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现代大学英语精读第一册Lesson2精
LessonTwoGoingHome
TeachingObjectives:
A.Toknowthebackgroundinformationabouttheauthorandthetext;
B.Toacquirethekeywords,rhetoricaldevices,andword-formation;
A.Tounderstandtheconnotationofthetitleandmainideaofthetext.
TeachingProcedure:
I.Pre-task
1.Warmup
Listentoasongandanswerthequestions:
Whatkindofmusicisit?
（countrymusic
Whatisthekeyword?
（home
Whatisthegeneralmeaningofthesong?
Individualopinions:
●Thismightbethefirsttimeyouleftyourhome,thendoyoumissyourhome?
●Canyoudescribewhatkindoffeelingitiswhenyouarehomesick?
●Whatattractsyoumostasyouthinkofhome?
2.Backgroundinformationabouttheauthor
Author:
PeteHamillwasborninBrooklyn,N.Y.in1935.HeattendedMexicoCityCollegein1956—1957,studyingpaintingandwriting.HehasbeenacolumnistfortheNewYorkPost,theDailyNews,andNewYorkNewsday,andhaswonmanyjournalisticawards.Atthesametime,Hamillhaspursuedacareerasafictionwriter,producing8novelsand2collectionsofshortstories.His1997novel,SnowinAugust,wasontheNewYorkTimesbestsellerlistforfourmonths.Hismemoir,ADrinkingLife,wasonthesameNewYorkTimeslistfor13weeks
II.Taskcycle:
Themeofthetext:
●Theabilitytoforgiveandforgetisimportantinallhumanrelationships.
Mutualcareandaffectionamongpeople,esp.amongstrangersareimportant,too.Structureofthetext:
Thistextcanbedividedintothreeparts:
PartI（paras.1-4about:
introductionofthestory,includingtheprotagonist,thesetting.
PartII.（paras.5-9about:
Vingobegantorelatehisstory.
PartIII（paras.10-12about:
Vingowasforgivenandwelcomedhome.
In-classdiscussion:
Question:
Whataretheelementsofthisstory?
Answer:
Protagonists:
Vingo
Setting:
onabusfromNewYorktoFlorida
Plot:
anex-cononhiswayhomeDetailedstudyoftheText:
Todreamof/about（doingsth.:
toimagineandthinkaboutsth.thatyouwouldliketohappen,
e.g.这个女孩梦想成为明星。
Thegirldreamedofbecomingamoviestar.
vanish:
v.todisappearsuddenly,esp.inawaythatcannoteasilybe
e.g.南非的很多物种已经灭绝。
ManyspeciesinSouthAmericahavevanishedcompletely.
Expressionsaboutvanish:
vanishfromsight消失不见vanishintothevoid化为乌有
vanishintothinair从人间蒸发掉vanishwithouttrace消失得无影无踪
ThewholesentenceItwasagrey,colddayinspring.AsthebusleftNewYorkCity,theseyoungpeoplewerethinkingaboutwhattheywouldenjoyinFlorida---thegoldenbeachesandtidesofthesea.
2Vingowasonthebusfromthebeginning.（para1
Question:
Whatinformationcanwegetfromthissentence?
Answer:
Thissentenceintroducesthemaincharacterofthestory.HeisnotoneofthesixyoungpeoplegoingtoFlorida.Throughoutthestory,heissomethingofamystery.Wearenevertoldhisage,whyhehadbeeninprison,whathislifehasbeenbefore,ect.However,whatwewanttoknowmostisprobablywherehewasgoingandwhatwasworryinghim.
topass（aplace:
togopastaplacewithoutentering,
e.g.在她去工作的路上,她路过了一家超市。
Onherwaytowork,shepassedasupermarket.
Thewholesentence:
togothroughatown,etc.,perhapsstoppingthereforashorttime,butnotstaying
mask:
v.tohidethetruthabouthowyoufeel
e.g.maskone’sfearbyashowofconfidence.
表现得自信以掩饰恐惧
n.anexpressionthathidesone’struefeelings.
e.g.Herconfidentmannerisreallyamaskoffear.
他自信的表现就是对恐惧的一种掩饰。
dressedina…:
Thispastparticiplephraseisusedtotellthereadersmoreaboutthesubjectofthesentence“he”
tofit（sb.:
tobetherightsizeorshapeforsb.,
e.g.Cinderella’ssisterstriedtheshoes,buttheydidn’tfit.
灰姑娘的姐姐们试穿了这双鞋,但都不适合。
Thewholesentence:
Hesatinfrontoftheyoungpeople.Youcouldhardlytellhowoldhewasbecausehisfacewascoveredwithdust.
5…（para2
stain:
v.changethecolorofsth
e.g.常年吸烟,她的手指被熏黄了。
Herfingerswerestainedyellowfromyearsofsmoking.
Thewholesentence:
Hisfingerswereyellowbecausehehadsmokedalot.
6…andhechewedtheinsideofhislopalot.（para2
Thewholesentence:
herepeatedlybittheinsideofhislowerlip,whichshowedhisnervousness.
7.
theothers.（para2
unawareofsth.:
notknowingorrealizingthatsthishappening
e.g.他在电脑前工作数小时,完全没有意识到外面的声音。
Heworkedathiscomputerforhours,unawareofthenoiseoutside.
Thewholesentence:
Hesatwithoutsayinganythingasifhedidnotknowtherewereotherpeoplearound.
8Deepintothenight,theHowardJohnson’srestaurantandeverybodygotoffthebusexceptVingo.（para3
pullintosth:
（ofatrainorbustoenterastationandstop
ThewholesentenceLateatnightthebusstoppedatoneoftheHowardJohnsonfastfoodchainrestaurants.Everypassengeronthebusgotofftoeat,butVingodidn’t.9…oneofthegirlsbecamesocuriousthatshedecided
toengagesbinconversation:
tostarttalkingtosb.andinvolvehimorherinaconversation.
toengage（sbinsth:
tomakesbtakepartinsth,
e.g.Ihavenotimetoengageingossip.
我没有时间闲扯。
Thewholesentence:
oneofthegirlsbecameveryinterestedinVingo,andshedecidedtogethimtotalk.
10Yougoingthatfar?
（para4
Itisanellipticalsentence.Itisveryoftenusedinconversation.Here“are”isomitted.Thewholesentence:
AreyougoingasfarasFlorida?
11Youlivethere?
（para4
Writingskill:
Whenwethinktheanswerislikelytobe“yes”,wecanturnastatementintoaquestionbyusingtherisingtoneinspeakingandaquestionmarkinwriting.
e.g:
YoucomefromBeijing?
Youwanttoreadthisbook?
12Wantsomewine?
（para4
Thecompletesentence:
Doyouwantsomewine?
Wouldyouliketohavesomewine?
anellipticalsentence.
13…tookaswigfromthebottle.（para4
Thewholesentence…drinkalargemouthfulofwinefromthebottle.
14Hethankedherandretreatedagainintohissilence.（para4
Thewholesentence:
Afterthankingherforthewine,heagainbecamesilent.
15…
“in”isoftenusedtoshowastateoracondition.
Moreexamples:
Hesatincompletesilence.（para2
Thensuddenlyalloftheyoungpeoplewereupoutoftheirseats…shakingclenchedfistsintriumphandexaltation.（para11
Cf.“into”:
itisusedtoshowachangeinstate.
e.g.Hethankedherandretreatedintohissilence.（para4
Vingostoppedlooking,tighteninghisfaceintotheex-con’smask…（para10Thewholesentence:
asVingofellasleep.
Question:
Whatisthemainideaofpartone?
Answer:
InthispartVingowassittingquietlyonabus.Hissilenceandstillnessposedastrikingcontrasttothelivelinessandhilarityoftheyoungpeoplebehindhim.Hebecamethecenterofourinterest.Thisopeningscenecreatesamysteryabouttheprotagonist,makinguslookforwardtosomethingmore.Question:
Whatdoyouthinkoftheopeningofthestory?
Answer:
Thisopeningscenecreatesamysteryabouttheprotagonist,arousingourinterestinhimandhispasthistory;thereforewearelookingforwardtosomethingmore.
toinsistthatsb.dosth.orsth.bedone:
todemandthatsth.shouldhappenandrefusetoletanyonesayno,
e.g.教师要求学生按时交作业。
Theteacherinsistedthatthestudentsturnintheirhomeworkontime.Summarizetheusagesofwordslike“insist”:
Aftertheverbsexpressingacommand,decision,suggestion,suchasdecide,decree,demand,insist,move,order,prefer,propose,recommend,request,require,suggest,vote,advise,determine,desire,resolve,urge,etc,inthat-clauseweusu.usesubjunctivemood“（shoulddosth.”.
17He…
（para5
tochatter（aboutsth.:
totalkquicklyandcontinuously,especiallyaboutthingsthatarenotimportant.
Question:
Whatistheimplicationofthissentence?
Answer:
Probablyhestartedsmokingbecausewhattheyoungpeopleweretalkingaboutremindedhimofsomethinghehadtriedtoforget,orbecause,ashegotnearerandnearertohishome,hebecamemoreandmorenervous.Hewascompletelyabsorbedinhisownthoughts.
18Idon’tknow.（para6
Thewholesentence:
I’mnotsurewhetherIcancallmyselfamarriedman.
Question:
WhatdidVingosayso?
Answer:
Vingoworriedthathiswifemayhavegonetoanothermanormayhavedecidednottohavehimback
19.
Thewholesentence:
Ifyouwanttodivorceme,I’llunderstand—youhaveeveryreasontodoso.
Question:
Whatisthemeaningoftheunderlinedpartinthissentence?
Answer:
Vingousedaeuphemism—anindirectphrase“can’tstaymarriedtome”refertothemoreembarrassingandunpleasantterm“divorceme”.
me.（para7
something:
ifapersonorthinghasgotsthorissthorisqritesth,thentheyarespecial.
eg:
It’squitesthforhertorememberusaftersomanyyears.
事隔多年,她还记得我们,真了不起。
reallysomething:
（sheisreallyaspecialwoman.
Question:
Whatisthemeaningoftheunderlinedpart?
Answer:
ThepartofthesentenceputinbetweenthetwodashesisaddedtothespeechforVingotogivehisopinionofhiswife.Thispartiscalledaparenthesis.21Itoldhershedidn’thavetowritetomeAndshedidn’t.Notforthree-and-ahalfyears.（para7
oranything:
（spokenorsomethingofasimilartype.
e.gHermaininterestingissingingorsth
她的主要兴趣就是唱歌之类的
Thewholesentence:
Itoldhershedidn’thavetowritetomeorkeepintouchwithmeinanyotherway.Andshedidn’t.Ididn’thearfromheroraboutherforthreeandahalfyearswhenIwasinjail.
22Andyou’regoinghomenow,notknowing?
（para8
Thewholesentence:
Andsoyou’regoinghomewithoutknowingwhetheryourwifehasanothermanorwhethershewouldacceptyou?
23…
parole:
permissionforearlyreleasethatisgiventoaprisonerbeforetheendofhissentenceonconditionthathebehaveswell.
tocomethrough:
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