新编英语教程2, unit3
南京师范大学阳光网-环球雅思留学
Dialogue 1: Farewell to Good Manners
Outline:
A and B are commenting on some
unpleasant daily occurrences in public places.
1. A tells B about his personal experience at
a bus stop one morning.
2. B in turn tells A
about what he saw on the bus one day when he did
not come
to school by bus.
3. A and B talk
about what young people should do and should not
do.
Questions:
(1) Does what A and B
describe in the dialogue often happen in the city
where
you are?
(2) What kind of behavior
is considered rude or uncivil? List some examples.
Rude manner
Manner means By
extension it means the way one behaves; how you
come
across in social situations. If your
behaviorr is rude, then yes you have a rude
manner.
Manners is the plural of the same
word. It's a collective term for social
behaviours,
usually referring to the correct
way to behave in social situations. E.g. saying
and
manners if your set of behaviors are
rough or impolite. We usually talk of a certain
way of behaving as being .
Manner: way;
way of speaking or behavior.
Manners: polite
ways of behaving in social situations. 礼貌，礼仪
eg. table manners
It’s bad manners to
point at people.
Listing of
uncivil manner in public places:
A young
person not offering their seat to an older person.
Not responding to an invitation.
Not
returning a phone call.
Blocking the aisle in
the grocery store.
Borrowing things and not
returning them.
Not saying please or thank
you.
Not waiting one's turn.
Spoiled
brats.
Parents who let them be that way
1.不自觉排队 queue jumping
2.公共场所吸烟 smoking
3.乱扔垃圾，随地吐痰 spiting and littering
4.说脏话粗话 saying four-letter words.
6.践踏花草破坏绿化 stepping the lawn and flowers
7.故意损坏公共设施 destroying public facilities
9.乘搭公共汽车（升降电梯）不按习惯先下后上（先出后进）pushing into
a
bus or an elevator before people inside manage to
get out.
10.在影剧院大声聊天或接听电话 talking loudly in a
theatre or a
library.
11.大声喧哗影响他人
12.随处张贴、涂鸦（如xxx到此一游） posting or graffiti in a
wall.
13.在会场、影剧院或图书馆等安静场所大声讲电话或手机铃声扰人
14.拒绝给老幼、孕妇让座 young people not offering seats
to the old
or the pregnant, etc.
高声喧哗
Language points:
Farewell
：[ 'fεə'wel ]
n. an act of
saying goodbye to somebody. [old- fashioned.]
辞别，
再见
Bid farewell to: say goodbye to
somebody
Farewell party drink: a party or
drink that you have because someone is leaving
soon
欢送会
Rude manner: uncivilized manner,
impolite manner.
I don’t get it: I don’t
understand what you mean.
It turns out
to be that: unexpected result.
turn out: to
happen in a particular way, or have a particular
result, especially one that
you did not
expect.
e.g. It turned out nice and sunny
again.
The performance turned out to be a
success.
To our surprise the stranger turned
out to be an old friend of my mother’s.
His
statement turned out to be false.
Turn out:
turn out a light; to force someone to leave a
place; to produce or make
something.
If
the worst comes to the worst: if the worst
possible situation actually happens..
Overcrowded: [,əuvə'kraudid] adj. filled with
many people or things.
an
overcrowded room, etc.
over- : prefix.---
1) too much
: overcrowded overactive
overeat overcook overdressed overdeveloped
overestimate overload overflow, etc.
2)
across, beyond, above: overhead overfly
overland.
3) outer, covering: overcoat.
4) additional: overtime.
Riot:
['raiət] n v. an situation in which a large crowd
of people are behaving in a
violent and
uncontrolled way, especially when they are
protesting about something.骚
乱, 暴动, 暴乱. eg. The
army were called in to put down the riot.,
Demonstrators are running riot through the town.
Run riot: behavior or thoughts running in a
violent, noisy, and uncontrolled way.
v.
骚乱,闹事 eg. The students are rioting in the street.
Adj. riotous: wild, exciting, and
uncontrolled. Riotous behavior
Exaggerate: [iɡ'zædʒəreit] 夸张v. to make sth
seem better, more important etc than
it really
is. --- n. exaggeration , adj. exaggerated 言过其实的
eg. Exaggerate the pain to get our sympathy.
The extent of damage is greatly exaggerated
by the press.
Bus terminal: 公共汽车终点站
Terminal：nadj. ['tə:minəl] station where
transport vehicles load or unload
passengers
or goods
v. terminate: if something
terminates, or if you terminate it, it ends.
结束，终止。
Eg. Terminate the contract employment.
Charging mob: 进攻的暴民
Mob: a disorderly
crowd of people, like gangsters.
Elbow
one’s way to: vividly describes the situation,
which is so hard to get into the
bus, you have
to use you elbow to fight your way in.
Eg.
Creep into the room, burst into tears, push my way
into the hall, tiptoe into de
classroom.
Scramble: n. a) a
situation in which people compete with and push
each other in
order to get what they want.
b) climb, crawl…
eg. A scramble to the best
seats
scramble up a hill.
robust:
[rəu'bʌst, 'rəubʌst] adj.
a) a robust person:
strong and healthy. 强健，健壮
eg. a robust
85-year-old.
His robust strength was a
counterpoise to the disease.
b) a robust
object or system: strong and unlikely to break.
结实，坚固，稳固
c) ROBUST--- 乐百氏
Preoccupy:
[pri:'ɔkjupai] v. a)if something preoccupies
someone, they think or
worry about it a lot.
迷住，使全神贯注
eg. Something seems to be
preoccupying her at the moment.
b) occupy
or take possession of sth beforehand.
eg. The
front seats have been preoccupied
Sb be
preoccupied with sth: 被迷住
eg. Jack is
completely preoccupied with the preparations for
his wedding.
Be absorbed in, concentrate on,
be indulged in, be lost in, be addicted to, be
immersed
in
Mentality: [men'tæləti] n. a
particular kind of attitude or way of thinking,
especially
one that you think is wrong or
stupid. 尤指被视为错误或愚蠢的心态。
eg. a get-rich-quick
mentality 快速致富的心理
unblushingly：不知羞耻的，不脸红的。
un--:
unaffected, unavailable, unavoidable,
unbelievable, unbearable, uncountable,
uncontrollable, undeniable, unknown,
unnecessary, unlimited, unprepared, unsanitary.
Spitting: 吐痰， littering: 乱扔垃圾。（little,
letter）
We should restrain ourselves from
spitting, littering or smoking in public places.
code of conduct：a set of rules outlining the
responsibilities of or proper practices for
an
individual, party or organization公共行为规范，公德
(1)bid:
[bid]
v.
bid—badebid—biddenbid.
a) say sth: bid sb good
morning.
b) To order or tell sb what to do.
命令，吩咐
eg. The queen bade us to enter.
(2)Bid: nv bid--- bid---bid.
a) to offer
to pay particular price for goods, esp. in an
auction. 尤指拍卖时出价。
eg. she bid
＄
100 for
a Victorian chair.
b) to offer to do work or
provide services for a specific prize, in
competition with
other offers. 投标（竞争）
eg. three firms bid for the contract on the
new building.
n. an attempt to to achieve or
obtain sth. 为争取某物而做出的努力。
eg. a bid for power
权力之争
bid to do sth.
It’s (high,
about) time+ that clause: subjunctive mood.(did
should do)
express future wishes or a course
of action is overdue or that something ought to
have
been done.
eg. it’s time you did
your homework.
Role
play
Be imbued with: abound with, be full of,
be alive with （用感情）灌输，充满
Imbue sb with sth.
eg. A President should be imbued with a sense
of responsibility for the nation.
Self-
interest: concern for your own interests and
welfare 利己主义，私利
Instance：['instəns]
n. an example of a particular kind of
situation. 特定情况下的例子，实例
For instance= for
example 例如
In this instance= in this
circumstance. 在此情况下
eg. instances of injustice
he cites instances in illustration of this
theory.
Hillary is right about most things,
but in this instance I think she was mistaken.
The+adj: certain kind of people.
The
old young poor rich
Outlook: n. a) your
general attitude to life and the
world.
（对生活，世界的）看法，态度
eg. He’s got a very
positive outlook on life.
b) what is expected
to happen in the future.
前景，远景
eg. the
weather outlook for this weekend is not good.
c) a view from a particular =place.
景色，风光
eg. a very pleasing outlook from the bedroom
window.
Uncertainty
Various phrases,
expressions to express uncertainty
使困惑：Confuse, bewilder, baffle, puzzle,
perplex, mix up.
Bewilderment:
confusion resulting from failure to understand
Puzzle: n-puzzlement,
Baffle: n-
bafflement, adj- baffling.
Elucidate: to
explain sth that is difficult to understand very
clearly, by providing
more information.
[formal] 阐明，解释 elucidation, n; elucidatory, adj.
eg. his theory is further elucidated in a
series of articles.
Illustrate
Mixed up：
Make out: distinguish, figure out, recognize.
Eg. It is hard to make out what criteria are
used.
Dialogue2
Caretaker:
someone who’s job is to look after a building.
指学校等建筑的管理员
Burgle: ['bə:ɡl]. v. to get
into a building and steal things from it or from
the people
inside.
闯入。。行窃
eg. We’ ve
been burgled for three times.
Burglar: someone
who gets into houses, shops etc to steal things.
小偷，窃贼
Burglary: the crime of getting a
building to steal things.
Eg. Burglaries in
this area have risen by 5%.
Interrogate：[in'terəuɡeit] v. to ask someone a
lot of questions for a long time in
order to
get information, sometimes using threat.
长时间的讯问，审问，盘问
eg. The police interrogate the
suspect for several hours.
Interrogation, n;
interrogative, adj n 疑问句
Interrogation mark:
question mark.
Windowpane: window glass
Opaque: sth is too thick or dark to see
through. 反：transparent.
Overlook：v. a) to not
notice sth, ignore, neglect, disregard..没有注意到，忽略
Eg. It’s very easy to overlook a small
detail like that.
b) to ignore and forgive
someone’s mistake, bad behavior, etc. 不计较，宽恕
eg. I’ll overlook your mistake this time.
Lock fast: firm fastened or secured against
opening. 紧的，稳固的