Unit Lessons from JeffersonBefore Reading_1.1Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingWarm-up Questions1. Do you admire any great political figures or statesmen both at home and abroad? Who are they? And why?Before Reading_1.1Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingZhou Enlai was one of the major leaders of the Chinese Communist movement. He was the first premier of the Peoples Republic of China, a post he held until his death in 1976. He was educated in Japan and Europe and achieved high rank in the Communist movement at an early age. He was well known as a skilled international negotiator.Before Reading_1.2Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingThe Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen had a tremendous impact on the development of modern China. Sun was the catalyst in the overthrow of Manchu rule. Before Reading_1.2Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingAs prime minister of Britain during World War II, Churchill roused the British to stand against Nazi Germany. The sight of Churchill, with his cigar and two fingers raised in a V for victory salute, inspired Britons to rise to what he called their finest hour.Before Reading_2Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingNapoleon Bonaparte was the greatest military genius of the 19th century. He conquered most of Western Europe and Egypt for France, while instituting reforms in these new territories aimed at guaranteeing civil liberties and improving the quality of life. He crowned himself emperor of France in 1804 and introduced reforms intended to unify the revolution-fractured nation. Many of Napoleons reforms are still in effect today.Before Reading_3.1Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter Reading2. Of the American presidents, how many do you know? Can you recognize the people in the following pictures and say something about them?Before Reading_3.1Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingGeorge Washington (1732-1799): Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, statesman and first President of the United States, born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 22, 1732. Before Reading_3.11Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingAbraham Lincoln (1809-1865): the 16th President of the United States, born on February 12, 1809 in a backwoods cabin three miles south of Hodgenville, Kentucky, preserved the Union during the Civil War and brought about the emancipation of the slaves.Before Reading_3.12Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingFranklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945): the 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the great depression and led country during World War II.Before Reading_3.13Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingBill Clinton (1946-): the 42nd President of the United States (1993-1996) and the first president born after World War II, elected to a second term in 1996. Warm-up questions:Do you admire any famous people at home and abroad? Why? Nowadays, more and more young people just idolize some celebrity blindly. What do you think of the situation?Have you ever been bothered with pain that never happened? You long to be a successful person in the future or just an average person who lives a normal life? Why? Share a motto with us.1. an expert in agriculture, archeology and medicine2. a good and tireless writer3. a man who made great contribution to American educationGlobe Reading.2-part2Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingTable CompletionDirections: In these two parts, the writer tells us something about Jeffersons principles and his contributions to USA. Complete the following table with the information from the text.his attitude to workinghis attitude to learninghis opinion on judgmenthis way of doing thingshis attitude to the future and the youngAttach importance to personal investigation. Learn from ordinary people.Depend on ones own judgment.Stick to ones own way.Be optimistic about the future and the young.his contributions to USAobtain: vt. get through effort obtain employment 就业obtain 1st hand information 获取第一手资料obtain evidence 取证e.g. It takes 10 yuan to obtain a false students ID Card.investigationmake an investigation into on-the-spot investigation 实地考查under investigation 在调查中e.g. No investigation, no right to speak.appoint(1)to choose sb for a job or responsibilitye.g. He was appointed to be Chairman of Students Union(2)to arrange for or decide a time or a place 确定（时间、地点）at the appointed time 按规定时间on-the-spoton-the-spot report 现场报告goods on the spot 现货put sb on the spot 使某人下不来台observationresults based on scientific observationspowers of observation 观察力observation car 观光车make an observation on/ about 评论origin the origins of life on earth The custom has its origins in China这个风俗起源于中国people of Chinese originthreaten:Our teacher always threatens us with the testEvery time they have an argument, his wife threatens to leave him.the threatening letter 恐吓信The sky is threatening乌云密布 rejectShe rejected his proposal It is likely that she is rejected by the school because of the low score.Were it left to me to decide等于等于 If it were left to me to decide.在虚拟条件状语从句中，如果从句中有在虚拟条件状语从句中，如果从句中有should, were或助动词或助动词had时，可省略时，可省略if，将将这些词提到句首，主谓语用部分倒装结构。这些词提到句首，主谓语用部分倒装结构。 Were it left to me to make a choice once again Had we cancel morning exercise, life would be better.hesitate If you have any problem，dont hesitate (a moment) to contacte.g. He who hesitates is lost当断不断，必受其乱without hesitation prefer prefer sth to sth prefer love to friendshipprefer to do sth I preferred to skip the class this morning.prefer to+ v. rather than + do sth. e.g. I prefer to fail the test rather than attend the class. latterhe latter part of his life 他的晚年他的晚年the latter half of the term 后半学期后半学期have conflicting opinions as to English就英语这一科而言，持不同的意见conflict n.a conflict between the dream and realityinner conflicts 内心的矛盾conflict of interest利益冲突利益冲突verb: My action conflicts with my plan act on: act according toact on ones own judgmentacts on a guess.resent resent doing sth. resent sb./sth.e.g. resent being forced to take morning exercise every daye.g. resent the boring English classbe resentful offeel resentment againstactionput into action 付诸实践in action 在运转out of action 不能工作action movie 动作影片 action replay 慢镜头重放Jefferson felt that the present should never be chained to customs which have lost their usefulness. Translate the sentence into Chinese杰斐逊认为，绝不可以用那些已经无用的杰斐逊认为，绝不可以用那些已经无用的习俗来束缚习俗来束缚 “现在现在”。perpetual a perpetual student 终身学习者“How much pain,” he remarked, “has been caused by evils which have never happened! I expect the best, not the worst. I steer my ship with hope, leaving fear behind.”有多少痛苦是由一些从未发生过的灾难引起的啊！我期待的是最好的东西，而不是最坏的东西。我满怀希望的驾驶着自己的航船，将恐惧抛在身后。superior be superior in 在在方面占优势方面占优势be superior to 优于优于的；高于的；高于的的 We are superior to our English teacher in many respects. He acts likes that he is superior to others.superior 的反义词是inferior， “下等的、劣等的”， 常用的搭配是 “be inferior to” existence live / have a certain existence 过某种生活过某种生活earn ones own existence 自谋生计自谋生计influence V. My parents influence me in many ways.N. have a positive/negative influence upon / on/overunder the influence ofperform perform an experiment/operationto perform on the piano The car performs poorly 杰斐逊的勇气和理想主义是以知识为基础的。他懂得的东西也许比任何时代任何人都要多。在农业、考古学和医学方面他都是专家。在人们普遍采用农作物轮作和土壤保持的做法以前一个世纪，他就这样做了。他还发明了一种比当时任何一种都要好的耕犁。他影响了整个美国的建筑业，他还不断制造出各种器械装置，使日常生活中需要的许多工作变得更加容易。thrill to 对激动thrilled to do)/about sthIm thrilled to be herea thrilling end 一个令人激动的结局Thriller? 惊悚片惊悚片 owe. to.I owe you我欠你一个人情 owes much to 在很大程序上是由于在很大程序上是由于The failure in my test owes much to bad teaching of my teacher.在杰斐逊众多的才能中，有一种是最主要的：他首先一是位优秀的、不知疲倦的作家。目前正在第一次出版的他的全集将超过五十卷。他作为一个作家的才能很快便被发现了，所以，当1776年在费城撰写独立宣言的时刻到来时，这一任务便落在了他的肩上。数以百万计的人们读到他的下列词句都激动不已：“我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的：一切人生来就是平等的After Reading_1.11. 从书本中获取知识从书本中获取知识2. 亲自作调查亲自作调查 3. 做现场观察做现场观察4. 研究有关某一问题的文件研究有关某一问题的文件 5. 社会阶层社会阶层6. 发号施令发号施令7. 出生卑微的人出生卑微的人8. 烧饭锅烧饭锅 obtain knowledge from bookspersonal investigationmake on-the-spot observationsstudy papers on a subjectsocial classgive an orderpeople of humble originsa cooking potUseful Expressions Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingAfter Reading_1.2判断判断真理与谬误的头脑真理与谬误的头脑 认真思考认真思考的的 力量的源泉力量的源泉 毫不犹豫毫不犹豫 有效地采取行动有效地采取行动 被无用的习俗束缚住手脚被无用的习俗束缚住手脚 满怀希望地满怀希望地 把恐惧抛在后面把恐惧抛在后面a mind for judging truth and errorwith careful thoughta source of strengthnot hesitate a momentact on with effectbe chained to customs which have lost their usefulnesswith hopeleave fear behindBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter Reading9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.After Reading_1.317. 存在存在18. 不知疲倦的作家不知疲倦的作家 19. 一切人生来平等一切人生来平等20. 一份丰富的思想遗产一份丰富的思想遗产 in existencea tireless writerall men are created equala rich legacy of ideasBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingstairsAfter Reading_2.1Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSpot DictationDirections: Listen to the following passage and fill in the missing words. From the West Lawn, Thomas Jefferson, family, and guests could walk up the on the West Portico to reach the Parlor, one of three rooms in Monticello that were part of Jeffersons plan for the home in 1769. The Parlor was a public room, for conversation, music, games, and reading. Jefferson wrote that music “furnishes a delightful for the hours of respite from the cares of the day, and lasts us through life.” The Parlor was the for many of these hours of “delightful recreation.” Jefferson himself played the and his wife, daughters, and granddaughters played several , including the piano, harpsichord ( (大大键键琴琴) ), and guitar. Jeffersons namesake grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, recalled that before his grandfather “lost his for the violin, he would play on it, having his children dancing around him. ”_original_designed_site_recreation_violin_,instruments_taste_po dhcr taersonalrigin issatisfyesitateriticismemarkalentnniversary1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.After Reading_2.2Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingWord CompletionDirections: Supply the missing letters according to the definitions on the right.done in person; belonging to a personparentage; birth; beginningfail to satisfy; displeasefeel doubtful; be undecidedunfavorable remarks or judgmentssay; commentspecial natural abilitythe yearly return of a special date_Homework1. Master the expressions and important sentences in the text2. Review the text and finish the exercises.3. Learn the text in “Reading Activity” by yourself.4. Write a passage titled” A Famous Person I Admire”