Unit6 Romance.ppt

1、Unit6 Romance,Text A A Valentine Story,Lead-in activities:,1. Theme-related questions: 1) What are the popular ways for a boy or girl to find a girlfriend or boyfriend? 2) Will you fall in love with somebody you never meet? Why or why not? 3) What are the necessary standards for your ideal boyfriend

2、 or girlfriend? 4) What do you think of cyber love?,- ( parties, outdoor activities,blind date; pen pal, key pal, classmate, alumni,etc.) - ( beautiful, handsome, pretty, lovely, kind ,considerate, helpful, generous, ambitious, royal, responsible,etc)- (reliable, easy way to access to knowing each o

3、ther, unreiable, virtual love, full of vision.),Lead-in activities:,2. Expressions about Love 爱上某人 fall in love with 一见钟情 fall in love at the first sight 初恋 first love 早恋 puppy love 白马王子 Mr. Right 风流韵事 love affair 情书 love letter 绝交信 a dear John letter 相思病 lovesickness 失恋 be crossed in love / lovelor

4、n 分手 break up 被甩 be dumped / get dumped 相亲 blind date 求婚 propose 相互吸引 mutual attraction 永恒的爱情 everlasting love 精神恋爱 Platonic love 单相思 one-sided love / unrequited love 山盟海誓 lovers vows 情敌 rival in love 求爱、追求 court (sb.) 天生一对 marriage made in heaven,Lead-in activities:,2. Expressions about Love 情人眼里出西

5、施 Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. / Love is blind. 狂热地爱上 have a crush on 热恋（神魂颠倒）be head over heels in love with 表白 make a confession 情侣 love birds 校园恋情 campus love 向献殷勤 make a pass at 和正在交往（恋爱） dating seeing someone in a relationship with 单身 available single bachelor 恢复单身 back on the marke

6、t,Culture Notes:,St. Valentines Story New Words in the Story priest 牧师 Claudius 克劳迪亚斯 ceremony 典礼，仪式 jailer 看守监狱的人，狱卒,Rome volunteer behead,罗马 自愿 斩首，砍的头,Culture Notes: St. Valentines Story,Valentine was a priest living in Rome during the third century. At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor name

7、d Claudius. He wanted to have a big army and expected men to volunteer to join. However many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. This made Claudius very angry. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So C

8、laudius banned marriage even engagement from his empire. But Valentine would keep on performing marriage ceremonies secretly. He was caught by the soldiers at a wedding, and was thrown into prison and beheaded. Valentine fell in love with the daughter of his jailer when he was in prison. Before he w

9、as taken to his death on February 14, 269 A.D., he signed a farewell message to her, “Love from your Valentine.” That note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentines Day.,Culture Notes:,Valentine Traditions,In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who t

10、heir valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. “Wear your heart on your sleeve” now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.,Culture Notes:,Valentine Traditions,If you cut an apple in half and count how many seeds are inside, you will

11、also know how many children you will have.,In Wales, wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on February 14th. Hearts, keys and keyholes were favorite decorations on the spoons. The decoration meant “You unlock my heart!”,Culture Notes:,Public Libraries in the U.S. Public libraries in the

12、U.S. are free to the public. One can get a library card at a local library by filling in a form and showing the librarian a valid ID and something to prove one lives in the neighborhood (e.g., a used and stamped envelope with ones name as the addressee (收信人), ones phone bill, gas bill, etc.). Beside

13、s borrowing books, people go to libraries to borrow videotapes, use the computers there, and attend book readings by authors and other cultural events. Libraries are regarded as community centers.,Overview Questions:,1. Who is involved in the story? 2. Where does the story take place? 3. When does t

14、he story take place? 4. What happens?,- Narration,What is the point of this valentine story?,The true nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive.,Text Structure,expecting someone,fallen in love,test,wise,Reading in Depth,For Part 1 1)Ask some students to perform what John was doin

15、g in Part One. (Verb phrases) 2)What was John doing at the Grand Central Station? How did he look? (- waiting for sb. / expecting sb.) (- anxious, nervous, neatly dressed, etc.),Reading in Depth,For Part 2 1)How had John and Miss Maynell come to know each other? 2)How did the two grow to know each o

16、ther? What kind of rhetoric （修辞）ways is the author using? (metaphor暗喻:Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. A romance was budding.) 3)Why didnt Miss Maynell offer John a picture? Will you ask for or provide a picture in this situation? Why? 4)How could Blanchard recognize Miss Maynell a

17、t the fist meeting?,Reading in Depth,For Part 3 1. Fill in the Blanks A comparison between the description of the outer appearance of the two ladies, and Blanchards reaction,Reading in Depth,For Part 3 2. Underline words to describe 1) Johns action started toward, moved, make one step closer, was sp

18、lit in two, , squared my shoulders, saluted, held out book 2)Miss Maynells / young womans action coming toward, curved her lips, walking quickly away, 3) the ladys action standing directly behind the girl, stood, gripped, , broaden into a smile,Reading in Depth,For Part 3 3. Role Play 4. rhetoric wa

19、ys in paragraph 7 (simile明喻:Her eyes were blue as flowers. In her green suit, she was like spring time come alive.),Reading in Depth,For Part 4 1.Question Why did Miss Maynell invent such a test? 2. Group work Do you think its wise of Miss Maynell to give such a test? What would you do if you were?

20、(add an end for the story),Story Retelling,Get to know each other,Growing love via mails,First Date & Test,Blanchard got to know Maynell via the notes in the margin of the book in the library.,They kept correspondence with each other during World War II,The first date finally came for Blanchard to r

21、eturn from Europe, and he managed to pass through the test given by Maynell.,Difficult Points:,1. If your feeling for me has any reality, any honest basis, what I look like wont matter. Suppose Im beautiful. Id always be haunted by the feeling ( that you had been taking a chance on just that), and t

22、hat kind of love would disgust me. Suppose Im plain (and you must admit that this is more likely). Then Id always fear that you were going on writing to me only because you were lonely and had no one else. (para 4) 如果你对我的感情是真实的，是诚心诚意的，那我的相貌如何并不重要。设想我美丽动人。我将会一直深感不安，惟恐你只是因为我的容貌就贸然与我相爱，而这种爱情令我憎恶。设想本人相貌

23、平平（你得承认，这种可能性更大）。那我一直会担心，你和我保持通信仅仅是出于孤独寂寞，无人交谈。,Difficult Points:,2. A young woman was coming toward me, her figure long and slim. (Para 7) 语法结构：独立主格结构（ absolute construction） 不使用独立主格，句子应为： A young woman was coming toward me. Her figure was long and slim. A young woman was coming toward me and her f

24、igure was long and slim.,Difficult Points:,2. A young woman was coming toward me, her figure long and slim. (L34) 一、独立主格结构的含义和实质 “独立主格结构”又叫“独立结构”，是带有自己主语的非谓语动词分句和无动词分句。由于在语法上有自己的逻辑主语，结构上与主句不发生关系，因此传统语法叫做“独立主格结构”。其实，所谓“独立主格结构”并非真正独立，它还是一种从属分句，与主句紧密联系在一起，共同表达一个完整的意思，通常在句中起状语分句的作用。独立主格结构可放于句首、句尾，用逗号和主句

25、隔开。 二、独立主格结构的基本形式和功能 独立主格结构可以分为两部分：一部分是名词或代词，起逻辑主语的作用；另一部分是非谓语动词分词（现在分词、过去分词、不定式）无动词分句（名词、形容词、副词、介词短语），表示前面的名词或代词的动作或状态。基本形式是：名词普通格/代词主格+现在分词/过去分词/不定式/名词/代词/形容词/副词/介词短语，with引导的复合结构,Difficult Points:,三、独立主格例句 The old lady stood by the window, her hands trembling. She walked along hurriedly, her purse held tightly in her hand. The little girl entered the room, her face red with cold. The whole village was deadly silent. The only sign of life was a goat tied on a rope to a tree