unit1.1 全新版大学英语4第二版.ppt

Happy New Year, everyone! The year of the snake Grading policy 20% general performance+80% final exam General performance =10’ attendance +10’ ( class work, assignments, participation, effort) Attendance: 1 absence= -2, 3 or more=0 Three times tardy can equal one official absence!!! Mode of behavior Respect yourself and others. Respect the environment. Respect learning. (Come prepared to class , Ask questions, Consistently do your best with class work, Engage your mind in class ) God helps those who help themselves! Your efforts will be paid off! /englishvideo/qiaomen/2013-02-09/210682.html 中国春节：The Chinese New Year蛇年：the year of the snake越来越紧密：ever stronger and ever deeper贸易往来以来最好的一年：Best ever year of trade投资者：investor欧盟：European Union中国的丰富文化：the richness of Chinese culture /englishvideo/qiaomen/2013-01-26/209610.html On those cold, rainy days when you forget your rain jacket or umbrella, and you want to stay as dry as possible, should you walk and spend more time in the rain? Or should you run, which means you’ll be hitting more rain drops from the side? Assuming you haven’t been fully soaked yet, and you aren’t jumping into the puddles. The answer is simple. As you move out of the way of one falling raindrop, you move into the way of another. So the amount of the rain hitting the top of you is constant, regardless of how fast you’re going. Unit 1 Fighting with the Forces of Nature Instances to indicate man can conquer nature 1. fighting against diseases (vaccine, antibiotics, organ transplant), clone 2. genetically modified products 3. spacecrafts, satellites, landing the moon 4. afforestation, south-to-north water diversion, three-gorges dam Natural forces Name some natural disasters  Its?reported?that?monitoring?data?showed?the?Air? Quality?Index?in?most?parts?of?Beijing?reached?500,? the?maximum?pollution?level. Emergency?response?measures?were?adopted?on? Sunday?in?some?areas?to?deal?with?the?heavy?