Unit 5 Romance Text A A Valentine Story

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Unit 5 Romance Text A A Valentine Story

• By Wang Lanlan

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Teaching Objectives

• Students will be able to
• ? Grasp the main idea(the nature of a heart is
  seen in its response to the unattractive) and
  structure of the text
• ? Appreciate the narrative skills demonstrated
  in the text (switch between tenses, change of
  narrators), some rhetorical devices (simile and
  metaphor) and the use of informal language in
  conversations
• ? Master the key language points and grammatical
  structures in the text
• ? Conduct a series of reading, listening,
  speaking and writing activities related to the
  theme of the unit.

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Teaching Set-up

• Text A
• Pre-reading
• Background information
• While-reading
• Text organization
• Text Analysis
• New words and expressions
• Language points
• Appreciation of the language

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Teaching Set-up

• Post reading
• Useful expressions
• Exercises
• Proverbs and quotations
• Questions for discussion
• Text B
• Background information
• Words and phrases to learn
• Language points
• Assignments

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Background InformationOrigin of St.Valentines
Day

• Emperor Claudius II of Rome, also known as
  Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time
  recruiting men as soldiers. He believed that the
  men did not want to leave their sweethearts and
  cancelled all engagements and marriages
  throughout Rome. St.Valentine, a priest of Rome
  at the time, secretly married couples. He was
  eventually caught, arrested and condemned. He was
  beaten to death and beheaded on February 14th,
  around the year 270.

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Background Information Valentines Day
Symbols

• Cupid
• Winged and mischievous little angel called
  Cupid is one of the very famous Valentine's Day
  Symbols. The symbol traces its origin from the
  Roman mythology where Cupid has been described as
  the son of Venus - the Goddess of Love. It is
  believed that Cupid had a bow with a quiver of
  arrows and anyone hit by Cupid's arrow did not
  die but fell in love.

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Background Information Valentines Day
Symbols

• Roses
• Rose is one of the most popular flower and
  one of the most powerful symbol of Valentine's
  Day. Every year on February 14 lovers long for a
  gift of Rose from their Valentine as the flower
  has come to denote I love you'.
• Meaning of Different Colors of Roses Red
  Roses - Love and passion Black Roses Farewell
  Yellow Roses - Friendship White Roses - True
  love and purity of the mind Pink Roses -
  Friendship or Sweetheart

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Background Information Valentines Day
Symbols

• Hearts
• Red heart pierced by the Cupid's arrow is a
  traditional symbol of Valentine's Day. Heart
  symbolizes love and giving someone a heart means
  to hand over one's existence to someone. A heart
  pierced by a Cupid's arrow means that when
  someone presents a heart, the person takes the
  risk of being rejected and feeling hurt. Piercing
  arrow therefore symbolizes death and
  vulnerability of love.

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While ReadingText Organization
Parts Lines Main Ideas
1 1-3 John Blanchard was expecting someone at Grand Central Station.
2 4-32 How John Blanchard fallen in love with Miss Maynell.
3 33-65 Miss Maynell put Blanchard to a test.
4 66-69 It was wise of Miss Maynell to give such a test.
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Text Analysis

• Questions for Part I
• What do you think is the reason that John
  Blanchard came to the Grand Central Station?
• To meet somebody not seen before.
• Who do you think he was waiting for?
• His lover or girlfriend.
• Why did he straighten his uniform?
• To make himself more attractive.

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Text Analysis

• Questions for Part IV
• What did Miss. Maynell want to find out through
  the test?
• The true nature of a heart.
• How do you understand Houssayes remarkTell me
  whom you love, and Ill tell you who you are?
• I can judge you by the person you love.

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New Words And Expressions

• make ones way schedule
• take sth. off sustain
• absorb alive
• reflect go
  ones way
• locate
  keen
• correspond
  sensible
• request
• take a chance on
• plain

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New Words And Expressions

• make ones way
• ?go
• eg. Early in the morning the hunter made his way
  into the woods.
• ?succeed
• eg. If you want to make your way you must learn
  to work hard while you are still young.

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New Words And Expressions

• Collocation
• make away with ???,??,??
• make up ??,??
• make believe ??
• make out ??,??
• make of ??,??
• make off ??,??

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New Words And Expressions

• take sth off
• ? lift and move sth fromto another position
• eg. Take your hand off my shoulder.
• ? deduct an amount of money from sth
• eg. She bardained the trader till he agreed to
  take 50 pounds off the price.

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New Words And Expressions

• absorb
• ?(usu. passive) completely hold ones attention
  (usu. Followed by in)
• eg. Totally absorbed in writing the computer
  software, John ordered take-out food when he was
  hungry, slept on the office floor when tired out.
• ? take in
• eg. The sponge absorbed all the spilt water.
• ? endure
• eg. She wont be able to absorb another heavy
  blow.

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New Words And Expressions

• absorb assimilate
• ? absorb ??????????,??????????
• eg. Large nations shouldnt absorb smaller ones.
• ? assimilate ??absorb????,??????????????????
• eg. We should critically assimilate Whatever is
  beneficial in literature and arts from other
  countries.

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New Words And Expressions

• reflect
• ? be a sign of show
• e.g. Election results should reflect peoples
  opinions.
• ? make a visible image of
• e.g. The still water reflected the full moon.
• ? consider, think of
• e.g. I must reflect upon what answer to give.
• He reflected on his past mistakes.

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New Words And Expressions

• think and reflect
• ? think ????,??????????????,???????????,?????????
  ?,????????????
• e.g. You can think about it and let me know your
  decision later.
• ? reflect ?????????????,???????,?????????,???????
  ??
• e.g. Take your time to reflect before doing
  important things.

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New Words And Expressions

• Locate
• ? discover, show the position of
• e.g. We located the shops and post office as soon
  as we moved into the town.
• ? fix or put in a certain place
• e.g. Where is the new factory to be located?

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New Words And Expressions

• correspond
• ? exchange letters regularly
• e.g. Have you been corresponding with him?
• ? be in agreement , harmony, or conformity
• e.g. I assure you my actions will correspond with
  my words.
• ? be similar or equivalent in character,
  quantity, origin, structure, or function
• e.g. The American Congress corresponds to the
  British Parliament.

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New Words And Expressions

• request
• ? v. ask (a person ) to do sth.
• e.g. All I request of you is that you should be
  early.
• ? n. a polite demand
• e.g. He made a request that I should help him.
• Collocation
• at ones request ?????
• make (a) request for ??,??
• on request ????

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New Words And Expressions

• request ask
• request ???????,????
• e.g. You are sincerely requested to be present at
  the party.
• ask ???,????,???????,??????,??????,?????????
  ???????????
• e.g. He has asked his father for too much.

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New Words And Expressions

• Usage of request
• request??????????,??????????should????,???shoul
  d,????????
• e.g. Mr. Black requested that I (should) hand in
  my homework before Friday.
• ??
• ???????suggest, advise, demand,
  order?????????????

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New Words And Expressions

• take a chance on
• ? attempt to do sth. in spite of the possibility
  of failure take risk
• e.g. WE took a chance on the weather and went for
  a picnic.
• e.g. I havent booked a ticket. Im taking a
  chance on the theatre not being full.

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New Words And Expressions

• plain
• ?(of persons appearance) not pretty or handsome
• e.g. The boy has a plain face.
• ? easy to see, hear, or understand
• e.g. The meaning of the sentence is very plain.
• ? simple, ordinary, without luxury or ornament
• e.g. He advocates olain living.
• ?(of persons, their thoughts,actions,etc.)
  straightforward,frank
• e.g. You should be plain with your parents.

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New Words And Expressions

• plain
• ? area of level country
• e.g. I was attracted by the scenery of the Great
  Plains.
• ? entirely
• e.g. You are plain wrong.
• Collocation
• plain sailing ????,????
• in plain words ????
• be plain with you ?????

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New Words And Expressions

• schedule
• ? arrange for sth. to happen or to be done at a
  particular time
• e.g. The plane is scheduled to take off at 4
  oclock.
• e.g. His arrival is scheduled for Sunday.
• Pattern be scheduled to do sth./be scheduled for
  sth.
• ? a timetable of things to be done, etc.
• e.g. According to the school schedule, the
  students should be having the third period in the
  morning.

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New Words And Expressions

• Collocation
• ahead of schedule ??
• behind schedule ??????
• on schedule ????,??
• a tight scheduleaccording to schedule
• ????????,????????

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New Words And Expressions

• sustain
• ? support emotionally keep (an effort,etc.)
  going maintain
• e.g. An unshakable faith sustained the young man.
• ? suffer undergo
• e.g. The aircrew sustained severe injuries when
  the plane crashed.

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New Words And Expressions

• sustain support back
• ? sustain ???????
• e.g. My hope for future sustained me.
• ? support????,???,???????????
• e.g. We should support each other.
• ? back ?????,??,???
• e.g. Ill back you up in your demands.

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New Words And Expressions

• alive
• ? living
• e.g. The injured man is unconscious but still
  alive.
• ? active,lively
• e.g. Although he is eighty, he is still very much
  alive.
• Collocation
• come alive ????,????
• alive and kicking ????,????

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New Words And Expressions

• alive, living, lively
• ? alive????,???,???????????,?????????????
• e.g. Who is the greatest man alive?
• ? living???????,????
• e.g. Shelly was still living when Keats died.
• ? lively ????,???,?????,???
• e.g. Children usually have lively fancy.

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New Words And Expressions

• go ones way
• ? go in ones direction
• e.g. Though Im not going your way, I still would
  like to give you a ride.
• keen
• ?(of interest, feeling, etc.) strong, deep
• e.g. Jenny watched her husband dancing with the
  slim girl with keen jealousy.
• ? interested, eager (keen on/about/todo)
• e.g. He was keen to meet Miss. White.

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New Words And Expressions

• sensible
• ? showing or having good sense
• e.g. You have made a sensible decision by not
  wearing high-heeled shoes while climbing the
  mountain.
• ? able to feel or perceive
• e.g. He is sensible of the danger of his
  position.
• Im sensible of my error.

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New Words And Expressions

• sensible conscious aware
• ? sensible ?????????(???????????????)
• e.g. I was sensible of her solemn grief.
• ? conscious ??????
• e.g. He is conscious of a sense of guilt.
• ? aware ?????????????
• e.g. Everybody is aware of the importance of the
  hi-tech.

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Language Points

• Absolute construction
• ???????????,???????????????????,????????,???,?
  ????????
• e.g. The job done, we went home.
• Weather permitting, well go for a walk.
• Close to the bank I saw deep pools, the
  water blue like the sky.
• The teacher entered the classroom, book
  in hand.

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Appreciation of the language

• Figurative speech---simile metaphor
• Simile is a comparison of one thing to another,
  using the wordslikeoras.
• e.g. Her hair was black as night.
• a heart like stone
• Metaphor is a suggested but not stated comparison
  of one thing to another.
• e.g. A romance was budding.

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Post Reading

• Useful expressions
• ??? getwrong
• ????? straighten ones army
  uniform
• ?? the croed of
  people
• ??????? find oneself absorbed
• ??????? a thoughtful soul
• ???????? insightful mind
• ????????? the previous owners name
• ???? locate ones
  address
• ???? invite her to
  correspond
• ???????? take a chance on just that

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Post Reading

• Useful expressions
• ??????????? schedule their first meeting
  
• ????? sustain him
  unfailingly
• ????????? be like springtime come alive
• ???? more than a little
  overweight
• ????????? feel choked by the
• bitterness
  of disappointment
• ?????????? understand and admire ones
• wisdom

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Post Reading

• True or False
• ? They had known each other for more than 12
  months. ( )
• ? After writing a letter introducing himself,
  John never corresponded with Miss Hollis Maynell
  again. ( )
• ? The real reason that Miss Hollis refused to
  give him her photo is that she was not pretty.(
  )

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Post Reading

• True or False
• ? Seeing John, hollis invited him to go with
  her.( )
• ? John was disappointed to see Miss Hollis
  Maynell and left the station immediately. ( )
• ? The woman was the person used by Miss Hollis
  Maynell to test John Blanchards true love for
  her. ( )
• Keys T F F T F T

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Post Reading

• Proverbs Quotations
• A faint heart never won a fair lady.
• ????????
• Love is the mother of love.
• ???,????
• Love that is forced does not last.
• ???????
• Gravitation is not responsible for people falling
  in love. Albert Einstein
• ????????????? ???? ????

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Post Reading

• Proverbs Quotations
• Life is a flower of which love is the honey.
• ---Victor Hugo
• ?????,??????
• 
  ??? ??
• First love is only a little foolishness and a lot
  of curiosity. ---George Bernard
  Shaw
• ??????????????????
• 
  ?? ???

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Questions for Discussion

• Ruth, a girl from upper-class family falls in
  love with a poor painter named Jack. Do they
  really match? What does true love mean, according
  to you?

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Questions for Discussion

• Do you think that cyber love is believable and
  reliable? Why or why not?

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Text B The Wallet

• Background Information
• Traditional American Wedding
• ? First, a man and a woman become engaged. The
  man usually gives his future bride a diamond
  engagement ring. If she changes her mind and
  decides not to marry the man, she usually returns
  the ring.
• ? Before the wedding day, many people have
  parties for the engaged couple.
• ? On the day of the wedding, the groom can not
  see his bride before the ceremony. The
  traditional bride wears a white gown and a long
  veil. She also wears something old, something
  new, something borrowed, and something blue.
  These things will bring her good luck,according
  to old beliefs.

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Text B The Wallet

• Background Information
• Traditional American Wedding
• ? During the wedding ceremony, the bride and
  groom promise to love each other and to take care
  of each other all their lives.
• ? After the ceremony, there is often a fancy,
  expensive party. Then, near the end of the party,
  the bride throws her bouquet of flowers to all
  the single women at the wedding. Supposedly, the
  woman who catches it will marry next.
• ? After their wedding, the bride and groomwill
  probably go awayon a honeymoon.
• ? Wedding Oath take you, ... to be my
  wife(husband), to have and to hold, from this day
  forward, for better for worse, for richer for
  poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and
  cherish, until we are parted by death as God is
  my witness. I give you my promise.  

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Words and Phrases to Learn

• make out
• ? see or identify with effort or difficulty
• e.g. We could hardly make out anything in the
  thick fog.
• ? understand
• e.g. I cant make out what you mean.
• ? intend, plan
• e.g. we make out to visit our grandparents
  tomorrow.

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Words and Phrases to Learn

• come across
• ? meet or discover by chance/unexpectedly
• e.g. Yesterday, tidying my desk, I came across
  some old letters of yours.
• run across
• ? encounter by chance
• e.g. run across ones name in a list
• put across
• ? communicate ones ideas,feelings successfully
  to someone
• e.g. She is not very good in putting her views
  across.

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Language points

• Inversion
• ???????
• ???(????)??????
• e.g. Near the school was a big restaurant.
• ???(??)??????
• e.g. Inside was a letter that looks as if it had
  been carried for years, dated 1924. (Line2-3)
• ???????????????????????
• e.g. Never shall we forget the past.
• ?????????????????????
• e.g. Had he been in my place, he would not have
  done it.

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Assignment

• We shall meet a lot of people in our long life.
  Among all the meetings, there must be some
  unforgettable ones. Pick out a significant
  meeting you have had, and write a short essay
  entitled A Memorable Meeting with no less than
  120 words.

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• THANK YOU VERY MUCH!