新视界大学英语综合教程4Unit6
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5 Why do you think the couple sat by the front door crying? Their son had been killed in the war. 6 What were the main changes to the house over the years? It was modernized in many ways (indoor toilet, running water, electricity, new appliances etc) and the area in which it stood became a lot more built-up.
2 The passage is the story of a home, the people who lived there, and how life has changed over the years, narrated by the house itself.
3 The passage is written by the owner of a house, and describes how the families who lived there have changed the character of the house.
Digging
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2 My neighbour is an acquaintance but I only see him from an angle to the side. I’ve never seen him face on, but I do know that strangely, although we’re identical, we’re the exact opposite of each other, with my front door facing east and my neighbour’s facing west, my bedroom in the back over his kitchen, my kitchen under his bedroom in the front. I think I’m the lucky one because each morning, the stone glows in the sunlight.
◇Answer the questions of Activity 2 and 3 on page 115.
Skimming
➋ Choose the best summary of the passage.
1 The passage tells the stories of the families in a house, from the time when it was built to the present day.
engine noise coming closer…
Answer: “I” refers to the house.
Now read the passage and find out who the writer is meant to be.
Skimming
Task
◇Browse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it.
Warming up
An empty old house always seems mysterious, especially for children. Watch the film
trailer of the movie Monster
House, then share with the class whether your have similar story in your childhood.
2 Which do you think is most likely to take place, and why? 3 Do you have conversations like these? Who with? 4 What are the usual subjects of your conversations? 5 What do you think are the differences between the way
Digging
Background information
Golden memories
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1 I can still remember the men who built the walls, and raised the roof, even though it was many families ago. The master from the big house over the way needed accommodation for his estate workers, and found a clearing in the woods which ran up and down the hills. He sent workmen to bring the local golden stone and collect some bricks, and they spent three months building two cottages in the park.
Digging
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4 Apart from the autumn, it was quiet here, and my worker seemed lonely until one day, he brought a young woman home. My corridors were soon filled with the sounds of conversation and laughter, and the smell of cooking. While the worker was away, the woman looked after the garden around me, planting roses, spring bulbs, and summer plants. It became filled with butterflies among a riot of colours, from blossom in early spring to the dark golden blooms and leaves of late autumn. It felt good to look after the happy couple.
that men speak to each other and how they speak to women? 6 What do you think are the differences between the way that women speak to each other and how they speak to men?
him from an angle to the side. 3 My windows are my eyes, and they look onto
trees and fields… 4 At home I had another family to look after. 5 But around the corner, I can hear a very loud
Digging
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译文
5 Soon there were children to look after too, first a girl, who ply, and then a boy with powerful lungs, who kept us all awake. But both were happy and good infants. They played quietly together inside or in the garden, and gradually grew older and taller. One of my happiest memories is of one warm summer’s day. High up in the branches of one of the apple trees rested the boy, reading his favourite book.
Warming up
➊ Read the quotations about home. Work in pairs and discuss their meaning.
More
Warming up
➋ Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
1 Did you find anything strange about the two conversations?
Warming up
➊ Look at the sentences from the passage and think about who “I” is.
1 I can still remember the men who built the walls… 2 My neighbour is an acquaintance but I only see
Answer: 2
Skimming
➌ Answer the questions. 1 What is the narrator’s earliest memory?
Being built.
2 What are we told about the location of the house? It is in the country, near a big house, and joined to another house.
Digging
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译文
3 The workers tended the orchards and the gardens around the big house, so the trees in autumn were always heavy with apples and pears, and as the days grew shorter the land around was busy with helpers collecting the fruit to take to the big house, or to market in town down the way.
3 What are we told about the structure of the house? It is an east-facing and semi-detached house, built of local golden stone and bricks.
Skimming
4 What was the main effect of the arrival of the young woman in the house? It brightened up the house; the family was a happy one and the garden was filled with flowers.
Skimming
7 How do we know that the narrator is getting old? Its floors creak; some doors don’t close properly; and it has a lot of golden memories.
8 What do you think is about to happen at the end of the passage? The house will be demolished.
2 The passage is the story of a home, the people who lived there, and how life has changed over the years, narrated by the house itself.
3 The passage is written by the owner of a house, and describes how the families who lived there have changed the character of the house.
Digging
MP3
译文
2 My neighbour is an acquaintance but I only see him from an angle to the side. I’ve never seen him face on, but I do know that strangely, although we’re identical, we’re the exact opposite of each other, with my front door facing east and my neighbour’s facing west, my bedroom in the back over his kitchen, my kitchen under his bedroom in the front. I think I’m the lucky one because each morning, the stone glows in the sunlight.
◇Answer the questions of Activity 2 and 3 on page 115.
Skimming
➋ Choose the best summary of the passage.
1 The passage tells the stories of the families in a house, from the time when it was built to the present day.
engine noise coming closer…
Answer: “I” refers to the house.
Now read the passage and find out who the writer is meant to be.
Skimming
Task
◇Browse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it.
Warming up
An empty old house always seems mysterious, especially for children. Watch the film
trailer of the movie Monster
House, then share with the class whether your have similar story in your childhood.
2 Which do you think is most likely to take place, and why? 3 Do you have conversations like these? Who with? 4 What are the usual subjects of your conversations? 5 What do you think are the differences between the way
Digging
Background information
Golden memories
MP3
译文
1 I can still remember the men who built the walls, and raised the roof, even though it was many families ago. The master from the big house over the way needed accommodation for his estate workers, and found a clearing in the woods which ran up and down the hills. He sent workmen to bring the local golden stone and collect some bricks, and they spent three months building two cottages in the park.
Digging
MP3
译文
4 Apart from the autumn, it was quiet here, and my worker seemed lonely until one day, he brought a young woman home. My corridors were soon filled with the sounds of conversation and laughter, and the smell of cooking. While the worker was away, the woman looked after the garden around me, planting roses, spring bulbs, and summer plants. It became filled with butterflies among a riot of colours, from blossom in early spring to the dark golden blooms and leaves of late autumn. It felt good to look after the happy couple.
that men speak to each other and how they speak to women? 6 What do you think are the differences between the way that women speak to each other and how they speak to men?
him from an angle to the side. 3 My windows are my eyes, and they look onto
trees and fields… 4 At home I had another family to look after. 5 But around the corner, I can hear a very loud
Digging
MP3
译文
5 Soon there were children to look after too, first a girl, who ply, and then a boy with powerful lungs, who kept us all awake. But both were happy and good infants. They played quietly together inside or in the garden, and gradually grew older and taller. One of my happiest memories is of one warm summer’s day. High up in the branches of one of the apple trees rested the boy, reading his favourite book.
Warming up
➊ Read the quotations about home. Work in pairs and discuss their meaning.
More
Warming up
➋ Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
1 Did you find anything strange about the two conversations?
Warming up
➊ Look at the sentences from the passage and think about who “I” is.
1 I can still remember the men who built the walls… 2 My neighbour is an acquaintance but I only see
Answer: 2
Skimming
➌ Answer the questions. 1 What is the narrator’s earliest memory?
Being built.
2 What are we told about the location of the house? It is in the country, near a big house, and joined to another house.
Digging
MP3
译文
3 The workers tended the orchards and the gardens around the big house, so the trees in autumn were always heavy with apples and pears, and as the days grew shorter the land around was busy with helpers collecting the fruit to take to the big house, or to market in town down the way.
3 What are we told about the structure of the house? It is an east-facing and semi-detached house, built of local golden stone and bricks.
Skimming
4 What was the main effect of the arrival of the young woman in the house? It brightened up the house; the family was a happy one and the garden was filled with flowers.
Skimming
7 How do we know that the narrator is getting old? Its floors creak; some doors don’t close properly; and it has a lot of golden memories.
8 What do you think is about to happen at the end of the passage? The house will be demolished.