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1、Unit 5Is My Team Ploughing第1页Learning ObjectivesA. Topics and FunctionsAsking and answering questionsGiving opinions and impressions.Talking about issues of life such as work, play, friend and loveB. Language knowledgeWords and phrases for talking aboutImportant issues in life, such as work, play, f

2、riend and loveCritical review of the poem by A. H. HousmanCultural study about English pubs and related cultural background.第2页Part 1 Communicative Activities第3页1. Interactive listening and speakingA. Read and speakIn this section, you will read the poem Is My Team Ploughing written by the British p

3、oet A. E. Housman (1859-1936). Before you read, discuss the meanings of the words team and ploughing in the title. Which one of the following meanings might the poet use in the title ?第4页Team and Plough1) plougha) The meaning in The farmer ploughs the land.b) The meaning in The ship ploughs southwar

4、d in the blue ocean.c) The meaning in The truck ploughs the road after the snow storm.犁地，耕地乘风破浪前进犁除，去除第5页2) Teama) a group of horseb) a person of extreme abilitiesc) a group of people第6页Background InformationAlfred Edward Housman: usually known asA. E. Housman, was an Englishclassical scholarand poe

5、t, best known to the general public for his cycle of poemsA Shropshire Lad.第7页Find out the correct sequence Is my team ploughing,That I was used to driveAnd hear the harness jingleWhen I was man alive?Ay, the horses trample,The harness jingles now;No change though you lie underThe land you used to p

6、lough.第8页Is football playingAlong the river shore,With lads to chase the leather,Now I stand up no more? Ay, the ball is flying,The lads play heart and soul;The goal stands up, the keeperStands up to keep the goal.第9页Is my girl happy,That I thought hard to leave,And has she tired of weepingAs she li

7、es down at eve? Ay, she lies down lightly,She lies not down to weep:Your girl is well contented.Be still, my lad, and sleep.第10页Is my friend hearty,Now I am thin and pine,And has he found to sleep inA better bed than mine? Yes, lad, I lie easy,I lie as lads would choose;I cheer a dead mans sweethear

8、t,Never ask me whose. 第11页C. Discussion Things the dead man is concerned about nowWhich stanza(s)What did he do with them before his deathHow are they now after his deathHarness bellsHorsesFarming Playground Young peopleSweetheartFamily Parents FurnitureFriendfootballNot his concernNot his concernNo

9、t his concernNot his concernNot his concernNot his concernNot his concernYes, stanzas 1&2Yes, stanzas 5&6Yes, stanzas 7&8Yes, stanzas 3&4He drove his horses ploughing his farmland, and heard the harness jingle Someone is ploughing the land driving his horses, and the harness jingles the sameHe loved

10、 his girlfriend very much, and did not like to see her crying. He was anticipating that his girlfriend would be mourning his passing away every evening when she was aloneHis girlfriend is now happy. She lies down lightly every evening, instead of mourning. She is now well contended.He cared about hi

11、s friend, and his friend probably did not have good furniture when he was alive.Young people played football games along the river shore, and he stood up to watch them play when he was alive.His friend now lies easy and enjoys life all the same. He even has a dead mans sweetheart to cheer up. But he

12、 doesnt like the dead man to ask whose sweetheart she used to beThe ball is flying, and young people are chasing it hard in playing. The goal and the keeper 第12页2. Compare the results of the comparison in the above table between what remains the same, and what has changed before and after the death

13、of the questioner. What message do they convey to the reader?It can be said that life remains the same after the death of the questioner. His farmland, the football playing, his friend, and even his girlfriend who is as happy as before. But it can also be said that although life goes in the same way

14、 as when the questioner was alive, something has changed. His girlfriend has become someone elses girlfriend, and his friend has taken his place to cheer up his girlfriend. The questioner has lost everything of the pleasures of life while the living people have them all the same.第13页3. Can we change

15、 the sequence? Why?The poem begins with an ordinary question about farming. The questioner is naturally concerned about his farmland as he was a farmer. So he wanted to know if his horses are still ploughing the farmland. Then the poem moves on to the playground where the young people of the village

16、 often play football. He used to stand there to watch tem play, and the football is also part of his life . The game is still going on, and the young people of the village are still playing there. The poem than moves to the next topic about his girlfriend. At this point, he thought that his girlfrie

17、nd might be too grieved about his death. But the answer gives the reader a little surprise. She isnt so grieved. In fact, she is contented. The reader might be surprised at his answer because how doses he know about ones sweetheart lies down lightly and is well contented? The poet did not give us th

18、e answer, but the last two stanzas reach the climax when the questioner asks about the life of his friend. And the answer finally clears the readers doubt that he was the man who is now cheering up the dead mans sweetheart, but he would like the questioner never ask me whose.第14页The stanzas are well

19、 organized form a common question about the questioners life, then his sports, then his girlfriend, and finally his friend who lives with his girlfriend. Readers might ask what the point of this conversation is at the beginning. The doubt gradually becomes heavier until the last two stanzas come out

20、. He would find an increasing tension in the quest for an explanation. 第15页What tone can you detect in the answerer when he answers the questions.His tone changes as he answers more and more questions. He light-heartedly answers the questions about the farming, and the sports with a bit assuring ton

21、e up to this stage. But gradually, his tone begins to be impatient ( be still, my lad and sleep). He strikes the reader as evasive about talking about the sweetheart. Finally he sounds completely uncooperative when he says never ask me whose. The changes in his tome reveal his guilty conscience. He

22、is still enjoying life while the questioner has lost everything because of death.第16页Formulas for asking about & expressing impressionsSometimes he seems a bit strange , doesnt he ?How did Toms story strike you ?Some people say when we need him most , he is nowhere to be found .It seems to me that h

23、es a busy guy , and an important person for the company .He strikes me as an unreliable person .Mary seems to be a nice girl .He looks angry today .Looks like were going to be late again .The other child looked neglected .None of the people I have interviewed so far have impressed me 第17页ProverbLove

24、 is like coke: something you get as the product of making something else.Why do we consider Coke a by-product of something else?The short term for Coca-Cola第18页TEXT: SOMEONE WAITINGPart 2 Reading and Language Activities第19页Warming-up ActivitiesListening to a songViewing picturesReadingActivitiesPre-

25、reading TaskGroup DiscussionWhile-reading Task第20页Step 1 Listening and singingTask: Listen to the song and answer the following question:What feelings does the song want to express?poignantsad第21页What expressions can you see from their faces?anxiousnervousupsetdisappointedStep 2 viewing pictures第22页

26、 They are pacing, scanning, looking at one another, touching and not touching第23页What expressions can you see from their faces?surprisedunbelievablepure delighthigh-pitchedunbelievablesurprised第24页dampenpowerful embrace第25页nervous upset happy Joyful delightful sad mixed feelings apprehensiveStep 5 P

27、re-reading TaskQ1: Did anyone see you off when you left for college?Q2: How were you feeling then?Q3: Which of the following words apply for your case?第26页Topics for discussing1. Talk about your experience of seeing a friend off or how you felt when your friends and your parents see you off?2. How w

28、ould you feel when you, after a long journey, see somebody waiting for you at the railway station?Step 6 Group Discussion第27页soften widen fasten lighten harden1. Read paragraphs 1-4 and answer: what did the narrator observe when sitting at an airport waiting for her turn to leave? A woman A grandmot

29、her and grandson Two ladies A mother At Gate 13, the arrivals (run in circles/high-pitched/wrap her arms/ give him a powerful embrace/protect)(suppose/pick up)(unrelated/look up and down/scan)(dampen)(poignant/fold into/ingredient) -en: a suffix normally used to form a transitiveverb from an adjecti

30、ve. It can also be used to form adjectives from nouns; e.g., golden.Step 8 While-reading Task第28页2. Read paragraphs 5-10, and answer: 1) Who are really seeing her off and waiting for her at the moment she is leaving? The narrator thinks that her husband at work is wondering if she has left, and her

31、daughter is wondering about the same thing at the other end. They are really seeing her off and waiting for her. 第29页2) What conclusion does she draw from her observation? And what are her wishes?She concludes that life needs to be this important all the time. She wishes all the people who go on a j

32、ourney could come back to find someone waiting for them, and wishes they could leave with someone to see them off. If dying is like this, a passage, then she isnt afraid any more. 第30页Main ideaThe narrator of the text tells us her observation of peoples final moments at the airport. She recalls her

33、own experiences of meeting her daughter and being met when returning from her grandfathers funeral. Somehow the emotion she feels seems not at all out of place for the airport. From peoples arrival or departure, she concludes life needs to be this important all the time. She realizes that if dying i

34、s like this, a passage, then she is unafraid. 第31页Para 1I am sitting at an airport watching people in the final moments before their loved ones arrive or depart. They are pacing, nervous, looking at one another, touching and not touching.Paraphrase：Im sitting at an airport observing the people there

35、. When they are waiting for or seeing someone off at the airport, they are usually walking up and down, nervous, looking at each other. Some of them are embracing and some are not.depart: to go away, leave 离开；离去；启程；出发She waited until the last of the guests had departed.她一直等到最终一个客人离开。第32页意译：我坐在候机室注视着

36、人们在亲人即将到来或离去最终情景。他们正往返走着，神色担心，彼此相互注视着，时而拥抱，时而分开。Charge：（usually passive 通惯用于被动语态） sth (with sth) (literary) to fill sb with an emotion 使充满（情绪）Eg: The room was charged with hatred . 这个房间里充满了敌意。A highly charged atmosphere 一触即发担心气氛。第33页A woman, speaking Spanish, is running in circles trying to gather f

37、amily members together for a good-bye.Her voice is high-pitched.一位说西班牙语女人正绕着圈子跑来跑去, 想把家人聚集起来说声再见。gather:to bring or get togetherHe soon gathered a crowd round him.The children have gathered many flowers.in a circle / in circles:moving round run round in circles 跑圈The girls gathered round in a circle

38、.第34页Pitch:1. V-TIf you pitch something somewhere, you throw it with some force, usually aiming it carefully. 投掷Simon pitched the empty bottle into the lake. 西蒙把空瓶子投进湖里。2. V-TIn the game of baseball, when you pitch the ball, you throw it to the batter for them to hit it. 投 (球) 给击球手We passed long, ho

39、t afternoons pitching a baseball. 我们以打棒球来消磨一个个漫长酷热午后。3. V-T/V-ITo pitch somewhere means to fall forwards suddenly and with a lot of force. (向前) 跌倒The movement took him by surprise, and he pitched forward. 突然移动让他猝不及防，向前跌倒第35页4. V-T If someone is pitched into a new situation, they are suddenly forced

40、into it. 迫使进入 (一个新处境)They were being pitched into a new adventure in which they would have to fight the whole world. 他们当初正被胁迫参加到一次不得不与整个世界抗衡新冒险中。5. N. the degree of elevation or depression 程度6. N-UNCOUNT The pitch of a sound is how high or low it is. 音调He raised his voice to an even higher pitch. 他将

41、嗓门提得更高了。7. V-T If a sound is pitched at a particular level, it is produced at the level indicated. 使 (音调)到达(指定水准)usu passiveHis cry is pitched at a level that makes it impossible to ignore. 他哭声之大让人不可能置若罔闻。9. V-T If something is pitched at a particular level or degree of difficulty, it is set at that

42、 level. 给设定水平 (或难度)例： While this is very important material I think its probably pitched at too high a level for our students. 尽管这是个很主要材料，但我认为它难度太大，不适合我们学生。第36页10. N-SING If something such as a feeling or a situation rises to a high pitch, it rises to a high level. (感情或形势等) 程度例： The publics feelings

43、 were at a high pitch of indignation. 公众愤恨情绪到达了极点。11. V-T If someone pitches an idea for something such as a new product, they try to persuade people to accept the idea. 力荐(某主张)例： My agent has pitched the idea to my editor in New York. 我代理人已向我在纽约编辑力荐这个想法。12. N-COUNT A pitch is an area of ground that

44、 is marked out and used for playing a game such as football, cricket, or hockey. 比赛场地英国英语例： .a football pitch. 一个足球场。例： He was the fastest thing I ever saw on a baseball field. 他是我见过在棒球场上跑得最快家伙。13. N any of various heavy dark viscid substances obtained as a residue from the distillation of tars 沥青se

45、e also coal-tar pitch14. V to apply pitch to (something) 用沥青覆盖(某物)15. PHRASE If someone makes a pitch for something, they try to persuade people to do or buy it. 游说例： The president speaks in New York today, making another pitch for his economic program. 总统今天在纽约发表讲话，再一次游说他经济计划。第37页8. high-pitched: 1.

46、 used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency声调高；声音尖锐；2. set at a sharp or high angle or slant陡第38页 When the final moment comes before boarding, she wraps her arms around her son, giving him a powerful embrace that should protect him until he returns.board: v. to get on an airplane or a shi

47、pThe passengers boarded the plane at noon.There were eight passengers on board the plane.第39页embrace:1) to take sb. or sth. into ones arms; She embraced her son tenderly.2）include 包含；包含The talks embraced a wide range of issues.这些谈话包括问题非常广泛。3）欣然接收，愿意采纳（思想、提议等）；信仰（宗教、信仰等）to embrace democracy /feminism

48、/Islam 信仰民主/男女平等主义/伊斯兰教第40页Para 3 A grandmother and grandson stand at the rail where I am waiting; the people who are supposed to pick them up are late. Two ladies, next to them but unrelated, look up and down the corridor as if scanning an open sea. A mother holds a baby as she kisses her husband.

49、Tears dampen her cheeks. The moment is charged. . the people who are supposed to pick them up are late.语法结构structure be supposed + to do sth. = be expected to do sth.Why cant you and Bill go to the movies tonight?We are supposed to have a history test tomorrow.第41页pick sb. up: 接某人Ill pick you up at

50、5 oclock.1）to get better ,stronger, etc; to improve 改进；好转；增强 Trade usually picks up in the spring .贸易普通在春天回升。The wind is picking up now.现在风愈刮愈大了。Sales have picked up 14% this year.今年销售额增加了14%。2）to start again; to continue 重新开始；继续；Lets pick up where we left off yesterday.咱们从昨天停下地方继续吧。3）To put things

51、away and make things neat, especially for sb. else.（为某人）收拾，整理All I seem to do is cook ,wash and pick up after the kids .烧饭、洗衣、跟在孩子屁股后头收拾东西好像这就是我全部活儿。第42页scan: v. to look at quicklyHe scanned the newspaper while having his breakfast.Dampen:1）to make sth. slightly wet 弄湿；使潮湿Perspiration dampened her f

52、ace and neck.她脸和脖子都汗津津。He dampened his hair to make it lie flat.他把头发弄湿，梳平平。2）to make sth such as a feeling or a reaction less strong.抑制，控制，减弱（感情、反应等）None of the setbacks could dampen his enthusiasm tor the project 任何挫折都不能减弱他对这个项目标热情。第43页She wasnt going to let anything dampen her spirits today. 她不想让任

53、何事情来影响她今天兴致。Para 4 Just as poignant, the arrivals fold into the mix of people as if they have been the missing ingredient.意译paraphraseIts an impressive sight. The arrivals come into the crowds and join the waiting people as if they were lost for a long time away from the crowd that they belong to.第4

54、4页fold in / into: blend（使混合；参和） cooking ingredients（成份） into a mixture by gentle turning; come intoPlease fold the beaten egg into the flour.Poignant adj. having a strong effect on your feeling, especially in a way that makes you feel sad 令人沉痛；悲惨；酸楚a poignant image/moment/memory ,etc. 悲惨形象、时刻、回想等Her

55、 face was a poignant reminder of the passing of time .她容颜显示青春已逝，令人感伤。第45页There are tears and smiles, pure delight ringing in the laughter of seeing someone who has been gone.ring: v. to surround sb/sth 包围；围绕 sb/sth(with sth)The childrens playground rang with happy shouts.第46页Para 6 I recall seeing m

56、y daughter, the daughter I am now going to visit, coming down that narrow corridor with her backpack slung on one shoulder, her overstuffed carry-on cradled in her arms, her headphones(耳机) making her oblivious to the stream of people flowing along with her.recall: v. to bring back to the mind 回想起I d

57、ont recall your name but recognize your face.carry-on: n. things carried on the plane by the passenger 行李第47页cradle: v. to place, hold 轻轻抱着She cradled her baby in her arms.oblivious: a. unaware, having no memory 健忘structure be oblivious + of / toHe was totally oblivious to the fact that he had almos

58、t been killed.Im oblivious of my former failure.He seemed oblivious to how far they were walking. 不注意；不知道But the FIBA leaders were oblivious to this problem . 不过FIBA领导者并没有太在意这些问题。 Still she was motionless , like a curled oblivious creature . 可她却依然不动弹，如同一只踡缩，被人遗忘动物。第48页我回想起当初见到女儿-也就是这次要去探望那一个-情景。她从狭长

59、过道走过来，单肩背着一个背包，手里抱着满满行李，耳朵上戴着耳机，全然不顾身边熙熙攘攘人流。第49页Para 7 Joy shines down and up, and I am wondering how one would capture this moment in words or on film. capture: v. to obtain, to attractThe advertisement will capture the attention of readers everywhere.wonder: to want to knowI wonder which hotel it

60、 was.I was wondering whether Gertrude was there at all.in words or on film: describing with language or by taking a pictureIts hard for me to describe the magnificent view in words or on film.第50页四处都洋溢着欢乐笑声，这精彩一刻是极难用语言来表示或照片来捕捉。paraphrase Youll find people full of happiness in the waiting room when