1、,Section B,2,Objectives,Finding my way back home,Discovery of a new life stage,Warming-up,Reading skills,Text study,Comparative study,Contents,Unit project,Finding my way back home,Section B,Warming-up,Lead-in,Background information,Finding my way back home,Section B,How does the man on the bus feel
2、 now and why?,Watch a video clip and answer the following questions,Video Watching,Tips,Tips,2. What did the man ask his love to do in the letter and what happens in the end?,Lead-in,Back,Watch a video clip and answer the following questions,Lead-in,Lead-in,His heart is filled with uncertainty and a
3、nxiety because he doesnt know whether his love will accept him or not after three years of imprisonment. He is so anxious that he even asks the bus driver to look for him because he couldnt bear to see what he might see.,How does the man on the bus feel now and why?,Watch a video clip and answer the
4、 following questions,Lead-in,2. What did the man ask his love to do in the letter and what happens in the end?,Watch a video clip and answer the following questions,The man asked his love to tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree to show that she still wants him. To his great surprise, his love
5、 ties a hundred yellow ribbons around the old oak tree to welcome him home, which is responded with cheer of all the passengers.,1. What is the American Dream?,Tips,Background information,2. Do young people in America value stability as much as the old generations did?,Tips,1. What is the American D
6、ream?,Background information,Tips,The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States, a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility achieved through hard work. In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adam
7、s in 1931, “life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement” regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.,2. Do young people in America value stability as much as the old generations did?,Background information,Tips,Fro
8、m about 1946 to the 1960s people enjoyed a stable era after World War II. Most people married young, settled down, had children and chased the so-called American Dream which was defined by material possessions and a comfortable life. Todays world, however, is marked by global economic instabilities
9、and faster than ever turn over and changes. For young people now, mobility is a more desirable goal than stability and the best measure of success is ones ability to adapt to instability.,Reading skills,Presentation of the skill,Reading skill practice,Finding my way back home,Section B,To make langu
10、age more interesting and entertaining, we often use expressions which are not literally true. For example, we use figurative language in speaking and writing. Figurative language is language that compares, paints a picture for the readers. Figurative language can be confusing if it is understood lit
11、erally. The ability to recognize and interpret or explain figurative language can help us fully understand a writers point.,Presentation of the skill,Understanding figurative language,Presentation of the skill,Different ways of using figurative language1. Simile (明喻/直喻): a figurative expression whic
12、h directly compares one thing to another by using the words as or like, such as as white as snow.,Understanding figurative language,Presentation of the skill,2. Metaphor (暗喻): a figurative expression in which the comparison is only implied, without using as, like and the like.3. Personification (拟人化
13、): a figurative expression which compares non-human things to humans.,Understanding figurative language,Presentation of the skill,Now, lets take a look at the following examples from Text A:1. Today we have an equivalent need to recognize a new phase of life that comes after high school graduation,
14、continues through college, and then leads to starting a family and having a career, the so-called odyssey years. (Para. 4),Understanding figurative language,Presentation of the skill,2. Nations around the world have witnessed similar trends toward delaying marriage and spending more years than ever
15、shifting between higher education and settling down with a career and family. (Para. 10)3. If youre a little late with your goals, dont feel like a failure! Stay strong, be positive, and keep focused! Someday you will look back and wonder at the vast changes as you passed through the odyssey years.
16、(Para. 12),Understanding figurative language,Presentation of the skill,The first one is a metaphor because it compares the new phase of life to The Odyssey, a well-known ancient Greek poem that depicts the Greek hero Odysseus and his long journey home; both contain a long journey. Thus the figurativ
17、e meaning is obvious though not directly said.,Understanding figurative language,Presentation of the skill,The second one is personification because the sentence compares non-human things (nations) to humans (only living things can witness). The third one is definitely a simile since it compares the
18、 feeling to “failure” directly using the word like.,Understanding figurative language,Reading skill practice,The following sentences are from Text B. Explain the underlined figurative language and also indicate in brackets which particular way is used.1 “Dear Dad,” I wrote, “I want to come home from
19、 my exile.” (Para. 1)Explanation: _ ( )2 Like a volcano erupting, I snapped. (Para. 3)Explanation: _ ( ),Understanding figurative language,Reading skill practice,3 The truck driver smiled and said, “Look at that, would you! Just like in a fairy tale! .” (Para. 28)Explanation: _ ( )4 Four bamboo cane
20、 chairs are sitting on the porch, with lighted lamps in every one of them, and an old man, as still as a statue, is out there with a flashlight aimed toward the road. (Para. 28)Explanation: _ ( ),Understanding figurative language,Text study,Text comprehension,Language focus,Critical thinking,Finding
21、 my way back home,Section B,When would the son always fall into despair when writing to his father? ( Para. 1) Whats the main reason for the sons running away from home and what was he like at that moment? (Paras. 2 & 3) What did the son seem to learn from his experiences in looking for a job? (Para
22、. 6) Why was the son willing to have a conversation with the deputy? (Para. 18) Why did the son say that it was torture to look at his home? (Para. 27) 6. How did the truck driver depict the father and what did that indicate? (Para. 28) 7. What is the main idea of the text?,When would the son always
23、 fall into despair when writing to his father? ( Para. 1),Tips,Text comprehension,He was not quite sure about his fathers attitude toward him.,原句： I wanted to go homehome to my parents and sisters, but I would always hesitate I didnt know if it was feasible. (Para.1, L6),解释: I wanted to go home to b
24、e with my parents and sisters, but I couldnt make up my mind because I didnt know whether my father would accept me more than one year after the bitter fight.,译文： 我想回家回到有我父母和姐妹的家，但我 总是犹豫不决不知回家之路是否行得通。,Text comprehension,Sentence interpretation,2. Whats the main reason for the sons running away from
25、home and what was he like at that moment? (Paras. 2 & 3),Tips,Text comprehension,His family code demanded that he go to college after finishing high school, but he was tired of school, and he thought he was miserable because the allowance his father gave him was pitiful and the work on the farm was
26、hollow and dull, so he had a fight with his father, like a volcano erupting, and ran away from home.,3. What did the son seem to learn from his experiences in looking for a job? (Para. 6),Text comprehension,Traveling east to west, the son did a series of jobs, while none of them amounted to very muc
27、h because the employers always wanted college graduates, so the son came to realize that having a good educational background is very important.,Tips,4. Why was the son willing to have a conversation with the deputy? (Para. 18),The boy thought the deputy wanted to listen to him and the deputy was a
28、good person that he could trust.,Text comprehension,Tips,原句： He seemed truly interested. There was real integrity in his face. (Para. 18),解释: He seemed to be very interested in the conversation, and, to me, he was trustworthy as well.,译文： 他好像真的很感兴趣，脸上写满了真诚。,Text comprehension,Sentence interpretation
29、,5. Why did the son say that it was torture to look at his home? (Para. 27),He wasnt sure whether there would be a light shining on the porch, which symbolizes his fathers forgiveness and acceptance. His heart was filled with strong desire to go home and deep fear of being rejected.,Tips,Text compre
30、hension,原句： It was torture to look and I couldnt bear to do it. Suddenly, we were there. I surrendered myself to my fate! (Para. 27, L 2),解释: When the young man was approaching his home, he was so anxious to learn about his fathers attitude to his coming back home that it was just like torture to hi
31、m. He felt he was simply not in control of his own fate at that moment.,译文： 每看一眼就好似一种折磨，我简直受不了了。刹那间，我们到了。我只能听天由命，任凭命运摆布了！,Text comprehension,Sentence interpretation,6. How did the truck driver depict the father and what did that indicate? (Para. 28),The truck driver said that his father was as still
32、 as a statue, standing out there with a flashlight aimed toward the road. By doing so the father wanted to indicate that he had forgiven his son.,Text comprehension,Tips,7. What is the main idea of the text?,Tips,Text comprehension,A lost son got his way back home through self-discovery.,After finis
33、hing high school my parents had insisted I go to college, but _ school, so I ran away from home after a fight with my father. Traveling east to west, I did _ jobs, while none of them _ very much, so I fell into _ and wanted to come home from my _ and _ my family again, but,Text comprehension,Text su
34、mmary,I was tired of,a series of,amounted to,despair,exile,bond with,I didnt know if it was _, so I wrote a letter to my father, asking him to allow me to come home to _ that he had forgiven me by leaving the porch light on. A deputy and a truck driver _ successively. When I was nearing my familys f
35、arm, I _ because I saw the lighted lamps, the flashlight, and the well-lighted porch.,Text comprehension,Text summary,feasible,demonstrate,offered me a ride,surrendered myself to my fate,Practical phrases,Language focus,（尤指突然）陷入（某种心境）,(a strong feeling of frustration / intense frustration),The failu
36、re gives me such a strong feeling of frustration that I fall into a deep pain.,fall into,短语逆译,短语应用,失败让我体验到了强烈的挫败感，我陷入了深深的痛苦之中。,意群提示,Language focus,Practical phrases,不太重要； 没什么了不起,not amount to much / anything / a great deal,短语逆译,(later on),What he said did not seem to amount to much, but later on it
37、helped us a great deal.,短语应用,他的话当时似乎没有多大意思，可是后来对我们有很大帮助。,意群提示,Language Focus,Practical phrases,（与某人）培养一种亲密或紧密的关系,(quiet private time),The hospital gives mothers quiet private time in which to bond with their babies.,bond with,短语逆译,短语应用,医院给母亲安静 的私人时间以帮助她们培养与婴儿的感情。,意群提示,Language focus,Practical phrase
38、s,使自己顺从于（做某事）,(a loss on the sale),We had to resign ourselves to a loss on the sale.,resign oneself to sth.,短语逆译,短语应用,我们只好接受销售造成的亏损。,意群提示,Language focus,Practical phrases,开车捎某人一段,(to have no transportation of ones own),If you have no transportation of your own, Ill be happy to give you a ride to wor
39、k.,give sb. a ride,短语逆译,短语应用,如果您没有自己开车，我会很乐意开车送您去工作。,意群提示,Language focus,Practical phrases,慢慢入睡,(sit in the warm afternoon sun),As the old man was sitting in the warm afternoon sun, he grew tired and drifted off into a sleep.,drift off,短语逆译,短语应用,老人坐在温暖的午后阳光下，觉得很疲倦，就慢慢地入睡了。,意群提示,Language focus,Practi
40、cal phrases,听任某事摆布；屈服于某事,(hijackers),The hijackers eventually surrendered themselves to the police.,surrender oneself to sth.,短语逆译,短语应用,劫机者最终向警方投降。,意群提示,Language focus,Practical phrases,Language focus,Functional patterns,句型提炼,这封信我已写了好多次开头，但每次都以绝望而告终。,原句译文,逆译练习,Id started this letter many times but w
41、ould always fall into despair. (Para.1, L4),Language focus,Functional patterns,句型应用,Sb. had done sth. many times but would always do sth. .,句型提炼,应用提示,用于表述”做某事没有产生预期的结果或不能持之以恒。”,Language focus,Functional patterns,(fitness and body building exercises /give up halfway),He had started fitness and body b
42、uilding exercises many times but would always give up halfway.,典型例句,他开了好几次头做健身锻炼，但总是半途而废。,意群提示,Language focus,Functional patterns,句型提炼,我讨厌这样的工作，发现它既没意思又单调乏味!,原句译文,逆译练习,I hated the work, finding it hollow and dull! (Para.2, L7),Language focus,Functional patterns,句型应用,sb. hates/dislikes/resents/likes/
43、loves sb. /sth., finding him/it + adj,句型提炼,应用提示,用于表达 “对某人或某事物的感受。”,Language focus,Functional patterns,(newly-enrolled cadet / military training),This newly-enrolled cadet loves his first day of military training, finding it challenging and meaningful.,典型例句,这个新入校的学员很喜欢他军训的第一天，觉得它充满了挑战，富有意义。,意群提示,Lang
44、uage focus,Functional patterns,句型提炼,我突然发怒，犹如火山爆发。,原句译文,逆译练习,Like a volcano erupting, I snapped. (Para.3, L1),Language focus,Functional patterns,句型应用,Like sb. /sth. doing, sb. does sth.,句型提炼,应用提示,类比，用于表述 “事物之间的相似性。”,Language focus,Functional patterns,(a candle flickering in the wind / be at ones last
45、 gasp),Like a candle flickering in the wind, the old lady in her hospital gown is at her last gasp.,典型例句,穿着病号服的老太太如风中残烛一般奄奄一息。,意群提示,Language focus,Functional patterns,句型提炼,爸爸，我请求您让我回家，请把门廊的灯打开，表明您已经原谅了我。,原句译文,逆译练习,And, Dad, Im asking you to allow me to come home to demonstrate that youve forgiven me
46、 by leaving the porch light on. (Para.9, L2),Language focus,Functional patterns,句型应用,sb. asks sb. else to demonstrate sth./ thatby doing sth. .,句型提炼,应用提示,用于表述“某人的主观意愿。”,Language focus,Functional patterns,(be loyal to/ spare no efforts to / turn the corner),The general manager asks the employees to d
47、emonstrate their loyalty by sparing no efforts to help the company to turn the corner.,典型例句,总经理请求员工们竭尽全力帮助公司度过难关以表明他们对公司的忠诚。,意群提示,Language focus,Functional patterns,Language focus,Collocations,fall into despair,family code,see ones grief,a series of,resign oneself to sb.s decision,rouse oneself,drif
48、t off to sleep,feeling refreshed,surrender oneself to ones fate,Further discussion,1. What do you think is the sons main motive to find his way back home?,2. What are the main reasons for young people to run away from home?,3. What are effective ways to establish a healthy relationship between paren
49、ts and children?,Critical thinking,Tips,Tips,Tips, The lesson he learned through the odyssey journey. The anxiousness to live with his family after the long journey. The eagerness to admit his wrong doing to his father. The motivation to start his new life,Further discussion,Critical thinking,Tips,1. What do you think is the sons main motive to find his way back home?,
