1. I’m Going to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge Juhong Zhan

2. Tasks Today  Unit 6 Text A Unit 6 Text A  vocabulary vocabulary  Assignments Assignments  Quiz 2 Quiz

3. Background information feminism U.S degrees Brooklyn Bridge Oklahoma

5. Wu Yi Rice Arroyo Who are these superwomen?

6. 1. A friend said that…, she had a bridge in Brooklyn she’d like to sell me.(L6) 2. Despite my friend’s…to buy that bridge she mentioned. (L66) 3. Then I’ll tell her …her own version of that bridge after all. (L86) The Brooklyn Bridge

7. PartsParas.Main Ideas 11-3 24-7 38-11 412-14 515 Despite her friend’s advice, she believes the superwoman stories again. Her encounter with a superwoman and its influence on her. What prevents her from becoming a superwoman. Why she’s still fascinated by modern superwoman stories. To her, admiring a heroine is something worth doing. She is still fascinated by superwoman stories

8. Superwomen in the text 1.Kate L.(papas.1-2) 2.a politician’s daughter 3.a practicing pediatrician 4.a television anchorwoman 5.a woman executive of a national corporation (paras. 4-5) (Papa.3)

9. Superwomen: no easy job (paras. 8-11) 1.She’s unable to get her act together. 2.She can almost expect something to go wrong as long as she gets to work. 3.Anything might happen that would take up much more of time she puts aside for a certain job. 4.She usually feels exhausted after a busy day.

10. Charm of Superwoman Stories I suppose it has something to do with the appeal of an optimistic approach to life-- and the fact that extraordinary deeds have been accomplished by determined individuals who refused to believe that “you can’t” was the final word on their dreams.

11. Repetition of key words 1.Superwoman L15:superwomen L20: superwoman L22: supersisiters L56: superwoman L61: superheroines L66: superwomen L76: superwoman L78: heroine L79: superwomen L80: heroine 2. In her spare time L4: in her spare time L6: in her spare time L33: in her spare time L36: in their spare time L37: in your spare time

12. What is the purpose of repeating key words ? Repetition of key words 1.Remind the readers of the topic 2.Indicating that many people believe in superwoman stories

13. What expressions are used to refer to ‘success’ of superwomen? L10: incredible accomplishments L63: modern fairy tales L70: extraordinary deeds L76: an impossible dream L77: fantasy

14. Words related to food in the text a piece of cake strawberry jam a whole box of cookies soup juice tea a dieter a diet without treats the old low-dream diet They reflect the traditional role of women as food-providers. Why does the author use so many expressions related to ‘food’?

15. undo The news of your illness undid him. His buttons were undone. In 5 minutes he undid my whole day’s work. disturb ruin untie Key words

16. hit home What he said hit home.

17. incredible The superstar has an incredible car in addition to a big house. credit credible

18. Skeptical/ doubtful I’m skeptical about/ of his behavior. his doubtful behavior

19. care for He cares for nobody. My wife doesn’t really care for tea; she likes coffee better.

20. know better than You should know better than to lend money to such kind of people.

21. reproach She reproached her husband for having forgotten their wedding anniversary. He reproached her for being lazy. His reply sounded to me like a reproach.

22. by nature She is by nature very clean. A dog is faithful to its master by nature.

23. get one’s act together You should get your act together and don’t idle away all day if you want to pass the exam.

24. give over to The whole afternoon is given over to writing the essay. He gives himself over to his work. The village hall is given over to civic functions and meetings. 村子的礼堂专作举行庆典和会议之用.

25. at intervals of at long intervals at regular intervals at short intervals in the intervals 相隔, 每隔 偶而, 间或 每隔一定时间 常常 不一会儿, 不久 at intervals

26. set aside My brother set aside half an hour every morning to do sports.

27. bide one’s time The bad woman bided her time, planning revenge. The neighbor seems to be doing nothing, but actually he’s just biding his time.

28. The prisoner appealed the judge for mercy. She appeals to me. I will appeal against being found guilty. If you do not obey me, I shall appeal to force. appeal

29. Key Structures 1. I should have known better than to ask…(L32) 2. Other women,…, not only during office hours, but in their spare time as well. (L35) 3. I imagine how lovely life would be if only I possessed …(L60)

30. 4. We working women are too sophisticated for that,…(L78) 5. When my faith in myself falters, it is they who urge me on…(L79)

31. 1. 复习所学单元 2. 背诵 paras 11 － 13 2. 《奠基篇》 Unit 6 homework

32. Quiz 2 I. Translation 1. This problem ___________________________ （值得 认真考虑）。 2. ______________________( 很有可能解雇你 ) 3. She ________________________________( 避免碰到 这种人 ) 。 4. He believed in ________________________( 广开言 路 ) 。 5. What makes you think that you ____________________________( 有资格从事这份工作 ) ？

33. II. Fill in the gaps with words or phrases listed in the box. Change the form where necessary. resolvereserve on occasion recur merepenetrate emerge end up devise reserve annual optimistic ultimateapparent incline conduct reinforceperspective habitat instinctive in due course tremendousstartle progressive routine vain inflate valid in retrospect involve

34. 1.Although they suspected several other people were also _________ in the bomb explosion, the police decided to concentrate on Peter as the main suspect. 2.Eighty-five percent of international telephone conversations are ___________ in English, as are three-fourths of world mail and telexes. 3. Although Wilmut maintains that cloning animals has ______________ potential for helping people, many people are still worried about it. 4. Jack suggested that we _______________ the problem by having another lawyer look over the case and make a decision. 5. He was _______________ by the sound of the back door opening in the dead of night.

35. 6. She’s one of those habitually _____________ people who keep glancing at themselves in the mirror when they think no one’s looking. 7. He had tried to put the unpleasant event out of his mind, but it kept on _____________ to him, especially in dreams. 8. There is nothing serious about the damage to the car; it is a ___________ scratch. 9. Janet is popular with her colleagues, because she is more ____________ than most people to help out when you ask her. 10. People stamped their feet as the cold from the frozen pavement _______________ their shoes.

36. 11. You should never expect your English to be improved overnight. The development of foreign language skills is a _______________ process. 12. Very often recovery from a disease will be more rapid when the patient has a(n) _________________ outlook on life. 13. Professor Smith translated not only from the French but also, ________________, from the Polish. 14. __________________, it was the wrong time to open a new data processing center in this city. 15. All we were told before leaving the office was that the committee would consider our applications _________________.

37. 16. When the moon _________________ from behind the clouds I made out a figure moving in the distance. 17. After working her way around the world, Helen _______________ teaching English as a foreign language in Africa. 18. Companies publish ______________ reports to inform the public about the previous year’s activities. 19. The general manager had some staff members _______________ a method for quicker communications between offices. 20. I believe Eugene Linden’s writings about animal intelligence will give you a new _______________ on the subject.