unit 6

The Pace of Life: 

The Pace of Life

Brainstorming: 

Brainstorming Discussion: What did we use to expect from technology? Has technology made our lives easier or more burdensome? Do you agree with the author that all time-liberating techniques in relieving the widespread sense of time famine are doomed to failure?

Text AText Organization: 

Text A Text Organization Part One—(Paras 1-11) Part Two—(Paras 12-18) Part Three—(Paras 19-23) Part Four —(Paras 24-28)

Preface: 

Preface on the go: (infml) very active or busy. - I was on the go all day and went home at about 10 o’clock in the evening. go: (n.) 1. an attempt or trial at sth. I thought I’d give it a go. 2. a person’s turn to use sth. or to move or act in a game - Come on Tony, it’s your go. 3. a project or undertaking which has been proved - Tell them the project is a go. 4. being successful in sth. - He’s determined to make a go of his marriage.

Preface : 

Preface Cf. on the move: in the process of moving (from one place or job to another); making progress - It’s difficult to contact her because she’s always on the move. The economy appeared to be on the move. Science is always on the move. (发展) It was vacation time, and the highways were full of families on the move. (驾车出游的家庭往来不绝) As it was a very cold day, I kept on the move to stay warm.

Preface: 

Preface cope: deal successfully (often followed by with ) People who attempt suicide usually suffer from extreme emotional distress and feel unable to cope with the stress and their problems. The task looks a formidable one, but I think we can cope. In their crazy search for fulfillment, they’ve gotten themselves into situations in which they are not able to cope.

Preface: 

Preface set about sth. / doing sth.: start doing sth, with vigor or determination After breakfast, she set about her household duties. The school authorities must set about finding solutions to the campus security problems. set sb. off : cause someone to start doing sth., esp. laughing or talking set sth. off: set off a bomb; cause an alarm to go off; cause a series of things to occur; set off a chain reaction in other financial markets. set out to do: aim at intend to do sth. set to: begin doing sth. vigorously

Preface: 

Preface tangle: v. twist together into a confused mass; become involved in a conflict or fight with Long hair tangles easily. The wind tangled my hair. I tangled with him over politics bitterly. be tangled in a controversy卷入 The power failure had tangled traffic in the city. (陷入混乱)

Preface: 

Preface n. - a tangle of ropes / people diplomatic tangles (外交纠纷) His thoughts were in a tangle. (陷入混乱) have a tangle with sb. over sth. untangle: free from a tangled or twisted state; make sth. complicated easier to deal with - untangle the problem / a cable /the traffic jam (解开缠结的电缆/整顿交通堵塞)

Part I (Paras 1-11): 

Part I (Paras 1-11) Main Idea: The author gives three reasons why we feel so time-pressed today.

Part I (Paras 1-7) : 

Part I (Paras 1-7) eat into (Line 6): use up (profits, resources, or time), especially when they are intended for other purposes; gradually reduce the amount of (sth. valuable); damage or destroy His extravagances ate into his inheritances. Responsibilities at home and work eat into his time. Sales were hard hit by high interest rates eating into disposal income. The fear has eaten into my bones. (感到极为恐惧)

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) eat sth. away or eat away at sth. (syn.) Rust was eating away the pipe. Inflation has eaten away at the value of some of their assets.(使财产价值下跌) I never did understand what was eating away at her. (烦扰)

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) eat sth. up: use resources or time in very large quantities an operating system that eats up 200 Mb of disk space He ate up valuable minutes with long, dull answers. (浪费) Extravagant spending ate up his savings. (花完) She is eating up the course in algebra.如饥似渴地学.

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) Promise (Line 11): give good grounds for expecting (a particular occurrence or situation) The clear sky promises fine weather. It promised to be a night that all present would long remember. promising: giving hope of success or good result a promising future / boy (有出息) The weather is promising. (is likely to be fine)

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) Deliver (Line 11): bring or hand over (a letter, parcel, or ordered goods); provide sth. promised or expected struggle to deliver election commitments. She’s waiting for him to deliver on his promise.

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) toil at / on / over / through (Line 18): work extremely hard or incessantly; move slowly and with difficulty toil at one’s task (辛苦工作) toil through the night (彻夜辛劳) toil with one’s hands for a living toil up a hill / along the path n. a life of toil: a hard life succeed only after years of toil

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) multiply (Line 21): increase in number or quantity; add a number to itself a particular number of times The weeds just multiplied, and before long the garden was a jungle. Fear multiplies the difficulties of life. Multiply 16 by 4, to make 64. (用16乘以4, 得64。) 6 multiplied by 3 is 18. (6 x 3 = 18) multiply the height with the width to determine the area multiplication sign / table乘号/乘法表

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) multi- : (pref) having many of a multipolar world multiprocessing (多重处理) a multipurpose computer (多功能的) a multistage rocket (多节火箭) multi-racial country

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) burden (Line 24): a load, typically a heavy one; a duty or misfortune that causes hardship, anxiety share the burden with sb. burden sb. with questions/ worries / a large family impose / lay the burden on sb. shift the burden to sb. alleviate / lessen / lighten the burden relieve sb. of the burden The room was burdened with flowers. (摆满了花) The economy was further burdened by a flood of refugees.

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) time-pressed (Line 28): be pressed: have barely enough of sth., esp. time - I’m terribly pressed for time. / I’m time-pressed. be pressed to do sth.: have difficulty doing or achieving sth. - They may be hard pressed to keep their promise. press sb. to do sth / for sth. 催促，敦促；逼迫 press sb. into doing sth. / press sb. with questions a world pressed by / burdened with mushrooming populations.

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) accommodate (Line 31): provide lodging or sufficient space for; Each flat can accommodate up to six people. Even the most prestigious universities, such as Oxford and Harvard, are making their efforts to make their graduates accommodate to the realities of the job market. accommodate to: adapt to

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) proliferate (Line 35): increase rapidly in number; produce in large quantities; multiply With the development of science, the science-fiction magazines proliferated in the 1920s. The promise of new technology proliferates options on every hand.

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) amount to (Line 41): add up to; be equal to Losses amounted to over 100 million dollars. In 1959 the combined value of U.S. imports and exports amounted to less than 9 percent of the country’s gross domestic products. Their actions amounted to a conspiracy. Her standards amounted to perfection. (她简直要求事事十全十美。)

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) frontier (Line 41): part of a country bordering on another country; (fig / usu pl) extreme limit of an area of knowledge or a particular activity armed clashes on the frontier between the two countries Our passports were inspected at the Czech frontier. To open up the space frontier, NASA will try to lower the cost of access to Earth orbit. The frontiers of medical knowledge are being pushed farther outwards every year. (开拓扩大) adj. a frontier zone / town / dispute / trade

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) border: (land near the) line dividing two states or countries; a border town / incident As the river changed its course, the border changed. v. - The park borders on the shores of the lake. ( be next to) boundary: line that marks a limit; dividing line; (fig) This river forms a boundary between China and DPRK. A boundary dispute is a quarrel about where a boundary should be. If something is beyond the boundary of human knowledge, man can know nothing about it

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) stress (Line 42): pressure or worry resulting from mental or physical distress, difficult circumstances Not all of us can cope with the stresses of modern life. Population growth and pollution place enormous stress on the world’s supply of usable water. v.: - A person who is stressed typically has anxious thoughts and difficulty concentrating or remembering. stress the point / need for sth. : attach importance to sth. stress / tension / nervousness: see Page 210 Ex. II

Part I (Paras 1-7): 

Part I (Paras 1-7) drive (Line 44): urge or force sb. to move in a specified direction or act in a particular way be driven: (of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way. You’re driving yourself too hard. (You are pressing too hard.) He drove himself working until late at night. He was driven by ambition.

Part I. (Paras 1-11): 

Part I. (Paras 1-11) abundance (Line 46): quantity that is more than enough; plenty Most milk consists of an abundance of the major nutrients needed by the body for good health. She was blessed with talent and charm in abundance. food and drink in abundance live in abundance

Part I (Paras 1-11): 

Part I (Paras 1-11) oblige (Line 45): do sth. for sb. as a favor or a small service (oblige sb. with sth. / by doing sth.) Will you oblige me by closing the windows? Tell me what you want to know and I’ll see if I can oblige. If you can give me a few minutes of your time I’ll be much obliged. (grateful) repay an obligation n. 还人情債

Part II (Paras 12-18) : 

Part II (Paras 12-18) Main Idea: Not every one is time-stressed, and in the case of Americans they have actually gained more free time in the past decade.

Part II (Paras 12-18) : 

Part II (Paras 12-18) shorthand (Line 48): a short or simple way of expressing or referring to sth. - Poetry for him is simply a shorthand for literature.

Part II (Paras 12-18) : 

Part II (Paras 12-18) (Line 53) peripherally involved in the economy: not fully involved in … / not fully employed a peripheral member of a group外围成 peripheral provinces边缘省份

Part II (Paras 12-18) : 

Part II (Paras 12-18) perception (Line 67): ability to notice and understand things; way of seeing or understanding sth.; intuitive understanding or insight color perception a vague perception of …模糊的认识/看法 a man of perception有洞察力的 v. perceive - Do you perceive what I mean?

Part II (Paras 12-18) : 

Part II (Paras 12-18) nurture (Line 76): care for and encourage the growth and development of; cherish (a hope, belief, or ambition); nourish His father nurtured his love of art. For a long time she has nurtured the dream of buying a shop. nurture resentment 滋生不满情绪 nurture connections with sb. 同某人拉关系 n. (often contrasted with nature) nature and nurture:本性和教养

Part III (Paras 19-23): 

Part III (Paras 19-23) Main Idea: The perception of time-famine has triggered a variety of reactions.

Part III (Paras 19-23): 

Part III (Paras 19-23) Inequalities apart (Line 84): apart from inequalities - See Page 213 Structure Ex. I

Part III (Paras 19-23): 

Part III (Paras 19-23) famine (Line 84): extreme scarcity of food; a shortage a severe famine / reduce the threat of famine / die of famine a water famine / the cotton famine of the 1860s Drought could result in famine throughout the region.

Part III (Paras 19-23): 

Part III (Paras 19-23) starve: suffer severely or die from hunger They got lost in the desert and starved to death. starve sb. out (of a place) / into a specified state I don’t know about you, but I’m starving. (be eager to do …) The plant was starved of light. (be in need of light) The motherless children are starving for affection. The patient’s brain was starved for oxygen. n. starvation

Part III (Paras 19-23): 

Part III (Paras 19-23) provoke (Line 85): stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one); deliberately make (sb.) annoyed or angry provoke general rage / press interest / a storm of protest They argued that NATO enlargement could provoke Russian hostility and lead to regional instability. His rudeness provoked me to strike him. He tried to provoke them into fight.

Part III (Paras 19-23): 

Part III (Paras 19-23) adj. provoking anxiety-provoking situations a thought-provoking question n. provocation

Part III (Paras 19-23): 

Part III (Paras 19-23) gratify (Line 87): give pleasure or satisfaction Beauty gratifies the eye.美能悦目。 I was gratified to see the result. The result is gratifying to me. (gratifying result) It was gratifying to know of the success of our efforts. n. gratification - It was a gratification to know that …

Part III (Paras 19-23): 

Part III (Paras 19-23) streamline (Line 94): design or provide with a form that presents very little resistance to a flow of air or water, increasing speed and ease of movement; make (an organization or system) more efficient by employing faster or simpler working methods. streamline the finance department streamline the decision-making process Passenger trains are streamlined for speed. Corporate mergers can result in job losses because management combines and streamlines departments within the newly merged companies.

Part III (Paras 19-23): 

Part III (Paras 19-23) growth market (Line 95): 越做越大的/迅速发展的市场 - growth shares/ company/ industry / area增长股 /迅速发展的公司 / 行业 / 区域

Part III (Paras 19-23): 

Part III (Paras 19-23) domestic (Line 96): of the home, household of family; (of a person) fond of family life; (of a animal) tame and kept by humans; of or in side a particular country domestic appliances / chores / dogs / affairs / science = home economics Her second marriage has made her very domestic n. domestics After China’s entry into WTO, the competition between domestics and foreign imports has been growing increasingly fierce.

Part III (Paras 19-23): 

Part III (Paras 19-23) spring up (Line 101): appear, develop, grow, etc. quickly or suddenly New professional training schools sprang up all over the country. Madness and creativity could spring from the same source. (originate / arise from)

Part III (Paras 19-23): 

Part III (Paras 19-23) futile (Line 106): incapable of producing any useful result; pointless a futile / vain attempt to keep fans from mounting the stage It was futile / useless / pointless to continue the negotiations.

Part III (Paras 19-23): 

Part III (Paras 19-23) divert (Line 106): cause sb. or sth. to change; turn from one direction to another; distract sb.’s attention from sth. The dam will divert the flow of river water into the canal. Money set aside for development was being diverted to finance the famine relief operations. divert one’s interest from sth. n. diversion

Part IV (Paras 24-28): 

Part IV (Paras 24-28) Main Idea: The author pins down the crux of the problem and puts forward a remedy for the stress we feel.

Part IV (Paras 24-28): 

Part IV (Paras 24-28) cram (Line 108): completely fill a place or a container; enter a place or space that seems too small They all crammed into the car. The restaurant was crammed with people. (crowded) He is cramming facts and dates for his history exam. cram the clothes into a suitcase cram one pupils填鸭式教学

Part IV (Paras 24-28): 

Part IV (Paras 24-28) evade (Line 113): escape or avoid, especially by guile or trickery 强调机智巧妙不诚实得逃避 evade military service / an attack / (paying) taxes Tom tried to catch her arm but she evaded him. Evade the question by changing the subject Adj. be accused of being evasive

Part IV (Paras 24-28): 

Part IV (Paras 24-28) avoid: 语意较弱，try not to get close to sth. / sb. dangerous or sth. / sb. you don’t want to meet escape: 逃走，逃过，有时可能不是有意识的 I have to avoid the landlady until I pay the rent for the house. Nothing escaped her sharp eyes.

Part IV (Paras 24-28): 

Part IV (Paras 24-28) confine (Line 115): n. (confines) the borders or boundaries of a place, especially with regard to their restricting freedom or movement. the confines of a country 国家的疆界 Within the confines of the hall escape was impossible. This is outside the confines of the human knowledge. (figurative) V. be confined to one’s bed / a wheelchair confine oneself to the topic / the subject They succeeded in confining the fire to a small area.

Part IV (Paras 24-28): 

Part IV (Paras 24-28) doom (Line 129): n. death, destruction and some other terrible fate His doom was to be poverty. 注定受穷 He met (went to) his doom in the battle. 在战斗中阵亡 v. be doomed to sth / to do sth.: (sth.) be certain to happen, and you can do nothing to prevent it. The whole project was doomed to failure / fail. His crippled leg doomed him to unemployment. He was doomed to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

Part IV (Paras 24-28): 

Part IV (Paras 24-28) Cf. destiny: n. the events that will necessarily happen to a person or thing in the future ;the hidden power believed to control what will happen in the future 用得很广泛，倾向于指较好的命运安排，至少不指可怕的命运， 常指尚未实现的 believe in destiny V. be destined for sth. / to sth. / to do sth.: She could see that she was destined for stardom / great things. The land is destined for a new hospital. (intended for a particular use)

Part IV (Paras 24-28): 

Part IV (Paras 24-28) Cf. fate: 强调人所不能改变的命运，常指不尽如人意的命运或已经产生结果的注定命运 It was the great man’s destiny to lead his country to freedom. He expected to spend his life in Italy but fate had decided otherwise. (unchangeable)

EXERCISE for Unit 6: 

EXERCISE for Unit 6 I’ve been ________since eight o’clock this morning, preparing my presentation for tomorrow’s class. It would be better to admit the problem openly and _________ tackling it. 3. The boys got into a _______ over the rules of the games. All these car expenses are ________our savings. 5. The forthcoming concerts _________ a feast of music from around the world.

EXERCISE for Unit 6: 

EXERCISE for Unit 6 6. Some famous private schools are theoretically open to the public, but _______ are attended by those who can afford the fees. 7. The wealth of industrial society could only come from the ______ of the masses. 8. Cigarette smoking combining with irregular life will _______the risks of lung cancer. 9. Some people argue that globalization will bring the______so far enjoyed only by wealthy industrialized nations to the developing countries.

EXERCISE for Unit 6: 

EXERCISE for Unit 6 10. The black miners in South African used to earn only _________ the wages paid to white miners doing the equivalent work. 11. These tropical islands boast a(n) _______ of wildlife, so they are always the zoologists’ first choice. 12. Parents want to know the best way to _______ and raise their child to adulthood. 13. We need to find ways to ______ the office routine. 14. People’s concern over generically modified food has _______ a global debate that shows no ending soon.

EXERCISE for Unit 6: 

EXERCISE for Unit 6 15. Police and hospital records indicate that the majority of victims of __________violence are women. 16. The would is facing the prospect of water _________caused by population growth, uneven distribution of water, pollution, and other factors. 17. The tour group is _____ to the planned activity. 18. People are now ordering and purchasing virtually anything over the Internet. Books, compact disks, even sticks are available from websites that seem to _______ almost daily.

EXERCISE for Unit 6: 

EXERCISE for Unit 6 19. I knew it was ________ to try and persuade her once she had made the decision. 20. Wisdom consists in learning when to ________ and when to oppose head-on.

EXERCISE for Unit 6: 

EXERCISE for Unit 6 21. In Chinese teaching, teachers often _____ facts down the children’s throats. A. insert B. burden C. pour D. cram 22. I’ve been _____ since eight o’clock this morning, preparing my presentation for tomorrow’s class. A. on the movement B. on the action C. in the procedure D. on the go 23. The forthcoming concerts ____ a feast of music from around the world. A. promote B. advocate C. provoke D. promise

EXERCISE for Unit 6: 

EXERCISE for Unit 6 24. Cigarette smoking combining with irregular life will ____________ the risks of lung cancer. A. double B. multiply C. expand D. add 25. People are now ordering and purchasing virtually anything over the Internet. books, compact disks, even sticks are available from websites that seem to _______ almost daily. A. spring up B. go in existence C. strike up D. spring up come round 26. It’s a question of whether the city can ____ on that potential. A. fulfill B. proliferate C. deliver D. favor

EXERCISE for Unit 6: 

EXERCISE for Unit 6 27. The President seemed willing to _____ himself to Senate desires. A. divert B. devote C. accommodate D. oblige 28. The ______ of medical knowledge are being pushed farther outwards every year. A. frontiers B. borders C. areas D. fields 29. The secretary took down in _______ what was said. A. shortage B. shorthand C. summary D. conclusion 30. Increasing the powers of ________ is one part of school education. A. knowledge B. ability C. diversion D. perception

Key to Ex. for Unit 6: 

Key to Ex. for Unit 6 on the go 2. set about 3. tangle eating into 5. promise 6. in reality toil 8. multiply 9. prosperity 10. a fraction of 11. abundance 12. nurture 13. streamlining 14. provoked 15. domestic 16. shortages 17. confined 18. Spring up 19. futile 20. evade

Key to Ex. for Unit 6: 

Key to Ex. for Unit 6 21 to 30 DDDBA CCABD