unit1一個平衡的生活abanlancedlife

1Howisyourwintervacation?2Didyoumakebestuseofyourholiday?3Whatdidyoudoduringtheholiday?TravelPart-timejobWatchingTVSleepingReunion

dinnerGatheringswithfamilyandfriendsReunion

dinner

helps

to

deepen

family

ties

while

the

exchange

ofgifts

and

greetings

enhances

relations

between

friends.

通過團圓飯，增進親情，通過送禮拜年，增進友情。SpringFestivalGala

ChineseNewYearGalaSpringfestival

大吉大利-Wishyouauspiciousandpropitiousinthenewyear.恭喜發財Wishyoubecomerich/prosperous.恭喜發財，紅包拿來.

Wishyouafortune！Givemearedpacket！I

am

here

to

say

Happy

New

Year

to

everyone!

我給大家拜年了！Pay

New

Year

phone

calls.

電話拜年Burning

fireworks

was

once

the

most

typical

custom

on

the

spring

festival.

Didyouset

off

firecrackers

and

watch

fireworks

displaysontheNewYear’sEve?The

local

government

has

decreed

that

fireworks

be

banned

in

urban

areas.Youfeelalittlelonging,alsoalittlefearful.Weshouldwavegoodbyetolastyearandwelcomethenewyear.

schoolbeginsfromtodayon.Itmeansanotherlifewillbegin.

Areyoureadytogobacktoschool???Requirements:1performance(activeorpassive)2presencea.unauthorizedabsence(1/3)b.latecomer(3)c.leaveearly(3)3homework(handintime)

AWell-balancedLifeBeingallearsKeytoShortconversations1.colleagues,fessor,pleased3.overseas,technician4.editor,journalist5.UnitedStates,flightscriptMr.Sun:Goodmorning.SoyouareLiPing.LiPing:yes,I’dliketoapplyforthejobyouadvertisedintoday’snewspaper.Mr.Sun:Takeaseat,please.LiPing:Thanks.Mr.Sun:Whatcollegedoyouattendandwhatisyourmajor?LiPin:ShanghaiIndustryCollegeandmymajorisElectronicEngineering.Mr.Sun:HowgoodisyourEnglish?LiPing:IcanspeakandwriteinEnglishsmoothly,andIhavepassedthenationalexaminationforcollegestudents.Mr.Sun:What’sthat、LiPing:It’sthePracticalEnglishTestforcolleges.Mr.Sun:Good.willyoupleasefilloutthisapplicationform?We’llsendyouanemail

inhalfamonth.LiPing:Sure,Thanks.Dialogue2Peter:Thereyouareatlast.Wethoughtyouwerenotcoming.Joe:Hi,Peter.Sorry.Igotheldupatwork.Peter:Anyway,I’dliketointroducemyfiancee,June.Joe:fiancee?well,thatisasurprise.Congratulations.:Peter:Thanks,Joe.June,myhighschollclassmate.HeisnowastudentatNewYorkUniversity.June:Hello,Joe.Whatareyoustudyingthere?joe:Computer.I’vebeentherefortwoyears.Peter:talkingofcomputer,Joe.iamgoingtobuymyfirstpersonalcomputernextmonth.Couldyougivesomeadvice?Joe:ofcourse.Butyoumusttellmehowmuchmoneyyouwanttospend.Peter:Around1,400dollars.KeytoPassageListening1American2Tokyo3holiday4Europe5forward6discussed7agent8advice9visit10detailsSummary&homeworktopreviewAWell-balancedLifewell-balancedadj.很均衡的Weshouldhaveawell-balancedlife.

well-built體型勻稱的，健美的well-known出名的，眾所周知的

functionv.運行，起作用，運轉

Despitethepowercuts,thehospitalcontinuedtofunctionnormally.

盡管供電中斷，醫院繼續照常運作。adjustv.調整，使適應

Youmustlearntoadjustyourselftothenewlife.Theheightofthebicycleseatis____.(adjust)relievev.緩和，減輕，解除

reliefn.安慰，減輕，解除，救濟I’vetriedeverymeansto___mystress.(relief)

tiresomeadj.令人厭倦的，討厭的-some用以構成復合形容詞,表示“有…傾向的，引起的…”handsome英俊的lonesome寂寞的troublesome麻煩的depressv.使憂愁，沮喪，消沉

Hissadnewsdepressedusallday.

他的不幸消息令我們整天難過。depressn.?depressionn.憂愁，沮喪，不景氣depressdepressed--depresseddepressed

adj.沮喪的；蕭條的；Wheneveryoufeeldepressed,youcouldtalktoyourfriends.creativeadj.有創造力的

createv.創造，創作

creativityn.創造力，創造性ExerciseonPage111unfulfilled2Alongwith3universal4wentthrough5figureoutReadTextAandanswerthefollowingquestionsWithoutawell-balancedlife,whatwouldhappentoaperson?Inwhatwaydidtheauthorfinallyfindtorelievehisstress?Whydoestheauthorlikelisteningtomusic?Friendsareveryimportanttotheauthor.Why?Howdidtheauthorbehavewhenhewasexperiencingashorttimeofdepression?Whatkindoflifeiscalledabalanced-life?Whatkindoflifeisconsideredawell-balancedlife?

Iflifeisnotwell-balanced,whatwouldhappenDetailedStudyofTextAWithoutawell-balancedlifeapersoncanneitherfunctionproperlynordevelopintoawell-roundindividual.

沒有平衡健康的生活，一個人就沒法正常工作，也不能發展成為一個全面的個體。neither….nor….既不….也不….

她既不高也不矮。Sheisneithertallnorshort.Alongwithreadingtorelax,listeningtomusicisveryimportanttome.

除了讀書放松，聽音樂對我來說也非常重要。alongwith…

除….以外；與…一起；relateto涉及，與…相關

Itcanrelatetothesoul,orinfactIthinkitisthesouloffeelings.音樂可以與靈魂相聯系，或者實際上我認為它就是感覺的靈魂。Heisneverjokingwhenitrelatestomoney.otherthan除了，而不是

Butwhenithappens,youcandosomethingotherthanwait,liketalkingtoyourfriendsorlisteningtomusic.當你感到沮喪或者不幸時，你可以去做些什么而不是等待，比如和你的朋友聊聊或是聽聽音樂。Idon’tknowanyFrenchpeopleotherthanyou.getby勉強生活，設法維持

Withoutsomesortofbalanceitishardtogetbyineverydaylife.

沒有一定的平衡，很難設法維持每一天的生活。她靠這點微薄的工資怎么生活？Howdoesshegetbyonsuchasmallsalary?

Let’ssumupHowcanwerelieveourstressandrelax?

AWell-balancedLife