大学英语精读_第四册_Unit_10_The_Telephone.ppt

Unit 10. The Telephone I. Warming-up exercises II. Background information III. Text Theme IV.Text Analysis V. Words Phrases Sentences I. Warming-up exercises: When did the telephone come to your life? Could you imagine a life without the telephone? How do you think the telephone relates to you and your life respectively? II. Background information: Author Magdaluna. Lebanon (para.1) Intermarriage in Arab countries (para.1) Communion . 图(para.14) Arab women wear garments that cover their faces or heads. Author—Anwar F. Accawi ---When the civil war broke out in Lebanon, Anwar F. Accawi and his wife were forced to leave the country and eventually moved to Tennessee, and later settled down in the States. ---He currently teaches as a full-time instructor at the English Language Institute of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has lived and taught in the U.S. since 1965. Lebanon 黎巴嫩 The Republic of Lebanon or Lebanon is small ,largely mountainous country situated at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. The name Lebanon derives from the Semitic languages word Laban , meaning the “ white ” peaks of the Lebanon Mountains . 黎巴嫩共和国，位于亚洲西南部地中海东岸，东,北部邻叙利亚，南界巴勒斯坦、以色列，西濒地中海。习惯上称为中东国家。 Lebanon 黎巴嫩 Magdaluna 马格达路娜 (para.1) a village that lies in the Lebanon Mountains running parallel to the Mediterranean coastline. Intermarriage among cousins in Arab countries 近亲结婚 (para. 1) The practice has come down from ancient times, when the Arabs were mostlynomadic hersmen.Today, this intermarriage is still very common because of economic sonsiderations. 在阿拉伯国家堂兄妹或表兄妹之间的联姻仍很普遍。古代，大多数阿拉伯人是游牧名族，居无定所，这样年轻人的配偶选择范围就很小。现代，出于经济上考虑，联姻依然普遍。对穷人来说减少了交换嫁妆的麻烦；对富人来说，近亲联姻让他们不用担心财产罗若旁人手中。 Communion (para.14) It refers to the cerebration of the Lord’s supper in the Christian Church. In this religious ceremony believers eat bread and drink wine as signs of Christ’s body and blood. 指领圣餐：耶稣被出卖的那一夜，拿起无酵饼来擘开，象征耶稣的身体为我们在十字架上舍身。饭后，耶稣也照样拿起鲜红的葡萄酒杯，象征着主的血为我们罪人而流。从此，历世历代的教会都遵照主的教导，在地上实行圣餐礼。 C