重庆邮电大学考研论坛-钓鱼的启示教学设计
Pre-class Work II
1.
Paraphrase.
1) And when he was 29 now,
he has found the power of another idea that
has
enabled
him
to
grow
from
a
teenager
and
become
a
rich
and
powerful
person in
computer industry.
2) ... he thought it might be a good idea to finish his high school education as
quickly as
possible.
3) He believed that the newly married people are the most likely customers.
4) He also knew
that it was expensive to keep more products than
necessary.
So he bought these products
of the dealer's at the price they had bought them.
5) Dell put advertisements in the local media and was ready to sell specially
designed and made
computers at a price which was 15 percent lower
than the
market price.
6) It was time for him to seriously deal with the size of the computer business
he had created.
7)
Dell
still
sold
IBM
personal
computers
to
which
he
had
added
special
properties
required by people.
2.
Learn to use reference books.
1) Find
the proper definition of the following in the
text.
(1) stock: a supply of a particular type of thing that a shop has available
to sell
(2) firm: a business or company
(3) break: a short holiday
(4) feature: something important, interesting or typical of a place or thing
(5) order: a request for a product to be made for you or delivered to you
(6) overhead: money spent regularly on rent, insurance, electricity, and
other
things that are needed to
keep a business operating
(7) accounting: the work of accountants or the methods they use
(8) edge: sth. that gives you an advantage over others
2) Find the synonyms of the following
in a thesaurus.
(1) cast: throw, toss, fling, hurl, pitch, chuck, thrust, heave
(2) flabbergasted: surprised, shocked, amazed
3. Word-building.
1) Give the corresponding nouns of the
following.
(1) plunge
(2) contact
(3) advertisement/advertising
(4) enrollment
(5) requirement
(6) inquiry
(7) replacement
(8) marketing/market
(9) failure
(10) incorporation
(11) guarantee
(12) specialization
2) Give the
corresponding verbs of the following.
(1) to subscribe
(2) to perform
(3) to deliver
(4) to donate
(5) to consume
(6) to entitle
(7) to manufacture
(8) to equip
(9)to compute
3)
Translate
the
following
based
on
what
you
know
about
rules
of
word-building.
(1)
现在的问题不是生产过剩，而是消费不足。
(2)
他们说在计算机硬件方面中国正在赶超他们。
(3)
必须有高度集中的领导机制。
< br>(4)
这些人当中有的不仅没有工作，而且还不适合工作。
(5)
我们外交关系的正常化发生在
1973
年。
(6)
我们的银行业正在实现计算机管理。
(7)
这些都是国家级的无价之宝。
< br>(8)
我们的教学应该有利于开发学生的独创能力和创造力。
< p>
(9)
我的大儿子在学营销，
d,JL
子在学表演。
4) Observe how these words are
formed and make your own discoveries
of
rules of
word
—
building
．
(1)
一
cy
，
-ry
，
一
ty
均是构 成抽象名词的后缀，
如：
intimacy(
亲密
)
、
prophecy(
预
言
；
bravery(
勇敢
)
、
rivalry(
竞争；敌对
)
；
cruelty(
残忍
)
、
loyalty(< /p>
忠贞
)
。
(2)-ee
是构成表示
“
被< /p>
……
的人
”
的名词后缀，与．
er< /p>
意思相反或相对，如：
examinee(
应试者
)
、
trainee(
接受培训者
)
。
(3)sur-
是前缀
su per
一的一个变体，
意思是
“
在
……
之上；
超过
”
，
如：
surmount(
战
胜；克服
)
、
surround(
包围；围绕
)
。
< p>
(4)“
名词
+
形容词
”
构成复合形容词，如：
trigger -happy(
乱开枪的；好战的
)
、
s
now-white (
雪白的
)
。
More Work on the Text
II
Vocabulary
1. Translate
1) into English.
(1) to call it a day
(2) to cast a line
(3) to head a corporation
(4) to make profit
(5) to pay (in) cash
(6) to improve performance
(7) to quit school
(8) to make a deal
(9) to start again with a vengeance
(10) to risk all the savings
(11) to incorporate a company
(12) to assemble a car
(13) to gross (top, net) 10 million dollars
(14) to develop products
(15) to market products
(16) to lead a normal life
(17) to own subsidiaries
(18) to draw a lesson from it
(19) to realize a dream
(20) to enter into the computer
(21) to donate money
(22) to fool around
2) into Chinese.
(1)
石油大王
(2)
经济前景
(3)
商务订单
(4)
竞争优势
(5)
营业执照
(6)
库存和管理费
(7)
按客户需要配置的电脑
(8)
库存过多
(9)
销售定额
(10)
增值
(11)
零售价格
(12)
千载难逢的机会
(13)
感恩节假日
(14)
春假
(15)
财务与管理
(16)
直销
(17)
律师事务所
(18)
会计基础
(19)
可以退款的保证
(20)
打免费电话
(21)
现场服务
(22)
独资子公司
(23)
公共设施集中的市中心
(24)
犹太人社区
(25)(
产品的
)
最终用户
2.
Give synonyms and antonyms of the following.
l) Give synonyms.
(1) to fasten, to link
(2) to make fun of, to ridicule, to mock
(3) company, firm
(4) maker, producer
(5) excess
(6) personalized
(7) company
(8) break, a time for rest
(9)
to drop out, to leave
(10) to start
(11) to
employ
(12) hardly
(13)
valuable, priceless
(14) to make, to coerce, to compel
(15) income
(16) advantage
2) Give antonyms.
(1) insufficient
(2) reluctant
(3) netting
(4) roughly, about, approximately
(5) to fire, to dismiss
(6) employer, boss
(7) to take apart
(8) inefficient
(9) unprofitable, useless
(10) cheap, worthless
(11) to discourage
(12) expenditure
(13)
producer
(14) stingy, miserly, tight-fisted
3. Translate.
l) The mission
was put off minutes before the rocket was
launched.
2) Scientists are trying to
develop a more effective way of using solar
energy.
3) Sport is important because
it concerns the health of the people of a nation,
and not because it is a profitable
business.
4) The project was launched
last year, and when completed we can bring the
gas from the west all the way to our
east.
5) The survival of a company
depends on how fast it can develop new products
to meet the needs of the market.
6)
He
developed
a
theory
that
human
progress
has
been
largely
due
to
cooperation rather than competition.
7) For many people in China who used to
worry every day ~vhere their next
meal
was to come from, today their biggest concern is
being overweight.
8) It is believed
that they will launch an attack sooner or later.
It is only a matter
of time.
9) OK, you make me an offer. How much
would you pay?
10) One lesson we have
drawn from the 20th century is that human
resources
are more important than
natural resources in the development of a nation.
11)
Many
teachers
are
concerned
about
a
lack
of
communal
spirit
among
some young
people.
12) It was a very generous
offer. He said that he would pay me $$ 100,000 a
year as personnel manager.
13)
Today
the
corruption
problem
has
become
a
matter
of
international
concern,
14) She suddenly walked out of the room
without offering any explanation.
15)
These tough competitions can drive young people
crazy.
16) I'm sorry I can't let you
use my car now. I will have to drive my wife to
the
airport.
17) What he
said the other day sounded very vague. I don't
really know what
he was driving at.
4. Give the Chinese of the following
abbreviations.
UN
联合国
UNESCO
联合国教科文组织
WHO
世界卫生组织
WTO
世界贸易组织
OPEC
欧佩克
(
石油输出国组织
)
APEC
亚太经合组织
OECD
经济合作与发展组织
IMF
国际货币基金组织
NATO
北大西洋公约组织
EU
欧盟
(
欧洲联盟
)
UK
联合王国
(
英国
)
PRC
中华人民共和国
GNP
国民生产总值
GDP
国内生产总值
ITT
(
美国
)
国际电报电话公司
GM
(
美国
)
通用汽车公司
FBI
(
美国）联邦调查局
CIA
(
美国
)
中央情报局
CCTV
中国中央电视台
VOA
美国之音
BBC
英国广播公司
CBS
(
美国
)
哥伦比亚广播公司
WWII
第二此世界大战
GMT
格林尼治标准时间
UFO
不明飞行物
NAFTA
北美自由贸易协议
UFI
(
美国
)
合众国际社
JAL
日本航空公司
MIT
(
美国
)
麻省理工学院
UCLA
(
美国
)
加利福尼亚州立大学洛
US
美国
杉矶分校
AD
公元
(
后
)HK
香港
NASA
(
姜国
)
国家航空航天局
BC
公元前
5.
Complete the following sentences.
1)
out of the way/over and done with
2)
out of the way/over and done with
3)
with a vengeance
4) with a vengeance
5) (Example) he had been given the best
education in the country
6) (Example)
more than 70% of our people are peasants
7) (Example) we still have tens of
millions of people living below the poverty
line
8) empty-
handed/penniless