1、BR_mainEnglishSongBeautifulBoySpaghettiTheAmericanEducationalSystemEnglish Song Beautiful BoyJohn LennonBeautiful BoyQuestions about the Song and the Texts1.A Brief Introduction to John Lennon2.Questions about John Lennon3.Chronology of John LennonSpaghettiDefinition Listen and PracticeThe American
2、Educational SystemThe U.S.Grade School System John Lennon(19401980)was an English rock musician and cofounder of The Beatles,the most lauded and influential rock group of all time.A Brief Introduction to John LennonQuestions about John Lennon1.Who was John Lennon?2.Which country was he from?3.What w
3、as his profession?4.Do you know any songs by him?5.Can you tell us anything about Lennon?October 9,1940Born John Winston Lennon,in ,England.September 1957Enrolled at Liverpool College of Art.August 23,1962Married college girlfriend (divorced 1968).February 19,1963Please Please Me reached Number One
4、in the U.K.charts.February 12,1964 started their first U.S.tour.Chronology of John Lennon Liverpool Cynthia PowellThe Beatles June 15,1965The Beatles received (Member of the Order of the British Empire)from Queen Elizabeth II.March 14,1969Married .November 25,1969Lennon returned his MBE in peace pro
5、test.December 8,1980 Shot dead outside his apartment in the Dakota building in New York City.The killer was a crazed fan,who had recently obtained Lennons autograph(亲笔签名亲笔签名).MBEsYoko Ono ChapmanMarkLiverpool Cynthia PowellThe BeatlesMBEYokoMark ChapmanBeautiful BoyQuestions about the Song and the T
6、exts1.In your opinion,what is the song Beautiful Boy going to tell us?2.What does Lennon think of growing up?Is it easy or full of adventures?3.Can you guess what the texts in this unit are going to be about?Definition Spaghetti is the Italian-style thin noodle,cooked by boiling and served with sauc
7、e.Unlike some Chinese noodles,it is not served in soup and will never taste pulpy(软乎乎、没有嚼劲的软乎乎、没有嚼劲的).Listen and Practice Read the words given below and then listen to the passage.After listening to the passage,one student is required to come up and show the right way of eating spaghetti before the
8、class.poke 戳戳scoop 挖挖prong 尖头尖头remainder 剩余物剩余物 twirl 快速转动快速转动The Right Way of Eating Spaghetti1.Hold the fork in your hand as if to poke the spaghetti.2.Scoop up a small amount of spaghetti on your fork and raise it about 30cm above your plate.3.Make sure the spaghetti on your fork is completely di
9、sconnected from the remainder on your plate.4.Put the prongs of the fork at an edge of the plate that is free of food.5.Quickly point the prongs of the fork straight down toward the plate and place the points on the plate.6.Twirl the fork to gather the spaghetti around the prongs.7.With a quick scoo
10、ping movement,gather up the roll around the prongs and place it in your mouth.8.Gently gather up any stray spaghetti ends that dont make it all the way into your mouth.The American Educational System In the United States,education is the responsibility of individual states,not of the federal governm
11、ent,so requirements may vary from one state to another.The following is a generalization:kindergarten:under 5 years oldjunior high/middle school(grades 78):1213 years oldelementary/primary school(grades 16):611 years oldsenior/high school(grades 912):1417 years oldcollege,institute,academy(学院学院),uni
12、versityScanningPart Division of the TextFurther UnderstandingFor Part 1 True or FalseFor Part 2 Multiple Choice For Part 3 Questions and AnswersFurther UnderstandingScanningScan Text A and find out all the time words,phrases and clauses.since my childhood in Belleville (Para.1)until my third year in
13、 high school(Para.1)until then(Para.1)when our class was assigned to Mr.Fleagle for third-year English(Para.2)late in the year(Para.3)until the night before the essay was due(Para.3)when I finished(Para.6)next morning(Para.6)two days passed(Para.6)when I saw him lift my paper from his desk.(Para.6)w
14、hen Mr.Fleagle finished(Para.9)Part Division of the TextPartsPara(s)Main Ideas112 235 Baker was bored by everything associated with English courses,including his new English teacher.Baker found himself attracted by one particular topic and wrote about it for his own enjoyment.PartsPara(s)Main Ideas3
15、69The experience of writing the essay helped Baker discover his talent for writing and realize what he wished to do in life.True or False1.Baker had never thought of becoming a writer until he was in the eleventh grade.FAs a child in Belleville,he had thought of becoming a writer from time to time.(
16、)2.Teachers found it painful to read students long and lifeless essays.T()3.Before Mr.Fleagle became the English teacher for Bakers class,the English course had been interesting.FFrom the words“another cheerless year”we can see the English course had been quite boring.()4.In Bakers opinion,Mr.Fleagl
17、e was really a formal,rigid and out-of-date teacher only because of Fleagles manner of speaking.FBesides the manner of speaking,Fleagles appearance and dress also showed that he was a dull and rigid teacher.()1.At first,Baker thought Mr.Fleagles English course was _.Choose the best answer to complet
18、e the sentence.A.interestingB.dullC.hopefulD.attractiveMultiple Choice1.At first,Baker thought Mr.Fleagles English course was _.Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.Multiple ChoiceAA.interestingB.dullC.hopefulD.attractive1.At first,Baker thought Mr.Fleagles English course was _.Choose the
19、 best answer to complete the sentence.Multiple ChoiceA.interestingB.dullC.hopefulD.attractiveB1.At first,Baker thought Mr.Fleagles English course was _.Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.Multiple ChoiceA.interestingB.dullC.hopefulD.attractiveC1.At first,Baker thought Mr.Fleagles English
20、 course was _.Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.Multiple ChoiceA.interestingB.dullC.hopefulD.attractiveD2.In Bakers opinion,the title of the composition“What I Did on My Summer Vacation”was _.A.dullB.unfruitfulC.difficultD.foolish and dull2.In Bakers opinion,the title of the compositio
21、n“What I Did on My Summer Vacation”was _.AA.dullB.unfruitfulC.difficultD.foolish and dull2.In Bakers opinion,the title of the composition“What I Did on My Summer Vacation”was _.BA.dullB.unfruitfulC.difficultD.foolish and dull2.In Bakers opinion,the title of the composition“What I Did on My Summer Va
22、cation”was _.CA.dullB.unfruitfulC.difficultD.foolish and dull2.In Bakers opinion,the title of the composition“What I Did on My Summer Vacation”was _.DA.dullB.unfruitfulC.difficultD.foolish and dull3.Baker liked to write a composition with the title“The Art of Eating Spaghetti”because _.A.neither Bak
23、er nor Doris had ever eaten spaghetti beforeB.Baker and Doris argued about it at a supperC.spaghetti was from Italy and quite new thenD.it reminded him of the pleasure of that evening3.Baker liked to write a composition with the title“The Art of Eating Spaghetti”because _.A.neither Baker nor Doris h
24、ad ever eaten spaghetti beforeB.Baker and Doris argued about it at a supperC.spaghetti was from Italy and quite new thenD.it reminded him of the pleasure of that eveningA3.Baker liked to write a composition with the title“The Art of Eating Spaghetti”because _.A.neither Baker nor Doris had ever eaten
25、 spaghetti beforeB.Baker and Doris argued about it at a supperC.spaghetti was from Italy and quite new thenD.it reminded him of the pleasure of that eveningB3.Baker liked to write a composition with the title“The Art of Eating Spaghetti”because _.A.neither Baker nor Doris had ever eaten spaghetti be
26、foreB.Baker and Doris argued about it at a supperC.spaghetti was from Italy and quite new thenD.it reminded him of the pleasure of that eveningC3.Baker liked to write a composition with the title“The Art of Eating Spaghetti”because _.A.neither Baker nor Doris had ever eaten spaghetti beforeB.Baker a
27、nd Doris argued about it at a supperC.spaghetti was from Italy and quite new thenD.it reminded him of the pleasure of that eveningD4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?_ A.Youll not write a good composition until you like the topic.B.When Baker wrote the essay,he thought his teacher would lik
28、e it.C.Mr.Fleagle had liked Bakers compositions before.D.Baker succeeded in writing two compositions.4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?_ A.You wont write a good composition until you like the topic.B.When Baker wrote the essay,he thought his teacher would like it.C.Mr.Fleagle had liked Bak
29、ers compositions before.D.Baker succeeded in writing two compositions.A4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?_ A.You wont write a good composition until you like the topic.B.When Baker wrote the essay,he thought his teacher would like it.C.Mr.Fleagle had liked Bakers compositions before.D.Bake
30、r succeeded in writing two compositions.B4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?_ A.You wont write a good composition until you like the topic.B.When Baker wrote the essay,he thought his teacher would like it.C.Mr.Fleagle had liked Bakers compositions before.D.Baker succeeded in writing two com
31、positions.C4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?_ A.You wont write a good composition until you like the topic.B.When Baker wrote the essay,he thought his teacher would like it.C.Mr.Fleagle had liked Bakers compositions before.D.Baker succeeded in writing two compositions.DQuestions and Answe
32、rs1.2.3.4.5.Do you think Baker would write another essay if he had enough time?Why?What was Baker prepared for when he found all the papers had been given back but his?Whose essay did Mr.Fleagle read to the class?How did the class respond?Which paragraph in this part gives readers the impression tha
33、t Bakers essay was very good?Why did Baker feel so delighted?Writing for Myself The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Belleville,but it wasnt until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold.Until then Id been bored by everything associated wi
34、th English courses.I found English grammar dull and difficult.I hated the assignments to turn out long,lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write.Russell Baker When our class was assigned to Mr.Fleagle for third-year English I anticipated another cheerless year in t
35、hat most tedious of subjects.Mr.Fleagle had a reputation among students for dullness andinability to inspire.He was said to be very formal,rigid and hopelessly out of date.To me he looked to be sixty or seventy and excessively prim.He wore primly severe eyeglasses,his wavy hair was primly cut and pr
36、imly combed.He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts.He had a primly pointed jaw,a primly straight nose,and a prim manner of speaking that was so correct,so gentlemanly,that he seemed a comic antique.I prepared for an unfruitful year with Mr.Fleagle
37、and for a long time was not disappointed.Late in the year we tackled the informal essay.Mr.Fleagle distributed a homework sheet offering us a choice of topics.None was quite sosimple-minded as“What I Did on My Summer Vacation,”but most seemed to be almost as dull.I took the list home and did nothing
38、 until the night before the essay was due.Lying on the sofa,I finally faced up to the unwelcome task,took the list out of my notebook,and scanned it.The topic on which my eye stopped was“The Art of Eating Spaghetti.”This title produced an extraordinary sequence of mental images.Vivid memories came f
39、looding back of a night in Belleville when all of us were seated around the supper table Uncle Allen,my mother,UncleCharlie,Doris,Uncle Hal and Aunt Pat served spaghetti for supper.Spaghetti was still a little known foreign dish in those days.Neither Doris nor I had ever eaten spaghetti,and none of
40、the adults had enough experience to be good at it.All the good humor of Uncle Allens house reawoke in my mind as I recalled the laughing arguments we had that night about the socially respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth.Suddenly I wanted to write about that,about the warmth a
41、nd good feeling of it,but I wanted to put it down simply for my own joy,not for Mr.Fleagle.It was a moment I wanted to recapture and hold for myself.I wanted to relive the pleasure of that evening.To write it as I wanted,however,would violate all the rules of formal composition Id learned in school,
42、and Mr.Fleagle would surely give it a failing grade.Never mind.I would write something else for Mr.Fleagle after I had written this thing for myself.When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no time left to compose a proper,respectable essay for Mr.Fleagle.There was no choice next mor
43、ning but to turn in my tale of the Belleville supper.Two days passedbefore Mr.Fleagle returned the graded papers,and he returned everyones but mine.I was preparing myself for a command to report to Mr.Fleagle immediately after school for discipline when I saw him lift my paper from his desk and knoc
44、k for the classs attention.“Now,boys,”he said.“I want to read you an essay.This is titled,The Art of Eating Spaghetti.”And he started to read.My words!He was reading my words out loud to the entire class.Whats more,the entireclass was listening.Listening attentively.Then somebody laughed,then the en
45、tire class was laughing,and not in contempt and ridicule,but with open-hearted enjoyment.Even Mr.Fleagle stopped two or three times to hold back a small prim smile.I did my best to avoid showing pleasure,but what I was feeling was pure delight at this demonstration that my words had the power to mak
46、e people laugh.In the eleventh grade,at the eleventh hour as it were,I had discovered a calling.It was the happiest moment of my entire school career.When Mr.Fleagle finished he put the final seal on my happiness by saying,“Now that,boys,is an essay,dont you see.Its dont you see its of the very esse
47、nce of the essay,dont you see.Congratulations,Mr.Baker.”What can we infer from this sentence?Up to then,Baker had had no interest in things related to English courses.Until then Id been bored by everything associated with English courses.Paraphrase the sentence.I found it painful to write long,borin
48、g essays as required by teachers;neither did teachers enjoy what I wrote.I hated the assignments to turn out long,lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write.What can we learn from this phrase?We can know from this phrase that before Mr.Fleagle became Bakers English
49、teacher,all English courses were dull.another cheerless year in that most tedious of subjectsWhat does the author really mean when he says “I.was not disappointed”?He means that his expectation was right that Mr.Fleagles lessons were dull.I prepared for an unfruitful year with Mr.Fleagle and for a l
50、ong time was not disappointed.1.What can we infer from these sentences?Baker was unwilling to write his essay.2.List phrases to support your inference.did nothing until the essay was due;faced up to the unwelcome task.I took the list home and did nothing until the night before the essay was due.Lyin
