1、 Get StartedOptional Classroom ActivitiesEnhance Your Language AwarenessRead and ExploreListen and RespondUnit 3 Parents and Children Unit 3Get Started31Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions.Do you think that your parents are the most important people in your life?Why
2、or why not?What is the ideal relationship between parents and their children in your view?Unit 3Get Started413.In Chinese culture,parents believe that they raise children so that their children will look after them when they are old.Do you accept this view?4.Do you agree that parents are often willi
3、ng to sacrifice a lot for their children?Discuss and explain your position with examples.(Open.)Unit 3Get Started51Study the following quotes.What do they tell you about the task of parenting and the role of your parents in your life?Do you like these quotes?State your reasons.Unit 3Get Started61To
4、understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.Chinese proverb Interpretation:When you have children of your own and know how much you love them,youll be able to understand how much your parents have loved you.The original saying in Chinese is“养儿方知父母恩”.Unit 3Get Started71As long as yo
5、u have the blessing of your parents,it does not matter even if you live in the mountains.Greek proverb Interpretation:Parents love and good wishes for you are the most important thing in your life.As long as you have their love and good wishes,you are a“rich”person already even if you have to live a
6、lone in an isolated place.Unit 3Get Started81Interpretation:My mother had a hard time trying to bring me up as I gave her a lot of trouble when I was a child,but she was happy to go through all the trouble of raising me.My mother had a great deal of trouble with me,but I think she enjoyed it.Mark Tw
7、ainClick Picture Unit 3Get Started91click ScreenWatch the following video clip“Parents Love”and then do the tasks that follow.Unit 3Get Started101begging him not to leave.Next,we find that the son and the father are in conflict with each other.Then,the son decides to leave home and gets a job at a c
8、onstruction site.Before long the son gets seriously injured in an accident,and has to lie in bed or be placed in a wheelchair.Then one day,the father goes to the ward and carries the boy away despite the boys protest.Thereafter,the father supports the son on his back and helps the boy to learn how t
9、o walk.The training goes on day after day.The father is sweating,and the boy crying.One day,the son stands up from the wheelchair.Finally the boy seems fully recovered and the whole family is sitting at the dinner table,everyone healthy and happy.video1.Retell what you see in the video clip.At the b
10、eginning of the video,the boy is running away from home while his mother is Unit 3Get Started111 Parents never stop loving their children.Sometimes children take their parents love for granted and dont know how precious that love is.Teenagers can be rebellious and hopeless sometimes,which may annoy
11、their parents.Fathers dont usually express their love in words.Children need to experience something hard before they realize how much their family has been supporting them.2.What message do you think this video is trying to pass on to us?Unit 3Listen and Respond121piggy bank （儿童用的）猪形储钱罐plastic n.塑料
12、，塑胶typewriter n.打字机 Unit 3Listen and Respond131cashier n.a person in charge of money and payments in a bank,hotel,shop,etc.（旅馆、商店等的）柜台收帐员；（银行掌管现金运用的）财务经理sales tax 营业税cash register 现金出纳机，现金进出记录机 Unit 3Listen and Respond141exclaim vi.fml speak or say loudly and suddenly,because of surprise or other st
13、rong feeling 正式（由于惊讶或其他强烈情感而）惊叫，呼喊；大声说 lap n.the front part of a seated person between the waist and the knees（人坐着时）腰以下到膝为止的大腿部位 Unit 3Listen and Respond151Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.Unit 3Listen
14、and Respond161 According to this monologue,we know that the girls sisters _.A)totally forgot their mothers birthday B)brought birthday presents to their mother C)prepared a birthday picnic for their mother D)reminded the girl of her mothers birthdayB Unit 3Listen and Respond1712.The girl said that _
15、.A)she felt bad for forgetting her mothers birthday B)she had saved some money for her mothers birthday C)she spent much time preparing a birthday present for her mother D)she prepared the picnic as the birthday present for her mother A Unit 3Listen and Respond181A.to buy some plastic paper B.to buy
16、 herself a piggy bank C.to buy typewriter correction paper D.to buy her mother a birthday present 3.The girl went to the store _.D Unit 3Listen and Respond191A.paid for the girls present B.felt sympathetic towards the girl C.asked the girl to buy a plastic heart D.helped the girl by paying for the d
17、ifference 4.The cashier at the store _.D Unit 3Listen and Respond201A.it was the present her mother longed for B.it was associated with some special memory C.it was handmade by herself for her mother D.it was the most expensive present she ever got 5.The girl always remembers the heart she gave her
18、mother because _.B Unit 3Listen and Respond211Listen to the recording again and fill in each of the blanks according to what you have heard.Unit 3Listen and Respond221 as much as she thought it would.She finally chose a plastic heart that was cents.to know that,so she quickly took one dollar the onl
19、y money she had from her piggy bank.She was sure that with this one dollar she could buy her mother a present that would show her mother ,The girl felt when her sisters came because she had forgotten that it was .She did notsadher mothers birthdaywant her motherhow much she loved herninety-ninewould
20、nt buy_but when she went into a shop she found that one dollar_ _ Unit 3Listen and Respond231“”and she then put the little girl on and told her that she loved the heart and the girl.When she went to the cashier to make the payment,she was told that it cost more than a dollar because of the sales tax
21、.She was so disappointed and had to .Then the cashier put some of her own pennies into theput the heart backcash registerWhat a beautiful present!Its just what I need.her lap_ and gave her the heart in a bag.When the girls mother saw the present,she exclaimed,_ Unit 3Read and Explore Text A241Descri
22、be in a few sentences the relationship between the writer and her mother.2.What did the writer and her mother usually talk about under the pine tree?3.Why did the mother look unusually solemn one day and ask her daughter strange questions?4.Did the writer visit the same place again after her mother
23、died?What did the pine tree mean to her?Exercise 1:Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text A.Unit 3Read and Explore Text A251Exercise 2:Text A can be divided into two parts with the paragraph numbers of each part provided as follows.Give the main idea of each part in on
24、e or two sentences.The writer recalls the days when she and her mother would meet and chat about life under a pine tree in the park nearby,and it was there that she learned that her mother was dying of heart disease.After the writers mother died,the writer still brought her sons to the same spot whi
25、ch brought back fond memories of her mother.Such visits and the gatherings under the tree had created a close bond between her and her sons.Unit 3Read and Explore Text A261When people die,they cease to exist in this world physically.But for the author of this essay,a pine tree in a nearby park bring
26、s back fond memories of her dead mother and she knows clearly that love and memory will never“die”.Now,she brings her sons to the same place.Unit 3Read and Explore Text A271A Time for Memories Sharon Wright One warm and pleasant summer afternoon,I sat on an old blanket under a pine tree chatting wit
27、h my mother.For years,we had been coming to this park for family picnics and gatherings,and my mother and I often sat in this same spot.1 Unit 3Read and Explore Text A2812 In recent years,we usually just talked about life,but sometimes we recalled events from my childhood.Like the time I was thirtee
28、n and had my first date,when Mother brought me to this spot under the tree and told me about the facts of life.Or the time a few years later,when my hair pink for my senior prom and shed held me while I cried.But the most special event that occurred next to this tree was when I told Mother I was get
29、ting married.Tears filled her eyes and this time I held her while she cried.She told me she was sad to lose her little girl but happy to see that I had turned into a beautiful young woman.turned out Unit 3Read and Explore Text A2913 Over the years,wed watched the pine trees in this park grow tall an
30、d straight until their needles seemed to touch the clouds.Each year of their growth seemed to match our increasingly close relationship and the deepening love we had for each other.4 On this particular sunny afternoon,Mother and I sat quietly breathing in the scent of freshly mown grass.She was unus
31、ually solemn and took me by surprise when she asked me,“Who will you bring here after Im gone?”Unit 3Read and Explore Text A301 I gave her one of my arched-eyebrow inquiries,then smiled.After a few moments,when she didnt return my smile,I began to wonder what made her ask such a disturbing question.
32、Mother picked up a blade of grass and began to shred it with her fingernail.Id become well acquainted with my mothers habits,and this particular one indicated she had something serious on her mind.6 For several minutes,we sat in silence gathering our thoughts.A couple of blue birds squawked nearby a
33、nd an airplaneflew overhead,but they didnt ease the awkward moment between us.Finally,I reached over and took my mothers hand in mine.“Theres nothing you cant tell me,Mother,”I said.“We will handle this together,like we always have.”5 Unit 3Read and Explore Text A3117 She looked into my face,and her
34、 eyes filled with tears that spilt down her cheeks cheeks that were alarmingly pale.Even before she said it,I knew what was coming.Mother was dying.8 I held her tightly while she told me that her heart condition was worsening and couldnt be repaired.I think I had known for quite a while but had not
35、been willing to admit it to myself.Shed had several heart attacks and,a few years ago,even open-heart surgery.What I didnt know,and what she had kept from me,was that her condition wasnt improving.We talked about her ,which were few;we cried,held each other and wished for more time together.options
36、Unit 3Read and Explore Text A3219 That was many years ago now.Mother died soon after that day,before my sons had a chance to know her.I still come to the park,but now I bring my boys.I still sit under that same sturdy pine tree on an old blanket and talk to my sons of family picnics,gatherings and t
37、he grandmother they never knew.Just as my mother did with me,I tell my children about their youthful funny behaviors and praise them fortheir accomplishments as young adults.We come to this special place to create our own memories memories that I know would make my mother smile with pride.Unit 3Read
38、 and Explore Text A33110 Not long ago my oldest son wanted to come to the park and talk,so we came and sat under our tree.He hemmed and hawed for a few minutes,then he finally told me he was getting married.I cried tears of joy as my son hugged me his hug a rare and special treat.I told him how prou
39、d I was of the man he had become.11 As I sat there that cool April afternoon soaking up the sun and the smell of freshly mown grass,I felt I had come full circle under this giant pine tree.Holding my son in my arms,I was happy for him,just the way I knew my mother had been happy for me all those yea
40、rs ago when I told her I was getting married.Unit 3Read and Explore Text A34112 Looking over my sons shoulder,I saw that several young pine trees had been planted recently.As these trees grow straight and tall,I thought,will the lives of my family continue to grow with them?I wanted to share this sp
41、ot with my grandchildren,too.13 The branches above were swaying in the breeze and in them I heard a whispering voice:Who will you bring here when Im gone?It was my mothers voice,and I tightened my arms around my son.Unit 3Read and Explore Text A351Q1.Is your relationship with your mother similar to
42、or different from that between the writer and her mother?List as many similarities and differences as you can think of and write them down in the space provided.Work in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions.Unit 3Read and Explore Text A361Q2.List in the table below things you
43、 often do together with your parents or places you often go to with them,and share with your group members some of your pleasant/interesting/unusual experiences when doing something together with your parents.going shopping,doing housework,going fishing,mountain-climbing,swimming,etc.parks or other
44、scenic spots,the cinema,sports fields,gyms,etc.satisfied,amused,amazed,proud;excitement,pleasure,happiness,contentment,affection,relaxation Unit 3Read and Explore Text B371 Unit 3Read and Explore Text B381 Unit 3Read and Explore Text B3911.We all know whats it like to get that phone call in the midd
45、le of the night.(Para.1)2)Translate the following Chinese sentence into English,copying the italicized pattern.那种发现自己身处异地，孤独无助的感觉众所周知。We all know whats it like to find ourselves in a strange place,completely alone and helpless.1)Translate the sentence into Chinese.那种午夜来电的情形众所周知。那种午夜来电的情形众所周知。Unit 3R
46、ead and Explore Text B4012.Only when I heard someone in the background asking about a Yellow Cab did I feel my tension easing.(Para.25)2)Make a sentence using the structure Only+inversion(倒装).Only then did she realize the stress he was under.1)Translate this sentence into Chinese.直到我听见电话那边传来询问出租车的声音
47、，绷紧的神直到我听见电话那边传来询问出租车的声音，绷紧的神经才松弛下来。经才松弛下来。Unit 3Read and Explore Text B4113.My heart pounded,I gripped the phone tighter and eyed my husband.(Para.3)I drew in a sharp shallow breath,released my husband and pressed my hand against my forehead.(Para.6)My husband came closer,sat down beside me and lac
48、ed his fingers through mine.(Para.18)He pulled me around to face him.Then he took me into his arms,and I buried my head in his shoulder.(Para.29)Unit 3Read and Explore Text B4211)Note the use of specific verbs(the underlined parts)to create a vivid picture in the readers mind.Find three more example
49、s in the text.Jerking up to the ringing summons,I focused on the red illuminated numbers of my clock.as I grabbed the receiver.(Para.1)I shook my head and he jumped up and left the room,returning seconds later with(Para.12)Then I pulled back and stared back at the bed.He studied me for a second,then
50、 asked(Para.30)Unit 3Read and Explore Text B4312)Translate the following sentences into English.有好几分钟的时间，我们静静地坐着。附近，几只鸟在嘎嘎叫着；头顶，一架飞机飞过，但这些并没有消除我们之间的尴尬。最后，我伸出手，握住了妈妈的手。For several minutes,we sat in silence.A couple of birds squawked nearby and an airplane flew overhead,but they didnt ease the awkward
