Transcript Deep Concern

UNIT 2
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Deep Concern
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Learning a Foreign Language
Useful Expressions
Text Interpretation
Sentence Structure
Translation Practice
Reading Skill
Structured Writing
Useful Expressions
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To whom it may concern  敬启者
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burst into tears
 突然大哭
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… and stuff
 …之类
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抓住机会
 grab (at) an opportunity
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彻底调查
 A thorough investigation
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propose a toast to
 提议为…干杯
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program bug
 程序漏洞
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穿了耳洞的耳朵
 pierced ears
Useful Expressions
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bolt the door
 把门闩上
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tie the knot with
 与…结婚
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change one’s tune
 改变主意
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appeal to the court
 向法院上诉
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负面影响
 negative effect
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news anchor
 新闻主持人
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隐瞒身份
 conceal one’s identity
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make one’s blood boil
 使人生气
Text Interpretation
1. Warm-up questions
2. Comprehension questions
3. Detailed reading
4. Song: Cry on my shoulder
1. Warm-up questions
1.
What do you think causes the generation gap?
2.
What do you suggest doing about the gap?
3.
Ever have difficulty talking to your parents?
4.
How do your parents want you to change?
5.
What do you do when disagreement arises?
2. Comprehension questions
1.
Why did Mr. Finch shout at his daughter?
2.
Why did Sandy disagree with her father’s comment on
music?
3.
What did Jane mean when she said “We should
probably feel lucky that makeup is our biggest concern
with her” ?
4.
Do you think Jane had found the solution?
5.
More on 34
3. Detailed reading
1. Sandy sang along with the words as she lay
listening to her favorite radio station.
2. As usual, she didn’t know what to have for
breakfast, so she grabbed a glass of milk and ate a
piece of toast while standing by the sink.
3. It isn’t healthy to eat standing up.
4. I have been wearing eyeliner for months.
5. After Sandy had left for school, Jane Finch sat
down in peace and quiet to drink her coffee.
3. Detailed reading
6. It’s probably that awful music that wakes me up
every morning.
7. Hearing those tuneless, offensive lyrics repeatedly
makes my blood boil.
8. I’ve seen other teenagers walking around town
with tattoos and piercings all over their bodies.
4. Song: Cry on my shoulder
If the hero never comes to you.
If you need someone you're feeling blue.
If you wait for love and you’re alone.
If you call your friends and nobody's home.
You can run away but you can't hide.
Through a storm and through a lonely night.
Then I show you there's a destiny.
The best things in life. They're free.
But if you wanna cry.
Cry on my shoulder.
4. Song: Cry on my shoulder
If you need someone who cares for you.
If you're feeling sad your heart gets colder.
Yes I show you what real love can do.
If your sky is grey oh let me know.
There's a place in heaven where we'll go.
If heaven is a million years away.
Oh just call me and I make your day.
When the nights are getting cold and blue.
When the days are getting hard for you.
I will always stay here by your side.
4. Song: Cry on my shoulder
But if you wanna cry.
Cry on my shoulder.
If you need someone who cares for you.
If you're feeling sad your heart gets colder.
Yes I show you what real love can do.
AGAIN
What real love can do.
What real love can do.
What love can do.
What love can do.
Sentence Structure
1.
An “as” clause to introduce an accompanying action
e.g. Sandy sang along with the words as she lay listening
to her favorite radio station.
2.
While + V-ing
e.g. She grabbed a glass of milk and ate a piece of toast
while standing by the sink.
Translation Practice
1.
As she was about to turn off the music, her father
burst into her room and shouted at her, “Can’t you
turn down the music a little bit?”
2.
The owner of the bar kept watching the girl dancing
while pretending not to.
3.
Rock music appealed to Sandy so much that she
turned it up, paying no attention to her father’s
attention.
4.
As usual, when his parents don’t like what he wears,
they start bugging him.
Translation Practice
5.
At the meeting they discussed how to keep the lines
of communication open between teachers and
students.
6.
It makes my blood boil to think of these young boys
and girls who are forced by their parents to beg for
money along the streets.
Reading Skill
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Distinguishing between facts and opinions
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Facts, usually based on direct evidence, are statements
that tell what really happened or what the case is.
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The radio clicked on. Rock music blasted forth.
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Opinion are statements of belief, judgment, or feeling.
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Why do you have to listen to such horrible stuff?
Structured Writing
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Topic:
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Making tea
Series of actions:
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Boil water
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Take out the teapot
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Prepare tea leaves
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Pour the boiled water into the teapot
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Steep a moment before drinking