1、Unit 1 I Am Home,Contents,Text A,Main Idea & Structure,Words & Expressions,Spot Dictation,Activity I,Activity II,Watch and Discuss,Warming up,Directions: The following paragraph is taken from Text A. listen carefully and fill in the blanks without referring to the original text.,I _ on a farm with a
2、 huge family. There was lots of love, lots of space and lots to do. From gardening in the _ to chasing our old goose, _ the goats to _ the cattle, the word “bored” never found its way _ my vocabulary. The work for us was a _ of love.,grew up,greenhouse,feeding,into,labor,gathering,Watch the film cli
3、ps and discuss the following questions:1) Why was Alexandre unhappy?2) Can you understand Alexandres feeling? Have you hadthe similar experience with her?,In this film clip, Alexandre, a Greek exchange student who studies in the US is sad. She misses her family, especially when she received a letter
4、 from her parents. Being away from home, she feels lonely, though she has a lot of good friends in the US, and they treat her very well. Nothing can replace the position of family in ones life. Text A furnishes us a good example.,Summary of the clips and reference for discussion,Reading through,Chin
5、ese,I grew up on a farm with a huge family. There was lots of love, lots of space and lots to do. From gadening in the greenhouse to chasing our old goose, feeding the goats to gathering the cattle, the word “bored” never found its way into my vocabulary. The work for us was a labor of love. My fami
6、ly and I were very close, spending most nights playing games or telling stories until it was time to go to bed. Falling asleep was never a problem for me. I just listened to the sounds of singing birds and dreamed of another day on the farm. This was my life, and I knew I was lucky.,I Am Home,Para 1
7、&2,Para 3,When I was 12, though, something terrible happened that would change my life forever. My father suffered a serious heart attack and was diagnosed with heart disease. The doctors informed my dad that he would need to change his lifestyle completely, which meant no more farming life. We were
8、 forced to sell our home and move west.,Chinese,Para 4,The dry Arizona air was good for my father, and I was adjusting to a new school, new friends and a new way of living. While my surroundings were different and strange, they were also exciting and fun. As fate would have it, my life would soon ch
9、ange again, and in a very big way.,Chinese,Para 5&6,One day, a personal manager from Los Angeles came up to me and asked if I had ever thought about being an actress. The idea had never crossed my mind. After talking it over with my parents, we decided that my mother and I would move to Los Angeles
10、for a while and give it a shot. Thank goodness my mother was right by my side from the very start. Together, we approached it like an adventure. When my first film was a success, my mother and I both decided that it was time for her to depart and resume her life in Arizona. The little girl from the
11、farm was disappearing and being replaced by a woman in the big city.,Chinese,Para 7&8,I truly loved my job and was treated like a queen. And yet, something was missing. Slowly, a dark void found its way into my heart and began to eat away at my happiness. I tried to figure out what was missing. I tr
12、ied working harder, then working less. I made new friends and lost touch with old ones. Nothing I did seemed to fill the void. I tried to remember when I was happiest. I asked myself what was important to me. Finally, I had the answer. I knew what I had to do to be happy. Once again, my life was abo
13、ut to change.,Chinese,I called my mother and father and said, “I miss you so much. I need my parents back. Im buying a place out here and I want you to move to California.” My father wasnt too keen on the idea of being back in the rat race, but I assured him that this time it would be nothing like t
14、hat. So we began looking for a place just like I remember growing up in. Then one day we found it: the perfect home, nestled in a warm and sunny valley with pear trees in the yard. The move renewed my familys happiness; the dark void in me began to disappear; and a sense of balance returned to my so
15、ul. I was home, again.,Para 9&10,Chinese,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: For us, this kind of physical labor is enjoyable.,Meaning: I had no difficulty or trouble falling asleep, or I fell asleep easily.,Falling asleep was never a problem for me.,The work for us was a labor of love.,Back,Back,Mean
16、ing of the Sentences,Meaning: Yet, when I was 12, a terrible thing happened, which changed my life forever.,Meaning: My father had a serious heart attack and the doctor said it was due to heart disease.,My father suffered a serious heart attack and was diagnosed with heart disease.,When I was 12, th
17、ough, something terrible happened that would change my life forever.,Back,Back,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: The doctor told my father that he would need to have a different lifestyle, and this meant he had to stop working as a farmer.,Meaning: The family had to sell the house and go to the west
18、ern part of the country.,We were forced to sell our home and move west.,The doctors informed my dad that he would need to change his lifestyle completely, which meant no more farming life.,Back,Back,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: Although the environment was no longer familiar to me, it was full
19、of excitement and fun.,Meaning: As was determined by fate, my life would soon change again, and it would change greatly.,As fate would have it, my life would soon change again, and in a very big way.,While my surroundings were different and strange, they were also exciting and fun.,Back,Back,Meaning
20、 of the Sentences,Meaning: By and by, my heart was filled with a miserable emptiness that continuously destroyed my happiness.,Meaning: First I tried working harder, and then I tired working less, to see if I could get rid of the feeling of emptiness and unhappiness.,I tried working harder, then wor
21、king less.,Slowly, a dark void found its way into my heart and began to eat away at my happiness.,Back,Back,Meaning of the Sentences,Meaning: I am going to buy a house in this area (probably in the suburbs, not in the city.),Meaning: So we began looking for a place just like the one which I remember
22、 I grew up.,So we began looking for a place just like I remember growing up in.,Im buying a place out here and I want you to move to California.,Back,Back,Main Idea & Structure,First reading: Scan the text and try to catch the main idea. The following words are for your reference to organize the ide
23、a: life on the farm, Arizona, Los Angeles, happiness, resume, care and love, family members,Second reading: Read the passage again and try to identify the structure of this passage.,For your reference,For your reference,The passage is about an American girls experience. The little girl is born and b
24、rought up on a farm. Life on the farm is busy and joyful. There is lots of love. She feels very close to her family. Then they moved to Arizona due to his fathers health. Though the surroundings in Arizona are quite different and strange, she enjoys life there with her family members. Later, to purs
25、ue her career as an actress, she moved to Los Angeles. She achieved success in her career, but the success of her career did not bring her the happiness she once enjoyed when she was with her family on the farm or in Arizona. She finally found out what to do to regain happiness. She bought a house i
26、n the countryside of California, invited her parents to move there and live with her. With her parents around in the new house, she resumed happiness.,Main Idea,BACK,Though the girl has undergone many experiences, her feelings for her parents have remained unchanged throughout her life, no matter ho
27、w her surroundings have changed. There is an bond between the writer and her family. To her, happiness cannot be available without her family. From this story, we learn that the younger generations in the US also cherish their older generations and they have the same strong sentiment about home, jus
28、t as our young people in China do. Love and care among family members is universal.,Main Idea,BACK,Main idea: With a new house in the valley in countryside California and her parents living with her, she resumed happiness.,Structure,Main idea: Fun time in Arizona. Though the surrounds were different
29、, she enjoyed the exciting life in Arizona.,Main idea: Happy life on the farm. She felt close to her family and was never bored with farm work.,Part II: Paras. 3-4,Part III: Paras. 5-8,Part I: Paras. 1-2,Part IV: Para. 9-10,Main idea: Success in career and void in life in California. The success in
30、her career did not bring her the happiness she once enjoyed when she was with her family. She found there was something missing in life.,BACK,New Words,bored,asleep,diagnose,depart,labor,surroundings,approach,resume,replace,disappear,missing,renew,soul,bored adj.厌烦的，不感兴趣的 e.g. He is bored with swimm
31、ing.,BACK,labor n.【1】努力、劳动e.g. For me, arranging books on the shelf everymorning is a labor of love. labor relations 劳资关系【2】工人e.g. The country is short of skilled labor.e labor force / labor market / labor shortage,BACK,asleep adj.睡着的e.g. He was fast asleep when I entered the room.,BACK,surroundings
32、 n. (plural)周围的事物；环境e.g. The buildings have been designed to blend in with their surroundings.,BACK,diagnose vt. 诊断（疾病）； 判断（问题）e.g. His illness was diagnosed as a terminal disease.e.g. The doctor diagnosed my mother with asthma.,BACK,The soldiers were diagnosed as having flu. 这些士兵被诊断为患了流感。 Susan had
33、 a mental breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. 苏珊精神崩溃，被诊断为精神分裂。,approach . V Begin to deal with or work on 着手；开始处理e.g. The problem should approach from different angles.e.g. Young people should approach life with caution and calm.2)Come near or nearer to in space ,time, quality, or quanti
34、ty 走进；靠近e.g. He is easy approaching.e.g. The National Holiday is fast approaching.e.g. He didnt approach the front door at once.,BACK,depart v. 离开，启程e.g. The train departed Amritsar at 6 p.m.,BACK,resume v. 重新开始，再继续 e.g. The students resumed their discussion after the teacher left.,BACK,disappear v.
35、 消失；消逝e.g. Her nervousness quickly disappeared once she was on stage.,BACK,replace v. take the place of 【1】取代；代替e.g. Teachers will never be replaced by computers in the classroom. 【2】把放回原处e.g. Replace the caps on the bottle.,BACK,missing adj.找不到的；丢失的e.g. The book has two pages missing/missing pages.
36、,BACK,renew v. 【1】使复活；使更新；使恢复e.g. He renewed his life as a student after five yearsof working in a government office.【2】更换；更新e.g. Water in the tank must be renewed every two weeks.,BACK,soul n.灵魂；心灵e.g. He believed that soul was immortal.There was a feeling of restlessness deep in his soul.heart and
37、 soul 全心全意的,BACK,Expressions,find ones way into,fall asleep,come up,give/have a short,eat away at,cross ones mind,e.g. Computers have found their way into millions of households.计算机已经进入了千家万户。,Exercises,find ones way into 进入,1. 我学习从不感到厌倦。 2. 看到自己的文章经常出现在当地报纸上，他很兴奋。,The word “bored”never finds its way
38、 into my study.,He is very happy to see that his articles often find their way into the local newspaper.,BACK,Exercises,fall asleep 入睡,听报告的时候他总会睡着 。,He always falls asleep during lectures.,e.g. He was so exhausted that he fell asleep at his desk. 他太累了，竟伏在桌子上睡着了。,BACK,Exercises,come up 走近，走到跟前,e.g. C
39、ome up here; you will see better.走过来，你可以看得清楚点 。,小船驶近了大船。,The small boat is coming up to the ship.,BACK,Exercises,cross ones mind 掠过心头，想起,我突然有一个想法。,A sudden thought crossed my mind.,e.g. It didnt even cross my mind that he would marry that girl. 我甚至没想过他会娶那个女孩。,BACK,Exercises,give/have a short 尝试,1. 让
40、我试试吧。 2. 试试能否完成这项工作。,Let me give it a shot.,e.g. Ill give a shot at catching the train.我想试试看能否赶上这次列车。,Give it a shot at finishing this job.,BACK,Exercises,eat away at 侵蚀；消耗,他不断的批评使她逐渐丧失了自信心。,His constant criticism ate away at her self-confidence.,e.g. Woodworm had eaten away at the door frame. 木蛀虫将门
41、框一点点蛀坏了。,BACK,Exercises,Using the Right Word,Working with Expressions,Focusing on Sentence Structure,Translating,Using Topic-related Terms,Basic Writing Skills,1. He was fast _ when the thief broke into his house. 2. A report came to the police, saying a little girl had been _ for two days. 3. The s
42、econd half of the performance will begin in two minutes, and you are kindly asked to _ your seats. 4. A(n) _ is a glass building in which you grow plants that need to be protected from bad weather.,missing greenhouse soul fate asleep surroundings replace resume labor depart,asleep,missing,resume,gre
43、enhouse,Fill in the blanks with the words given below, changing the form if necessary. Fill in each blank with one word only.,Using the Right Word,5. In recent years, the company has paid more attention to _ costs while keeping an eye on profit (利润). 6. The girl by the counter told me that they have
44、 planes _ for New York every day. 7. I like this house better because it is located innatural _. 8. He had expected to spend his life in America, but _ decided otherwise.,missing greenhouse soul fate asleep surroundings replace resume labor depart,labor,departing,surroundings,fate,Using the Right Wo
45、rd,1. Under the wise leadership of the Chinese Communist Party,we Chinese people are marching _ victory to victory. 2. She grew _ in comfortable surroundings; she neverexperienced any difficulties when she was young. 3. _ luck would have it, I did not catch the plane that exploded shortly after it t
46、ook off. 4. He pushed his way _ the crowd.,from,up,As,throught,Working with Expressions,Fill in each of the blanks in the following sentences with a suitable preposition, adverb or conjunction.,5. Teach a child the way he should go, and when he is old,he will not depart _ it. 6. The airline decides
47、to replace its small planes _ Boeing 747s. 7. He is keen _ all kinds of alcoholbeer, whisky, and so forth. 8. The doctor diagnosed his condition _ a stomach problem.,from,with,on,as,Working with Expressions,Focusing on Sentence Structure,Model 1:A personal manager from Los Angeles asked if I had eve
48、r thought that I would be an actress. Key: A personal manager from Los Angeles asked if I had ever thought about being an actress.,Rewrite the following sentences after the models, using the -ing participle “being”.,Model 2:My father was not keen on the idea that he would be back in the rat race. Ke
49、y: My father was not keen on the idea of being back in the rat race.,It has been hard to adjust to the idea that I was a junior clerk. 2. His illness accounted for the fact that he was not here yesterday. 3. According to the passage, the writers diving gave him a sense that he was successful.,It has been hard to adjust to the idea of being a junior clerk.,
