新世纪大学英语综合教程第四册unit6教学

1、Before Reading_ 1About the Author Alexander M. SchindlerListening ComprehensionLead-in DiscussionWord WebOne of the most influential figures of American Jewry, Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler served as President of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the central body of Reform Judaism in North

2、America, from 1973 to 1996. Throughout his tenure as President, heserved conscientiously to strengthen the Foundations efforts in reconstructing Jewish life in the aftermath of the Holocaust and in developing innovative programs to address the cultural needs of the Jewish people globally. He was a d

3、edicated and creative leader and raised the Foundation to new levels of harmony, accomplishment, and international recognition.Before Reading21. What is your motto in life? Explain it.2. Do you find life sometimes paradoxical? If yes, please give one example.About the Author Alexander M. SchindlerLi

4、stening ComprehensionLead-in DiscussionWord Web 1. Listen to the poem and fill in the blanks with what you hear.Let Goby Fion LimAbout the Author Alexander M. SchindlerListening ComprehensionLead-in DiscussionWord Web is one of the hardest lessons in life, Yet over changing seasons and passing time,

5、You will have to learn to let go of certainPeople, relationships, situations and things,That fall way . Tenacity and the attitude of not giving up,Work wonders on many occasions but not all,As some things just are not meant to be,No matter how hard you fight and them,And forcing your will upon thing

6、s just repel them further. Letting go_beyond your control_cling to_ About the Author Alexander M. SchindlerListening ComprehensionLead-in DiscussionWord WebThere will always be people,Who will turn out in ways you never expected,And it you that you have to let them go,So that they can their destinie

7、s,While you go on to fulfill your own life path. As life likes to dish out surprises and challenges,Sometimes it is only through letting go,When your heart cries ,That in the agonizing process that you realize,What is truly worth . Letting go does not signify weakness,As it might to let go than hold

8、ing on,Like the big, inflexible tree that snaps in the storm,While tiny blades of grasses yield and live on,Revealing the strength of letting go. take more courage_dawns on_fulfill_in anguish_holding onto_ About the Author Alexander M. SchindlerListening ComprehensionLead-in DiscussionWord Web2. Wha

9、t is the theme of the poem? What does “letting go” mean in this poem?Before Reading_4_main About the Author Alexander M. SchindlerListening ComprehensionLead-in DiscussionWord Webhold fastlet goWhat words will occur to you whenever we mention the words “hold fast” and “let go”. Write down as many wo

10、rds as possible about them.Directions: About the Author Alexander M. SchindlerListening ComprehensionLead-in DiscussionWord Webhold fastdreamlovematerialsdesirejusticesanitypeacefreedomidealperfect About the Author Alexander M. SchindlerListening ComprehensionLead-in DiscussionWord Weblet goinevitab

11、ledestinydustchoiceunhappinessgive upstresspursuenegativefriendshipGlobal Reading_ 1Part Division of the TextFurther UnderstandingQuestions and AnswersTrue or False Parts Paras.Main Ideas123189111216Through one event during his hospitalization, the author explains that we often fail to see the beaut

12、y and wonder of life when we should be holding on to it, urges us to hold fast to the gifts of life.The author directs his discussion to the other side of the paradox: how to let go, and points out why we must accept losses and learn how to let go.As a solution to the paradox, the author suggests a

13、wider perspective to view what is transient and what is eternal, gives us his advice as to what we should do in order to make our lives meaningful and our deeds “timeless”.Discussion1. What, according to the author, is the paradox of life?You must hold fast to something that you must let go of event

14、ually.2. Why does the author quote the saying from the ancient rabbis?The author intends to use the metaphor to illustrate the paradox. “A man comes to this world with his fist clenched” mean that a man holds fast to the gift of life when he is born, but when he leaves this world, he has to let go o

15、f it.Part Division of the TextFurther UnderstandingQuestions and AnswersTrue or FalseDiscussion3. What is the change of the authors attitude towards life after hospitalization?He learns to appreciate the beauty existing in daily life.4. What, according to the author, is the first pole of lifes parad

16、oxical demands on us?Never too busy for the wonder and the awe of life. Be reverent before each dawning day. Embrace each hour. Seize each golden minute.Part Division of the TextFurther UnderstandingQuestions and AnswersTrue or FalseDiscussion1.2.3.It is not easy to learn how to let go when we are y

17、oung. With the full force of our passionate being, we are able to hold fast to and attain whatever we desire. It is inevitable that we will lose something at different phases of life. Part Division of the TextFurther UnderstandingQuestions and AnswersTrue or FalseWe cannot always hold fast to life a

18、nd not let go even with the full force of our passionate being. We must accept our losses, and learn how to let go.F( )T( )T( )DiscussionPart Division of the TextFurther UnderstandingQuestions and AnswersTrue or FalseDiscussion4.5.We come to realize that “to let go” is as important as “ to hold fast

19、” in our lives when we are young. From the moment we are born, we have to let go of certain things. We do not realize that we must accept our losses and learn to let go until life confronts us with realities when we are not young any more, because when we are young, we think that we can have whateve

20、r we desire at our command.F( )T( )Global Reading_ 2_3Part Division of the TextFurther UnderstandingQuestions and AnswersTrue or FalseDiscussion Whats your understanding of “perishable life” and “enduring beauty”? 2. What can you learn from this essay? Life is a long journey. Some walk with joy and

21、fulfillment, others with bitterness and regret. If you could live by the two truths discussed in the following essay, your journey would be more meaningful and rewarding.Detailed ReadingDetailed ReadingThe art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. An ancient man said long ago: “

22、A man comes to this world with his fist clenched, but when he dies, his hand is open.”Two Truths to Live byAlexander M. SchindlerDetailed Reading_t1-2Detailed ReadingSurely we ought to hold fast to life, for it is wonderful, and full of abeauty. We know that this is so, but all too often we recogniz

23、e this truth only in our backward glance when we remember what it was and then suddenly realize that it is no more. Detailed Reading_t3-4Detailed ReadingWe remember a beauty that faded, a love that withered. But we remember with far greater pain that we did not see that beauty when it flowered, that

24、 we failed to respond with love when it was tendered. A recent experience re-taught me this truth. I was hospitalized following a severe heart attack and had been in intensive care for several days. It was not a pleasant place. I looked to see whether anyone else relished the suns golden glow, but e

25、veryone was hurrying to and fro, most with eyes fixed on the ground. Then I remembered how often I, too, had been indifferent to the grandeur of each day, too preoccupied with petty and sometimes even mean concerns to respond to the great beauty of it all.Detailed Reading_t5-6Detailed Reading One mo

26、rning, I had to have some additional tests. The required machines were located in a building at the opposite end of the hospital, so I had to be wheeled across the courtyard in a chair. As we emerged from our unit, the sunlight hit me. Thats all there was to my experience. Just the light of the sun.

27、 And yet how beautiful it was how warming; how sparkling; how brilliant! The insight gleaned from that experience is really as commonplace as was the experience itself: lifes gifts are precious but we are too careless of them.Here then is the first pole of lifes paradoxical demands on us: Never too

28、busy for the wonder and the awe of life. Be respectful before each dawning day. Embrace each hour. Seize each golden minute.Hold fast to life, but not so fast that you cannot let go. This is the second side of lifes coin, the opposite pole of its paradox: we must accept our losses, and learn how to

29、let go. This is not an easy lesson to learn, especially when we are young and think that the world is ours to command, that whatever we desire with the full force of our passion can, and will be ours. But then life moves along to confront us with realities, and slowly but surely this second truth da

30、wns upon us.Detailed Reading_t7-10Detailed Readingor not so gradual weakening of our own strength. And ultimately, we must confront the inevitability of our own death, losing ourselves, as it were, all that we were or dreamed to be. Detailed Reading_t11Detailed ReadingAt every stage of life we susta

31、in losses and grow in the process. We begin our independent lives only when we come to this world. We enter schools, then we leave our mothers and fathers and our childhood homes. We get married and have children and then have to let them go. We confront the death of our parents and our spouses. We

32、face the gradual But why should we be reconciled to lifes contradictory demands? Why fashion things of beauty when beauty is short-lived? Why give our heart in love when those we love will ultimately be torn from our grasp? In order to resolve this paradox, we must seek a wider perspective, viewing

33、our lives as through windows that open on eternity. Once we do that, we realize that though our lives are finite, our deeds on earth weave a timeless pattern. Life is never just being. It is becoming, a relentless flowing on. Our parents live on through us, and we will live on through our children.

34、The institutions we build endure, and we will endure through them. The beauty we fashion cannot be dimmed by death. Our flesh may perish, our hands will wither, but the beauty and goodness and truth they create live on for all time to come.Detailed Reading_t12-14Detailed ReadingDont spend and waste

35、your lives accumulating objects that will only turn to dust and ashes. Pursue not so much the material as the ideal, for ideals alone invest life with meaning and are of enduring worth.Add love to a house and you have a home. Add righteousness to a city and you have a community. Add truth to a pile

36、of red brick and you have a school. Add justice to the far-flung round of human endeavor and you have civilization. Put them all together, elevate them above their present imperfections, add to them the vision of humankind redeemed, forever free of need and conflict and you have a future lighted wit

37、h the radiant colors of hope. Detailed Reading_t15-16Detailed ReadingA man comes to this world with his fist clenched, but when he dies, his hand is open.Detailed Reading_ A man comes Detailed ReadingTranslate this sentence into Chinese.一个人出生时拳头紧握，过世时却松手而去。1. What does “so” refer to here?We know tha

38、t this is so, but all too often we recognize this truth only in our backward glance when we remember what it was and then suddenly realize that it is no more.Detailed Reading_ We know that Detailed ReadingIt refers to what was mentioned in the preceding sentence: life is wonderful and full of beauty

39、.2. What does “only in our backward glance” mean?It means “only as we examine our life in retrospect.”But we remember with far greater pain that we did not see that beauty when it flowered, that we failed to respond with love when it was tendered. Detailed Reading_ But we rememberDetailed ReadingWha

40、t can we infer from this sentence?From this sentence, we can infer that one should hold fast to beauty and love at the right time when they are full of sweetness and being offered.I looked to see whether anyone else relished the suns golden glow, but everyone was hurrying to and fro, most with eyes

41、fixed on the ground.Detailed Reading_ I looked to 1. What does “the suns golden glow” symbolize?It symbolizes the beautiful and precious life.Detailed Reading2. What can we infer from “hurrying to and fro” and “with eyes fixed on the ground”?It can be inferred that most people are indifferent to the

42、 beauty of life.Then I remembered how often I, too, had been indifferent to the grandeur of each day, too preoccupied with petty and sometimes even mean concerns to respond to the great beauty of it all. Detailed Reading_ Then I remembered Paraphrase this sentence.Then if remembered how often I, too

43、, had ignored the magnificence of each day, since I was too busy with unimportant and even unpleasant things.Detailed ReadingThe insight gleaned from that experience is really as commonplace as was the experience itself: lifes gifts are precious but we are too careless of them.Detailed Reading_ The

44、insight gleaned What does “that experience” and “them” refer to in this sentence?“That experience” refers to the sunlight in his hospitalization; “them” refers to lifes gifts.Detailed ReadingThis is not an easy lesson to learn, especially when we are young and think that the world is ours to command

45、, that whatever we desire with the full force of our passion can, and will be ours.Detailed Reading_ This is not an easy Detailed ReadingTranslate this sentence into Chinese.做到这一点并不容易，尤其是当我们还年轻，自以为世界在我们的掌握之中，只要满腔热情、全力以赴地去渴求，我们就能得到我们想要的东西，而且一定能得到！And ultimately, we must confront the inevitability of

46、our own death, losing ourselves, as it were, all that we were or dreamed to be.Detailed Reading_ And ultimately Detailed ReadingParaphrase this sentence.Finally, we have to face the reality that we cannot avoid our own death. That is to say, we will sooner or later cease to be what we are and what w

47、e have dreamed of being.But why should we be reconciled to lifes contradictory demands? Why fashion things of beauty when beauty is short-lived? Why give our heart in love when those we love will ultimately be torn from our grasp?Detailed Reading_ But why should Detailed Reading What is the authors

48、purpose of using these rhetorical questions?The author uses rhetorical questions to emphasize that there is no reason for us to cling to what we will inevitably lose.2. What does “lifes contradictory demands” refer to?It refers to the two seemingly opposing truths: we should hold fast to lifes gifts

49、 and let go of them when time comes.In order to resolve this paradox, we must seek a wider perspective, viewing our lives as through windows that open on eternity.Detailed Reading_ In order to resolve Detailed ReadingWhat does this sentence mean?It means that in order to solve this paradox, we must

50、view our lives from the perspective of eternity.Life is never just being. It is becoming, a relentless flowing on.Detailed Reading_ Life is never just Detailed ReadingTranslate this sentence into Chinese.生命绝不仅仅是静止的存在。它是一股不断演变的、百折不回的奔流。Our flesh may perish, our hands will wither, but the beauty and g

51、oodness and truth they create live on for all time to come.Detailed Reading_ Our flesh may perish Detailed ReadingWhat does the author hope to convey through this statement?The author hopes to convey the message that what we let go of is still there if we view life from the perspective of eternity.

52、The beauty and goodness and truth that we create will endure and we will endure through them. Therefore, we should let go of lifes gifts in due time.fast: ad. become or be firmly fixed and unable to moveDetailed Reading_ fastThe boat was stuck fast in the mud.Detailed ReadingWhen they arrived there,

53、 they found that the church door was fast shut.clench : vt. close tightly Detailed Reading_ clenchThe girl clenched her fist in anger. Detailed Reading在被动手术时她咬紧了牙关。She clenched her teeth when she was operated on.fade: vi.1) lose colour and brightness Detailed Reading_ fade1Flowers soon fade when cut

54、.Detailed ReadingThe colour in this silk material will not fade.2) disappear gradually.他的希望渐渐破灭His hopes faded.The memory of her sufferings in her childhood will never fade from her mind.wither: v.1) (cause sth. To) become dry, shrivelled or dead Detailed Reading_ witherDetailed Reading这些花不放在水里就要枯死了

55、。The flowers will wither if you dont put them in water.limbs withered by disease and starvation2) render speechless or incapable of action; stun The teacher withered the noisy student with a glance.她的一瞥使他无言以对。She withered him with a look.这两个动词均含“凋谢”之意。 指因无活力而丧失生命力。 强调指渐渐失去色彩和光泽。CF: wither & fadewith

56、erfadetender:1. v. formally offer or show something to someone Detailed Reading_ tender1As company secretary, you must tender the proposal.Detailed ReadingThe seller has the right to keep the goods until payment is tendered to him.2. a. 1) (of meat) easy to chew; not toughContinue cooking until the

57、meat is tender.2) painful when touched; sensitive 我的手指一碰就疼，因为昨天割破了。My finger is tender because I cut it yesterday.Detailed Reading_ tender2Detailed Reading3) gentle and careful in a way that shows loveHer voice was tender and soft.Collocations:tender age 年幼而未成熟的tender loving care 悉心、关切的照顾a tender he

58、art 软心肠a tender mother 慈母hospitalize: vt. place in a hospital for treatment, care, or observation. Detailed Reading_ hospitalizeRoger was hospitalized after a severe heart attack.Detailed ReadingNB:该词一般用于被动语态wheel: n. one of the round things under a car, bus, bicycle, etc. that turns when it movesDe

59、tailed Reading_ wheel1The car slid sideways, its rear wheels spinning.Detailed Reading2. v. move someone or sth. that is in or on sth. that has wheelsTwo nurses were wheeling him into the operating theatre.他把摩托车推到街上。He wheeled his motorcycle into the street.Detailed Reading_ wheel2Detailed ReadingCo

60、llocations:at the wheel 驾驶，掌舵oil the wheels 使事情进行得顺利on wheels 用车子put ones shoulder to the wheel （帮助他人）动手wheels within wheels 复杂的事情；复杂的原因wheel and deal (AmE.) （在政界）独断专行relish:1. n. great enjoyment of somethingDetailed Reading_ relishI ate with great relish, enjoying every bite.Detailed Reading我对坐办公室那