【正文】 er in cities or in rural areas.2) Deadbolt locks, security chains, electronic alarm systems and trip wires are widely in use.3) Suburban families have steel bars built in sliding glass doors.4) Small notices warming against burglary are monly seen pasted on the windows of the most pleasant of homes.5) Access cards are required of those who work with medium to largesize panies.6) Airport security uses electronic Xray equipment to guard against terrorism.7) Businessmen employ new machines linked up the their telephone to determine whether the caller is telling lies or not.8) Suburban housewives wear rape whistles on their key chains.DiscussionIn Line 19 to Line 22, the author mentions a public service advertisement by a large insurance pany. Discuss the following questions.1) What does this ad point out?The lock is the new symbol of America. 2) What is the author’s purpose of using this example?Sentence CompletionRead Part 2 carefully and supply the missing information.1) We have bee so used to defending ourselves against the new atmosphere of American life, and so used to putting up barriers.2) We are satisfied when we think we are wellprotected.3) With electronic Xray equipment, we seem finally to have figured out a way to hold the terrorists at bay.4) We do not want to afford ourselves even so much a luxury as a shadow.For Part 3 Questions and Answers1) Under what excuse do people resort to all these means mentioned in Part 2?In the name of “Security”.2) Does the author think they are justified in doing so? No. Because in the author’s opinion, America bees the most insecure nation with all these means.3) According to the author, what may be the legacy we remember best when we recall this era?We became prisoners of ourselves when we deal with the unseen horrors among us.3. Word Scanning1) Scan the text to find all the sentences containing the word “l(fā)ock” or the word with “l(fā)ock” as its root.A “l(fā)ock”a) … the door was closed but not locked. (Line 3)b) It has been replaced by deadbolt locks, security chains, electronic alarm systems… (Line 12)c) The lock is the new symbol of America. (Line 19)d)… the transformation of America from the Land of the Free to the Land of the Lock. (Line 27)e) … we devise ways to lock the fear out. (Line 62)f) We may have locked the evils out, but in so doing we have locked ourselves in. (Line 71)B “l(fā)ock”a) … doors do not stay unlocked, …(Line 7)b) … a picture of a child’s bicycle with the nowusual padlock attached to it. (Line 22)2) Based on these sentences, summarize the main idea of this text. Text Analysis When we read, we are not only learning new vocabulary or structures, but also looking for key information. Identifying keywords is even more important if our reading time is not that plentiful.Lock is the keyword in this text, by locating lock39。3. master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text。 有鄉(xiāng)村特點(diǎn)的of, in or suggesting the countrysideBy the year 2003 urban residents will outnumber rural residents in most developing countries.莊稼種在鄉(xiāng)村地區(qū)。Our government has always paid much attention to the life of the urban poor.我們的政府歷來都重視城市貧民的生活。 Calm 表示平靜的，鎮(zhèn)靜的，指一種毫無迷惑與興奮的寧靜狀態(tài)。t pry into the affairs of 。t allow it to be eaten on the premises. *The pany is looking for new premises.2) 前提,假設(shè)sth. that you accept as true and use as a basis for another idea or way of thinking (usu. followed by that clause) 表“以…為前提”時(shí)常用搭配是on the premise that + 從句It was the lawyer’s premise that his client was innocent.I’m rather questioning whether the whole premise is correct. *The corporation operates on the premise that family life directly affects business results.*The program started from the premise that men and women are on equal terms in this society.* If your premise is established, your conclusions are easily deducible. Collocation: An assumed premise 假設(shè) An unsound premise 站不住腳的假設(shè)17. (L19) Indeed, a recent publicservice advertisement by a large insurance pany featured not charts showing how much at risk we are, but a picture of a child’s bicycle with the nowusual padlocked attached to itWhat is the insurance pany’s intention of running an ad with a picture showing a padlock attached to a kid’s bicycle? The insurance pany wants to show what danger people are in now because they may get the kid’s bicycle stolen.18. (L20) feature: 1) vt. 給…以顯著地位。 (pl)流行音樂排行榜a diagram, picture, or graph which is intended to make information easier to understand The chart showed the decline in the pany’s sales during the year. The weather chart shows where rain fell over China yesterday. *The nurse gave the doctor a chart showing the patient39。 The police put a barrier across the road. *The driver slowed down as he approached the police barrier. *The program serves as a barrier that stops children viewing unhealthy programs on the Internet. * Intolerance is a barrier to understanding. 偏狹是理解的一大障礙 * the language barrier語言上的隔閡 barrier treaty邊界條約 * set up / remove a barrier between在...中間設(shè)置障礙/拆除在...中間障礙Collocation:trade barrier 貿(mào)易壁壘cultural barrier 文化阻隔language barrier 語言障礙geographical barrier 地理阻隔23. (L32) occur: vi. 1) To take place。 26. (L43～44) It simply didn’t occur to managers that the proper thing to do was to distrust people.1) Paraphrase the structure “it occurs to sb. that …”Sb. gets the idea that …Example: It suddenly occurred to me that we could use a puter to do the job.2) Translate the sentence into Chinese.那時(shí)管理人員根本沒想到過恰當(dāng)?shù)氖侄问遣恍湃嗡恕? The scientist analyzed the milk and found it contained too much water. *Assemble your knowledge and analyze it: that is the way forward. *We will analyze the results of the poll and report on our