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Text A Old Father Time Becomes A Terror

Text A Old Father Time Becomes A Terror. Language points. 1. And as each invention arrives, it eats further into our time. (Para 2). eat into: gradually reduce the amount of (sth. valuable); damage or destroy. Acid eats into the metal, damaging its surface.

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  1. Text AOld Father Time Becomes A Terror

  2. Language points 1. And as each invention arrives, it eats further into our time. (Para 2) eat into: gradually reduce the amount of (sth. valuable); damage or destroy Acid eats into the metal, damaging its surface. His extravagances ate into his inheritances. Collocation: 吃光… eat out of

  3. 2. The aircraft promised new horizons, too.The trouble is, it delivered them. (Para 4) 1). What do “deliver” and “them” here refer to? “Deliver” means to provide or to bring, “them” here refers to “horizons”. 2). What does “trouble” imply? It implies the unfavorable effect of the invention of aircraft, that is, people, driven on by new horizons, would like to spend more time on time-consuming journeys.

  4. 3. In reality,they encouraged us to change our clothes daily instead of weekly, creating seven times as much washing and ironing.(Para 5) in reality:in actual fact; really He became that country’s ruler both in name and reality. Some famous private schools are theoretically open to the public, but in reality are attended by those who can afford the fees.

  5. Collocation: accept reality 承认事实 deny reality 否认事实 face reality 面对事实

  6. 4. Similarly, the weekly bath has been replaced by the daily shower, multiplying the hours spent on personal grooming. (Para 5) multiply: v. 1).increase in number or quantity Fear multiplies the difficulties of life. In a few minutes people in the square multiplied into thousands.

  7. 2). add a number to itself a particular number of times Multiplying large quantities in one’s head has become a lost art since the arrival of the calculator. 我们可以将高乘以宽以求出面积。 We could multiply the height by the width to determine the area.

  8. 5. I find myself subscribing to 60 or 70 journals or magazines just to keep me up with whatamounts to a minute proportion of the expanding frontiers of scholarship. (Para 10) amount to:be equal to; add up to In 1959 the combined value of U.S. imports and exports amounted to less than 9 percent of the country’s gross domestic products. 这就等于要把整件事重做一遍。 This amounts to doing the whole thing over again.

  9. minute: adj.very small in size or amount The kitchen is minute, with barely room for two people to turn around. CF: minute, small & little 这几个词都是形容词，都有“小的”之意。 minute 意思是“很小的”、“细微的”，在本组词中算是“最小的”。 small 指大小、重量、数量、规模、力量、重要性等方面“小的”、“少的”。 little没有真正的比较级和最高级，它经常暗示所谈及的人、物小得可爱。而small就没有这种含义，它多表示比较，是相对而言的。

  10. Fill in the blanks with the following words. minute, small & little 1. He is a man, only one point five meters tall. 2. His writing is . 3. What a nice garden! 4. There is a bird in the tree. 5. There are particles of gold dust on the ground. 6. You made one or two mistakes. ____ small minute _____ ____ little little ___ minute _____ small ____

  11. frontier: n. 1). (usu. pl) extreme limit of an area of knowledge or a particular activity To open up the space frontier, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)( （美国）国家航空和宇宙航行局) will try to lower the cost of access to Earth orbit. the frontiers of medicine

  12. 2). border between two countries 瑞典的边界与挪威、芬兰相连。 Sweden has frontiers with Norway and Finland.

  13. 1). Paraphrase “the expanding frontiers of scholarship”. the ever-advancing development in the new field of academy 2). What is the purpose for the author to quote this sentence? The purpose is to give us a more vivid picture about the information explosion.

  14. 6. There is another reason for our increased time stress levels,… (Para 11) stress: 1). n.pressure or worry resulting from mental or physical distress, difficult circumstances, etc. (followed by on) 他的压力很大因为他的工作太多了。 He is under stress because he has too much work to do. 2). vt.put stress, pressure, or strain on I must stress that what I say is confidential. Collocation: lay / put / place stress on / upon 着重于，把重点放在…上

  15. 7. Driven on by advertising, we do our best to oblige: we buy more, travel more and play more, but we struggle to keep up. (Para 11) oblige: vt.1) do (someone) a favor Please oblige me by leaving me alone. 请给我一根火柴，好吗？ Could you oblige me with a match? 2). force (someone to do something) (usu. used in the passive voice) He felt obliged to leave after such an unpleasant argument.

  16. vi.3).polite to do (someone) a favor 请唱支歌，好吗？ Will you oblige with a song? Collocation: oblige by 答应做…使满足 oblige with 以…使满足

  17. 8. So we suffer from what Wilson calls discontent with super abundance -- the confusion of endless choice.(Para 11) abundance: n.quantity that is more than enough; plenty Most milk consists of an abundance of the major nutrients needed by the body for good health. She had an abundance of very black hair.

  18. Collocation: an abundance of大量的 in abundance 富有 By the mid-15th century paper was available in abundance. of abundance 富裕的 a life of abundance富裕的生活

  19. 1). What does “super abundance” refer to? It refers to the a quantity of goods andservices. 2). What can we infer from the sentence? The quantity of goods and services is too much, it is endless, and what’s more, it increases our time stress levels.

  20. 9. It’s almost got to the point where there’s stress envy.(Para 14) 1). What does “stress envy” mean? If you are not stressed, that shows you are not very successful. 2). Translate the sentence into Chinese. 这几乎到了羡慕压力的程度。

  21. 10. … even for those in professional and executive jobs, where the perceptions of stress are highest.(Para 15) perception: n.way of seeing or understanding sth.; ability to notice and understand things His perception is very good. Aesthetics (美学) is a branch of philosophy concerned with the essence and perception of beauty and ugliness.

  22. 11. …perhaps reflecting the trend for parents to spend more time nurturing their offspring. (Para 17) nurture: vt.care for and educate (a child); encourage the growth of (sth.); nourish Parents want to know the best way to nurture and raise their child to adulthood. The local government has taken measures to nurture the state-run factories.

  23. nurture, feed & supply 这几个词都是动词，都有“供养”之意。 CF: nurture表示在幼儿、幼苗的成长过程中予以细心照料、保护。 feed 不仅表示喂养人、动物，实际上有时表示喂入嘴中，还表示给植物提供养分。广义上，它指为任何人或物提供所需外来养分。 supply表示供给所需物品。

  24. Fill in the blanks with the following words and change the form where necessary. nurture, feed & supply 1. The farmer’s wife cattle and sheep every morning. 2. The government free books to schools. 3. These are the plants in the greenhouse. 4. We want to the new project, not destroy it. 5. He has a large family to . 6. He kept me well with cups of coffee while I wrote the report. ______ feeds supplies ______ nurtured ______ _____ nurture ____ feed supplied _____

  25. 12. …the perception of the time famine is widespread, and has provoked a variety of reactions. (Para 19) provoke: vt.cause (sth.) to occur or arouse (a feeling, etc.) 意思是“激怒”、“惹怒”、“致使”、“迫使”，尤指某事或话语使某人或某物生气、发怒而使其采取行动。 People’s concern over genetically modified food has provoked a global debate that shows no sign of ending soon.

  26. 他的鲁莽气得她打了他一耳光。 His impudence provoked her into slapping his face. Collocation: provoke sb. to do sth. 挑动某人做某事

  27. 13. Anything that helps streamline our lives is a growth market.(Para 21) 1). Translate the sentence into Chinese. 任何能帮助我们提高生活效率的事物都有越做越大的市场。 2). Why is it “a growth market”? Because people are trying to buy time and you can definitely gain profits to help them “save” time.

  28. 14. And bodies such as Britain’s National Work-Life Forum have sprung up,… (Para 22) spring up: appear, develop, grow, etc. quickly or suddenly New buildings are springing up everywhere. Fast food restaurants are springing up all over the city.

  29. 15. As Godbey points out, the stress we feel arises not from a shortage of time, but from the surfeit of things we try to cram into it. (Para 24) arise: vi.appear; become evident A financial crisis has arisen in the multinational corporation. His illness arose from malnutrition. Paraphrase the part of the sentence after “point out”. We are not lacking in time. Actually it is our ever-increasing desires that make us feel time-starved.

  30. 16. We need to set boundaries for ourselves, orbe doomed tomounting despair.(Para 28) be doomed to:(sth.) be certain to happen, and you can do nothing to prevent it The whole project was doomed to failure. 他因身体不好而注定失业。 He was doomed to unemployment by his ill health. Pattern: be doomed to sth. 注定要遭受…的 be doomed to do sth. 注定要遭受…的

  31. Word-formation (1) 1. Scan the text, circle all phrases containing a hyphen, and then explain their meanings and how they are formed. • ever-increasing quantities of time (Para. 1) • horse-drawn carriage (Para. 3) • time-consuming journeys (Para. 4) • the laptop-on-the-beach syndrome (Para. 6) • feel time-pressed (Para. 7) the quantities of time increasing all the time the carriage drawn by the horse journeys consuming time the syndrome caused by going to the beach with a laptop feel the press caused by the lack of time

  32. Word-formation • 6) ever-larger quantities of goods and services (Para. 11) • 7) be time-starved (Para. 12) • the London-based Henley Center (Para. 14) • be self-imposed (Para. 14) • 10) hour-by-hour logs (Para. 15) • 11) the mid-1960s (Para. 16) the quantities of goods and services that become larger and larger be lacking in time the Henley Center with its headquarter located in London be imposed by one’s own logs written at different hours the middle of the 1960s

  33. Word-formation 12) empty-nesters (Para. 17) 13) pre-school children (Para. 17) 14) on-line retailers (Para. 21) 15) work-life debate (Para. 22) 16) long-hours culture (Para. 22) 17) family-friendly working policies (Para. 22) 18) the cell-phone (Para. 28) people without offsprings children before entering the schools retailers shopping on line debate on “which to choose, work or life” the tradition to increase the working hours the policies used in the working places to treat employees in a friendly way like members in a family the mobile phone

  34. Word-formation (2) 2. Make words with the following prefixes or patterns. • ever- • self- • pre- • 4) adj. + n. + -ed • adv. + v. + -ed ever-green, ever-lasting, ever-more… self-control, self-made, self-educated… pre-history, pre-mature, pre-recorded… blue-eyed, simple-minded, left-handed… well-informed, much-used, poorly-dressed…

  35. Useful expressions 1. 吞噬 eat into 2. 困于交通堵塞 stuck in traffic jams the transatlantic shopping expedition 3. 越洋购物旅行 in most cases 4. 在大多数情况下 5. 使…摆脱 free sb. from 6.个人的穿着打扮 personal grooming

  36. Useful expressions 7.处理软件故障 fix software glitches 8.除去技术发展 technology apart the information explosion 9.信息爆炸 from every corner of the world 10.从世界各个角落 in the whole world of scholarship 11.在整个世界学术界 12.在…的推动下 driven on by

  37. Useful expressions 13.适用于 apply to forecasting group 14.预测小组 15.分配不均匀 be unevenly distributed 16.抚养子女 nurture offspring take paying jobs 17.做有报酬的工作 household chores 18.家务杂活

  38. Useful expressions 19.越做越大的市场 a growth market concierge services 20.家政服务 make better use of 21.更充分地利用 industrial revolution 22.工业革命 be doomed to 23.注定

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