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时事英语辅导 9

Unit Four

Objectives

 After you have studied the unit, the compiler of the book promises that you will be able to do what follows (but everything depends on you):1.read about or talk about aspects of development2.identify positive and negative features3.describe national development4.describe changes in daily life5.extract, transfer or express numerical data6.prepare or give a talk about recent changes7.read or talk about modern inventions, and8.present two sides of an argument The use of continuous tenses     

进行时态不能仅仅单纯理解为某一时刻正在进行的某种动作的时态，此外它还可以表示多种意义。

（1）     表示一种“目的”、“结果”或原因，并与前面句子中的动词表示的动作有密切的逻辑关系。例如：

       He loves her. He is helping her to develop an interest in life.（进行时表示前一动作的结果）

       I

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Terms related to education

（1）           General termsinstruction, education  教育

（2）           culture  文化

（3）           primary education  初等教育

（4）           secondary education  中等教育

（5）           higher education  高等教育

（6）           the three R's  读、写、算

（7）           school year  学年

（8）           term, trimester  学季

（9）           semeste

时事英语辅导 7

The meaning of “word” The word “word” seems to be very simple, but it never means you can use it perfectly. Next are some sentences that might be helpful to you in understanding the meaning of “word”:

(1)   Can I have a word with you? 我可以和你谈一下吗？

(2)   Could I have a word in your ear? 我可以和你私下谈一下吗？

(3)   He spoke so fast that I couldn’t get in a word. 他说话太快了，我简直无法插话。

(4)   If my father puts in a good word for me, the boss may decide to give me another chance. 要是父亲肯替我说情，老板会决定再给我一次机会。

(5)   In a word, I don’t trust him. 总之我不信任他。

(6)   I am certain that David will do the job on time, because he is as good as his word. 我肯定大卫会按时工作的，因为他是个说话算数的人。

(7)   I am not a man to break my word. 我不是个失信的人。

(8)   I

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表示祝愿与祝贺的用语

(1)   祝贺节日

       Happy birthday to you!

       Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!

(2)   祝贺取得成就

       I congratulate you.

       Congratulations!

       I must congratulate you on your success.

       May I offer you my heartiest congratulations!

       Please accept my heartiest congratulations!

(3)   祝人身体健康

       I wish you good health.

       I wish you the best of health.

       Many happy returns of the day.

(4)   向对方家人问好

   &n

时事英语辅导 5

Paper wedding纸婚；布婚（结婚一周年）

Calico wedding; Straw wedding; Cotton wedding棉布婚；稻草婚；棉婚（结婚两周年）Muslin wedding; Leather wedding羊布婚；皮革婚（结婚三周年）

Silk wedding丝绸婚（结婚四周年）

Wood wedding; Wooden wedding木婚（结婚五周年）

Iron wedding铁婚（结婚六周年）

Copper wedding; Woolen wedding铜婚；毛婚（结婚七周年）

Electric appliance wedding电器婚（结婚八周年）

Pottery wedding陶器婚（结婚九周年）

Tin wedding锡婚（结婚十周年）

Steel wedding钢婚（结婚十一周年）

Linen wedding麻布婚；烧仁婚（结婚十二周年）

Lace wedding花边婚（结婚十三周年）

Ivory wedding象牙婚（结婚十四周年）

Crystal wedding水晶婚（结婚十五周年）

China wedding搪瓷婚（结婚二十周年）

Silver wedding; Silver Jubilee银婚（第一大典）（结婚二十五周年）

Pearl wedding珍珠婚（结婚三十周年）

Coral wedding; Jade wedding珊瑚婚；碧玉婚（结婚

时事英语辅导 4

Unit Two  Objectives

In this unit you will take roles in 6 activities. In each activity you will be instructed to deal different things or do different practices, learning how to tackle the problems that you might have chances to come across in the future. In detail, you will have to learn how to identify cultural different, be familiar with different aspects of different cultures, listen for specific information or details, locate useful information in the newspaper, read for background information, identify topics and main points, analyze a paragraph of a news item or an article, and so on. Apart from this, you will learn how to describe everything related to culture such as cultural differences and similarities, cultural misunderstandings. Besides, some useful grammatical items are provided in the unit and you will find them helpful in your daily life when you are communicating with foreigners in English. Background MaterialsSuperst

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刊物、杂志用语

magazine  杂志

    periodical  期刊

    back number  过期杂志

    pre-dated  提前出版的

    world news  国际新闻

    home news  国内新闻

    news agency  新闻社

    editor  编辑

    commentator  评论员

    reporter, correspondent, journalist  记者

    resident correspondent  常驻记者

    special correspondent  特派记者

    editorial, leading article  社论

    feature, feature article  特写

    headline  标题

    banner headline  通栏标题

    news report, news story, news coverage  新

时事英语辅导 2

英美报刊文章标题类型

（1）     直接标题

       此类标题是最普遍、最易懂的一种标题，读者只需阅读标题即能知道文章的主要内容。例如：

       Shultz takes Reagan letter to Gorbachov 舒尔茨将向戈巴乔夫转交里根总统的亲笔信

（2）     带疑问号的标题

       这类标题除部分为疑问句外，有的并非真正的疑问句，它们是带有疑问号的陈述句。在这类标题中，使用疑问号有两个目的：一是预测一种未来的可能性或报道一则未经完全证实的消息。例如：

       Newspaper by satellite? 可能会用卫星传送报纸？

       Rebel chief gunned down in Sabah? 据说叛军首领在沙巴遭枪击毙命。

       二是对报道内容的真实性或准确性提出怀疑。例如：

       China

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Background Materials 

Newspapers in Britain and America

1)   Key newspapers in Britain

       a.     Newspapers of the government

              The Times（泰晤士报）

       b.    Newspapers of the Conservative Party

              Daily Telegraph（每日电讯报）

              The Observer（观察家报）

              Daily Express（每日快报）