Never Say Good bye
Teaching Objectives
? To get students have an idea of the
profound meaning of Never Say Goodbye,
? To understand the purpose of writing and
organization of the text.
? To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
Think Over:
? The Ways of Saying Goodbye
? How do you feel when you have to leave
your old house,your dear parents or your
friends?
About the text
1,What is this narrative text concerned with?
2,What is the message of the text?
Structural analysis of the text
? Part One (1-4),The author brings up the
problem he was confronted with,What was the
problem?
? Part two (5-13):The author’s grandpa
illustrates how one can overcome the sad
feeling resulting from the loss of someone dear
to him by recalling not the moment of parting
but the happy times spent together.
? Part Three (14-20),The author shows us that
he came to understand what his grandpa had
taught him by the way he behaved when
confronted with another sad moment---the loss
of his grandpa.
some difficult sentences,words or phrases
1.Our big house was touched with the laughter and
tears of four generations.
? Explain,Our big house was closely related with the
joys and sorrows of four generations.
2,I planted these roses a long,long time ago
before your mother was even a dream.
? Explain,I planted these roses a long,long time ago
before your mother was born.
3,Many sons went away to fight a great evil.
? Explain,Many sons left home to fight against the
Fascist Nazi.
4,Take that special hello and lock it away within
you.
? Explain,Take the first friendly greeting and always
keep it deep in your heart.
hand in hand
---holding each other’s hand
? The elderly couple are walking homeward
hand in hand.
? The heads of states are standing hand in
hand,posing for a picture.
---happening together and closely connected
? Dirt and disease go hand in hand.
? Theory and practice must go hand in hand.
? Ignorance and poverty often go hand in
hand.
have one’s hands full,
? Don’t expect him to help us; he has his hands
full already,
? She had her hands full with five children.
give one a big hand:
? Give the young singer a big hand.
give (lend) a (helping) hand,
? He gave me a hand in moving the piano.
out of hand,
? We must deal with the situation at once,before it
gets out of hand.
in the hands of,
? Your success is in your own hands.
in common,having the same interests,attitudes,etc.
? I haven’t a thing in common with my father.
? The boy and the girl have much in common in
personality.
common used as adjective
? This bird is common throughout in Europe,(常见的 )
? Britain and America share a common language,（共同
的）
? It is common knowledge that the traffic situation in the
city is bad,(人所共知的事 )
? Though he wasn’t well educated,his common sense
guided him through life,(头脑、见地 )
give in,give way; surrender; allow oneself to be beaten
? Don’t give in to their demands,which know no bounds.
? You can’t win the game,so you may as well give in.
? You must give in your examination paper now,( hand in)
Related phrases:
? The gas gave off an unpleasant smell,(散发出 )
? The teacher gave out the examination papers,(散发、
颁发 )
? This gives rise to a series of problems regarding our
strategy,(引起 )
? She had to give up her attempt to swim the Channel.
confront,
? The next big issue confronting the
workers is the question of wages.
? We must confront the future with
optimism,
? As soon as he was confronted with the
evidence he admitted his guilt.
Translation Exercises
? He has prepared answers to the questions that
he expects to confront during the interview.
? His sad story touched us so deeply that we
nearly cried.
? The two of them are walking hand in hand
along the river bank,chatting,laughing,and
looking happy.
? When he heard the exciting news,tears of joy
welled up in his eyes.
? People from Shanghai can understand Suzhou
dialect with ease,for Shanghai dialect and
Suzhou dialect have much in common.
– Henry and his wife are looking into the
possibility of buying a new house within
three years.
– He finally have in to his daughter’s
repeated requests to further her
education abroad.
– We locked all our valuables away before
we went on holiday.
– Although we have parted from each other,
I hope that we will remain good friends
and that we will care for and help each
other just as we did in the past.
– At that critical moment,the army
commander summoned all the officers to
work out new strategies and tactics
which would make it possible to conquer
the enemy.
Dictation
Throughout history the basic unit of almost
every human society has been the family,The
members of the family live together under the
same roof,They share the economic burdens of
life as well as its affectional joys,The family
head usually has considerable influence in
arranging marriages,selecting careers and
determining all important moves and purchases
by any member of the family,Particularly in
conditions where society or the state does not
give aid and where consequently the
responsibilities of the family are greater,this
large group provides better protection in times of
economic or other emergency,
Assignment:
? Read the text as fluently as possible,
? Write a passage with the same title Never
Say Goodbye.
Teaching Objectives
? To get students have an idea of the
profound meaning of Never Say Goodbye,
? To understand the purpose of writing and
organization of the text.
? To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
Think Over:
? The Ways of Saying Goodbye
? How do you feel when you have to leave
your old house,your dear parents or your
friends?
About the text
1,What is this narrative text concerned with?
2,What is the message of the text?
Structural analysis of the text
? Part One (1-4),The author brings up the
problem he was confronted with,What was the
problem?
? Part two (5-13):The author’s grandpa
illustrates how one can overcome the sad
feeling resulting from the loss of someone dear
to him by recalling not the moment of parting
but the happy times spent together.
? Part Three (14-20),The author shows us that
he came to understand what his grandpa had
taught him by the way he behaved when
confronted with another sad moment---the loss
of his grandpa.
some difficult sentences,words or phrases
1.Our big house was touched with the laughter and
tears of four generations.
? Explain,Our big house was closely related with the
joys and sorrows of four generations.
2,I planted these roses a long,long time ago
before your mother was even a dream.
? Explain,I planted these roses a long,long time ago
before your mother was born.
3,Many sons went away to fight a great evil.
? Explain,Many sons left home to fight against the
Fascist Nazi.
4,Take that special hello and lock it away within
you.
? Explain,Take the first friendly greeting and always
keep it deep in your heart.
hand in hand
---holding each other’s hand
? The elderly couple are walking homeward
hand in hand.
? The heads of states are standing hand in
hand,posing for a picture.
---happening together and closely connected
? Dirt and disease go hand in hand.
? Theory and practice must go hand in hand.
? Ignorance and poverty often go hand in
hand.
have one’s hands full,
? Don’t expect him to help us; he has his hands
full already,
? She had her hands full with five children.
give one a big hand:
? Give the young singer a big hand.
give (lend) a (helping) hand,
? He gave me a hand in moving the piano.
out of hand,
? We must deal with the situation at once,before it
gets out of hand.
in the hands of,
? Your success is in your own hands.
in common,having the same interests,attitudes,etc.
? I haven’t a thing in common with my father.
? The boy and the girl have much in common in
personality.
common used as adjective
? This bird is common throughout in Europe,(常见的 )
? Britain and America share a common language,（共同
的）
? It is common knowledge that the traffic situation in the
city is bad,(人所共知的事 )
? Though he wasn’t well educated,his common sense
guided him through life,(头脑、见地 )
give in,give way; surrender; allow oneself to be beaten
? Don’t give in to their demands,which know no bounds.
? You can’t win the game,so you may as well give in.
? You must give in your examination paper now,( hand in)
Related phrases:
? The gas gave off an unpleasant smell,(散发出 )
? The teacher gave out the examination papers,(散发、
颁发 )
? This gives rise to a series of problems regarding our
strategy,(引起 )
? She had to give up her attempt to swim the Channel.
confront,
? The next big issue confronting the
workers is the question of wages.
? We must confront the future with
optimism,
? As soon as he was confronted with the
evidence he admitted his guilt.
Translation Exercises
? He has prepared answers to the questions that
he expects to confront during the interview.
? His sad story touched us so deeply that we
nearly cried.
? The two of them are walking hand in hand
along the river bank,chatting,laughing,and
looking happy.
? When he heard the exciting news,tears of joy
welled up in his eyes.
? People from Shanghai can understand Suzhou
dialect with ease,for Shanghai dialect and
Suzhou dialect have much in common.
– Henry and his wife are looking into the
possibility of buying a new house within
three years.
– He finally have in to his daughter’s
repeated requests to further her
education abroad.
– We locked all our valuables away before
we went on holiday.
– Although we have parted from each other,
I hope that we will remain good friends
and that we will care for and help each
other just as we did in the past.
– At that critical moment,the army
commander summoned all the officers to
work out new strategies and tactics
which would make it possible to conquer
the enemy.
Dictation
Throughout history the basic unit of almost
every human society has been the family,The
members of the family live together under the
same roof,They share the economic burdens of
life as well as its affectional joys,The family
head usually has considerable influence in
arranging marriages,selecting careers and
determining all important moves and purchases
by any member of the family,Particularly in
conditions where society or the state does not
give aid and where consequently the
responsibilities of the family are greater,this
large group provides better protection in times of
economic or other emergency,
Assignment:
? Read the text as fluently as possible,
? Write a passage with the same title Never
Say Goodbye.
