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1、辽东学院 大学英语课程系列教案 新视野大学英语读写教程 第三版 第 1 册 Unit2 section A A childs clutter awaits an adults return 儿时百宝箱儿时百宝箱 老大归家梦老大归家梦 1 A childs clutter awaits an adults return (Title) Meaning beyond words: Here the word clutter refers to the many small personal items collected by children in the course of their gro
2、wing up. All these things are important and dear memories to them. No matter where they are or how far away they are from home, the clutter remains a bond between them and the family, representing a happy childhood. Usage note: await, wait 这两个词都是动词，都有“等候；期待”之意，但用法却有所不同： 1 await是及物动词， 后面直接跟宾语， 用法比较正式
3、；wait一般用作不及物动词， 常与 for， till，until 等词连用。 2 一般来说，await的宾语大多为抽象名词， 如decision，reply，arrival，return， announcement 等；而wait for的宾语一般是人或事物。例如： They were awaiting the birth of their first child. 他们在等待着他们第一个孩子的降生。 Hes awaiting trial, which is expected to begin next month. 他在等候审判，预计下个月开始。 I have been waiting
4、for her for an hour at the bus stop. 我已经在公共汽车站等了她一个小时了。 She has been waiting nervously for news of her son in the army. 她一直在紧张地等候她在部队 里的儿子的消息。 3 await之后可以接动名词；wait之后接动词不定式。例如： We shall await hearing further from them. / We shall wait to hear further from them. 我们等待 他们进一步的消息。 1 I watch her back her n
5、ew truck out of the driveway. The vehicle is too large, too expensive. Shed refused to consider a practical car with good gas efficiency and easy to park. Its because of me, I think. She bought it to show me that she could. 1 我看着她在车道上倒着她的新卡车。 车太大，而且太贵。 她就是不愿意考虑买辆开起 来省油、停起来省心的实用型汽车。 我想，原因在我。 她买这辆车就是为
6、了让我看看她 的能耐。 4 I watch her back her new truck out of the driveway. (Para. 1) Note: Notice that the mother is telling a story that happened in the past. She uses the past tense to describe the events that happened before her daughter left home. But when she describes the events that happened after her
7、 daughter left, she uses the present tense. By manipulating the past tense and the present tense, the author achieves immediacy in time, and produces the effect of great vividness. This use of the present tense to describe past events is referred to as “the narrative present” or “the dramatic presen
8、t” 5 The vehicle is too large, too expensive. (Para. 1) Meaning beyond words: Here with too large and too expensive, the mother expresses her disagreement with her daughters decision to buy such a large and expensive truck. 辽东学院 大学英语课程系列教案 新视野大学英语读写教程 第三版 第 1 册 6 Shed refused to consider a practical
9、 car with good gas efficiency and easy to park. (Para. 1) Meaning: She had refused to think about buying a practical car which used less gas and was easy to park. 7 Its because of me, I think. She bought it to show me that she could. (Para. 1) Meaning beyond words: Here the mother tries to show that
10、 the daughter, eager to be independent, is purposefully acting against her wishes. 2 “Im 18,“ shed told me so often that my teeth ached. “I am an adult!“ 3 I thought, is that true? Just yesterday you watched some cartoons. What changed between yesterday and today? 2 “我 18 岁了， ”她经常这样对我说，以至于听得我牙都疼了。 “
11、我是成年人了！ ” 3 我心想,真的吗？ 昨天你还在看动画片呢。 今天和昨天又能有多大的变化？ 8 “Im 18,” shed told me so often that my teeth ached. (Para. 2) Meaning beyond words: By saying repeatedly that she was 18, the daughter was constantly reminding her mom that she had grown up into an adult, old enough to make her own decisions. This ma
12、de the mother unhappy and annoyed. Note: Here the mother uses “my teeth ached” to show extreme annoyance, comparable to the sharp pain of an aching tooth. For example: I hate the scrape of chalk on the blackboard; it makes my teeth ache. 我讨厌粉笔在黑板上的刮擦声，听得我牙疼。 9 Just yesterday you watched some cartoon
13、s. What changed between yesterday and today? (Para. 3) Meaning beyond words: When someone likes watching cartoons, we tend to think that they are still a child. What the mother means here is that her daughter is still a child, though she kept saying she was already an adult. Note: The use of you ins
14、tead of my daughter or she puts the mother in the position of talking directly to her daughter as if the conversation were face-to-face between her and her daughter. 4 Today shes gone, off to be an adult far away from me. Im glad shes gone. It means she made it, and that Im finally free of 18 years
15、of responsibilities. And yet I wonder if she could take good care of herself. 4 今天她走了，远离我去寻求成年人的独立。 我很高兴她离开了。 这意味着她成功了，而 我也终于可以从 18 年的责任中脱身了。 但是我还是担心她能不能照顾好自己。 10 Today shes gone, off to be an adult far away from me. Im glad shes gone. It means she made it, and that Im finally free of 18 years of re
16、sponsibilities. And yet I wonder if she could take good care of herself. (Para. 4) Meaning beyond words: This shows that the mother is between two minds. On the one hand, she is happy her daughter is gone because this means her daughter starts to be independent and she can be free of responsibilities for her daughter; on the other hand, she is worried about whether her daughter could take good care of herself. In the mothers mind, her daughte
