现代大学英语第二版精读1unit 6

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demanded that he go: subjunctive mood every few years: Something will happen regularly
after a few years. to wrench yourself away from: to twist and pull
Part I: Sentence Paraphrase
I started hiking there …, up a long, sloping hill to an almost impenetrable stand of trees called Bear Wood. (para.4)
an … impenetrable stand of trees: trees growing so thick that they are impossible to go through or enter into.
Part I: Exercise
• Fill in the blanks according to the text.
We rented an 18th-century _fa_r_m_ho_u_s_e in Berkshire. Nearby were ancient _c_a_s_tle_s_ andc_h_ur_ch_e_s. Loving nature, however, I was most __de_li_gh_t_ed_ by the endless _p_at_c_hw_o_rk_ of farms and woodland that surrounded our house. In the __de_e_p__ woods that _v_er_g_ed_ _ag_a_in_s_t our back fence, a _n_et_w_or_k of paths led almost everywhere, and pheasants _ro_c_ke_te_d_of_f into the _d_en_se laurels ahead as you walked.
Wisdom of Bear Wood
Michael Welzenbach
Wisdom of Bear Wood Unit 6
W arming up B ackground T ext Analysis R einforcement
Wisdom of Bear Wood Unit 6
Questions / Activities Check-on Preview Objectives
My own breathing ___ in my ears, and the slightest ___ of any woodland creature ___ through this private paradise.
Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
Part II : Main Idea
Wisdom of Bear Wood Unit 6
Theme
Structure
Detailed Analysis
Text Analysis
Text Analysis Theme
Friendship Nature
Text Analysis Structure
Part 1: (1-4) my life before the encounter Part 2: (5-35) my friendship with the old lady
verge against: to be close to; to be at the edge or border of (This is a rare expression)
a network of: a system of lines, wires, roads, etc that cross each other and are connected to each other
Paraphrasing: I could even hear my own breathing, and even the lightest movement of any bird or animal in the wood could be heard throughout this paradise.
Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
Part I: Main Idea
Where did the boy Michael come from? How did he get to England?
Did he make many friends there? Why did he like to keep to himself?
Section 1(5-23) friendship started Section 2(24-27) friendship developed Section 3(28-35) friendship ended Part 3: (36-37) the legacy of the friendship
Old lady
Content
How do you understand the title of the story? What is the wisdom of Bear Wood? How would you account for the strong attachment
between the boy and the woman? What did they get from the friendship respectively?
Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
Part I: Sentence Paraphrase
In the deep woods that verged against our back fence, a network of paths led almost everywhere, and pheasants rocketed off into the dense laurels ahead as you walked. (para.2)
How would you describe the Bear Wood? What does it mean to the boy?
Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
Part I: Sentence Paraphrase
My father’s government job demanded that he go overseas every few years, so I was used to wrenching myself away from friends. (para.1)
Loving nature, however : as (because) I loved nature …
a patchwork of farms (fields): farms that look like small pieces of cloth of different colors when seen from far above
How did they react to their surprise encounter differently? How did the author’s description achieve that surprising effect? What was the woman’s househer house that filled the boy with admiration? What did the friendship bring to them respectively? How did he learn the news of her death? How did he react to the news?
… and pheasants rocketed off: … and pheasants took off like rockets.
Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
Part I: Sentence Paraphrase
Keeping to myself was my way of not forming attachments that I would only have to abandon the next time we moved. (para.3)
Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
Part I: Exercise
___ through a barbed-wire fence, I’d ___ the bright sun and the ___ and ___ of insects and animals outside and ___ into another world.
yourself away from
Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
Part I: Sentence Paraphrase
Loving nature, however, I was most delighted by the endless patchwork of farms and woodland that surrounded our house. (para.2)
Text Analysis
Detailed Analysis
Part I: Words & Expressions
Words verge; rocket; acttached
Words
Phrases
Phrases
Sentence Pattern
Grammar
Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
Paraphrasing: I did not try to make many friends because in that way I did not have to give up my friendship the next time I had to move.
Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
Warming up
Warming up
Get ready to share your own comments with the class. You can talk about :
Things that most impress you in and about the text
Things in and about the text that you find hard to understand
stand: a group of trees growing in a given area impenetrable: derived from “penetrate”
Text Analysis Detailed Analysis
Part I: Sentence Paraphrase
My own breathing rang in my ears, and the slightest stirring of any woodland creature echoed through this private paradise. (para.4)
Writing or stylistic feature of the text
Warming up Character sketch
Age: Nationality: Education: Life experience: Characteristics: Interests: Needs:
Boy
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