新标准大学英语第二册四单元教师课件.pptVIP

Unit 4 News 24/7 Active Reading One Making the Headlines Matching headline Bridging information gap Newsworthy 1. Read the text and find out what historic events in the 9 headlines are interpreted in text. Difficult sentence 1 It is probably not exaggerated to say that from that moment the world was a different place. (L6, Para 1) sensational: causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion;  commanding attention 轰动性的; 耸人听闻的 Difficult sentence 2 So striking, so sensational, was the news that, years after the event, many people can still remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they first heard it. (L4, Para 2) startle vt. to make a person or animal feel suddenly frightened  or surprised 使······震惊 startled adj. suddenly frightened and surprised by sth. 震惊的 Convert “startle” to “startled” and “startled” to “startle”. 1. I didn’t know you are right behind me. You startled me! I didn’t know you are right behind me. I am startled. 2. I am startled to see a face suddenly appear at the window. To see a face suddenly appear at the window startles me. identify with sb. to feel that you can understand an share sb. else’s feelings 体会(某人)思想感情；理解并同情(某人)感受 Use “identify with sb.” to replace the expressions with similar meaning. Other Collocations of identify Fill in the blanks with the correct phrases. Most writers ________ mind _____ consciousness. Americans refused to ________________ the colonial authorities. Children can be _______________ poor readers as early as 5 years old. He is viewed as cold-hearted because he didn’t seem to be able to _____________ those people caught in that tragedy. Difficult sentence 3 括号中解释为何称911事件极具人性，可理解为：The readers were possible to feel the pains of the people who were caught up in the tragedy. And from this point of view,it was very human. the plight of people: the sad or desperate situation or predicament of people 人们的苦境 echo an idea that is like one that ha