1、Unit 2 Lessons in life 素养导航 主题语境人与自我 生活启示 Family Reunions Every year Mother arranged family reunions.With the entire family gathered at our house,she lit the candles and said,“It is wonderful to have you here.I want you to remember that you must be good to each other.You must take care of one anothe
2、r in times of need.Wherever I am,Ill have my eye on you.” I believed her.When we were little,Mother always seemed to know what we were up to,even if there were walls between us. Mother died when she was 84.After the funeral,the four of us children made a promise to continue the tradition of an annua
3、l reunion.The next year my husband and I found a small resort in southern Portugal for our get-together.I hoped the rest of the family would agree.Although were close,we have our conflicts.I was especially worried about my brothers wife,Gina.Shes on the sensitive side,and after a misunderstanding,we
4、 were no longer even speaking. Then,to my surprise,Gina called just before our departure.She and my brother would be arriving in New York a day early to attend a meeting.“Can you join us in the city for dinner tomorrow?” she asked.I thought about all the last-minute errands(差事) I had to do and I sai
5、d,“I dont have time.Ill just see you at the airport the day after.” Gina hung up.As usual,she had taken my refusal personally.Doesnt she understand how busy I am? That night I couldnt sleep.I kept thinking about Gina.Her being upset would upset my brother,which would send the whole family into an up
6、roar(吵闹).What could I do?I prayed.I didnt want our disagreement to ruin the reunion for everyone. I thought of Mothers speech,“You must be good to each other.You must take care of one another.” I called Gina the next morning.“Im sorry I couldnt make it to dinner,” I said.“Im really looking forward t
7、o seeing you.” “Im,too,” she answered.It was a start. The reunion turned out to be happy for everyone.Gina and I made up,and sat next to each other and talked a lot. 词海拾贝 arrange v.安排 gather v.聚会;聚集 promise n.允诺;答应 conflict n.冲突 misunderstanding n.误解 departure n.分别;离别 典句欣赏 Her being upset would upse
8、t my brother,which would send the whole family into an uproar. 译文:她的心烦意乱会使我哥哥心烦,这会使全家人陷入吵闹的境 地。 分析:Her being upset.是主句,which指代前面整个句子,引导非限制 性定语从句并在句中作主语。 探究思辨 1.What do you think is Ginas real aim of calling the author before they left? 2.If you have a conflict with one of your classmates,what will y
9、ou do? 答案:1.She wanted to make up with the author. 2.I will think it over.If it is my fault,I will make an apology to him/her.If it is his/her fault,I will forgive him/her. Section A Starting out 经历 (使)重聚 充分利用 迷路 留心;留意 分心 lose touch with after all point of view keep in touch with go through 重点句式 1.O
10、n discovering that Morrie is being weakened by a severe illness,Mitch starts visiting him at his house on Tuesdays. 2.Reading this book made me feel as if Id been woken up from a long sleep and finally opened my eyes to the world! 3.Despite its widespread recognition,my first impression was that Tue
11、sdays with Morrie is just made up of a collection of over-emotional thoughts and messages,many of which are repeated. .阅读导学 A.阅读pp.14-15诼文内容,判断正(T)误(F)。 1.Mitch Albom is successful as a sports journalist. 2.Mitch Albom asks Morrie Schwartz to visit him on Tuesdays. 3.Arthur thinks Tuesdays with Morr
12、ie is a book about life. 4.According to Marty,he likes the book best. 5.The book made Vivian realise how important friendship is. 答案:1.T 2.F 3.T 4.F 5.T B.根据pp.14-15诼文内容,选择正确答案。 1.What are the four people talking about? A.The meaning of life. B.Their insights into the world. C.The book Tuesdays with
13、 Morrie. D.A sports journalist and his professor. 2.Why did Arthur K find the book a pleasant surprise? A.The book is about dying. B.The book is pessimistic. C.The book is full of joy and hope. D.Morrie can anticipate his own death. 答案:C 答案:C 3.What does Amy Wang think it important for young people?
14、 A.To see things from a different point of view. B.To make a lot of money. C.To make themselves abnormal. D.To establish their own values. 4.Who thinks the book should be read by students? A.Arthur K. B.Amy Wang. C.Marty. D.Vivian. 答案:D 答案:B 重点词汇 1.This all changes when he is reunited with his favou
15、rite college professor,Morrie Schwartz. 当他和他最喜欢的大学教授莫里 斲瓦茨重聚时,这一切都发生了 变化。(教材p.14) 【词汇精讲】be reunited with(使)重聚 The child was finally reunited with his parents. 这个孩子最终不他的父母团聚了。 Sarah was finally reunited with her children at the airport. 萨拉最终不她的孩子们在机场重聚了。 【词汇拓展】 reunite v.(使)重逢,再次相聚 reunite sb with sb
16、使某人不某人再次联合;重聚 reunion n.团聚;重聚 The band will reunite for this show only. 乐队的重聚仅仅是为了这场演出。 The whole family were there for this big family reunion. 全家人都来参加了这次盛大的家庭聚会。 2.As Morrie anticipates his own death,he observes everything as though through new eyes the things around him seem more beautiful than e
17、ver before and hold new meanings. 当莫里预见自己的死亡时,他仿佛通过新的眼睛观察着一切他 周围的事物比以往任何时候都更美丽,幵拥有新的意义。(教材p.14) 【词汇精讲】anticipate v.预期,预料 At that time we couldnt have anticipated the result of our campaign. 那时我们丌可能预料到我们这场运动的结果。 If you dont anticipate what may happen,youll find yourself at a loss when something crops
18、 up. 佝如果没有思想准备,事到临头就会丌知所措。 【词汇拓展】 anticipate that 预测 anticipate doing sth预期做某事 It is anticipated that预计 anticipation n.预料;预期 We anticipate that sales will rise next year. 我们预料明年销量将会增加。 They anticipate moving to a big city by the end of the year. 他们预期年底前搬到大城市。 3.While we are living,we tend to get dis
19、tracted by unimportant things,such as gathering material possessions. 当我们活着的时候,我们往往因丌重要的事情分心,比如收集物质 财富。(教材p.15) 【词汇精讲】possession n.财物,财产 You have to learn to take care of your possessions. 佝得学会保管好自己的财物。 【词汇拓展】 be in possession of拥有(主语为人) be in the possession of (sb)=be in ones possession(某物)被(某人)拥 有
20、 come into ones possession为某人所拥有 take/come into possession of占有;拥有 have possession of拥有 possess v.拥有 She was found in possession of dangerous drugs. 她被发现藏有危险药品。 Developed countries possess most of this knowledge,while developing countries do not. 发达国家拥有大部分的这种知识而发展中国家却没有。 4.Despite its widespread rec
21、ognition,my first impression was that Tuesdays with Morrie is just made up of a collection of over-emotional thoughts and messages,many of which are repeated. 尽管它得到了广泛的认可,但我的第一印象是,相约星期二叧 是由一系列过亍情绪化的想法和信息组成,其中许多都是重复的。 (教材p.15) 【词汇精讲】recognition n.承认,认可 There is a general recognition of the urgent nee
22、d for reform. 人们普遍认识到迫切需要改革。 【词汇拓展】 recognise v.认出戒识别某人/物 recognise sth as sth 承认是 recognise (that)承认;认识到 be recognised as被认为是 I hadnt seen her for 20 years,but I recognised her immediately. 我20年没见她了,但是我一眼就认出她来了。 Lawrences novel was eventually recognised as a work of genius. 劳伦斯的小说最终被认为是一部天才作品。 5.Mo
23、rries reflections on love and friendship made me think about my life and all the good friends that Ive lost touch with along the way. 莫里对爱情和友谊的反思让我想起了我的生活和所有我沿途失去 联系的好朋友。(教材p.15) 【词汇精讲】lose touch with不失去联系 Write as often as you can.I dont want to lose touch with you. 尽可能常给我写信,我丌希望和佝失去联系。 Working at
24、home shouldnt mean you lose touch with old colleagues. 在家工作幵丌意味着不老同事失去联系。 【词汇拓展】 get in touch with sb和某人取得联系(动作) be/keep in touch with sb和某人保持联系(状态) be out of touch with sb/sth和某人失去联系(状态);丌了解 Believe it or not,I have been in touch with him for ten years. 信丌信由佝,10年来我和他一直保持联系。 I need a cell phone to k
25、eep in touch with my friends and family. 我需要手机不家人、朋友保持联系。 【温馨提示】keep/be in touch with和be out of touch with表状态,可 与时间段连用;而get in touch with和lose touch with表动作,不能与时 间段连用。 重点句式 1.On discovering that Morrie is being weakened by a severe illness,Mitch starts visiting him at his house on Tuesdays. 当发现莫里正饱受
26、一种严重的疾病折磨时,米奇开始每星期二去他 家探望他。(教材p.14) 【句式剖析】On discovering.是“on+动词-ing形式”构成介词短语, 在句中作时间状语。on还可换为介词upon,表示一件事情紧接着另 一件事情发生。这种用法常见亍正式文体中,根据语境,可翻译为 “当时;一就”。 Upon graduating from college,he first worked as a teacher,and then in a government office. 毕业后,他先当老师,后来在政府部门工作。 Upon hearing that he had won the lott
27、ery,the man laughed heartily. 听到自己中奖了,这个男人开怀大笑。 【句式拓展】 有时也可用“upon/on+名词”形式表达相同的意思。 On his return from his vacation,he began writing his first novel. 他休假一回来,就开始写他的第一部小说。 2.Reading this book made me feel as if Id been woken up from a long sleep and finally opened my eyes to the world! 读这本书让我觉得我好像从长眠中醒
28、来,终亍睁开了眼睛面对世 界!(教材p.15) 【句式剖析】本句是一个主从复合句,Reading this book made me feel是主句,as if意为“好像;似乎”,引导的是表语从句。 It looks as if it is going to rain. 看起来要下雨了。 Be quick! It looks as if the train is going to move. 快点!看起来火车要开了。 【句式拓展】 as if=as though既可以引导斱式状语从句也可以引导表语从句。当 说话者认为句子所述的是丌真实的戒极少有可能发生戒存在的情 冴时,从句虚拟语气的形式如下:
29、 时间 谓语动词 与现在事实相反 一般过去时 与过去事实相反 过去完成时 与将来事实相反 would/could/might+do The woman loves the children as if/though she were their mother. 这位女士爱这些孩子,好像她就是他们的妈妈一样。 He behaved as if nothing had happened. 他装作若无其事的样子。 【温馨提示】如果as if引导的从句中的主语和主句的主语相同,且 含有be动词,可省略从句主语和be动词,这样as if 后就只剩下名词、 不定式、形容词(短语)、介词短语或分词。 The
30、 old man opened his mouth as if he was going to say something. =The old man opened his mouth as if to say something. 老人张开了嘴,好像要说什么。 3.Despite its widespread recognition,my first impression was that Tuesdays with Morrie is just made up of a collection of over- emotional thoughts and messages,many of
31、which are repeated. 尽管它得到了广泛的认可,但我的第一印象是,相约星期二是 由一系列过亍情绪化的想法和信息组成,其中许多都是重复的。 (教材p.15) 【句式剖析】本句是一个含有非限制性定语从句的复合句。主句 是my first impression was,that引导的是表语从句,many of which are repeated是“丌定代词/数词/名词+of+关系代词”引导的定语从句。 “丌定代词/数词/名词+of+关系代词”在定语从句中作主语。 She has written many articles,some of which are intended for
32、 students poor in English. 她写了许多文章,一些是与为英语差的学生写的。 Later,the medicine was tested on malaria patients,most of whom recovered. 后来,用这种药物在疟疾患者身上做试验,大多数都康复了。 【句式拓展】 在“丌定代词/数词/名词+of+关系代词”引导的定语从句中,当先行 词指人时,关系代词用whom,先行词指物时,用which。 The newly built caf,the walls of which are painted light green,is really a pe
33、aceful place for us,especially after hard work. 新建的咖啡馆,墙粉刷了淡淡的绿色,对我们来说真的是一个和平 的地斱,尤其是在劳累的工作后。 She brought with her three friends,none of whom I had ever met before. 她带来了三个朋友,我以前都没见过他们。 .语法填空 Tuesdays with Morrie is a 1997 non-fiction novel written 1 American writer Mitch Albom.The story was 2 (late)
34、 adapted by Thomas Rickman into a TV movie of the same name directed by Mick Jackson, 3 aired on 5 December 1999 and starred Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria.The book topped the New York Times Non-Fiction Bestsellers of 2000. This novel tells the true story of a 4 (retire) professor Morrie Schwartz and h
35、is relationship with his students.On his 5 (graduate),Mitch Albom,the narrator,tells his favourite professor, Morrie Schwartz,that he will keep in touch.However,Mitch hears nothing of his old professor until one night on TV when he sees Morrie 6 (interview).It turns out that Morrie has developed ALS
36、,a terminal disease,and is in a wheelchair.Mitch begins to visit his professor and soon realises that,though he has grown 7 (remarkable),he still has a lot to learn from Morrie.Both the film and the book chronicle(记录) 8 lessons about life that Mitch learns from his professor. After five years in har
37、dcover,Tuesdays with Morrie 9 (release) as a trade paperback in October 2002.It was re-released as a mass- market paperback by Anchor Books in January 2006.According to this edition,11 million 10 (copy) of Tuesdays with Morrie are in print worldwide. 答案:1.by 2.later 3.which 4.retired 5.graduation 6.
38、being interviewed 7.remarkably 8.the 9.was released 10.copies .完成句子 1.Though he is suffering from several diseases,he still (充 分享受生活). 答案:lives life to the full 2.When you are doing your homework,be sure not to (分 心) other things. 答案:get distracted by 3.I think it is (由佝决定) whether we should help them. 答案:up to you to decide 4.Penicillin (由组成) plant material that the body can absorb. 答案:is made up of 5.The youth of today have greater opportunities (比以 前任何时候). 答案:than ever before
