1、 1.An English SongHappy Birthday to You2.Background InformationFun Facts about Happy Birthday to You Important Birthdays in the WestBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingTraditional Birthday Celebration in Western Countries3.Warm-up Exercises Warm-up QuestionsTopic-related Predict
2、ionBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter Reading Happy Birthday to YouFun Facts about Happy Birthday to YouBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingHappy Birthday to You,the four-line song was written as a classroom greeting in 1893 by two American teachers,Mildred J.Hill
3、,and Dr.Patty Smith Hill.The melody of the song Happy Birthday to You was composed by Mildred J.Hill,a schoolteacher.The song was first published in 1893,with the lyrics written by her sister,Patty Smith Hill.Happy Birthday to You was copyrighted in 1935 and renewed in 1963.The song was apparently w
4、ritten in 1893,but first copyrighted in 1935 after a lawsuit.In 1988,Birch Tree Group,Ltd.sold the rights of the song to Warner Communications for an estimated$25 million.In the 1980s,the song Happy Birthday to You was believed to generate about$1 million in royalties annually.With Auld Lang Syne an
5、d For Hes a Jolly Good Fellow,it is among the three most popular songs in the English language.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter Reading21(18 now in many countries)over 70 100 family party;a major present(watch;car)a special way to celebrateth
6、e centennial birthday,unusual occasion,may receive a telegram or a letter of congratulations from some famous figures(Prime Minister or Queen),family party;count great grandchildren and grandchildrenDetailed ReadingImportant Birthdays in the West Traditional Birthday Celebration in Western Countries
7、Summarize the traditional ways to celebrate birthday in the west.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingSaying“Happy Birthday”Opening the presentsFood and drinks are servedTurning off the light and light the candlesSinging birthday song and make a wishThe birthday person blows out the candles on t
8、he cakeThe birthday person cuts the cakeThe guests wish the birthday person“happy birthday”again and leaveDetailed Reading Directions:TaskIn the West,it is customary to hold a party in celebration of a persons birthday.The guests will come to the party with birthday presents and say“Happy Birthday”t
9、o the birthday person.The guests then watch him or her open the presents and he or she thanks them for the presents they have brought.At the party drinks and food are served.Toward the end of the dinner the lights in the room are turned off,and someone comes in from another room with a cake on which
10、 are lighted candles,one for each year.At the sight of the cake the guests begin singing“Happy Birthday to You”and the birthday person makes a wish before he or she blows out the candles on the cake.It is said that the wish will come true if all the candles go out in one puff.After that,the cake is
11、cut in slices usually by the birthday person,one piece for each guest.When the party comes to an end,the guests wish the birthday person“Happy Birthday”again and leave.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingWarm-up Questions Before ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter Reading1.How does your
12、family celebrate the birthdays of your grandparents?2.How do you usually celebrate your birthday?What do your parents do for you on this special occasion?3.Do you know your parents birthday?What do you do for that?Detailed ReadingTopic-related Prediction1.Dictation Related to the Text Before Reading
13、Global ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingIt was the old ladys birthday._She got up early to be ready for the post._Today she was sure there would be something._In one of the letters there was a check,but with trembling fingers she tore it into little bits._2.Formation of QuestionsDirections:With t
14、hese three pictures of the old lady and the sentences you have dictated,you are given five minutes to work in pairs to make up as many questions as possible about the content of the story.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed Reading1.Part Division of the Text 2.Discourse Analysis3.Words
15、 ScanningBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter Reading4.Further Understanding For Part 1&Part 2For Part 3Detailed ReadingPart Division of the Text Main IdeaLinesPart 11 526 43344 61 The old lady,filled with expectation,got up early on her birthday.The old lady looked forward to something special from he
16、r daughter Myra.The present from Myra turned out to be a printed card plus a check.The old lady tore the check into little bits.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingDiscourse Analysis Before ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter Reading Some Critical Terms in Narrative Stories:where and whe
17、n the story takes placewhoever takes part in the story(people or animals)all of the events that tell the storythe most intense point of action where a crisis is reached and resolution achievedthe angle from which a story is presented(Stories are told either in the first person or the third person.)t
18、he use of time references to organize the episodes of a story(Chronological structure is important in stories in which action is significantly related to the passing of time.)a term used to describe any scene or episode which is inserted to show events that happened at an earlier timethe central mea
19、ning that is implicit in a storyDetailed ReadingSettingCharactersPlotClimaxPoint of viewChronological structureFlashbackThemeGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingBefore ReadingDiscourse Analysis of the Story:Directions:Scan the text and list the basic elements for the story.Time:the old ladys birthdayPlace:on
20、 the second floor flatthe old lady,Enid,Myra,Johnnie,Mrs.Morrison,Mrs.GrantThe old lady had expected a present from her daughter Myra and was disappointed to receive only a check.The moment when the old lady received only a check for her 80th birthday and she tore it into bits with trembling figures
21、.The story is in the third person.The story is organized through the use of time references.The old lady recalled how Enid died on the operating table and what Myra had done for her afterwards.Blood is thicker than water.Our parents and relatives are more important to us than others.Detailed Reading
22、SettingCharactersPlotClimaxPoint of viewChronological structureFlashbackThemeWords ScanningBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingJohnnieMrs.Morrisonhelpful,kind,warm-heartedMrs.GrantEnidconsiderate,thoughtfulMyrathoughtless Directions:Scan the text and use some adjectives to describe her two daug
23、hters and neighbors attitudes to the old lady.Detailed ReadingBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingDirections:Scan the text again and use some phrases describing the changes of the old ladys actions and feeling.expectation:get up early;be sure of something;put on best dress;might comeconcession:
24、even if;send a presentanother expectation:two spots of color;excited like a child;stand by the window,watchingdisappointment:feel a pang of disappointmentconcession:the parcel too large to come by the postcomplete disappointment:reluctantly;a card;a piece of paperDetailed ReadingBefore ReadingGlobal
25、 ReadingAfter ReadingFor Part 1&Part 21.What her neighbors did for the old ladys 80th birthday?Mrs.Morrison Mrs.Morrison had given the flat an extra clean yesterday.Today she had brought a card and a bunch of marigolds.Mrs.Grant Mrs.Grant downstairs had made a cake and in the afternoon she was going
26、 down there to tea.JohnnieThe little boy had been up with a packet of mints and said he wouldnt go out to play until the post had come.Detailed ReadingBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingIt is any of several types of flower with a golden-yellow head.Detailed ReadingmarigoldsBefore ReadingGlobal
27、 ReadingAfter ReadingIn England,tea(sometimes called afternoon tea)may be a light meal of black tea with milk,bread and butter or cakes eaten around 5 p.m.,or it may be a bigger meal with a cooked dish or cold meat,etc.,in addition to bread or cakes.This is called high tea and is usually eaten at ab
28、out 6 p.m.Detailed ReadingteaA:Hello.Is this/that XXX?B:Yes,may I ask who this is?A:Happy birthday to you!B:Thank you.A:Before ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter Reading2.Make up a dialogue between the old lady and one of her best friends.They talk through telephone about her birthday.TIP Detailed ReadingBe
29、fore ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingFor Part 3Group Discussion1)Why did the old lady feel so hurt when she got the check from her daughter?2)How do you understand that blood is thicker than water?A check is impersonal.It symbolizes obligation but with no sincere feelings.Myra regarded her work wi
30、th strangers as more important than the happiness of her own old mother.It seems that everyone in the neighborhood was aware that the old womans 80th birthday fell on that day.They regarded it as an important occasion.By saying“Blood is thicker than water”,we mean that family members or our relative
31、s are more important than others(friends,neighbors,etc.).Not only should we be always considerate and helpful to our family members but also we should take the responsibility or obligation to make them happy.Detailed ReadingBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingThey say that blood
32、 is thicker than water,that our relatives are more important to us than others.Everyone was so kind to the old lady on her birthday.Surely her daughter would make an even bigger effort to please her?The old lady was proud of Myra,but Enid was the daughter she loved.Enid had never married,but had see
33、med content to live with her mother,and teach in a primary school round the corner.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingIt was the old ladys birthday.The PresentShe got up early to be ready for the post.From the second floor flat she could see the postman when he came down the st
34、reet,and the little boy from the ground floor brought up her letters on the rare occasions when anything came.Today she was sure there would be something.Myra wouldnt forget her mothers birthday,even if she seldom wrote at other times.Of course Myra was busy.Her husband had been made Mayor,and Myra
35、herself had got a medal for her work for the aged.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingOne evening,however,Enid said,“Ive arranged for Mrs.Morrison to look after you for a few days,Mother.Tomorrow I have to go into hospital just a minor operation.Ill soon be home.”In the morning she went,but nev
36、er came back she died on the operating table.Myra came to the funeral,and in her efficient way arranged for Mrs.Morrison to come in and light the fire and give the old lady her breakfast.Two years ago that was,and since then Myra had been to see her mother three times,but her husband never.The old l
37、ady was eighty today.She had put on her best dress.Perhaps perhaps Myra might come.After all,eighty was a special birthday,another decade lived or endured just as you chose to look at it.Even if Myra did not come,she would send a present.The old lady was sure of that.Two spots of colour brightened h
38、er cheeks.She was excited like a child.She would enjoy her day.Detailed ReadingBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingYesterday Mrs.Morrison had given the flat an extra clean,and today she had brought a card and a bunch of marigolds when she came to do the breakfast.Mrs.Grant downstairs had made a
39、 cake,and in the afternoon she was going down there to tea.The little boy,Johnnie,had been up with a packet of mints,and said he wouldnt go out to play until the post had come.“I guess youll get lots and lots of presents,”he said.“I did last week when I was six.”What would she like?A pair of slipper
40、s perhaps.Or a new cardigan.A cardigan would be lovely.Blues such a pretty colour.Jim had always liked her in blue.Or a table lamp.Or a book,a travel book,with pictures,or a little clock,with clear black numbers.So many lovely things.Detailed ReadingBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingThen clat
41、ter,clatter up the stairs.Johnnie knockedat her door.“Granny,granny,”he shouted,“Ive got your post.”He gave her four envelopes.Three were unsealed cards from old friends.The fourth was sealed,in Myras writing.The old lady felt a pang of disappointment.“No parcel,Johnnie?”“No,granny.”Maybe the parcel
42、 was too large to come by letter post.That was it.It would come later by parcel post.She must be patient.She stood by the window,watching.The postman turned round the corner on his bicycle.Her heart beat fast.Johnnie had seen him too and ran to the gate.Detailed ReadingAlmost reluctantly she tore th
43、e envelope open.Folded in the card was a piece of paper.Written on the card was a message under the printed Happy Birthday Buy yourself something nice with the cheque,Myra and Harold.The cheque fluttered to the floor like a bird with a broken wing.Slowly the old lady stooped to pick it up.Her presen
44、t,her lovely present.With trembling fingers she tore it into little bits.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingIt was the old ladys birthday.The PresentShe got up early to be ready for the post.From the second floor flat she could see the postman when he came down the street,and t
45、he little boy from the ground floor brought up her letters on the rare occasions when anything came.Today she was sure there would be something.Myra wouldnt forget her mothers birthday,even if she seldom wrote at other times.Of course Myra was busy.Her husband had been made Mayor,and Myra herself ha
46、d got a medal for her work for the aged.The old lady was proud of Myra,but Enid was the daughter she loved.Enid had never married,but had seemed content to live with her mother,and teach in a primary school round the corner.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingWhat can we learn from this part?Th
47、e old ladys daughter and her relatives and friends seldom sent her letters or parcels.If anything did come by post,the boy would bring it up for her.Detailed ReadingIt was the old ladys birthday.The PresentShe got up early to be ready for the post.From the second floor flat she could see the postman
48、 when he came down the street,and the little boy from the ground floor brought up her letters on the rare occasions when anything came.Today she was sure there would be something.Myra wouldnt forget her mothers birthday,even if she seldom wrote at other times.Of course Myra was busy.Her husband had
49、been made Mayor,and Myra herself had got a medal for her work for the aged.The old lady was proud of Myra,but Enid was the daughter she loved.Enid had never married,but had seemed content to live with her mother,and teach in a primary school round the corner.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter Reading
50、1.Can you guess what kind of work Myra took?Charitable undertaking.2.What rhetorical device did the author use?Irony.3.And what can we infer from this part?It is quite ironic that Myra did a lot for the old and helpless in the society while she was so thoughtless for her old mother.Therefore the app
