英语零起点第四册第二单元文章讲述.ppt

Language Points According to a recent study in the United States, the generation under 35 knows less, cares less, and reads newspapers less than any another generation in the past five decades. 美国最近一项研究表明，在过去的50年中，35岁以下的这一代人，比起其他任何一代人都知之甚少，关心甚少，而且读报也甚少。 according to 根据 Language Points The survey’s most dramatic revelation is the decline in newspaper readership. 这项普查所反映最突出的问题是看报人数下降。 Language Points Only 30 percent of Americans under the age of 35 said they had read a newspaper the previous day. 年龄在35岁以下的美国人中仅有30%的人说他们前一天读过报。 the previous day 前一天 the previous year 前一年 the previous month 前一个月 Language Points Only 30 percent of Americans under the age of 35 said/they had read a newspaper the previous day. 主语： only 30 percent of Americans under the age of 35 谓语： said 宾语从句： (that) they had read a newspaper the previous day 从句也是个句子，也存在主谓。 Language Points The percentage of people viewing television news programmers is down as well. 收看电视新闻节目的比率也下降了。 as well 也 Language Points The percentage of people (viewing television news programmers) is down as well. viewing television news programmers现在分词作定语修饰people 后置定语 Language Points In other words, many Americans now don’t have the information they need to be good consumers, make good business decisions, vote, or understand the current issues of today. 换言之，许多美国人现在没有获取他们需要得到的信息，如：如何成为好的消费者，如何做出明智的商业决策，如何投选票，活着如何理解当今时事。 in other words 换句话说 Language Points In other words, many Americans now don’t have the information they need to be good consumers, make good business decisions, vote, or understand the current issues of today. need to do 需要做某事 make decisions 做决定 current issue 期刊 Language Points—1 according to 根据 the previous day 前一天 the previous year 前一年 the previous month 前一个月 as well 也 in other words 换句话说 need to do 需要做某事 make decisions 做决定 current issue 期刊 Language Points We don’t have to stay this way, though there are options. 其实我们大可不必维持这种现状，还有若干选择。 Language Points For example, we can listen to radio news. 例如，我们可以收听广播新闻。 Lan