Transcript A Day's Wait

Unit 6 A Day’s Wait
The small boy’s illness seemed not
too serious. Yet he was clearly very
worried about something.
Whatever was it?
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Unit 6 A Day’s Wait
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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M loves company.
 同病相怜。
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酸雨
 Acid rain
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猪流感
 Swine flu
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流行病
 An epidemic disease
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Detached house
 独立式住宅
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盗版
 Pirated edition
 Useful Expressions
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Prescribed course
 必修课程
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Brush up
 复习，提高，擦亮
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Glassy-eyed
 面无表情，目光呆滞
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A slip of the tongue
 口误
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Let something slide
 任其自然发展
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Flush a toilet
 冲马桶
 Useful Expressions
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稳定的物价
 Steady prices
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冷淡的微笑
 An icy smile
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Thermal underwear
 保暖内衣
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旅游淡季
 A slack season for T
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量体温
 Take one’s temperature
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退烧
 Bring down the fever
 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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Tell us one of your unforgettable experiences of
waiting for something or somebody.
Do you think many of us are risking our health?
What do you think of death?
Have ever been worried by what somebody said
only to find out later you had misunderstood and
that there was nothing to worry about?
Content questions (140)
2. Global analysis
◆ What
type is the text?
A narration
B description
C exposition
D argumentation
pattern is the text?
A problem-solution
B cause-effect
C general-specific
D time / sequence
记叙文 a movie
描述文 a picture
说明文 a lecture
议论文 a debate
◆ What
问题-解决
因果
总-分
时间 / 顺序
2. Global analysis
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Style Analysis
Category
Style
Theme
Death/courage
Evidence
Stay calm facing death
Character Masculine/lonely Hold tight/refuse company
Landscape
Language
Broad
Short/simple
Snow landscape
Dialogues esp.
2. Global analysis
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Discussion
1. Why does the author describe the hunting scene of
the father in the middle of the story?
a. It creates a contrast between the father’s easy mood and the
boy’s terrible tension.
b. It shows the father’s character of strength and masculinity
and his influence upon his son. It enhances the boy’s image
of being “a strong man. ”
c. It diverts the readers so that the boy’s real thought will be a
greater surprise when they are revealed.
d. It creates a sense of time passing so that we know that it is
close to evening by the time the father gets home.
2. Global analysis
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Discussion
2. The boy cried very easily at trifling matters?
What are the possible reasons?
a. As a spoiled boy, he often complained about
unimportant things.
b. He had been tense the previous day that he couldn’t
control his emotions when he finally relaxed.
c. He had waited so long to die that in a sense he was
disappointed.
2. Global analysis
Part division
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Parts Paras
Main Ideas
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1-13
2
14-25 Began to hold tight onto himself about sth
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24-27 Father going out hunting
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28-57 Revealed his worry
The boy was diagnosed a light flu.
3. Detailed reading
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He walked slowly as though it ached to move.
2.
You better go back to bed. (Note 3)
3.
I’ll see you when I’m dressed.
4.
…capsules with instructions for giving them.
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I made a note of the time to give the capsules.
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He seemed very detached from what was going on.
3. Detailed reading
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It was a bright cold day, the ground covered with a
sleet that had frozen so that it seemed as if all the
bare trees … had been varnished with the ice, …
having it slide away over the ice.
Coming out while you were poised unsteadily …
they made difficult shooting, and I … started back
pleased to have found … and happy there…
On that thermometer thirty-seven is normal.
The hold over himself relaxed.
The next day it was very slack.
4. Picture talk
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5. Inspiring quotations
1. The first wealth is health.
健康是人生第一财富。
2. A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
3. A man may be destroyed, but not defeated.
一个人可以被毁灭，但不能被打败。
4. Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage.
纵使困难重重，也决不丧失勇气。
 Word Family
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Tremble, quiver, misery, dose, pill, bowel, surmount,
sour, alkaline, bacterium, contagious, pandemic,
infectious, inflammation, indifferent, unconcerned,
attached, disconnected, piratical, dizzy, faint,
hot/cool/clear/heavy-headed, prescription, scribe, script
describe, sleety, Ireland, brook, stream, slipper, flock,
overhead, overhear, distribute, shakily, flexible,
commencement, thermos flask/bottle, slacken …
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IV. Enriching your word power (143-4)
 Sentence Structure
1.
…would rather (not/that)
I’d rather stay awake.
I’d rather you didn’t.
2.
…before… (…后才…)
It will be months before he is fit for work.
3.
be of no/little/great/some + n.
Your advice is of great help.
 Translation Practice
1.
Fitted with the artificial leg, he walked unsteadily /
shakily at first, but with practice his steps became
steady.
2.
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The doctor said I had caught a severe cold and she
prescribed me four different medicines. Three of them
are pills to be taken after meals and the other is liquid
to be drunk before going to bed.
3.
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My sister felt miserable for weeks after she had her pet
dog stolen.
 Translation Practice
4.
Jenny was still standing at the gate gazing at the end
of the road long after the car was out of sight.
5.
As far as I know, they have been emotionally
detached from each other for some time.
6.
In general, prices may be brought down by
increasing supply or decreasing demand.
 Reading Skill
Increasing Word Power
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1.
Look and listen for new words.
2.
Write down your new words.
3.
Find the meanings of new words
4.
Make the new words your own.
5.
Enter several new words each day.
(148-9)
 Guided Writing
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Reordering Sentences
1.
Begin by announcing the topic.
Present generalizations before details.
Move from the most important to the least
important or vice versa.
Pay attention to forecasting statements,
transitions and headings.
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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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