1、A Fans Notes,Unit 4,Outline,Warm up,Global reading,Detailed reading,Practice,We can use,to call “残疾人”politely.,Angel without wing这让我想起一个次做陪同翻译的经历，那个老外从宾馆推着自己的太太出来，看到她坐在轮椅上。老外这样介绍他的太太“Sophie, this is my angel, but without wings。”一下子让我感受到了他对太太无比的爱，因为天使没有翅膀，绝对不影响她的任何美。,How many kinds of disabilities do
2、 you know in our daily life?,blind,lame,deaf-mute,paralytic |prltk,armless,legless,handless,Physically handicappedPhysically challenged,Mentally handicappedMentally challenged,“Life is like a box of chocolates.you never know what youre gonna get.”,Related expressions残疾人专用电梯 残疾人卫生间 残疾人专用通道残障设施(无障碍设施)
3、老弱病残孕专座,Related expressions英文标注错误 “残疾人专用电梯“成“残废电梯”Disabled elevatorElevator for the disabledWheelchair Accessible(残疾人卫生间, 残疾人专用通道）,残障设施(无障碍设施) barrier-free facilitiesobstacle-free facilities,老弱病残孕专座seats for the old, the weak, the sick, the crippled, the pregnant courtesy seat (爱心座),Time for you to
4、consider:,Can you name some handicapped persons who are very successful?Say sth about them.,Zhang Haidi: paralytic, writer, translator,Steven Hawking England amyotrophic(肌萎缩性侧索硬化症 ） speech impaired, can only move one of his fingers,physicist / mathematician, research into the beginning of space, mat
5、ter and time. (Black holes theory),Helen Keller United Kingdom blind, deaf and dumb educator and writer,learn to read Braille (盲文), to speak and write. finished the studies in Radcliff College. “Three days To See.”,Composed,Symphony of Fate,Beethoven (1770-1827)Deaf,Because we can!John Coutis（约翰库提斯
6、）A legless super man and an internationally renowned inspirational speaker,No matter how bad you think you are, there is always someone worse.No matter how good you think you are, there is always someone better.,What can we learn from the handicapped?,Theyre broken in body but firm in spirit. (身残志坚)
7、,Sarah, the heroine in the story is another good example of great handicapped person.,Global analysis,Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions,Global analysis, About Bill & Sarah What does Bill do? Is he cynical or positive? How old is Sarah？ How is her health condition? What is h
8、er dream? What does she do? Main idea of the storyHow did the relationship between the author and Sarah start and go on?, About Bill & Sarah,Bill,What does Bill do? A baseball editorialistIs he cynical or positive? Once cynical, now positive,How old is she？ 30 years oldHow is her health condition? W
9、hat kind of disability has she suffered from? She has a physical handicap. cerebral palsyWhat is her dream? What does she do? Her dream is to become a baseball editorialist.She runs an website about the Dodgers, writing reports and comments for Dodgers.,Sarah, Main idea,A most unusual relationship b
10、etween Bill and SarahThe author gives us a detailed description of his email contact with Sarah. Every time he got an email from Sarah, he had some new knowledge about her.,The author once received an email from a girl named Sarah, who criticized his comments on the Dodgers. Impressed by the girls k
11、nowledge about the team, the author wrote back and thus started an unusual relationship between them.,Question,How did the relationship between the author and Sarah start and go on?,The relationship between the author and Sarah goes through ? steps.,She knew a lot about Dodgers as well as he did. He
12、 was impressed.,Every time I smile at sb, they ask me for a job. but maybe she was truly searching for sth. cynical, biased,He found her website. It wasnt fancy, but she covered the team with seriousness. He wondered: is anybody reading?,The “deam” was missing a lot more than an r, he thought.,He di
13、d sth heve never before done with an Internet stranger and he asked her to call him.,This was obviously an elaborate hoax. Incredulous,Kind of trustful. He wanted to drive over to see her.,Shocked by Sarah and thought Sarah was great.,Deeply moved and was brought back from a cynicism to a positive a
14、ttitude., Part division,1-4,5-29,30-44,45-47,Detailed reading,The authors first impression of Sarah (Paras 1- 4),Step 1,Directions: Scan Paras 1-4 and answer questions.,1. How did the author come to know Sarah?,2. In what way was her criticism different from others?,The note was different from other
15、s in two ways:It contained more details than the usual “Youre an idiot.” Her criticism was based on statistics.The note was signed.,The author came to know Sarah by receiving her e-mail about her criticism of the authors comments on the Los Angeles Dodgers.,in one respect / in some respects在某一（些）方面i
16、n respect of sth.关于某事物； 就某方面而言Take sb to task for sth: criticize sb severely for sth 为某事狠狠批评某人它痛斥我对洛杉矶道奇队的评论，并争辩说我把一切全都搞错了,It was written by someone who knew the Los Angeles Dodgers as well as (I thought) I did.写这篇评论的人对洛杉矶道奇队的了解绝不亚于我自认为对它的了解。,Little did I know that this would be the start of a most
17、unusual relationship. （Line 10）It is an inverted sentence with the negative word “little” at the beginning.一点也没有想到这一封信引出了一段非同寻常的来往。,Step 2,The second email,Directions: Scan Paras 5-8 and answer questions.,3. What prompted the author to give a response to Sarahs second mail?,1. What in Sarahs second
18、e-mail caught the authors attention?,2. Why did the author say it came just as expected when he received Sarahs second e-mail?,1. What in Sarahs second e-mail caught the authors attention?,keys:,There was a mistake in Sarahs spelling.,2. Why did the author say it came just as expected when he receiv
19、ed Sarahs second e-mail?,“Every time I smile at someone, they ask me for a job.” (Para 6),Every time he showed some good will to someone, they would ask him for help.,The author was a bit suspicious (cynical).,3. What prompted the author to give a response to Sarahs second mail?,“But maybe she was t
20、ruly searching forsomething, yet was only one step from finding it.” (Para 7),Maybe she was really looking for something, yet was only one step from realizing her dream. The author thought maybe a little help from him would make her dream come true.,Deep in the authors heart he had some sympathy for
21、 those in need of help., yet was only one letter from finding it.1. What is “it” referred to? “It” refers to “Sarahs dream. ”2. Paraphrase the sentence. yet was only one step from realizing her dream.,Difficult sentences,Step 3,The third email,Directions: Scan Paras 5-8 and answer questions.,During
22、the season I averaged 55 hours a week writing game reports, editorials, researching and listening and / or watching games. (Para 9)谓语为average，译为“平均花。做某事”。在棒球赛季，我每个星期平均花55个小时写球赛报道，写评论，做研究，听比赛或者看比赛我每天平均花两小时读英语。 I average 2 hours reading English every day.,Step 4,The fourth email,Directions: Scan Paras
23、 12-14 and answer questions.,So here was a physically handicapped woman, covering the Dodgers as extensively as any reporter in the country, yet writing for an obscure website with an impossible address, with a readership of about two.Analyze the structure of the sentence. “So here was a physically
24、handicapped woman” is an inverted structure, the natural order is “A physically handicapped woman was here.” Both “covering” and “writing” are present participle phrases used to modify “woman”.,所以，这里是一个身体残疾的妇女，她对道奇队的报道之广泛不亚于美国任何一个记者， 可她却在为一个几乎不为人知的网站写作，网站的名字很怪很难记，读者大概有两个人。,Difficult sentences,That “
25、deam” was missing a lot more than an r, I thought. (Para 14),“Deam” maybe only a misspelling of “dream”, so it is quite easy to add “r” to make “dream”.But in the real world, to fulfill her dream, Sarah had to do so much to achieve what she longed for all the time.,Have dedication to n./ ving Dedica
26、te ones life to Be dedicated to doing,Step 7,The author got curious as he learned more of Sarahs life story. (Paras 21-30),Directions: Scan Paras 21-30 and answer questions.,3. What did the author decide to do after helearned of Sarahs life story?,2. What happened after he decided to end his corresp
27、ondence with Sarah?,1. What kind of a person did the author assume Sarah was when she told him she could not make a phone call? Why did he make such an assumption?,When Sarah told the author that she couldnt make a phone call, he thought _ _ _.,Sarah was an imposter (crook) as he did not believe peo
28、ple were sincere or honest,The authors attitude toward Sarah,He thought it was an elaborate hoax and decided to end the correspondence. (Paras 22-23),However, when he decided to end his correspondence with Sarah, _ _ _ _ _ _. So after he learned of Sarahs life story, he _ _.,he received another e-ma
29、il from Sarah, telling him that her disability was cerebral palsy, and how she became a baseball fan, how she wanted to do something for the sport that had done so much for her,asked her for directions to drive over to see her,The authors attitude toward Sarah,He sort of believed her， but still wond
30、ered how she could cover a baseball team without the best equipment and help .(Para 29),strain: (Line 58),1) vt. injure a muscle or part of your bodyby making it work too hard 扭伤，损伤,You will strain your eyes by reading in such poor light.,n. an injury caused by too much effort or by stretching扭伤；用力过
31、度而受伤,He had a strain in his ankle and in his shoulder. 他的足踝和肩部扭伤了。,Language Points,2) vt. vi. try very hard to do sth. using allyour physical or mental strength 竭力、用全力做某事, (oneself) to do sth./ for sth. ones ears/ eyes : try very hard tohear or see every nerve (to do sth.): try as hard as one can,n.
32、 any severe, trying effort on the body or mind 辛苦；劳神,be under severe ,When you do reading, what should you do to prevent eye strain? 阅读时，你该怎样避免 眼睛过分疲劳？,supposed: a. only before n. claimed by other people to be true or real, although you dont think they are right信以为真的，可能的,His supposed illness was mer
33、e laziness.,听说 (人们以为) 他病了,其实只是在偷懒。,The supposed prince turned out to be a beggar in disguise. 那个被信为王子的人,原来是乞丐乔装的。,dot (Line 67),vt. 1) mark sth. with a dot 以小圆点标出某物,Dotted lines are made of a row of dots. 由点组成的线，虚线。,2) esp. passive place (things or people)here and there; scatter（将人或物）分布各处；分散,be dott
34、ed with: 星罗密布的，遍布星星点点之物的,The map is dotted with the names of streets. 地图上星星点点布满了街道的名称。,spot: (Line 67),vi. vt. usu. passive (cause sth. to) become marked with a spot or spots 有斑点或污点 sth. with sth.,The ink has spotted my clean shirt.,spotted: a. marked or covered with pots有斑点的， 有污点的,a spotted dog,2)
35、vt. see sb. or sth. 注意，发现，察觉,I spotted my mother in the crowd.,我很快就知道该怎么办了。,I soon spotted what to do.,Step 9,The author came to know the real Sarah, a great person, disabled in body but firm in spirit. (Paras 31-44),Directions: Scan Paras 31-44 and answer questions.,1. Where was Sarahs home?,2. Wha
36、t did Sarahs home look like?,3. What impression did the author have ofSarahs mother?,4. What did Sarah look like?,in a remote place in Texas that looked like a decaying shanty surrounded by tall grass junk,Sarahs home was _ _ _. Sarahs mother was _ _. And Sarah _ _ _.,a hard-working women with stren
37、gth,a thin figure, curled up in a wheelchair (a weak body), but with a clear and certain smile (a wonderful mind),The authors attitude toward Sarah,The great Sarah Morris. (Para 44),decay: (Line 69) vi. vt. （使）变坏，衰退，腐烂,词根： cad 下落，死亡 to fall, to die,1) be slowly destroyed by a natural chemical proces
38、s, or to make sth. do this,Her body was already starting to decay.,Sugar decays your teeth.,Language Points,decayed teeth 蛀牙,Hundreds of historic buildings are decaying.,2) if buildings, structures, or areas decay, their condition gradually becomes worse,3) if traditional beliefs, standards, etc. de
39、cay, people do not believe in them or support them any more,a decaying culture, society 衰退的文化、社会,The house is in decay. 这房子已腐朽。 premature decay 早衰 tooth decay 牙齿坏掉 national decay 国家衰败fall into decay 衰落,n. the natural chemical change that causes the slow destruction of sth.,grab: (Line 73) 1) vt. tak
40、e sth. quickly and roughly 强取，攫夺seize, catch, sth. (from sb) hold of a chance / opportunity,n. make a grab for / at sth.,The robber made a grab at the ladys purse.,But that smile! (Para 37),But how radiant, how dazzling that smile is! Although Sarah was a handicapped woman that she had to work three
41、 times as hard as other people to realize her dream, the author could see no despair or pessimism on her face.,Difficult sentences,Step 5,Transformed the author, bringing him back from cynicism to a positive attitude. (Paras 45-47),I had contacted Sarah Morris months earlier looking for a fight. I r
42、ealized now, watching her strain in this dark room to type words that perhaps no other soul will read, that I had found that fight. (Para 45),Here “fight” does not mean the real fight between two people. It implies the different situation from which Sarah claimed herself was in.,Difficult sentences,
43、We know that the author was a cynical person. Although he had learned something about Sarah before seeing her, he still suspected her to be a liar. He contacted Sarah just out of curiosity, as he wanted to prove that Sarah was a real crank and liar and that himself was right again. So he went to her
44、 home with a determined mind to unmask Sarah.,Only, it wasnt with Sarah. It was with myself. It is the same fight the sports world experiences daily in these times of cynicism. The fight to trust that athletes can still be heroes. (Para 46),But to the contrary, seeing how hard Sarah was working for
45、her dream, he was ashamed of his cynicism and suspicion. Sarah turned out to be such an honest, diligent, and optimistic woman.,So he realized that the fight was not between Sarah and himself, but with himself. He should not have suspected Sarah when they got contacted. He had to fight against his o
46、wn cynicism, and learn to trust people again.,The sports world was experiencing the same situation fight against distrust. Although some athletes take drugs in order to win the competition, the majority win the game with their real strength rather than cheat. We should not treat them indiscriminatin
47、gly.,In a place far from such doubt, with a mind filled with wonder, Sarah Morris had brought me back. (Para 47),The author may have experienced cheat and dishonesty in life, but on seeing that Sarah was working under incredible strain yet never gave up passion for life, he was so moved that he resumed his positive attitude toward life Believe people and love life.,In the beginning, the author answered Sarahs letter in order to _ _. But the fight turned out to be _ _.,
