Transcript A Fan's Notes

Unit 4 A Fan’s Notes
A sportswriter thinks he’s met
another crank. Instead, he
finds a true winner.
Unit 4 A Fan’s Notes
1. Useful Expressions
2. Text Interpretation
3. Word Family
4. Sentence Structure
5. Translation Practice
6. Reading Skill
7. Guided Writing
8. Homework
 Useful Expressions
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Nasty problem
 难以解决的问题
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Idiot box
 电视机
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主编，总编辑
 Editor in chief
Associate professor  副教授
 Fancy ball
 化装舞会
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专心致志于
 Dedicate oneself to
 Useful Expressions
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(微软)浏览器
 IE
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详细说明
 Elaborate on
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Stark language
 生硬的话语
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风景画
 Landscape painting
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On the spot
 现场，当场
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Shed tears
 流泪
 Useful Expressions
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蛀牙
 Decayed tooth
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旧货店
 Junk shop
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攫取政权
 Grab power
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Blank screen
 黑屏
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Temple of learning
 知识的殿堂
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Lean meat
 瘦肉
 Text Interpretation
1.
Warm-up questions
2.
Global analysis
3.
Detailed reading
4.
Picture talk
5.
Inspiring quotations
1. Warm-up questions
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Related topics
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6.
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Do you know any successful disabled persons?
What’s your feeling when you see the disabled
who are doing something difficult for them?
Can disabled people live a normal life?
What can we do to help the disabled?
Have you ever met your key pals in real life?
Any tips on making friends online?
Content questions (76-7)
2. Global analysis
◆ What
type is the text?
A narration
B description
C exposition
D argumentation
◆ What
记叙文 a movie
描述文 a picture
说明文 a lecture
议论文 a debate
pattern is the text organized in?
A problem-solution 问题-解决
B cause-effect
因果
C general-specific 总-分
时间 / 顺序
D time / sequence
2. Global analysis
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About Bill & Sarah
Bill
A baseball editorialist, many fans,
nasty mails, once cynical, now positive
Sarah A 30-year-old Dodger fan, Dodger Place
cerebral palsy, poor family, dedication to work
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Main idea
A most unusual relationship between Bill and Sarah
2. Global analysis
Part division
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Parts Paras
Main Ideas
1
1-4
The start of our unusual relationship
2
5-29
The development via more email exchanges
3
30-44 The real-life contact
4
45-47 The influence of Sarah on me
Q?
What can we learn from the story?
3. Detailed reading
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The e-mail was in some respects similar to others.
Little did I know that this would be the start of a
most unusual relationship.
During the season I average 55 hours writing …
She covered the team with the seriousness …
Nobody ever signs my guestbook.
An obscure website with an impossible address...
I have the dedication to my work.
I have a speech disability making it impossible …
3. Detailed reading
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That proved it.
Who, in her supposed condition, could cover …
On a winding dirt road dotted with potholes the
size of small animals …
On the desk was a computer. Next to it was a TV.
Sarah leaned over the computer.
I had contacted Sarah looking for a fight?
I had found that fight. (Note 9)
Sarah had brought me back. (Note 10)
4. Picture talk
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③
②
④
⑤
⑥
5. Inspiring quotations
1. It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
我们征服的不是高山，而是我们自己。
2. Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities.
每个成功背后都饱含艰辛。
3. For every mountain there is a miracle.
天生我材必有用。
4. Our greatest need is to be needed.
我们最大的需要就是被需要。
 Word Family
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Weird, queer, freak, jerk, eccentric, unpleasant, malicious,
offensive, moron, shabby, worthless, typewriter, mental,
disabled, association, flashy, intensive, minimum,
dedicated, document, folder, complicated, coax, fraud,
deceive, masculine, feminine, paralysis, influence, referee,
overexertion, desolate, barren, scenery, zigzag, curve, pit,
detect, shelter, decline, rot, encircle, trash, snatch, clench,
dim, gloomy, shatter, interpreter, Cinderella, shrine,
chuckle, athletic…
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IV. Enriching your word power (79-82)
 Sentence Structure
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…cover the team as extensively as any reporter
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I spotted something. It looked like a tool shed.
I spotted what looked like a tool shed.
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I smile at someone. They ask me for a job.
Every time I smile at someone, they ask me
for a job.
 Translation Practice
1 Could you imagine a woman with a severe
physical handicap running a website on her
own and covering the LAD as extensively as a
professional sportswriter?
2 I would never believe it if I had not seen her
with my own eyes, curled up in a wheelchair,
typing her comments by hitting the key with a
pointer fastened to her head.
 Translation Practice
3 I had driven a long way in hopes of
uncovering an elaborate hoax, but watching
her strain in the gloom of her shanty to add to
her story, I knew I had found a true winner.
4 Her enthusiasm for the game and her trust in
the athletes brought me back to a positive
attitude.
 Reading Skill
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Scanning with accuracy
A high speed is essential. Though,
accuracy is just as essential. 100 percent
accuracy, along with the first-rate speed,
should be your goal in scanning practice.
(86)
 Guided Writing
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Learn to use connective words
Connective words and phrases not only make
your writing achieve cohesion and coherence but
also convey the links of the thoughts clearly so
that the readers can see what you are saying.
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 Homework
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Review
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Preview
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Recitation
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Fast reading
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Dictation
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Learning journal
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