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1、,Embarkation,Navigation,Resources,Mapping,Destination,Understanding humour Unpacking complex sentences Developing the skill of discussing connotations,Strange given names,Talking about the new born baby,Trademarks & products,How Americans name their children,Strange given names,Work in pairs and tal

2、k about some unlikely and rather strange names English-speakers and Chinese might be tempted to give their children as a result of social trends and recent news.,For example:,Ipod Smith,More,Strange given names,Global Warming Green,More,Strange given names,More,Terrorism Taylor,Strange given names,M

3、ore,赵 C 丁 O,徐李柏荣 林陈潇潇 贾谷儿 达芬琪 陈一一,What do you think about this phenomenon?,Strange given names,Trademarks & products,Match the trademarks with the products they represent on P134.,More,(e) fittings used in the building industry (from Rawlings, the engineers who first used this plastic plug used for

4、holding screws),Trademarks & products,Match the trademarks with the products they represent on P134.,More,(c) a soft drink (from coca as it was once an ingredient in the drink),Trademarks & products,Match the trademarks with the products they represent on P134.,More,(f) cosmetics (an invented name c

5、onnected to laureole, a French word for a ring of light),Trademarks & products,Match the trademarks with the products they represent on P134.,More,(d) a Japanese car manufacturer (created by slightly changing the family name Toyoda to show he kept business and home separate),Trademarks & products,Ma

6、tch the trademarks with the products they represent on P134.,More,(h) medicines taken for headaches (connected to an ingredient, ibuprofen),Trademarks & products,Match the trademarks with the products they represent on P134.,More,(j) an American canned food industry (It is Italian and means of the m

7、ountain),Trademarks & products,Match the trademarks with the products they represent on P134.,More,(a) electrical goods, especially hi-fi system (Japanese for three oceans, showing the companies wish to be global),Trademarks & products,Match the trademarks with the products they represent on P134.,M

8、ore,(g) stylish clothes (family name),Trademarks & products,Match the trademarks with the products they represent on P134.,(b) hardwearing shoes and clothes (the sort of clothes worn by lumberjacks and tree-fellers in the US and Canadian forestry industry),Talking about the new born baby,Work in pai

9、rs and act out a role-play. Student A asks student B, who is the father/mother of a new born baby, some questions. You can: 1 Ask what the childs name is. 2 Offer your congratulations. 3 Ask how much the baby weighs.,How Americans name their children,Listen to the passage and complete the notes.,_ A

10、merican parents can choose any name they want for their children. it honours _ they like it Baby Center lists some unusual names last year. _ in old stories kinds of _ _ famous people from _,More,Generally,a family member,characters,food,places,history,How Americans name their children,_ or the weat

11、her recording _ and movie _ Some American parents do not want unusual names. honour their _ faith the same as a family member / _ USSSA published a list of the most popular names for babies last year. many from the Jewish and Christian _,Back,flowers,artists,actors,religious,good friend,Bibles,Scrip

12、t,How Americans name their children,Back,Text evaluation,Text exploration,Understanding the text,Interpreting,Text organisation,Text organisation,Sources of childrens names,Bible,goods and services,parents aspirations,picking letters out of a Scrabble bag,_ on childrens lives,more complicated: teena

13、gers more _,the government should have drawn up a list of _,impact,conservative,approved names,Understanding the text,Choose the best answer to the questions on Page 137. Work in pairs and do an interview. Student A asks question 1, and student B gives the answer. Then A asks a conversational questi

14、on to follow up the statement. Then A and B exchange roles for the next question. For example: What do the most popular names in England have in common? I think they are all traditional. Oh, really, can you give some example? ,More,Understanding the text,Choose the best answer to the questions on Pa

15、ge 137. 2 What have parents always based their choice of names on? (a) The names which were popular in their own parents day. (b) Names which reflect the hopes they have for their children. (c) Names which they like the sound of. (d) Names which they hope will always be popular.,More,Understanding t

16、he text,Choose the best answer to the questions on Page 137. 3 What is characteristic of many of todays names? (a) They are well-known trademarks. (b) They are impossible to pronounce. (c) They are dull and unimaginative. (d) They cause a lot of problems for older people.,More,Understanding the text

17、,Choose the best answer to the questions on Page 137. 4 Why should parents think carefully before choosing a name? (a) Because they both have to agree on the name. (b) Because the name will affect their childrens lives. (c) Because some names go out of fashion quickly. (d) Because it is best to avoi

18、d foreign names.,More,Understanding the text,Choose the best answer to the questions on Page 137. 5 Why might teenagers not approve of “strange” names? (a) A survey has shown they prefer names coming from the royal family. (b) It is natural for teenagers to disagree with parents decisions. (c) They

19、are quite conservative in their opinions. (d) They are not imaginative enough for them.,More,Understanding the text,Choose the best answer to the questions on Page 137. 6 How have they solved the name problem in Iceland? (a) All names have to be approved by feminists. (b) They have abandoned the old

20、 system of surnames. (c) The given name is now the same as the surname. (d) Parents have to choose from a list of official given names.,More,Understanding the text,Check () the true statements.,1 Chardonnay is a traditional name.,2 Araminta is a common name in Australia.,3 The pop star Frank Zappa n

21、amed his daughter after a cheese.,4 Ruby and Opal are old-fashioned names.,More,Understanding the text,Check () the true statements.,5 The writers mother was called Shirley.,The writer knows a girl whose name is Diet Coke.,Jack Wilman sounds like a very ordinary name.,The writer thinks that Noah is

22、a typical name for a gay person.,Interpreting,Work in four groups and answer the questions. Your tasks are: Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4,Interpreting,1 Where is the pun in the title of the passage? Noah floods of water (in the Bible) Coke a drink both have liquid association How wet is that? mean

23、s how ridiculous is that? 2 Why is produce an offspring funnier than have a baby? Because the former sounds very grand and formal.,Back,Interpreting,3 What does squeezing out a last-minute baby suggest? squeeze toothpaste out of a tube quite funny Why is oaky an appropriate response to the name Char

24、donnary? Oaky describes the flavour of some wines having a pleasant flavour imparted by the oak barrel in which it was stored. You can buy oaked or unoaked chardonnay.,Back,Interpreting,5 What do expressions like poor sod and poor thing suggest? They both suggest the kids have got bad names and dese

25、rve pity. he said Jack Wilman sounded like a rogue CIA agent “Ah yes,“ I pointed out, “but I can also see Jack Wilman written down the side of a van.“ What is funny about the conflicting images behind the name Jack Wilman? One is associated with excitement and glamour, the other is the name of a bak

26、er .,Back,Interpreting,7 How does the style of the passage add to the humour? The style changes from line to line; a lot of it is ironic. 8 Read the sentence and interpret it. I was about to launch into yet another attack on the Americans who regularly choose a childs name by picking letters out of

27、a Scrabble bag. But Ive just remembered that over here Harvey Smith called his horse Sanyo Music Centre . Better to choose a name at random than call your horse Sanyo Music Centre.,Back,Destination index,Active reading 2 :Destination,Work in pairs and discuss the questions. Student A expresses opini

28、ons which agree with the questions, while Student B disagrees. Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4,Text evaluation,Text evaluation,1 Should parents be allowed to call their children any name they wish?,They can use any name they like at home.,Official names on identity cards and so on should

29、 be limited to reasonably sensible choices.,Back,Text evaluation,2 Is it morally wrong to give someone the name of a commercial product?,Back,silly; morally wrong,It does not harm people and we cannot get away from the fact that our lives are deeply influenced by commerce.,Text evaluation,3 Should g

30、overnments limit the names that parents can choose from?,Back,In theory, yes. One final list of names seems very restrictive.,Giving individual officers the power to decide is too subjective. We may have to accept social changes even if we do not like them.,Text evaluation,4 Should people have the r

31、ight to change their names if they wish?,Back,Yes, some names are deeply embarrassing and there is no reason for people to suffer when it is so easy to put the situation right.,Summarising,Talking point,Destination index,Destination index,Active reading 2 :Destination,Summarising,Listen and fill in

32、the blanks with words you hear to complete the summary of the text.,The annual list of most _ names shows that the Bible is still a source of _ for most, and that the two names at NO. 1 are the _ Jack and Emily. But after the top ten, its a _ of lunacy. People have always named their children to _ t

33、heir aspirations. But in America people _ to names of goods and _, and sometimes choose a name at random. Its _ to remember that the chosen name will have a huge _ on how the poor sods life will _. If the government had,More,popular,inspiration,super-traditional,maelstrom,reflect,aspire,services,imp

34、ortant,impact,turn out,Destination index,Active reading 2 :Destination,Summarising,drawn up a list of _ names from which childrens names must be chosen, the beauty of _ English names could be _.,Back,approved,traditional,maintained,Destination index,Active reading 2 :Destination,Talking point,Work i

35、n pairs. Read the quotations and discuss the questions. 1 Which quotations do you agree with? 2 Which is the funniest? 3 Which is the wisest?,Useful vocabulary: talking about trust; insults; publicity; celebrity sceptical; disillusion; reputation; cynical mocking,More,Destination index,Active readin

36、g 2 :Destination,Talking point,John F. Kennedy,Mark Twain,George M. Cohan,Jean-Paul Sartre,proverb,The Bible,Algernon Charles,JFK,Mark Twain,George M. Cohan,Jean-Paul Sartre,Algernon Charles Swinburne,Destination index,Active reading 2 :Destination,Back,John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the US,Forg

37、ive your enemies, but never forget their names. Meaning: Do them no harm but do not be too trusting of them.,Destination index,Active reading 2 :Destination,Back,Mark Twain, US writer /humourist,Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh name BZJXXLLWCP is pronounced Jackson. It is true t

38、hat the way Welsh is written makes it look impossible to pronounce. Take the example of these place names: Bwlch, Llanrwst, Bryngwyn and Bontnewydd, Roughly, w=oo, ll=tl, y=i, dd=th. There are also some strange pronunciations of English names which baffle American visitors: Beauchamp(beechum), Leice

39、ster (lester) and Mainwaring (mannering).,Destination index,Active reading 2 :Destination,Back,proverb,Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me. Meaning: Actions can hurt me, but words do nothing. It is often used as a reply to insults.,Destination index,Active reading 2 :D

40、estination,Back,George M. Cohan, US songwriter / singer,I dont care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right. As another saying has it: No publicity is bad publicity. Celebrities want to be in the news anyhow.,Destination index,Active readi

41、ng 2 :Destination,Back,Jean-Paul Sartre, French writer / philosopher,I confused things with their names: That is belief. It is a sceptical comment of disillusion which means the things we believe in often turn out to be only empty words.,Destination index,Active reading 2 :Destination,Back,The Bible

42、,A good name is better than precious ointment. Meaning: A good reputation is worth a lot (and makes you smell sweetly like valuable oils).,Destination index,Active reading 2 :Destination,Back,Algernon Charles Swinburne,And the best and the worst of this is That neither is most to blame If you have f

43、orgotten my kisses And I have forgotten your name It is a cynical comment on a very short-lived affair.,Difficult sentences,Words to note,Index,Language in use,Information related,Preview,Difficult sentences,To make matters more complicated, a survey out last week suggests teenagers are a lot more c

44、onservative than we might think. Theyre in favour of the monarchy, long prison sentences and patriotism, so this would lead us to believe theyd be against having silly names such as Rawlplug.,click,At this point, I was about to launch into yet another attack on the Americans who regularly choose a c

45、hilds name by picking letters out of a Scrabble bag.,click,Difficult sentence 1,Trans,Anals,让问题变得更复杂的是,上周进行的一个调查表明,现在的青少年比我们想象的要保守的多。他们支持君主制,赞成长期监禁,充满了爱国主义情愫,这就让我们相信他们肯定会抵制像“罗威套管”这样的傻名字的。,so this would lead us to believe 需灵活处理,如果直译成“因此这就会使我们相信”,就很难找到原文的语气。,To make matters more complicated, a survey

46、out last week suggests teenagers are a lot more conservative than we might think. Theyre in favour of the monarchy, long prison sentences and patriotism, so this would lead us to believe theyd be against having silly names such as Rawlplug.,Back,Difficult sentence 2,Trans,At this point, I was about

47、to launch into yet another attack on the Americans who regularly choose a childs name by picking letters out of a Scrabble bag.,Back,click,说到这儿,我本想好好地嘲讽一下那些从拼字游戏袋中随便 抓出几个字母给小孩取名的美国民众。,Translate the sentence into English: 所有对政治感兴趣的、才华出众的年轻人都梦想着有朝一日 成为伟大的政治领袖,对世界有积极的影响,让世界变得更美好。(aspire; have impact on

48、),All talented young men who are interested in politics aspire to become great political leaders some day, to have impact on the world in a positive way and make it a better place.,Ex.,Words to note,aspire lower sensible,in measured tones,go for something,move on,aspire v.,to want to achieve something or to be successful, especially in your career,aspire to something aspire to be / do something,Translate the following sentence

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