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1、Unit 7: Part A,My Fathers Son,21st Century College English: Book 4,Pre-Reading Activities Language Points Exercises Assignment,Unit 7: Part A,Pre-Reading Activities,Before listening to the tape, have a quick look at the following words.,cremate,intimidating,cooling off period,navy,optimist,outspoken
2、,直言的，坦率的,乐观的人,海军,冷却期,令人胆怯的,火化,1st listening,Pre-Reading Activities,Listen to the tape again. Then, choose the best answer to each of the following questions.,Check-up,Pre-Reading Activities,1. What was the speakers relationship with his father like when he was young? A) They were a typically loving
3、father and son. B) They were a typical father and son who fought sometimes. C) They fought even more than in usual for a father and son. D) The speaker never knew his father, who was a stranger to him.,1. What was the speakers relationship with his father like when he was young? A) They were a typic
4、ally loving father and son. B) They were a typical father and son who fought sometimes. C) They fought even more than in usual for a father and son. D) The speaker never knew his father, who was a stranger to him.,Pre-Reading Activities,2. What were the personalities of the father and the son like?
5、A) The father was outgoing and the son was shy. B) The father was shy and the son was outgoing. C) They were too similar, which led them into conflict. D) None of the above.,2. What were the personalities of the father and the son like? A) The father was outgoing and the son was shy. B) The father w
6、as shy and the son was outgoing. C) They were too similar, which led them into conflict. D) None of the above.,Pre-Reading Activities,3. When did the relationship between the father and the son begin to improve? A) When the son became an outstanding student. B) When the son left home for college. C)
7、 When the father began to get older. D) When the father retired from the navy.,3. When did the relationship between the father and the son begin to improve? A) When the son became an outstanding student. B) When the son left home for college. C) When the father began to get older. D) When the father
8、 retired from the navy.,Pre-Reading Activities,4. What is the relationship between the two men like at the end of the listening passage? A) They are fighting just as much as ever. B) They have less conflict, but still have difficulty communicating. C) They have resolved all of their troubles, and no
9、w get along well. D) They have agreed not to talk to each other any more.,Script,4. What is the relationship between the two men like at the end of the listening passage? A) They are fighting just as much as ever. B) They have less conflict, but still have difficulty communicating. C) They have reso
10、lved all of their troubles, and now get along well. D) They have agreed not to talk to each other any more.,In school, I was a disappointment to my father. He knew I was smart and was furious that I didnt get better grades. Like most fathers and sons, we fought. But for us, there was never any cooli
11、ng-off period. It was just one long fight, a continuous cold war, until I left for college. Our relationship finally began to soften as my father got older. He was no longer so physically intimidating. Now he even needed my help sometimes. At first, my father had not supported my decision to go into
12、 journalism, but now he is proud to be mistaken for Bill Heavy “the writer.”,My father and I have never had an easy relationship. Ive always been quiet and bookish, like my mother. My fathers just the opposite: an outspoken optimist who never worries about anything. When I was young, my father and I
13、 had no way to communicate. Even though we lived in the same house, we were almost complete strangers. When I was a teenager, every boy wanted to have long hair. But my father, who had served proudly in the Navy, would march me down to the barbershop and tell the barber to cut it all off.,Pre-Readin
14、g Activities,Recently, my father and I met to talk about what will happen when he dies. He wanted me to know that his funeral was all taken care of. The Navy would cremate his body and scatter the ashes at sea. He said he didnt want me to be burdened with it. I had no way to tell him that I want to
15、be burdened with it. That, as his son, it is my right to be burdened with it. I didnt know what to say, so I simply reached across the table for his hand and held it in mine as I fought back the tears.,Intensive Study,My Fathers Son,Text A:,My Fathers Son By Bill Heavy 1 When my father rings, I hurr
16、y down to the front door of my condo. There he is, in corduroy pants, the tread worn off the knees, and a shirt I outgrew in tenth grade. Hes come to help me put in a new garbage disposal. Actually, Im helping him. His mechanical gene passed over his only son, on its way to some future generation. A
17、t 39, Ive made my peace with this.,Intensive Study,2 My father hasnt been to my place since he helped me paint four years ago. The truth is, Im often not sure how to talk to him. But this time it will be easy. We have a job to do. 3 In minutes he has taken over the whole enterprise, lying under the
18、sink and squinting up into the machinery. And suddenly I am 12 years old again, watching him fix things and feeling useless. 4 As a child, I identified so strongly with my mother that I thought my father was just a long-term house guest with spanking privileges. She and I are bookish, introverted wo
19、rriers. My father is an optimist who has never had a sleepless night in his life.,Intensive Study,5 Like most fathers and sons, we fought. But there was no cooling-off period between rounds. It was a cold war lasting from the onset of my adolescence until I went off to college in 1973. I hated him.
20、He was a former navy fighter pilot, with an Irish temper and a belief that all the problems of the world including an overprotected son who never saw anything through to completion could be cured by the application of more discipline.,Intensive Study,6 At a time when an eighth-graders social status
21、was measured in the fraction of an inch of hair kissing his collar, my father would march me down to the barbershop on Saturdays and triumphantly tell the man with the scissors. “Just leave him enough to comb.” I would close my eyes, determined not to give him the satisfaction of seeing me cry. With
22、out even thinking about it, I froze him out of my life, speaking only when spoken to. I learned to use silence like a knife. My one communiqu for an entire dinner was usually a sarcastic “May I be excused now? I have homework.”,Intensive Study,7 I lay awake at night imagining him being transferred b
23、y the gas company he worked for to an oil rig in the North Sea. But it didnt happen, and soon all that remained was the contest of wills. 8 I went off to college, but he was still in my head. I could hear his voice every time I fell short in anything. Only when I began seeing my freelance articles i
24、n print did I begin to feel that I was slipping beyond his reach and into my own life.,Intensive Study,9 Eventually I discovered that there is no anti-inflammatory agent like time. Now I wondered, could this aging 74-year-old be the giant who once thundered up the stairs to spank me, of whom I was s
25、o afraid that I wet my pants? In his place was someone I worried about, whom I dressed in my down hunting jacket for his annual pilgrimage to the Army-Navy game. My profession, which he had once ridiculed, saying, “Gee, do you think theres any money in it?” now became a source of pride when fellow R
26、otarians mistook him for Bill Heavy “the writer.” It was as if now that I no longer needed so desperately to please him, I had succeeded. We had become two old veterans from opposing armies, shaking hands years after the fighting, the combat so distant as to be a dream.,Intensive Study,10 Before we
27、can install the disposal, we have to snake out the pipes. Soon we get stuck trying to figure out how a gasket fits. 11 “Ah,” he says finally, “were going to have to call a plumber.” 12 This is not how I remember him. He used to be so stubborn, the kind of guy who could make IRS examiners throw up th
28、eir hands in frustration and let him off. Now that I have his mind-set and dont want to give up, its as if hes acquired mine.,Intensive Study,13 He says, “Besides, I gotta get home. Your mother and I have to be at a dinner party at 7:30.” 14 “Dont you pay for the plumber,” he says. “Putting this thi
29、ng in is part of my Christmas present to you.” 15 Though weve failed to install the disposal, its been oddly satisfying. At last were on even ground. Maybe he wasnt the best father. Maybe I wasnt the best son, but I realize I will never be ready to cope with his leaving. I know that Im luckier than
30、some of my friends, whose fathers died while they were still locked in the battle that neither really wanted.,Intensive Study,16 The plumber comes two days later. He secures the disposal in its place as easily as I buckle my belt. 17 Not long ago, I started badgering my parents to get their estate i
31、n order. They didnt want to deal with it. I finally wrote them a letter saying if I were a parent, I would want to make damn sure the IRS got as little of my money as possible. I knew this would push my fathers buttons. It worked. They met with a lawyer.,Intensive Study,18 Later, my father and I lun
32、ch at a restaurant near my office so he can fill me in on the details. “One thing I dont want you to worry about is whatll happen to me,” he says, with the satisfied air of a man who has taken care of business. “The Navy will cremate me for free.” 19 “And what about the ashes?” I ask, concerned only
33、 with practical things. It is as if we are talking about how to get rid of the old disposal. 20 “They scatter them at sea.” He turns away, looking around for our waiter. Something breaks inside me. When he turns back, I am crying, hot tears springing up in my eyes so suddenly Im almost choking.,Inte
34、nsive Study,21 “I dont want you to die,” I manage to say. “I dont want them to scatter your ashes. Ill scatter your ashes.” 22 “Oh, Bill,” he says, taken aback, totally at a loss about what to say. “I just didnt want to burden you with it.” 23 I have no way to tell him that I want to be burdened wit
35、h it, that it is my birth right to be burdened with it. “I know,” I say. 24 I dont even look around to see if anybody is watching. I dont care. I reach across the table for his hand and hold it, trying to stop the tears. (1192 words),Intensive Study,There he is, in corduroy pants, the tread worn off
36、 the knees, and a shirt I outgrew in tenth grade.,Translate the sentence: ?,Key: 他站在那儿，穿一条膝盖处棱纹已被磨平的灯心绒裤子和一件我10年级时就穿不下的衬衫。,More to learn,outgrow vt. (1) grow too large or too tall for (esp. ones clothes) (2) grow faster or taller than (3) leave behind, as one grows older (bad habits, childish intere
37、sts, opinions, etc.),Examples: My seven-year-old son had new shoes in April and hes already outgrown them. He is only a high school student but he has already outgrown his father. Stay in touch with the practical world, then you will outgrow your youthful idealism soon.,His mechanical gene passed ov
38、er his only son, on its way to some future generation.,Translate the sentence: ?,Key: 他在机械方面的基因在传给后代的过程中同他的独生儿子擦肩而过了。,Paraphrase the sentence: ?,Key: As his only son, I havent inherited from him his gift in handling machines, a gift which my children or grand-children may inherit some time in the fu
39、ture.,More to learn,pass over fail to choose; disregard,Examples: Neither of us got the job. We were both passed over. He was passed over for chairmanship, and another man was appointed instead.,At 39, Ive made my peace with this.,Paraphrase the sentence: ?,Key: At 39, Ive accepted the fact (that I
40、have no mechanical gene) and stopped making any further efforts.,More to learn,make ones peace with (usu. sb.) put an end to quarrelling with (sb.), esp. by apologizing; accept,Examples: She has made peace with her neighbor. Stop fighting you two shake hands and make peace with each other.,take over
41、 to assume the control or management of,Examples: When Mr. Green retired, his son took over the business from him. It was in 1948 that the government took over the railways there.,enterprise n. sth. new, difficult, or important that one does or tries to do,Examples: He said he had doubts about the w
42、hole enterprise. The music festival is a new enterprise which we hope will become an annual event.,As a child, I identified so strongly with my mother that I thought my father was just a long-term house guest with spanking privileges.,Paraphrase the sentence: ?,Key: As a child, I was very much close
43、 to my mother that I thought my father was merely a guest who always stayed in our house and with the special right to spank a child.,More to learn,If you identify with someone, you feel that you are similar to them in some way or associated with them, or that you understand them or their feelings o
44、r ideas.,Examples: I found it hard to identify with any of the characters in the film. Many women of normal weight feel unable to identify with the super thin models.,But there was no cooling-off period between rounds.,Paraphrase the sentence: ?,Key: But the fight was a continuous one with no pause
45、between rounds of fight., 1) a state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full-scale war 2) a state of rivalry and tension between two factions, groups, or individuals that stops short of open, violent confrontation,cold war,Irish temper fierce or hot temper,
46、Examples: “The Irish temper is definitely there, and I dont think Ive ever met an Irish man that doesnt have an Irish temper.” Dont try to intimidate him. It only makes him lose his Irish temper.,all the problems of the world including an overprotected son who never saw anything through to completio
47、n could be cured by the application of more discipline,Paraphrase the sentence: ?,Key: all the problems of the world could be solved by applying stricter rules and punishment, including the problem of a child who was cared too much by its parents and always gave up halfway,More to learn,see sth. thr
48、ough (to completion) not abandon sth. (such as a task, undertaking, etc.) until it is finished,Examples: Shes determined to see the project through (to completion) and then she will resign from the board of directors. Mr. Brown will remain at the Department of Economic Affairs to see the policy thro
49、ugh.,at a time when an eighth-graders social status was measured in the fraction of an inch of hair kissing his collar,Paraphrase the sentence: ?,Key: at a time when an eighth-grader was judged to be a good or a bad child by whether the hair he wore was a bit too long so that it touched toe collar,If you freeze someone out o