1、 2UNITTime slows downTo master the reading skillTo understand the textTo practice the phrases and patternsTo learn about comparison and turning points Warming-up Reading skills Text study Comparative study Unit projectSection B Warming-upSection B Listen to a song called“Dance with my father”and fil
2、l in the blanks.Back when I was a child,Before life removed all the innocence,My father would_,And _with my mother and me,And then._til I fell asleep,Then up the stairs he would_ me,And I knew for sure _If I could get another_,Another_,another _with him,Id play a song that would never ever endHow Id
3、 love love love.To dance with my father again.lift me highdanceSpin me around carryI was lovedchancewalkdance 1.How do you understand the love between the singer and her father?Discuss the following questions2.What have you done to express love for your parents in daily life?Cite some examples.While
4、 enjoying the song,we can feel the profound love between the singer and her father.Some words in the lyrics,such as“lift”,“dance”,“spin”,and“carry”suggest that the singer was deeply loved by her father since she was young.Still from the lyrics we learn that she missed him badly after the father pass
5、ed away.The beautiful melody also reveals her sadness for loss of her father.1.How do you understand the love between the singer and her father?Discuss the following questionsI call them every day or write to them often and tell them I love them;I cooked them food once;I helped my mother do chores s
6、ometimes;I often tell them whats on my mind;I always remember Mothers Day,Fathers Day and their birthdays and give them presents;I took care of my mother once when she got a cold2.What have you done to express love for your parents in daily life?Cite some examples.Discuss the following questions1.Fo
7、r whom do nursing homes provide help?2.What services can nursing homes offer?3.What are disadvantages of nursing homes?1.For whom do nursing homes provide help?In some countries,like the US,when elderly people who are not able to live by themselves,they can stay at a nursing home.Nursing homes offer
8、 help to people who need constant nursing care and have great difficulty in doing activities.2.What services can nursing homes offer?Nursing homes not only provide daily care,healthy and balanced diet,24-hour staff assistance,medication management,but also organize social activities and help the eld
9、erly develop hobbies.3.What are disadvantages of nursing homes?Living away from family members may make elderly people lonely and even depressed.They find there are not enough food choices,they do not have much privacy,and they are cut off from younger people.Reading skillsSection B When we read,our
10、 eyes make small stops along the line of text.Poor readers make many more fixations(eye stops)than good readers.Not only does this slow you down,but it inhibits comprehension because meaning is easier to pull from groups of words rather than from individual words or even single letters.Read in thoug
11、ht groupsTry to read in phrases of three or four words,especially in complete clauses and prepositional phrases.To develop the habit of reading in phrases,you may use a“/”to mark off phrases and to group them into group thoughts.Read the following sentences by dividing them into phrases,or thought g
12、roups.Read in thought groups (A+B)x C=Y A+(B x C)=DRead in thought groupsExample 1(A+B)x C=Y(A plus B,/multiplied by C,/equals Y)A+(B x C)=D(A,/plus B multiplied by C,/equals D)Read in thought groupsIf your team does its job well,your manager will speak kindly about your group.Read in thought groups
13、Example 2If your team does its job well,/your manager will speak kindly/about your group.Read in thought groupsShe left the bedroom a ridiculous mess,the comforter on the floor,the dress tossed aside.I strip off the comforter,the blanket,sheets,and pillows.Once she starts feeding coins into laundry
14、machines,shell appreciate the years of clean clothes Ive provided for free.Read in thought groupsPractice 1 She left the bedroom/a ridiculous mess,/the comforter on the floor,/the dress tossed aside./I strip off/the comforter,the blanket,sheets,/and pillows./Once she starts/feeding coins into/laundr
15、y machines,/shell appreciate/the years of clean clothes/Ive provided/for free.Read in thought groupsRead Paragraph 12 of Text B and mark off the thought groups.Read in thought groupsPractice 2 Read in thought groups“All right/,”he says,/and carries the smelly package./As we walk back,/he tells me/ab
16、out migrations of eels/to the Sargasso Sea:/how/eels come down/Dalmatian rivers/and swim across/the Mediterranean/and then the whole Atlantic,/until/they reach/the warmSargasso Sea./Here/they lay their legs,/and then the baby eels/swim back to/the native rivers/of their parents.Read in thought group
17、s Text studySection B 1.Read paragraphs 2,5,6 in thought groups,find out what make the daughter recall an experience with her father when she was five?(Paras.2-6)2.What makes the daughters fatigue go away?(Para.7)3.How does the daughter react when her father suggests they take some smoked eel home f
18、or supper?(Paras.8-11)4.What happens to the eel finally?(Paras.12-19)5.Why does the father forgive her daughter having eaten the eel up?(Para.20)6.Why does the daughter mention the happy experiences with her father in the past?(Paras.21-22)7.What has the daughter done to make her father cheer up aga
19、in?(Paras.24-34)8.Why does the daughter mention smoked or dried eel several times in the text?Questions Previewing1.Read paragraphs 2,5,6 in thought groups,find out what make the daughter recall an experience with her father when she was five?(Paras.2-6)Cold weather,the fathers fatigue and reluctanc
20、e to walk make the daughter think of her own feeling of being cold and tired.Read in thought groups help us have a quicker and better understanding of the text.Shivering,/he complains/its chilly.“its cold,/Im tired./Cant we go home now?”December,/Chicago,/Im five,/and cold./My feet are tired.2.What
21、makes the daughters fatigue go away?(Para.7)The daughter finds the harbor exciting.“the most exciting place I have ever been;my fatigue is gone.”3 How does the daughter react when her father suggests they take some smoked eel home for supper?(Paras.8-11)She immediately refuses her fathers to have it
22、.4.What happens to the eel finally?(Paras.12-19)The daughter likes the eel and has eaten it up.I test one pinchI test another pinch.Then another.The eel has vanished5.Why does the father forgive her daughter having eaten the eel up?(Para.20)The explicit reason is that it is Sunday and Im five.But th
23、e underlying reason is that the father loves the daughter deeply.原句原句：Time slows down and the love flows infather to daughter and back again.(Para.20,L1)解释解释:Time slows down when the affectionate love flows between the father and the daughter.译文：译文：时光在此刻驻足，爱意在此刻流淌从父亲流向女儿，又从女儿流向父亲。Sentence interpreta
24、tion6.Why does the daughter mention the happy experiences with her father in the past?(Paras.21-22)The daughter shares her happy experiences with her father in the past to show that her father was strong and energetic in the past.原句原句：Some days,time flies with joy all around.Other days,time rots lik
25、e old fish.(Para.23,L1)解释解释:There are joyful days when people are full of energy and strength while there are also bad days when people are weak and aging.译文：译文：有些日子，时间在快乐中飞逝，也有些日子会像不新鲜的鱼一样令人难受。Sentence Interpretation7.What has the daughter done to make her father cheer up again?(Paras.24-34)The dau
26、ghter cheers up her father by bring him some smoked eel.“I found some smoked eel”“What a beautiful picnic,”my father beams.With steady fingers picks up a slice of eel and downs it easily.Then another,and another,until he eats the whole piece8.Why does the daughter mention smoked or dried eel several
27、 times in the text?The daughter mentions smoked or dried eel at five,at 19 and when her father is old,in order to show the loving moments between father and daughter.The smoked eel is the token of love.解释解释:He does not often stands up by himself,but occasionally he gets up with a sudden strength.译文：
28、译文：不是说他能常常靠自己站起身来，但是偶尔，他会突然来那么一股子劲儿。Sentence Interpretation原句原句：Not that he often gets up on his own,but once in a while hell suddenly have a surge of strength.(Para.25,L1)Text Summarytake a walkThe fatigue and cold weather excitingsmoked eeldisagreeLater,I try one bite and find it tasty and _ the w
29、hole piece finally.My father forgives me _.We have been to many places,picnicking on dried eel and he is so _ that he often overtakes me.However,now _,he walks impatiently and unsteadily under my help.Text Summaryeat up out of lovestrong and energetic weak and oldHe is unhappy and doesnt _ the food
30、in the nursing home.I bring him _ to cheer him up again.He eats the whole piece.And again,time slows down and the love flows indaughter to father and back again.Text Summarycare for smoked eel Practical Phrases1.slow down 使慢下来，使减速2.make sense 有意义；合乎情理3.lay out 铺开；制定4.be supposed to do sth.应该做某事5.onc
31、e in a while 偶尔，有时6.on ones own 独立，独自的7.pull/help/assist/raise sb.to ones feet 站起来8.care for 喜欢，照顾使慢下来，使减速使慢下来，使减速(United States Department of Defense/recruiting/speed up)United States Department of Defense expects recruiting to slow down as economy speeds up.slow down短语逆译短语应用美国国防部预计，新兵征募将随着经济加快而放缓。
32、意群提示Practical Phrases有意义；合乎情理有意义；合乎情理make sense短语逆译(share land border with/conventional forces)China shares its land border with 14 countries;it makes sense that a country in such a position maintains strong conventional forces.短语应用中国与14个国家有陆地接壤，像它这样在这种位置的国家保持强大的常规部队是有道理的。意群提示Practical Phrases铺开；制定铺
33、开；制定(shop assistant/the National day)The shop assistants were busy laying out their windows for the coming National Daylay out短语逆译短语应用售货员为了迎接国庆节的到来，正忙着布置橱窗。意群提示Practical Phrases应该做某事应该做某事(military academy/leadership training)A military academy is supposed to give its cadets leadership training.be su
34、pposed to do sth.短语逆译短语应用军队院校应该对其学员进行领导能力的训练。意群提示Practical Phrases偶尔，间或偶尔，间或(baby talk/talk sense)Baby talk may be cute once in a while,but mostly men like women who are mature and talk sense.once in a while 短语逆译短语应用孩子气的话语可能有时会让人觉得可爱，但通常男人喜欢成熟而讲道理的女性。意群提示Practical Phrases独立，独自的独立，独自的(rely on)It is b
35、etter to struggle on ones own than to rely on others.on ones own短语逆译短语应用独自奋斗比傍人门户要好。意群提示Practical Phrases扶某人站起来扶某人站起来(fall over/hurry up)Seeing a child fall over,she hurried up to help him to his feet.pull/help/assist/raise sb.to ones feet短语逆译短语应用看到一个小孩摔倒了，她立刻跑过去把他扶了起来。意群提示Practical Phrases喜欢，照顾喜欢，照
36、顾(the improvement of the soul)To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour and reputationcare for 短语逆译短语应用获得智慧，寻求真理，并使心灵美好，要比追求金钱、荣誉和名声好得多。意群提示Practical Phrases1.Suddenly sb.are far away in a time long past in some place.用于表达“突然对过去某个时刻某个地方的
37、回忆”2.Some days,.Other days,用于“对比不同的境况”3.(It is)Not that sb.do sth.but that sb.do sth.用于表达“对某一观点的纠正”Functional Patterns句型提炼句型提炼突然间，我们仿佛回到了很久很久以前，来到一个我从来没见过的港口。原句译文原句译文逆译练习逆译练习Suddenly,were far away in a time long past in part of a harbor Ive never seen before.(Para.6,L1)Functional Patterns句型应用句型应用Sud
38、denly sb.are far away in a time long past in some place.句型提炼句型提炼应用提示应用提示用于表达“突然对过去某个时刻某个地方的回忆”。Functional Patterns(withstand the test of life and death)Suddenly,he is far away in a time long past in the desert where he and his teammates withstand the test of life and death together.典型例句突然间，他仿佛回到了很久很
39、久以前，来到那片沙漠，在那里他与队友经受住了同生共死的考验。意群提示Functional Patterns句型提炼句型提炼有些日子，时间在快乐中飞逝，也有些日子会像不新鲜的鱼一样，令人难受。原句译文原句译文逆译练习逆译练习Some days,time flies with joy all around.Other days,time rots like old fish.(Para.23)Functional patterns句型应用句型应用Some days,Other days,句型提炼句型提炼应用提示应用提示用于“对比不同的境况”。Functional patterns(configur
40、ation of aircrafts)Some days we teach the pilots oral English.Other days,they give us lectures about the configuration of aircrafts.典型例句有时，我们去给那些飞行员讲授英语口语，有时他们给我们讲解飞机结构方面的知识。意群提示Functional Patterns句型提炼句型提炼不是说他能常常靠自己站起身来，但是偶尔，他会突然来那么一股子劲儿。原句译文原句译文逆译练习逆译练习Not that he often gets up on his own,but once
41、in a while hell suddenly have a surge of strength.(Para.25,L1)Functional Patterns句型应用句型应用It is not that/Not that sb.do sth.,but that sb.do sth.句型提炼句型提炼应用提示应用提示用于表达“对某一观点、看法的纠正”。Functional Patterns(please sb./get along with)Not that she did not want to please him,but(that)he is hard to get along with
42、.典型例句不是她不想取悦于他，而是他太难以相处。意群提示Functional patterns 1.大步流星地走过 to stride quickly through 2.登上一只船to get aboard one boat 3.放慢脚步to slow down ones pace 4.一股鱼和烟的味道smells of fish and smoke 5.父辈原先待过的河流the native rivers of their parents 6.折叠小刀pocket knife 7.热气腾腾的杯子steaming cups 8.随着岁月的流逝as the years stretch 9.一股
43、子劲儿 a surge of strength10.不怎么灵活的/一点儿也不哆嗦的手指 awkward/steady fingers11.用于防身for safekeepingGenuine Collocations0 时光在此刻驻足，爱意在此刻流淌从父亲流向女儿，又 从 女 儿 流 向 父亲。a.Time slows down and the love flows in father to daughter and back again.Language Appreciation 有些日子，时间在快乐中度过，也有些日子会像不新鲜的鱼一样令人难受。b.Some days,time flies
44、with joy all around.Other days,time rots like old fish.Language Appreciation 不是说他能常常靠自己站起身来，但是偶尔，他会突然来那么一股子劲儿。c.Not that he often gets up on his own,but once in a while hell suddenly have a surge of strength.Language appreciationFurther discussion1.What do you think makes a good parent?2.What would
45、you do to settle the disagreement when you and your parents have conflicts?3.Nowadays,young people are too busy to spend time with their parents.How do you see this phenomenon?Further discussion1.What do you think makes a good parent?Raising kids is a complicated endeavor,and theres no one recipe fo
46、r doing it right.Still,certain ingredients are an indispensable part of the mix.A parent should:Attend to childrens physical and spiritual needs;Be supportive in times of difficulties;Share life experiences without preaching;Share hobbies and doing sports with children;Respect childrens privacy.2.Wh
47、at would you do to settle the disagreement when you and your parents have conflicts?Further discussionConflicts between parents and children may be sometimes inevitable.However,there are something we can do to reconcile and solve the disagreement.Calm down;anger only makes things worse;Analyze the r
48、eason for the conflicts;Try to be in our parents shoes and see things from their angle;Explain what is on your mind and try to have their support;Make compromises whenever we can.3.Nowadays,young people are too busy to spend time with their parents.How do you see this phenomenon?Further discussion T
49、his has been a social problem of public concern.It is true that young people today are facing great pressure from work.Busy as they are,they should try to set aside time to be with their parents,especially on the weekend.The aging parents may feel deserted and lonely,being left at the“empty nest”.In
50、 fact,this social problem has promoted the government to take action and make it part of the law that children should regularly visit their parents and attend to their parents needs.Watch a video clip and talk about Chinese traditional filial piety(孝文化孝文化)。Further discussion1.How is filial piety def
