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Unit6PerseveranceandSuccessFutherReadingWhatcharacteristicscarrots,eggsandcoffeehaverespectivelyandinwhatwaytheycanberelated?Pre-readingWhydidtheyoungwoman’smotheraskhertothekitchen?Tomakeherunderstandhowsheshouldrespondtolife.Fastreading1.Readthepassagecarefullyandcompletetheblankswiththemissinginformation.Theyoungwoman’strouble

___________________________________________________________________________________________Thingsarehardforherandshedidnotknowhowshewasgoingtomakeitandwantedtogiveup.Hermother’sreaction

_________________________________Hermother’sexplanation

__________________________________________________________________Thelessonlearnedfromthestory

_________________________________________________________Shetookhertothekitchen.Theobjectsfacedthesametest—boilingwater—buteachreacteddifferently.Changeyourselfandthesituationwhenyoufacetroubles.Readthepassageagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.1)Whydidtheyoungwomangotohermother?Becauseshehadsomedifficultiesinherlifeandshedidnotknowhowtodealwiththem.2)Inwhatwaydidtheyoungwomantryhardtomakeabetterlife?3)Howdidthemotherhelpherdaughtertolearnthelesson?Andwhatdoyouthinkoftheway?Shewasfightingandstruggling.Hermothertookhertothekitchen.4)Howwouldyouanswerthequestionsaskedbythemotherattheveryendofthestory?Iwantedtobecoffee.5)Whatdoyouthink“carrot”,“egg”,and“coffee”respectivelysymbolizeinthetext?Thecarrotsymbolizespeoplewhogiveupthemselvesiftheyfacetroubles.Theeggsymbolizespeoplewhochangeoneselftosolvetheproblemiftheyfacetroubles.Thecoffeesymbolizespeoplewhochangeoneselfandevenchangethesituationiftheyfacetroubles.easilydamagedorbroken________2)toseeandnotice(sb./sth.);towatchcarefully________3)pleasantorsweetsmell;scentorperfume_________fragileobservefragrance4)toabandonanattempttodosth.______5)athingusedforcooking______6)plantwithalongpointedorangeroot_______giveupstovecarrot7)toflowesp.downwards,inacontinuousstream_________8)tonotice;toobserve_________pournote1)Itseemedassoonasoneproblemwassolvedanewonearose.()2)Sheputthemonthestovewithoutsayingaword.()Translatethefollowingsentencesfromthepassageanddecidewhateachboldwordrefersto.形式主语threepots3)Thensheladledthecoffeeoutandpoureditintoacup.()4)Shethenaskedhertotakeaneggandbreakit.()5)Itsthinoutershellhadprotecteditsliquidinside.()6)Afterithadbeenintheboilingwater,thewaterchanged.()thecoffeetheeggtheeggthecoffeeSubjectB.ObjectofaverbC.ObjectofaprepositionD.ModifierbeforeanounE.ModifierafteranounF.AdverbialofaccompanyingReadthefollowingsentencesfromthepassageandtellthefunctionofeach–ingform.Shewastiredoffightingandstruggling.____Sheputthemonthestovewithoutsayingaword.____3)Turingtoherdaughter,sheasked,“Tellme,whatdoyousee?”____CCF4)Hermotherexplainedthateachoftheseobjectshadfacedthesametest—boilingwater—buteachreacteddifferently._____5)However,afterbeingputintotheboilingwater,ifsoftenedandbecameweak._____CD1.Shedidnotknowhowshewasgoingtomakeitandwantedtogiveup.

她不知道该如何应付，打算放弃。

makeit应付，成功

e.g.Youcan’tmakeittotheothershoreinthisweather.这样的天气你是无法成功到达那边的海岸的。Languagepoints2.Shewastiredoffightingandstruggling.

她厌倦了打拼和奋斗。

fight,war,battle,struggle的区别

fight战役，战斗，打仗指人与人，动物与动物，人与自然、疾病、困难之间的战斗和斗争。

e.g.

Theywerefightingagainsttheenemy.他们在和敌人作战。war战争指战争的全体，可包括许多战役。e.g.TheSecondWorldWarbroughttheatomicbombintobeing.第二次世界大战让原子弹变成了现实。battle战争，战役着重指战争中的一次较大的战斗，但有时也指个人之间的争斗。e.g.Therewasagreatbattleatsea.海边发生过一场伟大的战役。struggle挣扎，奋斗尤指在困境中的抗争。e.g.Theoldmanhasbeenstruggling

withillness.

这位老人一直在与病魔斗争。3.Shefishedthecarrotsoutandplacedtheminabowl.

她把胡萝卜捞出来，放到了碗里面。

fishout捞出；掏出；吊出来

e.g.Shefishedoutacoinfromherpocket.

她从口袋掏出一枚硬币。4.Thensheladledthecoffeeoutandpoureditintoacup.

最后她用勺舀出咖啡放入一个杯子中。

ladle…out舀出;提供

e.g.Sheladledoutabowloftomatosoup.

她舀出一碗西红柿汤。

Helikestoladleoutadvice.他喜欢给人提意见。5.Turningtoherdaughter,sheasked,“Tellme,whatdoyousee?”她转向她的女儿问，“告诉我，你看到了什么？”

turningtoherdaughter在此处做状语。