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Section B
2
5UNIT
A $3,000 dictionary
A $3,000 dictionary
To master the reading skill
To understand the text
To practice the phrases and patterns
To learn about speech writing
Objectives
The money game
Warming-up
Reading Skills
Text Study
Comparative Study
Contents
Unit Project
A $3,000 dictionaryBSection
Warming-up
Lead-in
Background Information
A $3,000 dictionaryBSection
Video Watching
1. What does the “Magic 25” mean in the video?
Tips
Tips
2. According to the speaker, what are the “No-No’s”
when using credit cards?
Back
Purchas
Tips
1. What does the “magic 25” mean in the video?
over 25$
under 25$
Get a new card
Pay for cash
Know exactly how much you spend
• Say no to cash advance;
• Don’t pay late;
• Because of fees;
• Pay off your card;
• Don’t make just the minimum payment;
• Don’t forget check credit report .
2. According to the speaker, what are the “No-No’s” when using credit cards?
Tips
1. What is a credit card?
2 .What is credit limit?
3. What is credit card debt?
Tips
Tips
Tips
1. What is a credit card?
Tips A credit card is a standard-size plastic token, with
a magnetic stripe that holds a machine
readable code. Credit cards are a convenient
substitute for cash or check, and an
essential component of electronic
commerce and internet commerce. Cardholders
normally must pay for credit card purchases within
30 days of purchase to
avoid interest and/or penalties.
2. What is credit limit?
Tips
Holders of a valid credit card have the
authorization to purchase goods and services up
to a predetermined amount, called a credit limit.
3. What is credit card debt?
Tips Debt results when a credit card holder purchases an item or service through the card system. Debt accumulates and its sum increases via interest and penalties when the holder does not pay the company for the money he or she has spent. The results of not paying this debt on time are that the company will charge a late payment penalty (generally in the US from $10 to $40).
Reading Skills
Presentation of the Skill
Reading Skill Practice
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Denotation is the literal meaning of a
word, the one we find in a dictionary.
Connotation, on the other hand, is the
implied meaning of a word, the one a word
suggests to us, or what it makes us feel or
think. Connotation contains the emotional
implications and associations that a word
may carry.
Denotation and Connotation
Example 1
Here’s another familiar example: If we don’t pay our credit card bill on time, we get demanding, nasty emails from the credit card company saying something like: “Your failure to pay is unacceptable. Pay immediately or you’ll be in trouble!” (Text A, Para. 2)Denotation: extremely unkind or unfriendlyConnotation: The word implies that these unpleasant emails sent by the credit card company are disgusting and make people feel angry and annoyed.
Denotation and Connotation
Example 2
Advertisements invade our daily lives. We are constantly surrounded by the message to spend, spend, spend. (Text A, Para. 4)Denotation: go into a place in large numbersConnotation: It connotes a sense of forcefulness and it also has an implied meaning of being overwhelming, resented and unwanted.
Denotation and Connotation
Read the following sentences from Text B
and pay close attention to the underlined
words. Write the denotation of each word and
its connotation. Check the context for clues.
The first one has been done for you.
Denotation and Connotation
Practice
Denotation and Connotation
1. After all, a major feature of college life is limited
finances. Free stuff is like gold and I felt entitled to my
share! (Para. 1)
Denotation: a valuable soft yellow metal that is used to
make coins, jewelry, etc.
Connotation: It implies how anxious the author was to
get something free. He felt so excited about it, as if he
had found gold.
Denotation and Connotation
2. I moved closer to scout out the situation. (Para. 2)3. To my sheer amazement, plastic freedom made its way into my mailbox a few weeks later. (Para. 3)4. With my artificial sense of security, I bought a guitar, a fishing rod and a hunting rifle, long-stem roses for my girlfriend, a brand-new wardrobe, a sophisticated new calculator, and countless other trifles I felt I “absolutely needed”. (Para. 4)5. Friends would call and invite me for dinner, but my finances would prohibit any expenses, so I’d decline every time. I would manufacture excuses for why I always said “No” to their offers. (Para. 7)
Denotation and Connotation
6. A simple matter of credit card debt caused me to drive
everything I cared about from my life. I felt emotionally
crippled and financially bankrupt! (Para. 7)
7. I choked on every word, and I hesitated on the
number. I felt physical pain when I looked her in the eye.
(Para. 8)
8. If this does not change, many students, like myself,
will suffer the consequences of the illusion of a
seemingly free but staggeringly expensive $3,000
dictionary. (Para. 10)
Text Study
Text Comprehension
Language Focus
Critical Thinking
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1. Why did the author feel entitled to his share of the free stuff? (Para. 1) 2. Why did he complete the form and submit it at last? (Para. 2)3. Why was he so surprised when he received a credit card? (Para. 3) 4. Why did he buy more things he felt he absolutely needed? (Para. 4)5. Why did he feel that he was letting his parents down? (Para. 6)6. Why did he feel that he was emotionally crippled? (Para. 7)7. Why did he say it was torture to explain his credit card debt to
his mom? (Para. 8)8. According to the author, what is the intent and purpose of
credit card companies? (Para. 10)
Because a major feature of college life is limited finances and free stuff is like gold.
1. Listen to Para. 1 and answer the following question.
Q: Why did the author feel entitled to his share of the
free stuff?
Tips
2. Why did he complete the form and submit it at last?
(Para. 2)
Tips
He thought he wouldn’t be qualified for the credit card anyway.
With the confidence that a probe of my finances would reveal the sheer weakness of my profile,I completed the form and submitted it.
原句:I moved closer to scout out the situation. In my mind, I heard my mother issue her famous line: “There is no such thing as free stuff!”, as the student behind the table urged me to receive a brand-new dictionary. (Para. 2, L1)
解释 : At first, he remembered what his mom had said and didn’t believe that there was something free in this world. However, he just couldn’t resist the temptation of a free dictionary in the end.
译文:我走近前去察看详情。当桌子背后的那位学生怂恿 我去领一本免费的全新的字典时,我的脑海里仿佛听 到了母亲的那句名言:“世上绝没有免费的东西。”
3. Why was he so surprised when he received a credit card? (Para. 3)
Tips
A. He was not interested in getting it.
B. He was rather weak financially.
C. He just started with a part-time job.
D. He was used to cash but not credit cards.
Choose the best answer to the question.
4. Why did he buy more things he felt he absolutely needed? (Para. 4)
Tips
Soon, however, I began to buy things that I
wanted. With my _______________________, I
bought a _____, a __________ and a ___________,
______________ for my girlfriend, a brand-new
_________, a sophisticated new _________, and
countless other trifles I felt I “absolutely needed”.
artificial sense of security
guitar fishing rod hunting rifle
long-stem roses
wardrobe calculator
Because he didn't live up to his parents’
expectations.
5. Why did he feel that he was letting his parents down? (Para. 6)
Tips
原句:Making matters worse, I lost one part-time job and with it my output of funds grew ever smaller, like those now long-dead roses.(Para. 5, L1) 解释 : What made things even worse was I lost one of my two part-time jobs, and because of this the money available to me became more limited than before; just like the roses I had sent to my girlfriend, my money had withered away.
译文:更糟的是,我失去了一份兼职工作,这样我能 使用的资金就如那些凋零的玫瑰一样,越来越少。
6. Why did he feel that he was emotionally crippled?
(Para. 7)
Tips
A. Everything he cared was taken away from his life.B. His friends would turn down all his invitations.C. No one wanted to make friends with him.D. His mom wouldn't care about his financial situation.
Choose the best answer to the question.
原句:I would manufacture excuses for why I always said “No” to their offers. My dirty little secret began to tear at my emotional stability. (Para. 7, L3)
解释 : I would invent excuses for not accepting my friends’ offers. My dishonest little secret began to shake my emotional stability.
译文:我会编造借口来解释为什么我对他们的提议总是 说 “不”。我那见不得人的小秘密开始扰乱我稳 定的情绪。
编造(虚假情况、借口等)
撕扯
Because he realized his financial situation
was a nightmare for his mom.
7. Listen to Para. 8 and answer the following question.
Q: Why did he say it was torture to explain his credit card debt to his mom? (Para. 8)
Tips
译文:是到解决问题的时候了。在那一刻,我觉得我给生活 带来的消极面开始消散。
原句:The time had come to move toward a solution. At that moment, I felt the negativity I had brought into my life began to dissolve. (Para. 8, L6)
解释 : It was time to solve my financial problem. Only at that moment did I feel that the negative effect on my life began to melt away.
消极性 使处于(某种情形)
8. According to the author, what is the intent and
purpose
of credit card companies? (Para. 10)
Tips
The intent and purpose
of credit card companies
is to profit from students’
accumulated debts.
A $3,000 Dictionary
Once the author completed a credit card
application, he was told would receive a ____
dictionary. The plastic freedom_____________
into his mailbox a few weeks later. His first
purchases were_____. Soon, he began to buy
things that he wanted and accumulate______.
What’s worse, he lost one____________. The
gravity of credit card debt crisis had left him in
_________. He felt he owed his parents more
free
made its way
tame
debt
part time job
despair
than he could imagine. He began to ___________
in many activities. After graduation, he explained
the financial distress to his mother and felt physical
_____ when looked her in the eye. Recently he
learned that many students fall to the __________
of easily accessible credit cards. Finally the author
pointed that the _____________________ must
become more severe, and college campuses
should be free of _____________________. Be-
cause “There is no such thing as _________!”.
lose interest
pain
temptation
screening procedures
credit card marketers
free stuff
Practical Phrases Specific Meanings1. be / feel entitled to (do) sth. 使某人有权利做某事2. urge sb. to do sth. 催促(某人)做某事
3. filter out 滤除(不需要的文 字、信息等)
4. let sb. / sth. down 使失望5. shrug off 对…满不在乎6. tear at 撕扯7. bring sb. / sth. into 使处于(某种情形)
8. access to 进入权;使用权;接触 的机会
使某人有权利做某事
(be entitled to / paid holiday)
Every worker will be entitled to four weeks' paid
holiday a year.
be / feel entitled to (do) sth. 短语逆译
短语应用每位工人每年都能享受 4 周的带薪休假。
意群提示
催促(某人)做某事 urge sb. to do sth. 短语逆译
(minister / takes the floor / denounce/ constitutional rule)
Minister takes the floor to denounce the people who urge him to suspend constitutional rule.
短语应用部长会上发言谴责催促他停止宪制的人们。
意群提示
滤除(不需要的文字、信息等)
(filter out / UV (Ultraviolet Rays )
Children should have glasses which filter out UV (Ultraviolet Rays ) rays.
filter out短语逆译
短语应用儿童应该戴上滤除紫外线的眼镜。
意群提示
使失望
(excessively / plot/ let sb. down)
Sadly, the excessively simple plot of the film let all of us down .
let sb. /sth. down短语逆译
短语应用遗憾的是,过于简单的电影情节让我们所有人都感到失望。意群提示
对…满不在乎
(shrug off / hit)
The middle class may shrug off rising food prices, but the poor are being hit harder.
shrug off短语逆译
短语应用中产阶级对于食品涨价也许只是耸耸肩而已,但对于穷人来说却是沉重的打击。
意群提示
撕扯
(hunting dogs / tear at / flesh )
African hunting dogs will tear at the flesh of their victim until it is weak.
tear at短语逆译
短语应用非洲猎狗会撕咬猎物的皮肉,直到它变得虚弱不堪。
意群提示
使处于(某种情形)
(behavior / bring sth. Into/ disrepute )
The players’ behavior on the field is likely to bring the game into disrepute.
bring sb. / sth. into短语逆译
短语应用球员在赛场上的表现很可能使这场比赛臭名远扬。
意群提示
进入权;使用权;接触的机会
(TV reporter/ fence/restrict/ access to )
Villagers told these TV reporters that the fence would restrict public access to the hills.
access to短语逆译
短语应用村民们告诉那些电视台记者这个围栏将限制公众进入山区。
意群提示
Functional Patterns Functions & Usages
1. sb./sth. does sth., as sb. does sth.
用于表达“某人做某事时,发生了能够影响其决定的事” 。
2. With the confidence/anticipation/ satisfaction/hesitation that …, sb. does …
用于表示“某人带着自信、期待、满意、迟疑等心情或感情做某事”。
3. It had been several years/a couple of weeks / a few days since sb. /sth. did sth., so sb does, but …
用于表达“由于时间关系,某人认为能够做某事,可结果却出乎意料之外”。
当桌子背后的那位学生怂恿我去领一本免费的全新的字典时,我的脑海里仿佛听到了母亲的那句名言:“世上绝没有免费的东西。
原句译文
逆译练习In my mind, I heard my mother issue her famous line: “There is no such thing as free stuff!”, as the student behind the table urged me to receive a brand-new dictionary. (Para. 2)
句型提炼
sb./sth. does sth., as sb. does sth.
句型提炼
应用提示用于表达“某人做某事时,发生了能够影响其决定的事”。
句型应用
(motherland / by chance /dilemma )
He saw the photos of his beautiful motherland by chance, as he faced with the dilemma of whether or not to return to his country.
典型例句当决定要不要回国,进退两难时,他无意间看到了自己美丽祖国的照片。
意群提示
我确信对我财产状况的调查会曝露我在财务上的不足,所以我填了表格,并把它交了。
原句译文
逆译练习With the confidence that a probe of my finances would reveal the sheer weakness of my profile, I completed the form and submitted it. (Para. 5)
句型提炼
With the confidence/anticipation/ satisfaction/ hesitation that …, sb. does …
句型提炼
应用提示用于表达“某人带着自信、期待、满意、迟疑等心情或感情做某事”。
句型应用
(With the confidence that / competition / peacefully)
With the confidence that he could win the competition easily, he closed his eyes and went to sleep peacefully.
典型例句他确信能够轻而易举地赢得这次比赛 , 于是闭上眼睛,安然入睡。
意群提示
我那可怕的金钱问题从开始至今已好几年了,所以我以为伤口愈合得相当不错了,但是当我向母亲解释我的信用卡债务时,对自己的厌恶感和所感到的尴尬合并成一种折磨。 。
原句译文
逆译练习It had been several years since my awful money issues began, so I believed the wound to be fairly well healed, but the blend of disgust and emotion I felt when I explained my credit card debt was torture. (Para. 8)
句型提炼
It had been several years/a couple of weeks
/ a few days since sb. /sth. did sth., so sb
does, but…
句型提炼
应用提示用于表达“由于时间关系,某人认为能够做某事,可结果却出乎意料之外” 。
句型应用
(keep company / spy / neighboring country /appear) It had been several years since I kept company with him, so I believed I knew him quite well, but I never knew he was a crown prince from neighboring country until I saw him appeared on the television news.
典型例句同他来往已经好几年了,所以我以为已经非常了解他,但是我看到他出现在电视新闻时,才知道他是位邻国王储。意群提示
1. 新学期刚开学 the first days of a new semester
2. 在财务上的不足 the sheer weakness of one’s profile
3.建立自己的信用 develop one’s own credit
4. 虚假的安全感 artificial sense of security
5.基本生活费 basic ongoing living expenses
6.真正有自主能力 的男孩
a truly autonomous man
7. 编造借口 manufacture excuses
8.哽咽地说出每一个字
choke on every word
9.孤立的事件 an isolated case
10. 可能断送未来 have the potential to ruin one’s future
起初,我感到非常震惊,
这些庞大的信用卡公司竟然信任我这个在经济上苦苦挣扎的学生,我只持有两份拿最低工资的兼职工
作,每月还在分期支付之前所买的电脑。 a. At firs
t, I was shocked that these
huge credit card corporations
trusted me, a struggling student
holding two minimum wage part-
time jobs and paying monthly
installments on a purchased
computer.
b. Making matters worse, I
lost one part time job and with
it my out put of funds grew
ever smaller, like those now
long-dead roses.
更糟的是,我失去了一份
兼职工作,这样我能使用的资金就如那些凋零的玫
瑰一样,越来越少。
c. I owed them more than I could
possibly imagine, specifically
their vision of a boy becoming a
truly autonomous man. Now, I
was letting them, and myself,
down.
我欠他们的比我能想象的更多,说得明确些,我辜负了他们让我成为一个真正有自主能力的男孩的期
望。现在,我让他们和我本人感到沮丧。
如果这个不改变,很多
学生就会像我一样,遭受 看似免 费 但 却高达3,000美元字典的假象
所带来的后果。 d. If this does not change,
many students, like myself, will
suffer the consequences of the
illusion of a seemingly free but
staggeringly expensive $3,000
dictionary.
Tips
2. Is it necessary for students to get a part-time job to make an allowance? Why or why not?
1. Do you think college students should be issued a credit card? Why or why not?
3. What can you do if you’ve already accumulated debt?
Tips
Tips
1. Do you think college students should be issued a credit card? Why or why not?
Tips
• Yes, because they are adults already and know how to budget their money. If they are not given the opportunity to manage their own finance, they will never learn. • No, they would spend all the money and sometimes even exceed the credit limit. Therefore, they will possibly end up with debt and suffered a lot.
2. Is it necessary for students to get a part-time job to make an allowance? Why or why not?
Tips
• Yes, it is important for students to get a part-time
job to earn some pocket money because that will
help them buy things needed and, to some degree,
improve their financial status. • No, students should concentrate on their study. If
they get a part-time job, they will be distracted from
their study and waste their time in college.
• Figure out what made me accumulate debt;
• Save more, spend less;
• Seek advice from a financial consultant;
• Make a plan to pay off the debt;
Tips
3. What can you do if you’ve already accumulated debt?
Talk about college students’
financial debt .
1. Why can college students easily fall into debt?
2. How can college students with a limited allowance avoid being in financial debt?
Tips
Tips
• Save money whenever I can;
• Open a savings account with a local bank;
• Keep a small amount of money in my wallet;
• Only buy things that are needed;
• Go shopping when things are on sale.
Tips
1. Why can college students easily fall into debt?
• Only buy things that are absolutely needed;
• Buy used books or discount stationeries;
• Try not to apply for a credit card;
• Limit leisure time activities;
• Avoid buying latest electronic products.
2. How can college students with a limited allowance avoid being in financial debt?
Tips
Thematic study
Comparative Study
Thematic Study
Language Features Analysis
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2. According to your own experiences, how can college students handle their money efficiently?
1. Comparison between a smart consumer and a blind consumer.
Tips
Tips
1. Comparison between a smart consumer and a blind consumer.
Smart consumer
1. Save more money;2. Suspend desires and avoid luxuries;3. By sth. truly need;4. Not fall into debt;5. Learn skills applied to finances;6. Balance spending and saving.
Blind consumer
1. By lots of trifles;2. Accumulate debt; 3. Late payment;4. Lose interest in many activities;5. Emotionally crippled; 6. Financially bankrupt.
Tips
2. According to your own experiences, how can college students handle their money efficiently?
• Record how much they have spent; • Try to use cash instead of credit card; • Withdraw only certain amount of money
from bank;• Never borrow money from other people; • Only buy things they need; • …
Based on your study of
the two texts, compare
the writing styles of the
two texts in terms of their
typical language features.
1. What are the typical language features of the two texts?
2. List more examples from the text to support your ideas.
Tips
Tips
Text B exemplifies the writing technique of narration, in which the student’s induction to becoming a credit card debtor is depicted very vividly and elaborately.
1. What are the typical language features of the two texts?
TipsText A Text A is analytical, supported with specific examples and evidence.
2. List more examples from the text to support your ideas.
TipsText A the statistics show how many commercial
ads people see while growing up:
It’s been calculated that by the age of 18, the
average American will have seen 600,000 ads;
by the age of 40, the total is almost one million.
Unit Project
Doing a Report
Speech Writing
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Doing a report on college
students’ spending habits
Doing a Report
Many recent stories circulating among students are associated with finance, due to students’ over using of their credit card or monthly allowance. This could cause their distress and affect their concentration on study. Therefore, this unit project will require you to do a problem solving activity which involves the following steps:
Doing a Report
1 In groups of four, design a questionnaire regarding students’ spending habits.
2 Divide each group into two, and each pair will go together and interview 5-6 students on campus to find out their spending habits.
3 Put together the results of your interviews and them in your original group.
4 Report to the class your findings and analysis.
Doing a Report
Writing a speech on How to Save Money
You may include the following points:
●Beginning:
Two tips:
fascinating and unconventional
You may adopt:
several questions / an allegorical story / an aphorisms /
an introduction of a relevant background / motivation/
purpose of the speech.
Speech Writing
To be continued
You may include the following points:
Body :
Two special models:
argumentative structure model;
narrative structure model.
You may adopt:
reasoning / analyzing / examples / quotes
Speech Writing
Writing a speech on How to Save Money
To be continued
You may include the following points:
●Ending :
Tips:
Come up with a full, clear idea, and strive to reveal it.
Basic requirement:
Mention hope and Express passion.
You may adopt:
a summary style / a call type / oath ceremony /
wished ceremony.
Speech Writing
Writing a speech on How to Save Money
You may use the following expressions in your writing
Money doesn’t come easily;
Money doesn’t grow on trees;
Don’t let money burn a hole in your pocket;
Out of debt, out of danger;
Lend your money and lose your friend;
Never spend your money before you have
it.
Speech Writing
The end
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