1、College English Book 3,Unit 1,Unit 2,Unit 3,Unit 4,Unit 5 How to Celebrate HolidaysUnit 5,Unit 6,Unit 7,Unit 8,Unit 1 Change in the Way We Live,Text A Mr. Doherty Builds His Dream Life,Teaching Plan,Objectives : 1. grasp the main idea (tolerance for solitude and energy made it possible for the write
2、rs family to enjoy their pleasant but sometimes harsh country life); 2. appreciate the various techniques employed by the writer (comparison and contrast ,topic sentences followed by detail sentences, use of transitional devices ,etc.); 3. master the key language points and grammatical structures in
3、 the text ; 4. conduct a series of reading ,listening ,speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit .,Reading Guidance,1. Main idea of the text and its main contents :The text ,through description of the authors family life in the country ,tells us tolerance for solitude and ener
4、gy made it possible for the writers family to enjoy their pleasant but sometimes harsh country life .,2. Paragraph study:,Mr. Doherty Builds His Dream LifeJim Doherty1.There are two things I have always wanted to do - write and live on a farm. Today Im doing both. I am not in E. B. Whites class as a
5、 writer or in my neighbors league as a farmer, but Im getting by. And after years of frustration with city and suburban living, my wife Sandy and I have finally found contentment here in the country.,2.Its a self-reliant sort of life. We grow nearly all of our fruits and vegetables. Our hens keep us
6、 in eggs, with several dozen left over to sell each week. Our bees provide us with honey, and we cut enough wood to just about make it through the heating season.,3.Its a satisfying life too. In the summer we canoe on the river, go picnicking in the woods and take long bicycle rides. In the winter w
7、e ski and skate. We get excited about sunsets. We love the smell of the earth warming and the sound of cattle lowing. We watch for hawks in the sky and deer in the cornfields.,Part One (Paras 1-3), The writer views his life in the country as a selfreliant and satisfying one .,Para 1. Brief introduct
8、ion to the author and his familys life in the country (including his dream, his present situation and their contentment). Para 2. 3 One topic sentence+ several detail sentences para 2:Topic sentence: Its a self-reliant sort of life. The following detail sentences run parallel to each other (We,Our h
9、ens,Our bees).para 3: topic sentence: Its a satisfying life too. The following detail sentences (we canoe,we ski,we get,we love.we watch for. ),4.But the good life can get pretty tough. Three months ago when it was 30 below, we spent two miserable days hauling firewood up the river on a sled. Three
10、months from now, it will be 95 above and we will be cultivating corn, weeding strawberries and killing chickens. Recently, Sandy and I had to retile the back roof. Soon Jim, 16 and Emily, 13, the youngest of our four children, will help me make some long-overdue improvements on the outdoor toilet th
11、at supplements our indoor plumbing when we are working outside. Later this month, well spray the orchard, paint the barn, plant the garden and clean the hen house before the new chicks arrive.,Para 4. Topic sentence : But the good life can get pretty tough . Detailed sentences : Three months ago thr
12、ee months from now Recently,Later this month ,Using time words or phrases is one of the common transitional devices between detaile sentences .,5.In between such chores, I manage to spend 50 to 60 hours a week at the typewriter or doing reporting for the freelance articles I sell to magazines and ne
13、wspapers. Sandy, meanwhile, pursues her own demanding schedule. Besides the usual household routine, she oversees the garden and beehives, bakes bread, cans and freezes, drives the kids to their music lessons, practices with them, takes organ lessons on her own, does research and typing for me, writ
14、es an article herself now and then, tends the flower beds, stacks a little wood and delivers the eggs. There is, as the old saying goes, no rest for the wicked on a place like this - and not much for the virtuous either.,Para 5. Topic sentence : There is no rest for the wicked not much for the virtu
15、ous either . Supporting sentence 1. : I manage to Supporting sentence 2. : Sandy pursues Here we can the detail sentences can have their own hierarchy (等级体系) .,6.None of us will ever forget our first winter. We were buried under five feet of snow from December through March. While one storm after an
16、other blasted huge drifts up against the house and barn, we kept warm inside burning our own wood, eating our own apples and loving every minute of it.,7.When spring came, it brought two floods. First the river overflowed, covering much of our land for weeks. Then the growing season began, swamping
17、us under wave after wave of produce. Our freezer filled up with cherries, raspberries, strawberries, asparagus, peas, beans and corn. Then our canned-goods shelves and cupboards began to grow with preserves, tomato juice, grape juice, plums, jams and jellies. Eventually, the basement floor disappear
18、ed under piles of potatoes, squash and pumpkins, and the barn began to fill with apples and pears. It was amazing.,Para 6. Warm and loving every minute in cold winter .Para 7. Topic sentence : Spring brought two floodsFirst the river over flowed Then the growing season beganPart Two (Paras 4-7) Life
19、 in the country is good yet sometimes very hard .,8.The next year we grew even more food and managed to get through the winter on firewood that was mostly from our own trees and only 100 gallons of heating oil. At that point I began thinking seriously about quitting my job and starting to freelance.
20、 The timing was terrible. By then, Shawn and Amy, our oldest girls were attending expensive Ivy League schools and we had only a few thousand dollars in the bank. Yet we kept coming back to the same question: Will there ever be a better time? The answer, decidedly, was no, and so - with my employers
21、 blessings and half a years pay in accumulated benefits in my pocket - off I went.,9.There have been a few anxious moments since then, but on balance things have gone much better than we had any right to expect. For various stories of mine, Ive crawled into black-bear dens for Sports Illustrated, hi
22、tched up dogsled racing teams for Smithsonian magazine, checked out the Lake Champlain “monster“ for Science Digest, and canoed through the Boundary Waters wilderness area of Minnesota for Destinations.,10.Im not making anywhere near as much money as I did when I was employed full time, but now we d
23、ont need as much either. I generate enough income to handle our $600-a-month mortgage payments plus the usual expenses for a family like ours. That includes everything from music lessons and dental bills to car repairs and college costs. When it comes to insurance, we have a poor mans major-medical
24、policy. We have to pay the first $500 of any medical fees for each member of the family. It picks up 80% of the costs beyond that. Although we are stuck with paying minor expenses, our premium is low - only $560 a year - and we are covered against catastrophe. Aside from that and the policy on our t
25、wo cars at $400 a year, we have no other insurance. But we are setting aside $2,000 a year in an IRA.,11.Weve been able to make up the difference in income by cutting back without appreciably lowering our standard of living. We continue to dine out once or twice a month, but now we patronize local r
26、estaurants instead of more expensive places in the city. We still attend the opera and ballet in Milwaukee but only a few times a year. We eat less meat, drink cheaper wine and see fewer movies. Extravagant Christmases are a memory, and we combine vacations with story assignments.,Para 8. A decision
27、 : Quitting my job and starting to freelance at a terrible timing . Para 9. Things have gone much better than we had any right to except because of my diligent work . Para 10. Being good at managing money matters ,we can get by with my reduced income . Para 11. Leading a thrifty (节俭的) and simple lif
28、e : making up the difference in income by cutting back without appreciably lowering our standard of living Part Three (Paras 8-11),summary :How the author and his family can manage to get by with his reduced income after quitting his job (-by working diligently ,managing money matters ,living a thri
29、fty life).,12.I suspect not everyone who loves the country would be happy living the way we do. It takes a couple of special qualities. One is a tolerance for solitude. Because we are so busy and on such a tight budget, we dont entertain much. During the growing season there is no time for socializi
30、ng anyway. Jim and Emily are involved in school activities, but they too spend most of their time at home.,13.The other requirement is energy - a lot of it. The way to make self-sufficiency work on a small scale is to resist the temptation to buy a tractor and other expensive laborsaving devices. In
31、stead, you do the work yourself. The only machinery we own (not counting the lawn mower) is a little three-horsepower rotary cultivator and a 16-inch chain saw.,14.How much longer well have enough energy to stay on here is anybodys guess - perhaps for quite a while, perhaps not. When the time comes,
32、 well leave with a feeling of sorrow but also with a sense of pride at what weve been able to accomplish. We should make a fair profit on the sale of the place, too. Weve invested about $35,000 of our own money in it, and we could just about double that if we sold today. But this is not a good time
33、to sell. Once economic conditions improve, however, demand for farms like ours should be strong again.,15.We didnt move here primarily to earn money though. We came because we wanted to improve the quality of our lives. When I watch Emily collecting eggs in the evening, fishing with Jim on the river
34、 or enjoying an old-fashioned picnic in the orchard with the entire family, I know weve found just what we were looking for.,Paras 12-13. Topic sentence+two sub-topic sentences Topic sentence:“ I suspect not everyone It takes a couple of special qualities .” Two sub-topic sentences: One is a toleran
35、ce for solitude. The other requirement is energy.Para 14. Well leave someday with a feeling of sorrow . But also with a sense of pride at our accomplishment .Para 15. We realized our dream here to improve the quality of our lives .,Part Four (Paras 12-15), summary :We succeed in living in the countr
36、y as we have a couple of special qualities : a tolerance for solitude and a lot of energy .,Analyze the difficult sentences,1. I am not in E.B. Whites class as a writer or in my neighbors league as a farmer .(lines 2-3)be not in ones class /league = not in the league /class of . 与不是同类型的人 2. Im not m
37、aking anywhere near as much money as I did when I was employed full time .(lines 60-61) 我挣的钱比不上担任全职工作时的收入,anywhere near /anything like : nearly ,in any degree ,几乎，那么；在任何程度上。用于否定，疑问，条件句。例：Its not anywhere near /anything like as hot today as it was yesterday . 今天不象昨天那么热,3. When it comes to insurance ,
38、we have a poor mans major-medical policy .译文：至于保险，我们买了一份低收入者的主要医疗项目保险。when it comes to + n. /gerund :当谈到，有关，论及（某项），属于（某类）例：The school has very good teachers ,but when it comes to buildings ,the school is poor . 4. Although we are stuck with paying minor expenses , our premium is low - and we covered
39、 against catastrophe .(lines 67-68)译文：虽然我们仍要支付小部分医疗费用，但我们的保险费也低-而我们给自己生大病保了险。,Text AnalysisThe author writes his piece in a clear and logical way . In many instance he employs the pattern of “one topic sentence +several detail sentences” structure . Its easy for reads to grasp the main idea ,and it
40、is also proven effective for learner writers like our students .Sometimes the detail sentences run parallel to each other ,like those in Para 2. In some other paragraphs the detail sentences have their own hierarchy . Take Para 5. for example . The first sentence tells how busy “I” am . The second s
41、entence states that Sandy ,the wife ,is also busy . The final sentence is a kind of summary -nobody can relax . Yet following the second sentence there are a few more detail sentences showing exactly how tight a schedule Sandy has . Take Paras 12-13 for another example . The topic sentence therein i
42、s “I,suspect not everyone who loves the country would be happy living the way we do . It takes a couple of special qualities .” Then there are two sub-topic sentences :“One is a tolerance for solitude”; “The other requirement is energy -a lot of it .”Each sub-topic sentence has its own supporting de
43、tails .Sometimes there is no transitional devices between detail sentences ,sometimes there are ,the most frequently used one of which is time words or phrases . For example ,the detail sentences in Para 4. begin with “three months ago”, “three months from now ”, “recently”, and “later this month”,
44、respectively . To be sure ,other conjunctions scatter the text ,like “first”-“then”-“eventually” in Para 7.,Language Study,get by：be good enough but not very good；manage to live or do things in a satisfactory way，过得去,尚可Examples：My Parents managed to get by on a small amount of money.We can get by wi
45、th four computers at the moment, but well need a couple more when the new staff members arrive.,improvement: the act or an instance of improving or being improved n.改进,改善如果某事变好,可以说 an improvement in sth.E.g. There has been an improvement in the weather.如果比较两件事，第二件比第一件好，可以说 an improvement on sth.E.g.
46、 Todays weather is an improvement on yesterdays.,overdue:早该有的，早该发生的 e.g. the train is 15 minutes overdue. supplement:补充，增补 e.g. she supplements her income by doing a part time job.spray: vi. spray on/ over; spray with 用.喷 spray with paint vt. We spray the crops to prevent disease.,pursue: follow vt.
47、努力去获得(或完成),追求 e.g. After graduation Martin chose to pursue die same career College students are advised to pursue a wide range of subjects.wicked: evil or bad ad.邪恶的;坏的 Examples: We are all born good, but can be taught to be wicked.,get through: come successfully to the end通过,度过 Examples: The local
48、government has taken some measures to ensure that all the people will get through the winter.She got through the entrance examination and was accepted by the college.at that point: at that very moment, right then就在那时 Examples: The train was now only a couple of yards from the kids on the track. At t
49、hat very point, Anthony threw himself forward and pulled them clear.,on balance: with all things considered总的来说Examples: I think, on balance, I didnt treat you unfairly. On balance, its probably not advisable to change the companys name.illustrate: provide with visual features; clarify by use of examples, etc. vt.加插图于;举例说明 Examples: Let me use another example to illustrate this difficult point. The editor has illustrated the book with black-and-white photographs.,
