現(xiàn)代大學(xué)英語1-unit-1-half-a-day

1、Half a Daytext王佳BrainstormingLead-in Activity About the author Skimming and scanning Group discussionComprehensive Reading Vocabulary Sentence grammarIntensive Reading Exercise Critical thinkingAssignmentsContents 1 2 3 4Lead-in ActivityDirection : Q1Was it hard for you to leave home for the first t

2、ime in your life? Lead-in Activity Who saw you off at the railway station? What did he / she say to you on the way? Who came to school with you?Q 1Q 2Was it hard for you to leave home for the first time in your life? Do you remember your first day of this school?Lead-in ActivityQ 3Do you remember yo

3、ur first day of school?Did you find the school just as you had imagined? Q 2Lead-in Activity Were you disappointed when you found it was not as good as you had expected?Lead-in ActivityForest GumpLead-in ActivityForest GumpComprehensive reading2021-11-25Comprehensive Reading - The authorHis life 納吉布

4、納吉布馬哈富茲馬哈富茲Naguib Mahfouz 1911-2006uBorn in 1911, educated at Cairo UniversityuWrote short stories and historical novels before WWII and novels of social realism after WWII the first Arabic-language author awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988.2021-11-25Comprehensive Reading - The authorHis

5、 writing style The Cairo Trilogy三部曲 (first published in 1957)uHis works combined realism & symbolism uIn this text, a strategy used in fiction writing-the protagonist主角主角 returns after being absent for a short time to find everything changed beyond recognition.2021-11-25Comprehensive Reading - T

6、he authorHis writing style Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving uThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 睡谷傳奇睡谷傳奇, , 華盛頓華盛頓. .歐文歐文uRip went to hunt squirrels. He Rip went to hunt squirrels. He drank something a queer old man drank something a queer old man offered him and fell fast as

7、leep. offered him and fell fast asleep. When he woke up he found himself When he woke up he found himself an old man and that great changes an old man and that great changes had occurred in his village during his had occurred in his village during his absence.absence.Example in the text2021-11-25Com

8、prehensive Reading - The authoru山中方一（七）日，山中方一（七）日， 世上已千年。世上已千年。u水經(jīng)注水經(jīng)注u“信安山（爛柯山）有石室，信安山（爛柯山）有石室，王質(zhì)入其室，見二童子對弈，王質(zhì)入其室，見二童子對弈，看之。局未終，視其所執(zhí)伐薪看之。局未終，視其所執(zhí)伐薪柯已爛朽，遂歸，鄉(xiāng)里已非矣柯已爛朽，遂歸，鄉(xiāng)里已非矣?！眜浙江，爛柯浙江，爛柯圍棋圍棋(go game)(go game)Example in the text2021-11-25Comprehensive Reading - The authorHis writing style This techn

9、ique is often used to emphasize rapid changes in society.the social realism of Balzac and Dickens.The first Arab Writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature 1988, The Cairo TrilogyHis works have been compared in spirit and tone toHis influenceComprehensive Reading - The author16Comprehensive Reading

10、 - StructureThe text can be roughly divided into three parts, according to the little boys experience that day.123Part 1Part 2 Part 3 The narrators The narrators unwillingness to unwillingness to go to school.go to school.The narrators The narrators experience at experience at school.school.The chan

11、ges the The changes the narrator found narrator found after school. after school. 123Para.1-7Para.8-16Para.17-20The narrators The narrators unwilling to go unwilling to go to school.to school.The narrators The narrators experience at experience at school.school.The changes the The changes the narrat

12、or found after narrator found after school.school.19Comprehensive Reading- Structure Scan Part. 1 and focus on the following questions.1. How did the boy feel about going to school? Support your ideas with some simple words in the text. 2. List the fathers comments on the school? What do you think o

13、f them?unhappypunishingbe thrown intoSchool is not a punishment.A place that makes men out of boys and useful.Be a man.Today you truly begin life.20Comprehensive Reading - Q & AScan Part. 2 and focus on the following questions.1. What are the different understandings of the boy to the school? Po

14、sitive aspectsNegative aspectsWhat lay ahead of him?21Comprehensive Reading - Q & AScan Part. 2 and focus on the following questions.1. What are the different understandings of the boy to the school? Positive aspectsNegative aspectsfriendshipschool workloverivalryplayingfightinglearningPhysical

15、punishment exertion, struggle, perseverance22Comprehensive ReadingScan Part. 3 and focus on the following questions.1. What did “I” see when he stepped out of school? Summarize the changes.He didnt find his waiting for him at the gate and the had changed. He couldnt find his home.He found himself a

16、fatherstreetwayGrandpa / an old man.23Comprehensive Reading2. Why do you think the boy was suddenly a “grandpa”?To emphasize the rapid changes in society. 2021-11-25Comprehensive Reading Group discussionThe following are a few possible understandings of the message the author intends to convey? Whic

17、h do you agree with?2021-11-25Comprehensive Reading26Comprehensive Reading - T & FFTTFF The boys mother brought him to school. The boy was convinced that school was not a punishment. The boy didnt know any other boy or girl in the school the moment he arrived. School life was just a matter of pl

18、aying and fooling around. The boys father came to pick him up as he had promised.Time and tide waits for no man. 1. Scan2. Transitional words/expressions3. Writing skillsThe authorHis lifeHis worksHis influence Reading skills Conclusion Comprehensive Reading - SummaryIntensive ReadingIntensiveReadin

19、gGrammatical pointsImportant sentencesNew phrasesNew wordsIntensive Reading30Intensive Reading Half a day Naguib MahfouzIntensive readingWordsPhrasesSentence PatternGrammarclutch throw intomake out oftear fromThe day + that clause There is no/any good in doingI was to be thrown into clutching his ri

20、ght handstreet lined with gardens I walked alongside my father, clutching his right hand. (para. 1)Intensive Reading - Summaryclutch: hold tightly, usu. in fear, anxiety, or paine.g. Silent and pale, the girl clutched (to/onto) her mothers chest.這個蒼白安靜的小女孩緊緊地靠在母親胸前.他緊緊地抓著錢，匆忙走向銀行Clutching the money

21、in his hand, he hurried to the bank. They did not make me happy, however, as this was the day I was to be thrown into school for the first time. (para. 1)“As” introduces an adverbial clause of reason.Noun phrase usu. followed by a relative clause is used as an adverbial of time.to be forced to do st

22、h.to throw sb. out: to force sb. to leave a placee.g. The moment I saw him, I recognized he was the criminal wanted by the police. They will throw me out (of school) if I fail three exams.Intensive Reading - Summary They did not make me happy, however, as this was the day I was to be thrown into sch

23、ool for the first time. (para. 1)“As” introduces an adverbial clause of reason.Noun phrase usu. followed by a relative clause is used as an adverbial of time.to be forced to do sth.to throw sb. out: to force sb. to leave a placeParaphrasing: But my new clothes did not bring any happiness to me, beca

24、use it was the day I was forced to go to school for the first time.Intensive Reading - Summary“Why school?” I asked my father. “What have I done?” (para. 3)elliptical questionMore examples:1.- Headmaster: we want you to go and tell the boys parents the news. - Teacher: Why me?2. - Father: Well go to

25、 Tianjin this weekend. - Daughter: What for? Why this weekend? Why Tianjin?“Why school?” I asked my father. “What have I done?” (para. 3)elliptical questionParaphrasing: Why do I have to go to school? I dont think Ive done anything wrong to be punished like this. Its a place that makes useful men ou

26、t of boys. (para. 4)Make(out) of sb/sth: to make sb./sth. becomee.g. The army made a man of him.I dont think you can make a football star out of Johnny.I did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled building. (para. 5)

27、e.g.: 覆水難收。 It is no use crying over spilt milk.to (make sb.) leave a place unwillingly because one has toThere is no good to be had in doing: It is no good /use doing sthI did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled

28、building. (para. 5)Paraphrasing: I didnt think it was useful to take me away from home and put me into that building with high walls.to (make sb.) leave a place unwillingly because one has toThere is no good to be had in doing: It is no good /use doing sthWordsPhrasesSentence PatternGrammarfool arou

29、ndbring aboutgive rise toresort toThere was no question of doingI had never imagined school would have She would often yell and scoldIntensive readingIntensive reading I had never imagined school would have this variety of experiences. (para. 13)possibility 用于對過去事情的推測，譯為“大概” And while the lady would

30、 smile, she would often yell and scold. (para. 15)frequent actions in the past 過去經(jīng)常性的習(xí)慣和動作：總會 I would find the answer at home with my father. (para. 18)past future tense 過去有意識的行動或意志：將 but the stream of cars would not let up. (para. 18)willingness 用于過去的否定句中，表示拒絕，或無此習(xí)慣或 不可能：不肯Lesson 1 Half a DayIt was

31、 not all a matter of playing and fooling around. (para.15)Paraphrase: What we did at school wasnt just playing and wasting time doing nothing pletelyto waste time instead of doing sth. that you should be doinga matter of: eg: Wisdom is a matter of knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind you

32、r speech. Lesson 1 Half a DayRivalries could bring about pain and hatred, or give rise to fighting. (para.15) make sth. happen(formal) to cause or produce sth. esp. sth. bad and unpleasantHow can we _ a change in attitudes?His speech _a bitter argument. bring aboutgave rise toLesson 1 Half a DayEven

33、 more frequently she would resort to physical punishment. (para.15) resort to:to make use of sth.To turn to sth(especially sth bad) as a solutione.g. Try not to resort to violence.Lesson 1 Half a DaylIn addition, the time for changing ones mind was over and gone and there was no question of ever ret

34、urning to the paradise of home. (16)Besides, it was impossible for us to quit school and return to the good old days when we stayed home playing and fooling around all day. Our childhood was gone, never to come back.there is no possibility of Intensive readingWordsPhrasesGrammartraceinvadedaze in va

35、inon my own come to a haltfind ones way totake overshow offlet upHere and there stood conjurers with clowns and weight lifters walking in front.came to a startled halt. (para. 17)Compare:1. Air traffic in the country was brought to a halt by heavy snowstorms.to stop suddenlyto bring sth to a halt: to cause sth to stopHere and there stood conjurers showing off their