dianzi1-Unit 3 Emotion and Love.ppt

Unit 3 Emotion and Love : 

Unit 3 Emotion and Love 王荣花

A Daughter Thanks Her Mother : 

A Daughter Thanks Her Mother

I. Preparation : 

I. Preparation Warm-up Activities 1. Pair Work: Talk with your neighbor about someone you love most. Words you may refer to: considerate patient a great helper generous housework hard-working point out one’s mistakes a good cook encouraging tender honest gentle respectable easy to get along with a good listener kind caring

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2. Group discussion: discuss the following questions: a. What is your idea of true love? b. How important is love in your life? I. Preparation

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3. Questions: 1). How does the author thank her dear mother? 2). Did Carol write to her mother quite often when her mother was still alive? Why or why not? 3). How did she feel when her mother just passed away? 4). How did Dad feel? 5). How is the relationship between Carol and her sister Emily before and after their mother died? I. Preparation

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6). What did she try to remember when her mother died? 7). As a mother, what kind of role did her mother play? 8). In Carol’s mind, what is the greatest gift given to her by her mother? 9). What is love like in Carol’s mind? 3. Questions:

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1. apply : cause to have an effect This rule doesn't apply in your particular case/cannot be applied to every case. apply…to… bring or put into use Scientific discoveries are often applied to industrial processes. apply…for…request sth. esp. officially and in writing II. Language Points

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2. sink in: become fully understood, get a firm place in the mind The news was such a shock, it still hasn’t really sunk in yet. He paused, not for an answer, but to let his words sink in. My explanation took a long time to sink in. II. Language Points

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3. word formation un- = no placed before a noun, an adjective or an adverb, expressing a negative view e.g. unashamed unattainable unauthorized uncivilized undecided uncultivated unfortunate unsuitable unwilling unanswered unbearable auto- = self e.g. autobiography autonomy II. Language Points

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4. find: discover(sb. or sth.)to be by chance or experience sentence pattern find + obj. + adv./prep/adj. e.g. When we arrived, we found him in bed. I woke up to find myself in the hospital. I find it difficult to believe you. I didn’t find her an easy woman to work with.(In my experience it was not easy to work with the woman.) We’re finding that fewer and fewer people are buying this brand. II. Language Points

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5. in time ①later, at some time in the future, eventually e.g. You’ll learn how to do it in time. Fred and Jim did not like each other at first, but in time they became friends. ②not late; early or at the time arranged e.g. We got to the airport just in time to catch the plane. II. Language Points

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6. dwell on: think, speak or write a lot about sth. e.g. Don’t dwell too much on your past failures; think of the future. The orator dwelt on that point for nearly twenty minutes. II. Language Points

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7. come to = occur to: become recalled to the memory of e.g. I was already on my way when it suddenly came to me that I had not hung out my washing. Did it ever occur to you that he could have finished the work so soon? II. Language Points

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8. verbs and sentence patterns need use a gerund e.g. enjoy (admit, deny, mind, risk, suggest, imply, quit) doing sth. have difficulty (trouble, pleasure) in doing sth. There is difficulty, (trouble, pleasure) in doing sth be busy (in) doing sth. It is of no use doing sth. There is no use/point/good in doing sth. II. Language Points

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9. listen for: pay attention to so as to be sure of hearing e.g. Listen for the moment when the music changes. The children listened for the clock to announce the new year. II. Language Points

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10. as ①in the way or manner that e.g. Do as I say! ②when, while e.g. He saw her as he was getting off the school bus. As the election approached, the violence got worse. ③because e.g. As she has no car, she decides to get there by bus. ④though e.g. Improbable as it seems, it’s true. II. Language Points

III. Summary : 

IV. Homework 1. Finish the Exercises on P71 2. Preview the After-class reading passages III. Summary

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