大学体验英语第一册-unit5

DepartmentofCollegeEnglishExperiencingEnglishBookOneDepartmentofCollegeEnglishProceduresPassageA:Information,PleasePassageB:TheWeb—MyMainSourceofInformationDepartmentofCollegeEnglishProceduresofPassageAWarm-upActivityCultureNotesLanguagePointsDifficultSentencesSummaryFollow-upActivityAssignmentsDepartmentofCollegeEnglishPassageAInformation,Please.Unit5SourcesofInformationDepartmentofCollegeEnglishWarm-upActivityDiscussthefollowingquestionsinyourgroup.1.Whenyouwriteapaper,whichwaywillyouusetofindsufficientinformation?2.Whenyouarewoundedathomealone,whatdoyouthinkisthebestwaytoaskforhelp?DepartmentofCollegeEnglishHowmaypeopleanswerthetelephoneinEnglish?TelephoneBoothAlexanderGrahamBellCultureNotesDepartmentofCollegeEnglishCultureNotesDepartmentofCollegeEnglishAlexanderGrahamBellwasthesonandgrandsonofauthoritiesinelocutionandthecorrectionofspeech.Educatedtopursueacareerinthesamespecialty,hisknowledgeofthenatureofsoundledhimnotonlytoteachthedeaf,butalsotoinventthetelephone.CultureNotesDepartmentofCollegeEnglishCultureNotesDepartmentofCollegeEnglishTheearlytelephoneboothwasquiteornateandlavish,almosttoafault.Theoriginalpatentspecifiedaboothmadeofwood,fourorfivefeetsquare,withadomedandventilateroofandastrongdoor.Whenaprospectivecustomerwantedtomakeacall,anattendantwouldusherhimintooneoftheespeciallymaderooms.Theattendantwouldthenlockthecustomerinaftertheconnectionwasmade,sohecouldnotleavewithoutpayingforthecall.CultureNotesDepartmentofCollegeEnglishHowtoanswerthephoneinEnglish?CultureNotesDepartmentofCollegeEnglishAfterreceivingatelephonecall,somepeoplemaysay“hello,”somepeoplemaysay“hi,”somepeoplemaysaytheirownfirstandorlastnames,perhapsfollowedby“here”or“speaking,”andsomepeoplemaysaytheirownnamesfollowedby“residence”or“office”toindicatewhichitis.AlloftheseareconsideredOK.CultureNotesDepartmentofCollegeEnglishCultureNotesDepartmentofCollegeEnglishSecretariesareoftentrainedtosayeitherthenameofthecompanyortheboss’snamefollowedby“office,”andthenperhapstheirownnamefollowedby“here”or“speaking.”Businessesmaytraintheiremployeestoincludefriendlyphraseslike“mayIhelpyou”and“howmayIhelpyou?”intheirphonegreetings.CultureNotesDepartmentofCollegeEnglishexamples“Hello”“Hi”“Johnhere”/“Johnspeaking”“Johnsonhere”/“Johnsonspeaking”“JohnJohnsonhere”/“JohnJohnsonspeaking”“Johnson’sresidence”“Mr.Johnson’soffice”“JohnsonComputerSales,Janespeaking”“JohnsonComputerSales,howmayIhelpyou?”CultureNotesDepartmentofCollegeEnglishLanguagePoints1.console:v.togivecomfortorsympathyto(someone)intermsofdisappointmentorsadnessTheparentsdon’tknowhowtoconsoletheirchildrenforthefailureoftheuniversityentranceexamination.Heconsoledhimselfwiththethoughtthathisbelovedpethadescapedfromthisfire.DepartmentofCollegeEnglishLanguagePoints2.hangup:tofinishatelephoneconversationbyputtingthereceiverbackWheneverhismothercalledhim,healwaysanswersher,“It’stimetogobacktowork,soIhavetohangupthereceiver.”DepartmentofCollegeEnglishLanguagePoints3.heal:v.(ofawoundedpart)tobecomehealthyagain,esp.togrownewskinThecutinherhandhashealedcompletely,withoutleavingascar.Timehealsallsorrows.DepartmentofCollegeEnglishLanguagePoints4.suck:v.todrawliquidintothemouthRegardlessofallpeople’sdissuasion,themothermadethefinaldecisiontosuckthepoisonoutofthechild’swound.Idon’twanttogetsuckedintothisscandalabouttheschoolreform.DepartmentofCollegeEnglishLanguagePoints5.sense:v.tofeelsth.Icouldsensehisgrowingirritation,soIgotupandleft.Itdoesn’tmakesensetobuythatexpensivecoatwhenthesecheaperonesarejustasgood.DepartmentofCollegeEnglishDifficultSentencesMyfirstpersonalexperiencewiththispersoncameonedaywhilemymotherwasout.Myfirstexperiecetotalktothispersonhappenedonedaywhenmymotherwasnotathome.DepartmentofCollegeEnglishDifficultSentencesIwalkedaroundthehousesuckingmypoundingfinger,finallyarrivingatthetelephone!Iwalkedaroundthehousesuckingmypainfulfinger,andeventuallyarrivedatthetelephone.DepartmentofCollegeEnglishDifficultSentencesIwonderifyouhaveanyideahowmuchyoumeanttomeduringthattime.Iamnotsurewhetheryou’reawareofhowimportantourrelationshipwastomeatthattime.DepartmentofCollegeEnglishSummaryTheauthorhurthisfingerwithahammerandgotsomegoodadviceonthephonefromthe“information,please”operator.Whenhisbirddiedshecomfortedhim.Overtheyearshedevelopedafriendshipwithher.Hemovedawayfromhishometownbutcalledwheneverhereturnedtovisit.Eventuallyshealsodied,butbeforedyingsheleftamassageforhimwiththenew“information,please”operatorsothathewouldhavepleasantmemoriesofher.DepartmentofCollegeEnglishFollow-upActivityWorkingroupsanddiscusswhynewspaperscansurvivewhenmostofusgetinformationformtheInternet.Tips:longhistory,reliablesourcesofnews,goodcolumns,noequipmentinvolved,convenience,popularity,politicalinfluence.DepartmentofCollegeEnglishAssignmentsTextbook:Exercises2-8PreviewPassageBDepartmentofCollegeEnglishProceduresofPassageBWarm-upActivityCultureNotesLanguagePointsDifficultSentencesSummaryFollow-upActivityAssignmentsDepartmentofCollegeEnglishPassageBTheWeb---MyMainSourceofInformationDepartme