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,*,Unit Five,Text A,A Valentine Story,- Doug Bell,Contents,1.,Background knowledge,2.,New Words and Phrases,3.,Main Characters,4.,Text Organization,5.,Text Explanation,6. Text Analysis,7. Text Review,8. Summary of Text A,Do you know when is Valentines Day celebrated every year,Valentines Day,Valentines Day is a lovers holiday celebrated on,February 14, which,is marked by the exchange of romantic cards, flowers, chocolate of heart shape and other gifts.,To girls & boys,The origin of Saint Valentines Day,Valentine was,a priest,living in Rome during the third century. At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named,Claudius,. He wanted to have a big army and expected men to volunteer to join. However many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families.,St. Valentines Story,This made Claudius very angry. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius,banned,marriage even engage-ment from his empire. But Valentine would keep on performing marriage ceremonies secretly. He was caught by the soldiers at a wedding, and was thrown into prison and,beheaded.,St. Valentines Story,Valentine fell in love with the daughter of his jailer when he was in prison. Before he was taken to his death on February 14, 269 A.D., he signed a farewell message to her, “Love from your Valentine. That note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentines Day.,New Words and Phrases,1. Get familiar with “New Words and,Expressions listed on page 140-141.,2. For useful phrases, see “Handout.,Skim Text A to get,a general idea,of it,and,how,the story is presented.,Main Characters,Introduction of the two main characters:,John Blanchard:,An army man, who had been shipped overseas for service in WWII, and came back from Europe ,Hollis Maynell:,A New York girl, with a thoughtful soul and insightful mind.,The presentation of the story:,Two points about the story are noteworthy:,The story is not developed completely in order of time, as reflected by,changes in tense.,2. The story is not told only from one persons point of view, as indicated by,a,change in narrator,.,Changes in tense,He,looked for,the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he,didnt, the girl with the rose. His interest in her,had begun,twelve months before in a Florida library.,Here the text switches from the past tense to the past perfect tense, indicating a,flashback,.,The past tense,The past perfect tense,倒叙,Paragraph 2:,Change in narrator,Ill let Mr. Blenchard tell you what happened:,This sentence in paragraph 7 tells us that,another narrator,will continue the story.,Paragraph 7:,Changes in tense,Paragraph 16:,It,s,not difficult to understand and admire Miss Maynells wisdom. The true nature of a heart,is seen,in its response to the unattractive.,Here the text switches from the past tense to the present tense, revealing,the end of the story,.,The present tense,Text A,A Valentine Story,爱情故事,Parts,Paragraphs,Main Ideas,Part One,Para 1,John Blanchard was expecting someone at Grand Central Station.,Part Two,Paras,Part Three,Paras,Part Four,Paras,Text Organization,2-6,How John Blanchard had fallen in love with Miss Maynell.,7-15,Miss Maynell put Blanchard to a test.,16-17,It was wise of Miss Maynell to give such a test.,Now, lets read,Part One,.,Now, lets read,Part Two,.,Now, lets read,Part Three,.,Now, lets read,Part Four,Introduction Remark,(P.136),A letter or telephone call comes from someone you have not met, and you find yourself imaging what the person looks like, putting a face to the hidden voice. Are you any good at this Sometimes it is easy to get it wrong.,一个你从没有建国的人给你寄来一封信或打来一个 ，而你不知不觉地想象着这个人是个什么样儿，赋予这个隐秘的声音一张面孔。你能猜对吗？有时候这种事实很容易搞错的。,Part One: Paragraph 1,John Blanchard was expecting,someone,at,Grand Central Station.,The opening of the story, telling us:,Who Can you guess,It was built in 1895 in New York City in French style, which posed an interesting challenge for architects in the 19th century.,Paragraph 1,John Blanchard stood up from the bench,straightened,his Army uniform, and,studied,the crowd of people,making their way,through Grand Central Station.,(cause to) become straight or level, 使变直；使变平整,整了整军装,约翰,布兰查德从长凳上站起身来，整了整军装，观察着格兰德中央车站进进出出的人群。,observed,make one way,: go,Early in the morning the hunter,made his way,into the woods.,The whole city turned out to welcome the Olympic heroes, and with so many people in the street, it was difficult,making my way,through the crowd.,穿过人群,Part Two: Paras 2-6,How John Blanchard had fallen in love with Miss Maynell.,Paragraph 2,He looked for the girl,whose heart he knew, but whose face he didnt,the girl with the rose. His interest in her had begun twelve months before in a,Florida,library,. Taking a book off the shelf he soon found himself,absorbed,not by the words of the book, but by the notes,penciled in the,margin,. The soft handwriting,reflected,a thoughtful soul and insightful mind.,柔和的字迹显示出笔者善于思考的心灵和富有洞察力的头脑。,The state symbols of Florida,State flag,State bird,State flower,State tree,State seal,Florida attracts a lot of tourists each year because of its warm climate, ocean beaches, world-famous theme parks in Orland, Epcot Center, Walt Disney World.,Miami: an important center for tourism, finance and manufacturing; a gateway between the U.S. and Latin American countries.,Because of its warm climate, Florida is one of the nations most important producers of fruit, oranges being the most valuable crop.,Paraphrase:,He tried to find the girl who shared many of his views, interests and feelings but who he had never met before. The girl was supposed to wear a rose at their first meeting.,Difficult sentences,He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didnt, the girl with the rose.,They have much in common.,他在寻找一位姑娘,一位佩带玫瑰的姑娘。他,知其心,但不知其貌,。,I was so absorbed in the detective story that I jumped up when someone patted me on the back.,Totally absorbed in writing the computer software, Michael ordered take-out food when he was hungry, and slept on the office floor when tired out.,absorb,:,vt.,1),(usu. passive),completely hold ones attention,be absorbed in sth,全神贯注于,2) take in,The moon has a rough surface that absorbs most of the sunlight that strikes it.,I havent really had time to absorb everything that my teacher said in class.,absorb,:,vt.,吸收，理解,2. Taking a book off the shelf he soon found himself absorbed,not by,the words of the book,but by,the notes penciled in the margin.,He took a book off the shelf and soon he found that his attention was not drawn by the words of the book, but by the notes penciled in the margin.,他从书架上取下一本书，很快便被吸引住了，,不是,被书的内容，,而是,用铅笔写的眉批。,Difficult sentences,Paraphrase:,margin:,1) sides of a page near the edge, where there is no writing or printing; edge of a pool,e.g.,Some students like to take notes in the margin of their textbook.,e.g.,Dont sit on the margin of a river which is dangerous.,2) condition near the limit,边际，差数，差额,e.g.,He failed to be a member of the committee by only a small margin.,以极少的票数之差落选,C.f.: 表示边缘的词：,border 边界 (不是一条线，而是有一定的宽度),edge 边缘 (两个平面或两种状态交接的很窄的边缘、边界),boundary 边界限，边界,reflect:,1) be a sign of, show,反映，显示；,3) consider; think of,思考,反思,I must reflect upon what answer to give.,He reflected on his past mistakes.,我必须思考一下如何答复,.,他反省过去的错误,.,2) make a visible image of,反射,映射,平静的水面映出了满月。,The still water reflected the full moon.,报纸反映了公众的看法：,Newspapers reflect the opinions of the public.,reflect:,1) be a sign of, show,反映，显示；,3) consider; think of,思考,反思,reflection,(n.),反映，反射，倒影：,e.g.,the reflection of a tree in the river,对,的反思：,reflections,on,sth.,2) make a visible image of,反射,映射,2. Taking a book off the shelf he soon found himself absorbed,not,by,the words of the book,but by,the notes penciled in the margin.,He took a book off the shelf and soon he found that his attention was not drawn by the words of the book, but by the notes penciled in the margin.,他从书架上取下一本书，很快便被吸引住了，,不是,被书的内容，,而是,用铅笔写的眉批。,Difficult sentences,Paragraph 3,In the front of the book, he discovered the previous owners name, Miss Hollis Maynell.,With time and effort,he,located,her address. She lived in New York City. He wrote her a letter introducing himself and inviting her to correspond. The next day he was,shipped,overseas for service in World War II.,他花了一番工夫和努力，找到了她的地址。,第二天他被运往海外，参加第二次世界大战。,se,nd or transport (sb/sth) in a ship.,第二天他被运往海外，参加第二次世界大战。,locate,vt.,1) find the exact location of,An X-ray will help locate where your ring has gone in your dogs stomach.,Keep talking with him for five more seconds and I will locate the place he is calling from.,确定位置,/,方位,2) fix or put in a certain place,Apartments located away from the main road usually fetch higher prices than those near the road.,The top fashion designer located this,flagship store,on Fifth Avenue in New York.,locate,vt.,坐落在，位于,中心店,Paragraph 4-1,During the next year the two grew to know each other through the mail. Each letter was a,seed,falling on a,fertile heart,. A romance was,budding,. Blanchard,requested,a photograph, but she refused.,在接下来的一年当中，两人通过信件来往增进了了解。每一封信都如一颗种子撒入肥沃的心灵之土。浪漫的爱情之花就要绽开。布兰查德提出要一张照片，可她拒绝了。,种子,肥沃的心灵之土,发芽，萌芽,Why,request:,1. v. ask (a person) to do sth.,All I,request of you,is that you should be early.,I,requested him to use,his influence,on my behalf,.,2. n. a polite demand,He made request that I should help him.,Collocation:,at sb.,s request,by request (of),comply with sb.,s request,make (a) request for,on request,in great request (= much in request),应某人要求,照需要；依照请求,容许某人的请求,请求，要求,一经要求,很为人们所需要，很受欢送,Collocation:,Paragraph 4-2,She explained: “ If your feeling for me has any,reality, any,honest basis, what I look like wont,matter,. Suppose Im beautiful. Id always be,haunted,by the feeling that you had been,taking a chance,on just that, and that kind of love would,disgust,me.,Suppose,Im,plain,(and you must admit that this is more likely). Then Id always fear that you were going on writing to me only because you were lonely and had no one else. No, dont ask for my picture. When you come to New York, you shall see me and then you shall make your decision.,真实的感情,老实的感情根底,be important,cause a strong and often sick feeling of dislike,使厌恶，使反感,相貌平平,haunt:,1. make sb worry or sad:,使担忧，使苦恼；,2. (of ghosts) visit (a place) regularly;,鬼魂常出没于.,or be persistently in mind:,常出现在脑海中,.,The house was haunted.,The insulted feeling haunted me from time to time.,take a chance:,1. attempt to do sth in spite of the possibility of failure;,碰运气；,2. take a risk;,冒险,.,We took a chance on the weather and went for a picnic.,我们怀着天气可能会好的幸运心情去野餐。,You should never take chances when driving a car.,disgust:,vt.,cause a strong and often sick feeling of dislike in (sb.),The way they treat their children disgusts all the neighbors.,The bad fish had a disgusting smell.,Paragraph 4-3,Remember, both of us are free to,stop,or to,go on after that,- whichever we choose .,break off the relation,中止关系,继续交往,切记，见面后我俩都可以自由决定中止关系或继续交往 无论你怎么选择.,our first meeting,首次见面,Paragraph 5,When the day finally came for him to return from Europe, they,scheduled,their first meeting - 7:00 p.m. at Grand Central Station, New York.,他从欧洲回国的日子终于到了。他们安排了两人的第一次见面,晚上七点， 纽约格兰德中央车站。,arranged,安排,schedule:,1. v.,arrange for sth. to happen or to be done at a particular time,飞机定于,4,点起飞。,The plane is scheduled to take off at 4 oclock.,They have scheduled John to speak at the second period of class.,His arrival is scheduled for Sunday.,be scheduled to do sth,be scheduled for sth,2. n.,a timetable of things to be done, dealt with,Collocation:,according to schedule,按时间表,ahead of schedule,提前,behind schedule 落后于方案或进度；迟于,on schedule,按时间表，准时,a tight / heavy schedule,排得紧紧的时间表,schedule:,1. v.,arrange for sth. To happen or to be done at a particular time,Paragraph 6,Youll recognize me, she wrote, by the red rose Ill be wearing on my,lapel,. So, at 7:00 p.m. he was in the station looking for a girl who had filled such a special place in his life for the past 12 months, a girl he had never seen, yet whose written words had been with him and,sustained,him unfailingly.,“你会认出我的， 她写道，“我会在衣襟上戴一朵红玫瑰。 于是，晚上七点，他候在车站，寻找一位过去一年里在自己生活中占据了如此特殊地位的姑娘，一位素未谋面，但其文字伴随着他、始终支撑着他精神的姑娘。,sustain,vt.,1) support emotionally; keep (an effort, etc.) going, maintain,A unshakable belief sustained the young man.,Although they had been trapped in the cave for two days, they were,sustained,by some dirty water and the belief that help would come soon.,一种不可动摇的信念支撑着这个年轻人。,The teacher tried hard to sustain the childrens interest in learning English.,2) suffer; undergo,e.g.,The aircrew sustained severe injuries when the plane crashed.,sustain,vt.,c.f.,sustain,support,&,back,支持，支援,c.f. sustain, support & back,支持，支援,sustain,支撑，维持,对未来的希望支撑着她。,Her hope for future sustained her.,su,pport,支撑，给某人,/,物以积极援助或支持。,We should support each other.,我们应互相支援,.,He works to support his family.,back: 指 “支持论点，行动，企业等,Ill back you up in your demands.,我会对你的要求给与支持的。,Part Three: Paras 7-15,Miss Maynell put Blanchard to a test.,Paragraph 7,Ill let Mr. Blanchard tell you what happened:,The change of narrator indicates the development of the story is from Mr. Blanchards point of view.,且让布兰查德先生告诉你接下来发生的事吧：,Paragraph 7:,A young woman was coming toward me, her figure long and,slim,. Her golden hair lay back in curls from her,delicate,ears; her eyes were blue as flowers. Her lips and chin had a gentle firmness, and in her pale green suit she was like springtime come,alive,.,一位年轻的姑娘向我走来，她身材修长苗条。一头卷曲的金发披在秀美的耳后；眼睛碧蓝，如花似玉。她的双唇和下颌柔中有刚，她身穿浅绿色套装，犹如春天一般生气盎然。,slim,adj.,1) slender,Good race dogs weigh around 50 pounds and have long legs and,slim,builds.,2) small,The chances of the Chinese Mens Football Team winning the World Cup are,slim,.,The single mother supported her two kids with her,slim,waitress income.,苗条的体形,时机很小,微簿的收入,delicate,adj.,More and more people prefer to live in the suburbs because of the,delicate,air.,The winner in the contest will be awarded a,delicate,violin.,Only the gentlest creams are fit for a babys,delicate,skin.,Soft or tender, fine or exquisite, pleasing etc.,空气宜人,精致的小提琴,娇嫩的皮肤,alive:,adj.,1) living,The injured man is unconscious but still alive.,2) active; lively,Although he is eighty, he is still very alive.,c.f. alive, living & lively,活的,c.f. alive, living & lively,活的,alive:,活着的，在世的。着重于状态，做表语，或放在名词或代词后作定语。,Whos the greatest man alive,当今最伟大的人物是谁？,living: 用于指生物时，指“活着的,Shelly was still living when Keats died.,a living fish,lively: 活泼的，活泼的，栩栩如生的，真实的,Children usually have lively fancy.,儿童们往往有丰富的梦想力。,Whos the contemporary greatest man,Paragraph 8:,I started toward her, entirely,forgetting to notice,that she was not wearing a rose.,我朝她走去，完全没有注意到她没戴着玫瑰花。,fail to notice,Paragraph 9:,As I moved, a small, provocative smile curved her lips. Going my way, sailor she murmured. Almost uncontrollably I made one step closer to her, and then I saw Hollis Maynell. She was standing almost directly behind the girl. A woman well past 40, she had graying hair pinned up under a worn hat.,我走过去时，她双唇绽开挑逗的微笑。“和我同路吗，水兵？她小声问道。我情不自禁地向她走近一步。可就在这时，我看到了霍利斯梅奈尔。她差不多就站在姑娘的后面，早已年过四十，灰白的头发用卡子向上别着，头上带着一顶旧帽子。,Paragraph 10:,She was,more than a little,overweight, her,thick-ankled,feet,thrust,into low-heeled shoes.,她体态臃肿，粗圆的脚踝上套着一双低跟鞋。,体重超标,粗圆的脚踝,pp-ed,She was more than a little overweight,her thick-ankled feet thrust into low-heeled shoes,.,She was quite a big woman. Her feet were thick in the ankles and could hardly squeeze into her low-heeled shoes.,她体态臃肿，粗圆的脚髁上套着一双低跟鞋。,independent structure with pp-ed: See exercise 1 on page 150.,more than a little,: very,If you tell your father what you have done, hell be more than a little angry.,The child was more than a little excited to have Michael Jordan sign his T-shirt.,Cf.,more than happy, glad, etc (to do sth):,Im more than happy to take you there in my car.,very happy, glad, etc (to do sth),Paragraph 11:,The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away.,I felt as though I was split in two,so,keen was my desire to follow her, and yet,so,deep was my longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned me and,upheld,my own.,穿着绿色套装的姑娘快步走开了。当时我觉得自己好似被分成了两半，一半急迫地想去追赶她，但另一半又渴望那一位以其心灵真诚陪伴我并成为我的精神支柱的女人。,support,I,felt,as though I,was,split in two ,当时我觉得自己好似被分成了两半 ,感官动词后,as if,从句中可用陈述语气：,共时性,I felt as though I was split in two,so,keen,was my desire to follow her. And yet,so deep,was my longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned me and upheld my own.,I felt as if there were two of me, one wishing to go with the pretty young woman, the other wanting to stay with the woman who had befriended me and warmed my heart.,inverted sentences beginning with “so.,Jenny watched her husband dancing with the slim girl with keen jealousy.,2) interested; eager (usu. + on / about / to do sth),He was keen to see Miss Maynell.,keen:,adj.,1) (of interest, feeling, etc.) strong; deep,强烈的，深深的,Paragraph 12:,And there she stood. Her pale, round face was gentle and,sensible, her gray eyes had a warm and kindly glow. I did not hesitate.,她站在那儿，苍白的圆脸显得温柔理智，灰色的眼睛透出热情善良的目光。我没有迟疑。,sensible,adj.,showing or having good sense,reasonable. (approv),Its wrong to think that ones culture is more sensible than that of other societies.,Youve made a sensible decision by not wearing high-heeled shoes while driving.,Cf.,sensitive,adj.,affected greatly or easily by sth,Collocation:,be sensitive to sth,.,This material is sensitive to heat, while that one to moisture.,My fingers,gripped,the small worn blue leather copy of the book that was to,identify,me to her. This would not be love, but it would be something precious, something perhaps even better than love, a friendship for which I had been and must ever be,grateful,.,Paragraph 13:,我手里紧握着那本小小的让她识别我的蓝色皮面旧书。这不会是爱情，但将是某种珍贵的、或许比爱情更美妙的东西，一种我曾经感谢，并将永远感谢的友情。,hold tightly,recognize,be grateful for sth: be thankful for sth,e.g. Can you identify your umbrella among this lot,2),consider sth to be,identical,with sth; equate two things,identify,vt.,1),recognize or say who or what sb or sth is,identify sth with sth,e.g.,One cannot identify happiness with wealth.,3),identify oneself with sth / sb.,支持,认同,He refused to identify himself with the new director.,be grateful to sb for sth,: feeling or showing thanks to sb because of sth; thankful.,I am most grateful to you for introducing me around so that I no longer feel lonely in the new place.,The mother was grateful to the strangers for saving her childs life.,Paragraph 14:,I squared my shoulders and saluted and held out the book to the woman, even though while I spoke I felt choked by the bitterness of my disappointment. Im Lieutenant John Blanchard, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad you could meet me; may I take you to dinner,我挺胸站立，敬了个礼，并举起手中的书好让那位女士看。不过在我开口说话的时候，失望的痛苦几乎使我哽咽。“我是约翰布兰查德中尉，想必您就是梅奈尔小姐。很快乐您来见我。可否请您赏光吃饭？,ma,ke sth straight or level. (,挺起胸膛,),敬礼,be unable to speak or become speechless.,苦涩,I was so disappointed that I could hardly speak in a normal voice.,Why did the author feel disappointed,Because he thought the lady with the rose couldnt meet his expectation, and he felt quite sorry that he couldnt follow the beautiful young lady.,Paragraph 15:,The womans face,broadened,into a smile,. I dont know what this is about, son, she answered, but the,young lady,in the green suit who just went by, she,begged,me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner, I should go and tell you that she is waiting for you in the big restaurant across the str
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