Transcript Unit Five

Unit Five
Text A
True Height
Teaching Objectives
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Grasp the main idea (dreaming and hard
work helped Michael Stone on his way to
success) and structure of the text
(narration with a flashback) .
Master the language points and the useful
structures.
Appreciate the narrative skills (using
details to bring out a character; a
surprising ending)
Students can retell the story and use the
words and expressions learned in the text
to write their own essay.
Part I Pre-reading:
•Background information
•Warm up questions
Olympic Games
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The Games are the most important
international sports event in the
world held every four years.
Ancient Olympic Games were held in
Olympia,776B.C. to 392 A.D.
Modern Games were first held in
1896 in Greece.
In 2008 Beijing will hold the 29th
Olympic Games.
The Olympic Symbol
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Represents the continents of the world
joined in friendship.
The Olympic motto is Citius-Altius-Fortiu,
the words mean: Swifter, Higher, Stronger.
IOC: International Olympic Committee, in
Lausanne, Switzerland
In 1912,the Committee decided to allow
women to compete in the Games.
（会徽）
Every emblem of the
Olympics tells a story. The
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
emblem "Chinese Seal,
Dancing Beijing" is filled
with Beijing's hospitality
and hopes, and carries the
city's commitment to the
world.
In Chinese, the word
"tongyi", which means "the
same", is used for the
English word "One". It
highlights the theme of "the
whole Mankind lives in the
same world and seeks for
the same dream and ideal".
•The Colour System
The Chinese Red
With red lanterns, red weddings, red
palatial walls and red spring couplets(对
联), lives in Beijing are shrouded in the
red. The red is the colour of Beijing and
that of China
The Glaze Yellow
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With golden glazed tiles, golden leaves and
golden farmlands, the peculiar golden
colour of the glaze represents the glorious
history and landscape of Beijing.
The Chinese
Scholar-tree Green
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Chinese scholar-tree has been selected by
Beijing residents to represent the image of
Beijing. It tells the theme of the "Green
Olympics".
The Blue-and-White
Porcelain Blue
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The colour of the blue-and-white porcelain
makes the shade of the sky in Beijing's
bright summer and golden autumn. The
mild blue of the porcelain hints at the city's
history and its creativity.
The Great Wall Grey
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The grey Great Wall winds in mountains
and grey siheyuan courtyards lie in hutongs.
The grey is the tone of traditional
architectures(建筑风格) in Beijing
The Jade White
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Chinese intellectuals have been
wearing jades to show their honesty
since long time ago.Jade is also a
symbol of luck.
•Secondary marks
The Official Mascots of the Beijing
2008 Olympic Games
Pictograms of the Beijing 2008
Olympic Games unveiled
Pole vault
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The pole-vaulters attempt to clear a
crossbar, and the athletes use a flexible
pole from 4-5meters(12 to 16ft)long to
propel his or her body into the air and
over the bar.
• What’s the hardest
obstacle you’ve ever
met?
• Hard working and
dreaming, which is
more important?
Do you know these proverbs?
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
 有志者事竟成。
 Rome isn’t built in a day.
罗马非一日建成/冰冻三尺非一日之寒。
 God helps those who help themselves.
 天助自助者。
 You shall reap what you sow.
 种瓜得瓜种豆得豆。
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Part II Global reading
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organization
flashback
out the character
traits of the people in
the story.
Part one
Part two
Part
three
Paras1--2
in his polevaulting career.
Para3--5
Michael’s childhood was
marked with dreams and
tough training.
Paras6--12
Michael topped his
personal best, won the
championship and set a
new world record.
paras13
Part four
Michael faced the most
challenging competition
What was most unusual
about Michael’s victory
was that he was blind.
The flashback
 What was Michael’s childhood dream?
 He had always dreamed of flying.
 How did his mother influence him?
 Her excitement and passion for details
made Michael’s dreams full of color and
beauty.
 How did his father influence him?
 Trained him and told him: you want
something ,work for it.
Describe the personalities of
Michael, his mother and his father.
Mother : kind , passionate, excited,
romantic, relaxed, optimistic, etc
Father: hard corn, tough, realist, strict,
kind
Michael : hard working , good student,
Part III: While reading
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Part one
Part two
Part three
Part four
Part one
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Tricky words:
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true height:
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the new heights that Michael cleared one after
another;
The tremendous obstacles Micheal had
overcome in attaining his goal.
hot:
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The hot temperature of the day
The fierce competition
Comprehension questions
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Why was it the most challenging day of
Michael’s pole-vaulting career?
Why is the pole-vault truly the highlight
of any track and field competition?
Part two
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What dose “ones” in line 14 refer to?
And “this one recurring dream” in line
16 refer to?
What dose “that” in line26 refer to ?
Difficult sentences
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Her stories were always ones that
described the land from a bird’s-eye
view. Her excitement and passion for
details made Michael’s dreams full of
color and beauty.
她的故事总是从高空俯瞰描述大地。她
对细节的激情和酷爱使得迈克尔的梦境
色彩缤纷绚丽无比。
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Where he flew would always coincide
with his mother’s stories. Wherever he
flew was with a keen eye for derail and
the free spirit of his mother’s love.
他飞跃的都是他母亲故事里描述的地方。
无论他飞向何方，他都怀着母爱所赐予
他的自由精神，用敏锐的目光观察入微。
Part three
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What is the usage of the first sentence
of para 6?(restate the relevant contents
of the former para)
How did Michael feel on his final jump?
Try to find out the words showing the
struggle and changing of his mind?
On his success, why did his father cry，
even cry harder than ever?
Part four
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Finally , we know that Michael is blind.
What is the effect of putting this
information in the last sentence of the
text?
Language points
 Bear out: prove that sth is true 证实
The evidence that the US Intelligence Agency
has obtained bears out their claims that Bin
Laden is closely related to the September 11
terrorist attacks in the USA.
美国中情局得到的证据证实了他们的看法，本拉登和
911袭击美国恐怖事件有密切关系。
The witnesses will bear you out in court.
法庭上证人会证明你的清白。
Combine…with…:
connect sth with…把…与… 结合起来
 We should always combine work with
pleasure.
 我们应该经常劳逸结合。
 Hydrogen combines with oxygen to
form water.
氢与氧化合成水.
Mere:
nothing more than 仅仅，只不过
 It is a mere 200 meters from my house
to the college.
 她只不过是个孩子.
 She's a mere child.
 She is only a child.
Fantasy: imagination;
fantastic adj. strange in
shape ,wonderful
 I still have the fantasy that one day I will win
the National Lottery.
 昨天晚上我们看了一场非常精彩的演出。
 We watched a fantastic play yesterday evening
 我女儿喜欢给我讲她那些奇怪的梦。
 My daughter likes to describe her fantastic
dreams to me.
Recur: come or happen again
 The theme of love recurred in many of
his book.
 学校警告这个学生如果再作弊他将被开除。
 The school authorities warned the
student that he will be expelled if this
cheating recurs.
Motto:
short sentence or few words as the
guiding principle of a person
 你们校训是什麽?
 What's your school motto?
 "Think before you act" is my motto.
“三思而后行”是我的座右铭。
Coincide:
happen at the same time; be in
agreement
coincide with
 Their tastes in music coincide.
他们在音乐方面的爱好一致.
 我的宗教信仰和你的不一样。
My religious beliefs don’t coincide with
yours.
Coincidence 巧合
coincidental 巧合的， 同时发生的
 What a coincidence I meet you here.
 That is a coincidental incident.
On one/two/several occasion(s):
once/twice/several times in the past
 我几次想跟我父母谈我做兼职工作的事但是我
妈妈总是立即打断我询问我的学习情况。
 On several occasions I attempted to talk
with my parents about my taking a parttime job, but my mother instantly
interrupted me by asking me questions
about my studies.
 He drinks too much. On one occasion I saw
him drink a whole bottle of vodka.
 他喝酒太多了。有一次我看见他喝了一瓶的伏
特加。
Alternate:
every other or second; happening by
turns
 Sunny weather alternated with rain.
天气晴雨相间。
 Meetings are held on alternate
Thursdays.
每隔一个星期的星期四举行一次会议。
Vain:
too pleased with one’s own abilities or
looks
 She is vain about her appearance.
她总觉得自己的外貌漂亮不凡。
Be in vain 徒劳，无用
 All our work was in vain.
我们的工作全都白干了。
 The small cat tried in vain to catch
the
butterfly on the flower.
这只小猫白费力气想抓住停在花上的蝴蝶。
Be ashamed of
因…感到难为情或羞愧
 She was so ashamed of cheating in
the test that she went and told the
teacher.
 You should be ashamed of
yourself ,telling lies at your age.
Startle:
give a sudden shock or surprise
to
 You startled me---I didn’t hear you
come in.
Along with: together with
 Along with hundreds of others he had
invested money in stocks and bonds.
Anxiety: a feeling of worry or
fear
 The increase in the tax on heating
fuel is causing a lot of anxiety
among elderly people.
 燃料税的增长在老年人当中引起了许多焦虑。
Stretch out: hold a part of your
body straight out in front of you
 She stretched out a hand and lifted
the glass to her lips.
Bring back to earth:
cause to stop day-dreaming使回到现实
中
 Emily’s voice brought him back to
earth.
In one’s mind’s eye:
in one’s imagination or memory
 In his mind’s eye, she is still a shy girl.
 In my mind’s eye ,I can still see the
house where I was born.
Congratulate sb on sth
因…祝贺…
 His teachers congratulated him on
winning the first prize in the speech
contest.
Part IV post reading and
writing strategy
• 1. Descriptions of people are called
character sketches. Usually writers
don’t depict the characters directly
but reveal their character traits by
using vivid examples. Read Text A
and Text B ,try to find out how the
authors describes the characters.
Part IV post reading and
writing strategy
• 2. How to write a personal
description
• In personal description, the writer's tone
toward the subject is very important,
therefore ,in writing, one should show
his/her tone clearly, it could be angry,
sympathetic, amused, or admiring etc.
• To arouse the reader’s interest or
achieve better results, the writer usually
designs the opening and closing paras
skillfully.
Summary
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Through a detailed description of Michael’s
physical and spiritual response in the hot
pole vault competition, the writer pictured
a hardworking, resolute and successful 17year-old boy vividly, while at the end of the
story impressed us by saying that the boy is
blind.
Text B Word study
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incline v.
incline to do sth.
I incline to take the opposite point of view.
Phrases :
be apt to / tend to/ be inclined to
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install vt. :place, fix in position for use
We are having central heating installed.
N. installment
optimistic adj.
be optimistic about
N. optimism / optimist
• dismiss vt.
• I was frightened to death that I would
be dismissed.
• The teacher dismissed the class five
minutes earlier.
• ease v.
• His words eased me of my anxiety.
• N. ease : be at ease
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impatient adj.
be impatient of sth. :不能忍受…
be impatient for sth./ to do sth.: 急切做…
penetrate v.
The bullet penetrated his shoulder.
We can’t penetrate the mystery.
我们无法看透奥秘。
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you for your
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cooperation !