Unit 3 My Stroke of Luck Teaching plan综合教程二

Unit 3 My Stroke of LuckTeaching objectives1) To help students to examine a particular situation in a dialectical way;2) To help students to get to know the figure of speech, pun;3) To help students to learn to analyze the text;4) To help students to learn the language in this text;5) To help students to develop oral English ability and communicative competence.Teaching procedures1) Lead-in activities2) Cultural Backgrounds3) Text analysis 4) Structural analysis5) Language study6) ExercisesLead-in activities1) Think of a person you know who suffers misfortunes but still does whatever he/she can to help others. Describe him/her to your classmates. 2) Do you believe in luck? Please explain with your personal experience.3) What is the most important element when facing difficulties?Cultural information1. Shakespeares SonnetSonnet 116Let me not to the marriage of true mindsAdmit impediments. Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove:O no! it is an ever-fixed markThat looks on tempests and is never shaken;It is the star to every wandering bark,Whose worths unknown, although his height be taken.Loves not Times fool, though rosy lips and cheeksWithin his bending sickles compass come:Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,But bears it out even to the edge of doom.If this be error and upon me proved,I never writ, nor no man ever loved. William Shakespeare2. Marriage benefits men more than women. Both benefit equally in common areas like sex, companionship and shared work load. Husbands experience better overall health (live longer than if single), whereas a womens greatest single gain is in money. Marriage will make both men and women richer because they become more efficient in all areas of life! Two living together will not only save significantly by eliminating redundant expenses, but because of increased efficiency, make more money than they do living separately. Long-lasting marriages, some people suggest, is not a cause of financial success, but an effect alongside of financial success. But the truth is that even taking this factor and the eliminating of redundant expenses into account, the institution of marriage itself provides a “wealth-generation bonus”. This bonus is above and beyond all other factors. God said marriage is good and good it is! Studies have shown, for example, that married men earn incomes 10-40% higher than their single counterparts.Text I My Stroke of LuckKirk DouglasGlobal ReadingI. Text analysis1. What does the author mean by “my stroke of luck”?Marrying his wife had clearly been a stroke of luck for him, as became clear once again during the air crash crisis. 2. Whats the authors purpose of writing?To enable the readers to see the many valuable qualities in his wife, or to show his wifes unyielding character and willingness to help others.II. Structural analysis1. How are the events of the text arranged? The account of the latest event is interrupted by a number of flashbacks (some earlier events and experiences). It begins with the air crash, and then it goes back to what had happened before. After this the author resumes the narration of the air crash and subsequent event.2. Divide the text into parts by completing the table. ParagraphsEvents1-2This part tells the readers what happens to the author and describes how his wife reacts to the accident.3-4It describes Annes good judgment on previous occasions and her experiences during the Second World War.5-7It tells the readers how the author met Anne, fell in love with her and eventually married her.8It turns back to his recovery from the crash with his wifes meticulous care.9-10The author recalls how his wife handled her crisis: she never gave in and always tried to help others.11-13It describes Annes reaction to his stroke and her method to make people move on.14The author offers his general comments on Annes character with a philosophical remark.Detailed ReadingParagraphs 1-2Questions1. What happened to the writer? (Paragraph 1) He was involved in an air crash but luckily survived.2. What does the author mean by “Another helicopter ride. Just what I needed”? (Paragraph 2)He is being ironic. He means that he did not feel at all like taking another helicopter ride.Paragraphs 3-4Questions1. How do you understand the sentence “She saved me again after my stroke in 1995, when I became depressed and suicidal.” (Paragraph 3)The word “save” here means “help me out of my depression,” because severe depression can sometimes lead to suicide. So the sentence means “She saved my life again after my stroke in 1995 by helping me get over the depression I was in and preventing me from committing suicide.”2. How many languages does Anne master? (Paragraph 4) Four. French, English, Italian, and German. Paragraphs 5-7Questions1. Why did the author feel miffed in his interview with Anne? (Paragraph 5)He expected Anne to accept the job with eagerness, as most girls would do, because he was a famous American movie star. But Anne declined the offer.2. Why did the author have the thought “to hell with her”? (Paragraph 6)Annes refusal was unexpected and irritated the author, because he took it for granted that Anne would be more than willing to accept his invitation, as most girls would do.3. What do you know about Las Vegas? (Paragraph 7)Las Vegas is a city in southeast Nevada, USA, famous for its numerous casinos and speedy registration of marriage.Paragraphs 8-10Questions1. What is survivors anguish? (Paragraph 8)Survivors anguish is a kind of depression in which the survivor suffers an aftermath fear of a disaster and uncertainty about what would happen to him / her in the future.2. Did Annes attitude towards her own disease agree with what she demanded her husband to do? (Paragraph 10)Yes. It is her consistent philosophy that one should keep moving on instead of complaining in face of misfortune.3. How did Anne offer help to others? (Paragraph 10)She shared her experience with others, raised a fund for a research facility in a hospital and initiated a program to rebuild some school playgrounds.Paragraphs 11-13Questions1. Did Anne really kick her husband out of bed each morning? (Paragraph 12)No. “Kick out” is used here as an exaggeration to mean “to get me out of bed despite my reluctance.”2. What does the author mean by “tough love”? (Paragraph 12)“Tough love” refers to Annes belief that you should be a bit tough with your loved ones in order to get them back to normal life as quickly as possible. Needless to say, under this “tough” surface lies profound love, hence the phrase “tough love.” It is a case of oxymoron (矛盾修辞法), which is a rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined. The following are similar examples: deafening silence her cruel kindnessa mournful optimistParagraph 14Questions1What is the exact meaning of “stroke” in the title of his book My Stroke of Luck, and in the sentence “How to handle a stroke is how to handle life”? (Paragraph 14)The word “stroke” in the title of his book means a sudden occurrence of something pleasant, while the latter refers to the blockage or breaking of blood vessels in the human brain. So the use of “stroke” is a play of word for special effect.2Which sentence(s) best summarize(s) the whole story? (Paragraph 14)The last two sentences strike home the authors point “What sets the survivor apart from the others is the willingness to move on, and to help others move on too,” as is exemplified by the authors wife, Anne. Text IIA New Attitude to GratitudeFaith Andrews BedfordLead-in Questions1. What would you do generally to express your appreciation after you have received gifts from others? 2. What would you expect others to do when you send them gifts? Faiths story tells us how she managed to teach her children to be grateful to others who have done something for them.Notes1. About the author: Faith Andrews Bedford was born in Salem, Massachusetts at the close of World War II. She is a writer and also a noted authority on Frank W. Benson, the American Impressionist painter.2. however, they would do so only with much prodding. (Paragraph 1) however, they would not do it before I urged them again and again. In this structure, “only” can also be placed in front of the verb, especially in informal English. For example: He would only go there with his girlfriend. (= He would go there only with his girlfriend.)3. become mother-deaf (Paragraph 3) refuse to pay attention to what Mother said. Notice the rule of the word formation here, noun+adjective. Common examples include fire-proof, water-resistant, and environment-friendly, etc. Here the author combines “mother” and “deaf” together in order to achieve a humorous effect.4. Something snapped. (Paragraph 4) Suddenly I lost patience.5. Bursting free the confines of the car, the children headed for their yard toys. (Paragraph 11) The children impatiently rushed out of the car which had limited their freedom for a while and ran towards their yard toys.6. Silence reigned as the children gathered their thoughts (Paragraph 24) No one made a noise as the children were thinking about what to write .7. In time youll (Paragraph 29) In the future (or Eventually) youll Questions for discussion1. What did the author ask her children to do to express their gratitude?2. Whats new about the attitude to gratitude?3. How do you think we should appreciate what others do for us?Key to questions for discussion1. She asked them to write thank-you notes.2. Instead of telling her children directly that they should appreciate what others did for them, the mother “designed” a way for them to find out themselves what others did for them. She let the children have the actual experience of going to shops, selecting appropriate gifts, and wrapping them up, so that they would have