新视野大学英语第三版读写教程第二册unit1A教案.doc

新视野大学英语第三版读写教程 第 2 新视野大学英语第三版读写教程 第 2 册 Unit 1 Section A An impressive English lesson 一堂难忘的英语课 1 If I am the only parent who still corrects his childs English, then perhaps my son is right. To him, I am a tedious oddity: a father he is obliged to listen to and a man absorbed in the rules of grammar, which my son seems allergic to. 似乎颇为反感。1 如果我是唯一一个还在纠正小孩英语的家长，那么我儿子也许是对的。 对他而言，我是一个乏味的怪物：一个他不得不听其教诲的父亲，一个还沉湎于语法规则的人，对此我儿子 似乎颇为反感。 If I am the only parent who still corrects his child’s English, then perhaps my son is right. To him, I am a tedious oddity: a father he is obliged to listen to and a man absorbed in the rules of grammar, which my son seems allergic to. (Para. 1) Meaning: My son is probably right if there is no other parent like me who still corrects his child’s mistakes in English. To my son, I am a boring and strange father, who he has to listen to; I am also the one who pays lots of attention to grammar rules, which he doesn’t seem to like. oddity: n. [C] a strange or unusual person or thing 怪人；怪物；奇特的东西 With his neat suits on, he felt like an oddity walking in this poor neighborhood. 穿着笔挺的西装走在这个贫民区里，他觉得自己就像个怪物。 Usage note: oblige The word oblige is most commonly used in the expression be/feel obliged. 1 be/feel obliged to do sth. 指“感到有责任做某事”。例如： He felt obliged to help his mother, even if it meant leaving college. 他觉得有责任帮助母亲，即使这意味着他要离开大学。 be/feel obliged to sb./sth. 指“对某人或某事心存感激”。例如： Thank you very much, doctor. I am extremely obliged to you. 医生，非常谢谢您。对您，我深表感谢。 2 I think I got serious about this only recently when I ran into one of my former students, fresh from an excursion to Europe. How was it? I asked, full of earnest anticipation. 2 我觉得我是在最近偶遇我以前的一位学生时，才开始对这个问题认真起来的。这个学生刚从欧洲旅游回来。我满怀着诚挚期待问她：“欧洲之行如何？” I think I got serious about this only recently when I ran into one of my former students, fresh from an excursion to Europe. (Para. 2) Meaning: I think I started to pay attention to other people’s usage of grammar only lately, when I happened to