Book II

Unit 1

Time conscious Americans

I. Leading-in

1.1 vocabulary related to time

Time consciousness/awareness Time span working time time bomb time card time sheet time lag time keeper timer time switch timetable/schedule time zone deadline

waste time Kill time/idle away time budget time Save time value/cherish time

Time-consuming time-saving time-worn

within the time allowed Time flies/passes/elapses by

Cultural difference cultural shock bridge Cultural difference / cultural shock

1.2. Please come up with more proverbs about time

Are there any proverbs bound up with time in both Chinese and American cultures? Are there any proverbs bound up with time in both Chinese and American cultures?

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1) Time is money.

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时间就是金钱。 /一寸光阴一寸金。2) Time is life and when the idle

man kills time, he kills himself. 时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命。

3) Time flies like an arrow, and time lost

never returns. 光阴似箭，一去不返。

4) Time and tide wait for no man. 岁月不等人。

1.3. Topic-related discussion

(to make use of the above vocabulary to create some sentences ,a dialogue or a paragraph about the topic)

1.our ways to waste time / save time(What do you do with time?)

2. Do you prefer a slow pace of life or a fast pace of life? Give your reasons.

III. Detailed reading

3.1 From what aspects does the writer describe Americans’ time consciousness?

Americans view A foreigner’s/new arrivals’ impression of

the US Americans’ ways to save time

3.2 About Americans view of time

Americans’ attitude toward time:Americans _____ time ______.

They also save ______.They treat time as___________.

3.3 About A foreigner’s/new arrivals’ general impression of the US

Specific details :Their life: Working: People:The writer’s advice:

Business:

They talk business without___ 、 _____and ______.

They start talking business_______.

3.3 Their modern ways to save time:

The cultural difference between new arrivals and people in the US is:

Language points

1) stand still 停滞不前 Here "stand" means "keep or stay in a partic

ular position or state". In this sense, "stand" is followed by adjectives. More examples:

The room stands idle. 这房间闲置着。

2 ） Slave to sth A slave to drink 酒鬼 a slave to money

守财奴

3 ） budget

v. Eg. to budget a new hospital 在预算中拨款建一家新医院

The school budget one million dollars for a new library.

学校计划拨款一百万美元来建一座新的图书馆。

n. a budget motel 一家收费公道的汽车旅馆 balance budget 量入为出

4 ） a sense of a sense of humor/duty/direction 幽默感 / 责任感 / 方向感

5) Abrupt adj. abrupt behavior 粗鲁的行为 adv. abruptly=suddenly 形近词： erupt v. 喷出，爆发 corrupt adj. 腐败的 , 贪污的

6) convention n. . 习俗，惯例 / 会议，大会 近义词辨析： congress 代表大会 assembly 集会 conference 讨论会，协商会

7) Fall behind 落在……后面 Eg. He has been falling behind his group

members in English. 他在英语方面一直落后于他们组的成员。 I’m falling behind with my work. 我的工作拖下来了。 Fall into 分属于，分类

8) run out 用完，耗尽

Eg. Their supplies soon ran out. 他们的补给很快就耗尽了。 I’m afraid we’ve run out of gas. 我们的汽油恐怕已经用完了。 run after 追逐，追求 run into 偶然碰到 run for 伸手拿

9) due to: 因为 , 由于 Her absence was due to the storm. 由于风雨交加她没来。

10) give added weight to 重视 在一些女孩看来，她们对男友的冷淡会使自

己在爱情游戏中的身价进一步加码。 In the eyes of some girls, their indifference t

o their boyfriends will give added weight to their status in the game of love.

The word "weight" here is used as an uncountable noun metaphorically to mean "importance". More examples:

an idea of great weight 一个很重要的观点 Don't worry about what he thinks; his opinio

n doesn't carry much weight. 别担心他怎么想，他的意见没有多少影响。

Summary of the textAmericans are ____________ people. They valuetime and save it carefully. Time is a real, ________ resource to them so every minute must _____. Foreigners may think Americans are always _________ and under pressure. Smiles, shortconversations, and small exchanges with strangersdon’t exist because Americans dislike “_______” too much time. Americans assess others____________ rather than socially, so they

countin a

precious

wasting

time-conscious

professionally

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hurry

start talking business immediately since they arealways _________ of time. Americans work hard at _______ time by producing a steady flow of labor-saving devices. They may have meetings using equipment like television screens and telephones rather than ________ . Solving a problem or doinga job successfully __________ is taken as a signof _________. The more important the job, the more time and effort Americans will _________ it.

in personwith speed

saving

skillfulness

conscious

pour into

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Important Phrases

句型应用

短语应用

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1. 停止不前 2. 致力于 3. 造成······的结果 4. 说明；解释 5. 宝贵资源 6. 想使每分钟有意义 7. 想引起别人注意 8. 生活的节奏 9. 在允许的时间内 10. 与陌生人闲聊

to stand still

to be committed to

result in

to account for

precious resource

to want every minute to count

to seek attention

the pace of life

within the time allowed

small exchanges with a stranger

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11. 同时发生；伴随12. 在轻松的环境里13. 增进信任 ·······

14. 千方百计地做15. 在手边16. 亲身；亲自17. 部分由于18. 在 ······ 眼里19. 随着时间流逝20. 使工作开展起来

to go with

in relaxed surroundings

to develop a sense of trust

to work hard at the task of

at hand

in person

to be due partly to

in one’s eyes

by the passage of time

to get things moving

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短语应用

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Sentence Patterns

Sb. do not do sth., much less do sb. do sth. el

se. 某人不做某事， 更不用说做其他事。

用于强调“某人绝不会做某事”。

句 型 提 炼 应 用 提 示

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Eg: People in the desert are always short of water to d

rink, much less to bathe in. 沙漠地区的人们连喝的水也总是不够，更别提洗澡

了。 The baby can’t even walk, much less/ let alone run.

宝宝连走路都不会，更不用说跑了。

Sb. do sth. by / through … rather than by / th

rough …, which, though …, … — especially

given … 某人是通过 ······ 而不是通过 ······ 做某事。虽然后者 ······, 但却 ······ ，尤其是考虑到 ······ 。

用于强调“对某人做事的辩证分析”。

句 型 提 炼 应 用 提 示

新视野 新视野 － － 程序性知识提炼与应用程序性知识提炼与应用新视野 新视野 － － 程序性知识提炼与应用程序性知识提炼与应用N H C E

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在这种下雪天，我宁愿乘公交 , 也不愿自己开车去上班。虽然自己开车自在，但更加危险，特别是考虑到我糟糕的驾驶技术。

on such a snowy day / go to work / one’s

poor skills in driving

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On such a snowy day, I would go to work by bus rather than by driving my car, which, though comfortable, is more dangerous, — especially given my poor skills in driving.

To some, sth. have little relation to sth. else.

To others, nothing can be done without (doin

g) sth. else. 在一些人看来，某事与他事无关； 然而对另一些人而言，没有 (做 )他事什么都做不成。

用于表述“两种人在事物认识上的鲜明反差”。

句 型 提 炼 应 用 提 示

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对于美国人，买卖成功与宴请无关。而对于中国人，无一连串宴请则无法成交。

success in a deal / a steady flow of feasts

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To Americans, success in a deal has no relation to feasts. To Chinese, no deal can be made without a steady flow of feasts.

It is considered +adj.+to do sth. Sb. /Sth. is taken as … eg: It is considered impolite to work too quickly. It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being c

ompetent to solve a problem.