1、Unit 5 Weeping for My Smoking DaughterWarm-up activities: words related to smoking: heavy smoker nonsmoker passive smoker second-hand smoker smokiest Discussion in groups Why do we often see people in movies smoking? Is it the same for you to see man-smokers and woman-smokers? Why or why not? Will y
2、ou choose a smoker as your husband or wife? Why?1. Have you ever had the idea of having a try of smoking?2. Have you ever smoked?3. What do you feel about the smell of cigarettes? Disgusting 4. Is there any smoker in your family? Yes, my father was a heavy smoker. When I was young, mother and father
3、 used to quarrel over smoking. Just similar to the authors experience, for many years we had to sit by, seeing my father breathe hard at first, then cough a lot, and eventually die from lung and heart trouble. He has been away from us for almost ten years.As we know, cigarette smoking is a dangerous
4、 habit because it causes health problems. Doctors say it can be a direct cause of cancer of the lungs and throat and can also contribute to cancer of other organs. In addition, it can bring about other health problems such as heart and lung disease. It is clearly identified as one of the chief cause
5、 of death in our society. Smoking is a killer not only among smokers, but also the nearby nonsmokers. The nonsmokers often find themselves exposed to second-hand smoke. This will add to the deaths from cancer and disease related to smoking.For the sake of public health, its time to take actions to e
6、liminate this bad custom. Before we succeed in persuading smokers to give up the habit, we should at least set up “no smoking” zones, and prohibit smoking in public places.Structure analysis:The author narrates to the reader the stories of her daughter and her father in first person, which makes the
7、 narration more vivid and convincing. The whole passage consists of three parts: the authors worries about her daughters smoking; the authors painful experiences with her fathers smoking; and the authors earnest appeal to the smokers like her daughter to give up smoking. During her narration, time s
8、equence is adopted to make it clear and smooth. Besides, the device of cause and effect is used to help people have a strong feeling of the harm smoking does. Part I: (para.1) I feel terrible seeing my daughter smoking. Part II: (para.2-5) My fathers story. Part III(para 6) The cases in Third World
9、countries. Part IV (para7-8) The authors feeling as a mother and her view on smoking.Main idea:When seeing her daughter smoke heavily, the author as a mother can do nothing but weep. Her weeping is attributed to a bitter lesson she learned from her painful experiences with her fathers smoking. Throu
10、gh years she had to sit by, seeing her father breathe hard at first, then cough a lot, and eventually die from lung trouble. So she feels deeply hurt to watch many people like her daughter following in her fathers steps. She hopes her fathers fate will be a lesson to all.1. Who are the characters in
11、 this story? What is their relationship to each other? As the story reveals to us, there are three major characters the mother, her father and her daughter. The mother felt sorry for her father because she witnessed him suffer and die from smoking. Her bitter and painful experiences with her fathers
12、 smoking habit have taught herself a good lesson. Thats why she feels deeply hurt to see her daughter smoking the same kind of cigarette that killed her grandfather. The mother never hopes that her daughter will follow in her grandfathers footsteps, but hopes that her fathers fate will serve as a wa
13、rning to her daughter.2. What are the effects of smoking?Smoking does us more harm than we thought. In the first place, smoking is a form of self-battering. For example, smoking as few as one to four cigarettes a day may increase the smokers risk of heart attack by two to three times. The habit can
14、also lead to stroke and several kinds of cancers. If todays smoking patterns do not change, as a research predicts, 300 million Chinese alive today will die prematurely from tobacco-related diseases. In the second, smoking may form a fatal threat to the smokers beloved. According to recent studies,
15、women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to experience bleeding or spontaneous abortion.3. What does “victory” mean in this story?The word “victory” is used here ironically. As the passage shows, tobacco advertising and film actors won over many people like the authors father, who was hopele
16、ssly hooked by cigarettes. So from the viewpoint of the tobacco company, this seemed a great success because more people smoking will definitely bring it more profit. But from the viewpoint of the family, the authors father was nothing but a victim of tobacco industry. The prosperous owners of the t
17、obacco industries have won a victory in her family, but her family has paid a bigger price her father died from smoking. The author believes one such victim is enough. Otherwise, it would be too much for her family.Language points:1. to weep for /over / about (title) 为哭泣/叹息The optimistic never weep
18、over their failure or misfortune. Instead, they hold a positive attitude towards anything in life.乐观的人从不为自己的失败或厄运而哀叹，而是以积极的态度对待生活中一切。2. pick sth./sb. up (L3) take hold of and lift 拾起，捡起，提起I picked up the telephone and dialed/ rang her number.我拿起了电话拨她的号码。 learn sth. without formal lessonsJoe picked u
19、p a lot of Italian by watching soap-operas on TV. Joe 在看电视台播放的肥皂剧时学到了很多意大利话。 collect sb., in a car, etc. 接载某人Weve ordered a taxi to pick us up at ten. 我们已叫了辆计程车在十点钟来接我们。3. to be grateful to sb. for sth. (L. 4) 因 而感激/感谢某人The victims of the disaster are grateful to the Party and government for their s
20、incere care and help when they were in danger.灾民们非常感激党和政府在他们危难之际给与的真诚关怀和帮助。4. to harden oneself against doing sth. (L. 7) 硬着心不做harden oneself against sb. 对冷酷无情He is becoming hardened to failure. 他对失败渐渐变得无所谓了。5. to be dressed in (L. 13) 穿着On Childrens Day, the pupils, dressed in their holiday best, f
21、locked to the Quancheng Square for the celebration.“六一”儿童节这一天，小学生们身着节日盛装，成群结队地涌入泉城广场参加庆祝活动。6. to couple with (L. 17) 把与联系在一起Good natural environment, coupled with convenient water transportation, makes the area a hot spot for investment.良好的自然环境，加上便利的水上交通运输使这个地区成为投资的热点。7. to win over (L. 20) 把争取过来；战胜
22、win over the voters by foul means 以不正当手段拉选票She wanted to marry, but her mother could never be won over.她想结婚,可她母亲说什么也不同意。8. to be hooked (L. 21)be hooked on sth. 服用上了瘾 /对入了迷be hooked on collecting stamps/ by online gamesIm afraid that the girl is really hooked on that young man.9. be stuck in /with (
23、L.25) 口语，无法摆脱，解决不了be stuck on 迷恋特别喜爱stick 插 夹 刺入The top of the wall was stuck full of broken glasses. 墙头上插满了碎玻璃。Will you help me with this mathematical problem? Im stuck with it. 怎么也解不出来。10. not to do sth. without doing sth. else (L. 28) 没有做就不可能You have no right to speak without making any investiga
24、tion.没有调查，就没有发言权。11. to leave sb. low (L.32) 使虚弱不堪Overworking day and night left him low. 夜以继日地超负荷工作使他极度虚弱。12. lean on (L.33) 倚；靠They lean on each other for support. 相互依靠，相互支持。13. to drag away (L. 40) 连续不断地抽烟Whenever stuck in trouble, he would drag away so as to remove his annoyance.每当遇到麻烦，他往往是一根接一根
25、地抽烟，以藉此消愁。14. to go to (L. 42) 给予; 有助于；求助于When your dignity suffers any insult in social life, the best course of action is to go to law for help. 在社会生活中当你的人格受到侮辱时，最好的办法是诉诸于法律。15. to starve sb. of sth.(L. 42) （使）因缺乏而受困苦；（使）丧失It is only when it comes to the application of our book learning that we re
26、gret starving ourselves of it; it is not until we have accomplished a task that we come to appreciate how difficult it is. 书到用时方恨少；事非经过不知难。16. swallow (L. 45) 吞咽If you dont chew your food properly, its difficult to swallow. believe sth. too easilyHe swallowed her story whole. 他对她的故事深信不疑。17. to strug
27、gle to do sth. (L. 49) 奋斗；挣扎In a society full of competition, one must struggle to survive, and try to realize his own value at the same time.在充满竞争的社会里，人必须为生存而奋斗，并同时努力实现自己的人生价值。18. to sit by (L. 56) 袖手旁观；守护照料If you sit by while others lives are being endangered, you will live with a guilty conscience about it for the rest of your life.如果你在他人的生命受到威胁时袖手旁观, 你将终身与愧疚相伴。4 / 4
