Unit1Livingwithtechnology Task Helpingbuyanelectronicdictionary Youwillfirstlistentoyouruncle srequirementsaboutbuyinganelectronicdictionaryanddecidewhichinformationisthemostimportant Then throughlisteningandreading you llgetpartoftheinformationaboutit Bymakingtelephonecalltothecompany youwillgetfurtherinformationabouttheelectronicdictionary Aftergatheringalltheinformationyouneedandmakingcomparison youareabletowriteanemailtoyouruncletogiveyouradvice Whatyouaretolearninthispart Skillsbuilding1 listeningforwhatismostimportant veryimportant mostimportant significantinparticularamajorconsiderationpayattentiontoaboveallreally notsoimportant I mlessworriedabout itdoesnotmattersomuchif whether less notasimportantless notassignificant forexampleforinstance Supposeyouarelisteningtotheannouncementaboutagather together whatinformationismostimportant time place activityarrangement attendance otherdetails takingnotesofrequirements Step1 Ifyouwanttobuyanelectronicdictionaryforstudy whatshouldyoupayspecialattentionto Wouldyoutalktoyourparentsoryourfriendsandaskthemforadvice Discussion Listening Listening Reading askingforinformationbytelephone Skillsbuilding2 Toobtaininformation whatarewesupposedtodowhenwearemakingaphone bepolitebeclearandtothepointmakesureyouunderstandwhatyouhear Readthefirstpairofspeechbubbles Haveadiscussion Arethereanyproblemsinthespeechbubbles Ifso whataretheproblems telephoningacompany Step2 Workinpairswithoneactingasthecustomerandtheotherasthesalespersoninthecustomerservicedepartment Acting givingadvicepolitely Skillsbuilding3 Whatshallwepayattentiontowhenpresentingouradvice simplyclearlypolitely advise suggestandrecommend1 Iadvisedhimtostopsmoking Iadvisedthathe should stopsmoking 2 Theysuggestedanotherdevelopmentprogramtothegovernment MayIsuggestgoingtherebytrain Shesuggestedthatwe should havelunchatthenewrestaurant 3 Wouldrecommendagooddictionarytome Wouldyourecommendmeagooddictionary Irecommendgoingbysubway Thedoctorrecommendedmetotakealongrest Theteacherrecommendedthatwe should readthenovel Theteacherrecommendedustoreadthenovel writingane mailofrecommendation Step3 Writeane mailwithadvicetorecommendoneoftheelectronicdictionariesusingtheinformationgatheredinSteps1and2 DearUncle IwouldadviseyoutobuyMark204Dforyourson Firstofall thiselectronicdictionarygivesChinesetoEnglishtranslation whichwillhelphimimprovehislanguagestudy Inaddition itincludesaspellcheckfunction pronunciationguideandalistofwordswithsimilarandoppositemeanings Lastly itwillbeconvenientforhimtocarrybecauseofitssmallsize andat650yuan thepriceisreasonable Inconclusion Ithinkyoumayfindthismodelmoresuitableforyourson Languagepoints Noteverythingthatyouhearwillbeequallyimportant 此句为部分否定句 句意是 并非你听到的每一件事情都同样重要 Everythingthatyouhearwillnotbeequallyimportant 在英语中all both every everyone everything等与否定词not连用时 表示的是部分否定 而非全部否定 例如 Idon tknowallofthem 我并不全认识他们 Idon tlikebothofthebooks 这两本书我并不都喜欢 NoteverystudentgoestothefarmonSundays 并非每个学生星期天都去农场 Noteveryoneinourclasslikesfootball 在我们班并非每个人都喜欢足球 若要表示全部否定 则应用相应的表示全部否定的否定词 如 all none 一个人也没有 没有任何东西 both neither 两个都不 every no everyone noone nobody everything nothing等 上述四个例句要表示全部否定应分别为 Iknownoneofthem 他们我都不认识 Ilikeneitherofthebooks 这两本书我都不喜欢 NostudentgoestothefarmonSundays 星期天没有学生去农场 Noone Nobodyinourclasslikesfootball 我们班没有人喜欢足球 1 Thebookisofgreatvalue canbeenjoyedunlessyoudigestit A NothingB SomethingC EverythingD Anything2 Whatdoyouthinkoftheperformancetoday Great butamusicalgeniuscouldperformsosuccessfully A AllB NoneC AnybodyD Everybody 3 Hehasmadealotoffilms but goodones A anyB someC fewD many4 Lastweek onlytwopeoplecametolookatthehouse wantedtobuyit A noneofthemB bothofthemC noneofwhomD neitherofwhom v n 带领 为 做向导 引导 指引Theyguidedustotheoffice 他们带领我们到了办公室 Theyguidedusthroughthenarrowstreettotherailwaystation 他引导我们走过狭窄的街道去火车站 Thegovernmentwillguidethecountrythroughthedifficultiesahead 政府将领导国家战胜面临的困难 guide feature n 面貌 眼 口 鼻等 特征 容貌 特色 特点 thegeographicalfeaturesofadistrict地区的地理特征Hereyesareherbestfeature 她的眼睛是她容貌最美的一部分 WetweatherisafeatureoflifeinScotland 天气潮湿是苏格兰生活的一个特色 Thisisahousewithanunusualfeature 这是一所具有特殊风格的房子 hint n 暗示 提示 线索 Givemeahintaboutthebignews 给我一点关于重大新闻的暗示吧 Itookthehintandleftatonce 我领会了暗示立即离开了 Whenshesaidshewastired itwasahintthatshewantedustogo 当她说她累了时 是暗示她想让我们走 vt 暗示 示意Hehintedthathewaslookingforanotherjob 他暗示说他正在另找工作 IhintedtohimthatIwasdissatisfiedwiththeresultsoftheirexperiment 我向他暗示 我对他们的实验结果不满意 v 斟酌 认真或审慎地选择weighone swords 斟酌自己的话weightheadvantagesanddisadvantages权衡利弊 weigh Doyouoftenweighyourself 你常称体重吗 Howmuchdoestheboxweigh Thisboxweighsfivekilogrammes 这箱子多重 这只箱子重五公斤 v 测量 确定大小 尺寸 容量 measuretheheightoftheceiling 测量天花板的高度 权衡 衡量 斟酌 Hemeasureshiswordswithcaution 他仔细斟酌着字句 测量结果是 Theroommeasures12by20feet 房间的面积是12 20英尺 Theroommeasuresfivemetresacross 这房间有五米宽 measure elegant adj 文雅的 端庄的 雅致的 elegantclothes雅致的服装anelegantwoman举止文雅 优雅的女人anelegantvase别致的花瓶anelegantwriter格调高尚的作家 adj 适合的 适当的 相配的 for Thesebooksaresuitableforchildren 这些书籍适合儿童阅读 Thiswineisnotsuitabletomytaste 这酒不合我的胃口 suita