Unit5

WeepingforMySmokingDaughter

TeachingObjectives:

1.Toknowthemeaningandusageofsomeimportantwords,phrasesandpatterns

2.Tounderstandthestructureofcause-and-effectwriting.

3.ToimproveSsreadingskillsbystudyingsectionB

4.Torespondandcooperatewithclassmateswillingly

5.Toreadsentencesandtextswithproperintonation

6.Towritesmoothlyandlegibly

7.ToConductaseriesofreading,listening,speakingandwritingactivitiesrelatedtothethemeofthe

unit.

TeachingProcedures:

Pre-readingActivities

1.Discussion

1)Whyareparentsoftenworriedaboutthegrowthoftheirchildren?

2)Howtohelpchildrengrowuphealthyandsound?

3)Isitgoodtosmoke?Why?

Harmsofsmoking:

doharmtothesmoker'shealth;

doharmtothehealthofthosearoundthesmoker;

wasteofmoney;

firehazard

4)Howwouldyoufeelifyouparentsorotherbelovedfamilymemberssmokeheavily?

5)Howwouldyoudissuadethemfromsmoking?

TextStudy

I.CultureNotes

CigarettesIndustryinAmerica(美國的香煙業)

1860ManufacturedcigarettesfirstappearintheUnitedStates.Apopularearlybrand,BullDurham,

commanded90%ofthemarket.

1864FirstAmericancigarettefactoryopensandproducesalmost20millioncigarettesannually.

ILTextstructure:(structuredwriting)

Dividethetextinto5partsandfindthetopicsentenceineverypart.

Topic:Feelinghurtatherdaughter'ssmokingandrecallingherfather'sdeathandherexperiencein

thethirdworldcountries,thewritergotabetterinsightintotheharmofsmokingandcalledforpeople

tostopsmokingateachfamily.

Part1(Para.1):Iweepbecausemydaughtersmokes.

Part2(Para.2-5):Irecalledhowmyfatherwashookedandeventuallykilledbysmoking.

Part3(Para.6):IgainabetterunderstandingoftheharmofsmokingintheThirdWorldcountries.

Cause—?Effect

Cause:...Iseemanypeoplelikemyfatheranddaughter.

Effect:peoplestarvethemselvesofbothfoodandair.?,__________________

Thecause:WhenItraveltoThirdworldcountriesIseemanypeoplelikemy

fatheranddaughter.Therearelargeadvertisementsignsdirectedatthemboth:

thetough,confidentorfashionableolderman,thebeautiful,ttworldly^^young

woman,bothdraggingaway.

Theeffects:Inthesepoorcountries,asinAmericaninnercitiesandon

reservations,moneythatshouldbespentforfoodgoesinsteadtothetobacco

companies;overtime,peoplestarvethemselvesofbothfoodandair,

effectivelyweakeningandhookingtheirchildren,eventuallykilling

themselves.Ireadinthenewspaperandinmygardeningmagazinethatthe

endsofcigarettesaresopoisonousthatifababyswallowsone,itislikelyto

die,andthattheboiledwaterfromabunchofthemmakesaneffective

insecticide.

Part4(Para.7):Ihaveafeelingofhurtanduselessatmydaughter'ssmoking.

Part5(Para.8):Ihopepeoplewouldstopsmokingateachfamily.

III.Reproduction

Pairwork:amini-playshow.

Onestudentactsasaworriedmotherandtheotherasasmokingdaughter.Youaresupposedto

argueoverthesmokingproblem.

Asamplebeginning

Aconversationbetweenaworriedmother(M)andasmokingdaughter(D):

M:Dear,IfoundCamelsonyourdeskagain.Ineedtotalktoyou.

D:Justtakeiteasy,Mum.Youseetheheroesandbeautifulwomeninmovies?Theylookedso

fashionableandcoolwhenblowingsmokerings.

IV.NewWords

Lweep:v.⑴cry哭泣，流(淚)

(2)(ofawound)produceliquid(傷口)滲出液體

weepover/for

eg:Whenheheardthenews,hebrokedownandwept.

他聽到這個消息是控制不住感情，哭了起來.

eg:Thewoundisweeping.傷口在出血

weepy:adj.要哭的，淚汪汪的;(故事、電影等)使人傷心的

辨析：weep意為哭泣，強調無聲的飲泣，多用于書面語。

cry意為哭，但多是指哭出聲來，較常用.

sob意為嗚咽,指抽抽搭搭低聲哭，常伴有類似于嘆息的喘息聲.

whimper也作“嗚咽“解，強調因無助\膽怯或失控而哽咽地哭，也指低聲哭泣內心的牢騷.

2,package:n.(Dabox,etc.inwhichthingsarepacked(包裝用的)盒

(2)anob^ctorgroupofobjectsthathavebeenputuptogetherinpaperorbox

(中小型的)包裹，包

v.make(sth.)intoorput(sth.)inapackage,e.g.forselling包裝，打包,捆扎

eg:Wouldyoupassmethatpackageofcigarettes?請把那包香煙I遞給我好嗎？

eg:Ministersaretryingtoputtogetherapackagedealthatwillendthedispute.

大臣們力圖搞個一-攬子交易結束這場爭論。

Phrase:packageup把…捆成一捆

eg；Shepackageduptheoldclothesandputtheminthecupboard.

他把舊衣服包成一包放入衣柜。

3.filter:vt.過濾

vi.(消息等)走漏，慢慢傳開;人群逐漸走出(走入)

n.過濾器，過濾用料，過濾嘴

eg:filterpaper濾紙

eg:Youneedtofilterthedrikingwater.你需要把飲用水過濾。

eg:Thestudentsfilteredintotheexamroom.學生們逐漸走入考場

Phrase:

filtersth.out濾除

Eg:Filteroutthebluelight.把藍光濾掉.

filterthroughsth.泄漏，走漏

Eg:Thesunlightfilteredthroughthecurtains.陽光透過窗簾映出來。

Filtratev.過濾

4.harden：⑴使變堅強，使變得冷酷無情⑵使變硬，使硬化

eg:Thesnowhardeneduntilicewasformed.雪成冰后變硬了。

Eg:Ihardenedmyheartagainsthim.我硬起心腸來對待他。

Phrase:behardenedto對…麻木,對…無動于衷

hardenoff（使植物幼苗）變耐寒

〈注意,"en”可以放在形容詞后面構成動詞，也可以附加在名次后面構成動詞。

譯為："變成""使變成"如：sharpen,heighten,harden,weaken

5.brand：n.（商品的）牌子，商標

vt.（D打烙印于，以烙鐵打標記

⑵給…抹黑，加污名于

eg：Whichbrandoftoothpastedoyouprefer?你愛用什么牌子的牙膏？

Eg:Onbigfarmscattleareusuallybranded.大農場里的牛通常打有烙印。

Eg:Thescandalbrandedhimforlife.這件±L事使他終生蒙受恥辱。

Phrase:brandsb.as…給某人加…污名

brandsth.onone'smind將某事銘記在心

6、hook:vt.鉤住n.鉤子，鉤狀物

eg:Whenheturnedaround,hefoundafishhadbeenhooked.

當他轉過身時;他發現有一條魚已經上勾了。

eg:afishhook魚鉤

eg:aleft/righthook左/右鉤拳

Phrase：behookedon（吸毒）成癮的；被…迷住的；對…著迷的

onthehook處于困境的

offthehook脫離困境的

hookedadj.鉤狀的

7.slim:a.⑴苗條的,纖細的⑵薄的⑶微小的，渺茫的

區別：slimslenderthinleanskinny

slim:褒義詞：軀體細長的，苗條的，只瘦而健康，可以指男，也可以指女的，強調結識，健康和

力量，指整個身體，slim也可指（希望，愿望）等渺茫，微小

slender:苗條而好看的，修長纖細的，尤指婦女，兒童，強調優雅，柔軟，虛弱等，可用于身體的

另一部位，它還有微薄的，不足的，不充分的意思

aslenderincome

thin:中性詞，因病而消瘦的狀態

lean:褒義詞，精瘦的，無贅肉的，強調雖然銷售，但肌肉堅韌，充滿活力。可指人或動物。

Thismanhasalean,athleticbuild.

這位男子有著一副精裝的體格。

skinny:貶義詞，皮包骨的，骨瘦如柴的

8.drag:vi.（l）（AmE.Slang）抽煙⑵緩慢而費力地進行

vt.拖，用力拉

n.障礙物，累贅

eg:Heisalwaysdraggingonacigarette.

他嘴上總是叼著煙

eg:Hedraggedbehindtheothers.

他慢吞吞地走在別人后面。

eg:Hefeltthathisfamilywasadragonhissuccess.

他覺得家庭是自己獲得成功的累贅。

phrase:dragon/out使拖延

區別：drag拖得重，動作慢

draw動作從容，平穩

9、starve:（1）（使）挨餓，使餓死（2）（使）得不到某物而受苦，（使）極需

eg:Theygotlostinthedesertandstarvedtodeath.

他們在沙漠中迷路而餓死了。

eg:Theteacherssaidtheschoolswerebergstarvedofresources.

老師們說學校缺乏財源。

Phrase:o...以饑餓使人...

starvetheenemyintosurrendertodeath

使敵人斷糧而投降。

starvefoi70f極需，渴望，可互換

10、swallowvt.（l）吞下，咽下（2）吞沒，淹沒（3）輕信，輕易接受

vi.做吞咽動作

n.（1）吞，咽，一次吞咽的量（2）燕子

eg:Shejustswallowedamouthfulofbreadbeforegoingtowork.

她只吞下一口面包就去上班了。

eg:Theycan'ttreadmelikethat,Tmnotgoingtoswallowit

他們不能這樣對待我，我忍不下這口氣。

eg::Oneswallowdosenotmakeasummer

《伊索寓言》一燕不成夏（意指輕率推論比成大錯，或一關度過并非萬事大吉。

Phrase:swallowsb./styup耗盡，用盡，使消失

abitterpilltoswallow難以接受的事物，苦練

11、bunch:n.（1）一束:，一串，一把（2）集中，擠在一起

vt.使成一束，（或一群）等

區別：bundle——捆，扎，包（指從中部捆扎在一起的東西）

bunch------束，串（指長成一束或結于一端的東西）

abunchofkeys一串鑰匙

twobunchesofgrapes兩串葡萄

abundlepfletters?扎信

severalbundlesofnewspapers幾捆報紙

12、zone:n.（1）（具有某種特征或目的的）區，區域，地域（2）地帶（3）郵區

V.分區，劃分地帶

〈辨析〉arearegiondistrictzone

area:應用最廣，一個area可大可小，沒有固定的界線

region:指一個較大的行政區域，也指地理上有某種天然界限，或具有某種特色的自然

地域單位。theArcticregion北極地區

district:指,個國家或城市內的一個行政地區或管轄地區。

一個district比region一個小，而且通常有分界線.

theHongKongDistrictofShanghai上海蟲工口區

theHongKongSpecialAdministrativeRegion香港特別行政區

zone:指由于本身具有某些特殊性3而被劃分為“地帶”、“特區”

theSpecialEconomicZoneofShenzhen深圳經濟特區

thetemperatezone溫帶

V.Phrases

1、closeathand：（較正式）即將到來的，在手邊，在近處

Thegreatdaywasalmostathand.偉大的日子即將來臨。

inhand在進行之中，待辦理

insb'shand在某人的控制之下

onhand在手邊，在近處

ononehand一方面

ontheotherhand在另一方面

outofhand無法控制，立刻

2、leanon/upon依靠,控制

Theolemanleaneduponhisstick這位老人拄著一根拐杖。

Ileanuponyouforadvice我指望你給我出注意。

leanagainst依靠

leantowards傾向于

3、diefrom由于（除疾病、感情以外的原因）而死亡

Theflowersinthegardendiedfromfrost.園子里的花因霜凍而凋謝了。

dieof因（疾病、感情等）而死

Theblacksmithdiedoftherumbottleandastroke.鐵匠死于酗酒及中風。

4、directat旨在引起注意、針對

Theadvertisingdirectedmainlyatyoungconsumers.

這個廣告主要針對年輕消費者。

VI.LanguagePoints

1...they'refiltered,forwhichIamgrateful.（Para.l）

which:pron.Theword“which“isusedheretoreferbacktotheideaexpressedbythewholeprevious

clause.

Hewentthrougharedlight,forwhichhewasfined$50.他闖紅燈,被罰了50美元。

Thepolicearrived,afterwhichthesituationbecamecalmer.警察來了，這以后的局勢比先前平靜了

一些。

Theyranoutofdrink,whichdidn'tbothermebecauseIwasn'tdrinkinganyway.

他們的酒喝光了，對此我絲毫不感到有什么傷腦筋的，因為我反正不喝酒。

2....holdingoneoftheinstruments,sowhite,sopreciselyrolled,thatcouldcausemydaughter's

death.(Para.l)

so...that:tosuchanamountastoproduceaparticularresult/causeaparticularsituation;insuchaway

that...

Grandfatherwassoill(that)wehadtosendforadoctor.祖父病得很厲害，我們不得不叫醫生來。

Theteacherspokesofast(that)herstudentscouldhardlyfollow.老師講得很快，以致學生們幾乎無

法跟上她。

Hecameintotheclassroomsoquietly(that)noonenoticedhim.他輕輕走進教室，沒有人注意到他。

Noticethedifferencebetween"so...that“and"sothat+can(or:may,will,etc.)“Thelatterstructureis

usedtomean“inorderthat…"or"withtheaimthat…”

Workhardsothatyouwillpasstheexam.好好用功，以便通過考試

3...itwasCamelsthatmyfathei;hergrandfather,smoked.(Para.2)

itis(was)...that(who):Thisstructureisusedfbremphasis.

Itwasthenewmachinethattheyused.他們用的是新機器。

Itwastheirteacherwho(or:that)helpedthemsolvetheproblem.是他們的老師幫助他們解決了那個

問題。

Noticethatthisstructurecanbeusedtoemphasizeanyelementofaclauseexcepttheverb.Another

pointtonoteisthat“that”，not“when”or“where"，isusedevenifthisstructureisusedtoemphasizean

adverbialoftimeorplace.

ItwaslastmonththatIboughtavideocamera.我是在上個月買了-?部攝像機。

ItwasinLondonthatImetherforthefirsttime.我是在倫敦第,次遇見她的。

Inthesetwosentencesweneveruse"when”or"where”.

4.1twasnotunusualforhimtocoughforanhour(Para.4)

Meaning:Itwasusualforhimtocoughforanhour.

Hereinthissentencethenegativeword"not"andthenegativeprefix"un-''canceloneanotherandform

anaffirmativesentence.

Nowadaysitisnotunusualforagirltowearherhairshort.如今女孩子梳短發并不少見。

Itisnotunusualfortheboytobeupveryearlyinthemorning.早晨早早起床對于這個孩子來說是很

平常的事。

HeavysnowisnotunusualinthenortheasternpartofChina.在中國東北地區下大雪是常事。

5?.??hewasalwaysleaningonsomething.(Para.5)

always:ad.Thewordnormallymeans“atalltimes”,"withnoexception“andisusedwithsimpletenses.

However,whenwewanttosaythatsomethinghappensagainandagaininanannoyingway,wecanuse

“always“withaverbintheprogressivetense.

Theboyisalwaysaskingformoney.這孩子總在要錢。

Mygrandfatherisalwaysforgettingthings.我的祖父總是很健忘。

Whyareyoualwaysbitingyournails?你為什么總在咬指甲

6....thebeautiful,“worldly"youngwoman,...(Para.6)