1、1Unit 2 Loving parents,loving childrenFOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS HEBEI UNIVERSITY2apply the reading skill reading in thought groups3write a passage of problem-solution pattern4translate sentences with the skill of conversion5have a better understanding of your parents loveuse the k
2、ey language to express feelings1 Objectives Section A A childs clutter awaits an adults returnProject of the unitInspiring your thoughtsEnhancing your skillsPresenting your project Project of the unitLead-inProject forecastingWhy is there a conflict between the mother and the daughter?Project of the
3、 unitLead-inRecollecting your experienceWatch the video clip and discuss the following question in pairs.Step 1Task Project of the unitLead-in The mother and the daughter do not understand each other.The mother said she wanted to understand but her remarks and reaction easily irritated the daughter,
4、who,although also wanted to tell her mother what had happened,immediately lost her temper and claimed that her mother ruined her life.It seems that there is a misunderstanding between the two and they have different ideas as to the same thing.Step 2 Project of the unitLead-inHave you had similar exp
5、erience?What happened?Work in pairs and share your experience with your partner.Project of the unitLead-inProject forecastingPlease get prepared by doing the following activities.You have left home for college and begun a new life.Do you miss your parents?While thinking of those happy moments,have y
6、ou once thought of the moments when you had conflicts with your parents?By the end of this unit,you are expected to write a passage on a conflict between you and your parents,describing your feelings in detail and thinking about how the conflict can be avoided or solved in the future.Project of the
7、unitGlobal understandingDetailed understanding Inspiring your thoughtsSkim the text for two minutes and answer the following questions.1.What type of text do you think this passage might be?2.What event is it mainly about?A story narrated from the first person(“I”).Daughter left home;mother cleaned
8、up the mess in the daughters room.Inspiring your thoughtsGlobal understandingGlobal understanding of the text Task Global understandingDetailed understanding Inspiring your thoughts1)Why did the daughter buy a large and expensive vehicle according to the mother?2)What does the mother want to tell th
9、rough the fact that her daughter has bought a truck instead of a car and that she is still watching cartoons?3)How does the mother feel when her daughter is leaving?Read the text again and answer the following questions.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingDetailed understanding of the text
10、Task 1 to be continued4)Why does the mother describe in great detail the mess in her daughters room?5)What makes the mother change her attitude toward her daughter?6)What does the title imply?Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understanding1)Why did the daughter buy a large and expensive vehicle accord
11、ing to the mother?The daughter bought a large and expensive vehicle probably because her mother advised her to buy a practical and gas-efficient car.The daughter did this on purpose because at this age,she was being rebellious.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued2)What does t
12、he mother want to tell through the fact that her daughter has bought a truck instead of a car and that she is still watching cartoons?The mother wants to show that although her daughter tries to show she is an adult,actually she is not.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued3)Ho
13、w does the mother feel when her daughter is leaving?The mother is happy that her daughter is independent now,and feels relieved from the responsibilities.But on the other hand,she feels doubtful whether her daughter could take good care of herself.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be c
14、ontinued4)Why does the mother describe in great detail the mess in her daughters room?The mother wants to show that her daughter is not ready to be an adult yet.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued5)What makes the mother change her attitude toward her daughter?The mother find
15、s an envelope with items such as old family photographs,letters,greeting cards,and love notes they gave their daughter and sees the words“DO NOT THROW AWAY”marked on the envelope.Her attitude then changes.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued6)What does the title imply?The wor
16、d clutter refers to the many small personal items collected by the daughter in the course of her growing up.All these things are important and dear memories to her.No matter how far away she is from home,the clutter remains a bond between her and the family.Symbolically,the word await implies the pa
17、tience,love and understanding of the parents toward their daughter and their belief in her returning home.The words child and adult imply the growth of the daughter.When she left home,she was still a child.But when she comes back,she will grow into an adult.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understand
18、ingThink over the following questions and share your ideas with your classmates.Step 11)If you were the daughter,what response would you have when you read the article?2)Some young people refuse to take their parents advice or even do the opposite as they think they are adults.How do you think about
19、 it?3)Some say a good relationship starts with good communication.What can you do to strengthen communication with your parents?Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingCritical thinkingTask 2 1)If you were the daughter,what response would you have when you read the article?If I were the daughte
20、r,I would be very much touched when I read the article.I would call my mom to say sorry for acting rebelliously and would tell her how much I love her.Probably I would return home as soon as I can.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued2)Some young people refuse to take their pa
21、rents advice or even do the opposite as they think they are adults.How do you think about it?I dont think it is wise to refuse parents advice or even do the opposite without a good reason.Your parents care about you more than anybody else and always want to share their experience with you.If you fol
22、low their advice,you can at least learn from their experience and avoid making some silly mistakes.If you dont take their advice,you may still get experience but in a hard way.Besides,your parents may directly point out your weaknesses that your peers wouldnt.So,listening to your parents advice can
23、make you smarter and help you grow mature.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued3)Some say a good relationship starts with good communication.What can you do to strengthen communication with your parents?Good communication will,in my view,help build a good relationship.The foll
24、owing are my ways to strengthen communication with my parents:visit them whenever possible;invite them to see what I am doing at college;teach them to use new communication tools,such as WeChat and Skype,so that they can communicate with me wherever I am;try to look at things from their perspectives
25、;and share with them my feelings,problems or ambitions.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understanding You will read a poem of a mothers love toward her daughter.You will also listen to a song of a daughter recalling memorable moments of her father.Based upon these,discuss with your classmates the fol
26、lowing questions:Step 2Read,listen and discuss.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understanding1.How do you understand the love between parents and children?2.What will you do to honor and sustain the love between you and your parents now that you are a college student?Poem of mothers loveInspiring you
27、r thoughtsDetailed understandingSong of a daughter to her fatherInspiring your thoughtsDetailed understanding Language highlighting Language learningLanguage focusStructure analysisProblem-solution pattern Enhancing your skills In this text,a group of verbs are used to illustrate how the mother clea
28、ns up the mess after her daughter has left.Do the following exercises and think about how you can use them in your writing.Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning Learning verbsMatch the verbs with their explanations.Step 1Task 1 push or put sth.into a small space,esp.in a quick careles
29、s waypull sth.heavy with a continuous steady movementthrow sth.,esp.sth.light,with a quick gentle movement of your handempty out a container,vehicle,as by overturning or tiltingremove sth.that is covering the surface of sth.elsemake things into a neat pile,or form a neat piledumpstuffstackhaultossst
30、rip(off)Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases from the bank.await embarrass stuff curb1)The new system designed to _ harmful emissions from factories will be put into use soon.2)He has a special feeling for the brilliant birds,and each spring he eagerly _ their return.3)When she heard it was
31、snowing in the city they were going to,she _ two more sweaters into her bag.4)He was _ when he discovered that he didnt have enough money to pay for the red wine he had ordered.curbawaitsstuffedembarrassedEnhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning Step 2reverse oneself make it straighten u
32、p keep back1)I believe he has the talent to finally _.2)As usual,she helped her mother clear away the dishes and _ the room.3)He _ completely after George presented further evidence.4)When she heard that her mom was seriously ill,she could hardly _ her tears.make itstraighten upreversed himselfkeep
33、backEnhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning This text is filled with descriptions of feelings.The author does not only use directly the words of feelings,but also depicts in detail the surroundings to indicate the mothers feelings and attitudes.For example,in Para.5:Enhancing your skill
34、sLanguage focusLanguage learning Using details to describe feelingsTask 2 She left a mess.Her bathroom is an embarrassment of damp towels,rusted shaving blades,hair in the sink,and nearly empty tubes of toothpaste.I bring a box of big black garbage bags upstairs.Eye shadow,face cream,nail polish all
35、 go into the trash.The words such as embarrassment,damp,and rusted and the seemingly endless list of things show the mothers disapproval of her daughters messy room.That explains the mothers reaction of bringing the garbage bags and putting all these things into the trash.The words garbage and trash
36、 indicate the mothers attitude toward the daughter and her littering in the room.Work with your classmates and find other examples from the text.Please think about what kind of feelings these words or expressions are used to illustrate.Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning Para.1:too
37、large,too expensive(disagreement)Para.2:so often that my teeth ached(being unhappy and annoyed)Para.4:Im glad shes gone and yet I wonder (happy and worried)Para.6:I catch myself reading,admiring and reading her name (admiration and pride)Para.7:have to pause(hesitation).(list of books)(messy room an
38、noyance and frustration)I want to be practical but (concern)Para.11:a ridiculous mess.(disagreement)Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning 1.await(Title)vt.1)wait for sth.等待；等候 2)if sth.awaits you,it will happen to you（某事）将降临到身上1)The hungry baby birds eagerly await their mothers return
39、.Translation:饥饿的小鸟急切地等待母鸟归来。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting Detailed learning of key vocabularyTask 3 2)A hearty welcome will await you at home Translation:家里将热烈地欢迎你。await vs.wait 1)await(vt.)用法比较正式；wait(vi.)常与for，till，until 等词连用。2)await 的宾语多为抽象名词，如 decision，reply，arrival，re
40、turn，announcement 等；wait for 的宾语一般是人或事物。3)await+动名词；wait+动词不定式。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting Fill in the blanks with“await”or“wait”.1.They were _ the birth of their first child.2.I have been _ for her for an hour at the bus stop.3.We shall _ hearing further from them.or We
41、 shall _ to hear further from them.awaitingwaiting await wait await vs.wait Exercise:Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting 2.make it(Para.4)1)be successful at sth.,e.g.in your job 获得成功Translation:他来到美国，不仅成功了，而且还发达了。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting He came t
42、o the US and not only made it,but made it big.2)succeed in getting somewhere in time for sth.or when this is difficult（尤指在困难情况下）准时到达，赶上Translation:他腿上流着血，支撑着走到附近的一所房子。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting With blood pouring from his leg,he made it to a nearby house.2.make it(Para.
43、4)Can you think of any synonyms?2.make it(Para.4)succeedachieveaccomplishattainmanageEnhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting n.1)C sb.or sth.that causes problems or makes you feel ashamed 让人难堪的人；使人为难的事 2)U a feeling of being nervous or ashamed because of what people know or think ab
44、out you 尴尬；难堪；窘迫3.embarrassment(Para.5)Translation:她一只高跟鞋的鞋跟断了，当时周围有许多人，这让她很尴尬。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting To her terrible embarrassment,there were many people around when one of her high heels broke off.Word building:The suffix-ment combines with the verb(embarrass)to f
45、orm the noun(embarrassment).More examples:improvement,movement,argument,development 3.embarrassment(Para.5)Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting embarrassv.to make sb.feel shy,awkward or ashamed,especially in a social situation（尤指在社交场合）使窘迫，使尴尬 3.embarrassment(Para.5)Translation:我觉
46、得直接拒绝是一种礼貌，而我父母却很少说“不”，以免使对方难堪。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting I believe it is polite to decline directly,while my parents seldom say“no”so as not to embarrass others.1)He is such an _ to his family.2)I felt _,going to the wrong classroom on the first day of college.3)It has
47、 always been my intent not to _ people or do unpleasant things to them.Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of embarrass and translate the sentences.embarrassment他让他的家人感到非常难堪。embarrassed大学的第一天我走错了教室，感到非常尴尬。embarrass我一直注意不让别人难堪，不做那些为难别人的事情。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting
48、4.polish(Para.5)n.C,U a chemical substance that you rub onto an object to make it shine 上光剂；擦光剂vt.1)make sth.smooth,bright,and shiny by rubbing it 擦亮；擦光Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting He polished his glasses with a handkerchief in order to see more clearly.Translation:他用手帕擦了
49、擦眼镜，以便看得更清楚些。Translation:你的文章不错，只要稍加润色就可以了。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting Your essay is good;you just need to polish it a bit.4.polish(Para.5)2)improve a piece of writing,a speech,etc.by making slight changes to it before it is completely finished 修改；润色5.dump(Para.5)vt.1)em
50、pty out a container,vehicle,as by overturning or tilting 倾倒；把倒空 2)get rid of sth.that you do not want 丢弃；扔掉Translation:人们为了处理掉旧车，有时候就把它们丢在树林里。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting People who want to get rid of old cars sometimes dump them in the woods.6.stuff(Para.7)vt.1)push or p
