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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 7: Part A,My Fathers Son,21st Century College English: Book 4,Pre-Reading Activities,Language Points,Exercises,Assignment,Unit 7: Part A,Pre-Reading Activities,Before listening to the tape, have a quick look at the following words.,cremate,intimidating,cooling off period,navy,optimist,outspoken,直言的，坦率的,乐观的人,海军,冷却期,令人胆怯的,1st listening,Pre-Reading Activities,Listen to the tape again. Then, choose the best answer to each of the following questions.,Check-up,Pre-Reading Activities,1.,What was the speakers relationship with his father like when he was young?,A)They were a typically loving father and son.,B)They were a typical father and son who fought sometimes.,C)They fought even more than in usual for a father and son.,D)The speaker never knew his father, who was a stranger to him.,1.,What was the speakers relationship with his father like when he was young?,A)They were a typically loving father and son.,B)They were a typical father and son who fought sometimes.,C)They fought even more than in usual for a father and son.,D)The speaker never knew his father, who was a stranger to him.,Pre-Reading Activities,2.,What were the personalities of the father and the son like?,A)The father was outgoing and the son was shy.,B)The father was shy and the son was outgoing.,C)They were too similar, which led them into conflict.,D)None of the above.,2.,What were the personalities of the father and the son like?,A)The father was outgoing and the son was shy.,B)The father was shy and the son was outgoing.,C)They were too similar, which led them into conflict.,D)None of the above.,Pre-Reading Activities,3.,When did the relationship between the father and the son begin to improve?,A)When the son became an outstanding student.,B)When the son left home for college.,C)When the father began to get older.,D)When the father retired from the navy.,3.,When did the relationship between the father and the son begin to improve?,A)When the son became an outstanding student.,B)When the son left home for college.,C)When the father began to get older.,D)When the father retired from the navy.,Pre-Reading Activities,4.,What is the relationship between the two men like at the end of the listening passage?,A)They are fighting just as much as ever.,B)They have less conflict, but still have difficulty communicating.,C)They have resolved all of their troubles, and now get along well.,D)They have agreed not to talk to each other any more.,Script,4.,What is the relationship between the two men like at the end of the listening passage?,A)They are fighting just as much as ever.,B)They have less conflict, but still have difficulty communicating.,C)They have resolved all of their troubles, and now get along well.,D)They have agreed not to talk to each other any more.,In school, I was a disappointment to my father. He knew I was smart and was furious that I didnt get better grades.,Like most fathers and sons, we fought. But for us, there was never any cooling-off period. It was just one long fight, a continuous cold war, until I left for college.,Our relationship finally began to soften as my father got older. He was no longer so physically intimidating. Now he even needed my help sometimes.,At first, my father had not supported my decision to go into journalism, but now he is proud to be mistaken for Bill Heavy “the writer.”,My father and I have never had an easy relationship. Ive always been quiet and bookish, like my mother. My fathers just the opposite: an outspoken optimist who never worries about anything.,When I was young, my father and I had no way to communicate. Even though we lived in the same house, we were almost complete strangers.,When I was a teenager, every boy wanted to have long hair. But my father, who had served proudly in the Navy, would march me down to the barbershop and tell the barber to cut it all off.,Pre-Reading Activities,Recently, my father and I met to talk about what will happen when he dies. He wanted me to know that his funeral was all taken care of. The Navy would cremate his body and scatter the ashes at sea. He said he didnt want me to be burdened with it.,I had no way to tell him that I want to be burdened with it. That, as his son, it is my right to be burdened with it.,I didnt know what to say, so I simply reached across the table for his hand and held it in mine as I fought back the tears.,Intensive Study,My Fathers Son,Text A:,My Fathers Son,By Bill Heavy,1,When my father rings, I hurry down to the front door of my condo.,There he is, in corduroy pants, the tread worn off the knees, and a shirt I outgrew in tenth grade.,Hes come to help me put in a new garbage disposal. Actually, Im helping him.,His mechanical gene passed over his only son, on its way to some future generation.,At 39, Ive made my peace with this.,Intensive Study,2,My father hasnt been to my place since he helped me paint four years ago. The truth is, Im often not sure how to talk to him. But this time it will be easy. We have a job to do.,3,In minutes he has,taken over,the whole,enterprise, lying under the sink and squinting up into the machinery. And suddenly I am 12 years old again, watching him fix things and feeling useless.,4,As a child, I identified so strongly with my mother that I thought my father was just a long-term house guest with spanking privileges.,She and I are bookish, introverted worriers. My father is an optimist who has never had a sleepless night in his life.,Intensive Study,5,Like most fathers and sons, we fought.,But there was no cooling-off period between rounds.,It was a,cold war,lasting from the onset of my adolescence until I went off to college in 1973. I hated him. He was a former navy fighter pilot, with an,Irish temper,and a belief that,all the problems of the world including an overprotected son who never saw anything through to completion could be cured by the application of more discipline,.,Intensive Study,6,At a time when an eighth-graders social status was measured in the fraction of an inch of hair kissing his collar, my father would march me down to the barbershop on Saturdays and triumphantly tell the man with the scissors. “Just leave him enough to comb.” I would close my eyes, determined not to give him the satisfaction of seeing me cry. Without even thinking about it, I,froze him out of,my life, speaking only when spoken to. I learned to use silence like a knife. My one communiqu for an entire dinner was usually a sarcastic “,May I be excused now?,I have homework.”,Intensive Study,7,I lay awake at night imagining him being transferred by the gas company he worked for to an oil rig in,the North Sea,.,But it didnt happen, and soon all that remained was the contest of wills.,8,I went off to college, but he was still in my head. I could hear his voice every time I,fell short,in anything.,Only when I began seeing my freelance articles in print did I begin to feel that I was slipping beyond his reach and into my own life.,Intensive Study,9,Eventually I discovered that there is,no anti-inflammatory agent like time,. Now I wondered, could this aging 74-year-old be the giant who once thundered up the stairs to spank me, of whom I was so afraid that I wet my pants?,In his place was someone I worried about, whom I dressed in my down hunting jacket for his annual pilgrimage to the Army-Navy game.,My profession, which he had once ridiculed, saying, “Gee, do you think theres any money in it?” now became a source of pride when fellow,Rotarians,mistook him for Bill Heavy “the writer.” It was as if,now that,I no longer needed so desperately to please him, I had succeeded. We had become two old veterans from opposing armies, shaking hands years after the fighting, the combat so distant as to be a dream.,Intensive Study,10,Before we can install the disposal, we have to snake out the pipes. Soon we get stuck trying to figure out how a gasket fits.,11,“Ah,” he says finally, “were going to have to call a plumber.”,12,This is not how I remember him. He used to be so stubborn, the kind of guy who could make,IRS,examiners,throw up their hands,in frustration and,let him off,.,Now that I have his mind-set and dont want to give up, its as if hes acquired mine.,Intensive Study,13,He says, “Besides, I,gotta,get home. Your mother and I have to be at a dinner party at 7:30.”,14,“,Dont you pay for the plumber,” he says. “Putting this thing in is part of my Christmas present to you.”,15,Though weve failed to install the disposal, its been oddly satisfying.,At last were on even ground.,Maybe he wasnt the best father. Maybe I wasnt the best son, but I realize I will never be ready to cope with his leaving. I know that Im luckier than some of my friends, whose fathers died while they were still,locked in,the battle that neither really wanted.,Intensive Study,16,The plumber comes two days later. He,secures,the disposal in its place as easily as I buckle my belt.,17,Not long ago, I started badgering my parents to get their estate in order. They didnt,want to deal,with it. I finally wrote them a letter saying if I were a parent, I would want to,make damn sure,the IRS got as little of my money as possible. I knew this would,push my fathers buttons,. It worked. They met with a lawyer.,Intensive Study,18,Later, my father and I lunch at a restaurant near my office so he can,fill me in on the details,. “One thing I dont want you to worry about is whatll happen to me,” he says, with the satisfied,air,of a man who has taken care of business. “The Navy will cremate me for free.”,19,“And what about the ashes?” I ask, concerned only with practical things. It is as if we are talking about how to get rid of the old disposal.,20,“They scatter them at sea.” He turns away, looking around for our waiter.,Something breaks inside me.,When he turns back, I am crying, hot tears springing up in my eyes so suddenly Im almost choking.,Intensive Study,21,“I dont want you to die,” I manage to say. “I dont want them to scatter your ashes. Ill scatter your ashes.”,22,“Oh, Bill,” he says,taken aback, totally,at a loss,about what to say. “I just didnt want to burden you with it.”,23,I have no way to tell him that I want to be burdened with it, that it is my birth right to be burdened with it. “I know,” I say.,24,I dont even look around to see if anybody is watching. I dont care. I reach across the table for his hand and hold it, trying to stop the tears.,(1192 words),Intensive Study,There he is, in corduroy pants, the tread worn off the knees, and a shirt I outgrew in tenth grade.,Translate the sentence:,?,Key:,他站在那儿，穿一条膝盖处棱纹已被磨平的灯心绒裤子和一件我10年级时就穿不下的衬衫。,More to learn,outgrow,vt., (1),grow too large or too tall for (esp. ones clothes),(2) grow faster or taller than,(3) leave behind, as one grows older (bad habits, childish interests, opinions, etc.),Examples:,My seven-year-old son had new shoes in April and hes already,outgrown,them.,He is only a high school student but he has already,outgrown,his father.,Stay,in touch with the practical world, then you will,outgrow,your youthful idealism soon.,His mechanical gene passed over his only son, on its way to some future generation.,Translate the sentence:,?,Key:,他在机械方面的基因在传给后代的过程中同他的独生儿子擦肩而过了。,Paraphrase the sentence:,?,Key:,As his only son, I havent inherited from him his gift in handling machines, a gift which my children or grand-children may inherit some time in the future.,More to learn,pass over,fail to choose; disregard,Examples:,Neither of us got the job. We were both,passed over,.,He was,passed over,for chairmanship, and another man was appointed instead.,At 39, Ive made my peace with this.,Paraphrase the sentence:,?,Key:,At 39, Ive accepted the fact (that I have no mechanical gene) and stopped making any further efforts.,More to learn,make ones peace with (usu. sb.),put an end to quarrelling with (sb.), esp. by apologizing; accept,Examples:,She has,made peace with,her neighbor.,Stop fighting you two, shake hands and,make peace with,each other.,take over,to assume the control or management of,Examples:,When Mr. Green retired, his son,took over,the business from him.,It was in 1948 that the government,took over,the railways there.,enterprise,n.,sth. new, difficult, or important that one does or tries to do,Examples:,He said he had doubts about the whole,enterprise,.,The music festival is a new,enterprise,which we hope will become an annual event.,As a child, I identified so strongly with my mother that I thought my father was just a long-term house guest with spanking privileges.,Paraphrase the sentence:,?,Key:,As a child, I was very much close to my mother that I thought my father was merely a guest who always stayed in our house and with the special right to spank a child.,More to learn,If you,identify,with,someone, you feel that you are similar to them in some way or associated with them, or that you understand them or their feelings or ideas.,Examples:,I found it hard to,identify with,any of the characters in the film.,Many women of normal weight feel unable to,identify with,the super thin models.,But there was no cooling-off period between rounds.,Paraphrase the sentence:,?,Key:,But the fight was a continuous one with no pause between rounds of fight., 1)a,state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full-scale war,2) a state of rivalry and tension between two factions, groups, or individuals that stops short of open, violent confrontation,cold war,Irish temper, fierce or hot temper,Examples:,“The,Irish temper,is definitely there, and I dont think Ive ever met an Irish man that doesnt have an Irish temper.”,Dont try to intimidate him. It only makes him lose his,Irish temper,.,all the problems of the world including an overprotected son who never saw anything through to completion could be cured by the application of more discipline,Paraphrase the sentence:,?,Key:,all the problems of the world could be solved by applying stricter rules and punishment, including the problem of a child who was cared too much by its parents and always gave up halfway,More to learn,see sth. through (to completion),not abandon sth. (such as a task, undertaking, etc.) until it is finished,Examples:,Shes determined to,see,the project,through (to completion),and then she will resign from the board of directors.,Mr. Brown will remain at the Department of Economic Affairs to,see,the policy,through,.,at a time when an eighth-graders social status was measured in the fraction of an inch of hair kissing his collar,Paraphrase the sentence:,?,Key:,at a time when an eighth-grader was judged to be a good or a bad child by whether the hair he wore was a bit too long so that it touched toe collar,If you,freeze,someone,out of,an activity or a situation, you intentionally prevent him from being involved in it by creating difficulties or by being unfriendly.,Examples:,They turned their backs on me to,freeze,me,out of,the conversation.,Small shops are being,frozen out,by the big supermarkets.,If you,ask to,be excused,or you ask someone to,excuse you, you are asking them to allow you to leave. The question “May I be excused?” is used especially by children to ask permission to go to the toilet.,Examples:,Will you,excuse me,for a second?,Youll have to,excuse me, I ought to be saying good-bye.,Text-related information,the North Sea,The North Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain and northwest Europe. It is connected with the English Channel by the Strait of Dover. Major reserves of oil and natural gas were discovered beneath its waters in the late 1960s.,But it didnt happen, and soon all that remained was the contest of wills.,Translate the sentence:,?,Key:,但这事并没有发生，很快剩下的就只有意志之间的较量了。,fall short,fail to come up to a standard or requirement,Examples:,August car sales,fell short,of the industrys expectations.,She was very beautiful, but she,fell short,of the requirements for an actress.,Only when I began seeing my freelance articles in print did I begin to feel that I was slipping beyond his reach and into my own life.,Paraphrase the sentence:,?,Key:,Only when I became a freelance writer and began to have my articles published did I begin to feel that I was quietly getting out of his control and starting to live an independent life.,More to learn,If someone,slips,into a particular state or activity, they change to it in a way that is hardly noticed.,Examples:,Take care not to,slip,back into your bad habits.,Its sad to see ones own son,slipping,into evil ways.,no like sth./nothing like sth.,there is nothing as good as sth.(e.g. a situation, thing, or person) mentioned.,Examples:,There is,nothing like,education for breaking down class barriers.,There is,no,place,like,home.,In his place was someone I worried about, whom I dressed in my down hunting jacket for his annual pilgrimage to the Army-Navy game.,Translate the sentence:,?,Key:,取而代之的是一个让我担心的人，在他去看一年一度陆军队对海军队的比赛时，我都会给他穿上我的羽绒猎服。,Text-related information,the Rotary International,The Rotary International is an organization founded in the U.S. in 1905 of business and professional leaders united worldwide, who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. There are approximately 1.2 million Rotarians, members of more than 29,000 Rotary clubs in 161 countries.,now that,conj.,as a consequence of the fact that; since,Examples:,Now that,spring is here, we can expect milder weather.,Now that,I am retired, I can read all the books Ive always meant to read.,Text-related information,IRS,abbr. Internal Revenue Service,美国国税局,The Internal Revenue Service is the national tax collection agency in U.S. and administers the Internal Revenue Code enacted by Congress. Its mission: to provide Americas taxpayers with top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all.,throw up ones hands,show that one is annoyed or has given up hope with sb. or sth. that causes trouble,Example:,He,threw up his hands,and abandoned the argument.,I spent a whole day trying to make it work properly, but finally I,threw up my hands,in frustration and gave it up.,let sb. off,excuse; not compel; not punish (severely),Example:,He was,let off,with a fine instead of being sent to prison.,The judge felt sorry for the thief and,let him off.,Now that I have his mind-set and dont want to give up, its as if hes acquired mine.,Translate the sentence:,?,Key:,现在我有了他的心态，不再想放弃，而他似乎却染上我以前的心态。,gotta, (U.S. slang) (,have) got to,Example:,Ive,gotta,go.,Shes,gotta,work hard for her living.,Dont you pay for the plumber.,Dont pay for the plumber.,Example:,Dont you,open the window.,D,ont you do something,is a negative command with the subject,you,retained, which, in a more common type of command, is omitted. This type of command is usually admonitory in tone and frequently expresses a strong feeling of anxiety, irritation, etc.,At last were on even ground.,Translate the sentence:,?,Key:,我们最终打了个平手。,Paraphrase the sentence:,?,Key:,At last we become equally matched father and son.,If you,are,locked in,a fight, argument or other conflict with someone, you are in a situation where you both try hard to win and are both equally strong.,Examples:,Rebel groups and government forces are,locked in,a fierce battle for control of the country.,He
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