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popular lifeculture

Read the newspaper articles and match them with the headlines:

1.Unjustified TV violence not acceptable, says viewers.

2.Mum finds her four girls.

3.Pensioners’ amazing escape

A

B

C

Read the articles again and answer these questions.

1.How old were Lillian’s children when she last saw them?

2.Why did some people find violent scenes in films acceptable?

3.Why were the pensioners lucky to escape?

They were 7,6,5 and 3.

Because the violence was fair and justified/ the violence had a purpose.

Because it was a bad accident and the coach had turned over into a ditch.

Reading strategies:Dealing with cultural references

---Look out for names and expressions related to British or American culture.

---Use the context to guess what the names represent, or what the expressions mean.

---If there is not enough information to guess, use an atlas, dictionary or encyclopaedia.

Report A:

Names and expressions related to culture

Leeds University Pulp Fiction Tom and JerryChannel 4 Brookside BBC ITV

Report B:

Oklahoma Queen’s Theatre BarnstapleMonchard Road A337 Crediton BTPost Office Veterans AssociationTurners Tours in ChulmleighReport

C: West Gorton Manchester California

TV channels: BBC ITV Channel 4

A drama series:

Brookside

Towns and villages: Barnstaple Creduton Chulmleigh

South Molton

Cities: Leeds Manchester

Districts of cities: West Gorton

A main road: A337

A play: Oklahoma (musical) Pulp Fiction (film)

Tom and Jerry(cartoon)

Companies and organizations:

Department of Transport BT(British Telecom)

Post Office Turners Tours Leeds University

Read and answer:

1.How far is 20 yards? (text B)

a.18 meters b.7 metres c.12 metres2.What is the “blitz spirit”? (text B)

a.Bravery in dangerous situations b.The ability to escape from something dangerousc.Leadership in dangerous situations

3.How far is 3,000 miles? (text c)

a.3,000km b.4,500km c.6,000km

a

a

b

1. person who studies the science of sun,

moon, stars, planets, etc.

= astronomer (n.) 天文学者 astronomy (u.c.n.) 天文学2. escape (v.) + from …… / doing ……

3. crash (v. / n.) 撞击， ( 交通工具的 ) 碰撞4. bravery (n.) ------ brave (adj.)

5. 区分： incident, event, accident

6. have / show a … attitude towards …

7. consideration (n.) ------ consider (v.)

consider + n. / doing / clause 考虑，认为 我正考虑换份工作。 I’m considering changing my job.

我认为你错了。 I consider that you are wrong.

★consider … (asas) … 视…为，把…看作是 我们把他看作是学习的榜样。

We consider him (asas) an example to

learn from.

▲ 表示“认为” , consider 与 think,

regard, believe, suppose, guess 意思相近

但 regard … as … 中 as 不可省略 … be considered / regarded as …

He is considered / regarded as an

example for us to learn from.

consideration (n.) 体贴，体谅 in consideration of 考虑到，由于 considerate (adj.) 体贴人的8. innocent (adj.) innocence (u.c.n.) + of sthof sth

无罪清白，无辜，天真无邪 innocent of a crimeof a crime 未犯罪

儿童的天真随着年龄的增长而消逝。 Children lose their innocence

as they grow older.

9. according to 根据，依照 按我的表是 10 点钟。 According to my watch, it is 10 o’clock.

依照质量付费。 Pay is according to quality.

10. as long as 只要；时间长达 The meeting lasts as long as 4 hours.

I will never give you up as long as

you promise to try your best.

11. conclude (v.) ------ conclusion (n.)

1) 作出结论 concludeconclude from sth that … from sth that …

= draw a conclusion from sth that …

我可以从你的态度得知你不喜欢他。 I can conclude from your attitude that

you dislike him.

= I can draw a conclusion from … that …

2) 结束 conclude (vi.) with = end with

We will conclude this term with an exam.

12. sightseeing (u.c.n.) 观光，游览 同义词： tour / travel / visit

游客 : sightseer / tourist / traveller / visitor

13. greengrocer (n.) 蔬菜水果商，菜贩 grocery (n.) 食品杂货14. fog (n.) 雾 — foggy (adj.) — frog 青蛙 rainy, snowy, windy, cloudy (adj.)

15. muddy (adj.) 泥泞的 — mud (n.)

16. scene (n.) 场面；场景1) 事发地点。 事故现场，犯罪现场

the scene of accident, crime

2) （戏剧或电影中的）片段，场面 在医院的那一场面十分感人。 The scene in the hospital was very moving.

☆☆ on the scene 出现，到场，在场 区分 ““景色”景色”： scene, scenery,

sight, view 见《优化》 P 51

17. load (v. / n.)

(n.) 负载，负荷，装载量，负担，压力 飞机满载起飞。 The plane took off with a full load.

她的思想压力减轻了。 The load on her mind grew lighter.

▲ a load of (= loads of) 很多 , 大量这本书废话连篇，使读者大失所望。

To the readers’ disappointment, the book is a load of rubbish.

18. help out 帮忙做事，帮助克服困难 我买这所房子时 , 我姐姐帮我解了急。 When I bought the house, my sister he

lped me out .

19. district (n.) 地区，区域，行政区 高明区，工业区域 ，邮政行政区： Gaoming District ， industrial district ，

postal district

1.Worth acceptingThe agreement is acceptable by both sides.

2.WelcomeCompliments are always acceptable.

3.TolerablePerformances varied from excellent to acceptable.

21. justified adj. Justice n. Justify vt. Having good reasons for doing sth.

E.g.As the goods were damaged she felt fully justified in asking for her money back.

20.acceptable adj. accept+able