大学英语精读Book4 Unit One.ppt

Homework What did the father tell his college sons to think about? (To deliver bags of magazines to make some of their own money.) attention was drawn to +n./doing enlist, overhear, finance, be done with, might as well 18. entitle vt. give sb the right to do or have sth. e.g.--- The one who guesses the answer is entitled to ask the next question. 19. shrink vi become smaller or less e.g.--- The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk in the past 20 years. 20. deadline n. the last possible date or time by which sth. must be done or finished e.g. What’s your deadline for finishing the book report? 22. odd adj. 1) strange; unusual 2) separated from its pair or set e.g.There was nothing but an odd shoe under the old man’s bed. 3) (of numbers) unable to be divided by two e.g. One, three and five are odd numbers. 23. may / might as well had better; have no strong reason not to e.g. Since it’s such a fine day, we might as well go home on foot. 1. Para. 1-4 Read aloud. Indignity, a plastic bag, hung, doorknob(p.15) Compound nouns: bookcase, handwriting, sun-bathing, deadline, blacksmith, waiting-room, sleeping-pill, outcome, income, pickup, breakthrough leisurely, lucrative, deliver, live with, pain(vt.), panhandle, embarrass Focus Study on the Content 2. Para. 5-10 Settle, enthuse, inquire, snap, pull up How do you understand the word “super” she snapped? (“Super” means very good. But, she “snapped” it, which means she was very angry. She was being sarcastic, i.e. she meant the opposite of what she said.) 3. Para. 11-14 Read the lines of each role. 1) Older college son 2) Younger college son 3) My wife 4) I 4. Para. 15-16 In what cases does people’s voice become unnaturally high and quavering? (When they are excited, angry, upset and the like.) 5. Para. 17-29 Role play 1) my wife 2) I 3) my eldest son 4) narrator（叙述者，解说者） Q: What is the father’s bonus program? What do you think of the father’s bonus program? (reasonable logical