unit8 Passage A Return from the Cage

1、Passage A Return from the Cage,Read and Explore,Warm-up Questions,Content Awareness,Language Focus,Consolidation Practice,Related Information,Class Discussion,How to Learn,No other place on Earth has stirred such passions as the barren strip of land on the edge of the Arabian Desert that has been ca

2、lled Palestine, the Holy Land and Israel. The harsh beauty of the landscape is filled with holiness and bitterness.,Jerusalem: A Light Too Bright,Related Information,Jerusalem: A Light Too Bright,The dazzling white stone of Jerusalems buildings reflects so much light at the height of the day that it

3、 blinds rather than illuminates. But at dawn, the ancient city reveals itself: For a moment, the light seems to burn everything it touches. It is Judaisms holiest site and Islams third holiest site behind Mecca and Medina.,The conflict between Palestine and Israel began around the turn of the 20th c

4、entury. It is essentially a struggle over land. Until 1948, the area (approximately 10,000 square miles) that both groups claimed was known internationally as Palestine. But following the war of 1948-49, this land was divided into three parts: the state of Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. O

5、n the one hand, the Israelis seem to have a valid claim to having a state and to being safe and free from terrorism. Except for extremists in the Middle East, few try to make a case today for eliminating the state of Israel entirely and no one believes that a constant state of fear among the Israeli

6、 people is something morally acceptable.,Root of Palestine-Israel Conflict,Yet, the Palestinians seem to have valid moral claims as well. They, too, would like to have their own state and how can anyone accept the right of Jews to have a state in Israel but also deny that Palestinians should be perm

7、itted the same? Palestinians would also like to live in peace without having to be in a constant state of fear not so much from terrorist bombers but from the Israeli military.,Warm-up questions,How do you feel when you hear of, or read about, the wars and conflicts?,Warm-up questions,2. Who suffer

8、from the wars and conflicts? And how?,3. What do you think may be the solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict?,Content Awareness,Work in groups to exchange your ideas of how many parts Passage A falls into.,Reading Task 1 Analyzing the passage structure,Structure of Passage A,The author wasnt used

9、 to freedom due to her cage-like life in Bethlehem for eleven years.,The authors bloody memory of the horrible scenes during her stay in Bethlehem,The US indirectly got involved in the conflicts in the Middle East, which the author was against.,Content Awareness,Work in groups to discuss the followi

10、ng questions.,Reading Task 2 Understanding details of each part,1. Why did the author feel confused and bewildered when she was free to go anywhere in Austin?,2. The sight of the peaceful surroundings brought tears to the authors eyes. Why?,3. What information does the author want to “scream” to Ame

11、rican?,4. What do you think should be done to stop the conflict and killing in the world?,Questions,Questions for class discussion,She had lived a confined life in Palestine too long to get used to her sudden freedom of movement.,1. Why did the author feel confused and bewildered when she was free t

12、o go anywhere in Austin?,Reference,2. The sight of the peaceful surroundings brought tears to the authors eyes. Why?,It threw her into great sorrow to think that lots of people are still suffering in the war-ridden land of the Middle East.,Reference,Many of the weapons used against the Palestinian p

13、eople were made in the USA.,3. What information does the author want to “scream” to American?,Reference,4. What do you think should be done to stop the conflict and killing in the world?,All the sides involved in the conflicts should do their part for peace to solve the most complicated, prolonged,

14、and emotionally charged aspect of the conflicts, such as making necessary compromises and seeking for the common grounds, etc,Reference,Content Awareness,Reading Task 3 Exploring vocabulary Work in pairs to summarize the words used for describing the horrible feelings of the author in Palestine .,fe

15、ars nightmares sweat terrified jumpy uneasy pools of blood,Reference,Content Awareness,Reading Task 4 Summarizing the passage Work in groups to summarize Passage A with the given clues in Ex. 4. on page 162.,Muna Hamzeh is a writer who spent eleven years living in a Palestinian r_camp in Bethlehem.

16、Now she is back in the United States and finding it difficult to a_. She compares her life in the camp to what she enjoys now in Austin, Texas the wide open spaces, c_with nature and, most importantly, freedom of m_. During her last two months at the camp there was frequent fighting, memories of whi

17、ch make her n_every time she hears or sees helicopters and ambulances. She is also angry at the fact that a lot of the Israeli m_equipment is actually made in the United States and paid for by US citizens through their taxes but that North Americans dont seem to know about this, or to c_. She worrie

18、s that this i_ may result in another Vietnamese war, with young people fighting a war and dying when they dont even understand why.,efugee,djust,ontact,ovement,ervous,ilitary,are,ndifference,Reference,overwhelm barricade bewilder confine venture into come by under way stick out in search of in compa

19、rison to/ with,Exploring vocabulary,Work in groups to pick out the sentences containing the following key words and expressions and discuss how they are used in context.,It was the open space in Austin that initially overwhelmed me. ( Line 1),3. Where were the barricades that would force me to turn

20、back? ( Lines 3-4),2. The ease with which I could get in a car and drive to any place left me bewildered and confused. (Line 1- 2),Context,4. She lives confined to Bethlehem, forced to remain a prisoner ( Lines 14-15),5. because no Palestinian can venture into the Holy City without a special Israeli

21、-issued permit, and those permits are almost impossible to come by . (Lines 20-22),6. But adjusting to my sudden freedom paled in comparison to overcoming my fears and my nightmares. ( Lines 23-24),7. When I left Bethlehem, the second Palestinian uprising against Israels military occupation was alre

22、ady two months under way. ( Lines 24-25),8. As a writer in Palestine, I had regularly visited bombed-out houses in search of stories. ( Lines 34-35),9. The home of a young nurse sticks out in my mind. ( Lines 35-36),1. overwhelm v. to make powerless by using force, or to cause to feel sudden strong

23、emotion overwhelming a. difficult to fight against; very great or very big The terrorists were overwhelmed by the police squad and soon surrendered. She felt an overwhelming urge to tell someone about what happened.,Further study,Examples,2.bewilder v. to confuse, esp., by the presence of many diffe

24、rent things at the same time.,Example, Many tourists were bewildered by the citys complicated traffic system.,3. barricade n. barrier hastily built as a defence or obstacle,barricade sb in/out(of sth.) v. keep sb. in/out by making a barricade bariicade sth off v. block with a barricade,Examples,They

25、 barricaded themselves in /out of their room., The soldiers stormed the barricades erected by the rioting crowd.,The police barricaded off the entrance to the square.,4. confine v. to keep within some limits,He is confined to the house by illness.,Could you confine yourself to the subject, please?,E

26、xamples,5. venture into dare to go (somewhere dangerous unpleasant),The police ventured into the water for capturing the criminal.,I have never ventured into the island alone so far.,Examples,6. come by obtain, get,How did you come by that beautiful picture?,A good job that you enjoy doing is hard t

27、o come by.,Examples,7. under way in motion or operation,Economic recovery is already under way.,The film festival gets under way on 11th July.,Examples,8. in search of looking for,The police went into the woods in search of escaped prisoners.,We often browse through online in search of useful inform

28、ation.,Examples,9. stick out be prominent; to be remarkable,To make the figures stick out, paint them in a darker colour.,The house stuck out because of its unusual shape.,Examples,Make sentences with the following words and expressions.,Using the vocabulary,confine to venture into stick out under w

29、ay come by,Consolidation in Class,Ex. 9 Simulated Translation Read and compare in groups the English sentences in Ex. 9, paying attention to their italicized parts, and then translate the Chinese sentences by simulating the structure of the English sentences.,Reference,Ex.9 Simulated Translation,Con

30、solidation in Class,离开了18年以后， 曼德拉（Mandela)回到了故土。18年来 他一直呆在监狱里。,Mandela had just returned to his homeland, after an absence of 18 years he spent in prison.,Reference,2. 没有适当的防护措施，探视者是不敢贸然进入隔离 病房（isolation ward)的。,Ex.9 Simulated Translation,Consolidation in Class,No visitor can venture into the isolat

31、ion ward without proper protection.,Reference,3. 音乐会开始后，迟到者免入。,No late comer will be admitted once the concert is under way.,Ex.9 Simulated Translation,Consolidation in Class,Reference,4. 我原本觉得自己很不幸，但和你的遭遇比起来， 这不算什么。,Ex.9 Simulated Translation,Consolidation in Class,I thought I was unlucky but my ex

32、perience pales in comparison to yours.,Reference,5. 不管多么努力，在毕业几个月后，他还是连个面试 的机会都没有得到。,Hard as he tried, he couldnt even get a job interview several months after he graduated from college.,Ex.9 Simulated Translation,Consolidation in Class,Ex.8 Translate the following sentences into English.,1. 同这个案件相比

33、，最近几个月的盗窃事件不值得一提。(pale, in comparison),The thefts in recent months paled in comparison with the case .,the thefts in recent months,in comparion with the case,Ex.8 Translate from Chinese into English.,2. 那次交通事故虽然已经过去了好几年，但他还是摆脱不了负疚感。(to shake away),Several years have passed since the traffic accident

34、, and he still cant shake away the guilty feeling.,the guilty feeling,Ex. 8Translate the following sentences into English.,3.尽管我们提出了降低成本的建议，董事会的成员们似乎没有认真考虑。(appear / take seriously),put forward,the proposal to reduce cost,Though we had put forward the proposal to reduce cost, the board members didnt

35、 appear to take it seriously.,Ex. 8Translate the following sentences into English.,4.周围的山坡已经变得光秃秃的，但这并没有使村民们想起保护环境的重要性。(bare / remind),the bare hills around,the importance of protecting the environment,The bare hills around havent reminded the villagers of the importance of protecting the environmen

36、t.,Ex. 8Translate the following sentences into English.,5.办公室里可能再不会响起他那爽朗的笑声了。(unlikely / ring),hearty laughter,It is unlikely for his hearty laughter to ring in our office again.,Ex. 10 Talk About It,Speaking Task after Class,Talk about the disastrous consequence of the conflicts with the help of t

37、he pictures and descriptions given below.,Speaking Task after Class,A Palestinian university student killed at least 19 Israelis two of them schoolchildren and wounded more than 50 when he blew himself up on a crowded bus in Jerusalem yesterday, the worst attack in the city in six years.,Mohammed Sh

38、alof, 32, left, the father of 2-year-old Hoda Shalof, is overcome with emotion as he carries her body during her funeral procession in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Hoda and three other people were killed when Israeli soldiers shelled their houses.,Speaking Task after Class,Where is the end?,Speaking Task after Class,Reference: Points for the talk: The conflicts between Palestine and Israel have cost many lives of the people. Civilians h