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1、闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Unit 3 The Present,UNIT 3 The Present,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研组,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,“ 礼物”是一种载意的媒体。中国有句俗话, 叫“千里送鹅毛, 礼轻情意重” 。在人们的日常生活交往中, “礼物” 经常作为一种中介, 用来传递一份份浓浓的情和义。 俗话说：blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水 我们来欣赏以一位年迈母亲在自己八十岁生日这一天满怀喜悦和希望的心情等待邮差送来亲生女儿的生日祝贺礼物的故事,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,After reading the text, plea
2、se write T for true or F for false before each statement. 1. The old lady got up early that day simply because she was in the habit of doing so. 2. The old lady had two daughters: Myra, the one she was proud of, and Enid, the one she loved. 3. In the past two years, Myra seldom came to see her mothe
3、r, but she wrote to her quite often. 4. The old woman was quite sure that Myra would come to see her since eighty was a special birthday. 1.F 2.T 3. F 4.F,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Style and structure of the text: 1.Style: Narrative Writing 2. Six points of the narration: Setting 背景-where and when the story ta
4、kes place Characters人物-whoever takes part in the story Plot情节-all of the events that tell the story Climax-高潮- the most intense part Ending结局- end of the story Theme主题-the central meaning,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Structure of the story: 第一部分(Paras.1-7) The setting of the story-time, place, main character: The
5、 old lady, filled with expectation, got up early on her birthday. 第二部分Paras.(8-19) Events: The old lady looked forward to something special from her daughter Myra. ( plot ) 第三部分Paras.(20-21) The ending of the story: The present from Myra turned out to be a printed card plus a check. The old lady tor
6、e the check into little bits.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,1.It was the old ladys birthday. 2. She got up early to be ready for the post. From the second floor flat she could see the postman when he came down the street, and the little boy from the ground floor brought up her letters on the rare occasions when an
7、ything came. Time : The old ladys birthday Place: On the second floor,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Language Points: 1.She got up early to be ready for the post. 1) be ready for sth: prepared and fit for use 【例句 】准备好上课了吗？ Are you ready for class? 【搭配 】 be ready to do sth准备好做某事 .,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,2. the little boy fr
8、om the ground floor brought up her letters on the rare occasions when anything came. 1) the ground floor: first floor一层，是典型的英式用法，美国人用first floor。请看一些英语与美语的区别： 英：ground floor 一层， first floor 二层，flat公寓，cheque支票，film电影 美： first floor 一层， second floor 二层，apartment公寓，check支票，movie电影,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,2) rar
9、e: adj. unusual, uncommon, not often happening or seen 稀有的，罕见的，不寻常的 3) occasion: n.时候，场合 【扩展 】occasional: 偶然的，偶尔的 【 occasion常用搭配】 有时 on occasions on (the) rare occasion(s) 很少有机会,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,3. Today she was sure there would be something. Myra wouldnt forget her mothers birthday, even if she seldo
10、m wrote at other times.Of course Myra was busy. Her husband had been made Mayor, and Myra herself had got a medal for her work for the aged. 1) even if: in spite of the fact that, no matter whether 即使，纵然，尽管 2) at other times: on other occasions平时,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Her husband had been made Mayor,. make
11、: 1) cause sb/sth to be or become sth: 使（某人某事物）表现出某状况 2) elect or choose sb as sth 挑选，任命， 【例句 】她任命他做她的助手。 She made him her assistant.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,【搭配 】 取笑 make fun of 办成功，做到 make it 利用 make use of,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Myra herself had got a medal for her work for the aged,1. What rhetorical device（修辞手法
12、） did the author use? Irony.讽刺 2. What can we infer from this part? It is quite ironic (讽刺的) that Myra did a lot for the old in the society while she was so thoughtless for her mother.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,4. The old lady was proud of Myra, but Enid was the daughter she loved. Enid had never married, but
13、had seemed content to live with her mother, and teach in a primary school round the corner. content: adj. happy and satisfied with what you have满足的，满意的 1) be content to do sth: 愿意做某事 2) be content with sth: 满足于 你应该满足于你所拥有的。 You should be content with what you have.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,5 . One evening, ho
14、wever, Enid said, “Ive arranged for Mrs. Morrison to look after you for a few days, Mother. Tomorrow I have to go into hospital just a minor operation. Ill soon be home.”(I will be back soon) arrange for sb/sth to do: make preparations for; 安排某人做某事 【扩展 】 arrangement: 安排，布置,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Tomorrow I
15、have to go into hospital just a minor operation. minor: adj. smaller; less important 较小的，程度轻的，次要的 minor problems 小问题 minor changes 小变动,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,6. In the morning she went, but never came back she died on the operating table. Myra came to the funeral, and in her efficient way arranged for Mrs.
16、Morrison to come in. efficient: adj. able to work well; capable 有效率的，效率高的 【例句 】作为一个高效率的秘书，她从来不会忘记任何事情。 As an efficient secretary, she never forgets anything.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,efficient ; effective（有效的） 1. This is a very method. 2. Mary turned out to be an _secretary.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,7. Two years ago th
17、at was, and since then Myra had been to see her mother three times, but her husband never. 8.The old lady was eighty today. She had put on her best dress. Perhaps perhaps Myra might come.After all, eighty was a special birthday, another decade lived or endured just as you chose to look at it. 1) aft
18、er all: in spite of what has been said, done or expected 毕竟，终究,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,eighty was a special birthday, another decade lived or endured just as you chose to look at it. Translate the sentence into Chinese. 毕竟80寿辰是个非同寻常的日子。你又活了10年，或者是熬了10年。是活是熬就在于你怎么看。,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,9. Even if Myra did not come
19、, she would send a present. The old lady was sure of that. Two spots of colour brightened her cheeks. She was excited like a child. She would enjoy her day. 1) spot: 点，斑点 She was wearing a black skirt with white spots. 她穿着一条黑底白点的裙子。 B) n. a particular area or place 地点，场所， 【搭配 】 on the spot: 当场，在现场,闽
20、南理工学院英语系大外教研室,作者在故事中对主人公的描写分两个方面, 一是外部的客观描写: 1. she got up early for the post. L 2 2. she had put on her best dress. L 21 3. Two spots of colour brightened her cheeks. L 25 内心描述： 1. Today she was sure there would be something. L 6 2. Even if Myra did not come, she would send a present. The old lady
21、was sure of that. L 24 作者通过这些描述推动了情节的发展, 为后面铺垫。,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,10. Yesterday Mrs. Morrison had given the flat an extra clean,. extra: adj. additional 额外的， 附加的，外加的 extra 作为前缀一般在形容词和名词前如: extraordinary , extralegal, extracurricular,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,a bunch of marigolds when she came to do the breakfast,
22、 a bunch of 一束, 一串 a bunch of keys/grapes/bananas 常用的量词如下： packet: （一 ）包，盒 piece：（一）片，条，快，支 pair：（一）双，对,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,12. Jim had always liked her in blue. in: prep. wearing, 穿着，戴着 新娘通常穿白色衣服。 Brides are usually dressed in white. 【 in表示穿戴的其他搭配】 一个穿着蓝色牛仔裤的女孩 a girl in blue jeans 一个穿着校服的学生 a student i
23、n uniform,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,14. So many lovely things. What does this sentence mean? There were so many nice things the old woman wanted to have, but she would be very pleased to get any kind of birthday present from her daughter.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,15. Three were unsealed cards from old friends. seal v. c
24、lose an envelope, etc. by sticking the edges of the opening together 封上(信封) sealed :adj. 密封的 unsealed : adj.未密封的,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,16.The old lady felt a pang of disappointment. 1)pang: a sudden, sharp, emotional pain 突然的剧痛 看完信后，她感到一阵阵悔恨。 After reading the letter, she felt a pang of regret. 2)disappoin
25、tment: being disappointed失望，沮丧 使我们大失所望的是，野餐那天下起雨来。 To our great disappointment,it rained on the day of our picnic. disappoint: v. fail to fulfill the hope of (a person)使失望 努力工作，不要让你父母失望 Work hard. Dont disappoint your parents.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,The old lady felt a pang of disappointment. 17.What does t
26、his sentence imply? Immediately she felt very disappointed and her heart began to ache sharply.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,18.What her neighbors did for the old ladys 80th birthday? Mrs. Morrison , Mrs. Grant , Johnnie Mrs. Morrison- Mrs. Morrison had given the flat an extra clean yesterday. Today she had broug
27、ht a card and a bunch of marigolds.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Mrs. Grant- Mrs. Grant downstairs had made a cake and in the afternoon she was going down there to tea.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Johnnie- The little boy had been up with a packet of mints and said he wouldnt go out to play until the post had come.,闽南理工学院英语系大外
28、教研室,19. Almost reluctantly she tore the envelope open. reluctantly :adv. unwillingly不情愿地，勉强地 我们勉强答应跟她一起去。 We reluctantly agreed to go with her. 【扩展】 reluctant: adj. unwilling 不情愿的，勉强的 tear(tore, torn)v. 戳破，撕碎,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,20.tremble : to shake slightly 颤抖；轻轻摇晃 trembling adj. 发抖的,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Sum
29、mary of the text: According to the following pictures to retell the story for us.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Finish the blanks: It was the old ladys birthday. She got up early (静心等候邮件)_ She (肯定) _ her daughter would not forgot her mothers birthday, (尽管她在别的时候很少写信)_ (不管怎么说，八十大寿非同一般)_ However, her daughter sent he
30、r a check instead of a gift. She was so disappointed that (她用颤抖的手把支票撕了个粉碎)_ .,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Keys: be ready for the post was sure that even if she seldom wrote at other times After all, eighty was a special birthday. she tore it into little bits with trembling fingers.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,The theme of th
31、is text 1. blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水 2.Our relatives are more important to us than others. 我们的亲人比别人对我们更重要。,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Useful Expressions: 血浓于水 blood is thicker than water 做出更大努力 make an even bigger effort 难得/偶尔/很少 on rare occasions 由于而获奖章 get a medal for,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,感到一阵失望的痛楚 feel a p
32、ang of disappointment 撕开信封 tear the envelope open 像只断了翅膀的小鸟 like a bird with a broken wing 用颤抖的手指 with trembling fingers 撕成碎片 tearinto little bits,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Study & practice: IIIVocabulary Activities 1. 1) present 2)decade 3)content 4)arrange 5)minor 6)efficient 7) endure 8)extra 9) reluctantly
33、 10)tremble 2. 1)bunch 2) packet/pack 3）piece 4）pair 5）piece 6)bunch 7) pair 8)piece 9)bunch 10)packet 11)pair 12)piece,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,3. 1) at other times 2)After all 3) efficient 4) endure 5)extra, extra 6) round the corner 7) occasions 8) minor 9)arranged 10) primary 11)rare 12) trembling 13) rel
34、uctantly 14) disappointment,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,1) can endure 2) on the occasion of 3) to pick it up 4) are not sure of 5) felt a pang of disappointment 6) Not being content / As he was not content,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,IV. Enriching your word power 1.有些常用名词放在-man 一词前面可以构成合成名词，表示职业。 1)milkman 2)fireman 3)fisher
35、man 4)businessman 5)policeman 6)spaceman 7) weatherman 8)sportsman,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,2.后缀-en加在一些形容词后面可以构成动词，表示使变成，变得 1)broadens 河流变宽 2)widened 兴趣变广 3)quicken 加快脚步 4)darkened 天空变暗 5) sharpening 磨刀 6)shortens 缩短,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,3.excite v. 使兴奋 excitement n. 欣喜，兴奋 excited adj. 激动不已的， exciting adj. 令人激动的 A.
36、 excitement, B. excited, C. exciting, D. excitedly, E. excited, F. excited,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,2) disappoint v. 使失望 disappointment n. 失望 disappointed adj. 失望的 disappointing adj. 令人失望的 A disappointed, B disappointing, C disappointed, D disappointment, E disappointed,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,3) patience n. 耐心 patien
37、t adj. 有耐心的 patiently adv. 耐心地 A patience, B patient, C patiently, D patience,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,4) reluctance n. 不情愿 reluctant adj. 不情愿的 reluctantly adv. 勉强地，不情愿地 A reluctant, B reluctance, C reluctantly, D reluctant,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,5) efficiency n. 效率 efficient adj. 效率高的 efficiently adv. 效率高地 A efficie
38、ncy, B efficient, C efficiently, D efficient,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,V. Usage-content n./v./adj. The following points about the word content are worthy of note: a. It can be used in the plural form. You can say contents, but not a content, e.g. 例如：I watched Grandpa pouring out the contents of the bag. (The c
39、ontents of something such as a box are the thing inside it.) Edward told me that he did not know the contents of his aunts will.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,b. It can be used as an uncountable noun, e.g. Did you agree with the content of the speech? (The content of something such as a speech, piece of writhing,
40、or TV program is the information it gives, or the idea or opinions expressed in it.）,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,c. It can be used as an adjective. If you say you are content to do something, you mean you are willing to do it, have it, or accept it, e.g. Enid had never married, but had seemed content to live wit
41、h her mother, and teach in a primary school round the corner. If you say you are content, you mean you are happy and satisfied, e.g. Not for years had she felt more content. But content is not used with this meaning in front of a noun.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,You can also use contented to say that someone is
42、 happy and satisfied. Contented can be used as an attribute（定语） in front of a noun or after a verb, but content cannot,e.g. The old couple led a happy and contended life. For ten years they lived like this and were perfectly contented.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,d. it can be used as a verb, e.g. (By saying you
43、content yourself with doing something, you mean you are satisfied with it and do not try to do other things.) Helen didnt take part in the discussion, but contented herself with smoking cigarettes. 海伦没有参加讨论，很舒服地吸着烟。,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,e. when used as a noun, content is pronounced /kntent/ . When used as
44、 an adjective or verb, it is pronounced /kntent/,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,总结： Content - n. 作可数名词。可以用作复数，即contents, 但不能说 a content。 可以指书包里，盒子里，抽屉里等的东西，物品， 也可以指书信，报告，录音带或以文字形式记录下来的内容。 用作不可数名词。 表示演讲，书面作品，电视节目等传递的信息，意见和看法。,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室, content adj. 用作形容词， 在句中只能作表语，意思是满足的，满意的，甘愿的 be content to do sth. 愿意做某事 be
45、content with sth. 对知足 contended adj. 可以放在名词前面作定语，也可以在句中作表语。意思是满足的，满意的，甘愿的 content v.用作动词 content oneself with doing sth.做很满足 content 作名词时，/kntent/ 作形容词和动词发音为，/kntent/,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,1. contents 2.content 3.content/ contented 4.content 5. contented 6. content 7. content 8. content,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,VI.
46、Structure Model 1. Sothat与tooto 意义相同，两者都表示程度，即太.以至于不. 汤姆太小，理解不了这么复杂的问题。 Tom is so young that he cannot understand such a complicated problem. Tom is too young to understand such a complicated problem.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,1) The bottle is too small to hold so much water. 2) He was too tired to go any furt
47、her. 3)He is too proud to see his own shortcomings. 4)Its too late for the bookstore to be open.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,too.to句式中,如果too后接形容词ready时，无否定的意思 。 eg. He is too ready to talk. 他爱说话 tooto 前面用否定词时，表示肯定 eg. It is never too late to learn. 活到老学到老 only too.to 表示肯定，其中too后的形容词多是表示心情的，如glad,pleased,willing等
48、，也有描绘性的形容词，如good,kind,true等 eg. I am only too glad to talk with you. 很高兴和你谈话,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,Model 2 Not until 表示直到才， 餐馆十点钟才开门。 The restaurant doesnt open until 10. 他要等到邮件来了以后再出去玩,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,5) They did not stop working until it became completely dark. 6)He did not come until the meeting was over. 7)He said he would not get married until he had found a satisfactory job. 8)He did not go to bed until he had finished his reading assignment.,闽南理工学院英语系大外教研室,VII.