Homework Assignment (Unit 1) Translation: 听到这个消息，他很可能会沮丧。（ may well do)

1. Homework Assignment (Unit 1) Translation: • 听到这个消息，他很可能会沮丧。（may well do) 2. 假定我这里所说的反差是成立的，我们是否能从创造力与基本技能这两点之间获得某种平衡？ （assuming that, strike a balance between) • 这一部移动电话在质量上优于那一部。（be superior to） • 在调查过程中未发现新证据。（emerge） • 这所学校把英语和计算机作为重点学习的课程。 （give priority to） 6. 他极其娴熟地操作着计算机。（with extreme facility) • 你认为他说的话重要吗？（attach importance to） • 他的研究有助于揭示中、西方不同的教育观。 （throw light on)

2. Review全新版大学英语第一册（综合教程） Unit 2 Friendship

3. ReviewText AAll the Cabbie Had Was a Letter

4. Sentence Pattern: • may / might (just) as well + do… Beautiful Expressions: • 完全沉浸在…之中 be lost in (lose oneself in) • 敲…以引起某人的注意 tap on … to get one’s attention

5. Beautiful Expressions: • 我不着急。 I’m in no hurry. • 同学聚会 class reunion • 离我们的目的地不远了 get close to our destination • 总是有事情冒出来，好像就是找不到时间。 Things come up and we just don’t seem to find the time.

6. Beautiful Expressions: • 举行一次聚会 hold a reunion • 看到某事使某人很气愤 The sight of sth. left sb. upset. • 她的学习计划排得满满的。 Her study fully occupied her.

7. Phrases: • keep up • or something • (be) not much of a … • all the way • on one’s mind

8. Phrases: • remind somebody of something • choke up • quite a while

9. Words • available a. • windshield n. • estimate vt. • practically ad. • postpone vt.

10. Words: • Halloween • absolutely ad. • correspondence n. • (keep correspondence with sb.) • urge vt. • practically ad. • skip vi • unpack vt.

11. 全新版大学英语综合教程 第二册

12. Unit 2 Values Text AThe Richest Man in America, Down Home--Art Harris 阿特• 哈里斯

13. Pre-reading Tasks

14. Pre-reading Tasks • What happened to Abraham Lincoln one day? • How is the story related to the theme of the unit—value?

16. On April 14, 1865, in Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., actor John Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in the head. The President died the next day at 7:20 AM.

17. The faces of US presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln are carved into the wall of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota’s Black Hills.

18. Rich people I know

19. Bill Gates is the chairman, and cofounder (with Paul Allen) of Microsoft Corporation, the world’s leading computer software company. The company’s success made Gates the world’s richest person.

20. American professional basketball player Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six National Basketball Association (NBA) championships.

21. Pre-reading Tasks • Some famous chain supermarkets in Chengdu Carrefour, Price-Smart, Metrol Red-flag, People’s Department Stores, The Pacific, … • The relationship between manufacturers-retailers-consumers • Sam Walton

22. While-reading Tasks Text Organization: • Part 1: Paras. 1—4: The disappointment of a waiter: He found that Sam Walton—the richest man in America led so simple a life.

23. While-reading Tasks Text Organization: • Part 2: Paragraphs 5—13 Sam’s personality: Detailed information about Sam Walton with a lot of examples to reveal what Sam is like

24. While-reading Tasks Text Organization: • Part 3: Paras. 14—22: Sam’s devotion to his company and his employees

25. Language Study

26. Language Study Paragraph 2 How did Sam acquire his wealth? • dime store: • discount chain discountn. the reduction made to the usual price of sth. -Retailers of cyberstores may offer special discountsto online shoppers.

27. Language Study • spot n. vt. -I found Tony in our familiar meetingspot. -Rich and Anthony spotted something ahead at the same instant. -The robber was caught on the spot. -He never spottedany servants.

28. Language Study Part 2 Para 5, sentence 1 Only in America can a billionaire carry on like plain folks and get away with it. 只有在美国，一个亿万富翁才能像普通老百姓那样安安稳稳过日子(而不受到非议)。

29. Language Study More examples: Only in this way can we achieve our goal. Only then did Peter realize that he still hadn’t phoned his mother.

30. Language Study • carry on like plain folks: behave like ordinary people • get away with Those who lie and cheat will never get away with it. I won’t let him get away with that excuse.

31. Language Study Paragraph 7 • By all accounts, he’s friendly, cheerful, a fine neighbor who does his best to blend in, never flashy, never throwing his weight around. 人人都说他为人友善，性情开朗，是个好邻居，他尽力与人融洽相处，从不炫耀，也从不盛气凌人。

32. Language Study By all accounts: according to what everyone says accountn. vt. He can’t account for his mistake. He has resigned his job on account of his age. On no account must you tell him about your plans. You need not takethese factorsinto account.

33. Language Study • blend in (into): What he said reinforced my determination to blend in with my surrounding. She came from the North, she was not sure whether she could blend into Sichuan Culture.

34. Language Study throw one’s weight around (infml) Mr Smith is not much of a manager. He always throws his weight around.

35. Language Study • in areservedseat: reservevt. keep for special use, book (a table, seat, a room) Some seats on the buses are ______ for the old. a) preserved b) conserved c) reserved d) contained

36. Language Study preserve: keep sb alive or keep sth. safe from destruction (保护) keep a condition to remain unchanged. (维持) keep sth. especially food, dead bodies, in good condition for a long time by some special treatment 保存(使不腐烂)

37. Language Study conserve: keep sth. from being lost or wasted (often followed by natural resources) 保存、保护（使不失去、使不浪费） retain: keep possession of sth. 保留、保住

38. Language Study It’s the duty of the police to ______ public order.

39. Language Study …the Benton County Daily Democrat, another Walton property that keeps him off the front page. (Benton民生报，Walton的又一宗产业，这家报纸从来不让Walton的消息出现在头版上)

40. Language Study Itburiedthe Forbes list at the bottom of page 2. --The rich-people list from Forbes was arranged at the bottom of page in the Benton County Daily Democrat so that it could not be found easily. 它将《福布斯》的富人排行榜塞在第二版的报尾。

41. Language Study • buryvt. put a dead body into a grave cover sth up intentionally 故意掩盖 • a front page person 头版新闻人物

42. Language Study • The Richest Man in America did something that would have made headlines anywhere in the world. made headlines -had the quality to become the front page person e.g.: My experiences have made me a better person. She was made a director of the company.

43. Language Study • But just how long Walton can hold firm to his folksy habits with celebrity hunters keeping following him wherever he goes is anyone’s guess. • Grammatical structure: “how long …is anyone’s guess” • hold to + n. keep to sth. 遵守，不改变 hold firm to坚决不改变 • his folksy habits: 他的平民习惯

44. Language Study • celebrity hunters: 追星族 • on the run: trying to avoid be captured by other people • steer clear of: keep away from, avoid, 避开，躲避

45. Language Study • the executive pep rally 行政人员鼓劲会 • be liable to do sth. be likely to do sth. 很可能 e.g.: If you throw litter down on the street, you areliable to a fine. On such a night, one is liable to catch a cold.

46. Language Study • put him off his game: draw his attention away from the game • a college scholarship fund 大学奖学基金 • a disaster relief fund 灾难救助基金 • He believed in cultivating ideas and rewarding success. 他信奉广开思路，奖励成功。

47. Language Study • They deserved the credit. 这种荣誉他们受之无愧 • be better off become rich小康，变得富有

48. Writing Style Indirect Description In order to describe Sam Walton, the writer interviewed a lot of people. He quotes not only Sam Walton himself, but also his townsfolk and colleagues.

49. These persons are: The waiter at Sam Walton’s birthday party The night manager at the local Wal-Mart The Mayor of Bentonville The pastor of the local church The local barber The corporate affairs director The retired president of Wal-Mart The company lawyer

50. Homework Assignment Writing: Prepare a mini-speech, describing one of your classmates. Next class, I will ask you to read your descriptions and let the other students guess who the person is.