Unit 3 Emotion and Love
王荣花
A Daughter Thanks Her Mother
I,Preparation
Warm-up Activities
1,Pair Work,Talk with your neighbor
about someone you love most.
Words you may refer to:
considerate patient a great helper
generous housework hard-working
point out one’s mistakes a good cook
encouraging tender honest gentle
respectable easy to get along with
a good listener kind caring
2,Group discussion:
discuss the following questions:
a,What is your idea of true love?
b,How important is love in your life?
I,Preparation
3,Questions:
1),How does the author thank her dear mother?
2),Did Carol write to her mother quite often when
her mother was still alive? Why or why not?
3),How did she feel when her mother just passed
away?
4),How did Dad feel?
5),How is the relationship between Carol and her
sister Emily before and after their mother died?
I,Preparation
6),What did she try to remember when her
mother died?
7),As a mother,what kind of role did her
mother play?
8),In Carol’s mind,what is the greatest gift
given to her by her mother?
9),What is love like in Carol’s mind?
3,Questions:
1,apply, cause to have an effect
This rule doesn't apply in your particular
case/cannot be applied to every case.
apply… to… bring or put into use
Scientific discoveries are often applied to
industrial processes.
apply…for…request sth,esp,officially and
in writing
II,Language Points
2,sink in,become fully understood,get a
firm place in the mind
The news was such a shock,it still hasn’t
really sunk in yet.
He paused,not for an answer,but to let his
words sink in.
My explanation took a long time to sink in.
II,Language Points
3,word formation
un- = no placed before a noun,an adjective
or an adverb,expressing a negative view
e.g,unashamed unattainable unauthorized
uncivilized undecided uncultivated
unfortunate unsuitable unwilling
unanswered unbearable
auto- = self
e.g,autobiography autonomy
II,Language Points
4,find,discover(sb,or sth.)to be by chance or
experience
sentence pattern find + obj,+ adv./prep/adj.
e.g,When we arrived,we found him in bed.
I woke up to find myself in the hospital.
I find it difficult to believe you.
I didn’t find her an easy woman to work with.(In
my experience it was not easy to work with the
woman.)
We’re finding that fewer and fewer people are
buying this brand,
II,Language Points
5,in time
① later,at some time in the future,eventually
e.g,You’ll learn how to do it in time.
Fred and Jim did not like each other at first,
but in time they became friends.
② not late; early or at the time arranged
e.g,We got to the airport just in time to catch
the plane,
II,Language Points
6,dwell on,think,speak or write a lot about
sth.
e.g,Don’t dwell too much on your past
failures; think of the future.
The orator dwelt on that point for
nearly twenty minutes.
II,Language Points
7,come to = occur to,become recalled to the
memory of
e.g,I was already on my way when it
suddenly came to me that I had not hung out
my washing.
Did it ever occur to you that he could
have finished the work so soon?
II,Language Points
8,verbs and sentence patterns need use a gerund
e.g,enjoy (admit,deny,mind,risk,suggest,
imply,quit) doing sth.
have difficulty (trouble,pleasure) in doing
sth.
There is difficulty,(trouble,pleasure) in
doing sth
be busy (in) doing sth.
It is of no use doing sth.
There is no use/point/good in doing sth.
II,Language Points
9,listen for,pay attention to so as to be sure
of hearing
e.g,Listen for the moment when the music
changes.
The children listened for the clock to
announce the new year,
II,Language Points
10,as ① in the way or manner that
e.g,Do as I say!
② when,while
e.g,He saw her as he was getting off the school bus.
As the election approached,the violence got
worse.
③ because
e.g,As she has no car,she decides to get there by
bus.
④ though
e.g,Improbable as it seems,it’s true.
II,Language Points
IV,Homework
1,Finish the Exercises on P71
2,Preview the After-class reading passages
III,Summary
Thank You !
王荣花
A Daughter Thanks Her Mother
I,Preparation
Warm-up Activities
1,Pair Work,Talk with your neighbor
about someone you love most.
Words you may refer to:
considerate patient a great helper
generous housework hard-working
point out one’s mistakes a good cook
encouraging tender honest gentle
respectable easy to get along with
a good listener kind caring
2,Group discussion:
discuss the following questions:
a,What is your idea of true love?
b,How important is love in your life?
I,Preparation
3,Questions:
1),How does the author thank her dear mother?
2),Did Carol write to her mother quite often when
her mother was still alive? Why or why not?
3),How did she feel when her mother just passed
away?
4),How did Dad feel?
5),How is the relationship between Carol and her
sister Emily before and after their mother died?
I,Preparation
6),What did she try to remember when her
mother died?
7),As a mother,what kind of role did her
mother play?
8),In Carol’s mind,what is the greatest gift
given to her by her mother?
9),What is love like in Carol’s mind?
3,Questions:
1,apply, cause to have an effect
This rule doesn't apply in your particular
case/cannot be applied to every case.
apply… to… bring or put into use
Scientific discoveries are often applied to
industrial processes.
apply…for…request sth,esp,officially and
in writing
II,Language Points
2,sink in,become fully understood,get a
firm place in the mind
The news was such a shock,it still hasn’t
really sunk in yet.
He paused,not for an answer,but to let his
words sink in.
My explanation took a long time to sink in.
II,Language Points
3,word formation
un- = no placed before a noun,an adjective
or an adverb,expressing a negative view
e.g,unashamed unattainable unauthorized
uncivilized undecided uncultivated
unfortunate unsuitable unwilling
unanswered unbearable
auto- = self
e.g,autobiography autonomy
II,Language Points
4,find,discover(sb,or sth.)to be by chance or
experience
sentence pattern find + obj,+ adv./prep/adj.
e.g,When we arrived,we found him in bed.
I woke up to find myself in the hospital.
I find it difficult to believe you.
I didn’t find her an easy woman to work with.(In
my experience it was not easy to work with the
woman.)
We’re finding that fewer and fewer people are
buying this brand,
II,Language Points
5,in time
① later,at some time in the future,eventually
e.g,You’ll learn how to do it in time.
Fred and Jim did not like each other at first,
but in time they became friends.
② not late; early or at the time arranged
e.g,We got to the airport just in time to catch
the plane,
II,Language Points
6,dwell on,think,speak or write a lot about
sth.
e.g,Don’t dwell too much on your past
failures; think of the future.
The orator dwelt on that point for
nearly twenty minutes.
II,Language Points
7,come to = occur to,become recalled to the
memory of
e.g,I was already on my way when it
suddenly came to me that I had not hung out
my washing.
Did it ever occur to you that he could
have finished the work so soon?
II,Language Points
8,verbs and sentence patterns need use a gerund
e.g,enjoy (admit,deny,mind,risk,suggest,
imply,quit) doing sth.
have difficulty (trouble,pleasure) in doing
sth.
There is difficulty,(trouble,pleasure) in
doing sth
be busy (in) doing sth.
It is of no use doing sth.
There is no use/point/good in doing sth.
II,Language Points
9,listen for,pay attention to so as to be sure
of hearing
e.g,Listen for the moment when the music
changes.
The children listened for the clock to
announce the new year,
II,Language Points
10,as ① in the way or manner that
e.g,Do as I say!
② when,while
e.g,He saw her as he was getting off the school bus.
As the election approached,the violence got
worse.
③ because
e.g,As she has no car,she decides to get there by
bus.
④ though
e.g,Improbable as it seems,it’s true.
II,Language Points
IV,Homework
1,Finish the Exercises on P71
2,Preview the After-class reading passages
III,Summary
Thank You !
