Unit 7 Happiness & Success. Avant-garde Lifestyles S: Various modern lifestyles L: An...

Unit 7

Happiness & Success

Avant-garde Lifestyles

S: Various modern lifestyles L: An interview with a DINK couple L: Two backpackers S: Freelance—to be or not to be R: LOHAS W: Writing a poster for the LOHAS Club

An interview with a DINK couple 1) Because we want to spend our leisure time tog

ether… leisure n. 空闲eg: He has a lot of leisure time since retirement. I seldom have leisure to consider the question. leisure常用结构： gain/obtain leisure 得到一点空闲； occupy one’s leisure time/hours 利用 / 占用某人的

空闲时间； have much leisure 有很多空闲； at one’s leisure 有空时，方便时。

2) But have you ever thought of yourselves as being selfish?

think of…as… 把……看作……eg: I think of him as my best friend. He doesn’t think of himself as a politician. selfish a. 自私的eg: I didn’t realize you are so selfish. It seems to me an awfully selfish way of looking at

things. selfish 常用结构是 it is selfish of sb. to do sth. 。eg: It was selfish of them to do that. 他们那样做太自私了。

3) We never want to come across as being selfis

h or anything like that.

come across as 给人……印象，使人产生……印象 eg: He came across as being rather mean.

He comes across as someone who means what he

says.

Two backpackers 1) We went on our trip and arrived at Istanbul Airp

ort, dead tired. 我们出发去旅行，疲惫不堪地到达了伊斯坦布尔机场。

此句中的 dead 作副词用，表示“非常，极度”，常置于所修饰词之前。

eg: You were dead lucky to get the job. I was dead scared. 2) We both decided to do the right thing and stay

up all day. stay up 不睡，熬夜eg: Nobody stayed up to give us our supper. I stayed up until 2:00 in the morning.

3) We were feeling quite proud of ourselves by the time we checked in at our hotel in the afternoon.

be/feel proud of sb./sth. 为某人 / 事感到骄傲 eg: She’s proud of her daughter.

He felt very proud of having a friend with such noble ideas.

4) We ended up falling asleep at about 4:00 in the afternoon…

end up (with) 以……结束，以……告终 eg: We don’t know where Nancy will end up.

R: LOHAS 1) Do you care about your health and exercise fre

quently to keep fit? keep fit 保持健康 eg: In order to keep fit, she exercises every day. Practicing yoga regularly is a good way to keep fit. 2) …do you feel responsible for the environment

and say no to non-reusable chopsticks and plastic bags?

feel/be responsible for 感到有 / 有责任的，应负责任的

eg: The bus driver feels responsible for the passengers’ safety.

The police are responsible for the preservation of public order and security.

say no 表示拒绝。eg: Of course you’ll end up doing most of the work if

you don’t learn to say no. You know me — when people ask me to go round

to their homes I just can’t say no. plastic a. 塑料的，塑胶的eg: He wrapped his sandwiches in a plastic bag. The cups and the plates were plastic. plastic 也可当名词用，表示“塑料”。eg: These spoons are made of plastic. The toy motorcycle is made of plastic and is easily

broken by children.

3) Do you consider the effect of the hamburger on your health, or even on the whole environment? 你会考虑汉堡包对身体甚至对整个环境的影响吗？

effect n. 影响eg: She thought about the effect of such news upon he

r husband. It had an almost immediate effect on his thinking. effect 还可表示“结果，效果”。eg: Irony was the effect he worked for in conversation. The advertising campaign didn’t have much effect on

sales. effect 还可当动词用表示“使发生，完成”。eg: I shall effect my purpose; no one shall stop me! He effected his escape by killing a guard.

4) I realized that I was not living a really healthy life, and started thinking about ways to change my life for the better.

think about 考虑eg: The boss is thinking about raising the sales man

ager’s pay. Have you thought about what job you are going to

do? 5) I set a goal to stop smoking within a certain pe

riod of time. set a goal (to do sth.) 设定目标，确立目标（做…

…） eg: At the beginning of this year he set a goal to sav

e enough money for a piano for his daughter. Set a goal and work on it till you achieve it.

6) LOHAS stands for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability. 乐活族代表一种健康及可持续发展的生活。

stand for 代表；支持；容忍 eg: What does “WTO” stand for?

I am not going to stand for that kind of behavior.

7) LOHAS markets are growing too, such as healthy buildings, recycled energy, healthy furniture, organic food, health food, and self-improvement programs. 乐活族的市场也在扩大，如环保建筑、再生能源、环保家具、有机食品、健康食品和自我完善计划。

recycled a. 回收的，循环的eg: The company tries its best to produce high-qualit

y recycled paper. recycled energy 再生能源organic food 表示“有机食品”，又称“绿色食品”，

在原料生产和产品加工过程中不使用农药、化肥、生长激素、化学添加剂、化学色素和防腐剂等化学物质，也不使用基因工程技术。

L: Success at the Supermodel Contest

1) Did you hear that Marilyn just won first prize in the Supermodel Contest?

prize n. 奖，奖赏，奖金eg: At school, I received several prizes for chemistry a

nd physics. The prize money for singing contests can be as hig

h as $10,000. prize 一般用来表示在大赛或竞赛中获奖。 prize 当动词

用时表示“珍视，重视”。eg: I prize my independence too much to go and work

for them.

contest n. 竞赛，竞争，比赛eg: Last week she took part in and won a beauty con

test. contest 可以作动词，当动词用时表示“争取赢得…”，eg: The championship is being keenly contested by e

ight athletes. 2) Being a good model calls for a lot of qualities. call for 需要，要求eg: This problem calls for quick action by the govern

ment. Congratulations! This news calls for a celebration! 3) And Marilyn has been practicing her modeling

skills a lot. 此处 model 作动词，意思是“做模特”。 eg: She modeled for a few years when she was in he

r twenties.

L: An interview on success 1) Jane, what do you think makes people succeed?

succeed vi. 成功eg: If you try hard enough, you’ll succeed in the cont

est. succeed 表示成功的常用结构为： succeed in sth. / d

oing sth. 。 eg: She’s absolutely determined to succeed in life. I tried to clean the watch, but only succeeded in br

eaking it. succeed 还可表示“继承”。eg: When the queen dies, her eldest son will succee

d her.

2) So ability is of great importance. 因此能力很重要。

ability n. 能力eg: I did the work to the best of my ability. Thanks to his ability, he was appointed to the chai

rmanship of the Committee. ability 常用来表示做某事或从事某事的能力，常用结

构： display/exhibit/show ability 显露才能； develop/foster/cultivate one’s ability 培养……的才能； have ability in 具有……才能。

“be + of + 抽象名词”为英语中常见结构，相当于形容词形式，如 be of importance = be important 。名词前还可插入形容词，起修饰作用。

3) But I think what leads to eventual success is persistence.

persistence n. 坚持不懈eg: By persistence we succeeded in winning him ove

r at last.

This is not easy. It requires hard work and persistence.

persistence 的形容词形式为 persistent 。eg: He is always persistent in his questions.

Ways to success

S: What can lead to success L: Success at the Supermodel Contest L: An interview on success S: Factors of success R: Chance or choice W: Writing an ad for the barber R: Complain or change