A Valentine StoryPPT课件

1、.,1,Unit 5,Romance,.,2,Text A,A Valentine Story,.,3,About Valentines Day,What do you know about Chinese Valentines Day 7th day of the 7th lunar month in the Chinese calendar When is Valentines Day in western countries ? 14th day of February (solar month),.,4,Something about Valentines Day,Audio( wor

2、ds and expressions) priest （牧师） Rome jailer （狱卒） Claudius 克劳迪亚斯 volunteer （自愿） ceremony （典礼，仪式） behead （斩首） thrown into prison penalty （处罚） almond （杏树） name after （按命名） St.（Saint 圣人, 道德崇高的人, 圣徒）,.,5,Origin of the Holiday,the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia In the early days of Rome, fierce wolves

3、roamed the woods nearby. The Romans called upon one of their gods, Lupercus, to keep the wolves away. A festival held in honor of Lupercus was celebrated February 15th. It is also spring festival.,.,6,Valentines Day after a priest named Valentine,Valentine was a priest in Rome at the time Christiani

4、ty was a new religion. The Emperor at that time, Claudius II, ordered the Roman soldiers NOT to marry or become engaged. Valentine defied the Emperors decree and secretly married the young couples. He was eventually arrested, imprisoned, and put to death.,.,7,Valentine was beheaded on February 14th,

5、 the eve of the Roman holiday Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine was named a saint. As Rome became more Christian, the priests moved the spring holiday from the 15th of February to the 14th - Valentines Day. Now the holiday honored Saint Valentine instead of Lupercus.,.,8,Do you think that cyber

6、 love is believable and reliable? Why or why not ?,.,9,Cyber Love （网恋）Youve Got a Mail,Kathleen Kelly, owner of a little and famous bookstore for childrens books, has an affair. Being together with Frank Navasky, a well-known journalist, she betrays him by e-mailing secretly and anonymously with a (

7、also betraying) man whom she met in a chat room. Suddenly, her business gets endangered by the opening of Fox Books discount store just around the corner. She meets Joe Fox, son of the owner, and soon gets annoyed by his arrogant way of managing business matters. Although getting advice by her anony

8、mous mail-pal, she has to close down her store. But Joe Foxs life suddenly gets out of control when he learns that his anonymous mail-pal is nobody other than Kathleen Kelly.,.,10,Cyber Love or Cyber Romance,Log on for a cyberdate ( cyber-计算机的) mail-pal( 好朋友) Chat room聊天室 virtual 虚拟的 ( real) interne

9、t matchmaking 网络情缘 online dating 在线约会 soul mate 性情相投的人 What are your thoughts on meeting someone youve been chatting with online? Everyone seems decent on the other side of a keyboard The door on Internet dating is wide open for deception and emotional distance. People feel free to play with differe

10、nt personas on Internet.,.,11,Text Organization,Part One (Para 1) Part Two (Paras 2-6) Part Three (Paras 7-15) Part Four (Paras 16-17),.,12,Characteristic Features,Changes in tense Changes in narrator,.,13,Writing Strategy,Organization of a narrative a beginning giving the setting a middle descripti

11、on of events according to time sequence an end bring out the significance of your story,.,14,Some Suggestions,Tell the significance or the purpose of your narration or description. Do not write a narrative for its own sake. Select and arrange the details of your story. Give a clear description of wh

12、at happened in your story, including where, when and how the story takes place.,.,15,独立主格结构,A young woman was coming towards me, her figure long and slim. She was more than a little overweight, her thick-ankled feet thrust into low-heeled shoes.,.,16,A number of officials followed the emperor, some

13、to hold his robe, others to adjust his girdle, and so on. Jim climbed slowly up the creaking steps, his courage slipping away at every step. There being nothing else to do, we left. His voice drowned by the noise, the speaker interrupted his lecture. He went off, gun in hand. （with a gun in hand） Th

14、e floor ( being) wet and slippery, we stayed outside. The meal over, prayers were read by Miss Miller. It being Christmas, the government offices were closed.,.,17,And,Tell me whom you love, and I will tell you who you are. Think it over again, and youll find a way out. Or Make up your mind, or youl

15、l miss the chance. Behave yourself, or youll never go out with me.,.,18,He is Jack of all trades and master of none. He opened the door and went in. You cant eat your cake and have it. He heard a cry for help, and ( therefore) he rushed out of the house. Mary likes music and Jim is fond of sports. H

16、e has a somewhat swelled head, and I dont like this.,.,19,Rhetoric,Simile apart from) There was nothing we can do other than wait.,.,26,Structures,The moment she saw it she recognized it. The minute; the instant; the moment,.,27,Structures,The security man looked at me suggesting that I not say any more. Ask, advise, determine, decide, command, insist, intend, propose, order, recommend, request, requir