新视野大学英语第三版读写教程第一册Unit 2 A child’s clutter awaits an adult’s
皖西学院地址-节前安全教育
Unit 2
A child’s clutter awaits an
adult’s return
ⅠObjectives:
1.
To talk about the love between the parents and
children;
2. To understand the love between
the mother and the daughter in the text;
3.
To apply the phrases and patterns;
4. To
write an essay creatively based on the
understanding of the text.
Ⅱ Teaching
Focus and Difficulties
1. understand the
structure of the text
2. apply the writing
skills to organizing a paragraph
ⅢTeaching aids
Multimedia, chalk and
blackboard Warming up activities
Ⅳ
Teaching Procedure
Step 1: Warm-up activities
1. Do a quick survey: How close are you and
your parents?
2. Watch and Talk
1) What
happened to the father and the son?
enjoy the
baseball game dance to one’s favorite music be
too loud for one to put up with … go upstairs
shout to sb. that … rather than do as sb.
tells bring one’s things into sb.’s room play
the electric guitar
at the top of the
speaker’s volume make one’s blood boil
2). Is
there any conflict or disagreement between you and
your parents? And what should we do to settle the
conflict or disagreement?
1) Keep our
minds open to our parents;
2) Treat our
parents the way we want them to treat us;
3)
Make friends with our parents;
4) Learn to be
responsible for our actions;
5) Be sure to
show love to our parents in different forms.
3. Compound Dictation
Step 2.
Structure of the text
The text depicts a
mother’s responses to her daughter’s fight for
independence through detailed description
of
the mess left behind by the daughter.
Part 1 (1-3): The daughter is leaving home for
independence and the mother feels glad on the one
hand and
expresses her concerndoubt on the
other.
Part 2 (5-12): The daughter leaves a
mess in her rooms and the mother straightens up
the rooms.
Part 3 (13-22) After the mother
finds a large envelope with all the memorable
things the parents gave to the
daughter, the
mother’s attitude changesreverses completely.
Step3. Details for each part
(1)
Questions for part 1
1. Why did the daughter
buy a large and expensive vehicle according to the
mother?
1
Because her
mother advised her to buy a practical and gas-
efficient car. The daughter did this on purpose
because at this age, she was being rebellious.
2. What does the mother want to tell through
the fact that her daughter has bought a truck
instead of a car and
that she is still
watching cartoons?
The mother wants to show
that although her daughter tries to show she is an
adult, actually she is not.
3. How does the
mother feel towards her daughter’s leaving home?
The mother is happy that her daughter is
independent now, but on the other hand, she feels
doubtful
whether her daughter could take good
care of herself.
Language points for part 1
1. await
V . wait for 等候；等待
Very
little was said as we awaited the arrival of the
chairman. 我们等候主席到来的时候都没怎么说话。
V.
即将发生于；将降临到…身上
A nasty surprise awaited them
in Rosemary Lane. 在罗斯玛丽巷，一起严重的意外事件正等待着他
wait, await 这两个动词均含“等，等待”之意。
1). wait
for the bus await trial
2).一般来说，await
的宾语大多为抽象名称，如 decision, reply, arrival,
announcement , return,等，而wait
for 后的宾语一般为人或事物
3).我们等待他们进一步的消息。
• We shall await
_________ further from them.
• We shall wait
_________ further from them.
2. efficient,
effective 这组词都有“有效的”的意思，其区别是：
efficient
“效率高的”，“有能力的”，用以指人或物，着重有效地利用时间、精力并取得预期效果。 如：
The German telephone system is highly
efficient. 德国的电话系统效率很高。
effective
常用以指物，强调能产生某种预期的效果。如： effective medicine,
effective method
3 …so often that my teeth
ached.
to show extreme annoyance, comparable
to the sharp of an aching tooth.
eg. I
hate the scrape of chalk on the blackboard; it
makes my teeth ache.
it 成功；准时到达
fight
it out 决一雌雄 foot it 走着去 funk it
(因害怕而)逃避
(2) Questions for part 2
does the mother decide to deal with her daughter’s
books?
• The mother puts her daughter's books
onto a single shelf to deal with later.
2. Why
does the mother describe in great detail the mess
in her daughter’s room?
• The mother wants to
show that her daughter is not ready to be an adult
yet.
Language Points for part 2
ic 与
historical
（ 1 ） historic 有历史意义的、历史上有名的（
important in history）;古老的
historic
strike 具有历史意义的大罢工 historic building 历史古老的建筑
（ 2 ） historical 历史上有过的，关于历史的 historical
period （ story ）历史时期（小说）
classic 与
classical
（ 1 ） classic 典型的，经典的，最优秀的 It is a
classic example. 这是一个典型的例子。
（ 2 ） classical
古希腊、罗马的文学、艺术，意为“古典（文学或艺术）的”
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classical languages 古代语言 classical
music 古典音乐
electric 与 electrical
（ 1 ）
electric “电的，电动的，导电的”，指本身可以带电，一般用来修饰任何电动或发电的装置。
• 如： electric wire （ light， fan， stove， iron
）电线（灯、扇、炉、熨斗）。
（ 2 ） electrical
“电的，电学的”，一般用来表示有关电的科学、人员或装置，被修饰的事物本身不能
带电。如： electrical engineer （ measure， appliance
）电力工程师（测量、器材）
但在表示电流“ electric （ al ）
current ”、电阻“ electric （ al ） resistance ”时可通用
comic 与 comical
comic
“喜剧（艺术）的”，常指戏剧，也可指“滑稽可笑的”如:
a
comic opera 喜剧， a comic actor 丑角
comical
“滑稽可笑的”如： a comical expression 可笑的表情。
economic 与 economical
economic
“经济方面的、经济学的” economic policy theory 经济政策理论
economical “节俭的、省钱的、不浪费的” an economical
person 一个节俭的人
2. stackheappile
A
stack of things is usually tidy, and often
consists of flat objects placed directly on top of
each other. ...a neat
stack of dishes. A heap
of things is usually untidy, and often has the
shape of a hill or mound. Now, the house is
a
heap of rubble. A pile can be tidy or untidy. ...a
neat pile of clothes.
stack
通常表示由扁平物体直接叠放而成的整齐的一叠，如：a neat stack of dishes
(整齐的一叠盘子)。
heap 通常表示杂乱地堆放成小山或土丘状的一堆物品，如：Now,
the house is a heap of rubble (现在，这
座房子成了一堆瓦砾)。
pile 则既可以表示整齐的一堆，也可以表示杂乱的一堆，如：a neat pile of
clothes (整齐的一叠衣物)。
•
3. Strip
1).除去;剥去
• After Mike left for work I
stripped (off) the beds and vacuumed the carpets.
• 迈克去上班后，我扯下了床罩并用吸尘器清扫地毯。
2).脱掉(…的)衣服
Jack stripped (off) his sweater and threw it onto
the couch.
3).剥夺，褫夺(财产、权利、头衔)
• The
soldiers have stripped the civilians of their
passports, and every other type of document.
4).长条，条板；带状地带（或森林、湖面等）
strips of wood 木条
narrow strips of land 狭长地带 comic strip 连环漫画
stripper 脱衣舞女；剥离器 stripe 条纹，斑纹；种类 strap v.
用带捆扎抽打； n. 皮带；鞭打
(3) Details for part 3
Question:Questions about Part 3:
1. What
catches the mother’s attention under the bed?
What’s inside it?
A large envelope marked
with “DO NOT THROW AWAY”. There are family
photographs, letters,
greeting cards, and love
notes from the parents.
2. What does the
mother do finally
At first, the mother decides
to throw away some of the items and donate the
rest to charity. After she sees the
brown
envelop, she changes her mind and puts them back
in place.
3. Why did the mother feel confident
that her daughter will come back one day?
3
Because the mother knows
that the sweet childhood memories will bring her
daughter back.
Language points:
reverse
1). vt 逆转，彻底改变(决定、政策、趋势等)
• They have
made it clear they will not reverse the decision
to increase prices.
•
他们已经明确表示不会更改提价的决定。
2). vt 颠倒，反转（事物的顺序）
•
The normal word order is reversed in passive
sentences. 正常词序在被动句中是颠倒的。
3).reverse
oneself (Am.E) 争论中改变立场主意
4).n. 完全相反;正相反
There is absolutely no evidence at all that
spectators want longer cricket matches--- quite
the reverse.
• 完全没有证据表明观众想看时间更长的板球比赛。情况恰恰相反。
5).adj. (only before noun) 相反的
• The
wrong attitude will have exactly the reverse
effect. 错误的态度会产生完全相反的效果。
Ⅵ Homework
Finish the after class exercise.
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