private or public income or spending Adam limits himself to a daily budget of $10. 最后，政府平衡预算的努力以失败告终。At last, the government’s efforts to balance the budget ended in failure.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingCollocation：draw up a budgetsubmit a budget balance a budget制定预算 提交一项预算报告 平衡预算超出预算 减少预算exceed a budgetcut/reduce a budget a federal/household/ municipal/national budget联邦/家庭收支/ 市政/国家预算Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingscale: n. a relative level or degree (usu. used in the phrase on a … scale)We tested our new teaching methods on a small scale. Indeed only six classes were involved in it. 这项工程规模浩大地展开了。The project was undertaken on a grand scale.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingtemptation: n. the feeling of being tempted to do sth. the thing you want to haveThe kids can’t resist the temptation of McDonald’s. He couldn’t resist the temptation to steal the jewel.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingCollocation：overcome temptationresist temptation be exposed to temptation克服诱惑 抵制诱惑 受到诱惑面临诱惑 向诱惑屈服face temptationsuccumb to temptation place/put temptation in sb.’s way让某人受诱惑Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingdevice: n. a piece of equipment designed to serve a special purpose They suspected that an explosive device had been left somewhere inside the building. 她发明了一种能在下雨时自动关闭窗户的装置。 She invented a device that automatically closes windows when it rains.CF: device, instrument & implement 这几个词都可用作名词，都有“用具”、“器具”之 意。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingdevice 表示“（为某种用途而制作或改装的）装置、器具”。 例如： I have fitted a device to my car which opens the garage doors automatically. 我车上装了一个能自动开启车库门的装置。 instrument 表示“器械”、“仪器”、“（发动机或航海、航 空等的）测量仪器 ”、“仪表”，表示为技术工作 设计的工具，着重于工具的精密与复杂。例如： All surgical instruments must be sterilized before use. 所有外科手术器械使用前都必须消毒。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingimplement 指“工具”、“器具”，常指用于户外如园艺 或农用的工具。例如： Man’s earliest implements were carved from stone and bone.人类最早的工具是用石头和骨头凿刻而成。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingprofit: n. 1. money gained by business He makes a big profit from selling waste material to textile companies. 他以获利价出售了他的房子。 He sold his house at a profit. 2. advantage gained from some action Finishing college will be your profit.I have read this book with profit.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingCollocation： clear/earn/make/turn a profit divide profits a clear/net profit a gross profit poor profits small profits and quick returns at a profit 获得利润 分红利 净利 毛利，总利润 薄利 薄利多销 获利地、有利可图地Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingCF: profit, interest & advantage 这几个词都可用作名词，均有“利益”、“好处”之意。 profit 指在物质与精神方面的好处，但以金钱方面为主。例如： The company has targeted a quite high profit for the year. 公司为今年制定了较高的赢利目标。 interest 当“利益”讲时常用复数形式。例如： A public servant is to work in the interests of the public.公务员应该为公众谋利益。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingadvantage 常指有利条件或优势地位。例如： Don’t you think it a double advantage for us?难道你不认为这对我们来说是一件一举两得的事吗？He was adept at maintaining a psychological advantage. 他擅于保持一种心理上的优势。Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readinginvest: v. use money to make a profit out of something that will increase in value She decided to invest $10,000 in the gas industry. My parents intend to invest in stocks and bonds. 许多商人正在向农业投资。 Many businessmen are investing in farming.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readingprimarily: adv. chiefly We are primarily concerned with improving our working conditions. 男子通常比女子跑得快，主要是因为他们的肌肉力量更大。 Men usually run faster than women, primarily because they have greater muscular strength.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingUseful ExpressionsSentence TranslationCompound DictationDiscussion and Debate Writing Practice Talk about the PicturesProverbs and QuotationsUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingWriting PracticeA Brief IntroductionA Sample HomeworkUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingUseful Expressions 1. 过得去 2. 寻觅心灵的满足 3. 一种自力更生的生活 4. 大地回暖的气息 5. 艰苦的生活 6. 日常的家务 7. 正如老话说的那样 get by find contentmenta self-reliant sort of lifethe smell of the earth warming a tough life usual household routine as the old saying goesUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading8. 温馨快乐每一分钟9. 过冬love/enjoy every minute of sth. get through the winter Ivy League schools with sb.’s blessings on balance be employed full time10. 常春藤联合会学校11. 带着某人的祝福12. 总的来说13. 担任全职工作 14. 贷款按揭mortgage paymentsUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading15. 至于?16. 除?以外When it comes to ...apart from ... dine out lower the standard of living / living standard17. 外出吃饭18. 降低生活标准 19. 弥补收入差额make up the difference in income20. 听歌剧、看芭蕾演出 attend the opera and ballet 21. 耐得住寂寞 a tolerance for solitudeUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading22. 手头紧23. 自给自足be on a tight budget self-sufficiency resist the temptation to do sth. leave with a feeling of sorrow a sense of pride once economic conditions improve earn money24. 抵制诱惑25. 怆然离去26. 自豪感27. 一旦形势好转 28. 赚钱Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingCompound Dictation You will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 1 to 7 with the exact words you have just heard. For the blanks numbered from 8 to 10 you are required to fill in the missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingWorking at Home Most American workers travel each day to jobs in factories, offices, (1) __________ , shops and schools. But laboratories growing for a (2) _______ number of people in the United States, the choosing work place is changing. More Americans are (3) ________ to work at home. There are several reasons for (4) this ______ . change One reason is many parents want more time to be with their children at home. Another is that people want the (5) freedom to decide for themselves how and when to do their _______ job. The most important reason, however, is the (6) revolution _________ in computer technology. With computers, there is (7)____ need for people to come together to work. lessUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingComputers can be linked by telephone lines with other (8)________________________________________________ computers far away . A worker can write a report or add _________________ information to company records on a computer at home and then send the finished work to a computer in another city. (9) _____________________________________________ Americans are already using computers to do many different kinds of jobs at home ___________________________ . Many highly skilled workers, for example, ask their computers to work at least part of their time at home. They say (10) they can think ____________ more clearly and be more creative in the quiet, peaceful __________________________________________________ atmosphere of their home . _______________________Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingDiscussion and DebateOne of the most popular topics many people talk about is whether city life is better than suburban life. Some people think city life is better than suburban life while others just have the opposite opinion. Now let us discuss this topic in small groups. Each group will be given some of the advantages of city life and suburban life.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingAdvantages of City LifeSome of the advantages of city life are given below for your reference: Advantagesconvenience for people to do the shoppingbetter education easy access to entertainment facilities and other amenitiesmore job openingsUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingAdvantages of Suburban LifeSome of the advantages of suburban life are given below for your reference: Advantages less pollutionsafe, clean, attractive environmentpeaceful lifesmaller living expensesUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingTalk about the PicturesUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingA Brief Introduction 1) Definitions of comparison and contrast Comparison: You are asked to explain how two or more things are alike. Contrast: You are asked to explain how two or more things are different. 2) Two methods to organize a comparison and contrast essay Point-by-point method (or alternating arrangement): You alternate points about A (one thing) with comparable points about B (another thing). Item-by-item method (or block arrangement): You discuss all of A, then all of B.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading3) Usually, comparison and contrast essay writing consists of three parts: Introduction, Body and Conclusion. Introduction often begins with a sentence that will catch the reader’s interest. Then name the two subjects and state that they are very similar or quite different, having many important (or interesting) similarities or differences. Body discusses how both subjects are different or similar with the two methods (alternating or block arrangement). Conclusion gives a brief, general summary of the most important similarities and differences. End with a personal statement, or a prediction.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading4) In order to write a better composition, the writer should be familiar with some useful expressions. (Refer to Some Useful Expressions for detail.)Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingSome Useful Expressions Similarity: like, similar to, also, similarly, in the same way, likewise, again, in like manner Difference: unlike, compared to, in contrast, contrasted with, on the contrary, conversely Other: yet, still, but, nevertheless, at the same time, regardless, despite, while, on the one hand … on the other handUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingThe Senate and the House of Representatives [Introduction] As we all know, in the USA, Congress is responsible for making laws. Congress is made up of two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. In this essay, you will learn the differences between the two houses of Congress. [Body] There are many differences between the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Vice President of the United States is the head of the Senate. He must vote in the Senate if there is a tie (平局). On the other hand, theUnit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Readinghead of the House of Representatives is called the Speaker of the House, who is elected by representatives. Another difference is that the Senate is made up of 100 senators, two from each state. The House of Representatives, however, is made up of 435 representatives. The number of representatives from each state is determined by that state’s population. A third difference is that senators are elected to serve sixyear terms, while representatives are elected to serve two-year terms. [Conclusion] Although Congress is made up of two types of lawmakers, they must work together for the benefit of all Americans.Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveBefore Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary ReadingHomeworkYou are required to write a composition with the method of comparison and contr