1、A childs clutter awaits an adults returnFOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS AIR FORCE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITYThere is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child. Henry Ward Beecher (American clergyman, social reformer)While we try to teach our children all about life, our
2、children teach us what life is all about. Angela Schwindt (American home-schooling mom)2UNIT The unit concerns the relationship between parents and children from two different perspectives: the parents perspective as in Text A, and the childrens perspective as in Text B. Text A depicts a mothers res
3、ponses to her daughters fight for independence through detailed description of the mess left behind by the daughter. The mother feels angry, sad, and frustrated at her daughters leaving for independence; but out of love, she believes that her daughter will finally come back no matter how rebellions
4、she is now. 2UNIT Both Text A and Text B are written in the narrative present tense. Stories are normally told by using the past tense. However, if you want to make a story vivid, as if were happening now, you can use the present tense. Both texts tell stories which happened in the past. However, to
5、 achieve immediacy and to produce great vividness, the texts are written in the present tense. 2UNIT Text A compares the mothers attitudes toward her daughters claim for independence before and after she sees her daughters collection of items with sweet family memories. 2UNIT 2UNITA childs clutter a
6、waitsan adults returnTo apply the phrases and patternsTo talk about the love between the parents and childrenTo understand the love between the mother and the daughter in the textTo write an essay creatively based on the understanding of the text Warming-up activities Text study Language application
7、 SummarySection A Vocabulary Section A Vocabulary vocabulary1awaitpolishhistoricalSection A Section A 35strain6embarrass2paste41)If you await someone or something, you wait for them. 等候；等待2) If sth. awaits you, it will happen to you. （某事）将降临在身上 We await your decision. await The biggest surprise awai
8、ting the birthday girl is that her boyfriend is flying to Yan Tai for her birthday. 那个过生日的女孩即将得到的最大惊喜是她男朋友将飞到烟台来为她庆祝生日。 这两个词都是动词，都有“等候；期待”之意，但用法有所不同 。awaitawait (vt.)+宾语，用法较正式；wait(vi.) ，常与for, till, until 等词连用。 They were the birth of their first child. waitawait 的宾语大多为抽象名词，如decision, reply, arrival
9、, return, announcement 等；wait for 的宾语一般是人或事物。 I have been her for an hour at the stop. awaiting waiting for awaitawait 之后可以接动名词；wait 之后接动词不定式。 We shall await hearing further from them. wait We shall wait to hear further from them. n. Polish is a substance that you put on the surface of an object in
10、order to clean it, protect it, and make it shine. 抛光剂; 亮漆nail polish polish鞋油 指甲油，趾甲油shoe polishVt. 1)If you polish something, you put polish on it or rub it with a cloth to make it shine. (用抛光剂等) 擦亮；2) Improve a piece of writing, a speech, etc. by making slight changes to it before it is completely
11、 finished.修改，润色Each morning he shaved and polished his shoes.polish如果你把这篇文章润色一下，我们就在报纸上发表它。If you polish the article, we will print it in the newspaper.v. If someone or something embarrass you, they make you feel shy or ashamed. I felt embarrassed, going to the wrong classroom on the first day of co
12、llege. embarrass使尴尬 (n.) embarrassment (a. ) embarrassing embarrassed A soft thick mixture that can easily be shaped or spread 糊状物，膏 tomato paste pastebean paste chili paste 番茄酱 toothpaste impersonal mismatched historicalhistoric“基于史实的；（有关）历史的；历史上的；历史（学）的”等意义。historical event 历史事件 历史小说historical nov
13、el历史人物historical figure places of historical interest 历史名胜历史/ 古老建筑“历史性的；有重大历史意义的；（地方或建筑）古老的”等意义。historic leaphistoric moment 历史性时刻 历史性的飞跃历史性的进步 historic progress historic buildingMore ExercisesFrom the perspective of mankinds achievements, the moon landing was a event. historicalThe TV series I watc
14、hed yesterday is based on facts. historic vi. pull hard at sth. or push hard against sth. 使劲拉；使劲推；绷紧vt. If you strain a muscle, you injure it by using it too much or twisting it. 损伤；扭伤n. Worry He buckled under the strain of the work. strain他因工作过度紧张而身体垮了。tain/ train系列词汇系列词汇1423strain constrainrestrai
15、n stain大街(st)下雨(rain)要拉紧(strain)反复(re)拉紧(strain)为限制(restrain)拉紧(strain)少花(r)是污点(stain)共同(con)拉紧(strain)为束缚(constrain)straincontrol or limit sth.stripreverse plague historicalcurbpolishawaitthe opposite sideA serious disease remove sth. A chemical substanceRelating to the pastwait forworry Text study
16、Section A 1. What happened to the mother and the daughter?Watch and Talk1. What happened to the mother and the daughter?Watch and TalkDaughter (Anna): take part in the audition/ only cares about her fianceMother: Anna have some mental problem / not care about her ConflictionExchange their body 2. Is
17、 there any conflict or disagreement between you and your parents? And what should we do to settle the conflict or disagreement? Watch and Talk2. Is there any conflict or disagreement between you and your parents? And what should we do to settle the conflict or disagreement? Watch and Talk1) Keep our
18、 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. .The text depicts a mothers responses to her daughters fight for independence throug
19、h detailed description of the mess left behind by the daughter. Main ideas of the parts1(P1.-P.4)2(P.5-12)3(P.13-P.22)The mess left in my daughters bathroom and bedroom and my response. Concluding part: the change of my attitude General situation and my responseMain ideas of the partsDisagreements b
20、etween the mother and the daughter (Paras.1-3):DaughterMother a truck, large & expensive; an adult, 18 years old a practical car with good gas efficiency, easy to park watch cartoons, doubtHow does the mother feel towards her daughters leaving home? (Para. 4)Im _ shes gone. It means she made it, and
21、 that Im _18 years of responsibilities. And yet I _ if she could take good care of herself. (Para. 4)Main ideas of the partswonderfinally free ofgladPart I (Paras. 1- _)4The daughter is leaving home for independence and the mother feels _ on the one hand and expresses her _ on the other.Main ideas o
22、f the partsgladconcern / doubtI will turn her room into a crafts room or guest room. (Para.12)The bedroom is in a mess, too and desk drawers are filled with school papers. (Para.6)There are various unsorted books on her desk. (Para.7)Clothes and other things are everywhere in the bedroom. (Paras.8-1
23、1)I pack the desk contents into a box. (Para.6) I put the garbage into the bags and dump drawers, sweep shelves and clean the sink. (Para.5)I stack them onto a bookshelf. (Para.7)She leaves a mess in her bathroom. (Para.5)I separate the clothes into two piles and wash the bedding. (Paras.8-11)The me
24、ss left by the daughter and my responses (Paras.5-12)daughterMothers responsePart II (Paras. _ - _ )The daughter _ in her rooms and the mother _ the rooms.leaves a messstraightens upMain ideas of the parts5 12What catches the mothers attention under the bed? Whats inside it? (Para.13) A large envelo
25、pe marked with “DO NOT THROW AWAY”. Main ideas of the partsThere are family photographs, letters, greeting cards, and love notes from the parents.Change of the mothers emotion: (Paras.13-15)Suddenly, I feel very _. (Para.13)Main ideas of the partsAs I read through the cards and notes, I think maybe
26、the truck _, after all. Maybe it _ in a big world. (Para.15)emotionalwasnt such a bad ideahelps her to feel less smallWhat does the mother do finally and how does she feel? (Paras. 16-22)I reverse myself and bring back the garbage bags , (Para.16)Main ideas of the partsTokens of her childhood will a
27、wait her. So will we, with open arms. (Para.22)Part III (Paras. _ - 22)After the mother finds a large envelope with all the memorable things the parents gave to the daughter, the mothers attitude _ es completely.changes/reversesMain ideas of the parts13 Watching the daughter leaving home for indepen
28、dence, the mother feels glad and _. The girl leaves a mess in her rooms, and the mother spends quite a long time _ the rooms. When the mother finds a large envelope containing all the memorable things the parents gave to the daughter, the mother _ her attitude.free of the responsibilitiesMain ideas
29、of the partsstraightening upchanges/reversesStructure of the textI change my mind and bring back the clothes, remake the bed and pile it with stuffed animals. (Paras.16-20) I believe my daughter will come back one day. And we are awaiting her with open arms (Paras. 21-22)I find a large envelop marke
30、d with words. Suddenly I feel emotional. (Para.13)As I read through the cards and notes, I begin to understand my daughter. (Paras.14-15)Concluding part(Paras. 13 - 22)1 I watch her back her new truck out of the driveway. The vehicle is too large, too expensive. Shed refused to consider a practical
31、car with good gas efficiency and easy to park. Its because of me, I think. She bought it to show me that she could. 2 “Im 18,” shed told me so often that my teeth ached. “I am an adult”! Section A the narrative/ dramatic presentUse present tense to describe past events3 I thought, is that true? Just
32、 yesterday you watched some cartoons. What changed between yesterday and today?4 Today shes gone, off to be an adult far away from me. Im glad shes gone. It means she made it, and that Im finally free of 18 years of responsibilities. And yet I wonder if she could take good care of herself.Section A
33、5 she left a mess. Her bathroom is an embarrassment of damp towels, rusted shaving blades, hair in the sink, and nearly empty tubes of toothpaste. I bring a box of big black garbage bags upstairs. Eye shadow, face cream, nail polish all go into the trash. I dump drawers, sweep shelves clear and clea
34、n the sink. When I am finished, it is as neat and impersonal as a hotel bathroom.Section A 6 In her bedroom I find mismatched socks under her bed and purple pants on the closet floor. Desk drawers are filled with school papers, filed by year and subject. I catch myself reading through poems and essa
35、ys, admiring high scores on tests and reading her name, printed or typed neatly in the upper right-hand corner of each paper, I pack the desk contents into a box. Six months, I think I will give her six months to collect her belongings, and then I will throw them all away. That is fair. Grown-ups pa
36、y for storage.Section A 7 I have to pause at the books. Comic books, teen fiction, romantic novels, historical novels, and textbooks. A lifetime of reading; each book beloved. I want to be practical, to stuff them in paper sacks for the used bookstore. But I love books as much as she does, so I stac
37、k them onto a single bookshelf to deal with later. Section A 8 I go for her clothes. Dresses, sweaters, and shoes she hasnt worn since seventh grade are placed into garbage bags. I am a plague of locusts emptying the closet. Two piles grow to clumsy heights: one for charity, the other trash.9 There
38、are more shoes, stuffed animals, large and small posters, hair bands, and pink hair curlers. The job grows larger the longer I am at it. How can one girl collect so much in only 18 years?Section A 10 I stuff the garbage bags until the plastic strains. I haul them down the stairs, two bags at a time.
39、 Donations to charity go into the trunk of my car; trash goes to the curb. Im earning myself sweat and sore shoulders. 11 She left the bedroom a ridiculous mess, the comforter on the floor, the sheets tossed aside. I strip off the comforter, blanket, sheets, and pillows. Once she starts feeding coin
40、s into laundry machines, shell appreciate the years of clean clothes Ive provided for free. Section A 12 I will turn her room into a crafts room. Or create the fancy guest room Ive always wanted.13 I turn the bed over. A large brown envelope is marked “DO NOT THROW AWAY”. I open it. More papers. I d
41、ump the contents onto the floor. There are old family photographs, letters, greeting cards, and love notes from us to her. There are comics clipped from newspapers and magazines. Every single item in this envelope has passed from our hands to hers. These are all things that we gave her. Suddenly, I
42、feel very emotional. Section A 14 “DO NOT THROW AWAY ”.15 My kid-my clutter bug-knows me too well. As I read through the cards and notes, I think maybe the truck wasnt such a bad idea, after all. Maybe it helps her to feel less small in a big world. Section A it is a common idiom used to refer to so
43、meone who has an obseesive hobby of collecting clutter. often the items are small personal things that hold important memories. This is prpobaly why the daughter has marked DO NOT THROW AWAY on the envelope.16 I reverse myself and bring back the garbage bags from the car and the curb. Clothes and sh
44、oes go back into the closet. I remake the bed and pile it with stuffed animals. My husband comes home and calls up the stairs. 17 “Just straightening up, ” I tell him. “Can you find some boxes for her stuff?”18 He brings up boxes from the basement.19 “She left a mess,” he says. 20 “I dont mind,” I r
45、eply. Silence. Section A 21 Then he says softly, “Shes not coming back.” I feel my throat tighten at the sadness in his voice. I try hard to keep back my tears. 22 My little baby, my dependent child, isnt coming back. But someday my daughter, the independent woman, will return home. Tokens of her ch
46、ildhood will await her. So will we, with open arms. Section A be successful at sth., e.g. in your job.Succeed in getting somewhere in time for sth. or when this is difficult .make itHe came to the US and not only made it, but make it big. With blood pouring from his leg, he made it to a nearby house
47、. not containing or involving sth. unpleasant. 无.的；摆脱了的 free of / fromWe need to create a relaxing atmosphere, free of tension.我们需要创造一种没有压力的轻松氛围。我们需要创造一种没有压力的轻松氛围。Sb. catch oneself doing sth.句型提炼句型提炼应用提示应用提示用于表达“突然意识到自己在做某事”。Language focus句型应用句型应用Functional patterns( make the same mistake as he did
48、/ blush) 典型例句当突然意识到自己犯了和他一样的错误时，她羞得满脸通红。意群提示Language focusWhen she caught herself making the same mistake as he did, she blushed.Functional patternsearn sb. sth. get sth. as a result of sb.s efforts or behavior 博得；赢得；获得Mother terasa earned herself worldwide fame by her untiring work for the poor.Lan
49、guage focusPractical phrases改变态度改变态度/ /主意主意(originally / had planned to / reverse ones mind) They had originally planned to sell their house and move into an apartment, but later they reversed their mind. reverse oneself /ones mind短语逆译短语应用起初他们打算把房子卖掉，搬到公寓去住，但是后来改变了主意。意群提示Language focusPractical phra
50、sesmake the / ones bedtidy the beds covers after one has slept in it. 整理好床铺Jimmys mother aksed him to make his bed when he was only four. 吉米只有四岁的时候他妈妈就叫他自己整理床铺了。 Language focusPractical phrases把把弄整洁弄整洁; ; 直起身直起身(clear away the dishes / straighten up the room) As usual, she helped her mother clear aw
