1、Unit Four Conquering Illness Part two Text A : Rock Steady Para. 1-3of Text A：Questions about This Paragraph 1) What were the Jonas Brothers doing in 2005? 2) Why did Nick Jonas seek medical attention? Notes: For the Jonas Brothers, 2005 was shaping up to be quite a year. 1.對喬納斯兄弟而言， 2005 年有望成為不尋常的一

2、年。quite a year相當于 quite a successful year。quite a 后面如果直接跟名詞，而沒有形容詞來修飾這個名詞，又如：那么某個形容詞的意思往往隱含在詞組之中。You put on quite ashow. = You put on quite a nice show. 你們演了一出很好的戲。That is quite a sunset. = That is quite a splendid sunset. 好壯觀的日落畫面。2But when Nick 13 at the time finally sought medical attention, doct

3、ors discovered that seriousthe problem was a lot more 但當尼克 (當時是 13 歲)最終尋求醫生治療時，醫生們卻發現問題要嚴 重得多。句中兩個破折號之間的 13 at the time 可以視作插入語。3. He has a disease called type 1, or juvenile, diabetes. 他患的病叫做一型糖尿病或兒童糖尿病。juvenile 是 type 1 的同位語，兩者同是 diabetes的修飾語。 即：He has a disease called type 1 diabetes, or juvenile

4、 diabetes. Para. 4-6 of Text A Questions about This Paragraph1) When a person has type 1 diabetes, whats wrong with his or her body function? notes / n. type of sugar that is found in fruit and is easily 1.glucose /changed into energy by the human body葡萄糖2. pancreas / / n. organ near the stomach tha

5、t produces insulin and a liquid that helps the body to digest food 胰；胰腺3. insulin / / n. chemical substance produced in the body that controls the amount of sugar in the blood胰島素Para. 7-9 of Text A Questions about This Paragraph 1) Name some symptoms of type 1 diabetes. 2) Why would a person with ty

6、pe 1 diabetes lose weight drastically? Notes: 1.Nick s symptoms like drastic weight loss and mood swings were typical of someone suffering from type 1 diabetes. 尼克的癥狀 如體重急劇下降和情緒波動 正是一型糖尿病患者的典型癥狀。破折號之間引入的是插入語，起舉例說明的作用。這里破折號的用法類似逗號，但是比逗號更能突出插入的成分。2.Left untreated, the disease can have disastrous effec

7、ts. 這種病如不治療有可能產生災難性的后果。Left untreated 是一 個表示假設的過 去分詞短語，相 當于If it is left untreated 。3. tissue n. collection of cells that form the different parts of humans, animals and plants(生物的細胞 )組織Para. 10-11 of Text A Questions about This Paragraph 1) What does Nick do to treat his disease? Notes: 1.hormone /

8、 n. kind of chemical substance produced in certain organs of the body that controls growth, changes, etc.激素Para.12-14of Text A Questions about This Paragraph1) What is Nick hoping he can be? s disease? 2)What have the Jonas Brothers done as a direct result of NickNotes: 1. It s been more than three

9、years since this Jonas brother was diagnosed with diabetes and he s come a long way. 自這位喬納斯兄弟被診斷患有糖尿病以來，已經過去三年多了 他已經好多了。破折號引導一個附加說明的成分。2.Jonas Brothers 喬納斯兄弟樂隊Part 1 Listening & Speaking Step 1. Preview Lead the students to look at the “ Preview ” so as to make sure that theStudents have some ideas

10、of what this unit is all about. Step 2. Part I Listening 1Listen to the upcoming short talk and fill in the blanks of thesummary below with two or three words. Getting to know the followinguseful language first might be helpful. Useful Language idol n. 偶像adoration n.崇拜case n.情況，情形inspiration n.鼓舞人心的

11、人motivate vt. 鼓勵profound a.深刻的 ,意義深遠的practical a.實際的enduring a.持久的 ,不朽的Exercise: A person who is an 1) is someone who inspires and motivates others in some powerful and constructive way. Such a person is different from 2) because his or her influence 3) and often immediate. Anyone can be an inspirat

12、ion when they do something that 4) or impresses others to reach beyond their boundaries. Such a persons exceptional quality (or qualities) becomes a template for positive 5) 2. Ruth and Paul are talking about the difference between an idoland an inspiration. Listen to their conversation and then dec

13、idewhether the conversation-based statements below are true (T) or false(F). Getting to know the following useful language first might behelpful. Useful Language image n.personality n. in person adore vt. 1) Ruth has an idol who is blind. 2) Paul says that an idol can have a poor personality. 3) An

14、inspiration, according to Paul, must be a person who is practical. Script: How can my adoration or devotion to my idol be blind? It is all about the image you hold in mind. What do you mean? How much do you really know about your idol s personality? Do you know him in person? No. I just adore him. E

15、verything about him. What, for instance? I don t know. I just know I m crazy about him. That s all. Someone whoReally? s an inspiration is quite different from that. Step 3. Kelvinmeets withSerena whois closetosomeone whoinspires her. Listen to theirconversation, and then answer the questionsbelowby

16、choosingthebest response. Gettingtoknowthefollowinguseful language firstmight be helpful.Useful Language role model conscientious a. straight As laser n. on top of that cut corners save up contribute vi. elementary school deed n. absolutely Script: He is my inspiration. Who is he? Michael Li. He is

17、my role model. Oh yeah? Yes. He is such a conscientious student that he got straight A s last semester. I know. But hes not just focused like a laser on his studies. On top of that, hes ready and willing to help others too. For example? He works a part-time job, and cuts corners on all costs he can

18、at college. That way he saves up enough to contribute to an elementary school student in the northwest. I didn t know that. Wow, that s really something. You re right hes a real inspiration. Sure is. His deeds are truly inspiring. No wonder you admire him and want to be like him. Absolutely. Just he

19、aring about him, though I don t know him personally, is having a positive influence on me. Great! I hope it would. Part IV Translation & Writing Teaching notes: 本單元的英譯漢練習是英語比較結構的翻譯。英語中的比較結構主要 通過形容詞和副詞的三級比較形式體現的：原級、比較級和最高級。但在實際應用中，比較的內容和形式可能不僅限于上面三種。常見的比較結構的意義較容易理解，也較容易翻譯。但有些時候，形式上的同級比較在意義上表達的卻是最高級比較

20、，有時還用于表達強調，如練習第六句 If you tried as hard as you could and didn t become a doctor, would that mean your whole life was a failure? 中的 as hard as，形式上是同級比較，我們根據意義把整個 句子譯成 “如果你盡了自己最大的努力卻沒有成為醫生，那就能意味著你的整個人生都失敗了嗎？再注意練習第一句 If so, your homework is going to take a lot longer than it should, and you won t do you

21、r best. 中的 a lot 修飾 longer 翻譯成 “ (用的時間 ) 多很多 ” 。又如：other girls. 莉齊顯然要比其他女孩聰明得多。I like animals because they live their lives with so much more freedom than humans live theirs. 我喜歡動物因為它們遠比人類活得自由得多。第五句 Green roofs can be more than just energy savers, too.根據上下文意義，譯成：綠色屋頂也不僅僅只是節約能源 下面提供一些含有比較結構的句子翻譯：(，還能

22、起到別的作用 )。I was more amused than shocked by what she told me. 她對我說的話與其說使我感到震驚，倒不如說使我感到好笑。It was more a friendly warning than a threat. 這與其說是威脅，不如說是友好的警告。Practical writing: 介紹信可以介紹個人或某公司/機構，也可以介紹產品、設備或服務。通過介紹信，兩個 (或幾個 )互不相識的人得以認識，或使別人對某公司 /機構、產品、設備或服務得以了解。還有一種是自我介紹信。介紹信要寫得簡短，介紹某人時，要寫明被介紹人的姓名、身份或職業，以及介

23、紹他們相識的原 因或目的等。 如是要求對方給予被介紹人照顧和幫助，還要向對方表示感謝。介紹產品、設備或服務時，要解釋它們與現有那些產品、設備或服務有什么 差異，是不是更方便？更便宜？更安全些？更容易使用？要把介紹的理由說 清楚。下面是介紹信常用的一些表達方式：* I want to introduce you to. * I m writing to introduce you to* The purpose of this letter is to briefly introduce _ . * We are pleased to announce _ . * This is to intr

24、oduce _ . * I am pleased to introduce _ . * Were happy to introduce _ . * My name is and I am contacting you to introduce _ . to the * This is to announce the appointment of (Name) position of _ (Post). * It is with great pleasure that we announce the opening of _ . * I am pleased to recommend the s

25、ervices of _ (Clean-Up Services) to you. (1) 假設你是某公司的銷售部經理，向客戶寫一封信介紹該公司 (包括公司歷 史、主要經營業務等 )并希望能與對方建立業務關系。(2) 假設你的朋友是某校學生，他 /她為了寫論文要去某城市做市場調查，正 巧你在那個城市有個熟人，你為他 /她寫封介紹信，希望對方予以幫助。Dear Mr. Smith, I would like to introduce to you our company, ABC Website Designer, which has been in the business of website designing for the past 4 years. We specialize in various technical aspects of web designing, providing our services to a large number of clients