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1、,An empty old house always seems mysterious, especially for children. Watch the film trailer of the movie Monster House, then share with the class whether your have similar story in your childhood.,Warming up,Warming up, Read the quotations about home. Work in pairs and discuss their meaning.,Warmin
2、g up, Work in pairs and discuss the questions.,1 Did you find anything strange about the two conversations? 2 Which do you think is most likely to take place, and why? 3 Do you have conversations like these? Who with? 4 What are the usual subjects of your conversations? 5 What do you think are the d
3、ifferences between the way that men speak to each other and how they speak to women? 6 What do you think are the differences between the way that women speak to each other and how they speak to men?,Warming up, Look at the sentences from the passage and think about who “I” is.,1 I can still remember
4、 the men who built the walls 2 My neighbour is an acquaintance but I only see him from an angle to the side. 3 My windows are my eyes, and they look onto trees and fields 4 At home I had another family to look after. 5 But around the corner, I can hear a very loud engine noise coming closer,Now read
5、 the passage and find out who the writer is meant to be.,Answer: “I” refers to the house.,Skimming,Browse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it. Answer the questions of Activity 2 and 3 on page 115.,Task,Skimming, Choose the best summary of the passage.,1 The passage tells the st
6、ories of the families in a house, from the time when it was built to the present day. 2 The passage is the story of a home, the people who lived there, and how life has changed over the years, narrated by the house itself. 3 The passage is written by the owner of a house, and describes how the famil
7、ies who lived there have changed the character of the house.,Answer: 2,Skimming, Answer the questions.,What is the narrators earliest memory? What are we told about the location of the house? What are we told about the structure of the house?,Being built.,It is in the country, near a big house, and
8、joined to another house.,It is an east-facing and semi-detached house, built of local golden stone and bricks.,Skimming,What was the main effect of the arrival of the young woman in the house?,It brightened up the house; the family was a happy one and the garden was filled with flowers.,5 Why do you
9、 think the couple sat by the front door crying? 6 What were the main changes to the house over the years?,Their son had been killed in the war.,It was modernized in many ways (indoor toilet, running water, electricity, new appliances etc) and the area in which it stood became a lot more built-up.,Sk
10、imming,7 How do we know that the narrator is getting old? 8 What do you think is about to happen at the end of the passage?,Its floors creak; some doors dont close properly; and it has a lot of golden memories.,The house will be demolished.,Golden memories,译文,Digging,1 I can still remember the men w
11、ho built the walls, and raised the roof, even though it was many families ago. The master from the big house over the way needed accommodation for his estate workers, and found a clearing in the woods which ran up and down the hills. He sent workmen to bring the local golden stone and collect some b
12、ricks, and they spent three months building two cottages in the park.,Background information,Digging,2 My neighbour is an acquaintance but I only see him from an angle to the side. Ive never seen him face on, but I do know that strangely, although were identical, were the exact opposite of each othe
13、r, with my front door facing east and my neighbours facing west, my bedroom in the back over his kitchen, my kitchen under his bedroom in the front. I think Im the lucky one because each morning, the stone glows in the sunlight.,译文,Digging,3 The workers tended the orchards and the gardens around the
14、 big house, so the trees in autumn were always heavy with apples and pears, and as the days grew shorter the land around was busy with helpers collecting the fruit to take to the big house, or to market in town down the way.,译文,Digging,4 Apart from the autumn, it was quiet here, and my worker seemed
15、 lonely until one day, he brought a young woman home. My corridors were soon filled with the sounds of conversation and laughter, and the smell of cooking. While the worker was away, the woman looked after the garden around me, planting roses, spring bulbs, and summer plants. It became filled with b
16、utterflies among a riot of colours, from blossom in early spring to the dark golden blooms and leaves of late autumn. It felt good to look after the happy couple.,译文,Digging,5 Soon there were children to look after too, first a girl, who smiled happily and slept deeply, and then a boy with powerful lungs, who kept us all awake. But both were happy and good infants. They played quietly together inside or in the garden, and gradually grew older and taller. One of my happiest memories is of one
