1. Unit 3
Directions and Signs

2. Maintaining a Sharp Eye Section IV Trying Your Hand
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Session 3
Section III
Maintaining a Sharp Eye
Section IV
Trying Your Hand
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3. Passage II I’d Been Treated Like a Friend in Need
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Passage II
I’d Been Treated
Like a Friend in Need
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4. Warm-up questions How do you interpret the proverb
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Warm-up questions
How do you interpret the proverb
A friend in need is a friend indeed ?
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5. Warm-up questions of help, what would you do?
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Warm-up questions
2. When you see anybody in need
of help, what would you do?
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6. Like a Friend in Need I’d Been Treated Reading of the passage
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Reading of the passage
I’d Been Treated
Like a Friend in Need
passage
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7. Reading comprehension
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Reading comprehension
Answer the following questions
according to paragraphs.
Para. 1:
What can we learn about the author
from the first paragraph?
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8. Reading comprehension
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Reading comprehension
Para. 2:
What can we know from
Paragraph 2?
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9. Reading comprehension
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Reading comprehension
Para. 3:
What happened to the author during his trip from Xiamen to Beijing?
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10. Reading comprehension
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Reading comprehension
Pick out the key words and phrases.
The main verb collocations in Para. 2:
walk around
stop and write
draw a few looks
gather around
watch me write
enjoy watching
pause and smile
introduce themselves
take a picture of sb.
part with
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11. Reading comprehension
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Reading comprehension
The key nouns in Para. 3:
trip
passport
panic passenger
amazement
airport
staff
runway
shuttle bus
cabin
police office
information
smiles and applause
kindness
a friend in need
foreigner
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12. Reading comprehension
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Reading comprehension
Topics for group discussion:
What are the advantages and
disadvantages of traveling by plane?
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13. Reading comprehension
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Reading comprehension
Topics for group discussion:
2. What are the
advantages and
disadvantages of
traveling by train?
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14. Reading comprehension
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Reading comprehension
Describe the author’s experience of
traveling from Shanghai to Qingdao
in about 5 to 7 sentences.
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15. Reading comprehension
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Reading comprehension
Describe the author’s experience of
traveling from Xiamen to Beijing
in about 5 to 7 sentences.
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16. Reading comprehension
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Reading comprehension
Translate the second and the third
paragraphs into Chinese.
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17. Useful words and expressions
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Useful words and expressions
bridge the language and
cultural differences:
overcome the difficulties in
languages and cultures
e.g.
Let’s work together to bridge the
cultural differences between us.
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18. Useful words and expressions b. draw quite a few looks:
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Useful words and expressions
b. draw quite a few looks:
attract many people’ attention
那位年轻女士的奇特服装惹人注目。
The strange clothing worn by that young lady drew a lot of looks.
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19. Useful words and expressions
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Useful words and expressions
c. on the best terms:
having a very good relationship
他是个很容易相处的人，所以他与同事关系很好。
He is an easy-going person so he has always been on the best terms with his colleagues.
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20. Useful words and expressions
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Useful words and expressions
d. board a plane:
get on a plane
e.g.
This is the final call for us to board the plane at Gate 5.
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21. Useful words and expressions
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Useful words and expressions
e. to one’s amazement:
making sb. surprised
e.g.
To our amazement, he got the highest mark in the exam after he stayed in hospital for a month.
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22. Useful words and expressions
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Useful words and expressions
f. burst into smiles and applause / tears:
smile and applause suddenly and enthusiastically
听众对他的精彩演讲报以热烈的掌声。
The audience burst into applause after the speaker’s wonderful speech.
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23. Useful words and expressions
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Useful words and expressions
g. be relieved:
feel relaxed
e.g.
We were relieved after we finally finished the difficult experiment.
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24. Section IV Trying Your Hand
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Section IV
Trying
Your Hand
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25. Applied writing: Signs
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Sample analysis
Signs are often used in public places to show the requirements for people, to give information or to attract people’s attention. Signs can be used for different purposes. For example, traffic signs give you important information about traffic rules, warn you about dangerous road conditions and help you find your way.
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26. Applied writing: Signs
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Sample analysis
The language on signs features the use of short words and phrases, supported by different symbols in various colors and shapes for easy identification. Some signs are written or printed in capital letters.
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27. Applied writing: Signs
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Identify the traffic signs:
Dead End Road
死胡同
Enter Here
由此进入
Keep In Lane
禁止越线
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28. Applied writing: Signs
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No Way Out
此路不通
No Entry
禁止通行
Keep Right
右侧通行
不许调头
No U-Turn
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29. Applied writing: Signs
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Dangerous!
Wet Road!
Bicycle crossing ahead.
Pavement narrows ahead.
Traffic lights ahead. Slow down.
Watch your feet!
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30. Applied writing: Signs
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Match Column A with Column B:
Put Litter Here
Wet Paint
Beware of Dog
No Business Today
For Rent
Admittance Free
Please Pay in Cash
Big Discount
只收现金
油漆未干 出租
大减价
小心狗咬
此处放垃圾
免票入场
今日不营业
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31. Applied writing: Signs
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Exercises
Key to Ex. 4:
行人不得穿越。
电梯修理，请走楼梯。
非公莫入。
禁止机动车辆通行。
路滑慢行。
前方修路。
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32. Sentence writing: Number of Nouns
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Sentence writing: Number of Nouns
Sample analysis
A noun names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. A noun can be countable or uncountable. Countable nouns can be “counted”, i.e. they have a singular and plural form. You can add a number to the front or an s to the end of these words.
Grammar Review
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33. Sentence writing: Number of Nouns
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Sentence writing: Number of Nouns
Sample analysis
However, uncountable nouns cannot be counted. This means they have only a singular form. It also means that they do not take a/an before them.
Grammar Review
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34. Sentence writing: Number of Nouns
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Sentence writing: Number of Nouns
Key to Ex. 7:
Exercises
I’ll have a cup of coffee and two pieces / slices of bread.
2. The teacher asked us to take out one
sheet / piece of paper for the quiz.
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35. Sentence writing: Number of Nouns
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Sentence writing: Number of Nouns
Exercises
Key to Ex. 7:
3. He bought two bottles of beer and three bars of chocolate.
4. Mathematics is the subject I feel most interested in.
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36. Sentence writing: Number of Nouns
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Sentence writing: Number of Nouns
Exercises
Key to Ex. 7:
5. Thank you for the much advice you’ve given me. / Thank you very much for the many suggestions you’ve given me.
6. Failure is the mother of success.
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37. Sentence writing: Number of Nouns
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Sentence writing: Number of Nouns
Exercises
Key to Ex. 7:
7. All the equipment in the factory is made in China.
8. Sports is good for health.
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38. Assignments Do the grammar exercises in the Workbook.
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Assignments
Do the grammar exercises in the
Workbook.
2. Recite the second paragraph of
Passage II.
3. Read and learn by heart the new
words in Unit 4.
4. Prepare for the speaking activities
in Section I of Unit 4.
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39. Reading of the passage
I had many travel stories while I was in China and some of them were so heart-warming and unforgettable.
One travel experience where the openness and curiosity of the Chinese people helped to bridge our language and cultural differences was on a boat ride from Shanghai to Qingdao. As I walked around the deck, I'd frequently stop and write in my journal. Being the only non-Asian person on the boat, this drew quite a few curious looks, and finally a small group of people gathered around me and watched me write as if I were a sidewalk artist drawing portraits of passersby.
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40. Reading of the passage
I could tell they were enjoying watching me, so after I paused and smiled at them, I went on with my writing, mainly for their entertainment. But soon I stopped, and using my tiny amount of Chinese and their tiny amount of English, we introduced ourselves and told where we were from and where we were going. They took pictures of me with their friends and families, and I took pictures of them in return. When we arrived in Qingdao, I parted with my deck friends on the best terms and with a bit of advice about what to see and do in Qingdao.
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41. Reading of the passage
On another trip, after boarding a plane from Xiamen to Beijing, I discovered I'd lost my passport. Without it, I was stuck between two cities, neither of which was my home base. I tried to hide my panic, but I could see that the flight staff and the other passengers on the plane could tell. And maybe that was for the best because, to my amazement, they held up the flight and radioed the airport staff, who searched the airport while the flight staff searched the runway and the shuttle bus. Meanwhile, many of the passengers had begun searching the cabin.
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42. Reading of the passage
I didn't hear a single complaining voice; everyone was willing to help. Finally a police officer entered the plane and began to collect information from me. I was about to despair of finding my passport when suddenly a woman waved the small blue book in the air--she'd found it! The whole plane burst into smiles and applause. I was very relieved and grateful for the kindness I'd experienced from so many people who'd treated me like a friend in need and not just as a foreigner.
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