1、Unit 5 Romance,Text A A Valentine Story Text B The Wallet (for home reading) Text C Fast reading,Text A A Valentine Story,General Knowledge Discussion Prelude StudyText StudyTask 1 VocabularyTask 2 Content QuestionsTask 3 Text OrganizationTask 4 Text DiscussionTask 5 Language FocusTask 6 Development
2、,General Knowledege,What is the story about Valentine?Version 1Version 2Version 3,The difference between Valentines day and Chinese Valentines day,Version 1,大约在公元3世纪的罗马，那时恺撒已经死去快三百年了，暴君Claudius当政。当时，罗马内外战争频仍，民不聊生。为了补足兵员，将战争进行到底，Claudius下令，凡是一定年龄范围内的男子，都必须参加罗马军队，以生命为国家效劳。自此，丈夫离开妻子，少年离开恋人。于是整个罗马便被笼罩在绵
3、长的相思中。对此，暴君大为恼火。为了达到自己的目的，他竟然下令禁止国人举行结婚典礼，甚至要求已经结婚的毁掉婚约。,然而，暴政禁止不了爱情。就在暴君的国都里，居住着一位德高望重的修士，他就是Valentine我们的主人公。他不忍看到一对对伴侣就这样生离死别，于是为前来请求帮助的情侣秘密地主持上帝的结婚典礼。一时间，这一令人振奋的消息在整个国度传开，更多的情侣秘密地赶来请求修士的帮助。但是，事情很快还是被暴君知晓了，于是他再一次显示了残暴面目将修士打进大牢，最终折磨致死。修士死的那一天是2月14日，公元270年的2月14日。人们为了纪念这个敢于与暴君斗争的人，渐渐地使得2月14日成为一个节日。很多
4、世纪过去了，人们再也记不得Claudius的大名，再也记不得他的权杖与宝剑，但依然会纪念Valentine修士，因为那个日子是Valentines day是情人节。,Saint Valentine severed as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Claudius then hade Valentine jailed for defying him. In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honor St. Valentine.,Vers
5、ion 2,在古罗马时期，2月14日是为表示对约娜的尊敬而设的节日。约娜是罗马众神的皇后，罗马人同时将她尊奉为妇女和婚姻之神。接下来的2月15日则被称为“卢帕撒拉节”，是用来对约娜治下的其他众神表示尊敬的节日。 在古罗马，小伙子和少女的生活是被严格分开的。然而，在卢帕撒拉节，小伙子们可以选择一个自己心爱的姑娘的名字刻在花瓶上。这样，过节的时候，小伙子就可以与自己选择的姑娘一起跳舞，庆祝节日。如果被选中的姑娘也对小伙子有意的话，他们便可一直配对，而且最终他们会坠入爱河并一起步入教堂结婚。后人为此而将每年的2月14日定为情人节。,Version 3 范泰伦节（情人节）2月14日，来源于古罗马的牧神
6、节。据说鸟类在这一天开始交配。那时的风俗是：在牧神节期间，每个青年男子从一只盒子里抽签，盒子里放的是写有青年女子姓名的条子。抽到谁，谁就成为那个青年男子的心上人。后来这个节日改为纪念一位叫瓦伦丁的基督教圣徒古罗马青年基督教传教士圣瓦伦丁，冒险传播基督教义，被捕入狱，感动了老狱吏和他双目失明的女儿，得到了他们悉心照料。临刑前圣瓦伦丁给姑娘写了封信，表明了对姑娘的深情。在他被处死的当天，盲女在他墓前种了一棵开红花的杏树，以寄托自己的情思。这一天就是2月14日。,现在，在情人节里，许多小伙子还把求爱的圣瓦伦丁的明信片做成精美的工艺品，剪成蝴蝶和鲜花，以表示心诚志坚。姑娘们晚上将月桂树叶放在枕头上，希
7、望梦见自己的情人。通常在情人节中，以赠送一枝红玫瑰来表达情人之间的感情。将一枝半开的红玫瑰作为情人节送给女孩的最佳礼物，而姑娘则以一盒心形巧克力作为回赠的礼物。,Legend also says that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailers daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it “From Your Valentine”. Gradually, February 14 became the date for exchanging love messages and
8、St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers. The date was marked by sending poems and simple gifts such as flowers. There was often a social gathering to a ball.,The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance. This festival is in mid
9、-summer when the weather is warm and the grass and trees reveal their luxurious greens. At night when the sky is dotted with stars, and people can see the Milky Way spanning from the north to the south. On each bank of it is a bright star, which see each other from afar. They are the Cowherd（牛郎） and
10、 Weaver Maid （织女）, and about them there is a beautiful love story passed down from generation to generation.,The 0rigin of Chinese Valentines Day,Long, long ago, there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (Cowherd). His parents died when he was a child. Later he was driven out of his
11、 home by his sister-in-law. So he lived by himself herding cattle and farming. One day, a fairy from heaven Zhi Nu (Weaver Maid) fell in love with him and came down secretly to earth and married him. The cowherd farmed in the field and the Weaver Maid wove at home. They lived a happy life and gave b
12、irth to a boy and a girl. Unfortunately, the God of Heaven soon found out the fact and ordered the Queen Mother of the Western Heavens to bring the Weaver Maid back.,传说，天上玉皇大帝有七个女儿，其中最小的女儿织女，最聪明可爱、手艺又巧。天上皇宫中的重要织锦都由她负责设计与制作。另外，玉皇大帝有一群牛，由一个叫做牛郎的年轻人负责管理。两人情投意合、互相爱慕，至荒废了原本工作。于是玉皇大帝下旨，叫喜鹊告诉这两个热恋的情侣要节制，七日
13、见一次面即可。没想到喜鹊传错话，他们以为每天均可相见，更是高兴无比，工作完全抛在脑后。 玉皇大帝这回就龙颜大怒，降旨他们每年只能见一次面，就是农历七月七日的晚上。那一天喜鹊这群肇事者就负责搭桥，让他们两人踩在他们的肩膀上相会。因为一年仅能见一次面，当然有说不完的衷曲、道不尽的悲情，于是那天几乎都会下着毛毛雨，象征两人的泪水。,Discussion,What is romance in your eyes? What is your ideal BF/GF?,Romance is a state of being. Its about taking action on your feelings
14、. Its a recognition that Love in the abstract has no real meaning at all. Romance love in action - is a daily, living, growing activity.,Through what can you show romance?,Words Actions Gifts Gestures A tender look .,Give your order of the following when you are hunting for your BF/GF,AppearanceCapa
15、cityCharacter/ PersonalityFamily backgroundMoneyEducation,Task 1 Text Organization,Parts Paragraphs Main IdeasPart Paras 1 John was expecting someone at Grand Central Station.Part Paras 2-6 How John had fallen in love with Miss Maynell.Part Paras7-15 Miss Maynell put John to a test.Part Paras16-17 I
16、t was wise of Miss Maynell to give such a test.,Plot,Time: one year /12 months later since the beginning of the story Place: grand general station Figures: 3 John, (imaginative lady, a beautiful girl)overlapping, old ugly lady Beginning: Body: Ending Sequential narration Inverted narration : flashba
17、ck Interposed narration,Interposed narration Sequential narration Flashback / inverted narration Time : Place: Figures: dreamlike female character,Task 4 Language Focus,John Blanchard stood up from the bench and studied the crowd of people making their way through Station. (line 1)study: watch, noti
18、ceSuppose Im beautiful. Id always be haunted by the feeling that you had been taking a chance on just that, and that kind of love would disgust me. (line 18)suppose / supposing / let us suppose + (that)be haunted by: be puzzled bythe feeling that you had been taking a chance on just that, he was in
19、the station looking for a girl who had filled such a special place in his life for the past 12 months, a girl he had never seen, yet whose written words had been with him and sustained him unfailingly. (line 29-32) looking for a girl who had filled a special a girl he had never seen yet whose writte
20、n words had been with him,A young woman was coming toward me, her figure long and slim. (line 34)coming toward me: coming up to meher figure long and slim为独立主格结构，相当于一个定语从句“A young woman whose figure was long and slim was coming toward me.”独立主格结构没有主语和谓语，在语法上不是句子。它是一种联系主谓关系的独立结构，其逻辑主语多由名词或代词充当，逻辑谓语主要由
21、分词，不定式，名词，形容词，副词和介词短语充当。独立主格结构常位于句首或句末，用逗号于句子分隔开。,Her lips and chin had a gentle firmness, and in her pale green suit she was like springtime come alive. (line 36-37)in her pale green / in pale bluelike (conj): “好像，似乎”e.g. It rained like the skies were falling. A woman well past 40, she had graying
22、hair pinned up under a worn hat. ( line 43) well (adv): 表程度，“很，大大地”e.g. He must be well over forty.have sb do/ doing have sth donee.g. I would have him wait for me.He had his mother washing clothes for him.We had the machine repaired.,She was more than a little overweight, her thick-ankled feet thru
23、st into low-heeled shoes. (line 45-46)She was very heavy and fat, and her feet were also fat. It seemed that they were pushed into her low-heeled shoes with force. her thick-ankled feet thrust into low-heeled shoes 为独立主格，作主语的状语,I felt as though I was split in two, so keen was my desire to follow her
24、, and yet so deep was my longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned me and upheld my own. (line 47-50)long for: be eager for/ be hungry forlong to do sth so keen was my desire to follow her: my desire to follow her was so keen so deep was my longing for the woman: my longing for the wo
25、man was so deepso + adj/ adv 倒装e.g. So small was the mark that I could hardly see it.So fast does the light travel that it is hard for us to imagine its speed.,“Tell me whom you love,” Houssaye once wrote, “I will tell you who you are.” (line 68)If you tell me whom you love, then I can tell you what
26、 kind of person you are.,爱 的 哲 学 -波西 比希 雪莱,出山的泉水与江河汇流,江河又与海洋相遇,天空里风与风互相渗透,融洽与甜蜜的深情.万物遵循同一神圣法则,在同一精神中会合;世上一切都无独而有偶,为什么你与我却否?,看高高的山峰亲吻蓝天,浪与浪也相互相拥,姐妹花朵绝不会被宽容,如果轻视她的弟兄;灿烂的阳光抚抱着大地,明丽月华亲吻海波,一切甜蜜的作为有何价值,如果, 你不亲吻我?,Psychological Game 1,假如世界末日来临，你只能解救一种动物，你会救以下哪一种？ a、 兔 b、 羊 c、 鹿 d、 马,你在现实生活中会被哪一类人所引：,a、 兔有分
27、裂的人格，外表像冰而内心炽 热的人。 b、 羊重视顺从而温暖的人。 c、 鹿优雅及有礼貌的人。 d、 马不受约束向往自由的人,Psychological Game 2,你做错事了，上天惩罚你变成人以外的动物，你想变成下面哪一种动物？ a、 狗、 b、 猫、 c、 马、 d、 蛇,你想给爱人什么样的印象：,a、 狗忠诚忠实，永不改变。 b、 猫有个性的。 c、 马乐观的。 d、 蛇可通融的。,Psychological Game 3,有一天，你碰上了一种会说人话的动物，你希望那是哪种动物？a、 羊、 b、 马、 c、 兔、 d、 鸟,你想跟你的爱人建立一个什么样的关系：,a、 羊你俩不用多说话，
28、用心沟通，对方自然知道你要什么。 b、 马你俩能谈任何事情，没有秘密。 c、 兔一种让你一直能够感受到温暖与恋爱的关系。 d、 鸟你和爱人不只关心现在也关心将来，一种你能与之一起成长的长期关系,Psychological Game 4,假如你有5分钟的时间可以当一种动物，你会选择当： a、 狮、 b、 猫、 c、 马、 d、 鸽子,此刻你对爱情的看法：,a、 狮你总是渴望爱情，能为爱情做任何事，但你不会轻易坠入情网。 b、 猫你非常以自我为中心，认为爱情对你是可以轻易得到和放弃的东西。 c、 马你不想被固定的关系绑住，你只想处处调情。 d、 鸽子你认为爱情是二人互相的承诺。,Vocabular
29、y,1. fertile, reflected, straightens, identify, overseas, scheduled, scheduled, slim, split, sustained, glow, grateful, delicate, more than a little, thrust, keen,3. 1) to broaden, make their way 2) grateful to, in response to 3) disgusts, take a chance on,Usage,1. 1) frightened, 2) afraid/frightene
30、d 2. 1) alike/similar, 2) similar 3. 1) alive 2) living 4. 1) sleeping, 2) asleep,Word Family,1. disappointed, disappointment, disappointing, disappoint, disappointingly, disappointing 2. attractive, attract, attraction, attractively, unattractively, unattractive,Structure,1. 2) The woman stood over
31、 there, her graying hair pinned up under a worn hat. 4) The principal stormed into the noisy classroom, his face with anger. 2. 1) Please sit down for a moment, and Ill tell the manager youre here. 3) Bring the flowers into a warm room, and theyll soon open.,Gripped Corresponding Hesitated Grateful
32、Made my way Going my way,Cloze,B) Before, thought, believed/thought, ring, Nor/Neither, She, did, letter, that/it, the, Jenny/she, could, and, with, had, table, but,Translation,Nor rich himself, Uncle Li never hesitates to help others. Previous to/ Before his retirement, through Project Hope he loca
33、ted the addresses of two country kids who grew up in poor families but had a keen desire to study.,From then on he sent them money regularly. Later the two made their way to college, and even got a chance to study overseas. They often thought of Uncle Li and kept corresponding with him. Whenever he read their letters, Uncle Lis face would broaden into a smile. He felt this to be the most sensible investment in his life.,
