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？
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,
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,
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,
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？
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,
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,
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,
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,
