Unit 15
Salvation
Purposes
? 1,To get students know something about
Jesus and Christianity.
? 2,To understand the purpose of writing
and the organization of the text.
? 3,To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
About the text
? How is the story organized？
II,Structural analysis of the text
? Main idea of each part,
? Part One 1 --- This part introduces the background.
? Part Two (2-5) --- Langston recounts what he has heard
about Jesus from the le people and how he waits piously
for Jesus to come.
? Part Three 6 --- The conflict becomes intensified when
all the young people have gone to the altar but Langston
and Westley.
? Part Four (7-10)---The climax is reached when Langston
is left unsaved after his last fellow sinner is saved by
telling a lie.
? Part Five (11-14)--- The conflict is resolved when
Langston also tells a lie and is thus,saved” from both sin
and trouble.
? Part Six 15 --- It reveals Langston’s guilty conscience
about telling a lie and his disillusionment with religion.
III,some difficult sentences,words
or phrases
? 1,The membership of the church had
grown by leaps and bounds.
? Explain,The membership of church had
increased in large numbers.
? 2,They held a special meeting for children
to bring the young lambs to the fold.
? Explain,They held a religious service to
lead the young kids to the Christian
community.
? 3,A great many old people came and knelt
around us and prayed,old women with jet-black
faces,old men with work-gnarled hands.
? Explain,A lot of ole people came and knelt
around us and prayed,The old women’s faces
were as black as a compact coal,and the ole
men’s hands and fingers were twisted with
swollen joints and rough skin from hard work.
? 4,The whole building rocked with prayer and
song.
? Explain,The church building was swinging as
the people inside were preaching and singing.
5,hold out
? The clerk held out a dress for Mary to try
on.
? I still hold to my former views.
? She held back from asking the favour of
you.
? It’s not fair to hold the past behaviour
against him.
6,leave out
? I hope you won’t leave out this excellent
material out.
? You’ve left out some figures out in your
calculations.
? We leave off work at six.
? Leave me alone,I am hopeless.
Translation exercises
? 1) They hoped to save their marriage by giving birth
to a child.
? 2) Secret service men escorted the President and his
family everywhere.
? 3) The presidential candidate’s speech was
punctuated now and then by outbursts of applause
from the audience.
? 4) As soon as the news of victory came,there was
great rejoicing all over the country.
? 5) The tertiary industry in our country has been
developing by leaps and bounds since the reform and
opening drive started.
Translation exercises
? 6) The priest preached a sermon to the
congregation on the need for charity.
? 7) In order to maintain his dignity the
employee didn’t kneel on his knees in front of
the overbearing boss.
? 8) When the chairman announced the election
results,the whole assembly clapped and
cheered,and the meeting hall broke into a sea
of great joy.
? 9) He has a very bad reputation,for he often
takes other people’s names in vain.
? 10) The building of the new road has been
held up by the bad weather.
Dictation
? After the war our church was in a very bad
condition.,So we decided to build a modern one
at the top of a hill outside our town,We raised a
lot of money and bought all the necessary
materials,We built the walls of stone and glass,,
and the heavy doors of wood and metal,It was
one of the most attractive buildings in town when
it was completed,From the top of the church
there is a wonderful view,You can see the entire
town and countryside for miles around,People
from all parts of the country come and visit the
church every day,
Salvation
Purposes
? 1,To get students know something about
Jesus and Christianity.
? 2,To understand the purpose of writing
and the organization of the text.
? 3,To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
About the text
? How is the story organized？
II,Structural analysis of the text
? Main idea of each part,
? Part One 1 --- This part introduces the background.
? Part Two (2-5) --- Langston recounts what he has heard
about Jesus from the le people and how he waits piously
for Jesus to come.
? Part Three 6 --- The conflict becomes intensified when
all the young people have gone to the altar but Langston
and Westley.
? Part Four (7-10)---The climax is reached when Langston
is left unsaved after his last fellow sinner is saved by
telling a lie.
? Part Five (11-14)--- The conflict is resolved when
Langston also tells a lie and is thus,saved” from both sin
and trouble.
? Part Six 15 --- It reveals Langston’s guilty conscience
about telling a lie and his disillusionment with religion.
III,some difficult sentences,words
or phrases
? 1,The membership of the church had
grown by leaps and bounds.
? Explain,The membership of church had
increased in large numbers.
? 2,They held a special meeting for children
to bring the young lambs to the fold.
? Explain,They held a religious service to
lead the young kids to the Christian
community.
? 3,A great many old people came and knelt
around us and prayed,old women with jet-black
faces,old men with work-gnarled hands.
? Explain,A lot of ole people came and knelt
around us and prayed,The old women’s faces
were as black as a compact coal,and the ole
men’s hands and fingers were twisted with
swollen joints and rough skin from hard work.
? 4,The whole building rocked with prayer and
song.
? Explain,The church building was swinging as
the people inside were preaching and singing.
5,hold out
? The clerk held out a dress for Mary to try
on.
? I still hold to my former views.
? She held back from asking the favour of
you.
? It’s not fair to hold the past behaviour
against him.
6,leave out
? I hope you won’t leave out this excellent
material out.
? You’ve left out some figures out in your
calculations.
? We leave off work at six.
? Leave me alone,I am hopeless.
Translation exercises
? 1) They hoped to save their marriage by giving birth
to a child.
? 2) Secret service men escorted the President and his
family everywhere.
? 3) The presidential candidate’s speech was
punctuated now and then by outbursts of applause
from the audience.
? 4) As soon as the news of victory came,there was
great rejoicing all over the country.
? 5) The tertiary industry in our country has been
developing by leaps and bounds since the reform and
opening drive started.
Translation exercises
? 6) The priest preached a sermon to the
congregation on the need for charity.
? 7) In order to maintain his dignity the
employee didn’t kneel on his knees in front of
the overbearing boss.
? 8) When the chairman announced the election
results,the whole assembly clapped and
cheered,and the meeting hall broke into a sea
of great joy.
? 9) He has a very bad reputation,for he often
takes other people’s names in vain.
? 10) The building of the new road has been
held up by the bad weather.
Dictation
? After the war our church was in a very bad
condition.,So we decided to build a modern one
at the top of a hill outside our town,We raised a
lot of money and bought all the necessary
materials,We built the walls of stone and glass,,
and the heavy doors of wood and metal,It was
one of the most attractive buildings in town when
it was completed,From the top of the church
there is a wonderful view,You can see the entire
town and countryside for miles around,People
from all parts of the country come and visit the
church every day,
