Integrated Course of College English

The Second Two Periods

Unit Five Book Three

Designed by SHAO Hong-wan

Reading and Translation

• Review of Vocabulary• Reading the text in detail• Reading Skill— Scanning (3)• Translate the following phrases into Engl

ish• Translate the following sentences into C

hinese• Explanations to New Words

Direction: Fill the blanks with the words given below.change their forms if necessary. Please note: each word can be used only once.

1. To may’s ____________John told others how much weight she had gained during the winter vacation.

2. Many residents insist on pulling down the factory as it has _____________ the beautiful and healthy environment in this neighbourhood.

3. Your passport ____________ you to receive free medical treatment in Europe.

4. Some researchers ________ that mixed-ability teaching may hold brighter children back.

5. All _______________ between us must cease.

issue assume correspondence qualify harm recall skipembarrassment tension bound vulnerable session

embarrassment

harmed

qualifies

assume

correspondence

6. Scientists find that ________ is a major cause of heart disease.

7. The election defeat puts the party leader in a _________ position.

8. The old woman tried to _______ exactly what happened 30 years ago, but failed.

9. He ___________ towards us and announced that he was getting married.

10. She has the habit of reading a whole book without ________ a page.

tension

vulnerable

skipping

bounded

recall

issue assume correspondence qualify harm recall skipembarrassment tension bound vulnerable session

Division of the Text

Parts

1

2

3

Paragraphs

1-6

7 - 17

18 - 21

Main Ideas

I was shocked at finding my mother crying because she would probably lose her new job.

I previously assumed my mother was a capable woman. She tried all she could to save up money to send us to university.

I realized my mother’s pressure and vulnerability as a human being.

4 22 ~ 24I understood my mother’s perseverance and its influence on me.

1. What did the author plan to do when he came home from school one winter day?

2. Who did he see in the living room?

3. What was she doing?

4. Why was his mother in tears?

5. How did he feel when he saw his mother crying?

He planned to read a new issue of his favorite sports magazine.

He saw his mother there.

She was crying.

She was going to lose her new job.

He felt helpless and out of place.

Questions and Answers

Multiple Choice

A) a failure

B) a fruitless attempt

C) a success

D) a profitable thing

2. His mother was a _______ person once she set her mind to

something.

KEY

KEY

1. Mother’s plan to open a day nursery turned out to be______.

A) resolute

B) strong

C) powerful

D) learned

A) was busy helping her mother with the household work

B) cared very little about the household work

C) was busying with schoolwork

D) understood his mother’s trouble at work

4. The author said that the typewriter his mother bought was_____.KEY

3. In this part, we can conclude that the author__________.

A) useless

B) useful

C) of some use

D) of little use

KEY

5. The author didn’t feel any surprise when he learnt that his mother

got a job at the radio station because he was sure that_________.

KEY

A) anybody could do it

B) it was an easy job

C) his mother was always a good typist

D) his mother was able to do anything

Blank Filling

Directions: Read part 3 of the text and fill in the blanks with the proper words from the text.

She _______ then. She put her________against my shoulder and ___

_____. I held her close and didn’t try to_______. I knew I was doing what I

should, what I________ and that it was enough. In that __________, feelin

g Mother’s back racked with ___________,I understood for the first time he

r _____________. She was still my mother, but she was something more:

a person like me, capable of fear and hurt and __________ . I could feel h

er _______ as she must have felt mine on a thousand ___________ when

I had sought_________ in her arms.

facebroke

sobbed talk

could moment

emotion

vulnerability

failure

pain occasions

comfort

Question and Answer

Why did the author mention the old typewriter several times in this part?

a. It serves as a symbol of Mother’s persistence in the face of setbacks and failures.

b. It often reminds the author of his mother’s courage to go on. c. It becomes a kind of stimulus for the author when he meets

any difficulty or failure.

job at the radio station

Opened a nursery

Information Finding

Directions: Go through the text again and pick out the jobs the author’s mother has done.

a motel

journalistan office joba saleswoman

Chronology of the Story Directions: Fill in the blanks with the facts from the text.

The family moved to town.

Mother started to learn typing.

Mother got a job at the radio station.

Mother went to work for the first day.Mother had some trouble with her typing.

Mother cried.Mother took a new job selling dry goods.

Mother got a better job.

Mother had already been a journalist.I keep the old typewriter as the best memento.

Some years before

A few months after they’d sold the motel

Near Christmas

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

A week later

Two years later

Several years later when I graduated

Now

Time Happenings

Reading Skill— Understanding Figurative Language (2)

Metaphor:

One form of figurative language. A comparison of two things without the use of words “like” or “as”. 暗喻

Simile: Another form of figurtive language. It compares one thing with another, but uses the words “like” or “as” when comparing. 明喻

Exercise A: Write M for metaphor or S for simile in the blank in front of each of the sentences below:

_____1. The flames, like a form of wildlife, crept as a lion creep on its belly toward its prey.

_____ 2. The pen is mightier than the swaord.

_____ 3. From the burning look in his eye, I knew he was angry with me.

_____ 4. Like a surfer, he sat as though he were waiting for that wave of the day.

_____5. She painted her nails a funny orange, like the tip of hot soldering iron.

S

M

M

S

S

_____1. Miss woods room seemed like heaven to me.

_____ 2. They could not know how great a light was going out in my life.

_____ 3. The burning question of my childhood had been richly answered.

_____ 4. The Day I Met My Mother.

S

M

M

Exercise B: Write M for metaphor or S for simile in the blank in front of each of the following sentences or the title take from the passage:

M

Useful Expressions

1. be filled with anticipation

2. have sth. to oneself

3. burst into the living room

4. be shocked into stillness

5. manage a weak smile

6. hold a full time job

7. send away for

8. In addition to

充满期待

独自享用

冲进客厅

惊得目瞪口呆

强作欢笑 .

做全职工作

邮购

除……之外

9. feel sorry for oneself

10.the courage to go ahead

自叹不走运

自叹不走运名

12.take a long breath

13.seek comfort

14.sense one’s pain

15.clear the table

16.have a full enrollment up

17.correspondence course

18.stand in one’s way

深深吸一口气

寻求安慰

感受某人的痛苦

收拾餐桌

招生额满

函授课程

妨碍某人

11.set one’s mind to 下决心

19. send away for

20. put one’s arms around sb.

写信索要

将某人搂在怀里

22.hold back strong emotions

23.on a thousand occasions

24.at the far end of…

抑制强烈的感情

千百次

在远远的那一头

21.word for word 逐字

Sentence Translation

一位母亲和她儿子从失败中学到的东西比从生理钟学到的还要多。她永不言败的榜样使他一生充满勇气。

2. I had a new issue of my favorite sports magazine tucked under my arm, and the house to myself. 我腋下夹着本一期新窝最爱看的体育杂志，再者，家中没有人打扰我。

1. A mother and her son learn more from a moment of defeat than they ever could from a victory. Her example of never giving up gives him courage for the rest of his life.

3. I bounded up the steps, burst into the living room and flipped on a light.

我跳上台阶，冲进客厅，啪嗒一声打开电灯。

4. I was shocked into stillness by what I saw. Mother, pulled into a tight ball with her face in her hands, sat at the far end of the couch.

我被眼前的景象惊呆了。妈妈双手捂着脸，身子紧缩成一团，坐在长沙发的一边哭泣着。

5. I was repeating a line she had spoken to me a hundred times when I was having trouble learning or doing something important to me..

我这是在重复她说过上百次一句话，每当我学习或做一件与自己关系重大的事情而遇到困难时，她总是这样跟我说。

6. I felt helpless and out of place.

我感到无能为力，而且十分尴尬。

7. She sent away for correspondence courses in child care, did the lessons and in six months formally qualified herself for the task. 她写信要求参加函授课程，学习了六个月九正式获得从事这项工作的资格。

8. It wasn’t long before she had a full enrollment and a waiting list. I accepted all this as a perfectly normal instance of Mother’s ability.

不久她的日托所招生额满，而且还有不少小孩登记等着入托呢。我觉得凭妈妈的能力，办成这一切是理所当然的。

9. Time was running out, and Mother was frantic for ways to save money. It was clear that Dad could do no more than he was doing already .时间一天天过去，妈妈拼命想办法攒钱。很清楚，爸爸已尽了最大努力。

10. I was not the least bit surprised, or impressed. But she was ecstatic.

我一点也不惊奇，也不觉得有什么特别，但妈妈却欣喜万分。

星期三，当发现妈妈哭时我所感到的震惊和窘迫，完全表明了我对妈妈所承受的压力是多么的不理解。

11. My shock and embarrassment at finding Mother in tears on Wednesday was a perfect index of how little I understood the pressures on her.

12. Suddenly, something inside me turned. I reached out and put my arms around her.

突然我心里一酸，伸开双臂，把妈妈搂在怀里。

13. In that moment, feeling Mother’s back racked with emotion, I understood for the first time her vulnerability.

妈妈非常激动，我感到她的背在颤抖。就在那一刻，我第一次明白妈妈也有脆弱的时候。

14. The old green typewriter sits in my office now, unrepaired. It is a memento, but what it recalls for me is not quite what it recalled for Mother. 那台绿色九打字机现在放在的办公室里，至今没有修理过。它是一件纪念品。但它勾起我的回忆与妈妈不尽相同。

15. What I remember then is not her failure, but her courage, the courage to go ahead.

我回忆起的不是妈妈的失败，二十她的勇气，她那一往无前的勇气。

Turn the following passage into English, using as many of the words and phrase you have learned from the text as possible:

Could you imagine a woman with a severe physical handicap running a website on her own and covering the Los Angles dodgers as extensively as professional sportswritier? I would never believe it if I had not seen her with my own eyes, courled up in a wheelchair, tyoing her comments by hitting the key with a pointer fastened to her head. I had driven a long way in hopes of uncovering an elaborate hoax, but watching her strain in the gloomed of her shanty to add to her story, I knew I had found a true winner. Her enthusiasm for the game and her trust in the athletes brought me back to a positive attitude.

1.have sth. to oneself: have sth. for one’s own private use

你吃饭时想一个人单独坐一张桌子吗？

Would you like to have a table to yourself when you dine?

孩子们都出去了，我就一个人独自占有整个房子了。I had the entire house to myself when the children were out.

2.approach:

圣诞节到了，家家户户都布置了许多装饰品。When Christmas approaches, families decorate their houses with many Christmas things.

move towards or nearer to sb. or sth.; if an event or a particular time approaches, or you approach it, it is coming nearer and will happen soon

We are getting nervous as the exam is approaching.

They seem to have a new approach to teaching English.

1) the method of doing sth. or dealing with a problem

2) the approach of a particular time or event is the fact that it is getting closer

The leaves were turning brown with the approach of autumn.

1. v.

2. n.

at the approach of 在……快到的时候

be difficult / easy of approach（地方）难以 /容易到达的；（人）难以 /容易接近的

make an approach to 对……进行探讨

make approaches to sb. 设法接近某人；想博得某人的好感

take a new approach to a problem 采用一种新的方法来处理一个问题

Collocations:

3.set one’s mind to sth. / doing sth.:

世上无难事，只怕有心人。Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

Collocations:

set about 开始，着手

set apart

使分离，使分开set aside

留出，拨出（时间、金钱等）set back 推迟；耽误；阻碍

give all one’s attention to doing sth.

set off

出发，启程set out 出发；陈列；展现

4.catch on:

1) begin to understand or realize sth.

这个人很快就学会了电脑操作。This man caught on to operating computer quickly.

哪几首歌现在最流行？

Which songs catch on well these days?

The first time the teacher explained, only a few students caught on.

2) become popular or fashionable

Collocations:

catch at 试图抓住；渴望获得 catch out 发现catch up 赶上，追上；跟上并理解

catch up with 赶上

5.assume: v. to think that sth. (stand in her way) is true, although you do not have definite proof我假定他说的是真的。I assumed his story to be true.

The report was assumed to be valid.

6.stand in one’s way: prevent sb. from doing sth.

如果你决意离开，没有人会阻拦你。No one will stand in your way if you set your mind to leaving.

I won’t stand in your way if you can find a better job elsewhere.

7.send away for: request (sth.) or order (goods) to be sent by post

如果在你镇上买不到这本书，你可以邮购。You can send away for this book if it is not available in your town.

Collocations: send for 派人去拿；召唤

send off 邮寄；发送

send out 发出（函件、货物等）

I have sent away for some things I saw in the catalog.

8.qualify: v. if sth. qualifies you to do sth., you have the necessary skills, knowledge, ability, etc. to do it

Pattern: qualify sb. for sth. He is qualified for the post.

qualify sb. to do sth.

qualify sb. as sth.

His training qualifies him as a lawyer.

Are you qualified to teach French?

9.frantic: adj. extremely worried and frightened about a situation, so that you cannot control your feelings

总经理十分担心工厂的生产。The general manager is frantic about the production in the factory.

The mother was frantic with grief when she heard that her son was dead.

10.espond: v. to do sth. as a reaction to sth. that has been said or done; say or write sth. as a reply

CF: respond, answer & reply 这三个动词均有“回答、答复”的意思。respond 指对别人提出的要求、问题或某种刺激作出反应。 answer 主要指对于提出的问题、呼吁或请求等作出回答、答复或响应。

reply 指较正式的回答。这种回答是经过思考和认真对待的。该词除后接直接引语或者 that引导的宾语从句外，只用作不及物动词。

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the three words above. Change the form where necessary.

1) The most serious politicians are those who___________ the most readily to change.

2) He ___________that he wouldn’t go with us.

3) He likes the children and they______________ to him.

4) I asked him where to go, but he didn’t___________________.

5) I _____________ his threat with a blow on his nose.

respond

replied

respond

answered

reply

11.ignore: v.

He who ignores history is doomed to repeat it.

CF: ignore, neglect & overlook, 这些动词均有“疏忽，忽略”之意。ignore 通常指有意不顾，或不理（显而易见的）事物。neglect 侧重指有意的忽略或忽视，也可指粗心与疏忽。overlook 指因匆忙而疏忽或视而不见。

他对我的挥手视而不见。He ignored my waving to him.

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the three words above. Change the form where necessary.1. They ____________ his warning.

2. My driving license was suspended for ____________ a red light.

3. They ______________ the risks involved.

4. I ________________ the clock.

neglected

_______

ignoring

overlooked

neglected

12.pressure: n. an attempt to persuade someone by using influence, arguments, or threats

Collocations:

bring / expert / place / put pressure on 压迫某人，给某人施加压力build up / increase (the) pressure 增加压力ease / relieve (the) pressure 减轻压力meet the pressure of… 应付……造成的压力resist pressure from… 抵抗来自……的压力

13.hold back: stop yourself from feeling or showing a particular emotion; keep sth. secret

老板忍不住告诉了他真相。The boss couldn’t hold back from telling him the truth.

She is accustomed to holding back her emotions.

14.tension: n.

CF: tension, stress, pressure & strain 这组名词都有“压力”的意思。tension 指弹性物体伸长而引起的应力，也可指人的紧张情绪；还可指人与人 ,

团体，国家之间因关系不好而造成的紧张状态。 stress 指由于困难的情况或精神上、肉体上的痛苦所带来的 “压力，忧虑”。

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the form where necessary. 1. Worrying excessively about his job put him under___________ .

2. I don’t want to put____________ on you to make a quick decision.

3. The incident has further increased the racial _________ , and I hope it will not create international_________ .

4. Heavy expenditures on armaments is a great ________ on the economy of a country.

pressure指某事物所产生的压力、影响力 , 可用于任何情况 ,从小的临时困难到大的连续发生的灾难。

strain 指对智力、体力、财力、能力等的严格要求，即 “负担，压力”，也可指人在某种压力下所产生的影响健康的“紧张状态”。

stress

pressure

tensiontension

strain

15.recall: v. remember a particular fact, event, or situation from the past

CF: recall, remember& remind 这些动词均有“记忆，记住，回忆”之意。

recall 比 remember 文雅，指想方设法回忆已经遗忘之事。例如：

Try to recall exactly what happened.

remember含义较广，多指无意识地回忆起往事，也可指通过主观努力去记忆。例如：

Robert’s contribution should also be remembered.

remind 指经某人或某事的提醒而回忆起某件已遗忘之事。例如：What you said reminded her of college days.

把发生的事情尽可能仔细地回忆一下。

罗伯特的贡献同样应该永远记住。

你所说的话使她回想起了大学里的日子。

Assignments

• Read the words and learn them by heart, next time we’ll have a dictation.

• Do Fast Reading on the Internet.• Do Exercises in the Books.• Preview writing.