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1、,2,Unit 4 Dance with love,FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS HEBEI UNIVERSITY,Objectives,Inspiring your thoughts,Enhancing your skills,Presenting your project,Section A College sweethearts,Project of the unit,Inspiring your thoughts,Enhancing your skills,Presenting your project,Project of

2、the unit,Lead-in,Project forecasting,Watch the video clip and discuss the following question in pairs.,Step 1,Why does the girl think that she and her boyfriend should go separate ways after they graduate?,Project of the unit,Lead-in,Getting familiar with college life,Task,The girl has got a scholar

3、ship in Paris next year. But her boyfriend will go to law school. She is a social zero and her boyfriend is a millionaire. So she thinks that they will go separate ways after they graduate.,Reference answers：,Project of the unit,Lead-in,Work in groups and discuss the following questions.,1. Do you t

4、hink its a good idea to date someone at college? Why or why not? 2. Do you think college romance can last long through the ups and downs in life?,Step 2,Project of the unit,Lead-in,1. Yes, because we can spend a few years at college trying to know about a person. No, because students need to concent

5、rate on study, not to waste time dating. 2. Yes, because students get to know each other well and they have mutual understanding through years of studying together. No, because students need to face the troubles and obstacles in real life when they enter the society.,Project of the unit,Lead-in,Refe

6、rence answers：,Inspiring your thoughts,Enhancing your skills,Presenting your project,Project of the unit,Project forecasting,Lead-in,Please get prepared by doing the following exercises.,Nowadays, for many students, college years are a perfect time to build lifelong friendships, especially for datin

7、g and romantic relationships. By the end of this unit, you are expected to write a narrative story on the following topic: College romance,Project of the unit,Global understanding,Detailed understanding,Enhancing your skills,Presenting your project,Project of the unit,Inspiring your thoughts,Read Pa

8、ra. 1 and answer the following questions.,1. What type of text do you think this passage might be? A narrative story. 2. Who is the narrator? A mother of two daughters. 3. Why did she start dating Butch? The narrator started dating Butch not for love but for fun because she wanted to get away from h

9、er boring college life.,Step 1,Task,Global understanding of the text,Inspiring your thoughts,Global understanding,Step 2,Work in groups of four. Read Paras. 2-10 and try to add time markers to the following paragraphs to complete a summary of the text. Present your answers to the other group members

10、.,Inspiring your thoughts,Global understanding,_, we met through my college roommate. Though Butch looked cute, I thought he was wild and a little weird. For Butch, it was love at first sight, while I was just curious. (Para. 2),Example：,That fateful night,Inspiring your thoughts,Global understandin

11、g,After that,Gradually,At that time,During that period of time,One night,to be continued,_, Butch was found to have failed all his courses, which meant that he would be expelled from the university. Though he was about to resign to his fate, I led him to the college secretary for reconsideration. (P

12、ara. 6) _, I offered my advice concerning his future career, and he agreed. Butch was granted reconsideration. Once we became steadies, he balanced his studies and social life. _, he studied law. (Para. 7),Inspiring your thoughts,Global understanding,One month later,Meanwhile,Eventually,to be contin

13、ued,_, I came to realize that Butch was a perfect gentleman and deserved credit for that. Though sometimes he took the liberty of showing his love in front of my friends, we actually had a pure and responsible relationship for _. (Para. 8) _, Butch proposed to me. I confessed my love for him. But _,

14、 I was still pessimistic about our future as we had not graduated from college yet. _, we got married. (Paras. 9-10),Inspiring your thoughts,Global understanding,Later,seven full years,Two years later,at that moment,Five years later,Enhancing your skills,Presenting your project,Project of the unit,G

15、lobal understanding,Detailed understanding,Inspiring your thoughts,How do you understand the sentence “In a way, love just happens when you least expect it” (Para. 1)? 2. Why did the author think that Butch seemed a little weird although very cute? Why did fear come over the author when she started

16、to fall in love? What motivated the author to “grab” a boyfriend at college? Why did the author worry what Butch would think of her? What is the exact meaning of “he seemed resigned to his fate” (Para. 6)? Why did the author think that Butch deserves a lot of credit?,Read the text again and answer t

17、he following questions.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,Task 1,Detailed understanding of the text,How do you understand the sentence “In a way, love just happens when you least expect it” (Para. 1)? The author uses this sentence to tell her own love story. She didnt expect that she wo

18、uld end up marrying Butch. He became her boyfriend just because of her wish to find a cute boyfriend. She didnt really want to marry him at the beginning.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,Reference answers：,to be continued,Why did the author think that Butch seemed a little weird altho

19、ugh very cute? Because when she met up with Butch the first time, he kept staring at her all night long. He flattered her and fell in love with her at first sight. He looked really wild or maybe even dangerous.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,to be continued,3. Why did fear come over

20、the author when she started to fall in love? Because Butch had a “bad boy image” which was very tempting to a lot of girls, and his wild, dynamic personality was a little frightening. She didnt know whether she could be getting along with him.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,to be con

21、tinued,4. What motivated the author to “grab” a boyfriend at college? Though she always had an excellent reputation in respect to her schoolwork, she thought that her college life was dull, with no fun. In her opinion, college was supposed to be a time of great learning, and also of some fun.,Inspir

22、ing your thoughts,Detailed understanding,to be continued,5. Why did the author worry what Butch would think of her? Because she was becoming more interested in him and she wanted to find out if she was the “right” date in the eyes of Butch, thinking of herself as a traditional girl.,Inspiring your t

23、houghts,Detailed understanding,to be continued,6. What is the exact meaning of “he seemed resigned to his fate” (Para. 6)? It means that Butch didnt want to do anything to change his bad situation. The word fate here refers to the fact that Butch was going to be expelled from the university.,Inspiri

24、ng your thoughts,Detailed understanding,to be continued,7. Why did the author think that Butch deserves a lot of credit? Though Butch was wild and would sometimes display directly his love in front of her friends, he was always a perfect gentleman at his core. And they had a pure and responsible rel

25、ationship for seven years.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,Step 1,Step 2,Summarize your ideas and write a paragraph concerning the five questions.,Think over the following five questions and share your ideas with your classmates.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,Task 2,C

26、ritical thinking,How would you react if someone wants to date you? Why do many college students favor campus dating? What would you do if your love is heading for danger? In your opinion, what are the important qualities an ideal date should possess? Which is more important when it comes to marriage

27、, ones appearance or character? Why?,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,1. How would you react if someone wants to date you? Reject it because I have to focus on study. Be happy to accept it because I need dating experience. Accept it because college life is not just for study. Accept it

28、 since I usually feel bored and lonely.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,Reference answers：,to be continued,2. Why do many college students favor campus dating? Its an ideal place to find someone who has the same aspirations. Through years of studying together, students get to know eac

29、h other well. College provides more choices than the workplace. Campus dating is more romantic and exciting.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,to be continued,3. What would you do if your love is heading for danger? Try everything I can to secure it. Interact and communicate with my dat

30、e frankly. Figure out what the problem is and then try to solve it. Dont care since its useless if my date is not interested in me anymore.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,to be continued,4. In your opinion, what are the important qualities an ideal date should possess? Responsible, s

31、mart, honest, considerate, understanding, diligent, rich, good-looking, funny, having the same interest.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,to be continued,5. Which is more important when it comes to marriage, ones appearance or character? Why? Appearance, because I like to see someone w

32、ho is good-looking. Character, because appearance will change as time goes by, while ones character is essential to marriage.,Inspiring your thoughts,Detailed understanding,Language highlighting,Language learning,Language focus,Presenting your project,Project of the unit,Inspiring your thoughts,Stru

33、cture analysis,Narrative sequence,Plot structure,Enhancing your skills,Match the words with their meanings.,Step 1,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language learning,Learning words and phrases used to describe college romance,Task 1,coordinate proceed tempt lodge confess display deserve immune t

34、o tie the knot,1) When the police caught up with him, Mr. Foster had to _ that hed broken the speed limit. 2)As can be probably perceived, a manned trip to Mars may soon _ since scientists have achieved the manned moon mission. 3)A number of countries are _ their efforts to send out food to the area

35、 worst affected by the flood. 4)State governments and the colleges themselves have _ financial help to students with special abilities and those with financial needs.,confess,commence,Step 2,Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions in the box.,commence confess grant coordinate,coordinating,

36、granted,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language learning,5)The committee agreed that his papers _ a wider circulation because of their essential and fundamental interest to a larger audience. 6) The anger and frustration _ by the local people who do not understand what is happening to them wil

37、l be a terrible and dangerous force. 7) As the finance ministry rejected the deal for its “lack of clarity”, it _ a complaint with the European Commission that this deal was against the law. 8) Dogs cannot distinguish the color of traffic lights, so the master must make the decision of when it is sa

38、fe to _ across the road.,deserved,displayed,display proceed lodge deserve,lodged,proceed,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language learning,9) _ public school for drinking and smoking, and then failing in show business as a singer, she joined her fathers business 10 years ago. 10)Since the great

39、 scandals in banking, many people in the country have _ the prospects of economic recovery within a few years. 11)The parents were quite happy to _ our suggestion because it had taken their most important concerns into consideration.,Expelled from,been pessimistic about,be pessimistic about go along

40、 with expel from,go along with,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language learning,12) She authorized her partner to carry out the daily responsibilities _ when she was on her business trip. 13) There was an obvious indication that the police who had to enforce the new law were not _ the general

41、discontent. 14) When she heard of her failure in the experiment, her eyes _ tears; whether it was of shame, frustration, or grief was difficult to tell.,on her behalf,immune to,be filled with on ones behalf immune to,were filled with,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language learning,Fill in the

42、 blanks to complete the sentences.,Step 1,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language learning,Learning adjectives used to describe dating experience in college,Task 2,Despite Butchs somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a _ gentleman and deserves a lot of credit for that. 2) Second,

43、although he was very _, he seemed a little weird. 3) He had a _ way with words which would charm any girl. 4) His exciting “bad boy image” was just too _ to resist.,perfect,cute,charming,tempting,cute tempting perfect charming,5)Butch looked _! I was not immune to his personality, but I was scared.

44、6) I liked the attention but was cautious about his wild, _ personality. 7)Our _ journey of love and learning took us down rocky roads of hardship and on smooth easy-going highways. 8) My goal that semester became: Be _ and grab the cutest boyfriend I can find.,superb,dynamic,faithful,ambitious,dyna

45、mic ambitious superb faithful,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language learning,Step 2,Choose four from the following adjectives to describe your ideal boyfriend or girlfriend.,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language learning,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language learning,Learning

46、 collocations used to describe college romance,Task 3,vt. officially force sb. to leave a school or organization （从学校或组织中正式）开除 Each year more than 10 students are expelled from the university for cheating on their exams. Translation: 每年有超过10名学生因为考试作弊被该大学开除。,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Langu

47、age highlighting,Detailed learning of key vocabulary,Task 4,1. v. ask sb. to marry you, esp. in a formal way (尤指正式向某人) 求婚 He was a bit shy at first, but then he got the courage to propose to her. Translation: 他起先有点不好意思，但后来就鼓起勇气向她求婚了。,2. vt. (fml.) suggest sth. as a plan or course of action 提议；建议 I p

48、ropose delaying our decision until the next meeting. Translation: 我建议将我们的决定推迟到下次的会议。,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,v. admit sth. that you feel embarrassed about 承认（使自己尴尬的事情） I have to confess (that) when I first met Ian I didnt think he was very bright. Translation: 我必须承

49、认，当我第一次见到伊恩时，我并不认为他非常聪明。,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,identification justification qualification illustration extension plantation perception ,Can you find some?,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Word formation,Task 5,1. Who would have thought t

50、hat Butch and I would end up getting married to each other? (Para. 1),“would / should / could / might have done ” 是虚拟语气的表达，表示对过去发生的事情的假设，或对过去可能发生的事情的推测。例如： I would have told you about the boys story, but you didnt ask me. 我本来会告诉你这个小男孩的故事，但是你没有问我。,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlig

51、hting,Sentence analysis,Task 6,2. Despite Butchs somewhat wild character, at his core, he is always a perfect gentleman and deserves a lot of credit for that. (Para. 8),“despite”后面跟名词或名词性短语构成介词结构，表示 意思的转折，可译为“尽管但是”。例如： Despite my qualifications, I couldnt get a job. 尽管资历很好，但我还是找不到工作 。,Enhancing your

52、 skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Language appreciation,Task 7,Our faithful journey of love and learning took us down rocky roads of hardship and on smooth easy-going highways. (Para. 11),Figurative language is a tool that an auth

53、or employs (or uses) to help the reader visualize (or see) what is happening in a story or poem. Some common types of figurative language are: simile, metaphor, personification, etc. Figurative language makes language clearer, more interesting, and more striking.,Langston Hughes From I Dreams,Hold f

54、ast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird that can never fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen only with snow.,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Examples：,Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few

55、 to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention., natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning, by study; and studies themselves, do give forth directi

56、ons too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.,Francis Bacon From Of Studies,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Work in groups of four. Think of one sentence which describes your ideal college romance using figurative language. Present the sentences within th

57、e group in turn. Each group presents their best sentence to the whole class.,Write a sentence using figurative expressions that may appear in your story.,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Exercise：,Language highlighting,Language learning,Language focus,Presenting your projec

58、t,Project of the unit,Inspiring your thoughts,Structure analysis,Narrative sequence,Plot structure,Enhancing your skills,Read Para. 1 and answer the following question.,Step 1,What are the features of narrative writing?,Enhancing your skills,Structure analysis,Plot structure,Identifying the plot structure of a narrative,Task 1,Narrative writing tells a story or describes a sequence of events. A narrative is a story that tells about people doing something at some time and place.,people,doing sth.,at some time and place,T