(
课件网) Unit 5 UNIT 5 THE VALUE OF MONEY Opening Page Money is a good servant and a bad master. 金钱是善仆，也是恶主。 ―Francis Bacon (弗朗西斯 培根) 1. Is money the basis of a happy life 金钱是幸福生活的基础吗？ basis n. -- bases (pl.) 基础; 根据; 基点 on the basis of 在某事的基础上；根据某事 eg Their friendship formed on the basis of honesty and trust at university. on a regular basis 定期地，经常地 eg I'm saving money on a regular basis. basis, base 词条 用法 例子 basis 一般用来表示抽象的“基础，基点” the basis of friendship 友谊的基础 the basis of a good marriage美满婚姻的a基础 base 含义比较广，既可以指抽象的“基础、基点、原则”，也可以指具体的“根据、基地” an economic base 经济基础 a naval base 海军基地 【语境应用】完成句子。 1) 许多语言都以拉丁语为基础。 Many languages ____ _____ _____ Latin. 2) 你最好定期锻炼。 You’d better exercise _____ ____ _____ _____. on a regular basis are based on apologise (= apologize) v. to tell someone that you are sorry that you have done something wrong 道歉；谢罪 2. Wang Zheng apologised to Chen because he couldn’t offer her more money. 王政向陈丽艳道歉，因为他不能给她更多的钱。 apologise to sb. for (doing) sth. 为(做)某事而向某人道歉 apologise for 为……而道歉 eg Yesterday Mary apologized to her boss for being late. 昨天玛丽因为迟到向她的老板道歉。 He later apologized for his behaviour. 他后来为他的行为道了歉。 apology n. 谢罪；致歉（复数→ apologies） make an apology to sb. for sth. 因……向……道歉 offer sb. an apology 主动向某人道歉 accept/ refuse sb’s apology 接受/拒绝某人的道歉 demand an apology 要求道歉 owe sb. an apology 应该向某人道歉 Recently, a cleaner by the name of Chen Liyan has made the headlines for her generous and honest act. The 45-year-old Chen was sweeping the floor at Taiyuan Railway Station early last Tuesday morning when she found a small plastic bag near a chair and discovered 100,000 yuan inside. Chen was shocked but she was determined to return the money to its owner. When interviewed by the local paper yesterday, Chen said,“I would have felt bad if I had kept the money. After all, the owner might have needed it badly." While working, Chen watched carefully for anyone who might have been the owner. She waited for over two hours,but having no luck, she went to the nearest police station to turn the money in. There, it was finally returned to its owner. Wang Zheng. Listening text Wang thanked Chen repeatedly and apologised for the inconvenience, even offering her 5,000 yuan as a reward. To his surprise, however, Chen refused, believing that it would be wrong to accept money that she had not earned. But what is even more surprising, perhaps, is that Chen's daughter, 16-year-old Liu Xia is currently seriously ill. Chen had already spent the last of her savings on the ongoing treatments and has also taken out a large loan. Fortunately, Ma Dongbao, who works at the police station, stepped in. Living in the same apartment buil ... ...
