全新版大学英语第二册UNIT6 Women Half the Sky.ppt

1、Part I Pre-Reading Task Listen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions:1.Why cant women be ignored?2.What price have women had to pay for their wisdom?3.What happens to them if you try to break their will?4.Have women realized their dreams?The following words

2、in the recording may be new to you:gonna=(infml)going to invincible a.战无不胜的 conviction n.信念 embryo n.胚胎；萌芽期 Part II Text A How do some women manage to combine a full-time job with family responsibilities and still find time for doing other things?Adrienne Popper longs to be like them,but wonders whe

3、ther it is an impossible dream.IM GOING TO BUY THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE Not long ago I received an alumni bulletin from my college.It included a brief item about a former classmate:Kate L.teaches part-time at the University of Oklahoma and is assistant principal at County High School.In her spare time sh

4、e is finishing her doctoral dissertation and the final drafts of two books,and she still has time for tennis and horse riding with her daughters.Four words in that description undid me:in her spare time.A friend said that if I believed everything in the report,she had a bridge in Brooklyn shed like

5、to sell me.My friends joke hit home.What an idiot Id been!I resolved to stop thinking about Kates incredible accomplishments and to be suitably skeptical of such stories in the future.But like a dieter who devours a whole box of cookies in a moment of weakness,I found my resolve slipping occasionall

6、y.In weak moments Id comb the pages of newspapers and magazines and consume success stories by the pound.My favorite superwomen included a politicians daughter who cared for her two-year-old and a newborn while finishing law school and managing a company;a practicing pediatrician with ten children o

7、ther own;and a television anchorwoman,mother of two preschoolers,who was studying for a masters degree.One day,however,I actually met a superwoman face to face.Just before Christmas last year,my work took me to the office of a woman executive of a national corporation.Like her supersisters,she has a

8、 husband,two small children and,according to reports,a spotless apartment.Her life runs as precisely as a Swiss watch.Since my own schedule rarely succeeds,her accomplishments fill me with equal amounts of wonder and guilt.On a shelf behind her desk that day were at least a hundred jars of strawberr

9、y jam,gaily tied with red-checked ribbons.The executive and her children had made the jam and decorated the jars,which she planned to distribute to her staff and visiting clients.When,I wondered aloud,had she found the time to complete such an impressive holiday project?I should have known better th

10、an to ask.The answer had a familiar ring:in herspare time.On the train ride home I sat with a jar of strawberry jam in my lap.It reproached me the entire trip.Other women,it seemed to say,are movers and shakers not only during office hours,but in their spare time as well.What,it asked,do you accompl

11、ish in your spare time?I would like to report that I am using my extra moments to complete postdoctoral studies in physics,to develop new theories of tonal harmony for piano and horn,and to bake cakes and play baseball with my sons.The truth of the matter is,however,that I am by nature completely un

12、able to get my act together.No matter how carefully I plan mytime,the plan always goes wrong.If I create schedules of military precision in which several afternoon hours are given over to the writing of the Great American Novel,the school nurse is sure to phone at exactly the moment I put pencil to

13、paper.One of my children will have developed a strange illness that requires him to spend the remainder of the day in bed,calling me at frequent intervals to bring soup,juice,and tea.Other days,every item on my schedule will take three times the number of minutes set aside.The cleaner will misplace

14、my clothes.My order wont be ready at the butcher shop as promised.The woman ahead of me in the supermarket line will pay for her groceries with a check drawn on a Martian bank,and only the manager(who has just left for lunch)can OK the matter.They also serve who only stand and wait,wrote the poet Jo

15、hn Milton,but he forgot to add that they dont get to be superwomen that way.Racing the clock every day is such an exhausting effort that when I actually have a few free moments,I tend to collapse.Mostly I sink into a chair and stare into space while I imagine how lovely life would be if only I posse

16、ssed the organizational skills and the energy of my superheroines.In fact,I waste a good deal of my spare time just worrying about what other women are accomplishing in theirs.Sometimes I think that these modern fairy tales create as many problems for women as the old stories that had us biding our

17、time for the day our prince would come.Yet superwomen tales continue to charm me.Despite my friends warning against being taken in,despite everything Ive learned,I find that Im not only willing,but positively eager to buy that bridge she mentioned.Why?Isuppose it has something to do with the appeal

18、of an optimistic approach to life and the fact that extraordinary deeds have been accomplished by determined individuals who refused to believe that you cant was the final word on their dreams.Men have generally been assured that achieving their hearts desires would be a piece of cake.Women,of cours

19、e,have always believed that we cant have our cake and eat it too the old low-dream diet.Perhaps becoming a superwoman is an impossible dream for me,but life without that kind of fantasy is as unappealing as a diet with no treats.I know the idea of admiring a heroine is considered silly today;we work

20、ing women are too sophisticated for that.Yet the superwomen I read about are my heroines.When my faith in myself falters,it is they who urge me on,whispering,Go for it,lady!One of these days I plan to phone my former classmate Kate and shout Well done!into the receiver.I hope she wont be modest abou

21、t her achievements.Perhaps she will have completed her dissertation and her two books and moved on to some new work thats exciting or dangerous or both.Id like to hear all about it.After that Im going to phone the friend who laughed at me for believing all the stories I hear.Then Ill tell her a stor

22、y:the tale of a woman who bought her own version of that bridge in Brooklyn and found that it was a wise investment after all.(1097 words)New Words and Expressions alumnus(pl alumni)n.(esp.AmE)a(male)former student of a school,college or university（男）校友 bulletin n.简报，通讯；会刊；公告 item n.a single piece o

23、f news;a single article or unit on a list or among a set 一则（消息）；一条，一项，一件 doctoral a.博士的 dissertation n.（博士）学位论文，专题论文 a.that cannot be believed 难以置信的 skeptical a.(in the habit of)doubting that sth.is true,right,etc.持怀疑态度的，怀疑的 dieter n.a person who eats less food or only certain kinds of food 节食者；忌食某些

24、食物的人 devour vt.eat(sth.)quickly and in large quantities 狼吞虎咽地吃 cookie n.(AmE)biscuit 饼干 draft n.a rough outline or version草稿 undo(undid,undone)vt.disturb or upset greatly;untie,open 使烦恼，使不安；松开，解开 hit/strike home(of remarks,etc.)have the intended effect（言语等）击中要害 idiot n.(colloq)a fool incredible occa

25、sionally ad.happening sometimes but not very often 偶尔地，间或 occasional a.consume v.eat or drink;use up 吃；喝；耗尽；消费 superwoman n.a woman having more than ordinary human powers and abilities 具有非凡才能的女性，女强人 politician n.政治家；政客 care for take care of;like or love 照料；喜欢，喜爱pediatrician n.儿科医生 anchorwoman(pl anc

26、horwomen)n.（广播、电视节目的）女主持人 anchor n.锚 corporation n.公司 spotless a.absolutely clean 十分清洁的 Swiss a.,n.瑞士的，瑞士人（的）rarely ad.not happening often 很少，难得 guilt n.the feelings produced by belief that one has done wrong;the fact of having broken the law 内疚；有罪 guilty a.感到内疚的，感到惭愧的；有罪的 strawberry n.草莓 gaily a.in

27、 a cheerful manner 鲜艳地；快乐地 red-checked a.有红格子图案的 ribbon n.丝带，缎带，装饰带 decorate vt.add(sth.)in order to make a thing more attractive to look at 装饰 client n.a person who buys goods or service 顾客，客户 lap n.（人坐着时）大腿的上方，膝上；（旅程的）一段 v.（波浪）拍打 reproach vt.criticize(sb.)for failing to do sth.责备 movers and shaker

28、s people who have power and a lot of influence 有权有势的人们 theory n.理论 tonal a.音调的，声调的 harmony n.和谐；协调；一致 baseball n.棒球 by nature 生性 get ones act together(infml)organize oneself and ones activities so that one does things in an effective way 将自己的各事安排得有条不紊 military a.军事的，军队的 novel n.小说 put pencil/pen to

29、paper start to write 开始动笔写 remainder n.the remaining time,people or things 剩下的时间（人或物）at intervals 每隔时间（或距离）；不时 aside ad.on or to one side 在一边；向一边set aside put(time or money)away for a special purpose 留出 supermarket n.超级市场 Martian a.,n.(supposed inhabitant)of the planet Mars 火星的；（假想的）火星人 race the clo

30、ck do sth.quickly in order to finish it in the available time 争分夺秒地工作 possess vt.(fml)have or own 拥有 organizational a.of organizing and arranging things 有关组织方面的 fairy n.仙人，小精灵 fairy tale 神话故事 bide vt.(old use,now used chiefly in the following phrase)wait for 等待 bide ones time wait patiently for a ch

31、ance 等待良机 prince n.王子；亲王 charm v.attract;give pleasure to 吸引；迷人 n.pleasing quality;attractiveness 魅力；吸引力 take in cheat 欺骗 despite prep.in spite of 尽管；不顾 positively ad.(infml)extremely,absolutely 极其，非常 positive a.certain,sure;helpful or constructive 确信的；有益的，建设性的 have sth./little/much to do with 与有关（几

32、乎无关，很有关系）achieve/have ones hearts desire 得到心中渴望的东西 a piece of cake sth.that is very easy to do 不费吹灰之力的事 heroine n.a woman whom people admire for her courage or achievements 女英雄 sophisticated a.世故的；老练的；复杂的；尖端的 falter vi.become weak;hesitate 变弱；犹豫 move on to stop doing one thing and begin dealing with

33、 the next 更换（工作，话题等）investment n.putting money in sth.投资 Proper Names Brooklyn 布鲁克林（美国纽约市西南部的一区）Adrienne Popper 艾德丽安波珀 Oklahoma（美国）俄克拉荷马州 John Milton 约翰弥尔顿（1608 1674，英国著名诗人，主要作品有长诗失乐园、复乐园以及诗剧力士参孙等）Language sense Enhancement 1.Read aloud paragraphs 11-13 and learn them by heart.2.Read aloud the follo

34、wing poem:I Look At Myself In The Mirror Jacki I look at myself in the mirror,and what do I really see?A woman of forty-seven,or the true essence of me?I can see me in my twenties,the mother of children galore,and there is me in my thirties,scarred by the loss that I bore.And there is me in my forti

35、es,older now,tolerant and wise marked by love and affection,and bags under my eyes.So yes thats me in the mirror,me,as the person I am,and if Im no more than an image,none of it matters a dam!3.Read the following quotations.Learn them by heart if you can.You might need to look up new words in a dict

36、ionary.One is not born a woman,one becomes one.Simon de Beauvoir There is no female mind.The brain is not an organ of sex.As well speak of a female liver.Charlotte Perkins Gilman What is a woman I assure you,I do not know.I do not believe that anybody can know until she has expressed herself in all

37、the arts and professions open to human skill.Virqinia Woolf Men always want to be a womans first love.Women have a more subtle instinct:what they like is to be a mans last romance.Oscar Wilde 4.Read the following humorous story for fun.You might need to look up new words in a dictionary.My wife and her Friend Karen mere talking about their labor-saving devices as they pulled into our driveway.Karen said,I love my new garage-door opener.I love mine too,my wife replied,and honked the horn three times.That was the signal for me to come out and open the garage.