大學(xué)英語精讀unit3ThePresent課件

1、Unit 3 The PresentUNIT 3 The Present閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研組閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室“ 禮物”是一種載意的媒體。中國有句俗話, 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, 用來傳遞一份份濃濃的情和義。俗話說：blood is thicker than water.血濃于水我們來欣賞以一位年邁母親在自己八十歲生日這一天滿懷喜悅和希望的心情等待郵差送來親生女兒的生日祝賀禮物的故事閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室After reading the text, please write T for true or F

2、 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 mother, but she wrote to her qui

3、te 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閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室Style and structure of the text:1.Style: Narrative Writing 2. Six points of the narration:Setting 背景-where and when the story takes placeCharacters人物-whoever tak

4、es 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-the central meaning閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室 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, go

5、t 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 tore the check into little bits. 閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大

6、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 anything came.Time :The old ladys birthdayP

7、lace:On the second floor 閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室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 】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)院英語系大外教研室 2. . the little boy from the ground floor brought up her letters on the r

8、are occasions when anything came. 1) the ground floor: first floor一層，是典型的英式用法，美國人用first floor。請(qǐng)看一些英語與美語的區(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，check支票，movie電影閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室2) rare: adj. unusual, uncommon, not often happening or seen

9、 稀有的，罕見的，不尋常的3) occasion: n.時(shí)候，場合【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)閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室3. Today she was sure there would be something. Myra wouldnt forget her mothers birthday, even if she seldom wrote at other times.Of course Myra was busy. Her husband h

10、ad 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，縱然，盡管2) at other times: on other occasions平時(shí)閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室 Her husband had been made Mayor,.make: 1) cause sb/sth to be or become sth: 使（某人某事物）表現(xiàn)出某狀況 2) elect or

11、 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)院英語系大外教研室Myra herself had got a medal for her work for the aged1. What rhetorical device（修辭手法） did the author use? Irony.諷刺2. What can we infer from this part? It is quit

12、e ironic (諷刺的) that Myra did a lot for the old in the society while she was so thoughtless for her mother. 閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室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 a primary school round

13、 the corner.content: adj. happy and satisfied with what you have滿足的，滿意的1) be content to do sth: 愿意做某事2) be content with sth: 滿足于你應(yīng)該滿足于你所擁有的。You should be content with what you have.閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室5 . One evening, however, Enid said, “Ive arranged for Mrs. Morrison to look after you for a few days, Mo

14、ther. 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【擴(kuò)展 】 arrangement: 安排，布置閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室Tomorrow I have to go into hospital just a minor operation. minor: adj. smaller; less important 較小的，

15、程度輕的，次要的minor problems 小問題minor changes 小變動(dòng)閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室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 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，她從來不會(huì)

16、忘記任何事情。As an efficient secretary, she never forgets anything.閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室efficient ; effective（有效的）1. This is a very method. 2. Mary turned out to be an _secretary.閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室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 l

17、ady 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) after all: in spite of what has been said, done or expected 畢竟，終究閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室eighty was a special birthd

18、ay, 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 w

19、as excited like a child. She would enjoy her day.1) spot: 點(diǎn)，斑點(diǎn)She was wearing 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)，場所，【搭配 】 on the spot: 當(dāng)場，在現(xiàn)場閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室作者在故事中對(duì)主人公的描寫分兩個(gè)方面, 一是外部的客觀描寫: 1. she got up early for the post. L 22. she had put on her best dress

20、. 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. L 24作者通過這些描述推動(dòng)了情節(jié)的發(fā)展, 為后面鋪墊。閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室10. Yesterday Mrs. Morrison had given the flat an extra cle

21、an,.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)院英語系大外教研室.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)院英語系大外教研室12. Jim ha

22、d always 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 h

23、ave, but she would be very pleased to get any kind of birthday present from her daughter.閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室15. Three were unsealed 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)院英語系大外教研室16.The old lady

24、felt a pang of disappointment.1)pang: a sudden, 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。 To our great disappointment,it rained on the day of our picnic.disappoint: v. fail to fulfill th

25、e hope of (a person)使失望努力工作，不要讓你父母失望Work hard. Dont disappoint your parents.閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室 The old lady felt a pang of disappointment. 17.What does this sentence imply? Immediately she felt very disappointed and her heart began to ache sharply.閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室 18.What her neighbors did for the old lad

26、ys 80th birthday?Mrs. Morrison , Mrs. Grant , JohnnieMrs. Morrison-Mrs. 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.閩南理工

27、學(xué)院英語系大外教研室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.閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室19. Almost reluctantly she tore the 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. u

28、nwilling 不情愿的，勉強(qiáng)的tear(tore, torn)v. 戳破，撕碎閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室20.tremble : to shake slightly 顫抖；輕輕搖晃 trembling adj. 發(fā)抖的 閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室Summary of the text:According to the following pictures to retell the story for us.閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室Finish the blanks:It was the old ladys birthday. She got up early (靜心等候郵件)_S

29、he (肯定) _ her daughter would not forgot her mothers birthday, (盡管她在別的時(shí)候很少寫信)_ (不管怎么說，八十大壽非同一般)_ However, her 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)院英語系大外教研室Keys:be ready for the postwas sure thateven if she seldom wrote at other timesAfter

30、all, eighty was a special birthday. she tore it into little bits with trembling fingers.閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室The theme of this text1. blood is thicker than water.血濃于水 2.Our relatives are more important 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)院英語系大外教研室Useful Expressions:血濃于水 blood is thicker than water做出更大努力

31、make an even bigger effort 難得/偶爾/很少 on rare occasions由于而獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)?get a medal for 閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室感到一陣失望的痛楚 feel a pang of disappointment撕開信封 tear the envelope open像只斷了翅膀的小鳥 like a bird with a broken wing用顫抖的手指 with trembling fingers撕成碎片 tearinto little bits閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室Study & practice:IIIVocabulary Activ

32、ities1. 1) present 2)decade 3)content 4)arrange5)minor 6)efficient 7) endure 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)院英語系大外教研室3. 1) at other times 2)After all 3) efficient 4) endure 5)extra, extr

33、a 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)院英語系大外教研室1) can endure2) 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)院英語系大外教研室IV. E

34、nriching 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)milkman 2)fireman 3)fisherman 4)businessman 5)policeman 6)spaceman 7) weatherman 8)sportsman閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室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)darkened 天空變暗5) sharpening 磨刀6)shortens 縮短閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室

35、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, D. excitedly, E. excited, F. excited閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室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,

36、D disappointment, E disappointed閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室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)院英語系大外教研室4) reluctance n. 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)院英語系大外教研室5) effi

37、ciency n. 效率 efficient adj. 效率高的 efficiently adv. 效率高地A efficiency, B efficient, C efficiently, D efficient閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室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

38、 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 know the contents of his aunts will. 閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室b. It can be used as an uncountable noun, e.g.Did you agree with the content of the speech?(The co

39、ntent of something such as a speech, piece of writhing, or TV program is the information it gives, or the idea or opinions expressed in it.）閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室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 h

40、ad never married, but had seemed content to live with 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.閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室Yo

41、u can also use contented to say that someone is happy and satisfied. Contented can be used as an attribute（定語） 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. 閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室d. it

42、 can be used as a verb, e.g.(By saying you 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. 海倫沒有參加討論，很舒服地吸著煙。閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室e. when used as a noun, conte

43、nt is pronounced /kntent/ . When used as an adjective or verb, it is pronounced /kntent/ 閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室總結(jié)： Content - n. 作可數(shù)名詞?？梢杂米鲝?fù)數(shù)，即contents, 但不能說 a content。可以指書包里，盒子里，抽屜里等的東西，物品，也可以指書信，報(bào)告，錄音帶或以文字形式記錄下來的內(nèi)容。 用作不可數(shù)名詞。 表示演講，書面作品，電視節(jié)目等傳遞的信息，意見和看法。閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室 content adj. 用作形容詞， 在句中只能作表語，意思是滿足的，滿意的，

44、甘愿的 be content to do sth. 愿意做某事 be content with sth. 對(duì)知足 contended adj. 可以放在名詞前面作定語，也可以在句中作表語。意思是滿足的，滿意的，甘愿的 content v.用作動(dòng)詞content oneself with doing sth.做很滿足 content 作名詞時(shí)，/kntent/ 作形容詞和動(dòng)詞發(fā)音為，/kntent/ 閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室1. contents 2.content 3.content/ contented 4.content 5. contented 6. content 7. conte

45、nt 8. content閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室VI. StructureModel 1. Sothat與tooto 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)雜的問題。Tom is so young that he cannot understand such a complicated problem.Tom is too young to understand such a complicated problem.閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室1) The bottle is too small to hold so much water.2) He was

46、too tired to go any further.3)He is too proud to see his own shortcomings.4)Its too late for the bookstore to be open.閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室too.to句式中,如果too后接形容詞ready時(shí)，無否定的意思 。eg. He is too ready to talk. 他愛說話 too.to 前面用否定詞時(shí)，表示肯定 eg.It is never too late to learn.活到老學(xué)到老 only too.to 表示肯定，其中too后的形容詞多是表示心情的，如gla

47、d,pleased,willing等，也有描繪性的形容詞，如good,kind,true等 eg.I am only too glad to talk with you.很高興和你談話 閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室Model 2Not until 表示直到才， 餐館十點(diǎn)鐘才開門。The restaurant doesnt open until 10.他要等到郵件來了以后再出去玩閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室5) They did not stop working until it became completely dark.6)He did not come until the meeting

48、 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.閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室VII. Cloze 1. occasion endured rare postman trembled After all at other times disappointment 2.A necessary and with The of in growing i

49、f one through when continueB. gift / present any/those could sing sent cost birthday bird replied 閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室VIII. Spot DictationS1 journey s2 shocked s3 funeral s4 While there s5 conversations s6 thoughts S7provide s8 dozens s9 over and over s10 meant閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室IX Translation 1.That famous ac

50、tor seemed content to play a minor part in the play.2. National Day is round the corner. Lets give our bedroom a thorough clean.3.She agreed, very reluctantly, to be operated on by a young doctor.4. They have arranged for us to visit the Great Wall tomorrow. Im sure well have a good time there.5. Af

51、ter reading the letter the old man was so disappointed that he tore it into little bits with trembling fingers.閩南理工學(xué)院英語系大外教研室6. The old couple were proud of their grandson, who got two gold medals and bronze at the 28th Olympic Games.7. Even if his grandmother could not come to his birthday party, she would send him a lovely present. Tom was sure of that. 8.