21世纪大学生英语应用型综合教程Unit3b.ppt

Unit 3: Language and Cultural Points tedious — a. tiresome by reason of length, slowness, or dullness; boring Example: Filing papers at the office is a tedious job. 在办公室整理文件是一项很单调的工作。 Unit 3: Language and Cultural Points compete Example: These products are of high quality and able to compete internationally. 这些产品品质很好，在国际市场上有竞争能力。 — v. measure oneself against others compete, contend, contest, rival 这些动词均可表示“竞争”之意。 cf. Unit 3: Language and Cultural Points compete compete contend contest rival — 普通用词，含义广泛。既可指在体育等活动中争 取优胜的相互竞争，也可指为了自己的利益与他 人竞争。 — 指为战胜或击败对手进行不懈努力，强调拼搏。 也可指口头上进行有对立情绪或严重分歧的争论。 — 指为争夺土地、阵地、权力或荣誉等而展开的竞 争。 — 指在两方或多方的竞争或比赛中，谁都想战胜 或比得上对手。 Unit 3: Exercises Language Focus Comprehension Cloze Translation A B A B Unit 3 Exercises: Comprehension A. First Reading: Read the text and decide whether the following statements are True or False. 1. In the past, to be familiar with someone was not so easy and took a lot of time. 2. You have to ask questions on OkCupid to find whether you are compatible with a person. 3. The author doesn’t believe in Dunbar， because her private list is bigger than 150. 4. According to the author, it means little to post a “Happy Birthday” greeting to your friend. 5. The “bandwidth” (in Line 4, Paragraph 7) refers to the data transmission rate. True False False True False Unit 3 Exercises: Comprehension Second Reading: Read the text again and fulfill the following tasks. Complete the summary of the passage by selecting the FIVE answer choices that mention the most important points in the passage and put them in the right order. Some sentences do not belong in the summary because they express ideas that are not included in the passage or are minor points from the passage. ___—___—___—___—___ summarizes the passage. ___ and ___ are minor points. ___ is true but it is not mentioned in the text. Unit 3 Exercises: Comprehension By