1、 NEW HORIZON ENGLISH COURSES Book Two.Unit 5 Parents Love1Around the Topic2Section A3Section B4Section CLeading in Exploring the TopicPlus ActivitiesWarming-upText AExercisesBackground InformationReading ThroughExercisesRelated KnowledgeSample ReadingExercisesUseful Terms.The older you get,the more
2、deeply you begin to realize your parents love.When you were young,your parents made sure that you were always safe,and for sure this sometimes seemed silly to you.Is there anything funny that your parents do even now to protect you?Or maybe you feel your parents are the ones who need protection as t
3、hey get older!Its true that a parents job is never done.But neither is that of a son or daughter!Many people quite often talk about their mothers love for them.But the fact is often that their fathers love is equally dear to or even deeper than their mothers.Work in pairs and ask each other the foll
4、owing questions while checking()the answers and providing your own in the blanks.Please notice that the questions are open-ended with no right or wrong answers.1.How would you describe your fathers appearance?My partners father is _.My father is _.p tall p thin p good-looking p strong p tall p thin
5、p good-looking p strong 2.How would you describe your fathers character?My partners father is _.My father is _.p kind p hard-working p confident p energetic p kind p hard-working p confident p energetic 3.What sports does he like best?My partners father likes _.My father likes _.pfootball pbasketbal
6、l pmountain climbingpbadmintonpfootball pbasketball pmountain climbingpbadminton4.How has your father shown his love and care for you?My father has done so _.My partners father has done so _.p by getting me/him to school in the morning p by picking me/him up from school in the late afternoonp by coo
7、king good food for me/himp by persuading me/him with earnest words to keep me/him from doing wrong deeds p by doing outdoor activities with me/him,such as riding a bicyclep by helping me/him with my studies Directions:You will hear a short passage.Listen carefully and answer the following questions.
8、1.What is your understanding of parents love?2.What do you do as a reward to your parents love?keykeySuggested answer:My understanding of parents love varieswith the changes of my age.When I was young,I could hardly see what love meant.I just had an impression that it was the parents duty to give ch
9、ildren love and care.So I always expected too much of my parents.But as I get older,I came to realize that parents love is selfless and it is the greatest love in the world.Parents always exhaust themselves to satisfy us,but never expect our rewards.ReturnSuggested answer:My parents devoted all thei
10、r energy,Attention and love to me in my childhood.They did all they could to protect me and provide for me so that I can grow in a healthy way.But to my shame,I did not cherish their love and care for me,even neglected them.As I get older,I begin to realize parents love more deeply.Therefore,as the
11、reward to my parent,I should first of all work hard to live up to their expectations.Then I should showmy love and care to them as much as possible.ReturnDirections:You will hear a short passage.Listen carefully and answer the following questions.3.Would you say something about your father including
12、 his appearance,hobby and character?4.How has your father shown his love and care for you?keykeySuggested answer:My father is tall and strong.He looks young and handsome though he is about 50 years old.Besides reading books,my fatherhas many other hobbies such as swimming,mountain climbing,traveling
13、 as well as taking pictures.My father is optimistic,hard-working,confident and responsible.And he is strict with me.ReturnSuggested Answer:My father has shown his love and care for me in different ways.First,every day he gets me to school in the morning,picks me up from school in the late afternoon,
14、and cooks good food for me.Second,whenever I do something wrong,he always persuades me with earnest words.Third,he tries to be my friend by doing outdoor activities with me,such as riding a bicycle.Finally,when I have troubles in my studies,he is always very patient to help me with the problems.Retu
15、rnSection A:Father Dearest Many people say that mothers love is the most unselfish in the world.But the fact is often that their fathers love is equally dear.Father Dearest tells about a father who takes every care to protect his children and grandchildren.He shows his love by warning them against a
16、ll types of risks:in restaurants,in fashion,in sports,in driving and even in cleaningproducts.This love is certainly returned when the younger generations say to him:“Be careful,Dad.”Father Dearest My father and I were watching a video in which my two-year-old nephew,Cameron,ran into view with a spo
17、on sticking out of his mouth.“Hell trip,and that spoon will go right into his throat,”my father said with worry.Para.1最亲爱的父亲我和父亲在看录像，这时画面上出现了我两岁的侄子卡梅伦，嘴里叼着一只勺子。“要是绊倒的话，勺子会戳进他的喉咙的，”父亲担心地说。Like most parents,Dad has always tried to protect his children.As a doctor,too,he is especially conscious of the
18、many dangers surrounding us.Para.2和大多数父母一样，父亲一直在努力保护着他的孩子们。作为医生，他对我们身边的危险也特别敏感。I remember having dinner at a friends house once,and being surprised that nobody said a word about food poisoning.At home,“Did you wash your hands?”was spoken at every single meal.Para.3记得有一次在朋友家吃饭，竟然没有一个人提及同食物中毒有关的字眼，我感到
19、奇怪。如果在家里，每顿饭时都会有人问：“你洗手了吗？”Restaurants,Dad warned,presented many risksfrom careless waiters who might drop hot coffee onto your head,to employees who didnt wash their hands.Para.4父亲告诫我们说，在饭店就餐会面临许多危险粗心的服务员可能会把滚烫的咖啡打翻在你头上，饭店员工们可能没洗过手，等等。Fashion,too,could be dangerous,according to my father.A few year
20、s ago,he took away my coat because he said I hadnt had it made right.When I asked him about it,Dad put the coat on to show me how serious the problem was.Para.5在父亲看来，时装也会有危险。几年前，他拿走了我的大衣，因为他说那大衣做得不对劲。我问他怎么不对劲，他穿上大衣，向我说明问题有多严重。“Lookits too long,even on me.And this material is so heavy that it would p
21、ull you down.”“I have never heard of anyone being injured by too heavy a coat.”“Do you want to be the first?Just cut it off here,”he said,drawing his hand across his knees.Para.6-8“看，我穿着都太长。而且这料子这么重，会把你压坏的。”“我可从没听说过有人因大衣太重而受伤的。”“你想成为第一个吗？要从这儿剪掉。”父亲说着用手在他的膝盖处比划了一下。Fashion was only one of the many dan
22、gers from which we had to guard ourselves.To this day,when I walk within yards of tree branches,I pause and hear Dads voice:“Watch your eyes!”Para.9时装只是我们必须提防的许多危险之一。知道现在，当走到离树枝尚有数码之遥时，我仍会停下来，耳边似乎又响起了父亲的声音：“当心戳到眼睛！”Of course,as children,we did not always listen to Dad.We had our broken bones,car acc
23、idents,and illnesses some of which might have been avoided if we had followed his advice.Para.10当然，我们小时候并不总是听父亲的话。我们曾经摔断过骨头，出过交通事故，生过病。如果我们听从父亲劝告的话，有些意外是可以避免的。When my brothers and sisters and I talk about the old days,we recall Dads telling us not to jump too hard and high while playing sports becau
24、se of the possibility of backbone injury,and the driving directions he gave us with as few left turns as possible.Now,we find ourselves giving similar warnings:we phone my younger brother to tell him that we read about someone dying from poisoning,or my younger sister to warn her about the high lead
25、 content of certain window coverings.Para.11当我们和兄妹聊起过去的时候，我们会回想起父亲叫我们运动时不要跳得太猛太高，因为这样可能会使脊柱受伤。他给我们的开车路线总是尽量避免左转弯。如今，我们发觉自己也常常像父亲那样告诫别人。我们会打电话给弟弟，告诉他我们读到了有人中毒死亡的新闻，或者打电话给妹妹，提醒她某种窗帘的含铅量很高。Now,too,Dad has a new generation to guide.His grandchildren have caught on quickly,knowing to shake their fingers
26、and say,“Thats dangerous!”at the sight of cleaning products.“Thats too big a bitebe careful,”three-year-old Margaret tells her two-year-old sister at the holiday dinner table.As everyone is leaving,we all laugh when my niece says good-bye to Dad:“Be careful,Poppa!”Para.12现在，父亲又可以教导新一代人了。他的孙子孙女们领会得很快
27、，看见洗涤用品，他们知道摇摇手指说：“那很危险！”假日晚餐上，三岁得玛格丽特跟两岁的妹妹说：“你一口吃得太多了。小心点儿。”分别时，我侄女这样同我父亲说再见：“保重，爷爷！”，我们听后都笑了起来。After each weekend visit at my parents home,I have my father dropped me off at the quiet train station for my trip back to Manhattan.As I wait,I can see his car in the parking lot;I know that he is watc
28、hing to see that I board safely.Para.13 每周末去父母家拜访后，父亲会开车把我送到一个宁静的火车站乘火车回曼哈顿。候车时，我可以看见他的车还在停车场里。我知道他要看着我安全上车。When I am seated,I watch him drive off,wanting,as I do more and more often now,to protect him from the worlds sharpest edges,the way he always tried to protect us.I wish I could give him the r
29、eassurance his worrying and caring have given me.As the train pulls away,I say quietly,“Be careful,Dad.”Para.14-15上火车坐定后，我会看着他开车离去。我越来越希望用他努力保护我们的那种方式来保护他，使他不受各种危险的伤害。他的挂念和关心给了我一种安心的感觉，我也希望自己同样能给他带来这种安心的感觉。火车开动了，我默默地说：“爸爸，保重。”The older you get,the more deeply you begin to realize your parents love.W
30、hen you were young,your parents made sure that you were always safe,and for sure this sometimes seemed silly to you.Is there anything funny that your parents do even now to protect you?Or maybe you feel your parents are the ones who need protection as they get older!Its true that a parents job is ne
31、ver done.But neither is that of a son or a daughter.Main IdeaMain idea:Parental love is returned:The child shows as muchlove in the same manner.StructureMain idea:Dad shows his love by giving warnings against all types of risks:in restaurants,in fashion,in sports,in driving and even in cleaning prod
32、ucts.Main idea:Presenting the thesis statement:“Like most parents,Dad has always tried to protect his children.”(Para.2)Part II:Para.3-12Part III:Para.13-15Part I:Para.1-2Father Dearest Meaning:My father and I were watching a family videotape recording in which my nephew,Cameron,who was two years ol
33、d,appeared on the screen.He was running with a spoon held between his lips.1Meaning:My Dearest Father2 My father and I were watching a video in which my two-year-old nephew,Cameron,ran into view with a spoon sticking out of his mouth.34Meaning:As he is a doctor,he knows very well about the dangers a
34、round us.Meaning:Dad has always made an effort to keep his children safe from harm,injury or danger.Dad has always tried to protect his children.As a doctor,too,he is especially conscious of the many dangers surrounding us.Meaning:I remember that once I had dinner at a friends house.I was surprised
35、that nobody at the dinner spoke of anything about food poisoning.5I remember having dinner at a friends house once,and being surprised that nobody said a word about food poisoning.Meaning:Dad warned us that restaurants are dangerous.For example,some waiters are not careful enough and they might drop
36、 hot coffee onto your head.Some waiters,as well,do not wash their hands before they serve food.6Restaurants,Dad warned,presented many risksfrom careless waiters who might drop hot coffee onto your head,to employees who didnt wash their hands.Meaning:A few years ago,he took away my coat because he sa
37、id there was something wrong with it.7A few years ago,he took away my coat because he said I hadnt had it made right.Dad put the coat on to show me how serious the problem was.8Meaning:Dad dressed himself in the coat in order to show me what was wrong with it.Lookits too long,even on me.Meaning:Look
38、the coat is too long even for me to wear.9Meaning:And this kind of cloth is so heavy that it would do harm to your body by forcing you downward.10And this material is so heavy that it would pull you down.I have never heard of anyone being injured by too heavy a coat.Meaning:I have never heard of som
39、eone getting hurt because of his/her heavy coat.11Meaning:Do you want to be the first person to be injured by a heavy coat?Just make it shorter from here,“he said,showing me,with his hand,that the coat should only be down to the knees.12Do you want to be the first?Just cut it off here,he said,drawin
40、g his hand across his knees.Meaning:The style of clothes we wore was just one of the many dangers that we had to protect ourselves from.13Fashion was only one of the many dangers from which we had to guard ourselves.Meaning:Even now,when I walk close to tree branches,I stop for a short while and see
41、m to hear Dad saying to me:Be careful not to hurt your eyes!14To this day,when I walk within yards of tree branches,I pause and hear Dads voice:Watch your eyes!Of course,as children,we did not always listen to Dad.Meaning:Certainly,as we were children,we sometimes did not follow Dads advice.15Meanin
42、g:We broke our bones,met with a few accidents when we drove a car,and sometimes got sick.Some of these bad events might not have happened if we had followed Dads advice.16We had our broken bones,car accidents,and illnessessome of which might have been avoided if we had followed his advice.Meaning:.w
43、e remember Dad told us that when we played sports,we should not jump with too much strength or too high because we might break our backbone.17.we recall Dads telling us not to jump too hard and high while playing sports because of the possibility of backbone injury.and the driving directions he gave
44、 us with as few left turns as possible.18Meaning:.and the routes he told us to drive by would often have as few left turns as possible.Meaning:.we call my younger brother to tell him That we read a report about someone who died because of poisonous food he/she had eaten,or call my younger sister to
45、tell her to be careful about the high amount of lead contained in some material for covering the windows.19.we phone my younger brother to tell him that we read about someone dying from poisoning,or my younger sister to warn her about the high lead content of certain window coverings.Dad has a new g
46、eneration to guide.Meaning:Dad has got a new generation of children to give advice to.20Meaning:His grandsons and granddaughters are quick in understanding and learning from him.They now move their fingers from side to side and say,Thats dangerous!when they see products that are used for washing and
47、 cleaning things.21His grandchildren have caught on quickly,knowing to shake their fingers and say,Thats dangerous!at the sight of cleaning products.Meaning:You put too much food in your mouth.Be careful,three-year-old Margaret tells her two-year-old sister at a holiday dinner table.22Thats too big
48、a bitebe careful,three-year-old Margaret tells her two-year-old sister at the holiday dinner table.Meaning:As we all leave,my niece says goodbye to Dad in this way:Be careful,Poppa!This makes us all laugh.23As everyone is leaving,we all laugh when my niece says goodbye to Dad:Be careful,Poppa!Meanin
49、g:I ask my father to give me a ride to the quiet train station in his car.24I have my father drop me off at the quiet train station.Meaning:.I know that he is sitting in his car watching me because he wants to see me get on the train safely.25.I know that he is watching to see that I board safely.Me
50、aning:.to protect him from the dangers in the world.26.to protect him from the worlds sharp edges.Meaning:I wish I could give Dad the same sense of freedom from fear and anxiety as his concern and love have given me.27I wish I could give him the reassurance his worrying and caring have given me.As t
