新起点大学英语 Unit 6：Active reading
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1. A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it. George Moore, Irish writer
2. By the time a man realizes that
maybe his father was right, he
◇ Answer the questions of Activity 2 and 3 on page 114.
Check (✓) the true statements. ☐✓ 1 The writer is a woman. ☐ 2 She has one daughter. ☐ 3 The passage is mostly about the writer’s daughter Eden.
Example answer
My sister obtained a master’s degree in law from Wuhan University in 2003 and found a job in Shanghai although my parents hoped she could work in Qingdao, our home town. However, after four years’ work there, she unexpectedly quitted her job and tried to find another one in Qingdao as the life in Shanghai was really tough for her (Her job was demanding and work pace was fast; she felt lonely without any friends or relatives there; she had to live in poor housing conditions in terms of income etc.) and she realized it was home warmth and family support that count. Actually, she enlightened me a lot. So I think the first quotation describes my own family best.
party. ☐ 8 The writer made a speech at the same party. ☐✓ 9 The writer is equally proud of her mother and her
daughter.
Skimming
Work in pairs and answer the questions.
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3. What qualities does she appreciate in her mother?
The writer mentions her mother’s upbeat, balanced and calm attitude, her intelligence and ability to talk, her general knowledge and wisdom and the way in which she copes well and makes people feel comfortable. 4. Which is the most important lesson she learnt from her mother?
Warming up
Look at the first sentence of the passage and choose the best answer to the questions.
Last week, two of the most important females in my life made it through significant milestones.
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2 Which do you think are the most significant milestones in someone’s life? (a) Finishing school. (For most people this is significant at the time, but not so much later if they go to college.) (b) Graduating from college. (This is significant because of the successful experience and because the degree is likely to affect people’s choice of career.) (c) Getting married. (This is easy to imagine as a milestone for most people because it is the foundation for their future family life.) (d) Retiring from work. (This may be hard to imagine when we are at college but for older people it is a milestone because work probably takes up so much of their time and attention in life.)
Warming up
Now work in pairs and discuss the questions.
1 Which quotations are about the importance of home and the family? Answer: 1, 3
2 Which quotations are about the importance of experience outside the family? Answer: 5
Milestones
Warming up Skimming Digging Interpreting Critical thinking Unfamiliar words Language in use Talking point
Warming up
1. Read the quotations about home and the family.
1. What does the writer mean by “milestone”? She means a key event that marks an important stage or achievement in a person’s life.
2. What qualities does she appreciate in her daughter? Her daughter is described as independent, focused, fun, full of positive energy, and helpful.
3 Which quotations suggest that no family is perfect? Answer: 2, 4, 6
More
Warming up
Work in pairs and decide which quotation describes your own home or family best.
usually has a son who thinks
he’s wrong.
3. In every conceivable manner, the
Anonymous
family is link to our past, bridge to
our future.
Alex Haley, American writer
More
Warming up
4. In every dispute between parent and child, both cannot be right, but they may be, and usually are, both wrong. Isaac Rosenfeld, American writer
Mother is perhaps the first person who influences us in our lives, what’s
your mother’s influence on you?
Skimming
Task
◇ Browse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it.
1 Who do you expect the two most important females in somebody’s life to be? (a) Mother and daughter. (This is a likely answer; it is the best one in the actual text.) (b) Sisters. (This is possible in some families but unlikely as a general answer.) (c) Best friends. (This is clearly possible or likely for some people.) (d) Grandmothers. (Again this is possible but unlikely as a general answer.) More
6. Like all the best families, we have our share of disagreements. Elizabeth II, Queen of England
5. A man can’t make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree. Helen Keller, a blind and deaf American writer, teacher and politiimming
☐✓ 4 The writer is pleased with Eden’s progress. ☐ 5 The writer’s mother used to work as a teacher. ☐✓ 6 The writer’s mother had a party last week. ☐✓ 7 The writer’s father made a speech at her mother’s
Warming up
Watch the video and answer some questions.
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Warming up
How does your mother express her love to you when you are in distress?
The beginning of the movie Forest Gump (《阿甘正传》) has moved millions of people and brought their memory of their mothers and childhood. In distress, Forest Gump’s mother encouraged him by saying he was the same with others.
2. By the time a man realizes that
maybe his father was right, he
◇ Answer the questions of Activity 2 and 3 on page 114.
Check (✓) the true statements. ☐✓ 1 The writer is a woman. ☐ 2 She has one daughter. ☐ 3 The passage is mostly about the writer’s daughter Eden.
Example answer
My sister obtained a master’s degree in law from Wuhan University in 2003 and found a job in Shanghai although my parents hoped she could work in Qingdao, our home town. However, after four years’ work there, she unexpectedly quitted her job and tried to find another one in Qingdao as the life in Shanghai was really tough for her (Her job was demanding and work pace was fast; she felt lonely without any friends or relatives there; she had to live in poor housing conditions in terms of income etc.) and she realized it was home warmth and family support that count. Actually, she enlightened me a lot. So I think the first quotation describes my own family best.
party. ☐ 8 The writer made a speech at the same party. ☐✓ 9 The writer is equally proud of her mother and her
daughter.
Skimming
Work in pairs and answer the questions.
More
Skimming
3. What qualities does she appreciate in her mother?
The writer mentions her mother’s upbeat, balanced and calm attitude, her intelligence and ability to talk, her general knowledge and wisdom and the way in which she copes well and makes people feel comfortable. 4. Which is the most important lesson she learnt from her mother?
Warming up
Look at the first sentence of the passage and choose the best answer to the questions.
Last week, two of the most important females in my life made it through significant milestones.
Warming up
2 Which do you think are the most significant milestones in someone’s life? (a) Finishing school. (For most people this is significant at the time, but not so much later if they go to college.) (b) Graduating from college. (This is significant because of the successful experience and because the degree is likely to affect people’s choice of career.) (c) Getting married. (This is easy to imagine as a milestone for most people because it is the foundation for their future family life.) (d) Retiring from work. (This may be hard to imagine when we are at college but for older people it is a milestone because work probably takes up so much of their time and attention in life.)
Warming up
Now work in pairs and discuss the questions.
1 Which quotations are about the importance of home and the family? Answer: 1, 3
2 Which quotations are about the importance of experience outside the family? Answer: 5
Milestones
Warming up Skimming Digging Interpreting Critical thinking Unfamiliar words Language in use Talking point
Warming up
1. Read the quotations about home and the family.
1. What does the writer mean by “milestone”? She means a key event that marks an important stage or achievement in a person’s life.
2. What qualities does she appreciate in her daughter? Her daughter is described as independent, focused, fun, full of positive energy, and helpful.
3 Which quotations suggest that no family is perfect? Answer: 2, 4, 6
More
Warming up
Work in pairs and decide which quotation describes your own home or family best.
usually has a son who thinks
he’s wrong.
3. In every conceivable manner, the
Anonymous
family is link to our past, bridge to
our future.
Alex Haley, American writer
More
Warming up
4. In every dispute between parent and child, both cannot be right, but they may be, and usually are, both wrong. Isaac Rosenfeld, American writer
Mother is perhaps the first person who influences us in our lives, what’s
your mother’s influence on you?
Skimming
Task
◇ Browse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it.
1 Who do you expect the two most important females in somebody’s life to be? (a) Mother and daughter. (This is a likely answer; it is the best one in the actual text.) (b) Sisters. (This is possible in some families but unlikely as a general answer.) (c) Best friends. (This is clearly possible or likely for some people.) (d) Grandmothers. (Again this is possible but unlikely as a general answer.) More
6. Like all the best families, we have our share of disagreements. Elizabeth II, Queen of England
5. A man can’t make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree. Helen Keller, a blind and deaf American writer, teacher and politiimming
☐✓ 4 The writer is pleased with Eden’s progress. ☐ 5 The writer’s mother used to work as a teacher. ☐✓ 6 The writer’s mother had a party last week. ☐✓ 7 The writer’s father made a speech at her mother’s
Warming up
Watch the video and answer some questions.
More
Warming up
How does your mother express her love to you when you are in distress?
The beginning of the movie Forest Gump (《阿甘正传》) has moved millions of people and brought their memory of their mothers and childhood. In distress, Forest Gump’s mother encouraged him by saying he was the same with others.