第三版《大学英语》1教学课件Unit3

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大学英语 II
_ 2011级艺术类本科

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公共基础课

4学时_
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__ Unit 3 Text A___


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Ⅰ. General Introduction















Ⅱ. Teaching Procedures (of Text A)
STEPS METHODS OBJECTIVES TIME
Text :
Unit 3 Text A The Present

Teaching Aims【教学目的】: To enable the students (Ss) to —
1 understand the main idea (It is an account of what happens to an old woman on her eightieth
birthday) and structure of the text;
2 master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;
3 conduct a series of listening, speaking, reading and writing activities related to the theme of
the unit.
Teaching Focus【教学重点】:
1. Key Words & Phrases to Drill:
1) arrange, bunch, decade, disappointment, efficient, endure, extra, medal, minor, occasion,
postman, primary, rare, reluctantly, spot, tremble
2) after all, at other times, be sure of, look after, pick up, round the corner
2. Usage
content
3. Main structure
1) too…to…
2) not…until…
Difficulties【教学难点】:
Discourse Analysis of the Story
Teaching Methods【教学方法】:
Questions, explanation, analysis, sentence- making, oral practice and exercises.
Teaching Aids【教学手段】:
Multimedia teaching facilities
Innovations【创新点】:
Group discussion is used to summarize effective ways to learn English well.
Introduction
Explanation To inform the Ss of the teaching 2 min
procedures
20 min
Warming-up
Questions and group To lead into the topic of text A
discussions
Study of the Text
Questions for To grasp the main ideas, make 25 min
comprehension,
clear the author’s ideas
analysis, explanations


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Text Organization
Questions
Explanations
and Analyze the writing and reading 10 min
skill in this text
To discover Ss’ difficulties, study 50 min
key language points
To consolidate
expressions
the useful 10
Language Study &
Explanation,
sentence-making
Difficulties
Explanation
Useful Expressions
Grammar Focus
Translation
Group work To practice the usage “adverbial 15 min
modifier” and the structure
“double objects”
and To develop the students’ speaking 20 min
skill.
To explain difficult points.
and To develop the translating skill
15min
10
Group Discussion
Discussion
presentation
Explanation
Group work
discussion
Written work
Check Exercise
Translation
Assignment
Ask students to do Exercise VI 3 min
and learn Text B by themselves
after class
180 min
Total


Ⅲ. Detailed Teaching Activities
Step 1 Background Information Related to the Text
1 Fun Facts about Happy Birthday to You
2 Important Birthdays in the West

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3 Traditional Birthday Celebration in Western Countries
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family party; a major present (watch; car)
a special way to celebrate
the centennial birthday, unusual occasion, may receive a telegram
or a letter of congratulations from some famous figures (Prime
Minister or Queen), family party; count great grandchildren and
grandchildren


Directions: Task
Summarize the traditional ways to celebrate birthday in the west.
Saying “Happy Birthday”
Opening the presents
Food and drinks are served
Turning off the light and light the candles
Singing birthday song and make a wish
The birthday person blows out the candles on the cake
The birthday person cuts the cake
The guests wish the birthday person “happy birthday” again and leave

Step2 Warm-Up Questions
1 Do you often call your parents? What do you usually talk about with your parents on the phone?
2 Do you know your parent’s birthdays? What do you usually do to celebrate their birthdays?
3 Suppose your mother were fifty tomorrow. What birthday present would you send her?

Step 3 Introductory Remarks
What or what present would an old lady expect from her daughter for her eightieth birthday?
It is the old lady’s eightieth birthday. She is very excited. She gets up early and puts on her best
dress. She wishes her daughter would come to see her, though deep down she has her doubts. But
one thing is certain: She will get a present from her daughter anyway. So she waits with eagerness.
Finally the postman comes; the old woman, however, does not receive the parcel she has
expecting, but a printed birthday card along with a cheque. She is so disappointed, so hurt, that she
tears the cheque into small pieces.
The story, simple as it is, shows us some aspects of the family relationship in Western society
and gives us an insight into the frustrations lonely old people suffer.

Step 3 Comprehension of the Text
1. True or False Judgment
Direction: The following True False exercise is designed to help the students to obtain a general


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idea of the text. The students are expected to repeat a statement if it is true, and to
correct the statement if it is false.
1) The old lady got up early that day simply because she was in the habit of doing so. (F)
(She wanted to be ready for the post)
2) The old lady had two daughters: Myra, the one she was proud of, and Enid, the one she loved.
(T)
3) The old lady was proud of Myra as she had got a medal for her work for the aged. (T)
4) Enid worked as a school teacher and lived with her mother until she died. (T)
5) In the past two years, Myra seldom came to see her mother, but she wrote to her quite often. (F)
(She seldom wrote.)
6) The old woman was sure that Myra would come to see her since eighty was a special birthday.
(F)
(She thought Myra might come; she was sure Myra would send a present even if she didn’t come.)
7) Mrs. Morrison the help, and neighbors were particularly kind toward her that day; they either
gave her some lovely presents or invited her to an afternoon tea. (T)
8) The boy downstairs ran to the gate and got the post for her. (T)
9) As soon as she saw the envelope in Myra’s writing, she knew that her daughter would not send
her any presents. (F)
(She was still hopeful that the parcel would come by parcel-post.)
10) After she read what her daughter wrote on the printed birthday card, she felt so hurt that she
tore the cheque that came along with the card into little bits. (T)
2. Answer the following questions based on the text:
1) What was the special occasion? How old was the old lady?
Answer: It was the old lady’s birthday.
2) Did Myra and her husband often come to see the old lady?
3) What had happened to Enid?
4) Whom did the old lady love more, Myra or Enid? Why?
5) Why was the old lady proud of Myra?
6) The old lady lived alone. But do you think she was very lonely? Why or why not?
7) Who was Jim? Was he still alive?
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8) Who was Jonnie? How old was he? What do you think of him?
9) Why did the old lady tear the cheque into pieces?
10) The story tells us that Myra had won a medal for her work with the old people. Do you think
she deserved the medal? Do you think she really cared about old people? Why or why not?

Step 4 Part Division of the Text
Part
1
Lines
1-5
Main Idea
The old lady, filled with expectation, got up early on her
birthday.
2 6-43 The old lady looked forward to something special from her
daughter Myra.
3
44-61 The present from Myra turned out to be a printed card plus a
check. The old lady tore the check into little bits.

Step 5 Text Organization
1. What type is the text?
A. narration B. exposition C. description D. argumentation
Key (A)
2. A narration is usually organized in order of . (time sequence)
3. Discourse Analysis
Some Critical Terms in Narrative Stories:
Setting
Characters
Plot
Climax
where and when the story takes place
whoever takes part in the story (people or animals)
all of the events that tell the story
the most intense point of action where a crisis is reached and resolution
achieved
Point of view the angle from which a story is presented (Stories are told either in the
first person or the third person.)
Chronological the use of time references to organize the episodes of a story


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structure (Chronological structure is important in stories in which action is
significantly related to the passing of time.)
Flashback a term used to describe any scene or episode which is inserted to show
events that happened at an earlier time
Theme

4. Discourse Analysis of the Story:
Directions: Scan the text and list the basic elements for the story.
Setting Time: the old lady’s birthday
Place: on the second floor flat
Characters
Plot
the old lady, Enid, Myra, Johnnie, Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Grant
The old lady had expected a present from her daughter Myra and was
disappointed to receive only a check.
Climax The moment when the old lady received only a check for her 80th birthday
and she tore it into bits with trembling figures.
Point of view
Chronological
structure
Flashback The old lady recalled how Enid died on the operating table and what Myra
had done for her afterwards.
Theme Blood is thicker than water. Our parents and relatives are more important
to us than others.

5. Words Scanning
The story is in the third person.
The story is organized through the use of time references.
the central meaning that is implicit in a story
1) Directions: Scan the text and use some adjectives to describe her two daughters’
and neighbors’ attitudes to the old lady.
Johnnie, Mrs. Morrison & Mrs. Grant: helpful, kind, warm-hearted
Enid: considerate, thoughtful
Myra: thoughtless
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2) Directions: Scan the text again and use some phrases describing the changes of
the old lady’s actions and feeling.
expectation: get up early; be sure of something; put on best dress; might come
concession: even if; send a present
another expectation: two spots of color; excited like a child; stand by the window, watching
disappointment: feel a pang of disappointment
concession: the parcel too large to come by the post
complete disappointment: reluctantly; a card; a piece of paper

6. Further Understanding
For Part 1& Part 2
1. What her neighbors did for the old lady’s 80th birthday?
Mrs. Morrison Mrs. Morrison had given the flat an extra clean yesterday.
Today she had brought a card and a bunch of marigolds.
Mrs. Grant Mrs. Grant downstairs had made a cake and in the afternoon she
was going down there to tea.
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.
2. Make up a dialogue between the old lady and one of her best friends. They talk through
telephone about her birthday.
Tip:
A: Hello. Is thisthat XXX?
B: Yes, may I ask who this is?
A: … Happy birthday to you!
B: Thank you.
A: …
For Part 3: Group Discussion
1) Why did the old lady feel so hurt when she got the check from her daughter?


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A check is impersonal. It symbolizes obligation but with no sincere feelings. Myra regarded her
work with strangers as more important than the happiness of her own old mother. It seems that
everyone in the neighborhood was aware that the old woman’s 80th birthday fell on that day. They
regarded it as an important occasion.
2) How do you understand that blood is thicker than water?
By saying “Blood is thicker than water”, we mean that family members or our relatives are more
important than others (friends, neighbors, etc.). Not only should we be always considerate and
helpful to our family members but also we should take the responsibility or obligation to make
them happy.

Step 6 Language Study & Difficulties Explanation
1. They say that blood is thicker than water: It is said that family relationships are the strongest
ones. 血浓于水(亲属关系最强有力);亲人要比外人亲。
2. make an effort to do sth: try to do sth; try one’s best to do sth
make an even bigger effort to please her: try harder to make her happy.
我应该尽力把英语学好。I should make an effort to learn English well.

Para 1
Question: What was the special occasion?
Answer: It was the old lady’s birthday.

Para 2
1. be ready for the post: be fully prepared for letters, parcels, etc.
ready for sth.: prepared and fit for use
Collocation:
be ready to do sth. 准备好做某事
2. flat: n. apartment; set of rooms (living-room, bed-room, kitchen, etc)
from the second floor flat 从三楼的公寓套间里
from the ground floor 从底楼
3. on the rare occasions: not often; seldom; rarely
我难得有机会看电影。I see films on the rare occasions.
4. rare: adj. unusual; not often happening or seen
It is rare for her to go out at night.
5. occasion: n. special event; time when sth. Happens
Prof. Smith is not a stranger to us. We’ve met him on several occasions.
Collocation:
on the occasion of 在…场合下
on occasion (= sometimes)有时
have an occasion to do sth 有机会做某事
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on rare occasion 很少有机会

Para 3
if: even though; in spite of the fact that
Even if it was raining, we had to go out.
2. seldom: not often; rarely
3. at other times: on other occasions
If you work hard at other times, you won’t have to sit up all night before the exam.
4. make: (followed by an object and complement) cause to be or become
They made him Chairman of the Student’s Union.
他把他的含意说明白。He made himself understood.
Collocation:
make for 走向,向…前进
make fun of 取笑
make it 办成功,做到
make out 填写,开列,理解,辨认出
make use of 利用
5. mayor: head of a city
5. the aged: the old; the old people
get a medal for her work for the aged


胡锦涛为费俊龙、聂海胜颁发奖章和证书
President Hu Jintao awarded medals to Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng

Para 4
Question: Why was the old lady proud of Myra?
Answer: Because her husband was a mayor, and Myra had got a medal for her work for the old.
Question: Whom did the old lady love more, Myra or Enid? Why?
Answer: The old lady loved Enid more because she lived with her mother and cared for her.

1. be proud of: take pride in
We are proud of our motherland.
2. seem content to do sth: seem pleased satisfied happy to do sth
content to (do sth.): pleased to (do sth.); satisfied to (do sth.)
Will you be content to wait till tomorrow?
The old couple seem content to sit in front of the television all evening.
那对老年夫妇似乎对整晚坐在电视机前看电视感到满意。
Pattern:
be content with 满足于


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to one’s heart’s content 心满意足
3. round the corner: very near; nearby; not far away
他的家就在附近。His house is round the corner.
4. primary: adj.
1) first, as in order, time or place
Primary education is compulsory in our country.
2) main; first in importance
Our history professor explained the primary cause of the First World War.
5. teach in a primary school round the corner: teach in a primary school nearby

Note: for a “primary school”, American people say as “elementary school”.
6. round (around) the corner: very near; nearby
The teaching building is just round the corner.
春节就要到了。The Spring Festival is just round the corner.


Para 5
1. arrange for sb to do sth: ask sb to do sth
arrange for: make plans in advance about (sth. for sb.); organize for (sth. to be done)
We have arranged for the car to come at nine.
他去英国安排儿子的教育事宜。He went to England to arrange for his boy’s education.
arrange for Mrs. Morrison to look after you
2. just a minor operation: only a small operation
minor: adj. smaller; less important or serious
The house is in good condition; it needs just a few minor repairs.
Jim had a minor problem with his car, but he fixed it himself.
3. operate: v
1) perform surgery; work
He has his left knee operated on last Monday.
2) manage; make…work
Do you know how to operate this machine?

Para 6
Question: What happened to Enid?
Answer: She died on the operation table.
1. come to the funeral: attend the funeral; be present at the funeral
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2. in her efficient way
efficient: adj. capable
Our organization is a simple and efficient structure.
既然你如此的忙,你确实需要一个很能干的秘书。
Since you are so busy, you do need a very efficient secretary.
effective & efficient
这两个形容词均有“有效的”之意。
effective侧重产生实际的效果或具有取得预期效果的能力,指人指物都适用。
efficient侧重指积极有效,效率高,效果好。指人时,强调其能干、熟练的技巧。
1) This is a very ______ method. (effective)
2) Our ______ new machines are much cheaper to run. (efficient)
3) Mary turned out to be an ______ secretary. (efficient)
4) His efforts to improve the school have been very______. (effective)
3. light the fire: start the fire; make the fire
4. give the old lady her breakfast: prepare the breakfast for the old lady

Para 7
Question: Did Myra and her husband often come to see the old lady?
Answer: No. Myra came to see her mother only three times since her sister’s death and her
husband never came.

1. Two years ago that was: That was two years ago; That happened two years ago.
2. since then: from then on

Para 8
1. put on her best dress
2. after all: it should be remembered; when everything has been considered; nevertheless 别忘了;
毕竟
She should offer to pay, she has plenty of money, after all.
Collocation:
all but 几乎,差一点
all in all 总的说来
for all 尽管


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above all 首先
all at once突然
3. decade: ten years
4. Perhaps — perhaps Myra might come.
What does this sentence imply?
This is the old lady’s soliloquy(内心独白). She expects Myra to come — she wishes Myra
would come — but she has doubts about her coming. The repetition of “perhaps” and the word
“might” indicate her uncertainty.
5. endure: v. suffer; bear; put up with
The company had to endure heavy financial losses.
As a fireman, you must be ready to endure hardships and even suffer death.

6. After all, eighty was a special birthday, another decade lived or endured just as you chose to
look at it : It should be remembered that the eightieth birthday is special because not everyone can
live so long. It marks the end of a ten-year period you have lived through or endured, depending
on your point of view.
不管怎么说,八十大寿毕竟非同一般--- 你又活了十年,或者说又熬过了十年,全在你怎么
看了。

Para 9
1. even if: even though; in spite of the fact that
2. be sure of
3. Two spots of color brightened her cheeks. 脸颊上的两片红晕,使她满脸生辉。
4. be excited
5. enjoy her day: have a good day; be very happy that day

Para 10
1. give the flat an extra clean
extra: adj. additional
They did a lot of extra work but refused to take any extra pay.
2. a bunch of marigold: 一束万寿菊

3. do the breakfast: prepare the breakfast
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4. a packet of mints 一盒薄荷糖

5. not…until…
I didn’t go to bed until 11 o’clock last night.
…he wouldn’t go out to play until the post had come: …he would go out to play only after the
post had come.

Para 11
1. guess: think; believe
2. I did last week when I was six: I did receive a lot of birthday presents when I was six years old
last week.

Para 12
Question: Who was Jim? Was he still alive?
Answer: Jim was the old lady’s husband. He was dead.
1. a pair of slippers

2. cardigan

3. lovely: attractive; beautiful
4. pretty color: beautiful color; attractive color
5. like her in blue: like her dressed in blue
6. a table lamp

7. So many lovely things: There were so many things the old lady loved.
Question: What does this sentence mean?
Answer: There were so many nice things the old woman wanted to have, but she would be very


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pleased to get any kind of birthday present from her daughter.

Para 13
1. stand by the window: stand near the window

Para 14
1. Then clatter, clatter up the stairs: Then came the quick noisy footsteps up the stairs. 接着,楼梯
上传来了“得得得”的脚步声。
2. Then clatter, clatter up the stairs. Jonny knocked at her door.
Question: What does this sentence suggest?
Answer: This suggests that the old lady was listening for the boy’s footsteps in her room, eagerly
and attentively.

Para 15
1. I’v got your post: I have got your letters, parcels.

Para 16
1. unsealed cards 没封口的生日卡
2. in Myra’s writing: in Myra’s handwriting
3. disappoint: v. fail to fulfill the hope of (a person)
He was disappointed to hearat hearing that she would not come that day.
努力工作,不要让你父母失望。
Work hard. Don’t disappoint your parents.
Collocation:
feelexpress disappointment 感到表达失望
to one’s disappointment令某人失望的是
be disappointed aboutatwith sth. 对某事失望
be disappointed inwith sb. 对某人失望
3. The old lady felt a pang of disappointment: The old lady was very disappointed as well as being
hurt.
Question: What does this sentence imply?
Answer: Immediately she felt very disappointed and her heart began to ache sharply.

Para 19
1. Maybe the parcel was too large to come by letter post: Perhaps the parcel was so large that it
couldn’t go with letters.
2. That was it.
Question: What does this sentence mean?
Answer: That was the reason why the parcel had not come yet. “That was it” is an idiomatic
expression which often means “That explained what had happened”.
3. She must be patient: She must have or show patience.
Collocation: be patient with

Para 20
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1. reluctantly: adj. unwillingly; with reluctance
Almost reluctantly she picked up the phone.
2. tear sth open

tear the envelope open

3. Folded in the card was a piece of paper. 生日卡里夹着一张折叠起来的纸。

Para 21
Question: Why did the old lady tear the cheque into pieces?


Answer: Because she was very disappointed. She wished her daughter would come to see her on
her eightieth birthday or send her a present, but what she received was a printed card along with a
1. cheque. She thought her daughter didn’t care about her.
2. flutter: move quickly to and fro in the air 飘动
The cheque fluttered to the floor like a bird with a broken wing.
支票像只断了翅膀的小鸟似地飘落在地板上。
3. pick up
1) take hold of and lift
2) catch
3) gain; acquire
4) give sb. a ride in a vehicle
Ask the students to match:
1) Where did you pick up that cold? (2)
2) Please pick up all these pieces of paper. (1)
3) I’ll pick you up at your college gate at three; don’t be late. (4)
4) He picked up English while he was staying in London. (3)
4. stoop to pick it up
5. tremble: vi. shake; move to and from
The old man’s hand trembled when he signed his name.
Her voice trembled with excitement.
6. tear it into little bits: tear it into pieces
With trembling fingers she tore it into little bits. 她用颤抖的手把支票撕了个粉碎。


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Step7 Some Useful Expressions
1. 尽力做某事 make an effort to do sth
2. 在难得的场合;难得有机会 on the rare occasions
3. 即使;尽管 even if even though
4. 在别的时候;平时 at other times
5. 由于为老人工作而获得奖章 get a medal for the work for aged
6. 为…感到自豪 be proud of
7. 似乎和她母亲同住感到心满意足 seem content to live with her mother
8. 附近的一所小学 a primary school round the corner
9. 来参加葬礼 come to the funeral
10. 毕竟;别忘了 after all
11. 直到….才…. not …until…
12. 感到一阵失望 feel a pang of disappointment
13. 把信封撕开 tear the envelope open
14. 把支票撕成碎片 tear the cheque into little bits

Step 8 Summary
It was the old lady’s birthday. She got up early (静心等候邮件)_________________. She (肯
定)________________ her daughter would not forgot her mother’s 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 her 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)____________ ______________________________________.
(Answer: to be ready for the post; was sure; even if she seldom wrote at other times; After all,
eight was a special birthday; she tore it into little bits with trembling fingers)

Step 9 Structure(P. 58)
1. too…to…
Model:
The parcel was so large that it couldn’t come by letter post.
→The parcel was too large to come by letter post.
1) The bottle is so small that it can’t hold so much water.
→The bottle is too small to hold so much water.
2) He was so tired that he couldn’t go any further.
→He was too tired to go any further.
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3) He is so proud that he doesn’t see his own shortcomings.
→He is too proud to see his own shortcomings.
4) It’s so late now that the bookstore can’t be open.
→It’s too late for the bookstore to be open.
2. not … until…
Model:
Johnnie said he would go out to play only after the post had come.
→Johnnie said he would not go out to play until the post had come.
5) They stopped working only after it became completely dark.
→They did not stop working until it became completely dark.
6) He came only after the meeting was over.
→He didn’t come until the meeting was over.
7) He said he would get married only after he had found a satisfactory job.
→He said he would not get married until he had found a satisfactory job.
8) He went to bed only after he had finished his reading assignment.
→He didn’t go to bed until he had finished his reading assignment.

Step 10 Translation (P. 60)
1. 那位名演员似乎很乐意在剧中扮演一个次要角色。
That famous actor seemed content to play a minor part in the play.
2. 国庆节要到了,咱们把寝室彻底打扫一下吧。
National Day is round the corner. Let’s give our bedroom a thorough clean.
3. 她非常勉强地同意让一位年轻医生为她做手术。
She agreed, very reluctantly, to be operated on by a young doctor.
4. 他们已经安排好让我们明天去游览长城,我相信我们在那儿一定会玩得很开心。
They’ve arranged for us to visit the Great Wall tomorrow. I’m sure we’ll have a good time there
(we’ll enjoy ourselves there.)
5. 老人读完信后失望之极,竟用颤抖的手指把它撕得粉碎。
After reading the letter the old man was so disappointed that he tore it into little bits with
trembling fingers.


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6. 老两口为他们 的孙子感到骄傲,因为他在第28届奥运会上获得了两枚金牌和一枚铜牌
(bronze).
The old couple were proud of their grandson, who got won two gold medals and a bronze at
the 28
th
Olympic Games.
7. 即使他的祖母不能来参加他的生日宴会,她也会寄给他一件生日礼物。对这一点汤姆深
信不疑。
Even if his grandmother could not come to his birthday party, she would send him a lovely
present. Tom was sure of that.
8. 昨天是玛丽的二十 岁生日。她父亲寄给她一双靴子,她母亲为她买了一盒巧克力
(chocolates)。而她的男朋友 则带给她一束红玫瑰。
It was Mary’s twentieth birthday yesterday. Her father sent her a pair of boots. Her mother
bought her a box of chocolates. And her boyfriend brought her a branch of roses.

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