Unit 1  Greeting and Introduction

Dialogues 1.

Malenie Sanders brings out her photo album to show her new Egyptian friend, Layth,

pictures of the family.

Background knowledge:

1. extended family and nuclear family
Extended family(traditional family): the family usually includes grandparents, parents

and children living under the same roof 澶у搴�

Nuclear family(modern family): the family only consists parents and children鏍稿績瀹跺涵
2. the Depression: the Great Depression 缍�(j墨ng)婵�(j矛)澶ц暛姊�

锛�1930-1940锛塈t refers to the difficult period before World War 鈪� in the United

States. Many families faced serious financial or money problems in this period.
Language points:

1. Who鈥檚 that holding the hand of a boy
Who鈥檚 that girl holding the stick?
The one wearing funny hat is my little brother.
鐝�(xi脿n)鍦ㄥ垎瑭炵煭瑾�(y菙)浣滃悗缃畾瑾�(y菙)琛ㄤ即闅�

2.His hat is really out of date.
out of date: no longer fashionable 涓嶅啀娴佽鐨勶紝閬�(gu貌)鏅�(sh铆)鐨�
. This kind of hair style is out of date.
out-of-date (浣滃畾瑾�(y菙)) 涓嶅啀娴佽鐨�锛岄亷(gu貌)鏅�(sh铆)鐨�
out-of-date hairstyle/ dress/ ideas/ songs/magazines
up to date: fashionable 娴佽鐨�
This kind of hair style is up to date.
up-to-date (浣滃畾瑾�(y菙)) 娴佽鐨�
up-to-date hairstyle/ dress/ ideas/ songs/magazines

3.He鈥檚 wearing boots, because shoes were out of stock.
out of stock: not available 娌�(m茅i)鏈夊瓨璨�
.The book is out of stock.
in stock: available鏈夊瓨璨�
 The book is in stock.

4.He really has an outgoing personality.
outgoing personality: 澶栧悜鐨勫€�(g猫)鎬�
outgoing: friendly and sociable 鍙嬪ソ鐨�銆佸ソ浜ら殯鐨�銆佸鍚戠殑
extroverted, 澶栧悜鐨�
ntroverted, reserved, 鍏�(n猫i)鍚戠殑

5.He really know how to bring a person out.
ring sb out锛歝ause sb to lose shyness 浣挎煇浜哄厠鏈嶅缇炲績鐞�
  He really knows how to bring a person out.
  She鈥檚 nice 鈥� but needs s lot of bringing out.

6.I wish I had his social skills.
wish 铏涙摤瑾�(y菙)姘�(鑸囩従(xi脿n)鍦ㄧ殑鎯呮硜鐩稿弽寰炲彞鐢ㄤ竴鑸亷(gu貌)鍘绘檪(sh铆)锛� 鑸囬亷(gu貌)鍘荤殑鎯呮硜鐩稿弽寰炲彞鐢ㄩ亷(gu貌)鍘诲畬鎴愭檪(sh铆))
I wish I were rich.
She wished she had stayed at home.

Dialogue 2

Mr. Irving, chairman of a new vocational school, is talking with Mrs. Schmidt, the

school鈥檚 human resources manager, about qualities needed in their personnel.
Some words about people鈥檚 personalities:

The traits most necessary for interpersonal success: (noun)
honesty瑾�(ch茅ng)瀵�(sh铆), dependability渚濋潬鎬�, tolerance瀹瑰繊銆佸瀹�, cooperativeness绔�(j矛ng)鐖�(zh膿ng)鎬�,

perseverance鍫�(ji膩n)鎸佷笉鎳�, vision鏈夐仩(yu菐n)瑕�(ji脿n), competency鏈夎兘鍔�, fair-mindedness鍏, punctuality

婧�(zh菙n)鏅�(sh铆)
The traits for a desirable director: (adjective)
Humble璎欏崙鐨�, diplomatic鏈夊浜ゆ墜鑵曠殑, flexible闈堟椿鐨�, well-educated鍙楅亷(gu貌)鑹ソ鏁欒偛鐨�,

experienced鏈夌稉(j墨ng)椹�(y脿n)鐨�, concerned闂�(gu膩n)蹇冨垾浜虹殑, generous鎱锋叏鐨�, skillful鏈夋妧琛�(sh霉)鐨�,
The traits for practical leaders: (adjective)
Diligent鍕ゅギ鐨�, modest璎欒櫅鐨�, clever鑱版槑鐨�, humble璎欏崙鐨�
Language points:

1.According to psychological research, the traits most necessary for interpersonal

success are honesty.
according to 鏍规摎(j霉)銆佹寜鐓�
According to English law, he is innocent.
According to the Bible, God created the earth in six days.

2.In addition to those general assets, our school seek practical leaders who are

skillful and diligent.
in addition to 闄�---涔嬪
In additional to his salary he earned 1000 dollars.
in addition 娣诲姞銆佽(b菙)鍏呫€佹澶�
The river sustains many forms of wildlife; in addition, it gives the neighborhood

children a good place to swim in.

3.We have done good work so far.
so far 鍒扮洰鍓嶇偤姝�(甯歌垏鐝�(xi脿n)鍦ㄥ畬鎴愭檪(sh铆)閫ｇ敤)
We haven鈥檛 heard from them so far.

Monologue One
Monologue about Mary, a store detective.
Mary was chosen as a detective because she didn鈥檛 look like a detective. This is a

story about Mary鈥檚 experience. One day she captured a c well-dressed thief who stole

three silk ties.

Language points:

1.Would you mind .letting me take a look in your briefcase.
would you mind doing sth
The guest said that they wouldn鈥檛 mind having a little light music.
Would you mind opening the window?
Certainly not.
Sorry, you鈥檇 better ---.

2. She insist on having a look into the man鈥檚 briefcase.
insisit on doing sth
I insisit on your being there.
I insist that we (should) go there on foot.
insist, suggest, order, demand锛� propose, require, request, command, decide,绛夎鍚庨潰鐨�

璩撹獮(y菙)寰炲彞鎳�(y墨ng)瑭蹭娇鐢ㄨ櫅鎿獮(y菙)姘�
I suggested that we (should) take part in the game.
I command that every should arrive here before 7 o鈥檆lock.

Monologue Two

Monologue about Jules Verne and his stories
He based his books on imagination, adventure and science.

1.Many of his attempt to look into the future were surprising accurate.
look into 瑾�(di脿o)鏌�銆佷簡瑙�
We鈥檒l look into this matter together.
They鈥檒l look into that right away.

2.In all his books Jules Verne used his scientific knowledge as well as his

imagination in describing the future inventions.
as well as 鏃�------鍙�------锛� 闄�------涔嬪(閭�)------
The child is lively as well as healthy.
He gave me money as well as advice.

Passage

The passage talk about the life of Oprah Winfrey鈥檚 life. What kind of the

circumstances he was born in ? How did she study? What contributions she did to change

the world since 1954.? She was a courageous, funny, compassionate, well-informed,

dazzlingly curious person, as down-to-earth as loving as any human being the author

have ever known..

1.Upon discovering books, the child delved into the written word, turning out weekly

book reports for her father.

1)Upon/on doing sth
Upon/on receiving the letter, I will write back to you.
Upon/on arriving home,  they will give us a telephone call.

2)turn out 鐢熺敘(ch菐n)銆佸埗閫�锛屾渶绲傝畩鎴�
They concentrated their efforts on turning out more products of high quality.
The plan turned out failure.

3)delve into 閴嗙爺

2锛� She was watching the live broadcast of the Academy Award ceremony.

1) live broadcast
2) the Academy Awards 瀛�(xu茅)闄㈢崕(ji菐ng)锛屽ェ鏂崱閲戝儚鐛�(ji菐ng)

3锛� That may also be partly due to the very special energy.
due to: caused by sb/sth, because of sb/sth
The team鈥檚 success was largely due to her efforts.
His lateness was due to the very heavy traffic on the motorway.
The flight was cancelled due to the fog.

4.down to earth 鑵宠笍瀵�(sh铆)鍦扮殑

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