1、Spot dictationQuestions&AnswersWatch&DiscussPre-reading ActivitiesHow to apply to our real life the typical expressions and patterns taken from the textExpressions&PatternsAll the exercisesfor Text AExercisesMain idea and devices for developing itText AnalysisBlank fillingSummary Tips for Para.writi
2、ngParagraph Writing1.Part I Pre-reading TasklListen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions:1.Do you know who John Lennon was?2.Have you ever heard the song before?3.What does Lennon think of growing up?Is it easy or full of adventures?4.Can you guess what the
3、 texts in this unit are going to be about?The following words in the recording may be new to you:monster n.怪物 prayer n.祈祷 2.Text analysis Part II Text A When we are writing we are often told to keep our readers in mind,to shape what we say to fit their tastes and interests.But there is one reader in
4、 particular who should not be forgotten.Can you guess who?Russell Baker surprised himself and everyone else when he discovered the answer.WRITING FOR MYSELF Russell Baker 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
5、 school that the possibility took hold.Until then Id been bored by everything associated with 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.When our class was assigned t
6、o Mr.Fleagle for third-year English I anticipated another cheerless year in that most tedious of subjects.Mr.Fleagle had a reputation among students for dullness and inability to inspire.He was said to be very formal,rigid and hopelessly out of date.To me he looked to be sixty or seventy and excessi
7、vely prim.He wore primly severe eyeglasses,his wavy hair was primly cut and primly 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,tha
8、t he seemed a comic antique.I prepared for an unfruitful year with Mr.Fleagle 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 so simple-minded as What I Did on My Summer Vaca
9、tion,but most seemed to be almost as dull.I took the list home and did nothing 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 ti
10、tle produced an extraordinary sequence of mental images.Vivid memories came flooding back of a night in Belleville when all of us were seated around the supper table Uncle Allen,my mother,Uncle Charlie,Doris,Uncle Hal and Aunt Pat served spaghetti for supper.Spaghetti was still a little known foreig
11、n dish in those days.Neither Doris nor I had ever eaten spaghetti,and none of 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 spaghett
12、i from plate to mouth.Suddenly I wanted to write about that,about the warmth and 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,h
13、owever,would violate all the rules of formal composition Id learned in school,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
14、compose a proper,respectable essay for Mr.Fleagle.There was no choice next morning but to turn in my tale of the Belleville supper.Two days passed before 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
15、after school for discipline when I saw him lift my paper from his desk and knock 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 entire
16、 class was listening.Listening attentively.Then somebody laughed,then the entire 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 feeli
17、ng was pure delight at this demonstration that my words had the power to make 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,N
18、ow that,boys,is an essay,dont you see.Its dont you see its of the very essence of the essay,dont you see.Congratulations,Mr.Baker.(797 words)3.New Words and Expressions off and on from time to time;sometimes 断断续续地；有时 possibility n.可能（性）take hold become established 生根，确立 bore vt.make(sb.)become tired
19、 and lose interest 使（人）厌烦 associate vt.join or connect together;bring in the mind 使联系起来；使联想 assignment n.a piece of work that is given to a particular person（分配的）工作，任务，作业 turn out produce 编写；生产，制造 agony n.very great pain or suffering of mind or body（身心的）极度痛苦 assign vt.give as a share or duty 分配，分派 a
20、nticipate vt.expect 预期，期望 tedious a.boring and lasting for a long time 乏味的；冗长的 reputation n.名声；名誉 inability n.lack of power,skill or ability 无能，无力 inspire vt.fill(sb.)with confidence,eagerness,etc.激励，鼓舞 formal a.(too)serious and careful in manner and behavior;based on correct or accepted rules 刻板的，拘
21、谨的；正式的，正规的 rigid a.(often disapproving)fixed in behavior,views or methods;strict 一成不变的；严格的 hopelessly ad.very much;without hope 十分，极度；绝望地 excessively ad.过分地 out of date old-fashioned 过时的 prim a.(usu.disapproving)(of a person)too formal or correct in behavior and showing a dislike of anything rude;ne
22、at 古板的，拘谨的；循规蹈矩的；整洁的 primly ad.severe pletely plain;causing very great pain,difficulty,worry,etc.朴素的；严重的，剧烈的 necktie n.tie 领带 jaw n.颌，颚 comic a.滑稽的；喜剧的 n.连环漫画（册）antique n.古物，古玩 tackle vt.try to deal with 处理，应付 essay n.散文，小品文；论说文 distribute vt.divide and give out among people,places,etc.分发，分配，分送 fina
23、lly ad.at last 最终，终于 face up to be brave enough to accept or deal with 勇敢地接受或对付 scan v.look through quickly 浏览，粗略地看 spaghetti n.意大利式细面条 title n.a name given to a book,film,etc.标题，题目 vt.give a name to 给加标题，加题目于 extraordinary a.very unusual or strange 不同寻常的；奇特的 sequence n.一连串相关的事物；次序，顺序 image n.a pict
24、ure formed in the mind 形象；印象；（图）像 adult n.a fully grown person or animal 成年人；成年动物 humor n.心情；幽默，诙谐 recall vt.bring back to the mind;remember 回想起，回忆起 argument n.论据，论点；争论 respectable a.(of behavior,appearance,etc.)socially acceptable 可敬的；体面的；文雅的 put down write down 写下 recapture vt.(lit)bring back into
25、 the mind;experience again 再现；再次经历 relive vt.experience again,esp.in ones imagination 再体验，重温 violate vt.act against 违背，违反 compose vt.write or create(music,poetry,etc.)创作 turn in hand in(work that one has done)交（作业）command n.,v.命令，指令 discipline n.punishment;order kept(among school-children,soldiers,e
26、tc.)惩罚，处分；纪律 whats more in addition,more importantly 而且，此外；更有甚者 contempt n.轻视，轻蔑 ridicule n.making or being made fun of 嘲笑，嘲弄；被戏弄 open-hearted a.sincere,frank 诚挚的 hold back prevent the expression of(feelings,tears,etc.)控制（感情、眼泪等）avoid vt.keep or get away from 避免 demonstration n.act of showing or pro
27、ving sth.表明；证明 career n.生涯，事业；职业 seal n.印，图章 essence n.the most important quality of a thing 本质；精髓 congratulation n.(usu.pl)expression of joy for sb.s success,luck,etc.祝贺，恭喜 Proper Names Russell Baker 拉赛尔贝克 Belleville 贝尔维尔（美国地名）Fleagle 弗利格尔（姓氏）Allen 艾伦（男子名）Charlie 查理（男子名）Doris 多丽丝（女子名）Hal 哈尔（男子名，Henry,Harold的昵称）Pat 帕特（女子名，Patricia的昵称）TranslationvocabularyWrite about your experience of growing up.Title:what does it mean by“growing up”Words:about 150.
