英语第五课

Unit 5 RomanceText A A Valentine StoryI. ObjectivesStudents will be able to:1.grasp the main idea( the nature of a heart is seen in its response to theunattractive) and structure of the text;2.appreciate the narrative skills demonstrated in the text (switch between tenses,change of narrators),some rhetorical devices (simile and metaphor) and the use of informal language in conversations;3.master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;4.conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related tothe theme of the unit.II. Cultural NotesPublic libraries in the U.S.: Public libraries in the U.S. are free to the public. One can get a library card at the local library by filling in a form and showing the librarian a valid ID and something to prove that one lives in the neighborhood (e.g., a used and stamped envelope with one's name as the addressee, one's phone bill, gas bill, etc.). Besides borrowing books, people go to libraries to borrow video tapes, use the computers there, attend book readings by authors and other cultural events. Libraries are regarded as community centers.III. Questions about the text:1. A brief introduction to the Valentine’s Day2. What is the best way to express love to your valentine?3. Students scan the text and answer the following questions.a)How had Blanchard and Miss Maynell come to know each other?b)How had Blanchard and Miss Maynell got in touch with each other?c)Why did Miss Maynell refuse to send Blanchard a photograph? How do you understandMiss Maynell’s words in Para4? What do you think of her?d)How would Blanchard recognize Miss Maynell at their first meeting?e)What did the young girl look like? What was Blanchard’s response? And what did “MissMaynell” look like? How did Blanchard feel toward his “valentine”?f)Why didn’t Blanchard turn away from “Miss Maynell”?g)How come the middle-aged woman was wearing the rose?h)What did Miss Maynell want to find out through the test? Do you like Miss Maynell’s test?Ⅳ Main idea and text organizationThe main idea (the nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive): The story begins with Blanchard waiting for his love at Grand Central Station in New Y ork. By flashback we know that in a Florida library, Blanchard got to know a lady named Maynell through the notes she made in the margin of a book.The two began to write to each other, and their feelings for each other grew with days. However, Maynell refused when Blanchard requested a photograph. Instead, she proposed to meet in New Y ork, and a red rose would be her mark. At Great Central Station, a beautiful girl walked through towards him, but it was the middle-aged lady behind the girl who was wearing a red rose. Though disappointed, Blanchard was faithful to his feelings and treated the lady with kindness. The ending of the story was a happy one. The beautiful girl he saw was Maynell. She was only testing his heart by way of this.The structure of the text :Opening of the story---- John Blanchard was waiting for someone at GrandCentral Station.Explanation---- Whom he was waiting for and why. How John Blanchard had fallen in love with Miss Maynell.Development of the story ----- Miss Maynell put Blanchard to a test. Implication---- The true nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive.It was wise of Miss Maynell to give such a test.Do Text Organization Exercise on P143.Ⅴ. Language study1. straighten: (cause to ) become straight or levele.g. Women used to use a hot iron to straighten their hair.The professor would straighten his tie before entering the classroom.2.make one’s way: go走出去e.g. Early in the morning the hunter made his way into the woods.The old man slowly rose from his seat and made his wa y to the front of the bus.fight / push / elbow / shoulder / force / squeeze one’s way to (+n.) 冲出去，挤出去e.g. With tears in their eyes, the solders pledged to fight their way back to their home territory.3.He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn’t, t hegirl with the rose.: he tried to find the girl who shared many of hid views, interests and feelings but who he had never met before. The girl was supposes to wear a rose at their first meeting.4.absorb: 1) (usu. Passive) completely hold one’s attention( usu. Followed by in )e.g. I was so absorbed in the detective story that I jumped up when someone pattedme on the back.Totally absorbed in writing the computer software, Michael ordered take-out food when he was hungry, slept on the office floor when tired out2) take ine.g. I haven’t really had time to absorb everything that my teacher said in class.The moon ha a rough surface that absorbs most of the sunlight that strikes it.5.margin: one or both sides of a page near the edge, where there is no writing orprintinge.g. Chairman Mao had the habit of making notes in the margin of the books hewas reading.Some publishers make profits by printing books with wider margins and hence charging greater prices.6.reflect: be a sign of, showe.g. Election results should reflect people’s opinions.Rising prices may reflect the rise in demand for these goods.7. thoughtful: (showing that one is) thinking deeply consideratee.g. The more serious drama encourages its audiences to become better informedand more thoughtful.Something is disturbing our daughter for she has never before looked so thoughtful.Its antonym（反义词）is thoughtless which means selfishe.g. It was thoughtless to eat all the cake and leave none for us.8.previous: happing or coming before or earliere.g. Without previous experience in teaching my chances of getting the job will beslim.Previous to 1552 Nicaragua was occupied by a huge population of Indians.She has two children from a previous marriage.9.locate: 1) find the exact location ofe.g. An X-ray will help locate where your ring has gone in your dog’s stomach.Keep talking with him for five more seconds and I will locate the place he is calling from.2) fix or put in a certain placee.g. Apartments located away from the main road usually fetch higher prices thanthose near the road.The top fashion designer located his flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New Y ork.10.correspond: exchange letters regularly correspondence n.e.g. Even after becoming president, he still corresponds with his old friendspersonally instead of asking his secretary to do it.Love grew between Lu Xun and Xu Guangping as they kept correspond with each other.11.overseas: to or in another countrye.g. Many universities in China have conducted research in cooperation withuniversities and institutions overseas.Spring Festival is coming and many Chinese are planning to go traveling overseas.We are trying to build up overseas markets of our cars.12.fertile: (of land) able to produce good cropse.g. The fertile lowlands of Cuba produce coffee, sugarcane, tobacco and citrusfruit.Human civilizations first bloomed in fertile lands along big rivers. China is acase in point.13.take a chance (on sth.): attempt to do sth. in spite of the possibility of failure;take a riske.g. Y ou take a chance on the weather if you spend your holiday in the UK.I haven’t booked a ticket. I’m taking a chance on the theater not being full.14.disgust: cause a strong and often sick felling of dislikee.g. The awful food at the hotel disgusted me.The thought of eating frogs disgusts me.The way they treat their children disgusts all the neighbors.15.schedule: 1) arrange for sth. to happen or to be done at a particular time ( itcan be used in the pattern: be scheduled to do sth., be scheduled for sth.)e.g. Chinese astronauts are scheduled to travel to outer space in the next few years.A fireworks display is scheduled for New Y ear’s Eve.The have scheduled Eric to speak at three o’clock in the afternoon.2) a list or statement of things to be done, dealt with, etc.e.g. The school’s schedules is made up of 12 weeks of classroom instruction and12 weeks of paid work experience.Secretaries are supposed to set up schedules for their bosses.16. sustain: support emotionally; keep (an effort, etc.) going, maintain支持，保持，持续e.g. Although they had been trapped in the cave for two days, they were sustainedby the knowledge that help would come soon.He was sustained by an unshakable belief in his own ability to overcome the difficulties.The teacher tried hard to sustain the children’s interest in learning English.17.slim: 1) slendere.g. Good race dogs weigh around 50 pounds and have long legs and slim buildsThe slim-waisted girl over there is a rising film star.2) smalle.g. The chances of the Chine se Men’s Football Team winning World Cup areslim.The single mother supported her two kids with her slim waitress’ income.18.Her golden hair lay back in curls from her delicate ears; she wore her goldenhair in curls and pulled them back to reveal her well-formed ears.Delicate: fine; well-formed; soft, tendere.g. 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.The painter did several delicate, closely observed animal paintings.Only the gentlest creams are fit for a baby’s delicate skin.19.go one’s way: go in sb’ directione.g. I’m going in your way. May I give you a ride?I wasn’t sure whether he was going my way or not, so I decided to go homeby myself.20.She was more than a little overweight, her thick-ankled feet thrust intolow-heeled shoes.: She was quite a big woman. Her feet were thick in the ankles and could hardly squeeze into her low-heeled shoes.More than a little: very\e.g. If yo u tell your father what you have done, he’ll be more than a little angry.The child was more than a little excited to have Michael Jordan sign his T-shirt.Thrust: push suddenly or with great strength挤入，插入，猛推e.g. After quarreling with her husband, Nora thrust a few personal things into asuitcase and left home.Hamlet thought he had thrust the sword into his uncle’s heart, but instead he killed his girl’ father.21.I felt as though I was split in two, so keen was my desire to follow her. Andyet 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 earnestly to go with the pretty young woman, the other wanting to stay with the woman who had befriended me and warmed my heart.Spilt: (cause to ) break into two or more partse.g. The U.S. department of justice tries to split Microsoft into three separatecompanies.The old man used an axe to split the logs into firewood.The stream splits into three smaller streams at this point.The lightning flash lasted a split second（刹那，顷刻）, and then disappeared.split the difference（讲价钱时）（在价格，价钱等）让步，妥协split one’s sides (with laughter) 捧腹（大笑）a splitting headache 剧烈或严重的头痛a split mind/ personality 有双重人格之人；患人格分裂症者Keen: 1)(of interest, feeling, etc.) strong, deepe.g. From his childhood on, the famous writer has had a keen interest inobserving people.Barbara watched her husband dancing with the slim girl in red with keen jealousy.2) interested; eager(usu. Followed by on/about, or infinitive to)e.g. She is out of hospital and keen to get back to work.Two thirds of the women students in my class are keen on soccer.Long for: want sb. or sth. very much ( long to do sth. )e.g. The old woman longed for her daughter to visit her on her 80th birthdayinstead of just sending her a check.Juliet longed for Romeo’s love so much that she was willing to diefor him.22.sensible: showing or having good sense 明理的，切实的，有感觉的e.g. It’s wrong to think that one’s culture is more sensible than that of othersocieties.Y ou’ve made a sensible decision by not wearing high-heeled shoes while driving.Cf. sensitive (to)敏感的，灵敏的/sensational轰动的，耸人听闻的/ sensory感觉的，感官的/senseless无感觉的make sense 有意义The sentence doesn’t make (any) sense.make sense of: understand 懂，理解，明白nonsense废话，胡说八道There is no sense （无意义）in doing sth: no good reason for23.glow: a warm lighte.g. Her face was gentle in the soft glow of a bedside lamp.A red glow in the western sky foretells rain on the following day.24.hesitate: pause before doing sth. or making a decisione.g. The attack was successful at first, but then they hesitated, giving the enemytroops time to fight back.T he painter didn’t hesitate to apply Western techniques when he was doing a traditional Chinese painting.25.grip: take a very tight hold (of)e.g. Anchors powerfully grip the seabed against the drift of the ship.I gripped the rope firmly and climbed onto the cliff.26.identify: recognize or say who or what sb. or sth. is 认出，认明e.g. Dead bodies in the plane crash were identified by dental records.The visiting scholar spoke English with a perfect accent that it was hard to identify his origin.Never identify opinions with facts.( consider sth. equal to sth. )混为一谈Reading this book, you can identify with the main character’s struggle.(feel sympathy for sb.) 认同；感同身受identity n.同一，本身，身份identity card 身份证identical a. (to/with)同一的27.grateful to sb. for sth.: feeling or slowing thanks to (another person ) because of (sth.)e.g. I am most grateful to you for introducing me around so that I no longer feellonely in the new place.The mother was grateful to the strangers for saving her chile’life.28.The woman’s face broadened into a smile.: the woman smiled.broaden: make or become broadere.g. The road broadens once it has passed through the village.The widespread use of computers has broadened the scope of our knowledge.The government wanted to broaden the scope of the enquiry to include dentists as well as doctors and nurses.29.in response to: in answer toe.g. The decision to assign students some homework was taken quickly inresponse to recent criticism of educational reform.Stock prices went down in response to the news of a possible oil crisis.30.“Tell me whom you love,”… “and I will tell you who you are.”: If you tell mewhom you love, I will tell you what kind of person you are.Ⅵ.核心句型1. be grateful to (sb.) for (sth.)2. make one’s wayⅦ Text analysis (writing strategy)1) Appreciate the narrative skills demonstrated in the text (switch between tense, change of narrators)a. Is the text developed in order of time or does it change in tense?b. Where does the text switch from the past tense to the past perfect tense? Speak out the sentence with the change in tense.c. Where does the text switch from the past tense to the present tense? Speak out the sentence with the change in tense.d. Is the story told only from one person point of view or does it change in narrator?e. Which sentence tell you that another narrator will continue the story? Speak out the sentence.2) the use of informal language in conversations.Notice also that the characters talk in a rather informal way. For example, “Going my way, sailor?” is an incomplete sentence. Or see how the middle-aged women spoke in Para.15—“son”, “go and tell”, “some kind of” and so on are all casual.3) rhetorical （修辞的）devices: Simile and MetaphorIn this text there are some examples of simile and metaphor. A simile is a comparison of one thing to another, using the words “like” or “as”, e.g., “her hair was black as night”; “in her green suit she was like springtime come alive” (Para.7).A metaphor is a suggested but not sated comparison of one thing to another, e.g., “while I spoke I felt choked by the bitterness of my disappointment” (Para. 14).Now I’ll read some sentences for you, please tell whether they are si miles or metaphors:He is as brave as a lion. (simile)Her husband is a walking wallet that will pay for whatever she likes.(metaphor)Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream. (simile)He has a heart of stone. (metaphor)All the world is a stage, and all the men and women are merely players.(metaphor)The man sleeps like a baby. (simile)4) Selection of Details.Questions:What details are given to show that Blanchard fell in love with the girl who he had never seen?a)His interest in her had begun twelve months before… Taking a book off theshelf he soon found himself absorbed……b)With time and effort he located her address. He wrote her a letter introducinghimself and inviting her to correspond.What sentenc es to show the sharp contrast between the young girl and “Miss Maynell”a)Her eyes were blue as flowers;b)Her lip and chin had a gentle firmness;’c) A small, provocative smile curve her lips.d)“Miss Maynell”e)She was more than a little overweight, her thick-ankled feet thrust intolow-heeled shoes;f)Her pale, round face was gentle and sensible, her gray eyes had a warm andkindly glow.What were Blanchard’s feelings towards the two women?a)For the young and beautiful girl:b)“I started toward her, entirely forgett ing to notice that she was not wearing arose.”c)“Almost uncontrollable I made one step closer to her…”d)For “Miss Maynell”:e)“This would not be love, but it would be something precious, somethingperhaps even better than love, a friendship for which I had been and must ever be grateful.”f)“…while I spoke I felt choked by the bitterness of my disappointment.”What’s his last choice? How do you feel about Blanchard?ⅧWriting Narrative Essay1. Students read the following passage that provides guidance for narrative writing and then discuss the important elements of a narrative essay with their partner.To narrate is to give an account of an event or a series of events. In its broadest sense, narrative writing includes stories, real or imaginary, biographies, news items, and narrative poems. Narration often goes hand in hand with description. When one tells a story, one describes its setting and characters. On the other hand, accounts of actions may be necessary to the description of a person or a scene. When planning a narrative, the writer should consider these five aspects: contest, selection of details, organization, point of view, and purpose.ContextWhen, where, and to whom the action in a narrative happened is often made clear at the beginning of the narrative. This will provide the reader with a context, or circumstances, to help him understand the whole narrative.Selection of DetailsA narrative is made up of details. There should be enough details so that the reader knows what is happening, but there should not be too many of them, or the reader will be confused and lose interest in the story. Only relevant details, or things that contribute to bringing out the main ideas of the narrative, are useful and effective.When selecting details, therefore, the writer should bear in mind his purpose in writing the narrative.OrganizationEvents in a narrative are usually related in chronological order, that is , in the order in which they occur. But it is also possible, and sometimes preferable, to start from the middle or even the end of the story with the event that is most important or most likely to arouse the reader’s interest, and then go back to the beginning. The middle tells the story itself. When the story is clearly told, the narrative comes to a natural end; then there is no need for a superfluous concluding paragraph. But sometimes it may be necessary to add one or two paragraphs about the significance of the story or about things that happen afterwards.Point of ViewA story can be told either in the first person or in the third person, each having its advantages and disadvantages. A first-person narrative may be more graphic and lifelike, because it gives the reader the impression that it is what the writer himself has seen or experienced. But the scope of the narrative may be limited, for it is difficulty to recount events that happen in different place at the same time. A third-person narrative is free from this limitation, and it may seem more objective, but it is not easy to put in good order things that happen to different people in different places.PurposeThere must be a purpose in telling a story. The writer may want to prove a theory, to illustrate a concept, to praise a virtue, to condemn a vice, etc. He should make sure that the total effect of his narrative, or the final impression it leaves on the reader, is in agreement with his purpose. To achieve this, he has to choose details and design the plot of his story carefully.2. Students read the following instructions to get some idea of what they are going to write. (7 minutes)Write a first-person or third-person narrative describingthe happiest or saddest or most memorable or most important day in your life, for example, your first day at school, the day when you got your first pay, the day when you were given an interview, the day when someone walked into your life, the day when something changed the course of your life;an accident which has taught you something ;Some experience you will never forget.2.Students work in small groups and share the experience of the most memorableday in their lives with other group members.4. Students draft their essay individually.。