吉林大学：《大学英语泛读》课程PPT教学课件（高起本）Lesson 03 Romantic Roundabout

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Lesson 3 Romantic Roundabout 1. Warm-up Questions 2. Background Knowledge 3. Text Analysis 4. Exercises 5. Questions For Discussion Distant Education College, Jilin University Extensive Reading III

Distant Education Colleve,Jilin Uniyersity Warm-up Questions 1.What is probability? 2.How do the laws of probability work in the story? 3.As we know,this is a love story.What do you think are other elements which contribute to the happy ending? 4.Compare Sidney's waiting with the famous Chinese allegory 守株待兔”and see if we can identify any difference. 5.Comment on the title by exploring the text.Then decide how we can best translate it into Chinese. Return

Warm-up Questions Distant Education College, Jilin University 1. What is probability? 2. How do the laws of probability work in the story? 3. As we know, this is a love story. What do you think are other elements which contribute to the happy ending? 4. Compare Sidney’s waiting with the famous Chinese allegory “守株待兔”and see if we can identify any difference. 5. Comment on the title by exploring the text. Then decide how we can best translate it into Chinese. Return

Distant Education College,Jflin Universit Questions for Discussion 1.What made Sidney stay and work for Maryanne Wilson? 2.What's the most fantastic part in this story? 10包e506 Return

Questions for Discussion Distant Education College, Jilin University 1. What made Sidney stay and work for Maryanne Wilson? 2. What’s the most fantastic part in this story? Return

Distant Education College,Jilin University Background Knowledge 1.James Smithson (1765-1829):English scientist and founder of the Smithsonian Institution.He was the illegitimate son of 1st Duke of Northumberland,Hugh Smithson,and Elizabeth H.K.Macie,a descendant of Henry VIl.He was educated in Oxford,and devoted his life to chemical and mine-rological research.He remained single when he died in Genoa,Italy,on June 26,1829.Although he had never visited the United States,he willed his fortune of about $500,000 to the country "to found at Washington,under the name of the Smithsonian Institution,an establishment for the increase diffusion of knowledge among men."His remains now lie in a chapel in the main entrance of the Smithsonian Building. (Picture) More

1. James Smithson (1765-1829): English scientist and founder of the Smithsonian Institution. He was the illegitimate son of 1 st Duke of Northumberland, Hugh Smithson, and Elizabeth H. K. Macie, a descendant of Henry VII. He was educated in Oxford, and devoted his life to chemical and mine-rological research. He remained single when he died in Genoa, Italy, on June 26, 1829. Although he had never visited the United States, he willed his fortune of about $500,000 to the country “to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase & diffusion of knowledge among men.” His remains now lie in a chapel in the main entrance of the Smithsonian Building. (Picture) Background Knowledge Distant Education College, Jilin University More

Distant Education College,Jilin University Background Knowledge 2.The Smithsonian Institution:(史密森研究院/美国 国立博物馆)A scientific and cultural institution established in 1846 when Congress voted to accept the legacy of James Smithson.It is a collection of museums which preserves more than 100 million items of scientific,historical and artistic interest,and thereby gaining the title "the National Attic". (Picture) More

Background Knowledge Distant Education College, Jilin University 2. The Smithsonian Institution: （史密森研究院／美国 国立博物馆）A scientific and cultural institution established in 1846 when Congress voted to accept the legacy of James Smithson. It is a collection of museums which preserves more than 100 million items of scientific, historical and artistic interest, and thereby gaining the title “the National Attic”. (Picture) More

Distant Education College,Jilin University Background Knowledge 3.The National Air and Space Museum:Previously the National Air Museum founded in 1946.It has been located on the Mall since 1976.It is the most popular museum in the country,where one can see exhibits and collections of achievements in flight and space exploration,including the Wright brothers'Kitty Hawk Flyer of 1903,Charles Lindbergh's plane of 1927,and Apollo II Lunar command module Columbia of 1969. (Picture) Return

Background Knowledge Distant Education College, Jilin University 3. The National Air and Space Museum: Previously the National Air Museum founded in 1946. It has been located on the Mall since 1976. It is the most popular museum in the country, where one can see exhibits and collections of achievements in flight and space exploration, including the Wright brothers’ Kitty Hawk Flyer of 1903, Charles Lindbergh’s plane of 1927, and Apollo II Lunar command module Columbia of 1969. (Picture) Return

Distant Education College,Jilin University Exercises 1.True/False Questions 2.Multiple-choice Questions 3.Translation Return

Exercises Distant Education College, Jilin University 1. True/False Questions 2. Multiple-choice Questions 3. Translation Return

Distant Education College,Jilin University True/False Questions 1.People visited the Air and Space Museum more than other museum and monument. 2.No one believed in Maryanne Wilson. 3.Sidney worked here to make money for his family. 4.When every visitor entered the museum,Sidney noticed him or her carefully. Answer

True/False Questions Distant Education College, Jilin University 1. People visited the Air and Space Museum more than other museum and monument. 2. No one believed in Maryanne Wilson. 3. Sidney worked here to make money for his family. 4. When every visitor entered the museum, Sidney noticed him or her carefully. Answer

Distant Education College,Jilin University True/False Questions 1.People visited the Air and Space Museum more than other museum and monument.T 2.No one believed in Maryanne Wilson. 3.Sidney worked here to make money for his family. 4.When every visitor entered the museum,Sidney noticed him or her carefully. Answer

True/False Questions Distant Education College, Jilin University 1. People visited the Air and Space Museum more than other museum and monument. T 2. No one believed in Maryanne Wilson. 3. Sidney worked here to make money for his family. 4. When every visitor entered the museum, Sidney noticed him or her carefully. Answer

Distant Education College,Jilin University True/False Questions 1.People visited the Air and Space Museum more than other museum and monument.T 2.No one believed in Maryanne Wilson.F 3.Sidney worked here to make money for his family. 4.When every visitor entered the museum,Sidney noticed him or her carefully. Answer

True/False Questions Distant Education College, Jilin University 1. People visited the Air and Space Museum more than other museum and monument. T 2. No one believed in Maryanne Wilson. F 3. Sidney worked here to make money for his family. 4. When every visitor entered the museum, Sidney noticed him or her carefully. Answer