Unit 7 College English Integrated Course 4 Unit 7 Terrorism
Text AThe Nightmare And The Dreams
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Unit 7 Contents Post-reading 4 Before-reading 1 Global reading
2 While-reading 3 Warm-up Warm-up Text-related information
Text-related information Text organization Text organization
Further understanding Further understanding Language focus Language
focus Difficult sentences Difficult sentences Reading & writing
strategies Reading & writing strategies Time for fun Time for
fun
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Unit 7 Warm-up Q & A Video According to the video, people
are afraid by an aura of endless threat the government creates. Why
are people in the U.S. feeling afraid? Because you can have people
do everything if they are afraid. Why does the man say fear works?
HOME
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Unit 7 Warm-up HOME Topic-related Prediction Text A is entitled
The Nightmare and the Dreams--How has Sept. 11 affected our
national unconscious?. Before you read the story, think about the
answers to the following questions. 1. Why do people have the
nightmare? 2. What are the dreams they may have? 3. In your opinion
what does unconscious refer to? 4. What are probably the changes
people experience?
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Unit 7 Text-related information HOME 2. Osama bin Laden 3.
Colin Luther Powell 4. Manhattan (New York) 1. September 11 Attack
6. Sidney Poitier 7. Spencer Tracy 8. The Wall Street Journal 5.
Katharine Hepburn
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Unit 7 Text-related information HOME 1. September 11
Attack
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Unit 7 Text-related information HOME 2. Osama bin Laden
(19572011 ): He is a Saudi Arabian multimillionaire suspected of
planning terrorist attacks against the United States. September 11,
2001 terror attacks were sponsored by him. In 1999 the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) placed bin Laden on its Ten Most
Wanted Fugitives list in connection with the bombings of U.S.
embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. Little is known in the
West about bin Ladens life. He inherited his great personal wealth
from his father, whose construction company prospered through close
connections with the Saudi royal family.
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Unit 7 3. Colin Luther Powell (1937 ): Text-related information
HOME He is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in
the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of
State, serving under U.S. President George W. Bush from 2001 to
2005, the first African American to serve in that position.
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Unit 7 5. Katharine Hepburn (19072003): Text-related
information HOME She is an American actor, winner of four Academy
Awards for best actress, noted for her unique combination of
timeless beauty, wit, and fiery passion. Hepburn had a rich stage
and screen career that lasted more than 60 years.
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Unit 7 6. Sidney Poitier (1927 ): Text-related information HOME
Sir Sidney Poitier, (born February 20, 1927) is an American-born
Bahamian actor, film director, author, and diplomat.
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Unit 7 7. Spencer Tracy (19001967) Text-related information
HOME He was an American actor. Respected for his natural style and
versatility, Tracy was one of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden
Age. In a screen career that spanned 37 years, he was nominated for
nine Academy Awards for Best Actor and won two, sharing the record
for nominations in this category with Laurence Olivier.
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Unit 7 8. The Wall Street Journal Text-related information HOME
The leading financial newspaper in the US. It was first published
in 1889 by Charles H Dow and Edward D Jones and is still owned by
Dow Jones & Company, which also publishes the Dow Jones
Average. Although its main concern is business and economic news,
the Journal also carries full-size articles about political and
general topics.
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Unit 7 Part Division Part I (Para. 1) Part (Para. 2-4) Part
(Para. 5-7) Text-organization I felt hot all yesterday. People seem
to love the Brooklyn Bridge more than ever before. People grow more
friendly to one another regardless of race. HOME Part (Para. 8-17)
It is a fashion now for people to wear ID tags. Part (Para. 5-7)
There seemed to be a baby boom after Sept. 11, at least, in
Brooklyn. Part (Para. 5-7) People seem to be having more bad
dreams, Sept. 11-related.
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Unit 7 Further understanding 1. The text is a familiar essay.
The author writes as if she is talking to a friend about what is
going on around her and in the city and her thoughts about all
this. Loose and informal in style, it is, nevertheless, always
related to, mostly implicitly, one topicthe aftereffects of the
terrorist crimes of September 11 on people, especially their
unconscious. Rather than listing instances of physical damage, she
chooses everday happenings to show the subtle changes in peoples
minds. can you write down what they are? The first one has been
done for you. HOME 1) People seem to love the Brooklyn Bridge more
than ever before. People grow more friendly to one another
regardless of race. It is a fashion now for people to wear ID tags.
There seemed to be a baby boom after Sept. 11, at least, in
Brooklyn. People seem to be having more bad dreams, Sept.
11-related.
2)_______________________________________________________
3)_______________________________________________________ 4)
_______________________________________________________ 5)
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Unit 7 Further understanding 2. What does the last part of the
essay (paras 20-30) deal with? Why does the author organizationally
make such an arrangement? HOME The last part deals with the
so-called dream boom. In this way it echoes the very beginning of
the essaythe title and the subtitle.
__________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________
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Unit 7 Language focus span (L. 7) vt. extend across in space or
time ; Travelers will be able to walk across a footbridge that
spans the Huangpu River by 2010. His life spanned almost the whole
of the 19th century. HOME --- -- n. a length or period between two
points, esp. of time In a ten-year span from 1976 to 1985, the
total world fish catch increased 29%. ---
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Unit 7 Language focus for nothing (L. 17) for no money; free I
know the cyber bar manager so I always get in for nothing. All her
efforts were for nothing. HOME ---
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Unit 7 Language focus hold up (L. 34) put (sb./sth.) forward as
an example, show The school is being held up as a model for other
middle schools in the city. My sister was always held up to me as a
model child. HOME --- Collocations: hold ones breath hold back hold
down hold out for
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Unit 7 Language focus settle for (L. 41) accept or agree to
(sth. less than the best, or than hoped for) I would like a job in
banking, but jobs are so scarce at the moment I would settle for
anything. HOME --- 8499 I want $8499 for my car, and I wont settle
for less.
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Unit 7 Language focus come out (L. 43) vi. 1) publish; appear
The dictionary has just come out on CD-ROM. HOME -- 2) become
known, be revealed The news came out that the president was very
sick.
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Unit 7 Language focus tag (L. 50) n. a small piece of paper,
material etc., fixed to sth. to give information about it Staff
were required to wear name tags at work. HOME --- vt. fasten a tag
onto (sth.); go somewhere with someone, especially when they do not
want you to His suitcase is tagged with his name and address.
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Unit 7 Language focus string (L. 51) n. 1) a thin cord HOME ---
The parcel was tied up with string. a string of beads / pearls /
onions 2) a set of things connected together on a thread CF:
string, rope & cord string Is this ball of string long enough
for a babys clothing? ---
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Unit 7 Language focus string (L. 51) n. 1) a thin cord HOME ---
The parcel was tied up with string. a string of beads / pearls /
onions 2) a set of things connected together on a thread --- rope
They climbed up the mountain all by means of a rope. cord Dont pull
the detonating cord. Thats dangerous. ---
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Unit 7 Language focus ponder (L. 54) v. think about carefully
and for a long time He wanted to ponder what to do next. HOME ---
She pondered bitterly upon the meaning of life. ponder sth.; ponder
on/over sth.; ponder + wh Patterns:
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Unit 7 Language focus all of a sudden (L. 57) suddenly,
unexpectedly I was reading a mystery late last night when all of a
sudden there was a huge bang upstairs. All the kids were quietly
asleep, when, all of a sudden, the bell rang. HOME --- NB: : on a
sudden all on a sudden
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Unit 7 Language focus boom (L. 74) vi. grow rapidly, esp. in
value As workers born during the baby boom of 1946-1964 have aged,
the work force in the United States has grown progressively older.
Business is booming. HOME --- n. a rapid growth or increase This
boom in adult education, in turn, helps to raise the intellectual
standard of the whole country. ---
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Unit 7 Language focus back up (L. 79) support; make a copy of
(a disc, a file, etc.) Only a few employees backed him up in the
election. HOME --- The policeman wouldnt have believed me if you
hadnt backed me up. Collocation: back down / off back out back
up
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Unit 7 Language focus envelope (L. 92) : vt. wrap up or cover
completely The lake was enveloped in mist. HOME --- Their reaction
enveloped the accident in mystery.
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Unit 7 Language focus adolescent (L. 103) n. & adj. (of) a
boy or girl in the period between being a child and being a grown
person; young teenager of about 13~16 Im afraid I find Jims humor a
bit adolescent. HOME --- We spend most of our years at high school.
adolescent
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Unit 7 Language focus adolescent (L. 103) n. & adj. (of) a
boy or girl in the period between being a child and being a grown
person; young teenager of about 13~16 Im afraid I find Jims humor a
bit adolescent. HOME --- We spend most of our adolescent years at
high school. baby youth toddler adult teenager youngster
adolescence infantgrown-up
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Unit 7 Language focus send in (L. 111) send (sth. to a place
where it will be dealt with) Applicants are asked to send in a CV
and a covering letter. Collocations: HOME --- He planned to send in
two oil paintings. send away send for send off send out send
up
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Unit 7 Language focus unusual (L. 112) adj. not usual; rare A
profusion of Japanese cherry trees is an unusual feature of the
garden. HOME --- She has a most unusual face.
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Unit 7 Difficult Sentences Now all we do is pay maintenance, in
the form of taxes. (Line 17) HOME Analyze the structure of the
sentence. This sentence can be changed into Now all we do is to
pay. Infinitive can be used with / without to after the verb be,
when the subject is a clause beginning with all or what. That is:
All / What + be + (to) v. All I did was (to) fax the paper so as to
let her decide what to do. What well do is (to) leave a note for
Bill to tell him well be back in time for the dinner party.
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Unit 7 Difficult Sentences In the drivers seat with the window
down was a black man of 30 or so, a cap low on his brow, wearing
thick black sunglasses. (Line 21) HOME 1. Whats the grammatical
function of the phrase a cap low on his brow? 2. Analyze the
structure of the sentence. This is an inversion. The normal order
should be A black man of 30 or so was sitting in the drivers seat
with the window down. He was wearing thick black sunglasses and his
cap was low on his brow. 3. Translate the sentence into Chinese.
30
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Unit 7 Difficult Sentences We didnt use to. (Line 51) HOME
Complete the sentence by using the context clue. We didnt use to
wear ID tags before Sept. 11, but we all wear them now. NB: used to
is used to indicate something that happened regularly in the past.
Its question form can be Did you use to or Did you used to Pattern:
used to do sth. be used to (doing) sth. be used to do sth. (See on
p.248)Structure
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Unit 7 Difficult Sentences We didnt use to. (Line 51) HOME
Complete the sentence by using the context clue. We didnt use to
wear ID tags before Sept. 11, but we all wear them now. NB: used to
is used to indicate something that happened regularly in the past.
Its question form can be Did you use to or Did you used to Pattern:
used to do sth. be used to (doing) sth. be used to do sth. (See on
p.248)Structure 1) You seem to like smoking a pipe, dont you? asked
Phil. (before) You seem to like smoking a pipe, dont you? Did you
use to like it before? asked Phil. 2) Life here was difficult.
(easier, than) ______________________________________________
_______________________ __________________________________Life here
is much easier than it used to be.
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Unit 7 Difficult Sentences I wonder if kids just getting their
first job at 17 will ever know that in America we didn't all use to
be IDd. (Line 69-71) HOME 1. Whats the function of getting their
first job at 17? It functions present participle used as
attributive. kids 2. What does to be IDd mean? to be identified 3.
Translate the sentence into Chinese. 17
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Unit 7 Difficult Sentences I asked if he was saving them,
writing them down. (Line 104-105) HOME 1. How do you understand the
word saving? Saving here may have two meanings: a. collecting:
collecting information of his patients (literal meaning) b. making
safe from danger: helping his patients get out of the event
(implied meaning) 2. Translate the sentence into Chinese.
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Unit 7 Language focus Useful expressions After-1.useful-1 HOME
1. reflect on 2. terrible event 3. national unconscious 4. be fully
awake 5. landscape of downtown 6. engineering wonder of the world
7. Manhattan at sunrise 8. in the form of taxes
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Unit 7 Language focus Useful expressions After-1.useful-1 HOME
9. entrance to the bridge 10. make eye contact 12. contend with 11.
for no reason at all 13. hold up 14. a would-be bride 15. settle
for 16. ( ) come out
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Unit 7 Language focus Useful expressions After-1.useful-1 HOME
17. all of sudden 18. answer one after another 19. a solid citizen
20. be integrated into 21. baby boom 22. statistical evidence 23.
back up 24. extraordinary dream 25. weave into
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Unit 7 Writing Strategies Writing a Proposition Most probably,
the essay you are going to write in this unit comprises paragraphs
that lay out an argument. in such a paragraph, your topic sentence
is a proposition. The proposition states your position on an issue.
The proposition must be arguablein other words, an idea you can
support with reasons; be an opinion; not be a fact; HOME
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Unit 7 Writing Strategies deal with a single point; be limited
enough to be discussed in one paragraph. Note that modals such as
should, ought to and must help you state a strong proposition.
(Tick which of the following can be used as a proposition: Ali
stared silently at the big-screen television while the World Trade
Center buckled and crumbled. We must not equate Muslims with
terrorists. ) HOME ______
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Unit 7 Time for fun HOME What does the deceased soldier think
about George W. Bushs policy toward Iraqs being a potential
terrorist country and sending him there?