1、,1,Unit 4 Heroes of our time,FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS HEBEI UNIVERSITY,Section B A heros aspiration,Lead-in,Inspiring your thoughts,Enhancing your skills,Fulfilling your task,Inspiring your thoughts,Enhancing your skills,Presenting your project,Lead-in,Lead-in,1. Do you want to b
2、e a man like one of them? Why ?,Task,Talking about hero,Lead-in,2. Can an ordinary person, like you and me, be a hero?,Of course! Because they are superheroes and have super power. They can help people who are in need.I think we ordinary people can be hero too because everyone can have some heroic q
3、ualities or can perform a heroic act.,Lead-in,Reference answers：,Enhancing your skills,Presenting your project,Project of the unit,Inspiring your thoughts,Reading skill,Reading comprehension,In 1990 Microsoft released its first version of Windows. This was a breakthrough in operating software as it
4、replaced text interfaces with graphical interfaces. It soon became a best seller and was able to capture the majority of the operating system market share. In 1995 Windows 95 was released, setting new standards and features for operating systems. This version of Windows has been the backbone of all
5、future releases from Windows 2000 to the latest XP and Vista. Nevertheless the success of Microsoft in cornering various aspects of the software market has led to several anti trust cases. In 1998 US v Microsoft, Microsoft came close to being broken up into three smaller firms. However on appeal Mic
6、rosoft were able to survive as a single firm.,Inspiring your thoughts,Now read the following passage quickly and fill in the blanks.,Task 1,Skill instruction,Reading skill,1. In 1990 Microsoft released its first _ . 2. In 1995 _ was released, setting new standards and features for operating systems.
7、3. In 1998 US v Microsoft, Microsoft came close to being broken up into _ smaller firms.,version of Windows,Windows 95,three,Inspiring your thoughts,Reading skill,Scanning is a technique that can help you quickly gain information from a book, magazine, newspaper or website without having to read eve
8、ry word. In particular, it is very useful for finding a specific name, statistic, date, or fact. It can save you time by allowing you to efficiently gather information which may be scattered throughout a long piece of writing. It helps you to research in a purposeful way.,Inspiring your thoughts,Wha
9、t is scanning?,Scanning is to locate specific information.,Reading skill,Decide exactly what information you are looking for and what form it is likely to take.Decide where to look to find the information (use some key words).Move your eyes quickly down the page until you find the information you ne
10、ed. Then read it carefully to answer the question.When you find what you need, do not read further.,Inspiring your thoughts,How to scan?,Reading skill,Read Text B and scan for answers to the following questions.,1. In which month did the story take place? November.2. Where did the accident happen? I
11、n the Dalton River.3. What is the name of the hero? Jonda.4. What is the name of the woman saved? Sandy.,Inspiring your thoughts,Task 2,Skill practice,Reading skill,Enhancing your skills,Presenting your project,Project of the unit,Inspiring your thoughts,Reading skill,Reading comprehension,This pass
12、age is a piece of narration.It tells a moving story of a police officers saving a woman in a car with troubles.,What type of writing is Text B? What story does it tell?,Reading comprehension,Inspiring your thoughts,Task 1,Global understanding of the text,Text B is such a narrative. Narratives are st
13、ories, mainly including：descriptions of settingsdescriptions of characters sections of dialogue,A narrative is a story; it is an account of a sequence of events, usually in chronological order.,Task 2,Understanding a good narrative,Reading comprehension,Inspiring your thoughts,The story itself shoul
14、d be interesting and lively.,Outstanding narratives will “show” rather than “tell”, allowing readers to see a picture that is not explicitly made but properly arranged, by time sequence or space setting.,Reading comprehension,Inspiring your thoughts,General rules to narrate a story:,Reading comprehe
15、nsion,Inspiring your thoughts,Structure of a narration,BeginningDevelopmentClimaxEnding,Officer Jonda drove the car on the winding road in the fierce November rain.The big car slipped off the road into the Dalton River.Half of the big car was submerged in the river and Sandy, the driver of the big c
16、ar, was drowned with the water up to her chest.Jonda saved Sandy and the big car was swallowed by the water.,Reading comprehension,Inspiring your thoughts,Why did Jondas pulse quicken while she was driving?Why did Jonda fail to save the teenager many years ago?After she failed to save the teenager,
17、Jonda _.What caused the car ahead of Jonda to slip into the Dalton River?,Read the text and answer the following questions. Try to use signal words to help you.,Reading comprehension,Inspiring your thoughts,Task 3,Detailed understanding of the text,to be continued,5. What did Jonda mean by “This is
18、too much, too familiar” (Para. 5)?6. Why did Jonda have to work quickly when she was trying to save Sandy?Why did Sandy ask Jonda to tell her grandchildren that she loved them? Why does Jonda feel she has much to be grateful for too?,Reading comprehension,Inspiring your thoughts,Because the car ahea
19、d was in trouble.Because the car was on fire and she could not get near it.became very sensitive to signs of potential accidents.The car failed to stop at the warning sign. This reminded her of the terrible accident involving that teenager. Because she could collapse soon.Because she thought she was
20、 going to die.Because she got rid of the guilty feeling by helping Sandy.,Reading comprehension,Inspiring your thoughts,Reference answers：,Do you think that police officers like Jonda should be blamed for failing to save victims of accidents? Why or why not?What can one benefit from helping others?D
21、o you think it worthwhile to give ones own life for other people? Why?,Work in pairs and discuss the following questions.,Reading comprehension,Inspiring your thoughts,Task 4,Critical thinking,1. No, I dont think so. Although it is the duty of police officers to save victims in accidents, they shoul
22、d not be blamed for failing to save the victims on some occasions. It would be unfair to blame them as situations may become out of their control. Sometimes they themselves may get injured or even die in their efforts to save those in danger. So in this sense, they may fail to save victims, but they
23、 are still heroes and are respectable.,Reading comprehension,Inspiring your thoughts,Reference answers：,to be continued,2. Helping others surely has its benefits. When we help others, we can derive a feeling of happiness and a sense of fulfillment. We will earn respect from other people. Besides, by
24、 helping others, we set an example for others who, in turn, will help even more people. If we extend a helping hand whenever necessary, we will help build a more friendly and harmonious world.,Reading comprehension,Inspiring your thoughts,to be continued,3. I think it depends on the situation. If yo
25、u know your sacrifice will save another persons life, it is undoubtedly worthwhile even if you have to risk your own life. Nonetheless, if you clearly know that your efforts wont save them even at the cost of your own life, then it is not a good idea to give up your own life. Maybe a better and more
26、 practical way is to ask more people for help. This way, you will not only save the victim, but also avoid unnecessary casualties.,Reading comprehension,Inspiring your thoughts,Presenting your project,Project of the unit,Inspiring your thoughts,Translation skill,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,
27、Language highlighting,Language learning,Look through the text and find out all the verbs or phrases that show the spirits of Jonda when she went to save the driver.,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language learning,Task 1,Word Bank,bare a. 赤裸的；光秃秃的；无覆盖物的；仅有的；勉强的；最低限度的barely ad. 勉强才能；几乎不；刚刚；只有；仅
28、仅,He was so drunk that he could barely stand.,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Task 2,Detailed learning of key vocabulary,Language highlighting,Translation:他醉得几乎站不住了。,1. They _ earn enough to maintain themselves and their four children. 他们赚的钱只能供自己和四个孩子勉强度日。2. The patient stood uneasily on the _
29、floor. 那个病人很不自在地站在光秃秃的地板上。3. She was _ 15 when she won her championship. 她首次赢得冠军的时候才15岁。,bare barely,Fill in the blanks with the following words, and translate the sentences.,barely,bare,barely,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,vt. officially get rid of a law, system, practi
30、ce, etc. 废止；废除；取消,It was not until 1920 that they abolished all the unequal treaties.,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Translation:直到1920年他们才废除了所有的不平等条约。,stop listening to or thinking about sb. or sth. 不再听；不再想,I couldnt understand the lecture of this professor, so I just tu
31、rned off.,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Translation:我听不懂这位教授的讲座，所以也就不听了。,drive to the side of the road and stop your car, or make sb. else do this 使（车辆或司机）停靠在路边,The policeman signed him to pull over and gave him a speeding ticket.,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Lan
32、guage highlighting,Translation:那名警察示意他靠路边停车，并给他一张超速罚款单。,vi. 1) suddenly fall down or become unconscious because you are ill or weak（因病或虚弱）突然倒下，昏倒,She arrived at home exhausted and barely capable of taking a shower before collapsing on her bed.,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighti
33、ng,Translation:她回家时筋疲力尽，勉强洗了个澡，然后就倒在了床上。,2) If a building, wall, etc. collapsed, it falls down suddenly, usually because it is weak or damaged 倒塌；坍塌,Last night, the roof of the old house collapsed under the weight of the snow.,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Translation:昨天
34、夜里，老房子的屋顶承受不住积雪的重量而坍塌了。,Meaning: Half of the car was under the river water.Structure: Participle + prepositional phrase + be (+ n.),有时为了强调，可将部分谓语置于句首，构成倒装结构。用于这类倒装结构的动词大多表示位置或状态，如 hang, stand, sit 等。,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Task 3,Sentence analysis,Language highlighting,倒装结构种类：,1. 现在分词置
35、于句首的倒装结构。Leading to the park is a very delightful road. 通向公园的是一条非常宜人的路。,Enhancing your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,2. 过去分词置于句首的倒装结构。Buried in the sands was an ancient village. 埋在这沙土之中的是一个古老的村庄。,3. 不定式置于句首的倒装结构。To be carefully considered are the following questions. 下列问题要仔细考虑。,Enhanci
36、ng your skills,Language focus,Language highlighting,Presenting your project,Project of the unit,Inspiring your thoughts,Enhancing your skills,Language highlighting,Language learning,Language focus,Translation skill,1. Whos a hero these days?2. Who are the heroes among us?3. These are civilian heroes
37、, who acted instinctively with courage and grace when caught up in extraordinary circumstances.,Enhancing your skills,Translation skill,Translate the following sentences from Section A into proper Chinese.,Task 1,Translation in reverse order,谁是当今的英雄？我们身边哪些人是英雄呢？这些都是平民英雄。他们在特别危急的情况下，本能地做出勇敢而高尚的举动。,En
38、hancing your skills,Translation skill,Reference answers：,颠倒原文句子结构的排列顺序来进行翻译。中文中的副词常置于句首，而英文则多置于句尾。定语后置（复杂的定语从句）。,顺译法：translation in original order倒译法：translation in reverse order,Enhancing your skills,Translation skill,Translation in reverse order 倒译法,1. Another hero from the mass shooting in Tucson
39、 was Dory Stoddard. 图森枪击事件中的另一位英雄是多利斯托达德。,Enhancing your skills,Translation skill,2. It used to be that the word hero was reserved for those who performed acts of distinct courage beyond the call of duty. 在过去，“英雄”一词仅限于称呼那些作出超乎职责范围的特别英勇的行为的人们。,Examples：,1. Road conditions were dangerous on that cold,
40、 dark wintery night. (Para. 1)2. The driver would not have had time to make it out, Jonda knew. (Para. 6)3. The woman was crying in Jondas arms. (Para. 14),Enhancing your skills,Translation skill,Task 2,Translation practice,在那个寒冷、漆黑的冬夜，路况险恶。琼达知道，司机肯定来不及脱身。那位妇女在琼达的怀里哭了。,Enhancing your skills,Translation skill,Reference answers：,44,Narrate a story of a hero with the structure of beginning, development, climax and ending.,Task,Narrating a story,Fulfilling your task,Criteria for self-evaluation and peer-evaluation,Fulfilling your task,
