1、Unit 10 Homeless to HarvardExtensive Listening ActivitiesMovie Clip 11. Whats your first impression about Lizs parents? （Open Question）Reference: Both the father and mother are weird. It seems that the mother is crazy and the father is indifferent. Theyre terrible parents to me.2. Does Liz think her
2、 parents are terrible? Why or why not?No, Liz believes that her parents are her Gods. She looks to them as an example of what she should find everywhere on the world. (They paid so little attention to her needs, but she felt their needs were so powerful that it didnt make her feel hurt or angry that
3、 they didnt look into her, because she felt OK. She thinks that this must be the human condition to be so.)Movie Clip 21. Whats Lizs definition of “home”? Her definition is not clear. A roof? A bed? A place where when you go there they have to take you? Or wherever Mum was?2. Whats Lizs best memory
4、of her mother?Riding with her mother through the lea when she was little and her mum was well.3. Why does Liz decide to go back to school?Because she doesnt want to be an idiotIn-class ActivitiesA Class Lead-in What transforms a life? (note-taking):This is really where the 1. break-through was. Like
5、 everyone else, I had the problem of 2. getting up for school. When I put my hands on the door knob early in the morning, I would be 3. tempted to go back to 4. sleep. You may frequently find yourself faced with two choices: the 5. empower choice and the 6. disempower choice, and you got to 7. pick
6、one. Here is what 8. holds us back from having what we want to have: the moment when we had to 9. come through with our commitment. When it gets 10. tough, you want to 11. let yourself off the hook by reminding yourself how hard your life is. I would summon all the 12. tragedies and try to give myse
7、lf a good 13. excuse to be in the disempower conversation and give up. My friend would agree with me that 14. life sucks. Be careful where you get your 15. agreement in life.A disempower conversation looks for 16. blame and is concerned with the 17. past while an empower conversation says “whats 18.
8、 next”, and steps forward with the 19. willingness to be 20. responsible for what happens next. Nothing in my history took away from the fact that I still had a choice. What transforms a life? 21. One empower choice after the next over time Movie Clip 3Task one1._F_ Liz impresses the interviewer Dav
9、id with her good grades in junior middle school. （elementary school）2._F_ Liz feels embarrassed about her parents and family background. （Liz feels embarrassed about how layback shes been. Because shes never really been to school except for the 8th grade.）3._F_ David changes Lizs life by allowing he
10、r to sleep in the school. （enrolling her to the school）Task Two Liz (aside): I knew at that moment I had to make a choice. I could 1. submit to everything that was happening and 2. Live a life of excuses, or I could 3. push myself. I could 3. push myself and make my life good. I havent had a lot 4.
11、grown-ups that have 5. proven to be 6. trustworthy or thats in it for the 7. long run.I guess, I 8. kind of, lived the 9. life style. Im 10. embarrassed now about how 11. layback Ive beenDavid: Your grades were very good in 12. elementary school. Liz: I used to 13. show up the last week and take the
12、 test. Thats how I got 14. promoted. Im 15. smart. I know I can succeed. I just. I just need the chance. I need the chance to 16. climb out of this place that Ive been born in. I mean, everyone I know was just angry and tired. Theyre trying to 17. survive . But I know that theres a world out there t
13、hats better, thats better 18. developed and I wanna live in it.Things about Liz that impress David and make him decide to enroll her. (open for interpretation)1. She can finish writing an impressive essay in a short time. That demonstrates good writing ability. 2. She was born in a drug-addicted fam
14、ily, but wish to climb out of it and live in a better world. That suggests that shes a girl with dream and ambition.3. She was seldom in school but she always got promoted and her grades were good. That means shes smart.4. The way she talks about her parents, her surrounding and herself indicates th
15、at she can see things clearly. She doesnt blame others or the world for her misfortune, but is willing to change her fate.5. And shes very determined. (David: Can you get here on time, Liz? Liz: Ill sleep here if I have to. )Movie Clip 4Task one1. _T_ At first, Liz thinks Harvard is impossible for h
16、er, but David believes its within her reach. （Liz: Better, unattainably better. David: It would be a reach. Its not impossible.）2. _F_ The NYT scholarship can cover all expenses for four academic years in the university. (not mentioned / Going to university in the United States can be very expensive
17、. But students can always apply for scholarship, grants, loan and other financial aids, or take up part-time jobs or summer jobs. )3._F_ When Liz decides to apply for Harvard, she believes she will get in.（I found myself thinking: what if I just go crazy, in using every bit of my potential to do tha
18、t? I have to do it. I have no choice.）Task Two1. What helps Liz make up her mind to apply for Harvard?Davids encouragement and her strong will to change her fate.2. What does Liz have to do to win the NYT scholarship?Attach a brief essay describing what she believes to be the most significant academ
19、ic achievement and how she has overcome any challenges or obstacles3. According to Lizs essay, why does she want to go to Harvard?Because she wants to stand beside people in the sidewalk and not be so far beneath them. And she wants to become very developed, read all the best books.Movie Clip 5Task
20、one1. _F_Before the interview, Liz strongly believes that her hard work will pay off and she will eventually get the NYT scholarship.(Shes not sure of that. “Situations are not conducive to what you want for yourself. Someone elses needs, someone elses plate is going to be stronger than yours is.”)2
21、. _T_Instead of feeling sorry for herself, Liz feels she got lucky.(“I feel that I got lucky, because any sense of security was pulled out from under me, so I was forced to look forward. I had to. there was no going back.”)3. _T_Liz values her family above everything else in the world.(“Id give it b
22、ack, all of it, if I could have my family back.”)Task TwoInterview1) 世界不会因为你而停止转动。The world moves. It can all happen without you.2) 世事不会都如你所愿。Situations are not conducive to what you want for yourself.3) 有些人觉得受挫是因为他们从未真正体验过生活的艰辛。Some people just get frustrated without knowing how harsh life can be.4
23、) 他们因挫折而哀怨、愤怒，却对其它的一切熟视无睹。So they spend their time dwelling on that frustration, and calling it anger, keeping their eyes shut to the wholeness of the situation5) 我从来不去追问为什么这样或为什么那样，我知道为什么。I was never inclined to wonder why this or why that. I knew why.6) 大多数时候我很伤心，但也能泰然接受。I was really sad about it
24、most of the time. But I was very accepting.7) 我一直知道我必须走出来。I just always knew that I need to get out.8) 我希望你们能知道我多么需要这个（机会），要不我就上不了大学了。I hope you all know how much I really need this, or I cant go to college or anything without it.Award Ceremony1. According to the host, why does Liz deserve the NYT s
25、cholarship?1) She earned a 95 average, and finished at the top of a class of 150. 2) She did it while completing four years of high school in two.3) She did it while homeless, her mother dead, her father a drug addict living in shelters.2. Work in pairs, one take notes for the reporters questions an
26、d the other take notes for Lizs answers. （Lizs part is more challenging.）Tips：只需要记下关键词，加粗标示。Student 1 (reporters questions) Student 2 (Lizs answers)1) How did you do this? 1) How could I not do it? My parents showed me what the alternative was.2) Didnt you ever feel sorry for yourself?Sleeping in su
27、bway? Eating out of dumpsters?2) I feel that I got lucky, because any sense of security was pulled out from under me, so I was forced to look forward. I had to. there was no going back.3) Is there anything youd change, if you were able?3) Yeah, Id give it back, all of it, if I could have my family b
28、ack.三个精听片段都适合课堂操作,其中 Clip 5 的练习 Task 2 最有挑战性。Cultural Enrichment ListeningTask OneMultiple Choices1. Which of the following is NOT true? ( B )A. Breaking Nights is Liz Murrays memoir that tells her journey of going from homeless to Harvard.B. “Breaking night” is a British slang. ( American slang)C.
29、“Breaking night” means staying up throughout the night.D. Liz always broke night because she was homeless.2. What wasnt Liz doing when she was breaking nights? ( D )A. She was walking around. B. She was sleeping on the subway. C. She was sleeping on the floor in friends house.D. She was sleeping in
30、the classroom at school.3. Which of the following is NOT true? ( D)A. Liz grew up in a loving family like most people. (I grew up like most people did with a family surrounding me and a home filled with love.) B. Lizs parents were drug addicts.C. Cocaine and heroin destroyed Lizs family.D. When Liz
31、lost everything, she felt miserable for a while. (When I lost everything, I was invigorated in this way where I realized that my life was just a blank slate.)4. Which of the following is NOT suggested? ( A )A. If you dream big, you can be anyone and do anything. (Too absolute.)B. Education can help
32、transform your life. (What do I want my life to be about? What occurred to me first was really educationAnd I felt invigorated going back to school and the life was actually pushing back inside of me.)C. You could have an extraordinary life. (I realized that life could be so much more than ordinary.
33、)D. Tomorrow is another day. (Every single day is another chance!)Task Two Summary PracticeLiz grew up breaking nights because she was homeless. She believes that her parents loved her, but drugs destroyed her family. When she lost everything, she realized that she could still choose what she wanted
34、 to do about her life. Her experience told her that “no one knows whats possible until they do it. Every single day is another chance!”Cultural-Reflection Project Task One Useful Words and ExpressionsQuotations about “Adversity” （答案和中文翻译）1. Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. 苦难显才华，好运隐天资。
35、2. Almost any situation-good or bad -is affected by the attitude we bring to. 差不多任何一种处境无论是好是坏都受到我们对待处境的态度的影响。3. Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. 虽然世界多苦难，但是苦难总是能战胜的。4. As fruit needs not only sunshine but cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it,so
36、 character needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow it.水果不仅需要阳光，也需要凉夜。寒冷的雨水能使其成熟。人的性格陶冶不仅需要欢乐，也需要考验和困难。5. If you want to live your whole life free from pain, you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other mens troubles. That will comfort yours. 如果你想一生摆脱苦难,你就得是神或者是死尸。想想他人的
37、不幸，你就能坦然面对人生。6.In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.对于害怕危险的人，这个世界上总是危险的。7.Light troubles speak; great troubles keep silent.小困难，大声叫嚷；大困难，闷声不响。8.Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us as we grasp them by the handle or blade.灾难就像刀子，握住刀柄就可以为我们服务，拿住刀刃则会割破手。9.Tough-minded optimists approach problems with a can-do philosophy and emerge stronger from tragedies. 意志坚强的乐观主义者用“世上无难事” 人生观来思考问题，越是遭受悲剧打击，越是表现得坚强。10. Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes. 困难只是穿上工作服的机遇。
