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Unit 6 Text A Every 23 MinutesI. Teaching Objectives1. To make clear the writers purpose to write the text and the ideas that writer desire to convey in text.2. To grasp the key words and phrases.3. To master the skills of writing and reading in this unit.1) To create an emotional response in readers, the author combines various techniques. (repetition, ellipsis, etc.)2) To distinguish between facts and opinions in reading materials.II. Teaching Content1. Lead-in Activities2. Text Organization3. Skill Learning in Writing and Reading4. Language Points( key words, phrases and difficult sentences)5. Grammar Focus (wish+ that- clause) 6. Guided Practice (exercises, oral practice and group work)III. Teaching Process1. Warm-up Questions(Questions based on a listening material)1) What feeling do you think will be caused by the death reported in the passage-how must the family and friends of the dead students feel? What about the person responsible? 2) What do you think the police should do?2. Text OrganizationPart I (Paras.1-5) A tragic accident caused by drunk driving. (the reason for the traffic accident and comments on the tragedy)Part II (Paras.6-9) The tragedy is not a rare occurrence.Part III (Paras.10-14) Another tragedy caused by drunk driving.Part IV (Paras.15) A transitional paragraph What is the harsh reality?Part V (Paras.16-32) Every 23 minutes someone dies and its emotional effect of death.Part VI (Paras.33-37) Conclusion: We shouldnt permit such tragedy to go on.3. Skill Learning in Writing and Reading1) The author uses many different techniques to create an emotional response in readers. Review the writing techniques form the previous units: Unit One: Misconception + RefutationUnit Two: Viewpoint + DisagreementUnit Three: Anticipating objectionsUnit Four & Five: Listing + ExplainingAlso, repetition,& ellipsis are used applied in this text to render force to the argument. Syntactical repletion:Somebody drinks.Somebody drives.Somebody dies.Rhetorical repetition:The question Every 23 minutes, who dies? is being repeated a number of times. Ellipsis:A wedding.Followed by a funeral.To leave a war zone and then get injured. 2) Distinguishing between facts and opinions.In reading comprehension, the ability to read in a critical way is needed, which involves the ability to distinguish between facts on the one hand and the writers opinions or interpretations on the other. Critical reading involves careful examination of our own beliefs as well as the authors.4. Language Points1) The man we honored had not been ill and will never grow old. (para.1)Paraphrase- The man had died of neither illness nor old age. the man we honored- the man to whose funeral we went; the dead2) an ordinary evening, no blacker than any other- an evening just as normal as any other evenings. (para2)No is used in front of a comparative adjective to indicate the level, standard, or size of something, and sometimes to express surprise, scorn, or admiration.Examples:Winners of the prize will be notified by post no laterthan 31st August.He made no fewer than 50 mistakes.The job was no better than a common laborers.black -dark of the sky at night, and bad, unpleasant, or evil of the situation or the mood of people. 3) smash head on into his hit violently against his car front to front (para.2)head on with the head or front parts meeting violentlyExamples:The two cars crashed head on.The bicycle ran head on into the lorry.a head-on crash/ attack/ confrontation/ conflicttake / meet/ face a problem head on4) the extended family-There are basically two types of families and extended families. The nuclear family usually consists of the two parents (mother and father) and their children. The extended family is very large, including children, parents grand-parents, uncles, aunts, and cousins. (para.5)5) words which barely touched the depths of their grief (para.5)depths-the innermost part.Examples:The boy disappeared into the depths of the yard.He was in the depths of misery.6) He commented on my crutches. (para.10)comment on- remark onExamples:The fans commented fervently on the last match.The minister refused to comment on the rumors about his resignation.7) a whole chapter of his life-a complete period of time in his life during which a major even or series of related events took place. (para.14)chapter-n. a period of time in a persons life or in history. Examples:A new and more responsible chapter or my career as a journalist has begun.That opened a new chapter in the history of international relations.8) What did you do about wanting revenge? (para.14)do about (doing ) sth. -take action about (doing ) sth.Examples:What can the public do about improving the environment?We shall have to do something about our methods if we are to get any results.9) make a /no/much, etc. difference (to sb./sth.) (para.17)be important/unimportant/very important, etc. (to sb./sth.) have an /no/much, etc. effect (on sb./sth.)Examples:Your support can make a difference to our project.Whether he comes or not makes no difference.10) A wife whose husband cannot picture the future without her. (para.17)picture-vt. Form a mental picture; imagine. Examples:I cant picture the village without the old church.He pictured to himself what it might be like to live on the moon.11) take back ones words admit that something one said was wrong or should not have said it (para.19)Examples:Well, I take back my words about your being selfish.Although he knew he had been wrong, he refused to take back his words.12) say ones vows-make the solemn promises when one is getting married or when one becomes a priest, monk or nun. (para.21)13) A void opens. (para.25)Paraphrase- A great loss is felt as a result of someones death.void-n. a feeling of loss.Examples:His death left a great void in her life.She sensed the black void of despair inside him.14) Where there was once intimacy and contact, now there is only absence and despair. (para.26)contact-n. touch; relationshipCf: contact and touchContact mainly implies the mutual relation between two bodies that may affect each other, while touch primarily implies the action involved when a tactile organ comes in direct contact with someone or something. Examples:Dont let the glue come into contact with your skin it sticks immediately.At the touch of the button the door opened.She hasnt seen him for three years, but shes still in contact with him. (i.e. they continue to write to or telephone each other)Bye now. Dont forget to keep in touch.(i.e. continue to see, speak to, write to someone or telephone each other)15) Someones pain shatters the confines of her body, defying all efforts to soothe the despair. (para.29)confines-n. (pl.) limits; boundariesExamples:A lock of hair had escaped from the confines of her hat.We havent the resources to deal with these children within the confines of normal schooling.defy (an effort/ attempt to do sth.)-make (an effort/ attempt to do sth.) impossible.Examples:The fire defied all efforts to control it.The door defied all attempts to open it.16. Someones future blurs and goes blank as anticipation fades into nothingness. (para.32)Paraphrase-Someones future becomes darkened and lost when little or nothing can be expected whatsoever with the death of a loved one.go blank-become blank.Examples:Her hair was going gray.The company went bankrupt during the crisis.anticipation- n. act of foreseeing or looking forward.fade into-gradually disappear into or become.Examples:As evening came, the coastline faded into darkness.Day slowly faded into night.17. The weight of tomorrow becomes unbearable in a world in which all promises have been broken by force. (para.32)Paraphrase-The burden of life becomes too heavy to bear in a future world where all hoped have been destroyed violently with the death of a loved mise-n. an indication of sth that will or may happen in the future; likelihood or hope.5. Grammar Focuswish+ that-clauseThis structure is used to express a desire for some situation that is different from the one that existed or exists in reality.It can be used with a that- clause in the past perfect about a particular action in the past.Examples:I wish (that ) I hadnt eaten so much.I bet she wishes (that) shed never got involved in the whole affair. Or it can be used with a that- clause in the past simple tense to express regret about a state or situation that exists at this moment.Examples:I wish (that ) I didnt have to go to work today.I wish (that ) I was/were a bit taller.6. Guided practice1) Answer questions with imagination (Page 172)a) One way to stop people from driving after drinking would beb) Someone who causes an accident in which someone else diesc) Where a life ends suddenly2) Group Discussion What are the possible ways to prevent traffic accidents? Make a list.3) Ask several students to retell the text by using their own words.7. After-class Assignments1) Review Text A2)Do exercises:Cloze (Ex. X, p. 175)Translation (Ex. XI & XII, p. 176)3)Structured Writing(p. 180)Text B Needed: A License to DrinkLanguage Points1. because of the effects of alcoholism -as a result of being addicted to alcohol.2. blood relatives-people who are part of ones family by birth rather than by marriage.3. liver failure - a condition in which the liver is unable to perform a normal function.4. auto fatalities - deaths resulting from traffic accidents.5. It can trigger child and spousal abuse,- It can cause ill treatment of ones children and wife or husband,6. It can kill by the liver, the kidney, - It can kill people by causing liver failure, kidney failure,7. a conservative estimate - a low estimate; an estimate that less than the actual size, quantity, or number.8. alcoholism us a big contributor to hospital admissions - alcoholics form an important part of patients sent to hospital.9. confront a crisis - face and deal with a crisis.10. If you fail to keep to accepted norms, the state suspends your right to driver,-If you dont behave properly as required by social standards, the government takes away your license for driving,11. should you violate that suspension = if you should violate that suspension12. I believe drastic measures are needed.-Im sure severe measures must be taken.13. a wild idea - a very unusual, and perhaps very silly idea.14. Licensing drinking would acknowledge the growing medical agreement that roughly one drinker in 10 has a genetic inclination to addiction.- licensing drinking would accept the fact that, as it is greed among more and more medical workers, about 10% of drinker shave the tendency to become addicts due to qualities passed on from previous generations by means of genes.15. licensing would act as a screen - preventing a small percentage of the misery in advance -licensing would play the role of separating alcoholics off -pre