1、四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Preview Very often old stories teach us various lessons when we read them.This unit contains some stories that have something to do with fortune.In the Listening and Speaking section,you will pick up the langua
2、ge for making requests and learn how to do it.In the Reading and Writing Section,Text A tells us how a father helps his sons to make their fortune after his death;Text B tells about the bad end of a greedy person;Text C is a little story about the wisdom of Nasrudin,who always helps the poor out of
3、their miseries.四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English .ObjectivesAfter studying this unit,the students are expected to be able to 1.master the basic language and skills necessary to make requests;2.understand the main ideas of Texts A,B and C,and ma
4、ster the useful sentence structures,words and expressions found in the relevant exercises of the first two texts;3.grasp five basic English sentence patterns;4.know how to write a greeting card in English;5.understand the signal words used to express causes and results(3).四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语
5、教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Reading&WritingText AText BThe Treasure in the OrchardThe Golden Carambola TreeText A Exercises Text B Exercises Class Presentation四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English StarterWhat is w
6、ealth and what kind of wealth do dying people hope to leave their children?With your classmates,discuss the best replies to these two statements.Text AWealth is:1.2.3.四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Text ADying people hope to leave their chil
7、dren:1.2.3.Now read the following passage and find out what treasure the gardener left in the orchard for his children.四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Text AThe Treasure in the Orchard Author Unknown 1 An old gardener who was dying sent for h
8、is two sons to come to his bedside,as he wished to speak to them.When they came in answer to his request,the old man,raising himself on his pillows,pointed through the window towards his orchard.2 “You see that orchard?”said he.3 “Yes,Father,we see the orchard.”4 “For years it has given the best of
9、fruit golden oranges,red apples,and cherries bigger and brighter than rubies!”5 “To be sure,Father.It has always been a good orchard!”四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English treasure:n.(stone of)gold,silver,jewels,etc.金银财宝；财富 e.g.hidden treasure 秘藏的财
10、宝秘藏的财宝 buried treasure 埋藏的财宝埋藏的财宝 look for treasure 寻找宝藏寻找宝藏 dig up treasure 挖掘宝藏挖掘宝藏Title of Text A 四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Notes on the TextWhen they came in answer to his request,the old man,raising himself on his pillows,pointed t
11、hrough the window towards his orchard.两个儿子应他的要求来了，老人坐直身子靠在枕头上，指向窗外的果园。动词raise的现在分词raising修饰句中谓语动词pointed，表示伴随该动作发生的状态。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points send for:send sb.to fetch 派人去请，派人去叫，派人去拿 e.g.The child is ru
12、nning a high fever.We must send for a doctor at once.孩子在发高烧。我们必须马上去请医生来。孩子在发高烧。我们必须马上去请医生来。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points as he wished to speak to them.as引导原因状语从句时，从句放在主句前后皆可。e.g.As it was getting late,I decid
13、ed to stop at a hotel.因为天色渐晚，我决定停下来住旅馆。因为天色渐晚，我决定停下来住旅馆。You can go first as youre the oldest.您先请，因为您年纪最大。您先请，因为您年纪最大。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points in answer to:as an answer to 作为对的回答（或响应)e.g.Im writing in ans
14、wer to your letter of October 6th.我现在写信答复您我现在写信答复您1010月月6 6日的来信。日的来信。She nodded in answer to his question.对他提出的问题，她点头作答。对他提出的问题，她点头作答。The doctor came at once in answer to my phone call.医生一接到我的电话立刻就来了。医生一接到我的电话立刻就来了。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College Eng
15、lish Language Points Language Points to be sure:having no doubt;of course;one must admit that 毫无疑问;当然；必须承认e.g.To be sure this job will require a lot of hard work.做这项工作肯定要非常努力。做这项工作肯定要非常努力。To be sure its a long walk to the shops,but youre young and strong.去那些商店是要走很远的路，可你年富力强。去那些商店是要走很远的路，可你年富力强。This
16、is not his best book,to be sure,but it is still worth reading.这确实不是他最好的书，但仍值得一读。这确实不是他最好的书，但仍值得一读。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Text A 6 The old gardener nodded his head,time and time again.He looked at his hands they were worn from the spa
17、de that he had used all his life.Then he looked at the hands of his sons and saw that their nails were polished and their fingers as white as those of any fine ladys.7 “You have never done a days work in your lives,you two!”said he.“I doubt if you ever will!But I have hidden a treasure in my orchard
18、 for you to find.You will never possess it unless you dig it up.It lies midway between two of the trees,not too near,yet not too far from the trunks.It is yours for the trouble of digging that is all!”四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language
19、Points Language Points nod:v.move(ones head)up and down as a greeting or to show agreement,etc.点(头)(表示同意,打招呼等)e.g.She could not speak but just nodded her head.她说不出话，只是点了点头。她说不出话，只是点了点头。She nodded(her head)without saying anything.她点了点头，什么话也没说。她点了点头，什么话也没说。They nodded at us,so we nodded back.他们朝我们点点头，
20、我们也点头示意。他们朝我们点点头，我们也点头示意。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points time and time again:many times;repeatedly 多次；一再，反复地 e.g.Ive told you time and time again make sure you look before you cross the road.我已经再三告诉过你们我已经再三告诉过你
21、们,过马路前一定要先向左右看一看。过马路前一定要先向左右看一看。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points polish:vt.cause the surface of(sth.)to be smooth and shiny by rubbing 擦光；擦亮 e.g.polish my shoes 擦我的鞋擦我的鞋 polish the furniture 打磨家具打磨家具 polished wo
22、od 抛光的木料抛光的木料 四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points as white as those of any fine ladys.像闲雅女士的手指一样白皙。在as as 结构中，第一个as是副词，而第二个as可以是连词或介词。e.g.He tries as hard as I do to save money.他像我一样拼命省钱。他像我一样拼命省钱。petals as pale as
23、 pearls 淡雅如珍珠的花瓣淡雅如珍珠的花瓣四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points you two:“you”后面可跟一个复数名词或数字。e.g.Its time you kids got some sleep.孩子们，该睡会儿觉了。孩子们，该睡会儿觉了。Are you two ready？你们俩准备好了吗？你们俩准备好了吗？四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室21
24、21世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points possess:vt.have(sth.)as ones belonging;own 占有，拥有 e.g.She gave everything she possessed to the poor.她把她拥有的一切都给了穷人。她把她拥有的一切都给了穷人。He possesses several Picassos.他拥有好几幅毕加索的画。他拥有好几幅毕加索的画。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研
25、室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points dig:(dug)vt.(use a tool such as a spade to)turn over(land)in(a place)掘，挖dig up:remove(sth.)from the ground by digging 掘起;挖掘出 e.g.The police have been digging up his back garden.警察把他家的后花园挖了个底朝天。警察把他家的后花园挖了个底朝
26、天。Theyve dug up a hidden treasure.他们挖出了秘藏的财宝。他们挖出了秘藏的财宝。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points midway:ad.in the middle;halfway 当中；中间；半途 e.g.The city is midway between Beijing and Shijiazhuang.这座城市位于北京和石家庄之间。这座城市位于北京和石
27、家庄之间。He became ill midway through the holiday.假期过半时他病了。假期过半时他病了。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Text A 8 Then he sent them away,and soon afterwards he died.So the orchard became the property of his sons,and without any delay,they set to work
28、to dig for the treasure that had been promised them.N四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Notes on the Text without any delay,they set to work to dig for the treasure that had been promised them.他们毫不迟延，立即开始工作，挖掘、寻找已经答应给他们的财宝。set to work(开始工作)中的wor
29、k是名词，不是动词；set to后不可以直接跟动词，只可以跟动名词。promise后应跟双宾语，即promise sb.sth.。在that引导的这句定语从句里，sb.是them,sth.则是定语从句的先行词treasure。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points send away:cause(sb.)to leave 使离去，把打发走e.g.I sent away a stranger w
30、ho knocked at my door.我打发走一个敲门的陌生人。我打发走一个敲门的陌生人。Send him away!让他走开！让他走开！四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points afterwards:ad.at a later time 以后,过后，后来 e.g.We went for a walk,and afterward(s)we ate lunch.我们去散了散步，然后吃午饭。我
31、们去散了散步，然后吃午饭。She felt fine before dinner but was ill afterwards.吃饭前她感觉挺好，但后来就病了。吃饭前她感觉挺好，但后来就病了。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points property:n.thing or things that sb.owns 财产，资产;所有物 e.g.a lost property office 失物招领所
32、失物招领所 a man of property 有产者有产者 That book is my property.那本书是我的。那本书是我的。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points delay:n.延迟；拖延；耽搁e.g.unnecessary delay 不必要的延误不必要的延误 We are very sorry for the delay in replying to your lette
33、r.没能及时回信，我们深表歉意。没能及时回信，我们深表歉意。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points without any delay:at once,immediately 立刻,即刻e.g.Please send him the letter without any delay.请不要拖延，马上把信寄给他。请不要拖延，马上把信寄给他。They arrived to repair the m
34、achine without any delay.他们即刻赶来修理机器。他们即刻赶来修理机器。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points set to work:begin working hard 大干起来,开始努力工作 注意：set to work中的work是名词，不是动词。set to work后可以接动词不定式，但set to后面不可以接动词不定式，只可以接动名词。set to:begin doing sth.in a
35、n eager or a determined way 开始起劲地做某事 e.g.They set to work as soon as they arrived.他们一到就大干起来。他们一到就大干起来。We must set to work on that job as soon as possible.我们必须尽快开始做那份工作。我们必须尽快开始做那份工作。He set to work to clean the room./He set to cleaning the room.他开始打扫房间。他开始打扫房间。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用
36、英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Text A 9 Well,they dug and dug,day after day,week after week,going down the long alleys of fruit trees,never too near yet never too far from the trunks.They dug up all the weeds and picked out all the stones,not because they liked weeding and cleanin
37、g,but because it was all part of the hunt for the buried treasure.Winter passed and spring came,and never were there such blossoms as those which hung the orange and apple and cherry trees with curtains of petals pale as pearls and soft as silk.Then summer threw sunshine over the orchard,and sometim
38、es the clouds bathed it in cool,delicious rain.At last the time of the fruit harvest came.But the two brothers had not yet found the treasure that was hidden among the roots of the trees.四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Languag
39、e Points day after day:continuously;for many days 日复一日，一天又一天similar expressions:week after week,month after month,year after year e.g.The same problem seemed to come up day after day.似乎每天都发生同样的问题。似乎每天都发生同样的问题。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English L
40、anguage Points Language Points pick out:remove by picking 拣出 e.g.pick out the bad potatoes from the basket 把烂土豆从篮子里拣出来把烂土豆从篮子里拣出来 pick out the mistakes in the paragraph 挑出这段中的错误挑出这段中的错误 四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language
41、 Points hunt:1.v.follow after,catch and sometimes kill(wild animals);search carefully(for);try to find 追猎，猎取；打猎；寻找；搜寻 2.n.a search,esp.one that is long and difficult 打猎搜索;追寻 e.g.begin a hunt for the missing child 开始搜寻失踪的孩子开始搜寻失踪的孩子 the hunt for the lost property 搜寻丢失的财物搜寻丢失的财物 四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技
42、术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points bury:vt.put(a dead person)in a grave;hide(sth.)in the earth 埋葬；掩埋；埋藏 e.g.The boys buried the dead bird in the backyard.男孩子们把死鸟埋在后院。男孩子们把死鸟埋在后院。She buried the secret deep inside herself.她把秘密深埋在心里。她把秘密深
43、埋在心里。The waste is buried deep underground.废物埋在地下深处。废物埋在地下深处。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points never were there:英语中有否定意义的词,如 never,seldom,little,not until等放在句首时，句子的主谓结构要倒装。e.g.Never did he speak about his own achi
44、evements.他从不讲自己的成绩。他从不讲自己的成绩。Seldom has a speaker been so well received.从没有哪位演说者如此受欢迎。从没有哪位演说者如此受欢迎。Little did I think that we were talking for the last time.我没想到我们的这次谈话竟成诀别。我没想到我们的这次谈话竟成诀别。Not until all the demands had been turned down did the workers decide to go on strike.直到所有的要求遭到拒绝之后，工人们才决定罢工。直
45、到所有的要求遭到拒绝之后，工人们才决定罢工。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points pale:a.(of a person,his face,etc.)having little color;(of a color)not bright or vivid (指人、面色等)苍白的，灰白的；(指颜色)浅的，淡的e.g.look pale（脸色）看起来苍白（脸色）看起来苍白 turn pale（脸色
46、）变白（脸色）变白 She went pale at the news.听到这个消息，她一下变得面无人色。听到这个消息，她一下变得面无人色。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points bathe:vt.给洗澡；使沐浴e.g.bathe the baby in warm water 用热水给宝宝洗澡用热水给宝宝洗澡 The green fields were bathed in a bright s
47、unlight.绿色的田野沐浴在灿烂的阳光中。绿色的田野沐浴在灿烂的阳光中。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points delicious:a.having a very pleasant taste;very pleasant(when tasted,smelled,etc.)美味的，可口的；芬芳的；怡人的 e.g.look/smell/taste delicious 看起来诱人看起来诱人 /闻
48、起来香闻起来香 /尝起来可口尝起来可口 That dish was simply delicious.那道菜真好吃。那道菜真好吃。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Language Points Language Points harvest:n.cutting and gathering of grain and other food crops;(amount of the)crop obtained 收割；收获；收成 e.g.a good/ri
49、ch/large harvest 丰收丰收 a bad/poor harvest 歉收歉收 Thanksgiving is a holiday when people in the USA thank God for the annual harvest.感恩节是美国人感谢上帝每年赐予他们收获的节日。感恩节是美国人感谢上帝每年赐予他们收获的节日。四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室四川工商职业技术学院英语教研室2121世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语 21st Century Practical College English Text A 10 Then they sent for a merch
50、ant from the nearest town to buy the fruit.It hung in great bunches,golden oranges,red apples,and cherries bigger and brighter than rubies.The merchant looked at them in open admiration.11 “This is the finest crop I have yet seen,”said he.“I will give you twenty bags of money for it!”12 Twenty bags
