大學英語第一冊UnitTwo

SailingRoundtheWorldAttention,please!教學重點：教學目的：鞏固虛擬語氣的用法。對“hehadgivenmenthroughouttheworldnewpride”的理解。

通過對FrancisChichester身患絕癥卻只身一人在獨木舟上環球航行過程的學習，使學生能夠體會并學習他不屈不撓和勇往直前的拼搏精神.Informationrelatedtothetext

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學習內容SirFrancisChichesterBorninDevon,Britain,in1901,SirFrancisChichesterwasaBritishadventurer.Asayoungman,hewenttoNewZealand,whereheworkedasaminer,salesmanandlandagent.AfterreturningtoEnglandin1929,hemadeasoloflighttoAustraliainabiplane.Twoyearslater,in1931,hepilotedthefirsteast-westflightovertheTasmanSeabetweenNewZealandandAustralia.Hethenplannedtoflyroundtheworld,buttheplanewasseverelydamagedinanaccidentinJapan.KnightsandKnighthoodKnightswerethehighestclassoffightingmeninEuropeduringtheMiddleAges.Therewereotherclassesoffightingmen,suchasthelowlyfootsoldiers.Buttheknights,whofoughtonhorseback,werethearistocratsofthebattlefield.Thegreatheroesofthetime,bothinstoryandinfact,wereknights.Bytheyear1500thetimeoftheknightasfightingmanwasover.Hiredfootsoldiersreplacedthemountedknights.Butknighthooddidnotdieoutaltogether.TodayinGreatBritain,knighthoodisanhonoraryawardgiventooutstandingpeopleinrecognitionofsomeremarkableworktheyhavedone.Amanwiththerankofknightiscalled“Sir”(prefixedtohiswholenameorgivenname,butnottohissurnamealone),andhiswife,“Lady”.Awomanwiththesamerankiscalled“Dame”.KnighthoodceremonyTheKingorQueentakestheswordofthepersonbeinghonoredorborrowsonefromsomeonepresentattheceremony.ThepersonabouttobeknightedkneelsononekneeandbowshisheadrespectfullyinfrontoftheKingorQueen.ThekingorQueentoucheswiththeswordfirsttheleftshoulderofthepersonbowingbeforehimorherthentherightshoulderandfinallythetopofthebowedhead.WhiledoingthistheKingorQueensays,“WedubtheeSir__________.”Studyofthewordsandphrasesaccomplish

attempt

conquer

contact

determine

finishsuccessfullyformafirmdecisiondefeat;overcomegetintouchwithtrytodosth

tryit,don'tbeshy!accomplish(vt):

e.g.Whattimedoestheconcertfinish?

Ineedonemorestamptocompletemycollection.完成（任務），實現（計劃、諾言），達到（目的）e.g.Womencanaccomplishanythingmencando.Havingaccomplisheditsgoal,theexpeditionteamwasonitswayhome.比較finish,completeandaccomplish的用法：finish比較常用的用法，多強調完成一件事的最后一步；complete指成功地做完未做完的事，強調使…完整起來或更完善；accomplish完成達到，強調做成一件事的過程，表示達到預期的目的，多用于書面語.attempt(v)

：trytodosth嘗試，企圖，努力attempttodosth/doingsth/sthe.g.Maryattemptedtogetintouch/gettingintouchwithherfamily.Don'tattempttheimpossible.attempt(n):efforttodosth嘗試，企圖，努力one’sattempttodosth/one’sattemptatdoingsth/sthmakeanattempttodosthe.g.Hemadenoattempttoescape.Wesucceededinourattemptatclimbingthemountain.conquer(vt):

defeat;overcome克服，征服e.g.Moreandmorehavecometorealizethatwemustnot“conquer”nature,butweshouldmakegooduseofit,

instead.Thegeneralcommandedhissoldierstoconquerthecity.conquerandovercome的辨析：conquer“征服”，多指用暴力或斗爭使其他事物置于控制之中e.g.TheGermansconqueredmostoftheEuropeanContinentin1941.overcome“克服”強調經過艱苦的斗爭，排除障礙而取得勝利。多用與精神方面的東西。e.g.Wemustovercomeourshortcomings.contact(vt):

getintouchwith聯系，接觸e.g.Doyoucontactyouroldclassmatesoften?Assoonasthereporterarrives,hewillcontactyou.contact(n):stateoftouchingorcommunication聯系，接觸e.g.ManypeopleareafraidofcontactwithAIDSpatients.*bein/outcontactwith:makecontactwith/losecontactwith與…有聯系/失去聯系e.g.Haveyoubeenincontactwithyourparentsrecently?determine(v)

(1)tocausetoformafirmintentionordecision使下決心,做出決定.e.g.Wedeterminedtogoatonce/thatwewouldgoatonce.Thefailureoftheexamdeterminedhimtoconcentrateonstudy.(2)findoutprecisely,decide查明,決定e.g.Theamountoftheraindeterminesthesizeofthecrop.determined(adj):withone’smindfirmlymadeup堅定的,堅決的,決意的*bedeterminedtodosth/that下定決心去作某事e.g.Sheisadeterminedwomanandhasbroughtupherchildrensingle-handed.Iamdeterminedtogoandnothingwillstopme..determination(n)決意,決心,決定Difficultsentences

InAugust,1966,attheageofnearlysixty-five,anagewhenmanymenretire,hebeganthegreatestvoyageofhislife.(L.9-13)“Anagewhenmanymenretire”isusedasappositivetomodify“theageofnearlysixty-five,”togivefurtherexplanationoftheageofsixty-five.“Whenmanymenretire”isanattributiveclausemodifying“anage,.”Simplepresenttenseisusedintheattributiveclause,indicatingthatitisafact.Difficultsentences

Soon,hewasawayinhisnew16-metreboat,GipsyMoth.(L13-15)Theform“16-metreboat”isasortofwordformation,whichgoeslikethis:“number+-+noun”(Thereisnoneedtochangetheformofcountablenounsthoughitindicatesplurality.Anditisusuallyusedasadjectiveform.e.g.afive-yearplanaseven-dayholidayWritingstyleandtechniques

文中從修辭上講作者運用了比喻手法，如：“IfeelasifIhadwakenedfromanightmare.WildhorsescouldnotdragmedowntoCapHornandthatsinisterSouthernOceanagain.”其中，“wildhorsescouldnotdrag.”就是一個常用的隱喻，意在說明無論多么強大的力量都不能迫使某人做某事。本文屬記敘文，記敘文講述一件事或一系列事情或事件。從廣義上講，真實或虛構的故事、自傳、歷史、新聞以及敘事詩都屬記敘文之列。從敘述角度來看，本文用的是第三人稱敘述，有利于更客觀地描述所發生的事情，也能反映在同一時間內地點發生的事情。Writingstyleandtechniques

從篇章結構的角度分析，本文可分為三部分了：第1~2段是開頭部分，提供有關廳切斯特駕船環球航行的背景環境方面的信息，