最新新视野大学英语第三版第二册课文语法讲解Unit3教学提纲.docx

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最新新视野大学英语第三版第二册课文语法讲解Unit3教学提纲

新视野三版读写B2U3TextA

Journeythroughtheodysseyyears

1Mostofusknowaboutthephasesoflifewhichwelabeltoparalleldifferent

agegroupsandlifestages:

childhood,adolescence,adulthood,andold

age.Wethinkofinfancybeforechildhoodandmiddleagebeforeoldage,with

eachuniquephasebringingitsownpeculiarsetofchallenges.These

challengescanbeovercomebyacquaintingourselveswiththem,suchasthe

child'sneedtolearn,theadult'sneedtofindtherightcareerandbuildafamily,

andthesenior'sneedforsupportandgoodhealthcare.

2Interestingly,ideasaboutthestagesoflifearechanging.

3Inprevioustimes,peopledidn'thaveasolidideaofchildhoodasbeing

separatefromadulthood.Ahundredyearsago,noonethoughtof

adolescence.Untilrecentlyitwasunderstoodasanormthattheirinductionto

adulthoodwascompletedassoonastheygraduatedfromcollege.Theywould

nowfindasensiblejobwhichwouldleadtoacareer.Thenduringthiscareer

theywouldstartafamily,idealybeforetheyturned30.

4Todaywehaveanequivalentneedtorecognizeanewphaseoflifethat

comesafterhighschoolgraduation,continuesthroughcollege,andthenleads

tostartingafamilyandhavingacareer,theso-caledodysseyyears.Recent

trendsshowradicalchangesasyoungpeoplearefolowinga

differentagenda.Theytakebreaksfromschool,livewithfriendsandoften

returntolivingwiththeirparents.Similarly,theyfallinandoutoflove,quitone

jobandtryanotherorevenshifttoanewcareer.So,weneedtorecognizethis

newstage,theodysseyyears,whichmanynowconsidertobeanunavoidable

stageinreachingadulthood.

5Peoplewhowerebornpriortothe60sor70sinthelastcenturytended

toframetheirconceptofadulthoodbaseduponachievingcertain

accomplishments:

movingawayfromhome,becomingfinancialyindependent,

findingtherightspouseandstartingafamily.Butthatemphasisonstabilitydid

notremainstatic.Today,youngpeopleareunlikelytodothesame.Duringthe

odysseyyears,ahighproportionofyoungpeoplearedelayingmarriage,child

bearing,andevenemployment.

6Theodysseyyearscansaddleyoungpeoplewithenormouspressureto

moveforwardquickly.Asthesoleheirandfocusoftheirparents'expectations,

hopesanddreams,somereactwithrebelliousandpridefulattitudesand

behaviortowardtheirparents.Theyoftenresentthepressurethey'refeeling

andkeepadistancefromtheirparentsorevenrunawayfromhome.Their

confusioncomesfromthedifficultiestomakeparentsunderstandthemand

thefluidjourneyofdiscoverytheyneedinthisphaseoftheirlives.Togetaway

fromthisconfusionandupset,manyyoungpeopleresorttocomputergames,

iPods,iPhones,oriPads,tohelpdistractthemfromtheirpainandstress.

7Likewise,theirparentsarefeelingmoreanxious.Theymay

makeallowancesforatransitionphasefromstudentlifetoadultlife,butthey

getupsetwhentheyseethetransitionoftheirgrownchildren'slivesmoving

awayfromtheirexpectationsandstretchingfiveyearstosevenyears,and

beyond.Theparentsdon'tevendetectaclearsenseofdirectionintheir

children'slives.Theylookatthemandseethethingsthatarebeingdelayed.

8It'shardtopredictwhat'snext.Newguidelineshaven'tbeenestablishedyet,

andeverythingseemstogivewaytoalesspermanentversionof

itself.There'sbeenashiftinthestatusandbalanceofpowerbetweenthe

genders,too.Morewomenaregettingdegreesthanmen.Malewageshave

remainedstableoverthepastdecades,whilefemalewageshaveboomed.

9Apartfromanythingelse,thishashadanimpliciteffecton

courtship.Educatedwomencangetmanyofthethingstheywant,suchas

security,accomplishment,andidentitywithoutmarriage.However,both

gendersarehavingahardertimefindingsuitablematestobuildtheirlives

with.Consideringallofthis,it'sbeneficialtoknowthateventhoughgraduates

aredelayingmanythingsaftercollege,surveysshowtheystillholdhighly

traditionalaspirations.Forexample,thiscontemporarygenerationrates

parenthoodevenmorehighlythanpreviousgenerationsdid!

10Thisnewphasewilllikelygrowmorepronouncedinthecoming

years.Nationsaroundtheworldhavewitnessedsimilartrendstowarddelaying

marriageandspendingmoreyearsthanevershiftingbetweenhigher

educationandsettlingdownwithacareerandfamily.

11Nevertheless,graduatesshouldn'tbedeceivedintothinkingtheycanback

offsimplybecausethingshavebecomemoredifficult.Alargenumberof

peoplechasingrelativelyfeweropportunitiescancreatestrongcompetitive

pressure.So,fromtheoutset,keepyourresumeprofessionalandup-to-date.

12Toreinforcethisessentialmessage,successmovingthroughtheodyssey

yearswillcometothosewhodon'texpecttoachievetheirgoalsrightawaybut

knowthattheymusthavethestrength,capacityandconfidencetoendureover

thelongterm.Ifyou'realittlelatewithyourgoals,don'tfeellikeafailure!

Stay

strong,bepositive,andkeepfocused!

Somedayyouwilllookbackandwonder

atthevastchangesasyoupassedthroughtheodysseyyears.

LanguagePoints:

1Mostofusknowaboutthephasesoflifewhichwelabeltoparalleldifferentagegroupsandlifestages:

childhood,adolescence,adulthood,andoldage.（Para.1）

Meaning:

Mostofusknowaboutthedifferentlifestagesthatwedescribeaccordingtodifferentagegroups:

childhood,adolescence,adulthood,andoldage.

2Wethinkofinfancybeforechildhoodandmiddleagebeforeoldage,witheachuniquephasebringingitsownpeculiarsetofchallenges.（Para.1）

Meaning:

Wesequencethelifestagesofinfancy,childhood,middleageandoldageaccordingtotheirnaturalorder,witheachparticularlifestagefacingitsownfeaturedchallenges.

Sentencestructurenote:

“with＋名词/代词＋现在分词”作独立主格结构

“with＋名词/代词＋现在分词”构成独立主格结构，主要用作状语，可以表示伴随、方式、原因、时间等。

with之后的名词和其后的现在分词构成主谓关系，其中现在分词表示主动或正在进行的动作。

例如：

*Shesatdownatthetable,witheachdishemittingadelicioussmell.

她在餐桌旁坐了下来，

每道菜都散发出扑鼻的香味。

（状语表示伴随）

*Thegirlsattherequitesilentwithhereyesfixingonthewall.

女孩坐在那里一言不发，目

不转睛地盯着墙壁。

（状语表示方式）

*Withourfoodrunningout,wehadtowalktoavilageforhelp.

由于我们的食物即将吃完，

我们不得不步行到一个村子寻求帮助。

（状语表示原因）

*Withsummercoming,itisbecominghotterandhotter.

随着夏季来临，天气变得越来越热。

（状语表示时间）

Usagenote:

peculiar,characteristic,unusual

peculiar,characteristic和unusual都可用作形容词，都含有表示“有特点的；有特色的”等意思，但有细微差别。

*1从词义上说，peculiar着重“独特性”，强调“与众不同的”特征；characteristic常强调所指性质的典型性,也可以表示这些性质使某一事物区别于其他的事物；unusual强调“少见的”，与通常的情况“截然不同的”或“未曾预料的”特征。

例如：

*Thewinehasapeculiartaste.这种酒有种独特的味道。

*It’scharacteristicofherthatshenevercomplained.

从来不发牢骚是她的个性。

*Itwasnotunusualformetocomehomeattwoorthreeinthemorning.凌晨两三点回家对

我来说是很平常的事。

2从用法上说，peculiar通常和介词to搭配，表示“为某人或某物所特有”；characteristic通常和介词of搭配，表示“某物或某人有…特性、特征、特色”；unusual通常和介词for搭配，表示“对…不同寻常”。

例如：

*Greatmindsingenerallookatlifeinawaypeculiartothemselves.一般来说，伟大的思想家都以自己独特的眼光来看待生活。

Withthefriendlyandgenerouscaresocharacteristicofthesepeople,theyopenedtheirhousetoover50guests.这些人以特有的友好和慷慨关爱，在家接待了50多位客人。

It’snotunusualforteenagerstogothroughaphasewhentheyfeelashamedoftheirparents,afraidthattheymightnotliveuptotheirfriends’standards.青少年经历为自己的父母感到羞愧的阶段是很平常的，他们生怕自己的父母达不到他们朋友所设的标准。

Heaskedmeiftherewasanythingunusualaboutthemanwhohadrobbedme,butIcouldn'taccuratelydescribetheman.他问我那个抢劫了我的男人是否有什么不寻常之处，但我不能准确地描述那个男子。

3Thesechallengescanbeovercomebyacquaintingourselveswiththem,suchasthechild’sneedtolearn,theadult’sneedtofindtherightcareerandbuildafamily,andthesenior’sneedforsupportandgoodhealthcare.（Para.1）

Meaning:

Byfamiliarizingourselveswiththeparticularchallengessuchastheneedsfordifferentagegroups:

child,adult,andsenior,wecansurelyovercomeallthesechallenges.

Meaningbeyondwords:

Ifwestaypositiveandoptimistic,we’lsuccessfulyhandlethechallengesatdifferentlifestages.

4Interestingly,ideasaboutthestagesoflifearechanging.（Para.2）

Meaningbeyondwords:

Sincethesentencestatesthattheideasaboutlifestagesarechanging,it’spredictablethatthefolowingtextwillfocusonthistopic.

5Inprevioustimes,peopledidn’thaveasolidideaofchildhoodasbeingseparatefromadulthood.Ahundredyearsago,noonethoughtofadolescence.（Para.3）

Meaning:

Inthepast,peopledidn’thaveaclearconceptaboutseparatingchildhoodfromadulthood.Childrenweresimplyseenasyoungsters.Likewise,peopledidn’tthinkaboutthelifestageofadolescenceahundredyearsago.

6Untilrecentlyitwasunderstoodasanormthattheirinductiontoadulthoodwascompletedassoonastheygraduatedfromcollege.Theywouldnowfindasensiblejobwhichwouldleadtoacareer.（Para.3）

Meaning:

Peopleusedtoconsideritnormal:

Assoonasstudentsgraduatedfromcollege,theywouldbecomepartoftheadultcommunityandfindapracticalandreliablejobtoward

acareer.

Meaningbeyondwords:

Thingsarenolongerthesameastheywereinthepast.

Collegegraduateswon’tfindanidealjobrightaftertheygraduatefromschool.It’ltakelongertimebeforetheystartwiththeircareer.

Usagenote:

sensible,sensitive

1.sensible表示“明智的”，如：

asensibleperson（一个明智的人），asensibleplan（一个切合实际的计划）。

Asensiblepersonmakesgooddecisionsandadjustmentsbasedonreasonratherthanemotion.

一个明智的人会根据理智而不是情感来做出合理的决定和判断。

*sensible还可以表示“知道的；觉察的”，besensibleof…表示“感知某事；察觉到某事”。

例如：

*Iamsensibleofthesufferingyouareundergoing.我清楚你正在经历的痛苦。

2.sensitive