新视野大学英语第二册教学课件
New Horizon College English
Unit 2 Section A
Environmental Protection
Throughout the World
Questions on the text
1,Why and how do people change their
attitude towards environment?
2,How did Canada protect its fish supply
and what was the result?
3,What measures did Costa Rica take to
protect its remaining forest?
4.What does the writer think of Brazil’s
environment protection?
5,Why is Eastern Europe considered the
most polluted of all the world’s
industrialized areas?
6,How effective is Ghana’s forest protection
program?
7,What are the serious problems that
Indonesia is facing?
Vocabulary and structure
A good doctor should always concern
himself with the health of his patients,
He concerns
himself
with public work,
1,AIDS is a global problem which
needs a global response,
2,Global warming
1.Towns have sprung up in what was
a dry desert,
2,New theaters and arts centers
sprang up all over the country,
Fast-food restaurants are springing
up all over the town,
Thousands of
new businesses
have sprung up
in the past two
years,
1.The Channel Tunnel
is one of the biggest
engineering projects
ever undertaken.( 海
峡隧道 )
2,She undertook the
organization of the
whole plan,
1.Undertake a major attack
3,Undertake the responsibility
/ job
1.It is hoped that the government’s
initiative will bring the strike to an
end,
2,The government is making some
fresh initiatives to try to deal with the
problem,
1.He lived on a small island off the
coast of France,
2,The ship sank six miles off
Portsmouth,
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
1.The country has abundant supplies
of oil and gas,
3,The rivers of the New World
were abundant with fish,
1.the human species 人类
2,This rare bird has become an
endangered species,
3,There are
several
thousand
species of trees
in this forest,/
on our
campus,/in
the Amazon,
The Grand Banks
The three gorges of the Yangtze River
is one of the most ambitious
engineering projects of modern times,
1.China should introduce more
choice and diversity into the
education system,
2,There is a cultural diversity in the
United States,美国的文化呈现多元
性 。
Melting pot
His writing shows the diversity
of human behavior and ability,
他的作品展示了人类行为和能力的多样性。
1.extensive farms and prairies
2,When built,the palace was very
extensive,
The company’s profits have been
steadily falling,and his job is to
reverse this trend,
1,The court of appeal reversed the
original verdict and set the prisoner
free,
2,What can we do to reverse the present
trend of falling sales?
1,This building is financed by 田家
炳, so it is named after him,
2,The repairs to the school will be
financed by a private company,
These concerts are financed by
the Arts Council,
The conflict between religion and
science,
2,The governor’s ( 地方长官 )
refusal to apply the law brought him
into conflict with the federal
government,
3,The conflict between one’s duty
and one’s desire,
The principles of democracy are
sometimes in conflict with
political reality,
They should make decisions as to
whether the student needs more help,
He is very uncertain as to whether
it is the right job for him,
1.This river has been contaminated
by chemicals,
2,They are contaminating the minds
of our young people
with these rotten ideas,
Biological clock /warfare / control
Ghana
The last few years have seen an
explosive demand for computers,
1.The team is
sponsored by
Sony,so the
players wear
the letters Sony
on their shirts,
2,Sponsor a
television
program
可口可乐公司是一年一度圣诞晚会的主办者。
3,Coca-Cola is the
sponsor of the yearly
Christmas party,
4,Coca-Cola sponsors
the yearly Christmas
party,
This kind of animal’s tail will
regenerate if it is cut off,
Their aim is to regenerate British
Industry,/ the northeastern old
Industrial bases
3,Given time the forest will regenerate
itself,
4,The Marshall plan sought to
regenerate the shattered Europe,
贸易成交率的下降对这个国家的经济造成了影响。
1,Falling trade rates
have impacted on the
country’s economy,
2,Falling trade rates have
made an impact on the
country’s economy,
Indonesia
1,Smoking is
frowned upon in
many
restaurants
/canteens,
在许多饭店,吸烟都会引起人们
的不满。
2,I noticed a
slight frown of
disagreement on
his face,
Many doctors frown on a diet which
has a lot of fat,
Tom wanted to go
to France,but his
parents frowned
on the idea,
1,Nothing could induce me to vote for
him again,
2,What could have induced you to do
such a ridiculous thing?
3,They offered her a share in the
business as an inducement to stay,
That building has
been converted
into a school,
We convert the
sofa into a bed
when we have
guests,
Britain converted to a decimal
currency system in 1972,
To convert pounds into dollars
Her daughter has
recently converted her to
Guns’ n’ Roses,
My son has
converted me to
pop music/rock
music/rock ’n’roll
/ classical music,
Anne has converted to Islam /
Catholicism /Christianity recently,
John was converted to Buddhism by
a Chinese priest,
Central Topic
Environmental situation and
the corresponding measures
taken throughout the world
Text Structure Analysis
A paragraph of a Problem-solution
Pattern
Green Spaces in Cities
Unit 2 Section B
Vocabulary and Structure
1,open fields
2,open space
3,the open country
1,There is a vacant place over there
where you can park,
2,Is this seat vacant?
3,Empty bottle / purse / stomach
4,a vacant post
1.A film lot------a film studio and the
land around it,
2,A parking lot
1,This species of plant is becoming
increasingly rare,
2,A rare book
1,It is hard to make any option between
such alternatives,
2,We should keep our options open until
Jim can study the results of the survey,
3,As I see it,we have two options_____
either we sell the house or we rent it
out,
4,I usually choose the vegetarian
option in restaurants,
1,An enormous bouquet of flowers
1,The amount of paperwork involved
is enormous,
1.The Olympic Games are watched
by literally billions of people
around the world,
2,The views here are literally
breathtaking,
1,urban life / areas /inhabitants /
unemployment/ population
2,He prefers rural life to urban life,
1.One lane is closed while the
workers are paving the road,
2.The country boys thought the
streets of London were paved
with gold,
3,The Supreme Court decision paved
the way for further legislation on
civil rights,
4,This agreement paves the
way for (or,to) a lasting
peace in the region,
5,(ALD) His economic policies
paved the way for Industrial
expansion,
-hood------the state or time of being
------―― 状态, ―― 时期
Manhood
likelihood 可能 ( 性 )
neighborhood
1,an amateur singer / detective /
photographer
2,professional
amateur n,
3,An amateur golfer
4,An amateur orchestra业余管弦乐队
1.While I was working on my letter,
the telephone rang,
2,She is working on a new novel,
They have been working on the
bridge day and night for three
months,
Ken was working on some sets for
an opera at the Met,
the Met _____ (informal) the Metropolitan
Opera Company,the main opera company
in New York.大都会歌剧院
1.Erect a tent / a new bridge
2,A statue was erected to honor the
memory of Queen Victoria,
The Arch of Triumph------a famous arch
in Paris,commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 as a
homage to his Grand Army and completed in 1836,
In 1920 the body of an unknown soldier was buried
underneath the arch and a flame is kindled every
evening at six to commemorate those who died in
World War I,and today to honor the dead of World
War II as well,Since 1923,it has been the site of
important national events,
Up to ten people (=any number
between one and ten) can sleep in
this tent,
The three-year-old boy can count
up to 100,
As well as helping the environment,energy
conservation reduces your fuel bills,
1,As well as helping the environment,energy conservation reduces
your fuel bills,
2,Conservation of water is of great
importance in desert areas,
3,We should pay attention to the
conservation of wild life,
1.An interest in people’s deepest feelings
characterize all her writings,
2,The education system here is
characterized by an emphasis on success
in exams,
3,The giraffe is characterized by its
very long neck,
1,His only recreations are drinking
bear and watching football,
2,A recreation center
3,Recreation room
4,Recreational facilities
1.A comparable car would cost much
less out of the country.(smuggle)
2,This approach is implemented to
ensure that people doing
comparable jobs receive comparable
rates of pay,
Reading Skills,
Finding out Word Meanings