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Unit Three
Communication by Phone
Teaching Objective
In
learn how to make and receive phone
calls.
In
All
Ears
practice
listening
comprehension
to
make
and
receive
phone
calls.
In
a
Sharp
Eye
master
the
key
words
and
structures
and
learn
to
understand
the
author’s
attitude
towards
the
communications
revolution
by
reading
through
passage
I;
learn
and
practice
how
to
communicate
by
phone
in
the
US
through passage II.
In
learn to understand the
telephone message in English and
learn
to write our own review the noun clauses.
Teaching Procedures
Section I Talking Face to
Face
- up
:
Expressions of telephone
communication
:
1).Person calling
(
打电话
)
(1) Can you put me through to 2355213?
(2) Could I have extension
125?
(3) Could you tell me
the number of the English Department?
(4) Hello, this is Jack.
(5)Good morning, Jack speaking.
(6)Let me talk to Jack.
(7)I would like to talk to
Jack.
(8)When is he
expected to be back?
(9)What time could I reach her?
(10)Sorry to have troubled
you.
(11)Would you tell her
I called?
(12)Can I contact
him this morning?
(13)Could
you ask her to call me back?
(14)I must have dialed the wrong
number.
(15)Please tell him
to phone 856852?
2). Person called
(
接电话
)
(1) A moment, please.
(2) The line is busy.
(3) He is on another phone.
(4) Just a minute. I will get the
number for you.
(5) May I
ask who is speaking?
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(6) Hold the
line. I will see if he’s in.
(
7
)
Sorry, the
number’s changed.
(8) I
’d like service for my
new apartment.
(9) Do you want to leave word for him
to call you?
(10) Could I take a message for you?
2.
Introduction of the samples of phone
message
3.
Practice the two dialogues in Follow the Samples
4. Practice dialogues
according to the given tasks
5. Exercises
Section II Being All Ears
See the textbook.
Section III Maintaining a Sharp Eye
Passage I For Conversation Press #
Text-Related Information
1.A Cell Phone
手机
A
cell
phone
is
a
small
telephone
you
can
carry
with
you
that
operates
through
networks of radio antennas or space
satellites. Other expressions of a cell phone:
a cellular phone/telephone
b mobile phone /telephone
c. a handset
自动取款机
ATM
is
the
abbreviation
for
automated
teller
machine.
ATMs
are
found
in
business
districts
and
shopping
malls.
People
use
them
to
get
cash
from
their
bank
accounts and in many places, to pay for
gas, groceries, and other things.
3.A Voice Mail
有声邮件
A voice mail is a telephone
answering system on which spoken messages are left
by one person for another.
Text Explanation
Para. 1
I’ve got
a cell phone, email and voice mail. But why am I
so
lonely
?
ant
Words
1)
lonely
adj. alone and feeling sad,
lonesome
孤独的,寂寞的
e.g. Without friends, she felt
lonely
in the city she had
just arrived in.
没有朋友,她在她刚到达的城市里感到了孤独。
He felt
lonely
when his best friend moved to another place.
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当他最好的朋友去了另外一个地方,他感到了孤独。
Para. 2
A
funny
thing
happened
on
the
way
to
the
communications
revolution:
we
stopped talking to one
another.
Para.
3
I
was
walking
in
the
park
with
a
friend
recently
,
and
his
cell
phone
rang,
interrupting our
conversation
. There they
were,
talking and talking on
a beautifully
sunny day
and
I became invisible, absent from the conversation.
Language Points:
1. Explanation of Difficult
Sentences
1)
I
was
walking
in
the
park
with
a
friend
recently,
and
his
cell
phone
rang,
interrupting our
conversation.
Analysis:
interrupting our
conversation
现在分词短语作结果状语
Translation:
最近我和一位朋友正在公园里散步
,突然他的手机响起来,打断了
我们的谈话。
Example:
The children fell,
striking his head
against
the door and hurting it slightly.
2)
There
they
were,
talking
and
talking
on
a
beautifully
sunny
day
and
I
became
invisible, absent from the
conversation.
Analysis:
talking and talking on a beautifully
sunny day
现在分词短语作伴随状语
Translation:
在一个阳光明媚的日子,他们在那
儿谈啊谈,而我却被冷落,成了
谈话的局外人
Example:
Lucy
sat in the armchair,
reading
newspaper.
2. Important Words
1)
recently
adj: not too long
ago; starting not too long ago and still going on,
(syn.)
currently
最近;近来
e.g.I saw my friend
recently;
we had dinner
together last week.
我最近见到了我的朋友;我们上星期还一起吃了晚饭。
Recently
, my brother has
been working on his master’s degree at the
university.
最近,我弟弟一直在大学里读取硕士学位。
I’ve only
recently
begun to learn
German.
我最近刚刚开始学习德语。
Para.4
The
park
was filled with
people
talking
on
their
cell
phones.
They
were
passing
other people
without looking at them, saying hello, noticing
their babies or stopping
to
pet
their
puppies.
Evidently
,
the
untethered
electronic
voice
is
preferable
to
human contact.
Language Points:
1. Important Words
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1)
.
evidently
: as it appears,
seemingly, (syn.) apparently
明显,显然
e.g.
Evidently
your sister was
sensitive on the topic of operations.
很明显,你姐姐对手术这个话题比较敏感。
2
)
pre
ferable
adj. better or more suitable,
to be preferred
更可取的;
更好的
e.g. She found life in the
city
preferable
to her quiet
life in the country.
她发现城市生活比她在乡村安静的生活更好。
Milk is fine, but cream would be
preferable
.
牛奶很不错,但是奶酪也是可取的。
Para.5
The
telephone
used
to
connect
you
to
the
absent.
Now
it
makes
people
The
The
telephone used to
connect
you to the absent. Now it makes people
sitting next to you
feel absent.
Recently I was in a car with three friends. The
driver hushed the rest of us
because
he
could
not
hear
the
person
on
the
other
end
of
his
cell
phone.
There
we
were,
four
friends zooming down the highway
,
unable to talk to one another because
of a gadget designed to make
communication easier.
Language Points:
ation of Difficult Sentences
1)
There
we
were,
four
friends
zooming
down
the
highway
,
unable
to
talk
to
one
another because of a
gadget designed to make communication easier.
Analysis:
four friends
zooming down the
highway
现在分词短语作伴随状语
(2)
designed to
make communication
easier
过去分词作定语
Translation:
我们四位朋友坐在车里,飞驰在高
速公路上,却因为有了那个被设
计来方便通信的小玩艺儿而不能互相交谈。
Example:
Trucks and buses were drivers on gas
carried in large bags
on the
roof.
2. Important Words
1)
connect
v. to attach, join together; to reach
sb. by telephone
连接,接通
e.g. The telephone operator
connected
me with the human
resources department.
接线员帮我接通了人力资源部。
I
connected
the antenna to the
TV set.
我把天线连接到了电视机。
A
new road
connects
the two
small cities.
一条新马路接通了这两个小城市。
2
)
unable
adj: not able, incapable
不能的,
不会的
e.g. I am
unable
to cycle to school because my bicycle is broken.
我不能骑车去学校因为我自行车坏了。
He is
unable
to
do the job for lack of experience.
因为缺乏经验他不能做这个工作。
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Para.6
Why is it that the more connected we
get, the more disconnected I feel?
Why is it
that
the
more
connected
we
get,
the
more
disconnected
I
feel?
Every
advance
in
communications technology is a setback
to the intimacy of human interaction. With
email
and
instant
messaging
over
the
Internet,
we
can
now
communicate
without
seeing
or
talking
to
one
another.
With
voice-mail,
you
can
conduct
entire
conversations without
ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I
just leave
the answer on her machine.
Language Points:
1.
Explanation of Difficult Sentences
1
)
Why
is it that the more connected we get, the more
disconnected I feel?
Analysis:
Why is
it that,
“it” stands for the
subject that
-clause, where the
comparative
structure is used. Similar
structure can be found in “What is it
that?
Translation:
为什么我们联系得越多我却越感到失去了联系呢?
Example:
Why is
it that
you know so much?
为什么你知道的这么多呢?
2. Important Words
1
)
advance
n. an improvement, (syn.) a
breakthrough
前进,
进展
e.g. There have been great
advances
in medicine in the
last 50 years.
过去
50
年医学有了重大的进展。
This
model is a great
advance
on
previous ones.
这个模型比前面前一个有了很大的进步。
Para.7
ets
As
almost
every conceivable
contact
between human beings gets
automated, the
alienation
index goes up.
You can’t
even
call a person to
get
the phone
number of
another person any
more. Directory assistance is almost always fully
automated.
Analysis:
As
is a conj. meaning at the
same time that…
Translation:
随着人们之间几乎每一种联系都变得自动化起来,
疏远的指数就上
p>
升。
Example:
As
he entered, the hill
burst into thunderous applause.
Para.8
Pumping gas at the station?
Why say good morning to the
attendant when you can
swipe your
credit card at the pump and save yourself the
bother of human contact?
Para.9
Making
a
deposit
at
the
bank?
Why
talk
to
a
clerk
who
might
live
in
the
neighborhood when you
can just insert your card into the ATM?
Language
Points:
1. Important Words
1)
deposit
v.
to
place
sth.
valuable,
such
as
money,
in
a
bank
or
brokerage
account;
to
place
valuables for safekeeping
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存放,
存储
n.
a
partial
payment
to
hold
goods
or
property
until
the
buyer
makes
complete
payment
定钱,
押金
e.g. Sam
deposited
ten dollars in his
savings account.
山姆在他的储蓄帐户里存了
10
美圆。
Mrs. Smith
deposited
her jewelry in a
safe.
史密斯太太把珠宝存放在一个保险箱里。
2)
insert
v. to put sth. into, between, or among
插入,
嵌入
e.g. The old
lady
inserted
the letter
into an envelope carefully.
老太太仔细地把信放入信封。
The professor
inserted
a comment in the
margin.
教授在空白处插入了评语。
Para. 10
Pretty soon you won’t have the burden
of making eye contact at the
grocery
store. Some
supermarket
chains
are using
a self-scanner
so
you can check
yourself
out,
avoiding those annoying
clerks who look at you and ask how you
are doing.
Language
Points:
Explanation of
Difficult Sentences
1
)
Some
supermarket chains are using a self-scanner so you
can check yourself out,
avoiding those
annoying clerks
who look at
you and ask how you are doing.
Analysis:
(1)
avoiding those annoying
clerks
who look at you and
ask how you are
doing.
现在分词短语作结果状语
(2) In this sentence
so
is a
conjunction.
Translation:
随着人们之间几乎每一种联系都变得自动化起来,
疏远的指数就上
升。
e.g.
They opened fire,
killing
one of our soldiers.
他们开火,打死了我们的一位战士。
She is unemployed,
so
she is looking for a job.
她失业了,因此正在找工作。
2) Important words.
1)
chain
n: a
series of related things or events; a group of
stores, restaurants
一
连串;连锁店
e.g. The king’s
murder started a
chain
of
events that led to a war.
国王的被杀引起了一连串的事件最终导致了战争的爆发。
That bookstore is part of a
chain
; you can find the chain stores in
cities all over
the country.
那个书店是连锁的,你可以在全国的各个城市看到这家连锁店。
Para. 11
I am no
Luddite.
I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a
voice-mail system, I
I am
no
Ludditean.
I
own
a
cell
phone,
an
ATM
card,
a
voice-
mail
system,
an
email
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account
email account. Giving
them up isn’t an option
--- they are
great for what they
are intended to do.
It’s their unintended
consequences
that make me
cringe.
Language Points:
ation of Difficult
Sentences
1)I am no Luddite.
Analysis:
In this sentence,
no
means not at all.
Translation:
我并不反对自动化。
Example:
She is
no
friend of mine.
2)Giving them up isn’t an
option—
they are great for what they are
intended to do.
Analysis:
The clause
they are great for what they
are
intended to do serves to explain
why giving them up isn’t an option.
Given for means very good for. What they are
intended to do means what they designed
to do.
Translation:
放弃他们并不可取
—
人们赋予它们的功能太美妙了。<
/p>
Example:
Going
there isn’t a good idea –
it
is too far away from here
.
2. Important words.
1)
consequence
n. the result of doing sth.
结果,
后果
e.g. He drank heavily and
died as a
consequence.
他的死是酗酒的后果。
I’m qu
ite willing to accept
the
consequence.
我很愿意接受这个结果。
He
does not consider the
consequences.
他没有考虑到后果。
Exercises
See the textbook.
Passage II Communication by Phone in
the US
Text-Related Information
1.
The White Pages
白页
The white pages of the American phone
book list people and businesses and their
phone numbers. People are listed by
their last names. Next to each name is an address
and telephone number. Names are listed
in alphabetical order. They are listed in the
order of letters of the alphabet.
2. The Yellow Pages
The
yellow
pages
of
the
American
phone
book
list
names,
addresses,
and
phone
numbers
of
businesses.
Doctors,
lawyers,
and
dentists
are
also
found
in
the
yellow
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