综合英语第一册unit1

1、unit 1 never say goodbye.i. teaching pointsby the end of this unit, students are supposed to> > grasp the author purpose of writing and make clear the structure of the whole passage through an intensive reading of text 1 never say goodbye.> > comprehend the topic sentences in text 1 thor

2、oughly and be able to paraphrase them.> > get a list of new words and structures and use them freely in conversation and writing.> > be aware of the cross-cultural differences in the social behavior of giving gifts.il an integrated analysis of text 1 never say goodbye.topics for discussi

3、on> > what was your feeling when you left your parents for the first time and came here?> > have your family ever moved from one place to another? if you have, how did you feel when you were going to be away from the old house for good?> > have you ever attended a funeral of some o

4、ne you know very well? if you have, what were you thinking when you saw him for the last time?a > write a letter to your imaginary child to be read on his or her eighteenth birthday. describe the qualities that you hope he or she will have at this time of life.highlights> > the text is the

5、author memory of the most important and unforgettable experiences when he was between 10 and 12. he had learned from his grandfather the profound meaning of "never say goodbye" and became firm and strong-willed as a child. the author wants to tell us that we should never give in to sadness

6、, that we should always be firm and strong -willed， and that we should always remember the joyful and happy events of life as well as our cherished friendship*structural analysis of the text and language points the passage can be divided into three parts.> > part one: (paragraphs 1-4) bringing

7、 up the problem the author was confronted with: it is hard to overcome the sadness as the moment of parting drew nea匚 so he turned to his grandpa for help.para. 1: beginning of the story introducing the backgroundthe author was reluctant and bitterly sad to move away from his old home because it was

8、 the only home that he was ever known. his whole life, brief as it was, had been spend in that big old house, graceful touched with the laughter and tears of four generations.para 2-4: the implication of goodbye the author learned from his grandfather:being too final, too cold for friends to use; im

9、plying sadness and unhappiness. the grandfather wanted him to think of joyful and happy events of life instead of feeling sad and miserable.> > part two: (paragraphs 5-13) by narrating his sad experience of the loss of his eldest son during the war, the grandpa illustrates how one can overcome

10、 the sad feeling resulting from the loss of someone dear to him by recalling not the moment of parting but the happy times spent together.para. 5-9： the grandpa intention of saying "it isrtt just the roses that are beautiful; it is that special place in your heart that makes them so：the grandfa

11、ther want to:1) 1) tell the author a true story of related to the rose bush and hoped to enable him to feel with his heart how beautiful those roses were!2) 2) reveal his special associations with the roses and with his saying goodbye to his son, as well as to disclose the root cause of his advice n

12、ot to say goodbye to one's relatives and friends.para 10-13: the telling of the story related to the rosebush. the message of the text is conveyed in para. 13 the grandfather want the author:1) 1) never to give in to the sadness and the loneliness of the word goodbye.2) 2) remember instead the j

13、oy and happiness of those times when he first say hello to a friend.3) 3) take that special hello and lock it away with him-一in that place in his heart where summer is an always time.4) 4) reach deep within him and recall that first hello when he and his friends must part from each other> > pa

14、rt three: (para> 14-20): by the way he behaved when confronted with another sad momentthe loss of his grandpa, the author shows us that he came to understand what his grandpa had taught him.the parting between the author and his grandfather was so cheerful and pleasant as if they were old friends

15、 greeting each other, which showed that his grandfather adopted an optimistic attitude towards his own death and that the author became so strong-willed as not to give in to the sadness.when the author was told that his grandfather had died, he remained perfectly calm and composed instead of being p

16、lunged into sadness. remembering his grandpa，s words, he reached deep within him for those special feelings that had made up their friendship suddenly and truly, he realized what his grandfather had meant about never saying goodbye-一about refusing to give in to the sadness.iil language points> &g

17、t; confront:1) be faced with and have to deal withe.g. the actress was confronted by large group of reporters as she left the stage door2) force to deal with or accept the truth of; bring face to face withe.g. when the police confronted her with the evidence, she confessed she was guilty.> > t

18、ouched with the laughter and tears of four generations:touched with the happiness and bitterness of four generations. the sentence implies that "the house which had seen and/witnessed the joys and sorrows ofthe four generations of my family；etc.touch: have an effect on one9s feelings; to cause

19、one to feel pity, sympathy,e.g. his sad story so touched us that we nearly cried.* be touched with: have a certain amount of qualitye.g. her hair is touched with gray.> > well:(of liquid) flow or start to flowe.g. blood welled (out) form the cut.she was so moved that tears welled (up, forth, o

20、ut)in her eyes.linguistic knowledge:homonymy: the same phonological structure possessing several unrelated senses.e.g. well & well bank(sloping side of a river) & bank(a financial institution)花钱&开花polysemy : the same phonological structure possessing a set of different but related meanin

21、g.e.g. hook 1) a curved material, esp. metal, for holding, catching or suspending sth. 2) a sharp bend or angle in a geological formation.3) short for fishhook. 4)(am. e) something that attracts or is intended to be a attraction;> > rest on/upon1) lean on; to be supported by2) (esp. of a proof

22、, argument, etc.) be based on; be grounded on; depend one.g. your argument rests on a statement than cannot be proved> > through one5s tears:with tears in ones eyes; while shedding tearsthrough: among or between the parts or members ofe.g. 1 searched through my papers for the missing documents

23、.> > stare1) look steadily for a long time, esp. in great surprise or shocke.g. he sat staring into space, thinking deeply.2) be very plain to see; to be obviouse.g. the lies in the report stared out at us from every paragraph.* stare off: stare away; to move one's eyes> > whisper:1)

24、 speak or say very quietly so that only a person cloze by can heare.g. she whispered a warning to me and then disappeared2) (of the wind, etc) make a soft sounde.g. the leaves of the trees were whispering in the wind.> > before your mother was even a dream:before you mother was bom / before we

25、 thought of having a daughter.> > pick:1) take what one likes or considers best, or more suitable from a group.e.g. he has been picked to head the planning committee.2) gather; pull or break off (part of a plant) from a tree or a plante.g. he picked some roses and gave them to his girlfriend.3

26、) take up or remove something separately or bit by bit using the fingers, a beak, a pointed instrument, etc.the dog picked the bone clean.> > lock it away within youfasten it firmly in your mind; imprint it on your mind; bear it in your mind and never forget it.> >in that place in your heart where summer is an always time.in that place in your heart where there is always sunlight and warmth. / which is always filled with joy and happiness. here summer is a metaphor.“always” here is used by the grandpa as an adjective, which revealed that he was not well-educa