The second lecture of College EnglishHi, everyone! Are you satisfied with the first lecture? Today we’ll continue to learn unit one.Ⅰ.Review something in lecture one:A. Useful phrases:1.disagree with …(与…意见有分歧)；2.hundreds of(成百的)；3. be different from…(与…不同)；4. succeed in sth…(成功的做某事)；5. as much as you can(尽可能的多)；6. practice doing sth(练习做某事)；7. try to do…(试图做某事)；8. be similar in sth…(在某些方面是相似的)；9. first of all(首先)；10. depend on(依靠、依赖)；11. instead of sth/doing sth(不是某事或不是做某事)；12. wait sb to do…(等着某人去做某事)；13. learn from sth/sb(从某件事或从某人那儿学到…)；14. make a mistake(犯错误)；15. be afraid to do(害怕去做…)；16. be willing to do…(愿意去做…)；17. be interested in sth(对…感兴趣)；18. in order to(为了)；19. communicate with sb(同某人进行交流)；20. on the other hand(另一方面)；21. might do well to do sth(不妨做某事)。
B. Some important words:1.successful；2. disagree；3.statement；4. guarantee；5. intelligent；6. conversely；7. similar；8. independent；9. conclusion；10. communicate；communication；11. purpose, purposefully；12. regularly；13. technique；14. outline.C. Key to part exercises: (from page 8 to 12)一、课文练习：Ⅰ.d, a, c, d, d;Ⅱ. 1.task; 2.intelligent; 3.tudy; 4.clue; 5.conclusion; 6.repeat; munication; 8.purpose;9.probably; 10.outlineⅢ. 1. Instead of; 2.therefore; 3. more…than; 4.even; 5.first of all; 6.because; 7.on the other hand; 8.finally; 9.looking for; 10.converselyⅣ.1.见课文；2. Language learning is active learning. Learners should take advantage of every chance to use the language.3. Language learning should be active, independent and purposeful.4.见一讲作业。
5. The teachers often pass on their successful experience in language learning to us.二、词汇练习：Ⅰ.1.2.4.见一讲词汇讲解部分； 3. cover: v 覆盖； uncover: v 揭开，为cover的反义词；discover: v 发现，同义词：find, 习题答案为：covered; uncover; discoveredⅡ.1.inexact; 2.technique; 3.outlined; municate; 5.regularly; 6.clue; 7.intelligent;8.incomplter; 9.similar; 10.statementⅢ.1.disagree; 2.independent; 3.incomplete; 4.inexact; 5.uncover/discoverⅣ.1,3,4,见一讲作业3,4,5题。
2见课文 5. We should learn something new independently, actively and purposefully.Ⅱ. Text B:要求作一般了解，属阅读理解课文，对于text B的文章来说，虽然较A篇稍长，但难度稍低，检测阅读结果的标准是能够独立地完成课后的习题。
A. Some new words:1.instance: a single fact, event, example.例子、实例，常用短语for instance，例如。
2.waiter: a person who serves food at the tables in a restaurant(男性)，waitress女服务员、女招待3.traveler: a person who goes from place to place, esp. to a far away placetravel: v 旅游4.primitive: adj 原始的：of the earliest times of life or of man5.exact 反义词inexact6.consist; v 短语： consist of 组成e.g. My class consists of 20 students.7.simply: adv, simple adj 简单的B. Some language points:1.not only…but also…不但…而且，并列连词。
(连接两个并列成分)e.g.⑴ I hope to be not only your teacher, but also your good friend.我希望不仅成为你们的老师，而且成为你们的好朋友。
⑵…, we can do it not only with the help of words, but also in many other ways.我们不仅可以通过词语…，而且可以通过其他的方式。
2.neither…nor:既不…也不，并列连词，连接两个并列成分。
e.g. ⑴ Autumn is a good season. It’s neither hot nor cold.秋天是一个好季节，它既不热也不冷。
⑵ people who can neither hear nor speak talk to each other with the help of their fingers.那些既不能听又不能说的人是通过他们的手指的帮助来相互交流。
3.He entered a restaurant and sat at a table.(他走进一间餐馆，坐在桌旁。
)4.in this way:介词短语，用这种方法e.g. I learn English by myself. In this way, I have finally got the diploma of English major.我完全靠自己学习英语，用这种方法，我最终得到了英语专业的学历。
5. The Englishman who was very hungry by this time and not at all thirsty looked very sad. 到此时为止，这个英国人非常饿，一点都不渴，看上去非常沮丧。
a.本句包含有一个定语从句，who was very hungry by this time and not at all thirsty修饰先行词The Englishman。
b.短语：by this time到此时为止； not at all根本不…6. Words consist of sounds, but there are many sounds which have a meaning and yet are not words.译：语言是由声音组成的，但具有一定意义的声音并不都是话语。
短语：consist of,包含、包括句子结构中包含有一个定语从句。
Key to the part exercises:page 16: T, F, T, F, T, F, F, F, T, F.Unit 2Text A: Taxes, Taxes, and More TaxesMain idea about the text: we know that the taxes in the United States are the highest in the world. Almost everyone need pay taxes on many things. There are three levels of government in the United States, so there are three types of taxes; they are for the federal government, state government, and city government. Even some Americans think that they are working one day each week just to pay their taxes.A. New words:1.tax: n 税；vt 对…征税a. Every citizen has the right to pay tax to our country.每个公民都有向我们国家纳税的权利和义务。
b. My income is taxed at source. (我的收入已扣除了所得税。
)2.generally: adv 一般地、通常，同义词：usually, 常用语：generally speaking, general adj3.type: n 类型、种类；v 打字a. What type of tea do you prefer? Green tea. 你喜欢喝哪一种茶？绿茶。