Unit 1 Someone Waiting
? Part I Listening and Speaking Activities
? Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities
? Part III Extended Activities
Part I Listening and Speaking Activities
? Introduction of functions
? Listen and speak
? Try to speak more
? Make your own dialogue
? What are they for?
? If you want to learn more
Introduction of functions
? You may talk about your impressions like this,
? How do you feel about…?
? What do you think of…?
? What’s your impression of …?
? How does… strike you?
? I get the impression that…
? I’m under the impression that…
? What has impressed me most is that…
? Sth/sb strike(s) me as…
Listen and speak
? Listen to the conversation and tick the correct answer to
each question,
Turn to p,1,and let’s listen,
1,What is Sue doing?
Key,b
2,According to Lind,Michael,
Key,a
3,Sue likes Michael because,
Key,a
4,What does Linda think of Michael?
Key,c
Try to speak more
Note,
? check in,上飞机前领登机牌 (boarding pass)
? see somebody off,say goodbye to someone
? turn up,appear; arrive
? let somebody down,disappoint somebody
? he’s nowhere to be found,People can not find
him,
? Oh,that sounds interesting,Sue shows
reserved disagreement in opinion,
Make your own dialogue
1,Suppose it is your first day at college,You and
your partner meet at lunch and talk about your
impressions of your new teacher,Mr,Johnson,
Make a dialogue using the following cues,(Turn
to page 2)
2,Look at the picture on page 3,Discuss what is
going on in this scene,Give your impressions
about the place and the person in the picture,
(Turn to page 3)
What are they for?
Key,1.c 2.a 3.e 4.d 5.g 6.f 7.b
If you want to learn more
Key,a,1,2,4,6,7,8
b,5,9
c,3,10
Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities
? Pre-reading Tasks
? Notes
? Translation
? Comprehension work
? Language work (A,B,C)
Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities
? Pre-reading Tasks
? How would you feel when you,after a long
journey,see somebody waiting for you at the
railway station?
? Did anyone see you off when you left for
college? How were you feeling then? Which
of the following words apply to your case?
Text
I am sitting at an airport watching people in the final moments
before their loved ones arrive or depart,They are pacing,nervous,
looking at one another,touching and not touching,The emotion is
intense,
A woman,speaking Spanish,is running in circles trying to
gather family members together for a good-bye,Her voice is high-
pitched,When the final moment comes before boarding,she wraps
her arms around her son,giving him a powerful embrace that
should protect him until he returns,
A grandmother and grandson stand at the rail where I am
waiting; the people who are supposed to pick them up are late,
Two ladies,next to them but unrelated,look up and down the
corridor as if scanning an open sea,A mother holds a baby as she
kisses her husband,Tears dampen her cheeks,The moment is
charged,
Someone Waiting
Life needs to be this important all the time
Turn to p,5,and listen to the text,
At gate13,the arrivals are just coming in.,I see her,There she is.” Just
as poignant,the arrivals fold into the mix of people as if they have been
the missing ingredient,There are tears and smiles,pure delight ringing
in the laughter of seeing someone who has been gone,
I sit,glancing at my book,waiting for my turn to leave,alone
because the ones I love have a different schedule from mine,and the
one I am going to see,a daughter,is at the other end of my journey,
I think of other departures and arrivals,I recall seeing my daughter,
the daughter I am now going to visit,coming down that narrow corridor
with her backpack slung on one shoulder,her overstuffed carry-on
cradled in her arms,her headphones making her oblivious to the stream
of people flowing along with her,She was in her first year at university
coming home for a holiday in November—the first time since August,I
wrapped myself around her as if she had been lost to me,
Someone Waiting
Life needs to be this important all the time
Someone Waiting
Today my flight is two hours late,The book I am reading is not as
interesting as the people leaving and coming,coming and leaving,A
little boy about five is meeting his grandfather for the first time,He
looks up and up at the face of a man who is not that tall,except to a
child,Joy shines down and up,and I am wondering how one would
capture this moment in words or on film,
When my flight is finally called,I gather my book and carry-on,
Since there is no one to see me off,I do not look back to see where I
have come from,Instead,I think of my husband at work wondering
if I have left yet,and my daughter at the other end wondering the
same thing,
Life needs to be this important all the time
As I head toward the plane,I find myself remembering yet
another arrival and departure,When I was a newlywed,my 91-year-old
grandfather died,We had been very close,and one evening,returning
from his funeral,I arrived at the airport crying,My husband of only a
year was waiting at the gate to take me in his arms,Because of my tears,
everyone was looking at us,but I didn’t care,Somehow the emotion I
felt seemed not at all out of place for the airport,
Life needs to be this important all the time,I wish all the people
who went on a journey could come back to find someone waiting for
them,I also wish they could leave with someone to see them off,I think
of my grandfather and realize that if dying is like this,a passage,then I
am unafraid,
Life needs to be this important all the
time Someone Waiting
e.g,
1,The pain was so intense that I couldn't sleep,
太痛了，痛得我睡不着。
2,He took an intense interest in all religious matters,
他对所有的宗教问题都有浓厚的兴趣。
3,a look of intense dislike
强烈反感的眼神 /表情
intense,adj,having a very strong effect or
felt very strongly
e.g,
1,He spent the evening wrapping up the Christmas
presents,
他花了一个晚上的时间把圣诞礼物都包了起来。
2,A scarf was wrapped around his neck,
他的脖子上围着一条围巾。
wrap,v,
a) to cover sth completely in paper or other
material
b) to put sth firmly around sth/sb
e.g,
1,The child embraced his parents,
这孩子拥抱了他的父母。
2,She gave her son a tender brace when he came
home after ten years' absence,give sb an
embrace
她儿子离家十年后回家时她亲切地拥抱儿子。
embrace,
a) v,hug
b) n,the act of holding someone close to
you,especially as a sign of love
e.g,
1,She glanced along the road to see if he was
coming,
她沿路扫视着，看他是否要来了。
2,The Personnel Manager glanced down the list of
names of the applicants,
人事部经理浏览了一下申请人名单。
glance at sth,take a quick look at sth
e.g,
1,Recall the misery of the past and contrast it with
the happiness of today,
想想过去的苦,比比今天的甜,
2,~ doing sth,
I can’t recall meeting her before,
我想不起来以前曾经见过她。
recall,to remember sth
e.g,
1,She was oblivious to our warnings,
她忘了我们的提醒。
2,She gradually became oblivious to the noise,
她渐渐地变得不在意吵闹声了。
oblivious,adj.~ (of/to sth) not aware of sth;
not noticing/not knowing about
e.g,
1,The article captured the mood of the nation,
这篇文章把国民的情绪表达得淋漓尽致。
2,In his traveling report,he tried to capture the
beauty of the Great Waterfalls,
他努力在他的这篇游记中记录下大瀑布的美。
capture,to succeed in recording,showing,
or describing a situation or feeling,using
words or pictures
e.g,
1,Some of these files seem to be out of place,
有些档案似乎没放对地方。
2,Her remarks were out of place,
她出言不当。
3,I felt completely out of place among all these
successful people,
夹在这些事业有成的人中间，我觉得格格不入。
out of place,adv,
a) not in the correct place
b) not suitable for a particular situation
我坐在一个机场，观察着等候所爱之人到达或离开前最后一
刻的人们。他们有的不安地来回走着，有的互相凝视着,有的
拉着对方的手 。此时的感情是强烈的。
一位讲西班牙语的女士正来回转圈地跑着，想要将全家人集
中起来道别。她的嗓门很高。当登机前的最后时刻到来时，她用
双臂搂着儿子，似乎这一紧紧的拥抱能保佑他将来平安地归来。
在我候机坐位旁的栏杆边站着一位祖母和她的孙子，该来接
他们的人还没到。他们旁边有两位女士，互相之间显然没有关系,
但她们的眼光都象扫视着大海的探照灯一样朝通道口仔细地搜索
着。一位怀抱婴儿的母亲正与丈夫吻别。泪水打湿了她的面颊。
这时刻十分令人动情。
等候的人们
在第 13号出口处，抵达者们刚刚进站。“我看见她了，她在
那儿。”以同样感人的激情，这些抵达者融入了庞杂的人群，仿
佛他们是这人群中失而复得的一个组成部分。泪水、笑容，和由
衷的快乐洋溢在久别重逢的欢声笑语中。
我坐着边翻书边等着我的登机时刻，感到有点孤独，因为亲
人与我的时间不配；而我要去见的人，我的女儿，却在我旅程的
另一端。
我在回想往日的离别和重逢。忆起我看见女儿，就是我现在
要去见的女儿，正从那狭窄的通道走过来，肩上背着背包，怀里
抱着塞得满满的行囊，带着的耳机让她无暇顾及身旁川流不息的
人群。她当时上大学一年级,11月回家度假 ——8月份以来第一
次回家。我紧紧地拥抱着她，似乎我曾失去过她。
等候的人们
今天我乘坐的航班晚点两小时 。 手里的书今天读起来没劲, 不
如观看眼前这熙来人往的人群 。 一个 5岁左右的男孩第一次见到
他的祖父 。 他一点点往上看, 半天才看到了对成人来说并不算高
的一位男人的脸 。 一高一矮的两人脸上都放出了喜悦的光芒, 我
不知道人们如何能用语言和胶卷来捕捉这一时刻 。
当我的航班终于呼叫登机时，我收起书本和行李。既然无人
相送，我就没有回头看看来时的方向，而是在想上班的丈夫此刻
极想知道我是否已起飞，在另一端的女儿也正惦记着同一件事。
等候的人们
登机时, 我回想起另一种离别和重逢 。 有一次我新婚不久, 91
岁的祖父去世了 。 我们的关系一直很密切, 那天傍晚, 我参加完
他的葬礼乘飞机返回, 一边离开机场一边哭着 。 我们刚刚结婚一
年的丈夫等候在出站口, 把我拥抱在怀中 。 满脸的泪水招来了大
家对我的关注, 但我并不在乎 。 不管怎么说, 我内心的那种感受
在机场没有什么不合时宜的 。
生命始终都需要这般关注。我祝愿所有旅行的人们归来时都
能看到有人在等候迎接他们。我也祝愿他们出发前有人去送行。
我想到自己的祖父并认识到，如果死亡就像这样，一次旅行而已，
那么，我就不会害怕。
等候的人们
Comprehension work (Questions for discussion )
1,At the airport,how do people usually behave in the
final moments before their loved ones arrive or
depart?
2,How is the Spanish-speaking woman expressing
her emotion before her son leaves?
3,What happens to the waiting people and the
arrivals when they finally meet at the airport?
4,Who is the narrator going to visit? Why is she
waiting alone?
Comprehension work (Questions for discussion )
5,Has the narrator had a similar experience of
waiting for someone she loves?
6,How did she act when she once met her daughter
who was returning home?
7,What conclusion does the narrator draw from her
observation? What are her wishes?
8,What does the narrator remember as she heads
toward the place?
9,Who are really seeing her off and waiting for her at
the moment she is leaving?
Language work (A,p,7)
1,charged,scan,schedule,glance
2,embrace,boarding,dampen,pacing,
capture,poignant
3,pick up,corridor,unrelated
4,heading toward,carry-ons
5,high-pitched,wrap,hold into,delight
Language work (B,p.8)
1,When the rescue operation began,military troops
immediately headed toward the earthquake site,
2,Since her children are still in the kindergarten,the
mother must first pick them up on her way home,
3,It’s after three o’clock now,But she was supposed
to meet me here at two o’clock,
4,When his friends talk about modern paintings,Mr,
Smith keeps silent and feels out of place because
he knows little about the subject,
Language work (B,p.8)
5,The boy,with his eyes fixed on the screen,was
completely oblivious to the knocks at the door,
6,When the mother learned the news that her son
had failed in the university entrance examination,
she took him in her arms and encouraged him to
try again,
7,When waiting for the train in the subway,many
passengers usually buy a newspaper and glance at
the headlines,
Language work (C,p.9)
1,a,Students sat in circles talking to each other
about what they had seen during the summer
vacation,
b,The flowers grow in circles waving in the
gentle breeze,
c,The child was running in circles in the square
playing hide-and –seek with his mother,
Language work (C,p.9)
2,a,The man in a sport jacket standing next to me,
asked,Anybody here?” as if he saw nobody in
the office,
b,The girl,next to the window,jumped up
suddenly as if being shocked by electricity,
c,The old wooden bridge,next to the temple,
stood over the river as if telling us the history of
this little mountain village,
Language work (C,p.9)
3,a,I was wondering how one could record that
solemn moment in words,
b,I was wondering how one could express that
emotion in words,
c,I was wondering how he could describe this
magnificent view in words,
Part III Extended Activities
? Dictation
? Read more
? Grammar work
? Word formation
? Vocabulary work
? Translation
Dictation
? Script of the Dictation
We all hope for a better life,to be happier one
day,However hopeful we may be,events do come
that dash our fondest hopes and cause us to lose
heart,We may be in low spirits for quite some time,
but we take heart again,We start looking forward to
the future; there is a ray of hope,however faint,
Hopes are important to us since they can relieve our
feelings of frustration and give us courage to face
the future,We believe that where there is life,there
is hope,Let’s hold on to it until our hopes become a
reality,
Read more
? True/False/Not Mentioned
? Answers,F,T,NM,F,T,T,T,T
? Notes
1,The theme of the story,it is a universal theme,the struggle
between parents and children,as children grow up and
become at once more demanding and more independent,
2,show you their teeth,(The children) grow older,hence
increasingly independent,
3,resort to torture,(The children) will have to struggle to find
the answers by experiencing hardship in life,or the children
may force the answers out of their parents by persistently
pestering them,The meaning of this sentence is open to
debate,
Grammar work
1,Original,John and Mary are friends and the both
like classical music,
Correct,John and Mary are friends and both like
classical music,
2,Original,No one of us think so,
Correct,None of us think so,
3,Original,Tom was no where to be found,His
teacher looked everywhere for him but in vain,
Correct,Tom was nowhere to be found,His
teacher looked everywhere for him,but in vain,
Grammar work
4,Original,Every one of the children in the United States
is to receive some form of education,
Correct,Every child in the United States is to receive
some form of education,
5,Original,Every sex has its own physical characteristics,
Correct,Each sex has its own physical characteristics,
6,Original,Each my aunts gave me gifts for Christmas,
Correct,Each of my aunts gave me gifts for Christmas,
Grammar work
7,Original,The house he lives in is half mile away,
Correct,The house he lives in is half a mile away,
8,Original,The police have each reason to believe
that he is the murderer,
Correct,The police have every reason to believe
that he is the murderer,
Word formation
? Answers,
1,sharpened
2,darkened
3,ashen
4,earthen
5,softening
6,strengthen
7,lightens
8,sweetened
9,hardens
10,fastened
Vocabulary work (The milestones of life)
? Answers for reference
Birth Marriage Death
nappy
pram
pregnant
godmother
christening
have a baby
maternity leave
wedding
bouquet
honeymoon
get engaged
bride
bridegroom
get divorced
exchange rings
grave
grief
wreath
bury
mourners
coffin
funeral
sympathy
widower
bouquet
Translation
1,I don’t like to see people off at the railway station,
2,The company is giving a farewell party for you on
Monday evening,A car will pick you up at your hotel
at half past seven,
3,She was so excited that she couldn’t help giving me
a warm embrace,
4,I never succeed in overcoming the sense of being
out of place,
5,She glanced round the room to see who was there,
6,His big shoes look like small boats,
7,You should fold the eggs into the flour instead of
doing it in the opposite way,
? Part I Listening and Speaking Activities
? Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities
? Part III Extended Activities
Part I Listening and Speaking Activities
? Introduction of functions
? Listen and speak
? Try to speak more
? Make your own dialogue
? What are they for?
? If you want to learn more
Introduction of functions
? You may talk about your impressions like this,
? How do you feel about…?
? What do you think of…?
? What’s your impression of …?
? How does… strike you?
? I get the impression that…
? I’m under the impression that…
? What has impressed me most is that…
? Sth/sb strike(s) me as…
Listen and speak
? Listen to the conversation and tick the correct answer to
each question,
Turn to p,1,and let’s listen,
1,What is Sue doing?
Key,b
2,According to Lind,Michael,
Key,a
3,Sue likes Michael because,
Key,a
4,What does Linda think of Michael?
Key,c
Try to speak more
Note,
? check in,上飞机前领登机牌 (boarding pass)
? see somebody off,say goodbye to someone
? turn up,appear; arrive
? let somebody down,disappoint somebody
? he’s nowhere to be found,People can not find
him,
? Oh,that sounds interesting,Sue shows
reserved disagreement in opinion,
Make your own dialogue
1,Suppose it is your first day at college,You and
your partner meet at lunch and talk about your
impressions of your new teacher,Mr,Johnson,
Make a dialogue using the following cues,(Turn
to page 2)
2,Look at the picture on page 3,Discuss what is
going on in this scene,Give your impressions
about the place and the person in the picture,
(Turn to page 3)
What are they for?
Key,1.c 2.a 3.e 4.d 5.g 6.f 7.b
If you want to learn more
Key,a,1,2,4,6,7,8
b,5,9
c,3,10
Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities
? Pre-reading Tasks
? Notes
? Translation
? Comprehension work
? Language work (A,B,C)
Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities
? Pre-reading Tasks
? How would you feel when you,after a long
journey,see somebody waiting for you at the
railway station?
? Did anyone see you off when you left for
college? How were you feeling then? Which
of the following words apply to your case?
Text
I am sitting at an airport watching people in the final moments
before their loved ones arrive or depart,They are pacing,nervous,
looking at one another,touching and not touching,The emotion is
intense,
A woman,speaking Spanish,is running in circles trying to
gather family members together for a good-bye,Her voice is high-
pitched,When the final moment comes before boarding,she wraps
her arms around her son,giving him a powerful embrace that
should protect him until he returns,
A grandmother and grandson stand at the rail where I am
waiting; the people who are supposed to pick them up are late,
Two ladies,next to them but unrelated,look up and down the
corridor as if scanning an open sea,A mother holds a baby as she
kisses her husband,Tears dampen her cheeks,The moment is
charged,
Someone Waiting
Life needs to be this important all the time
Turn to p,5,and listen to the text,
At gate13,the arrivals are just coming in.,I see her,There she is.” Just
as poignant,the arrivals fold into the mix of people as if they have been
the missing ingredient,There are tears and smiles,pure delight ringing
in the laughter of seeing someone who has been gone,
I sit,glancing at my book,waiting for my turn to leave,alone
because the ones I love have a different schedule from mine,and the
one I am going to see,a daughter,is at the other end of my journey,
I think of other departures and arrivals,I recall seeing my daughter,
the daughter I am now going to visit,coming down that narrow corridor
with her backpack slung on one shoulder,her overstuffed carry-on
cradled in her arms,her headphones making her oblivious to the stream
of people flowing along with her,She was in her first year at university
coming home for a holiday in November—the first time since August,I
wrapped myself around her as if she had been lost to me,
Someone Waiting
Life needs to be this important all the time
Someone Waiting
Today my flight is two hours late,The book I am reading is not as
interesting as the people leaving and coming,coming and leaving,A
little boy about five is meeting his grandfather for the first time,He
looks up and up at the face of a man who is not that tall,except to a
child,Joy shines down and up,and I am wondering how one would
capture this moment in words or on film,
When my flight is finally called,I gather my book and carry-on,
Since there is no one to see me off,I do not look back to see where I
have come from,Instead,I think of my husband at work wondering
if I have left yet,and my daughter at the other end wondering the
same thing,
Life needs to be this important all the time
As I head toward the plane,I find myself remembering yet
another arrival and departure,When I was a newlywed,my 91-year-old
grandfather died,We had been very close,and one evening,returning
from his funeral,I arrived at the airport crying,My husband of only a
year was waiting at the gate to take me in his arms,Because of my tears,
everyone was looking at us,but I didn’t care,Somehow the emotion I
felt seemed not at all out of place for the airport,
Life needs to be this important all the time,I wish all the people
who went on a journey could come back to find someone waiting for
them,I also wish they could leave with someone to see them off,I think
of my grandfather and realize that if dying is like this,a passage,then I
am unafraid,
Life needs to be this important all the
time Someone Waiting
e.g,
1,The pain was so intense that I couldn't sleep,
太痛了，痛得我睡不着。
2,He took an intense interest in all religious matters,
他对所有的宗教问题都有浓厚的兴趣。
3,a look of intense dislike
强烈反感的眼神 /表情
intense,adj,having a very strong effect or
felt very strongly
e.g,
1,He spent the evening wrapping up the Christmas
presents,
他花了一个晚上的时间把圣诞礼物都包了起来。
2,A scarf was wrapped around his neck,
他的脖子上围着一条围巾。
wrap,v,
a) to cover sth completely in paper or other
material
b) to put sth firmly around sth/sb
e.g,
1,The child embraced his parents,
这孩子拥抱了他的父母。
2,She gave her son a tender brace when he came
home after ten years' absence,give sb an
embrace
她儿子离家十年后回家时她亲切地拥抱儿子。
embrace,
a) v,hug
b) n,the act of holding someone close to
you,especially as a sign of love
e.g,
1,She glanced along the road to see if he was
coming,
她沿路扫视着，看他是否要来了。
2,The Personnel Manager glanced down the list of
names of the applicants,
人事部经理浏览了一下申请人名单。
glance at sth,take a quick look at sth
e.g,
1,Recall the misery of the past and contrast it with
the happiness of today,
想想过去的苦,比比今天的甜,
2,~ doing sth,
I can’t recall meeting her before,
我想不起来以前曾经见过她。
recall,to remember sth
e.g,
1,She was oblivious to our warnings,
她忘了我们的提醒。
2,She gradually became oblivious to the noise,
她渐渐地变得不在意吵闹声了。
oblivious,adj.~ (of/to sth) not aware of sth;
not noticing/not knowing about
e.g,
1,The article captured the mood of the nation,
这篇文章把国民的情绪表达得淋漓尽致。
2,In his traveling report,he tried to capture the
beauty of the Great Waterfalls,
他努力在他的这篇游记中记录下大瀑布的美。
capture,to succeed in recording,showing,
or describing a situation or feeling,using
words or pictures
e.g,
1,Some of these files seem to be out of place,
有些档案似乎没放对地方。
2,Her remarks were out of place,
她出言不当。
3,I felt completely out of place among all these
successful people,
夹在这些事业有成的人中间，我觉得格格不入。
out of place,adv,
a) not in the correct place
b) not suitable for a particular situation
我坐在一个机场，观察着等候所爱之人到达或离开前最后一
刻的人们。他们有的不安地来回走着，有的互相凝视着,有的
拉着对方的手 。此时的感情是强烈的。
一位讲西班牙语的女士正来回转圈地跑着，想要将全家人集
中起来道别。她的嗓门很高。当登机前的最后时刻到来时，她用
双臂搂着儿子，似乎这一紧紧的拥抱能保佑他将来平安地归来。
在我候机坐位旁的栏杆边站着一位祖母和她的孙子，该来接
他们的人还没到。他们旁边有两位女士，互相之间显然没有关系,
但她们的眼光都象扫视着大海的探照灯一样朝通道口仔细地搜索
着。一位怀抱婴儿的母亲正与丈夫吻别。泪水打湿了她的面颊。
这时刻十分令人动情。
等候的人们
在第 13号出口处，抵达者们刚刚进站。“我看见她了，她在
那儿。”以同样感人的激情，这些抵达者融入了庞杂的人群，仿
佛他们是这人群中失而复得的一个组成部分。泪水、笑容，和由
衷的快乐洋溢在久别重逢的欢声笑语中。
我坐着边翻书边等着我的登机时刻，感到有点孤独，因为亲
人与我的时间不配；而我要去见的人，我的女儿，却在我旅程的
另一端。
我在回想往日的离别和重逢。忆起我看见女儿，就是我现在
要去见的女儿，正从那狭窄的通道走过来，肩上背着背包，怀里
抱着塞得满满的行囊，带着的耳机让她无暇顾及身旁川流不息的
人群。她当时上大学一年级,11月回家度假 ——8月份以来第一
次回家。我紧紧地拥抱着她，似乎我曾失去过她。
等候的人们
今天我乘坐的航班晚点两小时 。 手里的书今天读起来没劲, 不
如观看眼前这熙来人往的人群 。 一个 5岁左右的男孩第一次见到
他的祖父 。 他一点点往上看, 半天才看到了对成人来说并不算高
的一位男人的脸 。 一高一矮的两人脸上都放出了喜悦的光芒, 我
不知道人们如何能用语言和胶卷来捕捉这一时刻 。
当我的航班终于呼叫登机时，我收起书本和行李。既然无人
相送，我就没有回头看看来时的方向，而是在想上班的丈夫此刻
极想知道我是否已起飞，在另一端的女儿也正惦记着同一件事。
等候的人们
登机时, 我回想起另一种离别和重逢 。 有一次我新婚不久, 91
岁的祖父去世了 。 我们的关系一直很密切, 那天傍晚, 我参加完
他的葬礼乘飞机返回, 一边离开机场一边哭着 。 我们刚刚结婚一
年的丈夫等候在出站口, 把我拥抱在怀中 。 满脸的泪水招来了大
家对我的关注, 但我并不在乎 。 不管怎么说, 我内心的那种感受
在机场没有什么不合时宜的 。
生命始终都需要这般关注。我祝愿所有旅行的人们归来时都
能看到有人在等候迎接他们。我也祝愿他们出发前有人去送行。
我想到自己的祖父并认识到，如果死亡就像这样，一次旅行而已，
那么，我就不会害怕。
等候的人们
Comprehension work (Questions for discussion )
1,At the airport,how do people usually behave in the
final moments before their loved ones arrive or
depart?
2,How is the Spanish-speaking woman expressing
her emotion before her son leaves?
3,What happens to the waiting people and the
arrivals when they finally meet at the airport?
4,Who is the narrator going to visit? Why is she
waiting alone?
Comprehension work (Questions for discussion )
5,Has the narrator had a similar experience of
waiting for someone she loves?
6,How did she act when she once met her daughter
who was returning home?
7,What conclusion does the narrator draw from her
observation? What are her wishes?
8,What does the narrator remember as she heads
toward the place?
9,Who are really seeing her off and waiting for her at
the moment she is leaving?
Language work (A,p,7)
1,charged,scan,schedule,glance
2,embrace,boarding,dampen,pacing,
capture,poignant
3,pick up,corridor,unrelated
4,heading toward,carry-ons
5,high-pitched,wrap,hold into,delight
Language work (B,p.8)
1,When the rescue operation began,military troops
immediately headed toward the earthquake site,
2,Since her children are still in the kindergarten,the
mother must first pick them up on her way home,
3,It’s after three o’clock now,But she was supposed
to meet me here at two o’clock,
4,When his friends talk about modern paintings,Mr,
Smith keeps silent and feels out of place because
he knows little about the subject,
Language work (B,p.8)
5,The boy,with his eyes fixed on the screen,was
completely oblivious to the knocks at the door,
6,When the mother learned the news that her son
had failed in the university entrance examination,
she took him in her arms and encouraged him to
try again,
7,When waiting for the train in the subway,many
passengers usually buy a newspaper and glance at
the headlines,
Language work (C,p.9)
1,a,Students sat in circles talking to each other
about what they had seen during the summer
vacation,
b,The flowers grow in circles waving in the
gentle breeze,
c,The child was running in circles in the square
playing hide-and –seek with his mother,
Language work (C,p.9)
2,a,The man in a sport jacket standing next to me,
asked,Anybody here?” as if he saw nobody in
the office,
b,The girl,next to the window,jumped up
suddenly as if being shocked by electricity,
c,The old wooden bridge,next to the temple,
stood over the river as if telling us the history of
this little mountain village,
Language work (C,p.9)
3,a,I was wondering how one could record that
solemn moment in words,
b,I was wondering how one could express that
emotion in words,
c,I was wondering how he could describe this
magnificent view in words,
Part III Extended Activities
? Dictation
? Read more
? Grammar work
? Word formation
? Vocabulary work
? Translation
Dictation
? Script of the Dictation
We all hope for a better life,to be happier one
day,However hopeful we may be,events do come
that dash our fondest hopes and cause us to lose
heart,We may be in low spirits for quite some time,
but we take heart again,We start looking forward to
the future; there is a ray of hope,however faint,
Hopes are important to us since they can relieve our
feelings of frustration and give us courage to face
the future,We believe that where there is life,there
is hope,Let’s hold on to it until our hopes become a
reality,
Read more
? True/False/Not Mentioned
? Answers,F,T,NM,F,T,T,T,T
? Notes
1,The theme of the story,it is a universal theme,the struggle
between parents and children,as children grow up and
become at once more demanding and more independent,
2,show you their teeth,(The children) grow older,hence
increasingly independent,
3,resort to torture,(The children) will have to struggle to find
the answers by experiencing hardship in life,or the children
may force the answers out of their parents by persistently
pestering them,The meaning of this sentence is open to
debate,
Grammar work
1,Original,John and Mary are friends and the both
like classical music,
Correct,John and Mary are friends and both like
classical music,
2,Original,No one of us think so,
Correct,None of us think so,
3,Original,Tom was no where to be found,His
teacher looked everywhere for him but in vain,
Correct,Tom was nowhere to be found,His
teacher looked everywhere for him,but in vain,
Grammar work
4,Original,Every one of the children in the United States
is to receive some form of education,
Correct,Every child in the United States is to receive
some form of education,
5,Original,Every sex has its own physical characteristics,
Correct,Each sex has its own physical characteristics,
6,Original,Each my aunts gave me gifts for Christmas,
Correct,Each of my aunts gave me gifts for Christmas,
Grammar work
7,Original,The house he lives in is half mile away,
Correct,The house he lives in is half a mile away,
8,Original,The police have each reason to believe
that he is the murderer,
Correct,The police have every reason to believe
that he is the murderer,
Word formation
? Answers,
1,sharpened
2,darkened
3,ashen
4,earthen
5,softening
6,strengthen
7,lightens
8,sweetened
9,hardens
10,fastened
Vocabulary work (The milestones of life)
? Answers for reference
Birth Marriage Death
nappy
pram
pregnant
godmother
christening
have a baby
maternity leave
wedding
bouquet
honeymoon
get engaged
bride
bridegroom
get divorced
exchange rings
grave
grief
wreath
bury
mourners
coffin
funeral
sympathy
widower
bouquet
Translation
1,I don’t like to see people off at the railway station,
2,The company is giving a farewell party for you on
Monday evening,A car will pick you up at your hotel
at half past seven,
3,She was so excited that she couldn’t help giving me
a warm embrace,
4,I never succeed in overcoming the sense of being
out of place,
5,She glanced round the room to see who was there,
6,His big shoes look like small boats,
7,You should fold the eggs into the flour instead of
doing it in the opposite way,
