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Text A. Unit 7 Terrorism. College English Integrated Course 4. The Nightmare And The Dreams. 1. Before-reading. 2. Global reading. While-reading. 3. Post-reading. 4. Contents. Warm-up. Text-related information. Text organization. Further understanding. Language focus. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
College English Integrated Course 4Unit 7 Terrorism
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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
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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5. Katharine Hepburn
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2. Osama bin Laden (1957−2011 ):
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 Laden’s 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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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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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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Sir Sidney Poitier,
(born February 20, 1927) is an American-born Bahamian actor, film director, author, and diplomat.
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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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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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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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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 topic—the 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 people’s 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) _______________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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
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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
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
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 won’t settle for less.
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come out (L. 43) vi. 1) publish; appear
The dictionary has just come out on CD-ROM.
HOME
The news came out that the president was very sick.
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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
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---
vt. fasten a tag onto (sth.); go somewhere with someone, especially when they do not want you to
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HOME
a string of beads / pearls / onions
2) a set of things connected together on a thread
CF:
string
Is this ball of string long enough for a baby’s clothing?
HOME
a string of beads / pearls / onions
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They climbed up the mountain all by means of a rope.
Don’t pull the detonating cord. That’s dangerous.
Language focus
ponder (L. 54) v. think about carefully and for a long time
He wanted to ponder what to do next.
HOME
ponder sth.;
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
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.
n. a rapid growth or increase
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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 wouldn’t have believed me if you hadn’t backed me up.
Collocation:
Language focus
envelope (L. 92) : vt. wrap up or cover completely
The lake was enveloped in mist.
HOME
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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
I’m afraid I find Jim’s humor a bit adolescent.
HOME
adolescent
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
I’m afraid I find Jim’s humor a bit adolescent.
HOME
We spend most of our adolescent years at high school.
baby
youth
toddler
adult
teenager
youngster
adolescence
infant
grown-up
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
unusual (L. 112) adj. not usual; rare
A profusion of Japanese cherry trees is an unusual feature of the garden.
HOME
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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 we’ll do is (to) leave a note for Bill to tell him we’ll be back in time for the dinner party.
Difficult Sentences
In the driver’s 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. What’s 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 driver’s 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
HOME
Complete the sentence by using the context clue.
We didn’t 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:
(See on p.248)
HOME
Complete the sentence by using the context clue.
We didn’t 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:
(See on p.248)
Structure
1) “You seem to like smoking a pipe, don’t you?” asked Phil. (before)
You seem to like smoking a pipe, don’t 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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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 ID’d.
(Line 69-71)
HOME
1. What’s the function of “getting their first job at 17”?
It functions “present participle used as attributive”. kids
2. What does “to be ID’d” mean?
to be identified “”
17
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I asked if he was saving them, writing them down.
(Line 104-105)
“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.
7.
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13. …
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 arguable—in other words, an idea you can support with reasons;
· be an opinion;
· 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
HOME
What does the deceased soldier think about George W. Bush’s policy toward Iraq’s being a potential terrorist country and sending him there?
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September 11th, or 9/11) were a
series of four coordinated terrorist
attacks launched by the Islamist
terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the
United States in New York City and
the Washington, D.C. areas on
September 11, 2001. On that
Tuesday morning, 19 al-Qaeda
terrorists hijacked four passenger
suicide attacks into targeted
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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
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?
Unit 7
5. Katharine Hepburn
Unit 7
2. Osama bin Laden (1957−2011 ):
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 Laden’s life. He inherited his great personal wealth from his father, whose construction company prospered through close connections with the Saudi royal family.
Unit 7
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.
Unit 7
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.
Unit 7
Sir Sidney Poitier,
(born February 20, 1927) is an American-born Bahamian actor, film director, author, and diplomat.
Unit 7
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.
Unit 7
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.
Unit 7
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.
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 topic—the 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 people’s 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) _______________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
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
---
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
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
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 won’t settle for less.
Unit 7
come out (L. 43) vi. 1) publish; appear
The dictionary has just come out on CD-ROM.
HOME
The news came out that the president was very sick.
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
Unit 7
HOME
a string of beads / pearls / onions
2) a set of things connected together on a thread
CF:
string
Is this ball of string long enough for a baby’s clothing?
HOME
a string of beads / pearls / onions
---
They climbed up the mountain all by means of a rope.
Don’t pull the detonating cord. That’s dangerous.
Language focus
ponder (L. 54) v. think about carefully and for a long time
He wanted to ponder what to do next.
HOME
ponder sth.;
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
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.
n. a rapid growth or increase
---
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 wouldn’t have believed me if you hadn’t backed me up.
Collocation:
Language focus
envelope (L. 92) : vt. wrap up or cover completely
The lake was enveloped in mist.
HOME
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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
I’m afraid I find Jim’s humor a bit adolescent.
HOME
adolescent
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
I’m afraid I find Jim’s humor a bit adolescent.
HOME
We spend most of our adolescent years at high school.
baby
youth
toddler
adult
teenager
youngster
adolescence
infant
grown-up
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
unusual (L. 112) adj. not usual; rare
A profusion of Japanese cherry trees is an unusual feature of the garden.
HOME
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 we’ll do is (to) leave a note for Bill to tell him we’ll be back in time for the dinner party.
Difficult Sentences
In the driver’s 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. What’s 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 driver’s 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
HOME
Complete the sentence by using the context clue.
We didn’t 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:
(See on p.248)
HOME
Complete the sentence by using the context clue.
We didn’t 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:
(See on p.248)
Structure
1) “You seem to like smoking a pipe, don’t you?” asked Phil. (before)
You seem to like smoking a pipe, don’t 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.
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 ID’d.
(Line 69-71)
HOME
1. What’s the function of “getting their first job at 17”?
It functions “present participle used as attributive”. kids
2. What does “to be ID’d” mean?
to be identified “”
17
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I asked if he was saving them, writing them down.
(Line 104-105)
“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.
7.
Unit 7
13. …
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 arguable—in other words, an idea you can support with reasons;
· be an opinion;
· 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
HOME
What does the deceased soldier think about George W. Bush’s policy toward Iraq’s being a potential terrorist country and sending him there?
Unit 7
September 11th, or 9/11) were a
series of four coordinated terrorist
attacks launched by the Islamist
terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the
United States in New York City and
the Washington, D.C. areas on
September 11, 2001. On that
Tuesday morning, 19 al-Qaeda
terrorists hijacked four passenger
suicide attacks into targeted
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