新视野大学英语 第三版 book2unit7A教案新视野大学英语 第三版 book2unit7A教案.pdf

辽东学院外国语学院大学英语系列教案 新视野大学英语第三版读写教程 第2 册 Unit 7 section A Woman at the management level 女性管理者 1 When Monica applied for a job as an administrative assistant in 1971, she was asked whether she would rather work for a male or a female attorney. I immediately said a man, she says. I felt that a male-boss/female-employee relationship was more natural, needing no personal accommodation whatsoever. But 20 years later, when she was asked the same question, she said, I was pleasantly surprised that female bosses are much more accessible to their employees; theyre much more sensitive and intimate with their employees. 1 当莫妮卡1971 年申请一个行政助理的工作时，有人问她想与男律师共事还是与女律师共 事。“我马上说想与男律师共事，”她说。“我认为男老板和女雇员的关系更自然，丝毫不需 互相调整。” 但20 年后，有人问她同样的问题时，她说：“令我感到惊喜的是，对员工来说， 女上司更容易接近，她们更能理解人，与员工更亲密。” 1 When Monica applied for a job as an administrative assistant in 1971, she was asked whether she would rather work for a male or a female attorney. (Para. 1) Meaning: Monica was asked if she would like to work for a male or a female lawyer when she applied for a managing job at a law firm in 1971. Sentence structure note: “would rather”句型 1 would rather 的意思是“宁愿；宁可；更；最好；还是…为好”，后接动词原形，表示优先 选择的一种方式。其否定形式是would rather not do sth., would rather 没有人称和数的变化， 所有的人称一律用would rather 。例如： If you/he would rather be alone, we’ll all leave here. 如果你/他宁愿独自呆着，那我们会都 离开这儿。 2 would rather 后接从句时，从句中的谓语动词用一般过去时，表示希望或宁愿某人按某特 定的方式做某事，这个结构常常表达的是现在或将来的行为。例如： I’d rather you didn’t make any comment on the issue for the time being. 我想目前你还是 不要对此事发表任何评论。 2 “I felt that a male-boss/female-employee relationship was more natural, needing no personal accommodation whatsoever.” (Para. 1) Meaning: I felt that there was no need to compromise in a relationship between a male boss and a female employee since it was more natural. 3 But 20 years later, when she was asked the same question,