unit-16-Open-the-Door-to-Forgiveness

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• A. John Paul I B. Joan Paul II C. Joan Paul I D. John Paul II
3. We must _____ the person who did us wrong. • A. confront B. avoid C. accuse D. abuse 4. _____ is the person taking the blame for the fualt of
Don't betray the people's trust in you. The officer betrayed the secret to his friends. n. betrayal
abuse n. v.
• verbal abuse • He hurled (a stream / torrent of) abuse at
headaches cure; heal; treat; remedy
PART I (1-5)
• Questions: 1. What does the author mean by saying
“we all muddle our way through a world…”? 2. How does the author comment on forgiveness and hate?
her. • physical / mental abuse • drug / alcohol abuse • an abuse of privilege / power / someone's
kindness

the faculty of forgiving
• the ability to forgive She has the faculty to learn languages easily. the Faculty of Arts / Science (college) • assassin • New Pope: Benedict XVI Name: Joseph Alois Ratzinger
UNIT 16
Open the Door to Forgiveness
By Lewis B. Smedes
Quotes
To err is human; to forgive, divine.

---Alexander Pope
Forgiveness is the final form of love.
I'm afraid I can't help you - you'll just have to muddle through on your own.
Muddle through: to manage to do something although you are not organized and do not know how to do it
complaway through a
world
We all could make some silly mistakes due to our carelessness or because we are in some confusing state.
____people of TB. 2. She won‘t be sad too long;time will ____most
trouble. 3. Western medicine tends to _____the symptoms
and not the cause. 4. They found an effective herbal _____ for
paraphrase: Hate is a malignancy…our health.
Is the tumour malignant or benign?
Fester: become infected; get more unpleasant
It's lucky that the wound did not fester.
Could you just repeat those figures - I've got a bit muddled up .
Decide what you want in life - don't just muddle along.
in a muddle (n. ) in an untidy and confused state
Part 2: paras: 6-18
2. (7-9) confront your malice 3. (10-12) separate the wrongdoer from the wrong. 4. (13-16) let go of the past.
5. (17-18) don’t give up on forgiveness
Pope John Paul II
pay
• pay for: receive punishment • We all pay for our mistakes in some way at
some time. • It never pays to take risks where human
safety is concerned. • (it pays to do sth.: bring a good result) • He swore he'd pay her back for all she'd
betray: be unfaithful / disloyal to;
show, be a sign
He held his breath, not wanting to make the slightest sound that might betray his presence.
不要辜负人民对你的信任。 那军官把秘密向朋友泄露了。
It has lodged itself in your memory.
It has taken root in your memory. lodge: stay
这件事一直留在我的记忆中。
This incident has lodged in my memory. Cf. The visitors were lodged in the Tower Hotel, The money was lodged in a Swiss bank account. lodge a complaint / protest / appeal: make a formal
done to him. • (revenge, make sb. suffer for doing sth. wrong) • All her hard work paid off in the end, and she
finally passed the exam. • (be successful)
Preview check
1. _____ is our natural response to deep and unfair hurts. • A. love B. hate C. forgiving D. tolerance 2. Pope ____ forgave the man who had tried to kill him.
others. • A. wrongdoer B. offender C. sinner D. scapegoat 5. Hate ____ if we revenge on those who hurt us. • A. festers B. evens C. escalates D. disappears
1. (19-20) argument against forgivenes Part 3: paras: 19-22 2. (21-22) understand forgiveness
Part 4: Para 23 Conclusion: forgiving gives us a new start.
---Reinhold Niebuhr
The Author
• Lewis B. Smedes is a professor of theology and ethics at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California. He died on December 19, 2002, of complications resulting from a head injury after a fall at his home. He was 81 years old.
well-meaning vs. well-meant
mean well / ill 1. Even __ parents cannot protect their
children from everything. 2. Recent changes in housing policy,
though __, have done more harm than good. well-meaning, well-meant
PART II (6-18)
• Questions: What does the author mean by saying “the way a child opens his hands and frees a trapped butterfly”? What is the 1st problem in our attempt to achieve forgiveness? What can be learnt from Liz’s case? What can we learn from the case of the author’s daughter? How does the author understand the guideline “Let go of the past” in relation with forgiveness? What does C. S. Lewis’s example indicate?
His book Forgive and Forget has sold hundreds of thousands of copies, said forgiveness comes from understanding the fact that "the God who has the whole world in his hands has grace for the whole world in his heart."
It's better to express your anger than let it fester inside you.
Hate is like a vicious and uncontrollable disease that darkens our life and affects our health.
cut out: to stop (esp. a harmful activity)
• Since my heart attack, I've cut fatty foods out altogether.
• If you cut out smoking, you’ll feel much healthier.
It’s surgery of the soul
What’s the figure of speech used here? metaphor
heal cf. cure, remedy, treat
The cream is used for healing minor cuts and bruises. The wounds were gradually healing (up). 1. At one time the doctors couldn't ___ TB /
Key: B D A D C
Structural analysis
Open the Door to Forgiveness
• A tree diagraph
Part 1: Paras. 1-5
Introduction to the topic and the power of forgiving
1. (6) suggestions
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