step by step 第四册 lesson 127

UNIT 64  CUSTOMS AND HABITS (Ⅱ)
    
           Lesson 127

  Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises

  Spot Dictation: Procrastination¹

    The verb "procrastinate²" comes from ____ Latin procrastinate, which
means "to ____ until tomorrow." To procrastinate, then, ____ to delay
doing something until ____ future time, and a procrastinator³ ____
someone who is always putting ____ what he or she should ____ doing
right now.
    Those of ____ who have a tendency toward ____ know that it is a
____ habit. Every day we tell ____ that we must start doing ____
immediately, and each day we ____ our work, are late for ____, and put
off keeping our ____ to other people. Because we ____ always in the
process of ____, we are also always trying ____ catch up. We are always
____ yesterday's jobs today, and tomorrow ____ will be doing today's
unfinished ____.
    There are people who rarely ____. They are highly efficient and
____ organized, and they seem to ____ everything done on time. I ____
that they never leave home ____ the morning before they make ____ bed,
never go to sleep ____ night before they finish their ____, always
answer  their mail promptly⁴, ____ are never late for appointments. ____
a result, they are probably ____ one step ahead of you ____ me!
    Maybe the way to ____ procrastination is to change our ____
gradually. We can start with ____ daily schedule of the things ____
want or need to accomplish. ____ let's be reasonable. We shouldn't ____
the list with too many ____, and we should be realistic ____ what we
can do. Especially ____ the beginning we should be ____ with ourselves.
After all, if ____ get discouraged at the start, ____ will go right
back to ____ old habits.
    Finally, if we ____ to follow our own schedule ____ each day, we
will stop ____ the chores that face us. ____ will become far less
complicated ____ each day will be easier ____ face. We will undoubtedly⁵
feel ____ about ourselves, too, because we ____ know that we can
overcome ____ weaknesses and improve ourselves.
                 Score: _____

           Part Ⅱ  DIY

      Vocabulary

   1. accessory
   2. boom
   3. roaring
   4. craze

                 Notes

    The "Do-It-Yourself Movement" began with home decorating in the
1940s, but has since spread into much wider fields. Nowadays there are
magazines and handbooks showing hopeful handymen of all ages just how
easy it is to build anything from a coffee table to a sailing dinghy.


         Student Evaluation

  My general Impression Content:
   ____ helpful _____ adequate
   ____ inadequate
  Level Of Difficulty:
   ____ easy ____ fair
   ____ difficult
   My Major Problems
   ____ understanding meanings
   ____ selecting major points
   ____ organizing facts
   ____ retaining concepts
   My Comprehension Score
   __________________________

Exercises:
Ⅰ. 1. _____  2. _____  3. _____
    4. _____  5. _____  6. _____
    7. _____  8. _____ 

Ⅱ. Thirty years ago ...
    Today, however, it is quite a different story ...
    In every High Street throughout Britain nowadays ...
    The main reason for the DIY craze is ...

    Part Ⅲ   The Instinct For Keeping Useless Objects

      Vocabulary

   1. instinct
   2. china
   3. wardrobe
   4. nest
   5. sin
   6. ragged
   7. torment
   8. retrieve
   9. Sellotape

               Notes

    Instinct, as interpreted in psychology⁶ and zoology⁷, is a term with
many different and overlapping⁸ meanings. It may refer to acts, to the
movie forces producing acts, or to both.

        Student Evaluation

  My general Impression Content:
   ____ helpful _____ adequate
   ____ inadequate
  Level Of Difficulty:
   ____ easy ____ fair
   ____ difficult
   My Major Problems
   ____ understanding meanings
   ____ selecting major points
   ____ organizing facts
   ____ retaining concepts
   My Comprehension Score
   __________________________

Exercises:

          Survey Report
   Month of Survey: March
   Area of Survey: Habits --
   ________________________
   ________________________
   Findings: 1. People of all ages
                ________________
                ________________
             2.  An old man (once next-door neighbour)
                ________________
                ________________
                ________________
             3. Speaker's aunt
                ________________
                ________________
                ________________
                ________________
   Conclusion: Instinct for keeping apparently useless objects is
_____________________________

1 procrastination   

n.拖延，耽搁

参考例句：

• Procrastination is the father of failure. 因循是失败的根源。
• Procrastination is the thief of time. 拖延就是浪费时间。

2 procrastinate   

v.耽搁，拖延

参考例句：

• Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do.面对不想做的事情，我们经常拖延。
• It's easy to procrastinate when the deadline seems infinitely far away.当最终期限总是遥遥无期时是很容易延期的。

3 procrastinator   

n. 拖延者, 拖拉者, 因循者

参考例句：

• General Peckem's communications about cleanliness and procrastination made Major Major feel like a filthy procrastinator. 佩克姆将军谈到清洁和拖延的那些简报，使梅杰少校感到自己象一个邋遢的、作风拖拉的家伙。
• This is also a great help if you are a procrastinator. 如果你是一个拖拉的人，这样会对你很有帮助。

4 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。

5 undoubtedly   

adv.确实地，无疑地

参考例句：

• It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
• He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。

6 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

7 zoology   

n.动物学，生态

参考例句：

• I would like to brush up my zoology.我想重新温习一下动物学。
• The library didn't stock zoology textbooks.这家图书馆没有动物学教科书。

8 overlapping   

adj./n.交迭（的）

参考例句：

• There is no overlapping question between the two courses. 这两门课程之间不存在重叠的问题。
• A trimetrogon strip is composed of three rows of overlapping. 三镜头摄影航线为三排重迭的象片所组成。