大学综合教程第一册Unit 8

L2. elaborate
(1) a. worked with great care; carefully prepared and finished; very detailed and complicated 精心制作的， 详尽而复杂的 e.g. She spent six hours for this elaborate hairstyle. We’ve prepared an elaborate eight-course meal for the guests. 我们为客人准备了八道菜的一顿盛宴。
L10. recollection n.
(1) an act of remembering sth. 记忆，回忆 e.g. I have some / no recollection of that day. My recollection of these events differs from hers. To the best of my recollection _______________________ (= If I remember correctly), she drives a Mercedes. I have no recollection of ever having received the money. 我不记得收到过这笔钱。
L14. tease
v. to make jokes and laugh at sb. in order to have fun by embarrassing them, either in a friendly way or in an unkind way 戏弄，取笑 e.g. At school the other children always teased me because I was fat. Don’t take it seriously. He was only teasing (you). She used to ____________ my hair. tease me about His classmates used to tease him because of / about his accent. 他的同学过去常拿他的口音取笑他。
(2) v. to work out in detail 详细制定；to give more details or new information about 详尽说明 e.g. Please elaborate your plan. You understand the situation, so I needn’t elaborate any further. Later chapters simply elaborate on (describe or explain in detail) her original theses.
Paras. 7 – 10: 5. Why was the job of hand-delivering candy and cards relegated to the U.S. Postal Service? 6. How did the narrator describe the final card she received from her dying father? Paras. 11 – 12: 7. Why does her father’s final card still remain on her bulletin board today? 8. Paraphrase the concluding part—Those things never die, nor does the memory of a man who never stopped being my valentine.
Unit 8 My Forever Valentine
Text Comprehension Language Work Note-writing
Text Comprehension
Pre-reading Main idea / Theme Structural Analysis Questions Extension
(2) to measure the time taken 计时 e.g. This egg is hard — you didn’t time it properly. Time me while I swim two lengths of the pool. / Time how long it takes me to swim two lengths of the pool. 给我记一下我游一个来回的时间。
L12. decorate
v. to make a place such as a building, wall, etc. more beautiful by painting, wallpapering, etc. 装饰，装修 e.g. Children’s pictures decorated the walls of the classroom. We had the whole house decorated before we moved in. Tom had decorated his room with a series of photos of Naples. The bathroom is decorated in blue. 洗手间装修成蓝色调。
(2) sth. from the past that you remember 记忆中的往事 e.g. The old letters brought back many happy recollections. His earliest recollection was a great branch hanging outside the winder. *recollect v. to be able to remember sth., esp. by deliberately trying to remember 想起，记起 e.g. As far as I recollect, I have never owned a doll. One witness recollected that the visitor had arrived by the side door. I recollect seeing him some years ago in London. Can you recollect how it was done?
L1.time v.
(1) to choose the time or moment for sth., arrange the time of 安排…的时间，选好…的时间 e.g. You time your arrival well; we’re just going to eat. The next show is timed for 8 o’clock. The bomb was timed to explode during the rushhour. The train is timed to connect with the ferry. 火车时刻编排得可与渡轮时刻衔– 2: 1. What was the narrator’s father? And what was his hobby? 2. Why did the narrator think of her father as her ―Valentine Man‖? Paras. 3 – 6: 3. What does ―the magic‖ mentioned in Paragraph 3 refer to? 4. What gifts did the narrator’s father give her as she grew older?
L13. usher sth. in
— to signal the start of sth. 开创，开始，引进 e.g. The Stockholm Conference ushered in a new era of international cooperation. The new government ushered in a period of prosperity. The change of management ushered in fresh ideas and policies. 管理层的更换带来了新思想和新政策。 cf. usher sb. into/to — to lead sb. in the specified direction e.g. The girl ushered me into the room I was ushered in, and stood before the manager.
Extension
What is the most touching thing your parents have done for you? Share your experience with your classmates.
Language Work
Words and Expressions Sentences Grammar
Structural analysis
Paras. 1 – 2: a brief account of the narrator’s father and the theme of the text Paras. 3 – 10: a detailed account of how the father showed profound affection for his daughter on Valentine’s Day Paras. 11 – 12: how important it has been to the narrator to have such a loving father
Words and Expressions
time (v.) elaborate recollection decorate usher sth. in tease surpass give way to take sth. for granted relegate address (v.) signal
Pre-reading
How do people celebrate the western Valentine’s Day? What do you expect your valentine to do for you on this day?
Main idea / Theme
This first-person narration recollects a series of events concerning the narrator’s father who ________________, his daughter showed profound affection for __________ by offering her valentines on Valentine’s Day. __________________ memories of her father The narrator relates her __________________ and explains why she considers him her forever valentine — he chose Valentine’s Day to show his love for her by presenting her with ____________ gifts great care ____ and showing ________ for her on that particular day for many years in succession until he passed away.