大學(xué)英語(yǔ)精讀unit3thepresent(修改版)

1、閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,Unit 3 The Present,,,UNIT 3 The Present,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研組,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,“ 禮物”是一種載意的媒體。中國(guó)有句俗話(huà), 叫“千里送鵝毛, 禮輕情意重” 。在人們的日常生活交往中, “禮物” 經(jīng)常作為一種中介, 用來(lái)傳遞一份份濃濃的情和義。俗話(huà)說(shuō)：blood is thicker than water.血濃于水我們來(lái)欣賞以一位

2、年邁母親在自己八十歲生日這一天滿(mǎn)懷喜悅和希望的心情等待郵差送來(lái)親生女兒的生日祝賀禮物的故事,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,After reading the text, please 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

3、 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 mother, but she wrote to her quite often.4. The old w

4、oman was quite sure that Myra would come to see her since eighty was a special birthday.1.F 2.T 3. F 4.F,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,Style and structure of the text:1.Style: Narrative Writing 2. Six points of the narration:S

5、etting 背景---where and when the story takes placeCharacters人物-----whoever takes part in the story Plot情節(jié)---all of the events that tell the storyClimax-高潮--- the most intense part Ending結(jié)局--- end of the storyTheme主題--

6、-the central meaning,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)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 old lady, filled with expectation, got up early on her birthday. 第二部分Paras.(8-19)

7、 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 tore

8、 the check into little bits.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,1.It was the old lady’s 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 li

9、ttle boy from the ground floor brought up her letters on the rare occasions when anything came.Time :The old lady’s birthdayPlace:On the second floor,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,Language Points:1.She got up early to be ready

10、 for the post.1) be ready for sth: prepared and fit for use【例句 】準(zhǔn)備好上課了嗎？Are you ready for class?【搭配 】 be ready to do sth準(zhǔn)備好做某事.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,2. ….. the little boy from the ground floor brought up her letters on t

11、he rare occasions when anything came. 1) the ground floor: first floor一層，是典型的英式用法，美國(guó)人用first floor。請(qǐng)看一些英語(yǔ)與美語(yǔ)的區(qū)別： 英：ground floor 一層， first floor 二層，flat公寓，cheque支票，film電影美： first floor 一層， second floor 二層，apartment公寓，c

12、heck支票，movie電影,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,2) rare: adj. unusual, uncommon, not often happening or seen 稀有的，罕見(jiàn)的，不尋常的3) occasion: n.時(shí)候，場(chǎng)合【擴(kuò)展 】occasional: 偶然的，偶爾的【 occasion常用搭配】有時(shí) on occasionson (the) rare occasion(s) 很少有機(jī)會(huì),閩南

13、理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,3. Today she was sure there would be something. Myra wouldn’t forget her mother’s birthday, even if she seldom wrote at other times.Of course Myra was busy. Her husband had been made Mayor, and Myra herself

14、had got a medal for her work for the aged.1) even if: in spite of the fact that, no matter whether 即使，縱然，盡管2) at other times: on other occasions平時(shí),閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,Her husband had been made Mayor,….make: 1) cause sb/

15、sth to be or become sth: 使（某人[某事物]）表現(xiàn)出某狀況 2) elect or choose sb as sth 挑選，任命，【例句 】她任命他做她的助手。She made him her assistant.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,【搭配 】 取笑make fun of辦成功，做到make it利用make use of,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,Myra herself

16、 had got a medal for her work for the aged,1. What rhetorical device（修辭手法） did the author use? Irony.諷刺2. What can we infer from this part? It is quite ironic (諷刺的) that Myra did a lot for the old in the socie

17、ty while she was so thoughtless for her mother.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)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 had seemed content to live with her mother, and teach in

18、 a primary school round the corner.content: adj. happy and satisfied with what you have滿(mǎn)足的，滿(mǎn)意的1) be content to do sth: 愿意做某事2) be content with sth: 滿(mǎn)足于你應(yīng)該滿(mǎn)足于你所擁有的。You should be content with what you have.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系

19、大外教研室,,5 . One evening, however, Enid said, “I’ve arranged for Mrs. Morrison to look after you for a few days, Mother. Tomorrow I have to go into hospital — just a minor operation. I’ll soon be home.”(I will be back soo

20、n) arrange for sb/sth to do: make preparations for; 安排某人做某事【擴(kuò)展 】 arrangement: 安排，布置,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,Tomorrow I have to go into hospital — just a minor operation. minor: adj. smaller; less important 較小的，程度輕的，次要的min

21、or problems 小問(wèn)題minor changes 小變動(dòng),閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)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. Morrison to come

22、in….efficient: adj. able to work well; capable 有效率的，效率高的【例句 】作為一個(gè)高效率的秘書(shū)，她從來(lái)不會(huì)忘記任何事情。As an efficient secretary, she never forgets anything.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,efficient ; effective（有效的）1. This is a very meth

23、od. 2. Mary turned out to be an ____secretary.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,7. Two years ago that 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

24、 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) after all: in spite of what has been said, done or exp

25、ected 畢竟，終究,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)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. 畢竟80壽辰是個(gè)非同尋常的日子。你又活了10年，或者是熬了10年。是活是熬就在于你怎么看。,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)

26、系大外教研室,,9. Even if Myra did not come, 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: 點(diǎn)，斑點(diǎn)She was we

27、aring a black skirt with white spots.她穿著一條黑底白點(diǎn)的裙子。B) n. a particular area or place 地點(diǎn)，場(chǎng)所，【搭配 】 on the spot: 當(dāng)場(chǎng)，在現(xiàn)場(chǎng),閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,作者在故事中對(duì)主人公的描寫(xiě)分兩個(gè)方面, 一是外部的客觀(guān)描寫(xiě): 1. she got up early for the post. L 22. she had put o

28、n her best dress. L 213. Two spots of colour brightened her cheeks. L 25內(nèi)心描述：1. Today she was sure there would be something. L 62. Even if Myra did not come, she would send a present. The old lady was sure of that.

29、L 24作者通過(guò)這些描述推動(dòng)了情節(jié)的發(fā)展, 為后面鋪墊。,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,10. Yesterday Mrs. Morrison had given the flat an extra clean,….extra: adj. additional 額外的， 附加的，外加的extra 作為前綴一般在形容詞和名詞前如:extraordinary , extralegal, extracurricular,閩南理工學(xué)院

30、英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,…..a bunch of marigolds when she came to do the breakfast,………….. a bunch of 一束, 一串 a bunch of keys/grapes/bananas常用的量詞如下：packet: （一 ）包，盒 piece：（一）片，條，快，支 pair：（一）雙，對(duì),閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,12. Jim had alway

31、s liked her in blue.in: prep. wearing, 穿著，戴著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】一個(gè)穿著藍(lán)色牛仔褲的女孩a girl in blue jeans一個(gè)穿著校服的學(xué)生a student in uniform,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,14. So many lovely things.

32、 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.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,15. Three were unsealed

33、cards from old friends. seal v. close 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,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,16.The old lady felt a pang of disappointment.1)pang: a s

34、udden, sharp, emotional pain 突然的劇痛 看完信后，她感到一陣陣悔恨。 After reading the letter, she felt a pang of regret.2)disappointment: being disappointed失望，沮喪使我們大失所望的是，野餐那天下起雨來(lái)。 To our great disappointment,it rained on the day o

35、f our picnic.disappoint: v. fail to fulfill the hope of (a person)使失望努力工作，不要讓你父母失望Work hard. Don’t disappoint your parents.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,The old lady felt a pang of disappointment. 17.What does this sentence impl

36、y? Immediately she felt very disappointed and her heart began to ache sharply.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,18.What her neighbors did for the old lady’s 80th birthday?Mrs. Morrison , Mrs. Grant , JohnnieMrs. Morrison--------Mrs

37、. Morrison had given the flat an extra clean yesterday. Today she had brought a card and a bunch of marigolds.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,Mrs. Grant------------Mrs. Grant downstairs had made a cake and in the afternoon she was goi

38、ng down there to tea.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,Johnnie----------- The little boy had been up with a packet of mints and said he wouldn’t go out to play until the post had come.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,19. Almost reluctantly she tore t

39、he envelope open. reluctantly :adv. unwillingly不情愿地，勉強(qiáng)地我們勉強(qiáng)答應(yīng)跟她一起去。We reluctantly agreed to go with her.【擴(kuò)展】reluctant: adj. unwilling 不情愿的，勉強(qiáng)的tear(tore, torn)v. 戳破，撕碎,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,20.tremble : to shake slightly

40、顫抖；輕輕搖晃 trembling   adj. 發(fā)抖的,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,Summary of the text:According to the following pictures to retell the story for us.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,,Finish the blanks:It was the old lady’s birthday. She got up ea

41、rly (靜心等候郵件)_______________She (肯定) ________ her daughter would not forgot her mother’s birthday, (盡管她在別的時(shí)候很少寫(xiě)信)_________ (不管怎么說(shuō)，八十大壽非同一般)__________________ However, he

42、r daughter sent her a check instead of a gift. She was so disappointed that (她用顫抖的手把支票撕了個(gè)粉碎)_______________ .,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,Keys:be ready for the postwas sure thateven if she seldom wro

43、te at other timesAfter all, eighty was a special birthday. she tore it into little bits with trembling fingers.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,The theme of this text1. blood is thicker than water.血濃于水 2.Our relatives are more impo

44、rtant to us than others. 我們的親人比別人對(duì)我們更重要。,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,Useful Expressions:血濃于水 blood is thicker than water做出更大努力make an even bigger effort 難得/偶爾/很少 on rare occasions由于…而獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)?

45、 get a medal for,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,感到一陣失望的痛楚 feel a pang of disappointment撕開(kāi)信封 tear the envelope open像只斷了翅膀的小鳥(niǎo) like a bird with a broken wing用顫抖的手指

46、with trembling fingers撕成碎片 tear…into little bits,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,Study & practice:III．Vocabulary Activities1. 1) present 2)decade 3)content 4)arrange5)minor 6)efficient 7) endure

47、 8)extra 9) reluctantly 10)tremble2. 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,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,3. 1) at other times 2)After all

48、 3) efficient 4) endure 5)extra, extra 6) round the corner 7) occasions 8) minor 9)arranged 10) primary 11)rare 12) trembling 13) reluctantly 14) disappointment,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,1) can endure2

49、) on the occasion of3) to pick it up4) are not sure of5) felt a pang of disappointment6) Not being content/ As he was not content,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,IV. Enriching your word power1.有些常用名詞放在-man 一詞前面可以構(gòu)成合成名詞，表示職業(yè)。1)milk

50、man 2)fireman 3)fisherman 4)businessman 5)policeman 6)spaceman 7) weatherman 8)sportsman,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,2.后綴-en加在一些形容詞后面可以構(gòu)成動(dòng)詞，表示使…..變成，變得1)broadens 河流變寬 2)widened 興趣變廣 3)quicken 加快腳步4)dark

51、ened 天空變暗5) sharpening 磨刀6)shortens 縮短,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,3.excite v. 使興奮 excitement n. 欣喜，興奮 excited adj. 激動(dòng)不已的， exciting adj. 令人激動(dòng)的A. excitement, B. excited, C. exciting,

52、D. excitedly, E. excited, F. excited,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)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 disappoin

53、ted, D disappointment, E disappointed,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,3) patience n. 耐心 patient adj. 有耐心的 patiently adv. 耐心地A patience, B patient, C patiently, D patience,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,4) reluctance n.

54、不情愿 reluctant adj. 不情愿的 reluctantly adv. 勉強(qiáng)地，不情愿地A reluctant, B reluctance, C reluctantly, D reluctant,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,5) efficiency n. 效率 efficient adj. 效率高的 efficiently adv. 效率高地

55、A efficiency, B efficient, C efficiently, D efficient,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)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 p

56、lural form. You can say ‘contents’, but not ‘a(chǎn) content’, e.g.例如：I watched Grandpa pouring out the contents of the bag.(The contents of something such as a box are the thing inside it.) Edward told me that he did not k

57、now the contents of his aunt’s will.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)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, or TV progra

58、m is the information it gives, or the idea or opinions expressed in it.）,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,c. It can be used as an adjective.①I(mǎi)f you say you are content to do something, you mean you are willing to do it, have it, or accep

59、t it, e.g.Enid had never married, but had seemed content to live with her mother, and teach in a primary school round the corner.②If you say you are content, you mean you are happy and satisfied, e.g.Not for years had

60、 she felt more content.③But content is not used with this meaning in front of a noun.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,④You can also use contented to say that someone is happy and satisfied. Contented can be used as an attribute（定語(yǔ)） in f

61、ront 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.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,d. it can be used as a verb, e.g.(By

62、 saying ‘you content yourself with doing something’, you mean you are satisfied with it and do not try to do other things.)Helen didn’t take part in the discussion, but contented herself with smoking cigarettes. 海倫沒(méi)有參加

63、討論，很舒服地吸著煙。,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,e. when used as a noun, content is pronounced /´k?ntent/ . When used as an adjective or verb, it is pronounced /k?n´tent/,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,總結(jié)： Content ---- n.① 作可數(shù)名詞?？梢杂米鲝?fù)數(shù)，即contents,

64、 但不能說(shuō) a content?？梢灾笗?shū)包里，盒子里，抽屜里等的東西，物品，也可以指書(shū)信，報(bào)告，錄音帶或以文字形式記錄下來(lái)的內(nèi)容。② 用作不可數(shù)名詞。 表示演講，書(shū)面作品，電視節(jié)目等傳遞的信息，意見(jiàn)和看法。,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,③ content adj. 用作形容詞， 在句中只能作表語(yǔ)，意思是滿(mǎn)足的，滿(mǎn)意的，甘愿的 be content to do sth. 愿意做某事 be content with s

65、th. 對(duì)…知足④ contended adj. 可以放在名詞前面作定語(yǔ)，也可以在句中作表語(yǔ)。意思是滿(mǎn)足的，滿(mǎn)意的，甘愿的⑤ content v.用作動(dòng)詞content oneself with doing sth.做…很滿(mǎn)足⑥ content 作名詞時(shí)，/´k?ntent/ 作形容詞和動(dòng)詞發(fā)音為，/k?n´tent/,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,1. contents 2.content

66、 3.content/ contented 4.content 5. contented 6. content 7. content 8. content,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,VI. StructureModel 1. So…that…與too…to 意義相同，兩者都表示程度，即太….以至于不….湯姆太小，理解不了這么復(fù)雜的問(wèn)題。Tom is so young

67、 that he cannot understand such a complicated problem.Tom is too young to understand such a complicated problem.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)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 further.3)

68、He is too proud to see his own shortcomings.4)It’s too late for the bookstore to be open.,閩南理工學(xué)院英語(yǔ)系大外教研室,１．too...to句式中,如果too后接形容詞ready時(shí)，無(wú)否定的意思 。eg. He is too ready to talk. 他愛(ài)說(shuō)話(huà) ２．too..to 前面用否定詞時(shí)，表示肯定 eg.　It is nev