1、一.本课要点及示例在这一课里, 我们要学习几个由动词和介词构成的常用语, 比方 “竞选“ run for, r-u-n f-o-r, run for, “依赖“ depend on, d-e-p-e-n-d o-n, depend on, “参预“ take part in, t-a-k-e p-a-r-t i-n, take part in 等等. 我们也要学习许多跟选举有关系的词汇.现在我们先来听今天这一课的对话 , 内容是说亨利跟同事南希谈起竞选话动的事情. 请你注意听两位英文老师的发音和语调.F: Are you going to vote today, Henry?M: I dont
2、 think so. There arent any candidates Im interested in.F: Havent you kept up on the issues?M: Ive seen the ads on TV, but Im not up on whats going on.F: You should be, you know. This is an important election. And a friend of mine is running for office.M: Thats why youve been bringing in all the camp
3、aign buttons.F: Yes, Joe Brown is a really good candidate. He has taken part in a lot of community activities and he knows what needs to be done.M: And you would vote for him even if you werent friends, right?F: Right!现在我们来听老师用慢速度把整段对话念一遍.F: Are you going to vote today, Henry?M: I dont think so. The
4、re arent any candidates Im interested in.F: Havent you kept up on the issues?M: Ive seen the ads on TV, but Im not up on whats going on.F: You should be, you know. This is an important election. And a friend of mine is running for office.M: Thats why youve been bringing in all the campaign buttons.F
5、: Yes, Joe Brown is a really good candidate. He has taken part in a lot of community activities and he knows what needs to be done.M: And you would vote for him even if you werent friends, right?F: Right!现在老师把对话里包含了我们今天要学的常用语的句子挑出来, 再念一遍给你听.M: There arent any candidates Im interested in.F: Havent yo
6、u kept up on the issues?M: Im not up on whats going on.F: A friend of mine is running for office.M: Youve been bringing in all the campaign buttons.F: He has taken part in a lot of community activities.二.RUN FOR听完了对话, 现在我们来练习对话里包含的常用语. 首先我们学习怎么用 run for 作句子. 比方有一句话: “有些律师在竞选总统 .“ 这句话英文可以这样说:Some law
7、yers are running for the presidency.下面我们作一组代换练习,学学这种说法 . 在这一组练习里你可以学习到其他公职的名称 , 比方市政会, 郡委会等等.现在我们开始作练习. 请你在学生作练习的时候也一起作.M: Some lawyers are running for the presidency.M: congressional officeF: Some lawyers are running for the congressional officeM: governors officeF: Some lawyers are running for the
8、 governors office.M: mayors office F: Some lawyers are running for the mayors office.M: city councilF: Some lawyers are running for the city council.M: county boardF: Some lawyers are running for the county board.三.DEPEND ON刚才我们作的几组练习都是有关竞选的事情. 下面我们作一组代换练习, 看看在美国参加竞选的人必须依赖谁的帮助才能够当选. 练习的作法是老师念一个句子 ,
9、比方 : “候选人依赖竞选委员会主管人员来赢得选举.“ The candidates depend on their campaign managers to win the election. 你跟着重复一遍, 接着老师念出一些助选人员的名称, 比方 “竞选顾问“ campaign advisors, “演讲稿撰写人“ speech writers, “竞选工作人员“ campaign staff. “支持者“ supporters 等等, 请你把你听到的代换到原来的句子里. 每作完一句就请你听老师念正确答案.M: The candidates depend on their campaig
10、n managers to win the election.M: campaign advisorsF: The candidates depend on their campaign advisors to win the election.M: speech writersF: The candidates depend on their speech writers to win the election.M: campaign staffF: The candidates depend on their campaign staff to win the election.M: su
11、pportersF: The candidates depend on their supporters to win the election.四.BE INTERESTED IN在上面那组练习里我们学习了怎么用 “依赖“ depend on 作句子 ,下面我们要学习用 interested in, i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-e-d i-n, interested in,再加上动名词词组来表示对什么什么感兴趣. 比方有一句话: “有些候选人对制造就业机会有兴趣.“ 这句话英文应该这样说:Some candidates are interested in creating job opp
12、ortunities.下面我们作一组代换练习 , 一方面学习 to be interested in 的用法, 一方面学一学候选人所感兴趣的政治问题,比方 “争取女权“ getting equal rights for women.“对抗贪污“ fighting corruption. “平衡政府预算“ balancing government budget,“削减联邦政府规模“cutting the size of the federal government, “改善教育计划“improving educational programs 等等. 现在我们开始练习.M: Some candi
13、dates are interested in creating job opportunities.M: getting equal rights for womenF: Some candidates are interested in getting equal rights for women.M: fighting corruptionF: Some candidates are interested in fighting corruption.M: balancing government budgetF: Some candidates are interested in ba
14、lancing government budget.M: cutting the size of the federal governmentF: Some candidates are interested in cutting the size of the federal government.M: improving educational programsF: Some candidates are interested in improving educational programs.五.TAKE PART IN下面我们作一组练习, 学一学 “参与“ take part in 的
15、用法. 首先由老师提出问题, 然后学生作肯定的答覆. 练习的内容还是跟政治活动有关系. 在学生作练习的时候请你也一起作.M: Did he take part in creating job opportunities?F: Yes, he took part in creating job opportunities.M: Did he take part in getting equal rights for women?F: Yes, he took part in getting equal rights for women.M: Did he take part in fightin
16、g corruption?F: Yes, he took part in fighting corruption.M: Did he take part in balancing government budget?F: Yes, he took part in balancing government budget.M: Did he take part in cutting the size of the federal government?F: Yes, he took part in cutting the size of the federal government.M: Did
17、he take part in improving educational programs?F: Yes, he took part in improving educational programs.六.TAKE SIDES ON在下面一组练习里我们要学习用 take sides on, t-a-k-e s-i-d-e-s o-n, take sides on 来表达在各种不同政治军事等问题上表明立场.比方 “候选人应该在男女平权问题上表明立场吗?“ 这句话英文应该这样说: Should the candidates take sides on the issue of equal rig
18、hts?在下面这组练习里除了可以练习 take sides on 的用法, 还可以学到许多有用的词汇, 比方: “民权“ civil rights, “保护环境“ environmental protection, “国防预算“ defense budget, “核子能源“ nuclear energy, “核武器“ nuclear weapons 等等 .请你注意听老师问问题, 并且跟学生一起作肯定的答覆 .M: Should the candidates take sides on the issue of equal rights?F: Yes, they should take sid
19、es on the issue of equal rights.M: Should the candidates take sides on the issue of civil rights?F: Yes, they should take sides on the issue of civil rights.M: Should the candidates take sides on the issue of environmental protection?F: Yes, they should take sides on the issue of environmental prote
20、ction.M: Should the candidates take sides on the issue of defense budget?F: Yes, they should take sides on the issue of defense budget.M: Should the candidates take sides on the issue of nuclear energy?F: Yes, they should take sides on the issue of nuclear energy.M: Should the candidates take sides
21、on the issue of nuclear weapons?F: Yes, they should take sides on the issue of nuclear weapons.七.KEEP UP ON刚才那组练习里的许多词汇如果你还不太熟, 现在我们再作一组代换练习, 复习一下, 不过这次我们换一个动词词组,这次我们用 keep up on, k-e-e-p u-p o-n, keep up on 来表示选民应该对各种与选举有关的问题随时注意.M: Voters should keep up on the issue of civil rights.M: defense budg
22、etF: Voters should keep up on the issue of defense budget.M: nuclear energyF: Voters should keep up on the issue of nuclear energy.M: nuclear weaponsF: Voters should keep up on the issue of nuclear weapons.M: environmental protectionF: Voters should keep up on the issue of environmental protection.八
23、.APPEAL TO下面我们作最后一组练习, 学学怎么用 appeal to, a-p-p-e-a-l t-o, appeal to 表达立场不同的政治家受不同选民的欢迎. 比方 “有些政治家受劳工的欢迎.“这句话英文应该这样说: Some politicians appeal to laborers, 在这组练习里你还可以学到其他有用的词汇, 比方 “女权运动者“ feminists,“退伍军人“ veterans,“少数民族“ minority groups, “犹太后裔美国人“ Jewish Americans, “西班牙后裔美国人“ Hispanic Americans.现在我们开始作
24、代换练习 .M: Some politicians appeal to businessmen.M: laborersF: Some politicians appeal to laborers.M: feministsF: Some politicians appeal to feminists.M: veteransF: Some politicians appeal to veterans.M: minority groupsF: Some politicians appeal to minority groups.M: Jewish AmericansF: Some politicia
25、ns appeal to Jewish Americans.M: Hispanic AmericansF: Some politicians appeal to Hispanic Americans.九.听短文回答问题今天我们要听的文章内容是说美国的选举制度, 说到怎么样从事竞选活动. 文章里的词汇都是我们已经练习过的.现在请你注意听.Top officials in city, state and federal governments are elected to office by the people. They run for office every two or four yea
26、rs and elections are held the first week of November. People who run for elections are called politicians. Many of them are lawyers. Successful politicians are often famous and important people in their communities. Young lawyers who are interested in politics often join political clubs when they gr
27、aduate from law school. As club members, they help older politicians get elected. When they have had enough experience and support, they run for office themselves. Before elections, political candidates are very busy. They have frequent meetings with their supporters. But most of their time is spent
28、 campaigning, shaking hands and making speeches to the public. There are different groups of voters that politicians try to win support from. Most large cities have black and Spanish speaking communities who elect powerful politicians. Some politicians appeal to businessmen while others appeal to la
29、borers. Many politicians run for office by taking sides on important issues such as balancing government budget, getting equal rights for women, fighting corruption and creating job opportunities. Once politicians win elections, their futures depend on how well they do their jobs, and how well the p
30、eople hear of the work they are doing.现在老师把今天测验的三个问题先念一遍给你听.第一个问题是:M: How often are elections held in the United States?第二个问题是:M: What do political candidates do to get elected?第三个问题是:M: What are some of the important political issues?现在我们听老师用慢速度再把文章念一遍.Top officials in city, state and federal gover
31、nments are elected to office by the people. They run for office every two or four years and elections are held the first week of November. People who run for elections are called politicians. Many of them are lawyers. Successful politicians are often famous and important people in their communities.
32、 Young lawyers who are interested in politics often join political clubs when they graduate from law school. As club members, they help older politicians get elected. When they have had enough experience and support, they run for office themselves. Before elections, political candidates are very bus
33、y. They have frequent meetings with their supporters. But most of their time is spent campaigning, shaking hands and making speeches to the public. There are different groups of voters that politicians try to win support from. Most large cities have black and Spanish speaking communities who elect p
34、owerful politicians. Some politicians appeal to businessmen while others appeal to laborers. Many politicians run for office by taking sides on important issues such as balancing government budget, getting equal rights for women, fighting corruption and creating job opportunities. Once politicians w
35、in elections, their futures depend on how well they do their jobs, and how well the people hear of the work they are doing.现在请你回答下面三个问题. 每回答一个问题老师会念出正确答案让你作个比较, 看你答对了没有.第一个问题是:M: How often are elections held in the United States?F: They are held every two or four years.第二个问题是:M: What do political candidates do to get elected?F: They campaign, shake hands and make speeches to the public.第三个问题是:M: What are some of the important political issues?F: They are balancing government budget, getting equal rights for women, fighting corruption and creating job opportunities.
