Unit 12
She’s Leaving Home
Purposes
1,To get students know the greatness of
parents,
2,To understand the purpose of writing and
the writing skills of the text,
3,To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises,
Listen to a passage,Dating with My Mother
（大学英语听说教程 3,P5-9)
Think over,
1,what do you think of the story?
2.Do you admire Peggy and her husband for what they
have done?
You may include the following points in your discussion,
---the moral responsibility of children to their parents
---what parents in their old age need most
---importance to know about family history---part of
children’s own history
3.How would you describe your relationship with your
parents?
4,Is there a generation gap between you and your
parents?How do you resolve your differences?
Some sentences and structures that you might find useful in
discussing,
1.Parents’ love for their child is selfless/forever strong/never
changing,
2.There is no love like a mother’s love for her child,
3.No bond is stronger than that between parent and child,
4.My parents always tell me that I’m special/always find time
for me when I need comforting and encouragement,
5.I think of my parents whenever I find that I’ve mead some
progress in my studies/when I win an award,
6.On my parents’ birthdays,I usually buy them some gifts with
my pocket money/send them cards/visit them or call them no
matter how busy I am/tell them how special they are to me/do
something creative to try to express my love for them in a
special way,
7.I love my parents because they give me life/ have
sacrificed a lot in bringing me up/ are always there
for me whenever I need them,
8.I respect my parents because they have taught me
to be honest,generous,open-minded,…/because
they are role models for me,
9.I know I can always turn to my parents for help
when I have problems,but I don’t want to make
them worry about me/ but I don’t want to upset them
unnecessarily,
10.My parents make it a point to spend some time
with me every week,They talk to me about my
friends,school,activities,dreams and hopes,
11.My father/mother is quite strict with me/never spoils me,
12.My father/mother makes clear rules about what I can do and
what I mustn’t do,
13,My mother is thrifty and industrious/generous and
compassionate/ a career woman,
14,My relationship with my parents is one of mutual love and
affection/ is based on mutual respect,
15,My parents sometimes don’t see eye to eye with me,
16,My father and I seem to disagree on almost everything,but
we never let our arguments hurt our feelings for each other,
17,There are bound to be differences between parents and
their children,A good way to resolve differences is to sit down
and talk,
Listen to a song,Father and Son(（ 大学英语听说教程 3,P14-15)
Quotations,
1,Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent
than the one that went before it,and wiser than the one
that comes after it,
2,If youth is the season of hope,it is often so only in the
sense that our elders are hopeful about us,
3,It is one of the capital tragedies of youth--- and youth is
the time of tragedy---that the young are thrown mainly
with adults they do not quite respect,
4,Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret,
Humor,
During one,generation gap” quarrel with his
parents young Michael cried,“I want excitement,
adventure,money,and beautiful women,I’ll never
find it here at home,so I’m leaving,Don’t try and
stop me,
With that he headed toward the door,His father
rose and followed close behind,
,Didn’t you hear what I said? I don’t want you to try
and stop me.”
,Who’s going to stop you?” replied his father.,If
you wait a minute,I’ll go with you.”
About the text
1,What advantages does a first person
narrator show?
2,Why is the simple present tense
frequently employed to relate or narrate
what happened in the past?
Structural analysis of the text
Main idea of each part,
? Part One (1-8) --- The writer’s daughter was busying
making preparations for her university life and visiting her
friends and relatives and that she is becoming impatient
with her mother,
? Part Two (9-12) --- It relates how the writer took good care
of her daughter when she was a toddler,how she kept her
daughter close to her when she was in her teens and
when she was a secondary school student,
? Part Three (13-16) --- The writer wants the romanticized
parting with her daughter,but her daughter has concealed
her feeling as she prepares to depart,
? Part Three (17-20)--- It relates the touching event that
Allie is back to her mother and she has become close to
her mother again,
some difficult sentences,words
or phrases
1,I struggle to think of something to say to her,
? Explain,I am searching for words to talk to her,
2,When other mothers were already the
estrangement they felt with their adolescent
daughters,I hit upon a solution; rescue raids,
? Explain,When other mothers were already
turned away in affection by their teenage
daughters,I chanced upon a solution,taking
occasional actions to save our relation,
3,As she prepares to depart,Allie’s feelings
have gone underground,
? Explain,While she is planning to leave
home,Allie is in a quite low mood,
4,These are tips for parents,
? Explain,These are good pieces of advice
for parents,
Words or phrases to study
show up
? You never know when she is coming,she
just shows up when she feels like it,
? She must have gong out early,for she
had not shown up for breakfast,
? She showed off her new suit,
? I shall be delighted to show you around
the campus,
turn down
? We have had turned down four applicants
already,
? Please turn down the radio a little,
? The meeting turned out to be very interesting,
? The work was turned over to the secretary,
? They always turn to me when they are in trouble,
? The missing boy turned up an hour later,
? His friends turned against him,
approve of
? I quite approve of the idea of your plan,
? He expressed his approval of the
arrangement,
identity
? There is no clue to the identity of the thief,
? Identification of the jewels was made by
the owner,
? His accent was difficult to identify,
Spot口语中常指某个具体地点通常范围较小，可与 place h互换
1,From this spot,you can see the sunrise,
2,Spain is our favorite holiday spot,
Station表示因职责而在的地方,
1.The guard remained at his station all night long,
2.railway station
Location指人或物所处的或被安置的某地点
This house is in a fine location,
No one knows the location of the hidden treasure,
Position:方位、位置、地点
The house stood in a good position; there was a good view all round,
Scene－－－尤指时间发生的地点，即现场，另指故事中事件发生的场景
1.This is the scene of the accident which happened last night,
2.The scene of this story is Germany in World War II,
Site ---做某种特殊用途或活动的地方
1.construction site
2.Northwest China is the site we shot the movie,
Expand---尺寸, 范围或体积的增加
1.Some substances expand when they freeze,
2,This factory has expanded his operation by taking over another
factory,
Extend---扩大具体空间或时间, 抽象意义上扩大范围, 影响, 适用范围
1,The cold weather extended into April,
2,The Emperor extended his territory as far as the Red Sea,
Enlarge---把某一具体的事物扩大
1.They are enlarging their house,
2.I’d like to have the photo enlarged,
Stretch---指某一事物的长度, 宽度或两者同时伸长, 伸展
1,The road stretched away into the distance,
2,He walked up and down on the platform to stretch his legs,
Lengthen---具体的空间范围增大或时间长度增加
1,As summer approached,the days lengthened,
2,She lengthened her skirt by two inches to follow the fashion,
Translation exercises
1) In his late years,he changed from a slight
annoyance into an eagerly-awaited visitor,
2) He did many foolish things,which caused all his
friends’ estrangement from him,
3) The plan which we hit upon was not logical,perhaps,
but it worked,
4) At that time as our country was hit hard by rarely
seen natural disasters,many people were
floundering in ever graver economic difficulties,
5) She turned down his proposal,
Translation exercises
6) Determined to turn over a new leaf,he broke
away from that gang of criminals,
7) Now that we have gone through our task
without a hitch,we are all feeling happy and
gay,Shall we have a drink?
8) We all support this assumption,for it is well
grounded in the box office receipts,
9) The frequent transitions from cold to warm
weather this spring have caused many people
to become ill,
10) He stroked her hair affectionately,showing
profound love for her,
Dictation
? The friend-type parents,as the term implies,treat their
children as friends,They are generous and wise,Like
good friends,they discuss with their children the latest
news,share their children’s interests,and listen
attentively to their children’s expression of emotion,
whether it is anger,fear,joy or sorrow,They have an
intimate relation with their children while adhering to
their principled stand,They discuss problems with their
children rather than provide ready solutions,They
respect their children as their equals,They often say,
“Let’s put our heads together and see what we can do.”
She’s Leaving Home
Purposes
1,To get students know the greatness of
parents,
2,To understand the purpose of writing and
the writing skills of the text,
3,To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises,
Listen to a passage,Dating with My Mother
（大学英语听说教程 3,P5-9)
Think over,
1,what do you think of the story?
2.Do you admire Peggy and her husband for what they
have done?
You may include the following points in your discussion,
---the moral responsibility of children to their parents
---what parents in their old age need most
---importance to know about family history---part of
children’s own history
3.How would you describe your relationship with your
parents?
4,Is there a generation gap between you and your
parents?How do you resolve your differences?
Some sentences and structures that you might find useful in
discussing,
1.Parents’ love for their child is selfless/forever strong/never
changing,
2.There is no love like a mother’s love for her child,
3.No bond is stronger than that between parent and child,
4.My parents always tell me that I’m special/always find time
for me when I need comforting and encouragement,
5.I think of my parents whenever I find that I’ve mead some
progress in my studies/when I win an award,
6.On my parents’ birthdays,I usually buy them some gifts with
my pocket money/send them cards/visit them or call them no
matter how busy I am/tell them how special they are to me/do
something creative to try to express my love for them in a
special way,
7.I love my parents because they give me life/ have
sacrificed a lot in bringing me up/ are always there
for me whenever I need them,
8.I respect my parents because they have taught me
to be honest,generous,open-minded,…/because
they are role models for me,
9.I know I can always turn to my parents for help
when I have problems,but I don’t want to make
them worry about me/ but I don’t want to upset them
unnecessarily,
10.My parents make it a point to spend some time
with me every week,They talk to me about my
friends,school,activities,dreams and hopes,
11.My father/mother is quite strict with me/never spoils me,
12.My father/mother makes clear rules about what I can do and
what I mustn’t do,
13,My mother is thrifty and industrious/generous and
compassionate/ a career woman,
14,My relationship with my parents is one of mutual love and
affection/ is based on mutual respect,
15,My parents sometimes don’t see eye to eye with me,
16,My father and I seem to disagree on almost everything,but
we never let our arguments hurt our feelings for each other,
17,There are bound to be differences between parents and
their children,A good way to resolve differences is to sit down
and talk,
Listen to a song,Father and Son(（ 大学英语听说教程 3,P14-15)
Quotations,
1,Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent
than the one that went before it,and wiser than the one
that comes after it,
2,If youth is the season of hope,it is often so only in the
sense that our elders are hopeful about us,
3,It is one of the capital tragedies of youth--- and youth is
the time of tragedy---that the young are thrown mainly
with adults they do not quite respect,
4,Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret,
Humor,
During one,generation gap” quarrel with his
parents young Michael cried,“I want excitement,
adventure,money,and beautiful women,I’ll never
find it here at home,so I’m leaving,Don’t try and
stop me,
With that he headed toward the door,His father
rose and followed close behind,
,Didn’t you hear what I said? I don’t want you to try
and stop me.”
,Who’s going to stop you?” replied his father.,If
you wait a minute,I’ll go with you.”
About the text
1,What advantages does a first person
narrator show?
2,Why is the simple present tense
frequently employed to relate or narrate
what happened in the past?
Structural analysis of the text
Main idea of each part,
? Part One (1-8) --- The writer’s daughter was busying
making preparations for her university life and visiting her
friends and relatives and that she is becoming impatient
with her mother,
? Part Two (9-12) --- It relates how the writer took good care
of her daughter when she was a toddler,how she kept her
daughter close to her when she was in her teens and
when she was a secondary school student,
? Part Three (13-16) --- The writer wants the romanticized
parting with her daughter,but her daughter has concealed
her feeling as she prepares to depart,
? Part Three (17-20)--- It relates the touching event that
Allie is back to her mother and she has become close to
her mother again,
some difficult sentences,words
or phrases
1,I struggle to think of something to say to her,
? Explain,I am searching for words to talk to her,
2,When other mothers were already the
estrangement they felt with their adolescent
daughters,I hit upon a solution; rescue raids,
? Explain,When other mothers were already
turned away in affection by their teenage
daughters,I chanced upon a solution,taking
occasional actions to save our relation,
3,As she prepares to depart,Allie’s feelings
have gone underground,
? Explain,While she is planning to leave
home,Allie is in a quite low mood,
4,These are tips for parents,
? Explain,These are good pieces of advice
for parents,
Words or phrases to study
show up
? You never know when she is coming,she
just shows up when she feels like it,
? She must have gong out early,for she
had not shown up for breakfast,
? She showed off her new suit,
? I shall be delighted to show you around
the campus,
turn down
? We have had turned down four applicants
already,
? Please turn down the radio a little,
? The meeting turned out to be very interesting,
? The work was turned over to the secretary,
? They always turn to me when they are in trouble,
? The missing boy turned up an hour later,
? His friends turned against him,
approve of
? I quite approve of the idea of your plan,
? He expressed his approval of the
arrangement,
identity
? There is no clue to the identity of the thief,
? Identification of the jewels was made by
the owner,
? His accent was difficult to identify,
Spot口语中常指某个具体地点通常范围较小，可与 place h互换
1,From this spot,you can see the sunrise,
2,Spain is our favorite holiday spot,
Station表示因职责而在的地方,
1.The guard remained at his station all night long,
2.railway station
Location指人或物所处的或被安置的某地点
This house is in a fine location,
No one knows the location of the hidden treasure,
Position:方位、位置、地点
The house stood in a good position; there was a good view all round,
Scene－－－尤指时间发生的地点，即现场，另指故事中事件发生的场景
1.This is the scene of the accident which happened last night,
2.The scene of this story is Germany in World War II,
Site ---做某种特殊用途或活动的地方
1.construction site
2.Northwest China is the site we shot the movie,
Expand---尺寸, 范围或体积的增加
1.Some substances expand when they freeze,
2,This factory has expanded his operation by taking over another
factory,
Extend---扩大具体空间或时间, 抽象意义上扩大范围, 影响, 适用范围
1,The cold weather extended into April,
2,The Emperor extended his territory as far as the Red Sea,
Enlarge---把某一具体的事物扩大
1.They are enlarging their house,
2.I’d like to have the photo enlarged,
Stretch---指某一事物的长度, 宽度或两者同时伸长, 伸展
1,The road stretched away into the distance,
2,He walked up and down on the platform to stretch his legs,
Lengthen---具体的空间范围增大或时间长度增加
1,As summer approached,the days lengthened,
2,She lengthened her skirt by two inches to follow the fashion,
Translation exercises
1) In his late years,he changed from a slight
annoyance into an eagerly-awaited visitor,
2) He did many foolish things,which caused all his
friends’ estrangement from him,
3) The plan which we hit upon was not logical,perhaps,
but it worked,
4) At that time as our country was hit hard by rarely
seen natural disasters,many people were
floundering in ever graver economic difficulties,
5) She turned down his proposal,
Translation exercises
6) Determined to turn over a new leaf,he broke
away from that gang of criminals,
7) Now that we have gone through our task
without a hitch,we are all feeling happy and
gay,Shall we have a drink?
8) We all support this assumption,for it is well
grounded in the box office receipts,
9) The frequent transitions from cold to warm
weather this spring have caused many people
to become ill,
10) He stroked her hair affectionately,showing
profound love for her,
Dictation
? The friend-type parents,as the term implies,treat their
children as friends,They are generous and wise,Like
good friends,they discuss with their children the latest
news,share their children’s interests,and listen
attentively to their children’s expression of emotion,
whether it is anger,fear,joy or sorrow,They have an
intimate relation with their children while adhering to
their principled stand,They discuss problems with their
children rather than provide ready solutions,They
respect their children as their equals,They often say,
“Let’s put our heads together and see what we can do.”
