Unit 5

1. Unit 5 Unit 5

2. Section A Choose to Be Alone on Purpose

3. Detailed Reading Section 3

4. Language Focal Points

5. Key words and phrases from SA • 1. on purpose • 2. cast out • 3. solitary • 4. tame • 5. speak highly/ill of • 6. set forth • 7. humble • 8. stay up late • 9. at one setting • 10. supreme • 11. at length • 12. might as well do

6. Examples of the key words • 1. Tom broke the glass on purpose. • 2. He was cast out of his home by his stepmother. • 3. a poor and solitary life • 4. tame a horse/ the shrew • 5. speak highly of the teacher/ the movie • 6. They set forth on their hike after breakfast. • 7. a humble man/ position/ job/ house • 8. They stayed up late to watch the football match. • 9. eat the pie at one setting • 10. the Supreme Court • 11. explain the plan at length • 12. The movie is boring. We might as well go home.

7. Translation More II Word Using 1. choose to do sth. (the title) determine or decide to do 选定；拿定主意。 She chose to study at Huaqiao University. • If you choose to be in my way, I will do sth. in return. • Life is what you choose to make it. #

8. Translation Key 2. on purpose(L5) intentionally; not by accident 她似乎是有意地做这些事以引起他的注意。 She seems to do these things on purpose to attract his attention.

9. Translation More 2. on purpose(L5) intentionally; not by accident • e.g. I came here on purpose to see you.  on special purpose.  on good/ill purpose.  on no purpose. #

10. 3. cast out(L6) to throw out , to expel. 驱逐；抛弃 Example • In former times, criminals were often cast out and had to live in the wild • Lin Zexu was cast out of the court and exiled to Xinjiang because of Opium-ban Campaign. be cast out of one’s office. 被迫下台（下野） cast sb. out of the frontier. 驱逐出境。 To cast out one’s wife. 休妻

11. Collocation 4. solitary(L6) alone; lonely; without companions 隐居生活 孤苦伶仃的生活 孤舟 独自徜徉 a solitary existence a poor and solitary life a solitary boat a solitary stroll

12. Collocation 5. tame (L6) Make sb. or sth. easy to control; train an animal or a bird tame nature tame the crowds tame a tiger a tame elephant 征服自然 制服人群 驯服老虎 一头驯服的大象 The Taming of the Shrew 《驯悍记》by Shakespeare

13. 6. speak highly of (L11) express or have a high opinion of赞扬；高度评价 Examples • The students speak highly of their teacher. • Don’t speak ill of others. 说坏话 • Stop speaking hardly of her! After all, she is not that bad as you have imagined. 把…说得很坏 • A broad-minded person never speaks evil of others. 诽谤 • Speak daggers/fair to sb.恶语中伤/对…彬彬有礼 • Speak down to sb.居高临下对人讲话 #

14. To seek out easy work and shirk hard ones. 拈轻怕重。 Similar:to single out. To single out one from among a hundred. To single out for praise/criticism. To single out the truth and desert the false. To single out the cream and get rid of the dross. 吸取精华，剔除糟粕。 7. to seek out (L11) to single out找出；挑出

15. Other usage Example 8. set forth(L14) start a journey; (formal) present sth. or make it known 动身；阐述 He set forth on a three-month trip around the world. clarify, expound, illustrate.阐述 to set forth facts and reason things out. 摆事实，讲道理。 To set forth one’s idea/ground/viewpoint. #

16. Collocation 9. humble(L39) a.not proud; low in rank 谦逊；卑微 my humble apology a humble scientist men of humble birth a humble occupation 鄙人的道歉 谦虚的科学家 出身卑微的人 低贱的职业

17. Usage 10. at one sitting (L45)with one single effort /in one breath (move) (L. 45) 一口气地 No one can grow fat at one sitting. 人不可能一口吃成胖子。 No success can be attained with one single effort. 成功不可能一蹴而就。

18. Translation Key 11. back up (L53) block up; support sb. or sth. 阻塞；支持 ① The heavy rain backed up the sewers. ② He backed me up whole-heartedly in the election. ① 大雨把下水道堵塞了. ② 在选举中他全力支持我。

19. Examples Typical 12. at length(L56) in great detail; at last.详细地；最后。 ① Don’t discuss the project at excessive length. ② At length the bus arrived, forty minutes late. The greatest romance I can imagine is to age all the way with you and pick up bits and pieces of joy for us to talk about at length in the easy- chair.

20. I. Old to New alone; lonely poems in general not great or important highest in rank/degree fairness start a journey block up; support have a great liking for solitary poetry humble supreme justice set forth/out/off back up be fond of

21. II. Chinese to English 独自地 根据最近的统计 一种民族弊病 另一方面 冒险出去 征服大自然 all by oneself by recent count a sort of national disease on the other hand venture out tame nature

22. 独处带来的灵感 对……给予高度评价 穿上外衣 独处高士 装满 熬夜 inspiration in solitude speak highly of put on one’s coat high priest of solitude fill up stay up late

23. 一口气地 按自己的节奏 摔倒在打滑的地板上 每日不断发生的小小抱怨 最高法院新来的法官 极大的努力 at one sitting at one’s own pace fall on a slippery floor the daily succession of small complaints a new Supreme Court justice supreme effort

24. 与某人争论某事 花样滑冰选手 保持理性 安静下来；定居 以自我为中心的 暂时 argue with sb. over sth. figure skater stay rational settle down self-centered for the time being

25. III Paraphrase • Here we are, [all by ourselves, all 22 million of us by recent count, ]alone in our rooms, [some of usliking it that way and some of us not. ](L1) According to the recent statistics, up to 22 million of us are living alone in our rooms; some like the solitary way of life and some don’t like it.

26. 2. Some of us divorced, some widowed, some never yet committed. (L2) Some of us live alone because of divorce, or because of the death of husband or wife, or because of being not yet married.

27. 3. Thoreau, alone in his cabin on the pond, his back deliberately turned to the town. Now, that’s character for you. (L8) Thoreau stayed alone in his cabin on the pond, being intentionally away from people in the town. Now this has become the lifestyle of ordinary people.

28. 4. Inspiration in solitude is a major commodity for poets and philosophers. They’re all for it. (L10) Inspiration in solitude is the most useful thing for poets and philosophers. They are all in favor of it.

29. 5. Thoreau had his own self-importance for company. (L38) The reason for Thoreau’s holy life was the thought that he was more important than other people, which accompanied him and helped expel the disturbance from the world outside.

30. 6. But when you live alone, the temporary absence of your friends and acquaintances leaves a vacuum; they may never come back. (L47) But if you live alone and your friends and acquaintances leave for the time being, you will have the feeling of emptiness, and they may never come back.

31. Structures & Patterns

32. Sentence patterns used in the text for: 1. Typical patterns for preference for doing sth. 2. Typical patterns for explanation for doing sth.

33. 1. Typical patterns for preference for doing sth.: 原句:Then, rather than trouble to put it in his own handwriting, he calls the girls to come back and write it down while he dictates. (L. 21) 然而他并不自己费神将诗歌写下来，而是唤回女儿们，向她们口述，由她们写下来。 句型提炼 Rather than do sth., sb. does (would do) sth. else. 某人不愿意······, 而愿意······

34. Expressions & Patterns 应用：a. 与其天天游手好闲，你还不如为社会做点儿力所能及的事。 Rather than idle along every day, you may as well do something within your ability for the society. 上一页 下一页

35. Expressions & Patterns 应用：b. 他们不愿同床异梦，准备分道扬镳。 Rather thanshare the same bed but hide different dreams, they are ready to part company with each other. 上一页 下一页

36. 2. Typical patterns for explanation of doing sth.： 原句:We admire him, not forhis self-reliance, but because he was all by himself out there at Walden Pond, and he wanted to be. (L. 28) 我们钦佩他，并非因为他倡导自力更生精神，而是因为他孤身一人在瓦尔登湖畔生活，这是他自己想要这么做的。 句型提炼 Sb. does sth., not for…(短语), but because… (从句)某人做某事，并非因为······, 而是因为······

37. Expressions & Patterns 应用：我爱慕你，并非因为你娇美的外表，而是因为你的到来给我的生活赋予了新的内涵。 I yearn for you, not for your charming looks, but because your arrival has invested my life with new meanings.