Unit 6World AffairsPlan for the ClassvNovelty and liveliness of English NewsvReading and discussion: Why the Monarchy Must StayNovelty and livelinessvCreating new wordsvUse of idiomsvUse of euphemism vUse of special wordsCreating new wordsvDove conciliator partyvAngel things seldom happenvGoogle gather informationvMouse potato people who are addicted to the InternetCreating new wordsvIn todays confused mix of assertion， infoainment, opinion，pseudo-fact and spin， readers have a right to expect moremore verification，more transparency，more evidenceto decide for them selves the truth about issues as important as those raised in this book （娱乐性新闻节目） vBillick acknowledged that the Ravens have the ability to sever ties with Grbac after this season at a cost of only 55 millionthe price of his signing bonus and this years salary（签约酬金）Creating new wordsvThe coach saw the situation as a no- brainerThe players saw it as surrender（显而易见的事） vHe is perfectly content to wait for an editorial consensus on matters like whether to use email，e-mail or E-mail （电子邮件，给发电子邮件） New coined wordsvdawk(中间派): dove(温和派)+hawk(好战派) (blending)vAIDS (艾滋病): acquired immune deficiency syndrome (acronym)vClintonomics(克林顿的经济政策) (derivation and affixation)vWhitewatergate (克林顿的白水门事件) (compounding)Old words, new meaningsvplastic(塑料-信用卡)vto telegram (电报-发电报)Words from brands namesvBand-Aid(邦迪牌)创口帖vKleenex(克里内克斯牌)纸巾Words created for special occasionsvcradle-to-grave 由生到死vsmall-is-beautiful 以小为美vturn-of-the-century 世纪之交Borrowing foreign words vAmerican barsand living rooms may never be the same, now that a Japanese sing-along fad known as Karaoke has begun to infiltrate American popular culture. (Japanese)vMr. Peter Broke was yesterday morning recovering from a press of work and steeling himself for the task of instilling a little perestroika into Conservative Central Office in his new role as party chairman. (Russian, reform) Borrowing foreign wordsvThough he is losing his monopoly，the 79-year- old tycoon still wields considerable influence (Japanese, big business )vJang Ha Sung，a finance professor at Korea University，complained that “theres still no brake on the chaebol，” using the word for any conglomerate with m ore than 1billion or so in assets，generally dominated by the founder or his heirs (South Korea, tycoon)Borrowing foreign wordsvglasnost 公开性；开 放vintelligentsia 知识分子 ；知识界vsamizdat 地下出版物vjudo 柔道vjujitsu 柔术 vsumo 相扑 vtycoon 巨头vgo 围棋 vkungfu 功夫vwushu 武术 vTaoism 道教vkowtow 磕头，叩头vtyphoon 台风vshanghai 拐骗，胁 迫 vrapport 友好vvisa 签证 vper 每一 Use of idiomsvShorteningvExtensionvImitationvDecompositionShorteningvEmployees foster nose-to-the-grindstone strategies. a shortened form of the idiom “keep one s nose to the grindstone”ExtensionvMany government-sponsored agencies are now jumping on the exercise-bandwagon and coaxing reluctant spectators to join the fun. extended from the idiom “jumping on the bandwagon” ImitationvThe strongman flashed hot and cold derived from the idiom “blow hot and cold” DecompositionvThey have a mountain of high- resounding resolve and a molehill of results. a decomposed form of the idiom “make a mountain out of a molehill”Use of euphemism vExaggerating euphemism vNarrowing euphemismExaggerating euphemism vmadhouse(疯人院) mental hospital(精神病 院)vgardener(园丁) landscaper(园林师) veconomic crisis(经济危 机) recession(衰退) vghetto(贫民窟) inner city(内城区) vair strike(空中打击) air option(制空选择)vattack (进攻) pacify the area(绥靖 )Narrowing euphemismvShe is pregnant: She is expecting. vdie: pass away, departvpoor: needy, disadvantaged, underprivileged, deprivedvthe old: the aged, the aging, the graying armyvprison: correctional centervillegitimate child: love childUse of special words vvoice: to expressvstance: standvsentiment: opinionvhaphazard: accidentalvaffluent: rich or wealthyvround: a series of actionsvresource center:libraryvlearning experience:classroom Britains system of government vUK is both a constitutional monarchyconstitutional monarchy (君主立宪 制) and parliament democracyparliament democracy (议会制民主). vWhile the official head of state is the Queen, her powers are largely traditional and symbolic. Practically everything she does is on the advice of her ministers. And she must be completely impartial the Queen reigns, but she doesnt the Queen reigns, but she doesnt rulerule (君主统而不治). Main ideavIn this article the author explained why the monarchy must stay. He quoted Winston Churchill as saying the parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy are imperfect but the best that man had yet devised. It keeps politicians from holding all the power and preventing politicians from too easily usurping power.Para. 1vWinston Churchills view on parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy: imperfect- but the best that man had yet devisedMonarchy vGovernment or a state ruled by a king or queenRepublicvA state complet