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1、BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day ENTER1ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day Allegory Plot: a little boys first time to go to school Setting: on the way to school at school on the way back home Protagonists: “I” the boy in the story Theme of the story: go to the next pageFor reference.The end of General Analysis. 2

2、ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayTheme of the storyThe following are a few possible understandings of the message the story conveys. Which one do you agree with? Argue with your group partners.q Time and tide wait for no man.q There is nothing permanent in life but change.q Education can never keep up w

3、ith changes in society.q Life is short and time is precious.q Life is a dream. Do not take anything seriously.Time goes by quickly and many things can take place in your lifetime. Before you know it, a new society is born.The end of Thematic Analysis. 3ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayThematic Analysis1

4、. All my clothes are new.2. School makes useful men out of boys.3. My misgivings had had no basis.4. Our path was not totally sweet and unclouded.5. The lady would sometimes smile, but yell and scold often. 6. The streets lined with the gardens disappeared.7. I turned out to be a grandpa.Change is e

5、verywhere, from my clothes, to my opinions, to my life and f i n a l l y t o m y appearance. Not only I but also the lady and t h e s o c i e t y a r e changing, too. Everything is changing!To be continued on the next page.4ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day the street crowded with cars, high buildings,

6、rubbish and childrenWhat changes are conveyed?changes on my partchanges on other peoples part clothes my view on school my outer appearance the ladys attitude toward uschanges in the societyThematic AnalysisTo be continued on the next page.5ppt课件BTLEWPart 1 (paras. ) about:Part 2 (paras. ) about:Par

7、t 3 (paras. ) about:Lesson 1 Half a DayStructure of the text178161720The boys misgivings about school.How the boy felt about school.Walking out of the school, he found time had changed everything.The end of Structure. 6ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayFurther discussion on the textRead the following sug

8、gestions made by the father. Which ones do you agree with and which ones not? Have you ever been given some suggestions by your parents when entering the university? List them out.q School is a place that makes useful men out of boys.q Dont you want to be useful like your brothers?q Put a smile on y

9、our face and be a good example to others.q Be a man.q Today you truly begin life.To be continued on the next page.7ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayFurther discussion on the textIn the last part of the text, the boy walked out of the school to find that the outside world had changed beyond measure. How

10、might he feel about the changes? List exact words that support your choice.He was _. frightened surprised angry puzzled excited satisfied delighted sad indifferent criticalTo be continued on the next page.8ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayHow did the boy feel the first day he went to school?What happene

11、d the first day at school?How did the boy like school life?Was school life just a matter of playing and fooling around?What did he see on his way home?Further discussion on the textThe end of Further Discussion. 9ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayI walked alongside my father, clutching his right hand. (1

12、)I walked next to my father, holding his right hand.present participle as adverbial modifierMore examples from the textgo to 2To be continued on the next page.10ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day1. My mother stood at the window watching our progress, and I turned towards her from time to time, hoping she

13、 would help. (2)2. “Im not punishing you,” he said, laughing. (4)3. The bell rang, announcing the passing of the day and the end of work. (17)back to 111ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayThey did not make me happy, however, as this was the day I was to be thrown into school for the first time. (1)“As” in

14、troduces an adverbial clause of reason.go to 3More examplesBut my new clothes did not bring any happiness to me, because it was the day I was forced to go to school for the first time.To be continued on the next page.12ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day1. The moment I saw him, I recognized he was the cri

15、minal the police were looking for.2. The year I was born, my father was working towards a PhD degree.3. The day Hans Christian Andersen returned to his hometown, almost all the people turned out to greet him.back to 213ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day My mother stood at the window watching our progress

16、, and I turned towards her from time to time, hoping she would help. (2)My mother stood at the window watching our slow and difficult movement towards the school, and I looked back at her frequently, hoping she would stop my father taking me to school.present participle phrase, acting as adverbial o

17、f accompanying circumstancesgo to 4More examplesTo be continued on the next page.14ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day We walked along a street lined with gardens, and fields planted with crops, pears, and date palms. (2)past participle phrase used here to modify “a street” and “fields” respectively. It c

18、an be regarded as a relative clause cut short.We walked along a street, on both sides of which there are gardens and fields where crops, pears and date palms are planted. More examplesTo be continued on the next page.15ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayWhat is the language spoken in that area?= that is s

19、pokenThey are problems left over by history.= which have been leftback to 316ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day“Why school?” I asked my father. “What have I done?” (3)elliptical questionWhy do I have to go to school? I dont think Ive done anything wrong to be punished like this.rhetorical questiongo to 5

20、 More examplesMore examplesTo be continued on the next page.17ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day1. Father: Well go to Tianjin this weekend. Daughter: What for? (Why this weekend?/Why Tianjin?)2. Hi! Morning! Got troubles? Sure have. Lost a friend? No, just tired. Up late last night? Yeah. Big party.back

21、to 4Elliptical questions are common in spoken English.18ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Daygo to 6Rhetorical questionone that expresses strong feeling or opinion and doesnt require an answer. It is used to say something more positively than in a statement.n Dont you want to be useful like your brothers?n

22、Cant you see Im busy? (Dont disturb me!)n What good is a promise for an unemployed worker?n Does nothing ever worry you? (I dont understand how you can be so carefree.)Question form, definite answeroften used in argument and/or persuasion19ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayI did not believe there was rea

23、lly any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled building.(5)I didnt think it was useful to take me away from home and put me into that building with high walls.to (make sb.) leave a place unwillingly because one has togo to 7gerund as the object of t

24、he prepositionMore examplesTo be continued on the next page.20ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day1. We had difficulty in finding a parking lot.2. Theres no point in waiting.3. Im not keen on gambling. Im too afraid of losing.4. I have no objection to hearing your story again.back to 621ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1

25、Half a Day we could see the courtyard, vast and full of boys and girls. (6)go to 8adjective phrase as an attributive modifier we could see the courtyard, which is huge and crowded with boys and girls.More examplesTo be continued on the next page.22ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day1. Theres nothing wrong

26、 with the computer.2. Can you recommend some books easy for freshmen to read?3. I met Sally, angry at me as always, at the party.4. It was a conference fruitful of results.back to 7When used as an attribute modifier, adjective phrases are often placed after the noun.23ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day Y

27、ou will find me waiting for you when its time to leave. (7)Ill come to fetch you when school is over. Ill be waiting for you here at the gate.object complementgo to 9find + obj + v-ingMore examplesTo be continued on the next page.24ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day1. When I entered the room, I found him

28、 reading something aloud.2. I found a tree lying across the road.3. If she catches you reading her diary, shell be furious.4. His remark left me wondering what he was driving at.5. The words immediately set us all laughing.back to 8This structure is very common in verbs like “see, hear, feel, watch,

29、 notice”.25ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayA lady came along, followed by a group of men. (11)A lady came toward us; arriving after her were a group of men.go to 10past participle as an adverbial modifier of mannerMore examplesTo be continued on the next page.26ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayNow use the

30、correct form of each verb to fill in the blanks. combine, give, guide 1. _ by the teachers, all the students are studying very hard.2. _ enough time, Ill complete the job in time.3. _ with practice, theory may be learned easily.back to 91. Guided2. Given3. Combined27ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayWe w

31、ere formed into an intricate pattern in the great courtyard (11)We were made to stand in different places to form regular lines or shapes in the big courtyard.go to 1128ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day from each floor we were overlooked by a long balcony roofed in wood. (11) on one side of the courtyar

32、d was a building with a long wood-roofed balcony on each floor where we could be seen.Or from the balcony on each floor of the building people could see the pattern into which we formed.go to 1229ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day Well, it seemed that my misgivings had had no basis. (13)Well, perhaps my

33、doubt, worry and fear about what school would be like were all groundless.OrWell, it seemed that I was wrong to think that school was a dreadful place.go to 1330ppt课件BTLEWRivalries could bring about pain and hatred, or give rise to fighting. (para. 15)bring about /give rise to (page 14)Bring about:

34、make sth. (changes) happenGive rise to: cause sth. (new) to happen or existParaphrase: Competitions might cause us to suffer and to hate each other, or even to fight.Past future Habitual action in the past 31ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayIt was not all a matter of playing and fooling around. (15)What

35、 we did at school wasnt just playing and wasting time doing nothing pletelyto waste time instead of doing sth. that you should be doinggo to 1432ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayIn addition, the time for changing ones mind was over and gone and there was no question of ever returning to the paradise of

36、home. (16)Besides, it was impossible for us to quit school and return to the good old days when we stayed home playing and fooling around all day. Our childhood was gone, never to come back.there is no possibility of go to 1533ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayNothing lay ahead of us but exertion, strugg

37、le, and perseverance. (16)We would have to do our best and keep working very hard until we finished school. This is what I imagined our school days would be like.Or The kind of life that was waiting for us at school would be full of exertion, struggle and perseverance.onlygo to 1634ppt课件BTLEWLesson

38、1 Half a DayThose who were able took advantage of the opportunities for success and happiness that presented themselves. (16)If there came opportunities, capable students would seize them to achieve success and happiness.relative clause modifying “those”relative clause modifying “opportunities”go to

39、 1735ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayHow did these hills of rubbish find their way to cover its sides? (17)How did the street come to be covered with so much rubbish on both sides? Where did they come from?to arrive or get to a placego to 1836ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayHere and there stood conjurers

40、showing off their tricks or making snakes appear from baskets. (17)Conjurers stood everywhere. They were showing off their tricks or making snakes appear from baskets.an inverted sentence due to long subjectgo to 19More examplesTo be continued on the next page.37ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Day1. There

41、 are some exceptions to this reaction.2. Were there no air on the earth, there would be no life on it.3. In no case should we waste our time.4. There goes the bell.5. Away hurried the customers.back to 1838ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayThen there was a band announcing the opening of a circus, with cl

42、owns and weight lifters walking in front. (17)Then there was a band that was announcing the opening of a circus. The clowns and weight lifters were walking in its front.“With+n.+doing” construction is used adverbially modifying “announcing”.More examplesTo be continued on the next page.39ppt课件BTLEWL

43、esson 1 Half a Day1. He stood there with a stick in his hand. (with + n. + prep.)2. Paul soon fell asleep with the light still burning. (with + n. + participle)3. She cant go out with all these dishes to wash. (with + n. + to do)4. He was lying on the bed with all his clothes on. (with + n. + adv.)T

44、he end of Sentence Paraphrase.40ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayNow observe the following paragraph carefully. What strikes you most? I did not know what to say. The gate was now closed. Some of the children burst into tears. The bell rang. A lady came along, followed by a group of men. The men began s

45、orting us into ranks. We were formed into an intricate pattern in the great courtyard surrounded by high buildings; from each floor we were overlooked by a long balcony roofed in wood. (Para. 11) The great use of short and simple sentences!To be continued on the next page.41ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a

46、 DayMore examples:I walked a few steps, then came to a startled halt. Good Lord! Where was the street lined with gardens? Where had it disappeared to? When did all these cars invade it? And when did all these people come to rest on its surface? How did these hills of rubbish find their way to cover

47、its sides? And where were the fields that bordered it? High buildings had taken over, the street was full of children, and disturbing noises shook the air. (Para. 17)Good God! I was in a daze. My head spun. I almost went crazy. (Para. 18)Why did the author prefer to use short and simple sentences?To

48、 be continued on the next page.42ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a Daythe abundant use of short and simple sentences to achieve1. the effect of one persons thoughts/thinking2. the effect of rapid change of things and a feeling of confusionechoing the style of the text (The story is told as a reflection. Thi

49、nking is sometimes disconnected.)echoing the theme of the textTo be continued on the next page.43ppt课件BTLEWLesson 1 Half a DayThe short sentence, ordinarily containing one concisely worded assertion, is good to give point and crispness to a thought. When you wish to make an important definition, sta

50、tements of weighty truth, or an emphatic assertion, short sentences are often appropriate.The following short sentences are quotable, emphatic, and to the point:Economy is the art of making the most of life. G. B. ShawLove is as necessary to the human being as food and shelter.In what cases should w