A New English Course III

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Unit 2

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Text I Unwillingly on Holiday

• Introduction
• Pre-reading questions
• Writing skills
• Language points
• Discussion
• Homework

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Introduction(1)

• This text mainly describes how a boy
  went on a holiday unwillingly. Tom and his
  brother Peter were very good friends and they
  planned to play together in their garden during
  the summer holidays, butt unfortunately, Peter
  caught the measles and Tom was forced to be sent
  to his uncles house to spend the holiday because
  the measles is a very contagious disease.

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Introduction(2)

• On the day to leave, Tom looked at the
  garden, reluctant to leave. How would he miss
  Peter and the garden! Tom showed his
  unwillingness obviously by crying to his mother
  that he would rather have had measles with Peter
  than be sent to away and by sitting in hostile
  silence in the car. At the thought of being
  cooped up in his uncles small flat with no
  gardens and no friends, he felt very upset.

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Introduction(3) about the author

• Philippa Pearce has been a
  scriptwriter-producer for the BBC, a children's
  book editor and reviewer, a lecturer, a
  storyteller and freelance writer for radio and
  newspapers as well as writing some of the
  best-loved books of the 20th century. She won a
  Carnegie Medal for Tom's Midnight Garden and a
  Whitbread Prize for The Battle Of Bubble And
  Squeak.

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Introduction(4) about the author

• Philippa Pearce is considered one of the
  outstanding childrens writers of the twentieth
  century. She has created a string of classic
  titles, including Tom's Midnight Garden, Minnow
  on the Say and The Battle of Bubble and Squeak.
  Critics praise her genius in seeing the world
  through a childs eye and tapping into the fear,
  isolation and strong emotions of childhood.

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Introduction(5) about the author

• Born Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
• Jobs Civil servant, radio scriptwriter
  producer, book editor, reviewer, lecturer, author
• Lives Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire
• First Book for young people Minnow on the Say,
  1955

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Pre-reading Questions

• 1. Is going on holiday generally a pleasant or a
  painful experience?
• 2. Who might be going on holiday?
• 3. Where might be the person be going on holiday?
  To a flat in the city or a cottage in the
  countryside?
• 4. Why might be person be going on holiday
  unwillingly? Is he / she going to be cooped up in
  a place?

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Writing Skills

• This text is a narration. It tells us
• 1). What happened to Tom?
• 2). When did it happen?
• 3). Where did it happen?
• 4). Why did it happen?
• 5). The result of the story.
• The main idea of the text is Tom Long was unhappy
  to be sent to his uncles house because his
  brother was down with the measles.

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Language Points

• 1. account
• a narrative or record of events ??,?????????????
• a reason given for a particular action
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• account for
• to constitute the governing or primary factor
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• Bad weather accounted for the long delay.
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Language Points

• on account of
• because of for the sake of
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• We got married on account of the baby (Anne
  Tyler)
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• on no account
• under no circumstances
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Language Points

• on (one's) own account
• for oneself
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• on one's own by oneself
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• He wants to work on his own account.
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• take into account
• to take into consideration allow for
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Language Points

• 2. gaze v.intr.(?????)
• gazed, gaz.ing, gaz.es
• to look steadily, intently, and with fixed
  attention
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• n.(??)
• a steady, fixed look
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Language Points

• gaze, stare, gape, glare, peer, ogle
• These verbs mean to look long and intently.
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• Gaze refers to prolonged looking that is often
  indicative of wonder, fascination, awe, or
  admiration
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• gazing at the stars
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• gazed into her eyes. To stare is to gaze
  fixedly the word can indicate curiosity,
  boldness, insolence, or stupidity
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Language Points

• stared at them in disbelief
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• staring into the distance.
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• Gape suggests a prolonged open-mouthed look
  reflecting amazement, awe, or lack of
  intelligence
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• tourists gaping at the sights. To glare is to fix
  another with a hard, piercing stare
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Language Points

• He glared furiously at me when I contradicted
  him. Topeer is to look narrowly, searchingly,
  and seemingly with difficulty
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• peered through her spectacles at the contract. To
  ogle is to stare in an amorous, usually
  impertinent manner
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Language Points

• Ogle ???,???????????????
• construction workers on their lunch hour ogling
  passing women.
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• 3. as a rule usually more often than not
• As a rule, most college students can finish their
  thesis in May and graduate in June.

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Language Points

• 4. cling to stick to
• Girls often cling to their boyfriends out of fear
  at the cold and ark night.
• 5. would rather prefer to do sth.
• would rather do
• would rather (that) sb. did sth.
• Would rather is a set phrase to be followed by an
  infinitive without to. The structure is would
  rather than.
• I would rather have had measles with Peter than
  go somewhere else in holiday.

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Language Points

• Tom would rather stay with his brother.
• The teacher would rather the monitor went there
  himself.
• He would rather stay at home reading than go to
  the movie.
• They would rather I came tomorrow.
• 6. If only hed beat me. --- How I wish he would
  beat me! If only is often used to introduce an
  exclamation expressing an unfulfilled condition
  at present, in the past or in the future. The
  verb is generallly in the past or the past
  perfect.

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Language Points

• If only I had a chance to live my childhood once
  again.
• If only I had applied for the job.
• If only she had had a lot in common with me.
• 7. If, standing alone on the back doorstep, Tom
  allowed himself to weep tears, they were tears of
  anger.
• If means although or though, leading an adverbial
  of concession.

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Language Points

• If she is poor, at least she is not snobbish.
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• 8. no exception without exception ????
• The law applies to all Asian countries and China
  is no exception. ?????????????,???????
• 9. cottage and flat

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Discussion

• An Unforgettable Experience
• The unforgettable experiences might be
• 1. working as a carpenter and making a bookcase
• 2. swimming for 2 kilometers in a river without
  stopping to take a rest
• 3. working as a lifeguard in a swimming pool or
  at the seaside
• 4. picnicking in the woods
• 5. having an outing with former middle school
  friends

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Discussion

• An Unforgettable Experience
• Sentence frames for supporting ideas
• 1. It was the first time I had ever
• 2. It taught me that
• 3. It made me realize that
• 4. I have got to know that

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Homework

• 1. Finish the exercises in your workbook.
• 2. Write a letter according to the requirements
  in the textbook.
• 3. Sum up the contents we have learned today.
• The End

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