综合教程1 Unit5

Background InformationAn English Song Topic-related PredictionWarm-up QuestionsRead and Think Directions: Watch the video and fill in the blanks. Background InformationAn English SongTopic-related PredictionWarm-up QuestionsRead and Think Dance with My FatherBack when I was a childBefore life removed all the innocenceMy father would me high And dance with my mother and me and thenSpin me around till I fell asleepThen up the he would carry meAnd I knew for sure I was lovedIf I could get another chanceAnother Another dance with himId play a song that would never, ever endHow I love, love, loveTo with my father againWhen I and my mother would disagreeTo get my way I would run from her to himHed make me laugh just to me stairs_dance_ lift_walk_ comfort_ Then finally make me do just what my mama saidLater that night when I was asleepHe left a dollar under my Never dreamed that he would be gone from meIf I could steal one final glanceOne final One final dance with himId play a song that would never, ever end Cause I love, love, loveTo dance with my father againSometimes Id listen her doorAnd Id hear how my mother cried for himI for her even more than meI for her even more than me I know Im praying for much too muchBut could you send back the only man she lovedI know you dont do it usuallyBut dear Lord shes To dance with my father againEvery night I fall asleep this is all I ever dreamsheet_outside_step_pray_pray_ dying_Background InformationAn English SongTopic-related PredictionWarm-up QuestionsRead and Think Background InformationAn English SongTopic-related PredictionWarm-up QuestionsRead and Think 1. Do you think that your parents are the most important people in your life? Why or why not?What is the ideal relationship between parents and their children in your view?Some parents believe that they raise children so that their children will look after them when they are old. Do you accept this view?Some parents are often willing to sacrifice a lot for their children. Do you think it is good for them to do so? Please elaborate your position with examples.2.3.4. Background InformationAn English SongTopic-related PredictionWarm-up QuestionsRead and Think A. DiscussionDirections: Work in groups. List as many words or expressions as possible related to “Family Relationship”.B. Group PresentationDirections: Each group is required to choose ten words or expressions that are closest to the topic “Family Relationship”, and invent a story with them. 1. Read the following, find the key words, and write a summary sentence for each statement.Background InformationAn English SongTopic-related PredictionWarm-up QuestionsRead and Think Tips to Improve Father-Child Relationship1 You could play ball, color pictures, build toy houses from blocks, or do whatever they like.2 Allow them to help you carry in the groceries, make dinner, or mow the yard. Children often get great joy from doing things that adults consider work.3 Spend time with your children out picnicking and enjoy playing Frisbee (飞 盘 ), passing a ball, or pushing them in the swings. Your children will cherish this special time together as a family.4 Show them that you are truly interested in their education and life by asking them what they did in school and looking at their books, projects, and assignments with them.5 Dont just turn on the news and forget your children when they are in the car with you. Talk or joke with them, or sing songs together.6 Usually, mothers bathe the children, but bath time is an excellent opportunity for fathers to be with their kids. Let them splash around and play a little more than mom does. 2. Check your sentences and match the summary sentences below with the tips you have read. One of the sentences given is surplus (多 余 的 ).Background InformationAn English SongTopic-related PredictionWarm-up QuestionsRead and Think a) Use driving time with your children.b) Take the family out for a picnic.c) Give your small children a bath sometimes.d) Have at least two meals a week as a family.e) Play with your children sometimes.f) Help your children with their homework.g) Let your children help you with simple tasks.1-e; 2-g; 3-b; 4-f; 5-a; 6-c 1. Definition: A prom is a formal dance at a school or college, usually held at the end of the academic year. A senior prom usually refers to a formal dance party held at the end of the final year of high school.Background InformationAn English SongTopic-related PredictionWarm-up QuestionsRead and Think Senior Prom 2. Preparation for a Senior PromBackground InformationAn English SongTopic-related PredictionWarm-up QuestionsRead and Think Directions: Listen to the following paragraphs and fill in the blanks given below.1) Planning for the prom begins . Shadi Sakr, 23, was on his high school prom committee, but later decided to leave, and did not attend the prom either. “ people were getting their licenses, deciding on they wanted to wear, reserving their six months in advance for the ,” he says.2)Proms are not . Depending on parents and individual teens , hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent on the prom.wellinadvance_ what clothes_Thewhole yearappointments_hairsalon_cheap_financial circumstances_ _, Background InformationAn English SongTopic-related PredictionWarm-up QuestionsRead and Think 3) This is usually for the following items: for girls, ; for boys, renting tuxedos (男 士 无 尾 半 正 式 晚 礼 服 ); the actual ; renting a hotel room; renting a limousine (豪 华 轿 车 ) or some other car; beauty salon for girls to get their done and the after-prom party.4) In some places, there is almost an entire day pre-prom preparation, with a to commemorate the event.fancy dresses_expensive_makeup_banquet_ party_ devotedto_ Part DivisionFurther Understanding Parts Paragraphs Main Ideas 1 18 2 913 The writer recalls the days when she and her mother would meet and chat about life under a pine tree in the park nearby.After the writers mother died, the writer still brought her sons to the same spot which brought back fond memories of her mother. Such visits and gatherings under the tree had created a close bond between her and her sons. Part DivisionFurther Understanding 1. What did the family often do under the pine tree when the writers mother was alive?The family used to have picnics and gatherings quite often under the pine tree in the park.2. What did the writer and her mother usually talk about under the tree?They usually talked about what was happening in their respective lives.3. Why did Mother look unusually solemn one day and ask her daughter strange questions?Mother acted unusually that day because her heart disease was deteriorating and she was dying.Questions and Answers True or False1. The writers sons come to the pine tree often after their grandmother died because their grandmother used to take them there. False( )2. The writer always brings her sons to the pine tree and talk to them about family picnics, gatherings and their grandmother.3. Her son rarely hugs her, and when he does, it is like a special treat something that gives her great pleasure and delight.Part DivisionFurther Understanding True( )True( )4. The park with the pine tree is a meaningful place for the writer. True( )5. The writer visits the pine tree after her mothers death occasionally only because she misses her mother. False( ) Part DivisionFurther Understanding Role PlayBased on Part 2, make a dialogue between Mother and Son. When people die, they cease to exist in this world physically. But for the author of this essay, a pine tree in a nearby park brings back fond memories of her dead mother and she knows clearly that love and memory will never “die.” Now, she brings her sons to the same place. Detailed Reading In recent years, we usually just talked about life, but sometimes we recalled events from my childhood. Like the time I was thirteen and had my first date, when Mother brought me to this spot under the tree and told me about the facts of life. OrOne warm and pleasant summer afternoon, I sat on an old blanket under a pine tree chatting with my mother. For years, we had been coming to this park for family picnics and gatherings, and my mother and I often sat in this same spot.A Time for Memories Sharon WrightDetailed Reading the time a few years later, when my hair turned out pink for my senior prom and shed held me while I cried. But the most special event that occurred next to this tree was when I told Mother I was getting married. Over the years, wed watched the pine trees in this park grow tall and straight until their needles seemed to touch the clouds. Each year of their growth seemed to match our increasingly close relationship and the deepening love we had for each other.On this particular sunny afternoon, Mother and I sat quietly breathing in the scent of freshly mown grass. She was unusually solemn and took me by surprise when she asked me, “Who will you bring here after Im gone?” I gave her one of my arched-eyebrow inquiries, then smiled. After a few moments, when she didnt return my smile, I began to wonder what made her ask such a disturbing question. Mother picked up a blade of grass and began to shred it with her fingernail. Id become well acquainted with my mothers habits, and this particular one indicated she had something serious on her mind.Detailed Reading Tears filled her eyes and this time I held her while she cried. She told me she was sad to lose her little girl but happy to see that I had turned into a beautiful young woman. For several minutes, we sat in silence gathering our thoughts. A couple of blue birds squawked nearby and an airplane flew overhead, but they didnt ease the awkward moment between us. Finally, I reached over and took my mothers hand in mine. “Theres nothing you cant tell me, Mother,” I said. “We will handle this together, like we always have.”Detailed Reading She looked into my face, and her eyes filled with tears that spilt down her cheeks cheeks that were alarmingly pale. Even before she said it, I knew what was coming. Mother was dying.I held her tightly while she told me that her heart condition was worsening and couldnt be repaired. I think I had known for quite a while but had not been willing to admit it to myself. Shed had several heart attacks and, a few years ago, even open-heart surgery. That was many years ago now. Mother died soon after that day, before my sons had a chance to know her. I still come to the park, but now I bring my boys. I still sit under that same sturdy pine tree on an old blanket and talk to my sons of family picnics, gatherings and the grandmother they never knew. Just as my mother did with me, I tell my children about their youthful funnyDetailed Reading What I didnt know, and what she had kept from me, was that her condition wasnt improving. We talked about her options, which were few; we cried, held each other and wished for more time together.behaviors and praise them for their accomplishments as young adults. We come to this special place to create our own memories memories that I know would make my mother smile with pride. Not long ago my oldest son wanted to come to the park and talk, so we came and sat under our tree. He hemmed and hawed for a few minutes, then he finally told me he was getting married. I cried tears of joy as my son hugged me his hug a rare and special treat. I told him how proud I was of the man he had become.As I sat there that cool April afternoon soaking up the sun and the smell of freshly mown grass, I felt I had come full circle under this giant pine tree. Holding my son in my arms, I was happy for him, just the way I knew my mother had been happy for me all those years ago when I told her I was getting married.Detailed Reading Looking over my sons shoulder, I saw that several young pine trees had been planted recently. As these trees grow straight and tall, I thought, will the lives of my family continue to grow with them? I wanted to share this spot with my grandchildren, too. Detailed Reading The branches above were swaying in the breeze and in them I heard a whispering voice: Who will you bring here when Im gone? It was my mothers voice, and I tightened my arms around my son. 1. Paraphrase the sentence.2. Translate the sentence into Chinese.Or the time a few years later, when my hair turned out pink for my senior prom and shed held me while I cried.又 如 几 年 以 后 ， 我 的 发 型 在 高 中 毕 业 舞 会 显 得 不 太 合 时 宜 ， 母 亲 让我 在 她 怀 中 哭 泣 。Detailed Reading A few years later, when I dyed my hair for a formal dance party at high school, it ended up being pink rather than the color I had expected, I felt very sad and cried in my mothers arms. Tears filled her eyes and this time I held her while she cried.1. Pay attention to the usage of the word “fill”. More examples: and her eyes filled with tears that spilt down her cheeks (Para. 7)Laughter filled the room. 房 间 里 充 满 了 欢 笑 。The thought fills me with pleasure. 这 个 想 法 使 我 很 高 兴 。Detailed Reading 2. Translate the sentence into Chinese.当 时 她 热 泪 盈 眶 。 这 次 是 她 在 我 的 怀 里 哭 了 。 Over the years, wed watched the pine trees in this park grow tall and straight until their needles seemed to touch the clouds.1. Whats the symbolic meaning of the growth of the pine trees?It symbolizes the increasingly close relationship between mother and daughter.Detailed Reading 2. Translate the sentence into Chinese.年 复 一 年 ， 我 们 看 着 公 园 里 的 松 树 长 得 巍 峨 挺 拔 ， 直 至 高 耸 入 云 。 She was unusually solemn and took me by surprise when she asked me, “Who will you bring here after Im gone?” What can we infer from the sentence?There was probably something serious to happen, because mother used to be kind, not at all the way she behaved that day.Detailed Reading Detailed Reading 1. What does “arched-eyebrow” mean in the sentence?I gave her one of my arched-eyebrow inquiries, then smiled.When one makes a facial expression by making ones eyebrows arched, one is usually disapproving or doubtful.2. Translate the sentence into Chinese.我 皱 起 了 眉 头 ， 狐 疑 地 看 了 她 一 眼 ， 然 后 微 微 笑 了 。 What I didnt know, and what she had kept from me, was that her condition wasnt improving.1. Analyze the sentence structure.Detailed Reading “What I didnt know” and “what she had kept from me” are two paralleled clauses used as subject.但 有 一 点 我 一 无 所 知 ， 而 且 她 也 一 直 瞒 着 我 ， 那 就 是 她 的 情 况 毫 无 好 转 。2. Translate the sentence into Chinese. I felt I had come full circle under this giant pine tree.1. Whats the meaning of the sentence?Under the special big pine tree, what I did with my sons was just what my mother did with me. Life had repeated itself like a circle here.Detailed Reading 2. Translate the sentence into Chinese.我 坐 在 那 里 ， 觉 得 自 己 回 到 了 原 地 ， 就 在 这 棵 巨 大 的 松 树 下 。 Holding my son in my arms, I was happy for him, just the way I knew my mother had been happy for me all those years ago when I told her I was getting married.Detailed Reading Whats the grammatical function of “Holding my son in my arms”?“Holding my son in my arms” is a present participle phrase used as adverbial.More examples: Looking over my sons shoulder, I saw that (Para. 12)Hearing the news, they all jumped with joy.Lying under the apple trees, Newton was thinking and thinking. cease: v. stop somethingWorkplace nurseries will cease to be liable for tax.Detailed Reading 公 司 已 经 决 定 明 年 停 止 一 切 在 英 国 的 运 作 。The company has decided to cease all UK operations after this year.正 式 用 词 ， 侧 重 逐 渐 结 束 某 活 动 或 状 态 ， 含 永 远 结 束 的 意 味 。这 些 词 均 含 有 “ 中 止 ， 停 止 ” 之 意 。CF: cease, pause suggestPlease indicate which free gift you would like to receive.2. show the way to or the direction of; point outThe symptoms indicate immediate surgery.她 示 意 我 什 么 也 别 说 。She indicated to me that she didnt want me to say anything. awkward: adj. Its an awkward corner to drive round, so take it slowly.Hes an awkward customer (= a difficult person to deal with).Detailed Reading An awkward girl is no help in the kitchen. 一 个 笨 手 笨 脚 的 女 孩 在 厨 房 里 帮 不 了 什 么 忙 。1. difficult to use, do, or deal with2. not smooth or graceful; ungainlySome of the questions were rather awkward.He is still awkward with his chopsticks.他 使 用 筷 子 还 不 熟 练 。 Detailed Reading 侧 重 缺 乏 优 雅 、 机 敏 和 技 巧 。 用 于 物 时 ， 指 使 用 不 便 。这 两 个 形 容 词 都 含 有 “ 笨 拙 的 ” 之 意 。CF: awkward it will need surgery.The patient had/underwent surgery on his heart. Detailed Reading option: n. the freedom to make a choiceThe best option would be to cancel the trip altogether.机 会 总 是 留 给 有 准 备 的 人 。There are various options open to someone who is willing to work hard.着 重 特 别 给 予 的 选 择 权 利 或 权 力 ， 所 选 物 常 常 相 互 排 斥 。这 些 名 词 均 含 有 “ 选 择 ” 之 意 。侧 重 指 自 由 选 择 的 权 利 或 特 权 。CF: option, choice more than is usual; in an unusual way3. d make (someone) anxiously dissatisfied; worry4. a provide with (information); make known to5. o above ones head6. a state or agree to the truth of (usu. sth. bad)7. y (having the qualities) typical of youth8. t (cause to) become tight or tighternusually_isturb_ncreasingly_verhead_dmit_cquaint_outhful_ighten_ Useful ExpressionsSpot DictationOptional Classroom ActivitiesDiscussion and WritingPicture Talking Proverbs and QuotationsWord Completion Directions: In China, most families have only one child. Do you think this will cause any problems regarding the relationship between parents and children? Give examples to support your position. Possible problems: Reasons why these may not be problems: Useful ExpressionsSpot DictationOptional Classroom ActivitiesDiscussion and WritingPicture Talking Proverbs and QuotationsWord Completion Directions: In China, most families have only one child. Do you think this will cause any problems regarding the relationship between parents and children? Give examples to support your position. 1. When a child receives too much love from others, he or she may take love for granted and become spoiled and turn selfish.2. The child may develop other negative personality traits such as willfulness and self-centeredness.3. The child may feel lonely as he or she may not have enough chances to communicate with others and may, therefore, have problems getting along with others when he or she grows up.Possible problems: Useful ExpressionsSpot DictationOptional Classroom ActivitiesDiscussion and WritingPicture Talking Proverbs and QuotationsWord Completion Directions: In China, most families have only one child. Do you think this will cause any problems regarding the relationship between parents and children? Give examples to support your position. 1. What really matters is the way parents bring their children up, rather than the number of children in a family.2. An only child receives better care and better education as well. There are positive traits that may be developed in an only child: independence and abilities in decision-making. The child may also have a stronger sense of responsibility, finding that he or she is the only one the parents can count on. 3. Only children can make friends outside their families and thus become quite sociable.Reasons why these may not be problems: Useful ExpressionsSpot DictationOptional Classroom ActivitiesDiscussion and WritingPicture Talking Proverbs and QuotationsWord Completion Directions: What do you usually talk about with your parents? Do you enjoy such chats? Why or why not? Form groups of three and share your own experiences. life at school; life at work; family members; plans for the family; decisions for the family; personal life; emotional problems and distress; health problems; current home and international news, etc. Useful ExpressionsSpot DictationOptional Classroom ActivitiesDiscussion and WritingPicture Talking Proverbs and QuotationsWord Completion Directions: Pictures in this section are based on the text you have learned. You are required to talk about them first in small groups and then in class. Useful ExpressionsSpot DictationOptional Classroom ActivitiesDiscussion and WritingPicture Talking Proverbs and QuotationsWord Completion Useful ExpressionsSpot DictationOptional Classroom ActivitiesDiscuss