UNIT 6 The Human Touch

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UNIT 6 The Human Touch

• Text A The Last Leaf

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Pre-reading Task

• What I've Learned About Friendship

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• I've learned that a true friendship has many
  memories, both good and bad, but all important.
• I've learned that a best friend is more important
  than a boyfriend.
• I've learned that sometimes the most used part of
  a best friend is the shoulder you cry on, and the
  shoulder you are willing to lend.
• I've learned that nothing ever sounds stupid,
  funny, or unbelievable to a best friend, and you
  never feel stupid saying whatever it is.
• I've learned that when your heart has been
  broken, a best friend is the best band-aid for
  it.
• I've learned that sometimes you wonder how she
  knew, but then you realize that's just how close
  you are.

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Questions for discussion

• Choose any one of the above statements, discuss
  it with your partner, and try to reach at a
  common understanding of it.

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Cultural Notes

• Who is him?
• O. Henry (1862-1910)

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The last leaf
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Setting

• Setting is an important element in any short
  story, and it is particularly important in The
  Last Leaf.
• What are the two main parts of a story's setting?
  
• T______ P______

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...and Settings

• The Last Leaf takes place in New York City, the
  largest city in America.
• The location of the story is a small part of New
  York known as Greenwich Village (pronounced
  "grennitch", not "green-witch").

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Seasons

• How many seasons are there in your country?
• What are they?
• What time of year do they occur?
• Which season do you like best?
• In which season is it easiest to fall ill?

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• Have you ever been to New York City?
• Have any of your family or friends been there?
• Did they like it there?
• How many seasons does New York have?
• Do you know another common name for Autumn?
• Why do you suppose Autumn has its other name?

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IN-STORY

• A masterpiece is the greatest piece of art an
  artist creates. The Mona Lisa, for example, is
  Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece. It is simple and
  beautiful and the painting shows great technique
  and use of color.
• There are 3 painters in this story. What are
  their names?
• S___________
• J___________
• Mr __________N
• Another main character is Mr Pneumonia, though he
  doesn't sound much like a painter. How would you
  describe Mr. Pneumonia?

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• Ten Lines from The Last Leaf
• Here are ten lines from the end of the story.
  Put them into the correct order to find out how
  Mr Behrman created his masterpiece. Try to do
  this without looking at the book.
• a) There was a light he had taken outside.
  ___
• b) Mr Behrman died of pneumonia today in the
  hospital. ___
• c) There was green and yellow paint. ___
• d) He was helpless with pain. ___
• e) He painted his great masterpiece before the
  last leaf fell. ___
• f) And they found some things. ___
• g) The night had been so cold and wild. ___
• h) Someone found him in his room. ___
• i) There were materials for painting. ___
• j) His clothes were as wet and cold as
  ice. ___

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• 4a) There are 3 main types of art Visual Arts
  (V), Literary Arts (L) and Performing Arts (P).
  You will find an example of each in the columns
  below. How would you categorize the other art
  forms listed here? Some might be able to go
  into two or even all three columns.
• drama (acting) V L P
• painting V L P
• music V L P
• fashion design V L P
• cartoons (animation) V L P
• film (cinema, movies) V L P
• short stories V L P
• novels V L P
• photography V L P

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• 4b) Art and Artists suffixes
• What do you call the people who perform or
  create these arts?
• There are five suffixes that we commonly use for
  artists.
• Be careful of spellings with some endings.
• -ist -er -or -ian -ess

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Sculptor sculptress

• sculpture _______________________________
  ____
• dance ___________________________________
• poetry ___________________________________
• drama (acting) ________________________________
  ___
• painting ___________________________________
• music ___________________________________
• fashion design ________________________________
  ___
• movie making __________________________________
  _
• short stories _________________________________
  __
• novels ___________________________________
• photography ___________________________________
  
• cartoons (animation) ___________________________
  ________

dancer
Poet, poetess
Dramatist, actor, actress
Painter, artist
musician
Fashion designer
Movie-maker, director
Short story writer, author, writer
novelist
photographer
Cartoonist, animator
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4c) What kind of artist is...? What kind of
artists are the following people? What are
they famous for? Choose one of these artists,
or one of your own favorite artists and
describe what you think their "masterpiece"
is. Steven Spielberg __________________ O'
Henry __________________ Ralph Lauren
__________________ Michael Jackson
________________ Pablo Picasso
______________ William Shakespeare
_______________ Mozart
_______________ Leonardo Da Vinci
____________________ Harrison Ford
_____________________
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Main Ideas

• Johnsy and Sue are artists who move into
  Greenwich Village in New York City.
• As Winter approaches and the weather gets colder,
  Johnsy becomes ill with pneumonia. She gets so
  sick that she believes that when the last leaf
  falls from the vine outside her window, she will
  die.
• An old artist, named Behrman, who lives in the
  same building as the girls, braves a storm one
  night to paint a leaf on the wall a leaf that
  will never fall. Cold and wet from painting in
  the icy rain, he catches pneumonia and dies.
• This gives Johnsy the hope to survive her
  illness, and it also creates the masterpiece
  Behrman had always dreamed of painting.

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Pre-questions (1)

• Q1 What was, at first, Johnsy determined to do
  if the last ivy leaf should fall?
• A1 She made up her mind to die when the last
  leaf fell.
• Q2 What did she decide to do when she saw the
  last leaf still cling to the vine after two
  nights rain and wind?
• A2 She decided not to give up her life.

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Pre-questions (2)

• Q3 How was it that the cold fierce wind did not
  blow away the last leaf?
• A3 Behrman, a kind neighbor, who was aware of
  Johnsys state of mind, risked death to paint the
  last leaf and save her.
• Q4 Why did Sue call the painted leaf Behrmans
  masterpiece?
• A4 Because it was so perfect the girls both
  mistook it for the real thing.

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Language Point

• 1. joint
• adj.??????
• ????jointjoin(??)t (n)
• ????? The house is our joint property.
• ????????????
• ? These foreigners have put
  forward a proposal for a joint venture.
• ??????????????????
• ??????joint effect ????
• joint ownership ????

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Language Point

• 2. victim
• n. ???,???? (???)
• ????Many pets are victims of overfeeding.
• ??????????????
• ??????fall a victim to
• ??????
• ????victimize vt. ???,??? ,??

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Language Point

• 3. fierce
• adj. ??? ???
• ????I was really scared by his fierce look.
• ????????????
• ??????fierce effort
• ????
• ???? fiercely adv.(??)
• fierceness n.(??)

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Language Point

• 4. fancy
• n. ?? ????
• ????? I always have the fancy that he will come
  back.
• ??????????
• ? I've suddenly taken a fancy to detective
  stories.
• ???????????.
• ??????after sbs fancy ????
• de catch the fancy of sb.
  ????
• ????fanciful adj. ???????,?????
• ????fantasy n. ??(???)

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Language Point

• 5. stream
• n.?? vi. vt. ?
• ????? The stream is shallow.
• ????????
• ? My eyes were streaming with
  tears.
• ??????????
• ????current stream
• Current ????,?,????,??????????????????
• Stream?????,???????????
• ????streamy adj. ????????
• ????scream vi. ?? n. ???

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Language Point

• 6. subtract
• vt.?,??,??
• ????subtract 8from 10 you have 2.
• 10?8?2 ?
• ?????? sth. (from sth.)
• ??
• ????subtractive adj. (?)???, ??
• subtraction n. ?(?)
• ????abstract adj.??? n. ??

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Language Point

• 7. bare
• adj.??????
• ????? He just walked in bare feet on the rugged
  path.
• ????????????
• ? Tom earn a bare subsistence wage.
• ???????????
• ????bare, naked, nude
• bare adj. ?????????,?????????????
• naked adj. ???,???????????????,???
• ???????????
• Naked bathing is not allowed on
  this beach.
• ?????????
• nude adj. ???,?????,????naked ???,?????
  the nude ???? a nude hillside ??????
• ????bear n.? v.??, ??, ??, ??, ?, ?

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Language Point

• 8. sin
• n.?,?? vi.??
• ????? Its a sin to waste food.
• ??????????
• ? Jonah sinned by not obeying what
  God told him to do .
• ????????????????.
• ????crime sin 
• crime ??????? 
• sin ?????????????
• ????sinful adj. ???,???? sinless adj. ??? ???
  sinner n. ???

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Language Point

• 9. acute adj.??,?????
• ?????There's an acute shortage of water in the
  city .
• ???????
• ?A painter must be an acute
  observer.
• ?????????
• ??????acute disease ??????acute angle ??
• ????keen, acute, sharp, shrewd
• ?????????????????????
• keen ??????????????????????????
• acute??????,?????????????????
• sharp?????????????
• shrewd????,??????,????

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Language Point

• 10. scarcely
• adv.?????
• ?????There were scarcely a hundred people
• present.
• ?????????
• ?To my surprise, the guide turned
  out to
• know scarcely a word of
  English.
• ??????,???????????
• ???

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Language Point

• ??????scarcely any ????
• Mrs. Hockin had scarcely any breath to tell us
  anything, as she came in through the door.
• ?????????????????????
• ????hardly, scarcely, barely ????????????
• hardly???????,???????,????????
• scarcely?????,???,??,??????,?????
• barely????,????,??????? 

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11. result vi.
Language Point

• 1). (in) bring about, happen, come into existence
  
• ??,??,??
• e.g. The use of such techniques could result
  in ecological changes.
• 2). (from) be caused by
• e.g. Inflation results from an excess of
  demand over supply.
• Ecological changes result from the use
  of such techniques.

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Language Point

• 12.for the rest ????,????
• ?????He's go for the rest for the rest of the
  now.
• ?????????
• ?Save the rest for the food for tomorrow.
• ??????????? 

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Language Point

• 13. hang on to sth. (cling on to)
• work hard to keep sth.
• e.g. Shes the patient who manages to hang on to
  life for three or four months.
• Whats his motive for hanging on to
  power?
• CF hang onto hold sth. tightly
• e.g. She hung onto the key for fear that it
  would be taken from her hand.

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14. stand out
Language Point

• can be seen very clearly
• ????,??
• be much better or much more important than other
  things of the same kind
• ??,??
• e.g. This is one of the things that stand out in
  my memory.
• On the record I have just played, the
  first song stands out from all the others.

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