unit 6 A French Fourth

1、unit 6 a french fourth,teaching procedure,revision,1,detailed reading of para.4-5,2,group discussion,3,.,4,assignment,revision,retelling of part i,para.1 every july 4th a bottom drawer an old american flag to remind para.2 meaningful the only thing para.3 like it one of the times also a time,detaile

2、d reading of para. 4,“louise and henry speak french fluently.”, “they are taught in french at school”,“they move from language to language, seldom mixing them up, without effort or even awareness.”, “most of their friends are french”,detailed reading of para. 4,“our physical separation from our nati

3、ve land is not much of an issue.”,the fact that we are away from our native land is not very important (in the childrens acquisition of native language).,not much of an issue:,not very important,paraphrase:,身在异国他乡,detailed reading of para. 4,“american school shootings are a good object lesson for ou

4、r children in the follies of the society we hold at a distance.”,follies of the society:,social problems,an attributive clause used to modify “society”,we hold at a distance:,para. 4:,1. to acquire a foreign language without effort.,advantages,2. to acquire the native culture without being exposed t

5、o the follies of their native land.,para.5:, “it is a difficult thing”,it is difficult for children to understand the virtues of their native culture.,disadvantages, “the stories we tell them must seem like aesops (or la fontaines) fables”,simile,a figure of speech which makes a comparison between t

6、wo unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic in common.,it is always introduced by the following words: like, as, asas, as if, as though,he was like a cat on hot bricks before his final examination.,he is as poor as a church mouse.,在考试之前，他急得像热锅上的蚂蚁。,他一贫如洗。,this is a wonderful thi

7、ng, of course.,para.4,it is a difficult thing to do.,para.5,our physical separation from our native land is not much of an issue,the distance seems more than just a matter of miles.,contrast,aesops fables,the north wind and the sun,the fox and the grapes,the tortoise and the hare,boy who cried wolf,

8、aesops fables,the aesops fables refers to a collection of fables credited to aesop (620-560bc), a slave and a story-teller that lived in ancient greece.,the fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today.,la fontaines fables,it is a collection of ancient fables which have been

9、reorganized by la fontaine, a superficial writer of moral lessons for children.,it is regarded as a mirror of the social life of france in the 17th century on the perceptive view of human nature.,expressions,object lesson: a striking practical example of some principle or ideal,eg. use ones own experience as an object lesson,let this accident be an object lesson in the danger of drinking and driving.,现身说法,这一事故可以作为醉酒驾驶危害的实际教训。,group discussion,what