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,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Unit Fifteen,Clearing in the Sky,现代大学英语精读,1,Contents,Introduction to a New Unit,Listen, repeat and write,Detailed discussion of the text,Exercises and Tests,Dictation,About the title,1. What is the meaning of “clearing”?,- A piece of land cleared of trees, weeds, or bushes for cultivation.,2. What is the meaning of “Clearing in the Sky”?,- A patch of land on the top of a high mountain.,About the author,Refer to Note 1 on Page 330.,1. What did Jesses father want to do on,a hot summer day?,2. Did Jesse live far away from his father?,How far?,3. How was the fathers health?,4. Did Jesse protest to his father when his father,walked far? Why?,Detailed Analysis of the Text,5. How did the father brag about the land he,bought 30 years ago?,6. How did the father turn the hillside into fertile,land in 30 years time?,7. On a mountain slope, what did they recall?,Detailed Analysis of the Text,8. When they were climbing the mountain, what,did Jesse find?,9. When they finally reached the mountaintop ,what did Jesse see?,10. Was that the thing his father wanted to show,Jesse?,Detailed Analysis of the Text,11. Who cleared the land and fenced it?,12. Why did the father do that?,13. Why has he built so many paths leading up to the clearing?,14. What can we learn from this story?,Detailed Analysis of the Text,in praise of,reliance,rugged,manual,sentimental,Glorification,Thomas Jefferson,glorious,solely,prevail,nave,Word tips:,Dictation,This story is,in praise of,some typical American values:,/,self-,reliance,rugged,individualism, and respect for hard,manual,work.,/,We know that respect for hard work,/,and a tradition of,sentimental glorification,of the rural way of life exist in all cultures,/,and particularly strong in American culture.,/,Dictation,According to Thomas Jefferson,/,farmers are close to nature.,/,And nature is beautiful,/,because everything we use and everything we love come from nature,/,not only food, water, air, housing, clothing,/,but also art, music and poetry.,/,Farming is the most,glorious,way of living,/,because it is honest,/,and is dependent,solely,on labor.,/,This kind of life in turn gives the farmer all the fine qualities we admire:,/,strength, courage, independence, honesty, and the love of freedom.,/,Dictation,In the present-day United States, however, these values,prevail,mainly in rural areas and small towns.,/,In the cities and suburbs,/,where the great majority of Americans live,/,many would consider them old-fashioned.,/,Their judgment of “Clearing in the Sky” might be,/,that it is nave and overly sentimental.,/,Check of vocabulary,Find the words from the text which have the same meaning,as the following.,in a sudden and unexpected way,to talk too proudly about sth.,to cut down a tree,a wild and natural area in which few people live,a particular taste of a food or drink,(of land) wild and not even; not easy to travel over,to bend ones body forward and downward,to produce (an emotion or feeling) in sb.,Find the words from the text which have the same meaning,as the following.,9. to touch gently and in a loving way,10. to pull sth. heavy slowly and with difficulty,11. to make a signal to sb. usually with your hand or head,12. a valley,13. to breathe suddenly and loudly,14. a thin, delicate piece of hair, grass, etc.,15. a large area of land where animals feed on the grass,Check of vocabulary,Check of vocabulary,Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the text.,Hes been,b,_ about his new car.,The news,r,_ great indignation in the public.,Dont,s,_ to quarrel with her about it.,They cleaved a path through the,w,_.,The path to glory is always,r,_.,Check of vocabulary,Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the text.,6. After a good days fishing they,h,_ in the nets and went home.,7. He opened the door and,m,_ me to come in.,She cut a,w,_ of hair off.,The fire swept rapidly across the,w,_ countryside.,10. They,f,_ an oak and used it to make a bridge.,Check of vocabulary,Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the text.,Hes been,b,_ about his new car.,The news,r,_ great indignation in the public.,Dont,s,_ to quarrel with her about it.,They cleaved a path through the,w,_.,The path to glory is always,r,_.,bragging,roused,stoop,wilderness,rugged,Check of vocabulary,Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word from the text.,6. After a good days fishing they,h,_ in the nets and went home.,7. He opened the door and,m,_ me to come in.,She cut a,w,_ of hair off.,The fire swept rapidly across the,w,_ countryside.,10. They,f,_ an oak and used it to make a bridge.,hauled,motioned,wisp,wooded,felled,Genre,of the story,Plot,of the story,Setting,of the story,Protagonists,of the story,Theme,of the story,General Analysis of the Text,paras. 1-4 The introduction,On a hot summer day, a 70-year-old farmer was taking his son somewhere on his land.,Time, place, and protagonists,Structure of the Text,paras. 5-40 The body,The places father and son went brought many beautiful memories of their life in the past.,At a meadow of alfalfa,(para.5-9),On a mountain slope,(para.10-17),On the way of climbing the mountain,(para.18-25),On the top of the mountain,(para.26-40),Structure of the Text,paras. 41-43 The conclusion,The old farmer explained to his son why he opened so many paths up to the clearing.,Rugged individualism, endurance,self-reliance, etc.,Structure of the Text,Detailed Study of the Text,I wiped the,streams of sweat,from my face to,keep them from stinging,my eyes.,eg.,A stream of people was coming out of the movie house.,Tears began to steam down her face when she heard this.,Examples:,They,protested,to the mayor that the taxes,were too high.,He,protested,his innocence,.,（声明）,His,protests,on human rights sound hollow.,protest:,v. /,prtest/,To make a strong objection to sth.,抗议,Language points,n. /prtest/,More examples:,record, import, export, contrast, increase, decrease, object, subject, project, insult, produce,exhibit,Language points,Pronunciation, Word Stress (P. 118-119),Fahrenheit (F):,Centigrade(C)=5/9 * (F-32),Fahrenheit=C * 9/5 +32,100=5/9*(100-32) = 37.7,- 20 = ? ,Language points,Then we went up the,winding,footpath under the tall hickory trees, (para. 15),wind /wind/ - winded winded,eg. He was momentarily winded by the blow to his stomach.,wind /waind/ - wound wound,eg. The road winds uphill.,wound wounded wounded,eg. Two soldiers were seriously wounded in the attack.,“Fertile,” he laughed as he reached down and picked up a double handful of the,soil,. “This is the,land, son! This is it.” Then he smelt the,dirt,. (para. 31),Soil:,the top layer of the earth in which plants grow:,Plant the seedlings in damp soil.,Land:,an area of ground, esp. of a particular type:,a fertile land,Dirt:,(esp. North American English) soil, esp. loose soil:,Pack the dirt firmly around the plants.,V. Fill in the blanks with the correct prep. or adv.,keep at it:,to continue doing sth. even if you want to,stop,坚持,keep away:,to avoid sb. or sth. or to make sb. else do this,（使）避开,（使）不靠近,e.g. Ive told him to keep away, but he wont listen.,keep away from +,宾语,:,keep off:,（使）避开,（使）不靠近,e.g. Keep the flies off the food.,Youd better keep off fatty foods.,Dogs must be kept off the beach.,V. Fill in the blanks with the correct prep. or adv.,keep down:,控制，压缩（规模或数量的增长）,e.g. keep costs down,控制成本,keep out of:,不卷入，不参与,e.g. You keep out of this. Its none of your concern.,keep up:,跟上，不落后,e.g. Try to keep up.,keep sb. up:,使熬夜,keep up with sb.:,赶上,V. Fill in the blanks with the correct prep. or adv.,keep on:,一直往前走,keep on doing sth.,:,坚持做某事,keep sb. from doing sth.:,阻止某人做某事,keep back:,隐瞒，不谈；,留下，留出（以备将来使用）,e.g. He said he was fine, but I knew he was keeping,something back.,
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