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自学单元导学Unit2HeWasMyFather

Unit2HeWasMyFather

Part1CommunicativeActivities

1.Interactivelisteningandspeaking:

Aims:

1）Learningtotalkaboutwhatisim/possiblewhendiscussingchildhoodlife

2）Learningtotalkaboutculturaldifferencesinchildhoodeducation

3）LearningtocritiqueChineseculturalpracticeofchildhoodeducation

Learningsuggestions:

1）Learningtheconversationbyheart

2Usingwordsandphrasesfortalkingaboutpossibilities/impossibilities,rulesandargumentsfororagainstthemwhenpracticing

Scripts:

AandBaretwoclosefriendsathighschool.

A:

Hi,Mary,whatdoyouthinkoftoday’swritingtopic?

ItisMyhappychildhood.

Doyoulikeit?

B:

No,notatall.It’saloadofcrap.Mymotheroftensays“Wedidn’thavetheconditionsyouenjoytoday.Youmust…bla…bla…bla,”youknow,I’mfedupwiththeseremarks.

A:

Mm.Itisabitcontroversial.Therearesomepeople,suchasourteachers,theythinkchildhoodisthehappiestmomentinone’slife.

B:

Itmaynotbe.Justthinkofyouryearsinthemiddleschool,orevenintheprimaryschool.Wewereunderalotofpressureofexaminations.Mymotherwouldrepeatthisalmosteveryday“Ifyoudon’thaveagoodtestscore,youmaynot…”andthisorthat.

A:

Yes,it’strue.Myparentswouldsaythesamethingtome,too.Buttheysaytheywantmetobearesponsible,capable,andindependentperson.

B:

Therearemanywaystodevelopourpersonalities,butwhydoparentshaveonlyoneway:

thehightestscore?

Manychildrenareundersuchpressure.Theylosttheirchildhoodtoosoon.Sometimes,theyarenotevenallowedtohavetheirownideas.Yesterday,it’sonTVthatonemothersaidthatshedidn’tlikeherchildrentosingpopsongsbecauseshethinkstheyarerubbish.Sheonlyallowsherchildrentoplayviolinorpianoandclassicmusic.Andsheevenfeltproudofthat.Ithinkshe’scrazyasamother.

A:

Speakingofpressure,myparentsoftensaythattheyareunderevengreaterpressuretomakealiving.Sotheywanttheirchildrentohaveafreshstart,andbesuccessfulinstudywhentheyarestillyoung.

B:

Iwasjustwonderingifthiskindoflifecouldbecalleda“freshstart”.Forsomechildren,thiskindofchildhoodactuallyruinstheirfuture.

A:

Well,yourviewsareinteresting.Maybewecanraisethemintomorrow’sclassforadiscussion.

Answers

1.C2.B3.B4.A,B5.A6.B

Languagepoints

It’saloadofcrap.:

Thetopicjustmakesnosense.

befedupwith…:

betiredof…

2.Whataretheyfor?

a.2b.4c.5d.6e.3f.1

3.MoreSentences

a.3b.1c.5d.7e.6f.2g.8h.4

Part2ReadingandLanguageActivities

Aims

1）LearningtounderstandthecharacterofthefatherthroughdiscussingthedetailsofthestorysothatSsareabletodescribethecharacterofaperson.

LearningtousetheselectedwordsandstructuresthroughdiscussionsothatSsmayusethemintheirownconversationsanddiscussions.

1.Pre-readingtasksDiscussthefollowingquestion.

Whatmakesamanagoodfatherinyouropinion?

2.Readingsuggestions:

1）Readthroughthetextandthencloseyourbooks.Retellthestorybyyourselftoseeifyouhavegotboththemainpointsanddetails.

2）Readthetextagaincarefullyandpickoutthewaystodescribethefatherinthetext.

3.ReadingComprehension

Answerthequestionsonpage23tocheckifyouhaveunderstoodthetext.

4.LanguageWork

A.Notes

1.Pungent,becausethiswasforremovingground-indirtandoilfrombeneathhardenedfingernailsandfromcallousedhands.

grind-ground-ground

grindsth.intosth.else:

topresssth.hardintosthelseusingatwistingmovement

e.g.Saraangrilygroundhercigaretteintotheashtray.

Themoreregularlyyoucleanyourcarpets,thelessdirtandpetdander

willbegroundintothebaseofthecarpetandthelongeritwilllast.

Thecleanerisdesignedtoquicklyremoveground-indirtandstains.

2.Healwaysspoketomeashewashedbeforeeatinghisdinner,toldmetalesofhis

ownchildhoodandletlittledropsofmoraltuitionfallintomylap.

drop/fallintoyourlap:

ifsomethinggoodfallsintoyourlap,yougetitwithoutmakinganyeffort 

e.g.Youcan'texpecttheidealjobtojustfallintoyourlap—you'vegottogooutthereandlookforit.

fallinto:

getintoe.g.~rage/abadhabit/conversation;

lap:

controle.g.inthe~ofGods/liveinthe~ofluxury

3.Icouldneverunderstandwhythepassengerstreatedhimwithsuchpatronizing

disregard.

Patronizingisoftenusedtodescribeaperson’smannerortonewhichseemsfriendly,butwhichshowsthattheythinktheyaresuperiortoyouinsomeway.

4.…anddidn’tunderstandtheLatinthatwasspokenbeforetheceremonialmeal.Sowhat?

LatinistheItaliclanguagespokeninancientRomeandwastheofficiallanguageoftheRomanEmpire.UntiltheMiddleAges,itwasthedominantlanguageofschools,churches,andstateinWestEurope.NowLatinisstillusedinreligiousceremoniesoftheRomanCatholicChurch.Occasionallyitisalsousedforceremonialpurposesincasessuchasschoolgraduationceremonies.

Sowhat?

:

Aninformalcolloquialexpression,meaningthattheremarkorstatementwhichhasjustbeenmadeseemsunimportant,uninteresting,orirrelevant.HereitmeansWhatdoesitmatterifmyfatherdoesn’tunderstandtheLatinthatwasspokenintheceremony?

AnothersimilarexpressionisWhatofit?

Forexample,

-Someonewillsee.-Sowhat?

-Yourparentsarecomingtomorrow.-Whatofit?

B.Exercises

FinishtheexercisesofTheLanguageWorkonpages24to26.

Languagework

A.Answers

1.天上掉馅饼

2.君子一言，驷马难追

3.小洞不补，大洞吃苦

4.一父胜百师

5.效仿某人（以某人为榜样）

B.Answers

1.A2.B3.B4.A5.B

C.Answersforreference

1.a.Theyoungmanbreakshispromiseagainandagain.Asaresult,nobodywill

believehimnow.

b.Youarealwaysmakingpromisesandthenbreakingthem.

c.Thegovernmentbreaksitspromisetoprovidehousesforallthosewhoneed

them.

2.a.Peoplearenotsupposedtodrivewhiletheyareundertheinfluenceofalcohol.

b.Wearenotsupposedtocutdowntoomanytrees,otherwisenaturewillbe

unbalancedandincalculabledamagewillbeincurred.

c.Youaresupposedtoreporttheaccidenttothepoliceassoonaspossible.

3.a.Theapartmentisbarelyfurnishedsotherentisnotveryhigh.

b.Thevillagewasbarelyaffectedbythefloodbecausethevillagershadmadeverygoodpreparationsfortheoncomingflood.

c.Sheearnsbarelyenoughmoneytosupportherself.

4.a.Mysonhasbeenonhisownforseveralyears.Heneveraskedforanymoneyfromus.

b.Manyoldpeoplewouldratherbeontheirownthanrelyontheirchildren.

c.MyfatheralwaystoldmethatIhadtoliveonmyownwhenIgrewup.

5.a.LastnightwehadaquarrelandmyhusbandstaredatmeasifIwereapersonfromouterspace.

b.It’simpolitetostareatastrangerinthestreet.

c.Shesattheremotionlessforalongtime,staringattheceiling,daydreaming.

Part3ExtendedActivities

I.Listening

A.Passagedictation（textbook）

1.Practicingsuggestions

Listentothepassagefourtimes.Thefirstreadingisforyoutounderstandthepassage.Thesecondandthirdreadingsareforyoutowritedownthepassage.Thefourthreadingisforyoutocheckwhatyouhavewrittendown.

Readthesentencesyouhavemademistakeswithandit’sbettertoreadafterthespeakerandreflectonyourmistakes.

2.Scripts

Today,theoldattitudestowardhowchildrenshouldbebroughtuphavelargelydisappeared.Formanychildren,familylifehasbecomemorerelaxedandlessstrict.ManyyoungpeopleinBritainandtheUShaveaconsiderableamountoffreedomandtheycanenjoythethingstheyareinterestedin:

music,sports,television,evenmoneyandfashion.Lifehasbecomeeasierandmoreenjoyable.However,alongwithaneasylifeandpermissivefamilies,anumberofsocialproblemshavearisenfortheyoung.Forexample,someschoolshaveproblemswithdisciplineandmotivation;andcrimeanddrugtakinginsomeareashavereachedseriouslevels.Duringthe1980sandearly1990sunemploymentamongschool-dropoutswasaparticularproblem,withmanyfacingableakfutureandhavinglittlehopeoffindingadecentjob.

B.Listeningcomprehension（Conversation,Part2,workbook）

II.Readmore

1.Practicingsuggestions

ReadthroughthepassageandcompletetheTrue/False/NotMentionedexerciseindividually.

2.Keys

A.True/False/NotMentioned（NM）.

1.F2.F3.F4.F5.NM6.T7.F8.T

Grammarwork

1.Ilived/usedtoliveinNanjingwhenIwasatprimaryschool.

2.Theexplorerdiscoveredtheancientcavebyaccident.

3.Thiscourserequiresthateverystudentturninapaperoftwopagesatleastandfourpagesatmost.

4.Debbieissometimesnotresponsibleforwhatshedoes.

5.Nobodyknowstheexactageoftheearthforcertain.

6.Heraisedhisarmtoprotecthisfacefromtheblow.

7.Thebeggaracceptedthefoodandmoneyandgaveaperformanceinreturn.

8.Astitchintimesavesnine.

9.Thepostmandroppedmyletterintoourneighbor’smailboxbymistake.

10.Hesenthisparcelbysea,sinceairmailwastooexpensive.

Wordformation

1.removal

2.decency

3.immoral

4.disregard

5.harden

6.finalise/finalize

7.memorise/memorize

8.capitalize/capitalize

Vocabularywork

1.a

2.c

3.c

4.b

5.b

6.a

7.b

Translation

1.Myteachertoldmethattheliquidinthebottlecouldremovestainsfrommetalandchina.

2.Thestudentsittingbesidemelookedaroundtheexaminationroomwithapprehension.

3.Heisnowoutofcollegeandlivesonhisown.

4.Theytookturnsstayingawakeincaseanythingwentwrong.

5.Theel