实用英语UTextB专题培训市公开课金奖市赛课一等奖课件

Pre-ReadingTask

While-ReadingTask

After-ReadingTaskUnit1:TextB第1页第1页1.Whichofthefollowingwordscanbestdescribethecharacterofyourmother?openfrankkindtalkativeshypatienteasy-goinghard-workinggood-naturedquick-tempered2.Canyougiveoneortwoexamplestosupportyourchoice?Nowreadthepassageandtrytofindoutwhattheauthorthinksofhermother.Pre-readingTaskExercise1Beforereadingthepassage,thinkoverthequestions.第2页第2页TextBDetailedStudyoftheTextWhile-ReadingTask第3页第3页While-ReadingTaskTextBMyMother’sDesk1

I’msittingatmymother’sdesk,amahoganysecretarywithawritingleafthatfoldsdowntorevealrowsofcubbyholesandtinydrawers—evenaslidingsecretcompartment.I’veloveditsinceIwasjusttallenoughtoseeabovetheleafasMothersatdoingletters.Standingbyherchair,staringattheinkbottle,pensandsmoothwhitepaper,Idecidedthattheactofwritingmustbethemostdelightfulthingintheworld.第4页第4页While-ReadingTask2

Yearslater,duringherfinalillness,Motherreservedvariousitemsformysisterandbrother.“Butthedesk,”she’drepeat,“isforElizabeth.”IsensedMothercommunicatingwiththisgift,acommunicationI’dcravedfor50years.3MymotherwasbroughtupintheVictorianbeliefthatemotionswereprivate.Nicepeoplesaidonlynicethings.Ineversawherangry,neversawhercry.Iknewshelovedme;sheexpresseditinaction.ButasateenagerIyearnedforheart-to-hearttalksbetweenmotheranddaughter.第5页第5页While-ReadingTask4Theyneverhappened.Andagulfopenedbetweenus.Iwas“tooemotional”.Shelived“onthesurface”.Shewaswillingtoaccepttherelationshipontheseterms.Iwasnot.5AsyearspassedandIraisedmyownfamily,IlovedtheequilibriumMother’svisitsbroughttoourhome,hersenseofhumor,thewayshesatatthepianoandfilledthehousewithmusic.ButstillIkepttryingtodrawfromherwhatshecouldnotgive,asharingofthedeepplacesofherheart.第6页第6页6AtlastIsetmyfeelingsdownonpaper.Onlyonepage,thelettertookalldaytowrite.ItoldMotherIlovedherandthankedherforourharmonioushome.Forgiveme,Iwrote,forhavingbeencritical.Incarefulwords,Iaskedhertoletmeknowinanywayshechosethatshedidforgiveme.7Imailedtheletterandwaitedeagerlyforherreply.Nonecame.8Eagerness

turnedto

disappointment,thenresignationand,finally,peace.Icouldn’tbesurethattheletterhadevengottentoMother.Ionlyknewthathavingwrittenit,Icouldstoptryingtomakeherintosomeoneshewasnot.Forthelast15yearsofherlifeweenjoyedarelationshiponherterms—light,affectionate,cheerful.While-ReadingTask第7页第7页9

Nowthegiftofherdesktoldme,asshe’dneverbeenableto,thatshewaspleasedthatwritingwasmychosenwork.10

Mysisterstoredthedeskuntilwecouldpickitup.Thenitstayedinouratticfornearlyayearwhileweconvertedabedroomintoastudy.11WhenatlastIbroughtthedeskdown,itwasdustyfrommonthsofstorage.Lovingly,Ipolishedthedrawersandcubbyholes.Pullingoutthesecretcompartment,Ifoundpapersinside.Aphotographofmyfather.Familyweddingannouncements.Andaoneletter,foldedandrefoldedmanytimes.12Sendmeareply,myletterasks,inanywayyouchoose.Mother,youalwayschosetheactthatspeakslouderthanwords.While-ReadingTask第8页第8页—IrealizedthatMotherexpressedheremotions/feelingsthroughthisgift/expressedherloveformebygivingmethisgift.Ihadlongedforthiswayofcommunicationfor50years.IsensedMothercommunicatingwiththisgift,acommunicationI’dcravedfor50years.第9页第9页e.g.

She’saninsecurechildwhocravesattention.I’vealwayscravedloveandacceptance.crave:

v.tohaveanextremelystrongdesireforsomething第10页第10页—MymotherwasraisedandeducatedintheVictorianbeliefthatoneshouldnotexpresshisorheremotionsopenly/inpublicMymotherwasbroughtupintheVictorianbeliefthatemotionswereprivate.第11页第11页e.g.

Shehasbrought

upthreechildren.Ifchildrenarebadlybrought

up,theybehavebadly.bringup:toraise,educate第12页第12页—Butasayounggirl,Ilongedforheart-to-hearttalksbetweenmotherandme.“Heart-to-hearttalks”aretalksinwhichtwopeoplesayhonestlyandsincerelywhattheyreallyfeelaboutsomething.ButasateenagerIyearnedforheart-to-hearttalksbetweenmotheranddaughter.第13页第13页e.g.

Sheyearned

forhimtocomehome.Despitehisgreatcommercialsuccesshestillyearns

forcriticalapproval.cf.Peteryearnedtoreturntohisnativevillage.yearnfor:tohaveastrongdesire;longfor第14页第14页—Thereexisted/occurredadifferenceandlackofunderstandingbetweenmymotherandme.Andagulfopenedbetweenus.第15页第15页e.g.

theGulfofMexicoIdon’tthinkthereisagreatgulffixedbetweenthem.Agulfopenedbetweentheliteraryartistandthescientistinliterature.gulf:

n.thepartoftheseaalmostsurroundedbyland;(fig.)dividingline,division(betweenopinions,etc.)第16页第16页

—Ishowedmystrongfeelingstootherstooeasily.Shedidn’texpressheremotionsopenly.Iwas“tooemotional”.Shelived“onthesurface”.第17页第17页

e.g.

Onthesurface,thisseemslikeadifferentproblem,butinfactthere’saneasysolutiontoit.

Onthesurface,itseemsasimplestory.

HalfanhourlaterEnidhadcalmeddown,atleastonthesurface.onthesurface:thephraseliterallyreferstothequalities,emotions,etc.ofsomeoneorsomethingthatareeasytonotice,butwhicharenottheonlyornottherealqualities,emotions,etc.第18页第18页—YearslaterIraisedmyownfamily,IlovedthecalmstateinwhichwecontrolledourfeelingsMother’svisitsbroughttoourhome…AsyearspassedandIraisedmyownfamily,IlovedtheequilibriumMother’svisitsbroughttoourhome…第19页第19页e.g.

Shestruggledtorecoverherequilibrium.Hetriedhardtomaintainhisequilibrium.equilibrium:

n.1.stateinwhichyouarecalmandnotangryorupset第20页第20页equilibrium:n.2.abalancebetweendifferentpeople,groups,orforcesthatcompetewitheachother,sothatnoneisstrongerthantheothersandasituationisnotlikelytochangesuddenlye.g.

Thegovernmentisanxiousnottoupsettheeconomicequilibrium.第21页第21页—ButstillIcontinuedtryingtounderstand/getwhatshefeltdeepinherheart,whichshecouldnotgive/express/tell.ButstillIkepttryingtodrawfromherwhatshecouldnotgive,asharingofthedeepplacesofherheart.第22页第22页—AtlastIwrotedownwhatIfeltonpaper.AtlastIsetmyfeelingsdownonpaper.第23页第23页e.g.

IhavesetdowneverythingIremember.Pleasesetitdowntomyaccount.setdown:towritedown;makearecordof第24页第24页—IntheletterIaskedMothertoforgivemeforthesevereorperhapsunfairjudgmentsIhadmadeofpeopleorthings.Theexpression“forgivemefordoing”isusedwhenoneisgoingtosaysomethingorasksomethingthatmightseemtoberudeoroffensive.Forgiveme,Iwrote,forhavingbeencritical.第25页第25页e.g.

Forgivemeforbeingrude.I’llneverforgiveyouforwhatyousaidtome.forgive:

v.tostopblamingorwantingtopunish第26页第26页e.g.

MaryiscriticalofAlicebecauseshedoesn’tlikeher.Thereportishighlycriticalofsafetystandardsatthefactory.cf.Thepatient’sconditioniscritical.(dangerous,uncertain)

ThePresident’ssupportiscriticaltothisproject.(veryimportant)critical:

a.judgingseverely;findingfault第27页第27页—AtfirstIwaseagerforananswerandthenIbecamedisappointedandatlastIgaveupthehopeandforgotaboutit.Eagernessturnedtodisappointment,thenresignationandfinally,peace.第28页第28页e.g.

Peoplewerepushingeachotheroutofthewayintheireagernesstogettothefront.Samfelloverinhiseagernesstoreachthetelephone.cf.

eager:

a.fullofstrongdesiree.g.

eagerforsuccesseagertosucceed

eageraboutone’sprogresseagerness:

n.thestateofbeingverykeentodosomethingorenthusiasticaboutsomethingthatwillhappen第29页第29页

e.g.

ToEdward’sdisappointment,Ginaneverturnedupattheparty.Severalpeopleexpresseddisappointmentatthedelay.disappointment:

n.afeelingofunhappinessbecausesomethingisnotasgoodasyouexpected,orhasnothappenedinthewayyouhoped第30页第30页e.g.

Thebookdisappointedme.Weweredisappointedtolearnthatyoucouldnotcome.cf.disappoint:

v.tomakesomeonefeelsadbecausesomethingtheyhopedfororexpecteddidnothappen第31页第31页e.g.Herattitudeturnedfrompoliticallyinterestedtoenthusiasticduringthecourseofourconversation.Thesnowturnedtorainaswewentfurtherdownthemountain.

Hisattentionturnedtocomputerscience.Hisinterestturnedtostamp-collecting.turnto:tobecome,changeinto第32页第32页e.g.

Shegaveasighofresignation.Heacceptedherdecisionwithresignation.resignation:

n.whensomeonecalmlyacceptsasituationthatcannotbechanged,eventhoughitisbad第33页第33页e.g.

IfPeterresigns,whowillgetthejob?Heresigned(fromthecompany)inordertotakeamorechallengingjob.cf.resign:

v.1.togiveup(ajoborposition)第34页第34页cf.resign:

v.2.tomakeyourselfacceptsomethingthatisbadbutcannotbechangede.g.

Joshresignedhimselftothelongwalkhome.Atsixteen,IresignedmyselftothefactthatI’dneverbeadancer.第35页第35页—Forthelast15yearsofherlife,wehadalight,affectionateandcheerfulwayinwhichwefeltandbehavedtowardeachother—thiswasthewaymymotherpreferred.Forthelast15yearsofherlifeweenjoyedarelationshiponherterms—light,affectionate,cheerful.第36页第36页e.g.

Youcan’tdoitonyourownterms.Hewantedourrelationshiptobeonlyonhisterms.onone’sterms:conditionsofferedoragreedtobysomeone第37页第37页e.g.

acheerfullook(day,room,smile)He’susuallyfairlycheerful.You’reinacheerfulmoodthismorning.cheerful:

a.happyandpositive第38页第38页—...whilewealteredabedroomandchangeditintoaroomforstudy....whileweconvertedabedroomintoastudy.第39页第39页e.g.

Thisispartoftheprocessofconvertingironintosteel.Couldn’twecovertthesmallbedroomintoasecondbathroom?convertinto:tochangeormakesomethingchangefromoneform,system,orpurposetoadifferentone第40页第40页—Fromthissentencewecanseethattheauthor’smotherhadreadthelettermanytimes,whichinfactrevealswhatthemotherfeltatthattime.Andaoneletter,foldedandrefoldedmanytimes:第41页第41页—Theauthorknowsthathermotherexpressedherloveforherinactionratherthaninwords.InEnglish,thereisasaying“actionsspeaklouderthanwords”meaningoneisjudgedbywhathedoes,ratherthanbywhathesayshewilldo.Mother,youalwayschosetheactthatspeakslouderthanwords:第42页第42页After-ReadingTaskOutlineVocabularyandStructure第43页第43页OutlineAfter-ReadingTaskParas.1-2Paras.3-5Paras.6-8Paras.9-12I’velovedmymother’sdesksinceIwasalittlegirl.Soshereservedthedeskformebeforeshedied.Iknewshelovedme,butweneverhadaheart-to-hearttalkIyearnedfor.IntheendIwroteher,butdidnotgetherreplyandweenjoyedarelationshiponhertermsfortherestofherlife.NowthegiftofherdesktoldmethatshewaspleasedthatIchosewritingasmywork.Shealwaysexpressedherloveinaction.第44页第44页Exercise3Fillintheblankswiththegivenwords.Changetheformwherenecessary.forgiveconvertdisappointmentcriticalslidingreservecheerfulannouncementpolisheagernessVocabularyandStructure1.Totheir____________,itrainedonthedayofthepicnic.2.Thefathersaidthathehad________thosebooksforhisbrother,whowasstudyingabroadthen.3.Thosedayspeoplethroughouttheworldwerelookingforwardtothedayofvictorywithgreat__________.4.Isawthe____________ofhisdeathinthenewspaperyesterday.5.I’mafraidI’vesmashedupyourcar—canyouever________me?forgivedisappointmentreservedeagernessannouncement第45页第45页Exercise3Fillintheblankswiththegivenwords.Changetheformwherenecessary.forgiveconvertdisappointmentcriticalslidingreservecheerfulannouncementpolisheagernessVocabularyandStructure6.Hehasapologizedtohismotherfor_________remarkshemadeaboutherwork.7.Allthebuilt-incupboardsandbookcaseshave__________doors.8.Mymothermanagestostay________evenwhensheisindifficulty.9.Eachmorningheshavedand__________hisshoesbeforehewenttowork.10.Theyannouncedyesterdaythatthehotelwasgoingtobe________intoanursinghome.convertedcriticalslidingcheerfulpolished第46页第46页Exercise4

Completethesentenceswiththegivenexpressions.Changetheformwherenecessary.bringupoturntofolddownsetdownfill...withonone’stermsonthesurfaceVocabularyandStructure1.Hiseyes_____________tearsashelookedlovinglyather.2.Itisknownthatsolarpowercan_______________electricenergy.3.Ihave________everythingthathappened,asIrememberit.4.Thatfilmstarwasborninthenorthbut_____________