1、,Watch a video clip about what Forrest Gumps mother tell him when she was dying.,Warming up,Warming up, Read the quotations about money and answer the questions.,Warming up,Warming up,1 Which of them are easy to understand? 2 Which of them are similar in meaning? 3 Which of them do you agree with? 4
2、 Which of them are warnings? 5 Which one recommends spending? 6 Which one recommends saving?,Warming up, Work in groups of three or four and discuss the questions.,1 What do you spend your money on? 2 Are you careful about how you spend it? 3 What do you think is the best way to invest money? 4 If y
3、ou won a lot of money, what would you do with it?,Warming up, Check () the advice you expect an intelligent older person to give to a young man., 1 Be honest with yourself. 2 Devote yourself to loving others. 3 Enjoy yourself while you can. 4 Money cant buy you love. 5 Look after the pennies and the
4、 pounds will look after themselves.,Now read the passage by Mitch Albom and find out what Morrie says to him.,Skimming,Browse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it. Answer the questions of Activity 2 and 3 on page 71.,Task,Skimming, Check () the true statements about Morrie., 1 M
5、orrie is very ill. 2 He is an emotional person. 3 He has lost interest in the pleasures of life. 4 He used to be very interested in material things. 5 He has been thinking about money a lot. 6 He cant afford to buy anything new for his house. 7 He does volunteer work in a local senior centre. 8 He t
6、hinks people have the wrong values. 9 He believes in the power of love.,The true statements are 1, 2, 8 and 9.,Skimming, Answer the questions.,What has happened to Morries interest in music since he became ill? In what way does Morrie think American people have been brainwashed?3 In what way does Mo
7、rrie think material things and love are connected?,Morries interest in music has got even more intense.,American people are made to believe that material things are the most important and the more, the better.,They are not connected, you cannot substitute material things for love.,Skimming,What happ
8、ened the day Morrie discovered he was terminally ill?How has Morries house changed since that day?6 How does Morrie distinguish between “wants” and “needs”?,He lost interest in buying things.,It has not changed physically as he stopped buying things, but it has become a wealthy home, filled with lov
9、e, friendship, family, honesty, tears, colleagues, students and so on.,“Wants” are luxuries whereas “needs” are necessary.,Skimming,What advice does Morrie give the narrator?8 Why does the narrator take notes of the conversation he has with Morrie?,To offer others what you have to give.,Mostly becau
10、se he doesnt want Morrie to see his eyes and understand what he is thinking.,Tuesdays with Morrie,译文,Digging,1 Morrie was focused. There were good days and bad days now. He was having a good day. The night before, he had been entertained by a local a cappella group that had come to the house to perf
11、orm, and he relayed the story excitedly, as if the Ink Spots themselves had dropped by for a visit. Morries love for music was strong even before he got sick, but now it was so intense, it moved him to tears. He would listen to opera sometimes at night, closing his eyes, riding along with the magnif
12、icent voices as they dipped and soared.,Background information,Digging,2 “You should have heard this group last night, Mitch. Such a sound!” 3 Morrie had always been taken with simple pleasures, singing, laughing, dancing. Now, more than ever, material things held little or no significance. When peo
13、ple die, you always hear the expression “You cant take it with you.” Morrie seemed to know that a long time ago.,译文,Digging,4 “Weve got a form of brainwashing going on in our country,” Morrie sighed. “Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And thats what we do in
14、 this country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. More is good. More is good. We repeat itand have it repeated to usover and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise. The average person is so fogged up by all this, he has no perspec
15、tive on whats really important anymore.,译文,Digging,5 “Wherever I went in my life, I met people wanting to gobble up something new. Gobble up a new car. Gobble up a new piece of property. Gobble up the latest toy. And then they wanted to tell you about it. Guess what I got? Guess what I got?,译文,Diggi
16、ng,6 “You know how I always interpreted that? These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. They were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You cant substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a
17、 sense of comradeship.,译文,Digging,7 “Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you, as Im sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling youre looking for, no matter how much of them you have.”,译文,
18、Digging,8 I glanced around Morries study. It was the same today as it had been the first day I arrived. The books held their same places on the shelves. The papers cluttered the same old desk. The outside rooms had not been improved or upgraded. In fact, Morrie really hadnt bought anything new excep
19、t medical equipment in a long, long time, maybe years. The day he learned that he was terminally ill was the day he lost interest in his purchasing power.,译文,Digging,9 So the TV was the same old model, the car that Charlotte drove was the same old model, the dishes and the silverware and the towels
20、all the same. And yet the house had changed so drastically. It had filled with love and teaching and communication. It had filled with friendship and family and honesty and tears. It had filled with colleagues and students and meditation teachers and therapists and nurses and a cappella groups. It h
21、ad become, in a very real way, a wealthy home, even though Morries bank account was rapidly depleting.,译文,Digging,10 “Theres a big confusion in this country over what we want versus what we need,” Morrie said. “You need food, you want a chocolate sundae. You have to be honest with yourself. You dont
22、 need the latest sports car, you dont need the biggest house. 11 The truth is, you dont get satisfaction from those things. You know what really gives you satisfaction?” What? 12 “Offering others what you have to give.” 13 You sound like a Boy Scout.,译文,Digging,14 “I dont mean money, Mitch. I mean y
23、our time. Your concern. Its not so hard. Theres a senior center that opened near here. Dozens of elderly people come there every day. If youre a young man or young woman and you have a skill, you are asked to come and teach it. Say you know computers. You come there and teach them computers. You are
24、 very welcome there. And they are very grateful. This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.,Digging,15 “There are plenty of places to do this. You dont need to have a big talent. There are lonely people in hospitals and shelters who only want some companionship. You p
25、lay cards with a lonely older man and you find new respect for yourself, because you are needed. “Remember what I said about finding a meaningful life? I wrote it down, but now I can recite it: Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to cre
26、ating something that gives you purpose and meaning.,Digging,16 “You notice,” he added, grinning, “theres nothing in there about a salary.” 17 I jotted some of the things Morrie was saying on a yellow pad. I did this mostly because I didnt want him to see my eyes, to know what I was thinking, that I
27、had been, for much of my life since graduation, pursuing these very things he had been railing against bigger toys, nicer house. Because I worked among rich and famous athletes, I convinced myself that my needs were realistic, my greed inconsequential compared to theirs.,Digging,18 This was a smokes
28、creen. Morrie made that obvious. “Mitch, if youre trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if youre trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to fl
29、oat equally between everyone.” 19 He paused, then looked at me. “ Im dying, right?” Yes. ,1. Morrie had always been taken with simple pleasures (Line 1, Para 3),Morrie had all his life enjoyed simple pleasures ,Difficult sentences,Difficult sentences,2. and have it repeated to us over and over until
30、 nobody bothers to even think otherwise. (Line 8, Para 4),We have become indoctrinated to think more is good. It is said so often that it becomes part of our way of thinking and we no longer wonder whether it is true or not.,Difficult sentences,3. The average person is so fogged up by all this, he h
31、as no perspective on whats really important anymore. (Line 10, Para 4),The sentence implies that false ideas, such as commercialism and materialism, prevent people from understanding the truth.fog up: The expression is used metaphorically in the sentence. Literally, it means water condensation on a
32、window making it hard to see through, or on eye glasses when people move from cold to warmer air.,Difficult sentences,4. They were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. (Line 3, Para 6),The writer is playing with two different senses of “embrace”, to accept something such as a
33、new belief, idea or way of life, and to put ones arms around someone to show love or friendship. The sentence means that people were making possessions the main point of their lives, and expected to be rewarded for this by being happier.,Difficult sentences,5. The books held their same places on the
34、 shelves. (Line 3, Para 8),held their same places: remained in the same places,Difficult sentences,6. the dishes and the silverware and the towels all the same. (Line 3, Para 9),silverware (AmE): knives and forks or cutlery (BrE). 7 “The truth is, you dont get satisfaction from those,Difficult sente
35、nces,Morries words are given in speech marks. “What?” is the writers response. As it is thought and not spoken, no speech marks are used.,7. “The truth is, you dont get satisfaction from those things. You know what really gives you satisfaction?” What? (Para 11),Difficult sentences,Morrie points out
36、, in case there is any doubt, that he is talking about helping people as an act of kindness, not something you are paid to do.,8. “theres nothing in there about a salary.” (Line 1, Para 16),Difficult sentences,Here “toys”, as before, equal consumer / electronic goods we do not really need. A young m
37、an might desire a motorbike, an older man a car, and a successful man a boat. Once we have one thing, we want something else, bigger or better.,9. pursuing these very things he had been railing against bigger toys, nicer house. (Line 5, Para 17),Difficult sentences,The paragraph says that perpendicu
38、lar status systems, which mean people are above or below us, do not bring happiness. Doing good and being kind is more of a horizontal system and makes people equal.,10. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone. (Line 6, Para 18),relay,释义,vt. t
39、o communicate information, news, or a message to someone 传递，传达（信息、新闻等）,例句,Terry relayed the offer to his boss.,特里将开出的价格传达给了老板。,翻译,Words,例句,Will you relay a message to him when you see him?,你见到他时，给他带个口信好吗？,翻译,释义,v. to move or move something downwards 下降，降下,Words,例句,The sun dipped below the horizon.,太
40、阳落到了地平线下。,翻译,例句,Blake jumped in and the boat dipped slightly under his weight.,布莱克跳上船，他的重量使小船微微向下沉。,翻译,dip,释义,vi. to breathe out slowly making a long soft sound, especially because you are disappointed, tired, annoyed, or relaxed 叹气，叹息,Words,例句,Russ sighed deeply and looked at the ceiling.,拉斯深深地叹了口气
41、，眼睛望着天花板。,翻译,例句,Dad sighed and stood up.,爸爸叹了口气站了起来。,翻译,sigh,释义,v. (infml) ( up) to eat something quickly and often noisily 狼吞虎咽，大口地吃,Words,例句,We gobbled up all of the cake in one evening.,我们一个晚上就把所有蛋糕吃得精光。,翻译,例句,We watched Max gobble up a whole pizza by himself.,我们亲眼看见Max狼吞虎咽地一个人吃下了一整个匹萨饼。,翻译,gobbl
42、e,释义,vt. to ill a space or room with too many things, so that it looks very untidy 乱堆，塞满,例句,Their apartment was cluttered with photographs and books.,他们的公寓里堆满了照片和书。,翻译,Words,例句,翻译,Empty soft-drink cans clutter the desks.,空饮料罐胡乱地堆在桌上。,clutter,释义,vt. to reduce the amount of something or the number of
43、things 减少，削减,例子,翻译,Words,例句,The drought has depleted the supply of water.,翻译,干旱使给供水大为减少。,Salmon populations have been severely depleted recently.,最近三文鱼的数量严重减少。,deplete,释义1,n. sing, U a situation in which you mistake one person or thing for another 混淆，错认,例句,Dan says there has been a lot of confusion
44、between his name and his brothers.,丹说人们经常把他和他弟弟的名字弄混。,翻译,Words,例句,翻译,Could there have been a confusion of identities?,会不会是认错人了？,confusion,释义2,n. U a feeling that you do not understand something or cannot decide what to do 迷惑，困惑,例句,We always left his office in a state of confusion.,我们总是一头雾水地离开他的办公室。,
45、翻译,Words,例句,Omissions in my recent article must have caused confusion.,我最近一篇文章中的几处省略肯定造成了困惑。,翻译,confusion,Some confusion has retained about who can join the association. (Jun. 1992, CET4, Vocabulary and Structure ),真题,释义,v. to say a poem or story that you have learnt to an audience 背诵,例句,As a young
46、child, she often recite line from the ancient ode.,小时候她经常背诵古赋里的辞句。,翻译,Words,例句,He could recite the names of all the chemical elements.,他能够背下所有化学元素的名字。,翻译,recite,释义,vi. ( against) to express strong anger about something 谴责，抱怨,例句,I cursed him and railed against the difficult life.,我诅咒他并且抱怨这种艰难的生活。,翻译,
47、Words,rail,例句,During his sermon, the priest railed against greed.,那位牧师在布道的时候谴责了贪欲。,翻译,释义,n. U a strong wish to have more money, things, or power than you need 贪婪，贪心,例句,Greed is the parent of many evils.,贪婪是万恶之源。,翻译,Words,例句,His greed knows no limit.,翻译,他的贪心永无止境。,greed,释义,to make a short visit somewh
48、ere 顺便访问,Phrases,例句,翻译,He dropped by my office this morning.,今天早晨他到我办公室串门来了。,例句,翻译,Ive got to drop by the shop to do some shopping.,我得顺便到商店买点东西。,drop by,释义,例句,翻译,她非常喜欢这座城堡。,She was very much taken with the castle.,Phrases,例句,翻译,I was taken with her program.,我非常喜欢她的节目。,be taken with,释义,例句,翻译,谁先开始争吵对法
49、庭的最终判决不重要。,Who started the quarrel first holds little significance to the finial judgment in court.,Phrases,例句,翻译,we need to do away with these age-old customs that hold no significance now.,我们需要废除那些不重要的旧传统。,hold little / no significance,释义,例句,翻译,做这道菜时你可以用西兰花代替卷心菜。,You can substitute broccoli for cabbage in the recipe.,Phrases,例句,翻译,They were substituting violence for dialogue.,他们在用暴力取代对话。,substitute sth for sth,Some hard plastics can be substituted for metals in manufacturing machine parts. (Jun. 1990, CET4, Vocabulary and Structure),
