大学英语之泛读教程第二册泛读unit 10.ppt

Passage 21 – Fast Reading C, C, B, A, C, B, B balance of payments foreign currencies or SDRs their subscription to the IMF the Bretton Wood System quota subscription SDRs Passage 21 – Cloze Paragraphs 1 – 4: Today’s traditional-age college freshmen are materialistic. They focus on materialistic and immediate needs. Paragraphs 5 – the end: We should study the accumulated wisdom of the ages so as to see the connections between things and be able to tell right from wrong. Careful Reading – Passage 21 Scottish customs and traditions cover a very wide range of topics. Bagpipes Tartan kilts Food Whiskey Paragraph organization: Enumeration Cause and effect: Scotland is famous because of the four customs. kilts The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century. Since the 19th century it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland in general, or with Celtic (and more specifically Gaelic) heritage even more broadly. It is most often made of woollen cloth in a tartan pattern. Although the kilt is most often worn on formal occasions and at Highland games and sports events, it has also been adapted as an item of fashionable informal male clothing in recent years, returning to its roots as an everyday garment. bagpipes The Great Highland Bagpipe is a type of bagpipe native to Scotland. It has achieved widespread recognition through its usage in the British military and in pipe bands throughout the world. Celtic cross Celtic cross is the common name given to a symbol that combines a cross with a ring surrounding the intersection. It belongs to a kind of crosses with a nimbus. In the Celtic Christian world it was combined with the Christian cross and this design was often used for high crosses – a free-standing cross made of stone and often richly decorated. With the Celtic Revival the shape, usually decorated with interlace and other motifs from Insula