Unit 1（The Power of Language）

名人名言：

Language is the dress of  thought .    ------ 语言是思维的外衣

——Samuel Johnson       --塞缪尔·约翰逊

 

Speaking Activity(口语活动):

Making Suggestions(提出建议)

 

Read the following conversation. Pay attention to how the speakers make suggestions.

Steve: Hi,Jenny,would you like  to do something with me this weekend?

Jenny: Sure. What shall we do?

Steve: I don't know. Do you have any ideas?

Jenny: Why don't  we   see a film ?

Steve: That sounds good to me. Which film shall we see?

Jenny: Let's see Action Man 4.

Steve: I'd rather not . I don't like violent films(暴力电影).How about going to Mad Doctor Brown ? I hear it's quite a funny film.

Jenny: OK. Let's go see that . When is it on?

Steve: It's at 8 o'clock at the Rex. Shall we have a bite to eat before the film?

Jenny: Sure, that sounds great. What about going to that new Italian restaurant Michetti's?(那意大利餐厅Michetti呢？)

 Steve : Great Idea! Let's meet there  at six.

Jenny: OK. I'll see you at Michett's  at six .Bye.

Steve: Bye.

 

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Notes

The subconscious mind contains thoughts  and feelings that a person is not currently aware of , but  which can easily be brought to consciousness.
It exists just below the level of conscousness before the unconscious mind.

(潜意识包含一个人目前不知道的想法和感觉，但是很容易被带到意识中。它存在于潜意识之前的意识水平之下。)

Write a short essay  with a clear central idea and effective development  in about 150 words . You should base your writing on the following situation
and give consideration to the unity, coherence and  variety of each paragraph.
(撰写一篇简短的论文，具有明确的中心思想，有效发展，约150个词。 你应该在以下情况下撰写文章
并考虑到每一段的统一，一致和多样。)
It is reported that many young people prefer to work rather than continue their education. They think a person without higher education could also get a decent job. If you were faced with the choice between starting a job and continuing education , what would you do？
据报道，许多年轻人宁愿工作而不是继续接受教育。 他们认为没有高等教育的人也可以获得体面的工作。 如果你面临着开始工作和继续教育的选择，你会怎么做？

Over the last 30 years,the 1% have created a global economic system - neoliberalism - that attacks our human rights and destroys our environment.
Neoliberalism is worldwide - it is the reason you no longer have a job,it is the reason you cannot afford healthcare,education,food,your mortgage.
Neoliberalism is your future stolen.
Neoliberalism is everywhere,gutting labor standards,living wages,social contracts,and environmental protections.
It is "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity,relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money."

It is a system that ravages the global south and creates global financial crisis - crisis in Spain,in Greece,in the United States.
It is a system built on greed and thrives on destablizing shocks.
It allows the 1% to enrich themselves by impoverishing humanity.
This has to stop!
We must usher in an era of democratic and economic justice.
We must change,we must evolve.
On October 15th the world will rise up as one and say,"We have had enough!We are a new beginning,
a global fight on on all fronts that will usher in an era of shared prosperity,respect,mutual aid,and dignity."
（过去30年来，1％的人创造了全球经济体系 - 新自由主义 - 攻击我们的人权，破坏了我们的环境。自由主义在世界各地 - 这是你不再有工作的原因，这是你买不起的原因医疗保健，教育，食品，抵押贷款。
新自由主义是你的未来被盗。
新自由主义无处不在，消耗劳动标准，生活工资，社会契约和环境保护。它是“一个伟大的吸血鱿鱼缠在人性面前，无情地将血液漏斗堵塞到任何闻起来像金钱的东西”，这是一个系统蹂躏全球南部地区，
并在西班牙，希腊，美国创造全球金融危机 - 危机。它是建立在贪婪和蓬勃发展的体系的基础上，破坏了冲击。
它允许1％通过贫穷的人性来丰富自己。
这必须停止！
我们必须迎来一个民主和经济正义的时代。
我们必须改变，我们必须发展。
10月15日，世界将会一如既往的发展，说“我们已经够了！我们是一个新的开始，在全面的战斗中，将迎来共同繁荣，尊重，互助和尊严的时代。 “）