Unit6IsanOnlyChildaLonelyChild?GlobalReadingI.Textanalysis1.Whatisthisexpositiontextconcernedwith?Thetextdealswiththetypicaladvantagesanddisadvantagesofnothavingasecondchildinanobjectivetone.2.Whatisthewriter’sanswertothequestionofwhetherornottohaveasecondchild?Itisalwaysadifficultdecisiontoeachsetofparentsbecauseofthedifferentcircumstancestheyareunder.Oncetheydecide,bothofthemshouldbeconfident.II.Structuralanalysis1.Dividethetextintodifferentparts.PartI(1)Itputsforwardtheissueofwhetherornottohaveasecondchild,andmentionsparents’concernwhetheranonlychildnecessarilymeansalonelychild.PartII(2-3)Twocommonargumentsagainsthavingonlyonechildinthefamilyarepresented.Onechildmayfeellonely.Anonlychildmaybemorespoiled.PartIII(4-5)Theauthorcitesspecificfiguresandfactstoshowthatdespitethedisadvantagesmanyparentsstillchoosetohaveonlyonechild,andhealsopointsoutsomecausesoftheirdecision:busycareers+financialburdenPartIV(6)Theauthorbrieflystatestheadvantagesofhavingasinglechild.Nopotentialforfamilyargumentsarisingfromfavoritismorsiblingjealousy.Childcanreceivemorequalitytimeandattention,whichleadstoincreasedself-esteem,independenceandconfidence.PartV(7)Itconcludesthatthereisnosimpleanswertothequestionofwhetherornottohaveasecondchild,andthattheimportantthing,intheend,istomakethedecisionthatacouplebothfeelconfidentabout.2.Somewordsusedatthebeginningofaparagraphmakeiteasierforthereadertounderstandthecoherenceofthewholetext,suchasAnotheratthebeginningofParagraph3,DespiteofParagraph4,andUnfortunatelyofParagraph7.Canyouexplainhowtheyfunction?Theword“Another”usedatthebeginningofParagraph3impliesthatatleastoneargumenthasbeenpresentedearlier.“Despitethesearguments…”preparesreadersforsomethingagainsttheirexpectations,i.e.manyparentsstillchoosetohaveonechildalthoughthedisadvantagesofdoingsohavejustbeenclearlypresented.“Unfortunately”tellsreadersthattherefollowssomethingdisappointing,i.e.theauthorfailstoprovideadefiniteanswertothequestionsraisedatthebeginningofthetext.TextexplanationPartI(1)1.dilemman.asituationinwhichitisdifficulttodecidewhattodo,becauseeachchoicehasitsadvantagesanddisadvantagesbeinadilemma我不知道是否要接受这份工作。I’minadilemmaaboutthisjoboffer.她进退两难,不知该留在学校读书还是找份工作做。Sheisinadilemmaastowhethertostayatschoolorgetajob.sthputsbinadilemmaThebadweatherputusinadilemma.faceadilemma/befacedwithadilemma很多女性面临着选择家庭还是事业的两难境地。Manywomenarefaced/confrontedwiththedilemmaofchoosingbetweenworkandfamilycommitments.Hewasfacedwithadilemmaofwhetherornottoreturntohiscountry.她感到为难的是要不要把丈夫得了不治之症的真相告诉他。***(II-1,p.113)Thedilemmasheisfacingiswhethertotellherhusbandthetruthabouthisfataldisease.2.demandingadj1)(ofajobortask)needingalotofattentionoreffort费力的,费时的Climbingisphysicallydemanding,whilestudyingismentallydemanding.Manypeopleagreethatteachingisademandingprofession.2)(ofaperson)beingnoteasilysatisfiedorpleased苛求的HeisademandingbossbecauseheIsnoteasilypleasedorsatisfied.3.financialresources1)financial:relatingtomoneyorthemanagementofmoney财政的;财务的;金融的financialaid:(高等学校的)助学金;助学贷款toapplyforfinancialaid申请助学金financialyear(BrE)=fiscalyear(AmE):aperiodoftwelvemonthsoverwhichtheaccountsandtaxesofacompanyorapersonarecalculated财政年度;会计年度thecurrentfinancialyear本财政年度2)resource:nouna.(C,usu.pl.)资源;财力naturalresources:自然资源humanresources:人力资源financialresources:财力;财富;财源poolourresources:集中资源b.resources:personalqualitiessuchascourageandimaginationthathelpyoudealwithdifficultsituation勇气;才智;谋略resourceful:adj.goodatfindingwaysofdoingthingsandsolvingproblems,etc.机敏的;足智多谋的;随机应变的4.theprosandconsofhavingasecondchild(Paragraph1)*theprosandcons:theadvantagesanddisadvantagesBeforewemakeadecision,wemustweighuptheprosandcons.Afterhours’discussion,everybodyatthemeetingcouldseeclearlytheprosandconsoftheproposal.Paraphrase:theadvantagesanddisadvantagesofhavingonemorechild5.concernedadj.worriedaboutsomethingbeconcernedabout/forsth.担心;忧虑Rosehasneverbeenparticularlyconcernedaboutwhatotherpeoplethinkofhim.beconcernedabout/withsth.beinterestedinsth感兴趣;关切;关注beconcernedthatHe’sconcernedthathewon’tgethismoneyback.全世界几乎所有的政府都十分关注这个金融问题*(113-3)(beconcernedabout)Almostallthegovernmentsintheworldareverymuchconcernedaboutthefinancialissue.concernn.&v.concerningprepPartII(2-3)1.Aconcernthatisoftenheardwithregardtosinglechildiswhetheronechildnecessarilymeansalonelychild.(2)*Paraphrase:Asfortheissueofsinglechildren,peopleareoftenconcernedaboutwhetheranonlychildisinevitablyalonelychild.withregardto:*inconnectionwith;onthesubjectof至于英语教学研讨会,我建议本周末召开。(withregardto)*(113-4)WithregardtotheseminaronEnglishteaching,Isuggestthatitbeheldonthecomingweekend.2.Manysingle-childparentsfeelastigmaassociatedwiththeirdecisiontohaveonlyonechild.(Note3)*stigma:*signofshame;feelingofbeingashamed耻辱;羞耻Inthepastdivorceandsingleparenthoodcarriedastigma.离异和单亲家庭在过去是令人感到羞耻的。Paraphrase:Manysingle-childfamilieshaveastrongsenseofshameintheirdecisiontohaveonlyonechild.许多只有一个小孩的父母都为自己只生一个小孩的决定感到羞愧。你都三十几岁了还在啃老,难道不觉得羞耻吗?(stigma)*(113-2)Don’tyouthinkitasortofstigmathatyou,alreadyinyourthirties,stillhavetodependonyouroldparen
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