1、She broke (爆發(fā)) then: At that time she could no longer control her emotions 她再也控制不住(她的情感)了sob (vi.): cry or weep in very low sound 抽泣feeling Mothers back racked (shake violently) with emotion 感到母親的背在顫抖 rack ones brains絞盡腦汁vulnerability (U): being liable to be damaged or hurt 益受傷害的;脆弱的be vulnerable to

2、 (sth.): His viewpoint is vulnerable to criticism.Note: venerable 德高望重的but she was something more: a person like me (同位語), capable of fear and hurt and failure (定語)Patterns:be capable of sth. /doing sth. 具有做某事的能力be able to do sth. 有能力做某事on a thousand occasions = on many, many casesseek (sought) comf

3、ort 尋找安慰Paragraphs (21 24)took (=got) a job selling dry goods (定語)dry goods ( AmE): textile fabric products (美語)紡織纖維品Note: goods, commodity (C), merchandise, product (C)at half the salary the radio station had offered (定語)the evening practice sessions on the old green typewriter (定語)session: a meeti

4、ng / a period of time devoted to a specific activitythe evening practice sessions: the evening hours for practiceNote: typewriter (打字機) typewrite (打字) typist (打字員)tapping away: tapping on without stoppingNote: The adverb “away” here means “without stopping” or “continuously”1.The soldiers fired away

5、 until they had no ammunition (彈藥) left.2.Though he is very rich now, he still works away in his office as if he were a clerk.there was something more going on (=happening / taking place) in there (=sewing room) than a woman learning to type: besides learning to type, Mother was also showing her det

6、ermination to overcome whatever difficulties she might meet with, her strong will not to accept defeat easily and her courage to go aheadleave for = leave for; leave for college = go to collegenewspaper reporter: correspondent; journalist 記者in some strange way: 以某種不可思議的方式hometown paper 家鄉(xiāng)的報紙/報社The o

7、ld green typewriter sits (=stays; is put) in my office, unrepaired (=without having been repaired).memento: sth, which reminds one of a holiday, a friend, etc.; souvenir (紀念品)1.These post cards are mementos of their trip to Italy.2.This gold pen is a memento of his grandfather.recall (vt.) 回憶; 回想Pat

8、tern: recall doing sth (Right); recall to do sth (Wrong)e.g.: I recall meeting him somewhere.but what it (=the typewriter) recalls for me is not quite (=not so much as) what it recalls for Mother. 但它所勾起的我的回憶與媽媽的不盡相同I am having trouble (=difficulty) with a story (=a newspaper article) and think about

9、 giving up (=abandon 放棄;打退堂鼓)e.g,: What are those main stories (新聞) in todays newspaper?cranky (adj.): (of a machine) shaky; out of order; malfunctioningI roll a piece of paper into that cranky old machine 我把一張紙卷進那臺破舊的打字機里word by word 一個自一個字地e.g.: Translate the sentence word by word. 逐字地翻譯那個句子. type

10、, word by painful word: and type painfully, word by word, just the way (by which) Mother did (=typed)go ahead 向前，繼續(xù)向前，用于go ahead with sth.e.g.: At present our government is trying hard to go ahead with the measures on the control of price of real estate.Note: remember to do sth. 記得要去做某事remember doin

11、g or having done sth. 記得曾經(jīng)做過某事1.Remember to attend the meeting at 2 p.m. tomorrow.2.I remember sending / having sent an E-mail to him last week.It is the best memento (that) anyone ever gave me.V Structure -It was not (or wont be) long before Model: It wasnt long before mother had a full enrollment

12、and a waiting list. It wont be long before mother has a full enrollment and a waiting list.-Just that : it is just that Here “ that- clause” is used to express a reason or cause, e.g.It is rather she was very busy then, not that she didnt like it.VI Summarizing as the following: It is hard for paren

13、ts and children to really understand one another. And there does exist a generation gap. But I think it is even harder for children to understand their parents. Parents see their children grow up; they see them laugh when they are happy and cry when they are sad or hurt; they know what their childre

14、n like and what they dont like. As a rule, children know very little about their parents when they were children; and parents usually try to conceal their true feeling and emotions from their children. Thats why the 16-year-old boy in our story was very much shocked one day when he saw his mother cr

15、ying for the first time.VII Exercises: Cloze on page99, translation on page100, and skill (Understanding Figurative Language)VII Exercises outside class:Preview this unit Review the next unit.Do all exercises in our books.Unit Six A days waitTeaching aims: 1.Expand and master vocabulary 2.Acquire ce

16、rtain language points 3.Improve learners reading ability 4.know of the idea and artistic skill of text 5.Ss can master basic structures of the text 6.Ss can generalize the main idea of the text and retell the story.Teaching key and difficult points:1 Key words and expressions: absolutely acid commen

17、ce detached flush gaze icy instruction poise prescribe scatter shiver slack slide unsteadily 2 Important structures in the Unit: 1) Usage of the combining form therm(o)- 2) Usage of the prefix milli- 3) be+of +n.= be +adj.Teaching methods: M-M-C; Heuristic; Presentation-practice; Multi-media Group d

18、iscussion, pair work, games if necessary Teaching time: 6 periodsTeaching Procedures:I. Information Related to the Text1) About the authorErnest Hemingway (1899-1961) was born in a well-to-do suburb of . His father was a physician who liked to hunt and fish in his spare time. After graduation from h

19、igh school, Ernest Hemingway worked briefly as a journalist. In 1917 he went to with a volunteer ambulance unit, then fought as a soldier in the Italian army, and was badly wounded. This experience in World War I gave him materials for many short stories and some of his novels, including The Sun Als

20、o Rises (1926) and A Farewell to Arms (1929). During Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), he went to as a journalist, strongly supporting the losing Republican side against the Fascists forces of Franco. His experiences there provided material for one of his best novels, For Whom the Tolls (1940). In 1952

21、, he published his masterpiece The Old Man and the Sea. In 1954, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.Death and courage are two of the themes that Hemingway often writes about. Essentially, Hemingway thinks of courage as a persons ability to be calm and controlled in the face of death. “ A

22、man may be destroyed, but not defeated.” he declared.2) ThermometersA thermometer is an instrument for measuring temperature. Most thermometers have scales marked off in class, the unit in which temperature is measured. The most common scales are:Fahrenheit used in everyday temperature measurement i

23、n the and some other English-speaking countries. On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32and the boiling point 212.Celsius, or Centigrade, used throughout most of the world. On the Celsius scale, the freezing point of water is and the boiling point is .To convert a temperature read

24、ing in degrees Fahrenheit to Celsius, subtract 32 and then multiply by 5/9. To convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit, multiply by 9/5 and then add 32. The conversion formulas for these are:Fahrenheit to Celsius: C= 5/9(F-32)Celsius to Fahrenheit: F= 9/ +32II. Introductory Questions The following questi

25、ons are designed to check how well the students are prepared for this lesson: 1) A days wait for what? (For death) 2) Who has been waiting a whole day for death? (An American boy.) 3) Does the doctor tell the father that the boys illness is dangerous? (NO, he says that there is no danger if pneumoni

26、a can be avoided.)4) What does the boy think his illness? (He thinks his illness is very dangerous and he is going to die.)5) Why does the boy think he is going to die? (Because he heard the doctor say his temperature was 102, and when he was in , the boys told him that no one can live with 44 degre

27、es.)6) How does the boy behave while waiting to die? (He remains calm and controlled in the fate of death.)III. Language Points 1. He came into the room to shut the windows: Obviously, the family in the story has the habit of sleeping with the windows open, even in winter when the temperature outsid

28、e is below . The boy has a headache. He guesses he has got a cold. So he goes to his parents room to close the windows. He doesnt want his parents to catch cold as he has done. 2. shiver: shake or tremble, esp. from cold or fear e.g.-He was shivering after found cheating in the test and taken to the

29、 office.-Walking alone at night along the side street, I couldnt help shivering at the thought of robbery.3. Downstairs, the doctor left :The use of the word downstairs indicates that it was in the boys bedroom upstairs that the father asked the doctor about the boys temperature, so that he was able

30、 to hear the doctor say it was 102. When the doctor and the father went downstairs, the boy remained in bed upstairs, so he didnt hear it when the doctor told the father there was nothing to worry about if the fever didnt go above 104 degrees.4. bring down: reduce; cause to fall e.g.-He wants to bri

31、ng down his weight from to , so now he is on a diet.-It has been decided that measurements should be taken to bring down the cost of the project.5. The germs of influenza can exist in an acid condition: People used to think that flu was caused by germs or bacteria. It was not until 1933 that an infl

32、uenza virus was identified as the cause of the disease. This is why the doctor in the story (published in 1933) “Who seemed to know all about influenza,” held the mistaken belief that “The germs of influenza can exist in an acid condition”6. Just the same, so far: Here the boy may mean “I am still a

33、live up to now, thought I am going to die.”7. would rather: more willingly; prefer to e.g.-I would rather go today than tomorrow.-I would rather play tennis than swim.-They would rather die than surrender.8. prescribe: order to give sth. as medicine or treatment for a sick person. e.g.-What medicine

34、 did the doctor prescribe for your illness?-The doctor prescribed a new medicine for my stomachache.9. scatter: go off in all directions e.g.-The birds scattered into the brush piles at the sound of the gun.-The thieves scattered in all direction at the sight of the policemen.10. they made difficult

35、 shooting: they were very difficult to shoot e.g.-His handwriting made difficult reading. -Ten times ten makes 100. equal-That event made the headline of all newspapers. occupy-Tom makes $ week. earn-This Shanghai-made car can easily make 70 miles an hour on an open highway. Travel-we can make anoth

36、er 100 kilometers before dark. walk11. You mustnt get what I have: You mustnt catch the illness I have. This is what the boy had said before his father came back.12. something like: about; approximately e.g.-Everyday we have something like six classes.-It is a terrible thing that we have to walk som

37、ething like 500 meters to attend the following two periods.13. keep from: prevent oneself from doing sth. ; stop e.g.-He couldnt help laughing at the sight of his wifes hair-style-What can we do to keep students from being late for classes?-What shall I do to keep my white skirt from getting dirty?1

38、4. absolutely: certainly; completely e.g.-Practice is absolutely vital to the master of a foreign language.-Everyone can absolutely understand Mr. Hemingways saying: “A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.”15. miles and kilometers: Kilometers are the measurement of length in the International Met

39、ric System while miles are the ones in the and British system. At the present time, the is the only Major country not using the metric system. A kilometer is about three fifths (62%) of a mile (1,609 meters). ( )16. General understanding of the text: the theme of the text Hemingway thinks of courage

40、 as a persons ability to be calm and controlled in the face of death.IV. Structure The conjunction “before” Model:- How long will it be before I die? - It was necessary to jump on the ice-coated mounds of brush several times before they would flush. -It will be months before he is fit for work. Be o

41、f + n. = be + adj. e.g.be of importance = be important -be of help = be helpfulV. Exercises: Cloze on page129, translation on page130, and skill (Increasing Word Power)VI. Exercises outside class:Preview this unit Review the next unit.Do all exercises in our books.Unit Seven The shelterTeaching aims

42、: 1.Expand and master vocabulary 2.Acquire certain language points 3.Improve learners reading ability 4.know of the idea and artistic skill of text 5.The students must try to understand the humanity which showed by the people when they meet with the danger.Teaching key and difficult points1.Key word

43、s & Expressions:abridge accommodate aggressive bet crazy definitely depart deserve design destroy identity laughter overtake plead remind pool scare shelter stuff urgent 2 Important structures: (1 hours) the reason why = for the reason that the minute thatTeaching methods: M-M-C; Heuristic; Presenta

44、tion-practice; Multiple media Teaching time: 6 periodsTeaching procedures:I. Information related to the text about drama The drama is one of several methods of telling a story. It differs from the novel in that the story is not told directly by the author but is acted on a stage by actors before an

45、audience. Most critics agree that the essence of drama is conflict. A conflict is a clash of actions, ideas, desires or wills. It may happen in different forms: man against man, man against environment or man against himself. The conflict becomes more and more intensified as the play moves on until

46、it reaches its climax, the point of greatest excitement or tension. When the story is over, we are able to see what it all amounts to, what the playwright has been gradually disclosing throughout the play. Only then can we define and assess the theme, a kind of generalization about life embodied in

47、the story.II. Warm-up activities1) The characters in the play(omitted)2) The theme of the play:-in most cases the selfishness of human beings, which is usually hidden underneath, is more dangerous to human society than nuclear missiles. 3) The conflicts in the play: -the surface level: man vs. man (

48、e.g.: Stockton vs. the others; Weiss vs. the ; Harlowe vs. the others) -the deep level: man vs. himself (his own selfishness, for everyone in the play is selfish although in varying degrees.)4) It is very ironical that the people should suddenly turn against each other after a joyous birthday celebr

49、ation, during which they were all friends. The dramatic change of the situation has greatly reinforced the meaning of the play.III. Detailed study of the text. 1. break up: come to an end e.g.-The birthday party didnt break up until .M. -When did the meeting break up yesterday afternoon? 2. abridge:

50、 make shorter by using fewer words; cut shorter. e.g.-You can abridge your story by leaving out some unimportant details. -This is an abridged edition of “ War and Peace”. 3. Portable: capable of being carried or moved; easily carried. e.g.-A portable radio, typewriter, tape recorder, television set

51、, etc. is one that you can carry about with you. “Port” is a Latin root meaning “ to carry”, thus we have:porter: a person whose job is to carry travelers bags at railway stations, airports, etc. import: bring (products)in from a foreign country for sale or use.Export: send (products) to other count

52、ries for sale or use.Transport: carry from one place to another. 4. Yellow alert: the first alert given when enemy aircraft or enemy missiles are discovered approaching a military installation, city, coastline, etc. Blue alert: an alert following yellow alert, in which air attack seems probable. Red

53、 alert: the most urgent form of alert, signaling that an enemy attack is believed to be imminent.White alert: an all clear signal or directive indicating that the danger of air raid no longer exists.5. post: place where one is supposed to be when one is on duty e.g.-When the fire-alarm sounded, each

54、 man rushed to his post. -No one may leave his post without permission.6Stuff: things; belongse.g.-He packed all his stuff at the back of the car. -As she failed to keep up rent payments, the old man was told to move her stuff out of the room.7. pool: put (money, resources, etc) together for the use

55、 of all who contribute e.g.The three of them pooled their savings and bought a used car. -If we pool our ideas, we may be able to produce a really good plan.8. All of us couldnt fit in there: not all of us could fit there even if we broke down the door. Note: It is not very common to use all as the

56、subject of a negative verb(e.g. All Chinese people dont like noodles). Instead of this, we more often use not all as the subject: Not all Chinese people like noodles Fit in: have or find enough space e.g.Its a small car and only three of us can fit in. -Can you fit in one more desk in the room?9. make much/ a / some / any / the least difference.10. accommodate: have enough space for e.g.This new-built hotel can accommodate 1,000