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1、College English,Integrated Course Book 2,Unit 3 The Generation Gap,Father Knows Better,Objectives:,To understand the main idea ,To appreciate the basic elements of a play;,To grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;,To do a series of reading, listening, speaking, and wri
2、ting activities related to the theme of this unit.,Pre-reading tasks:,1. Listen to the song & answer the questions:,Who should be sitting up and taking notice? Why ?,What does the singer think of his parents way of doing things?,Key :,Parents, politicians, writers & critics should listen up, because
3、 the times are changing so fast that one cant be content with ones old way of life. Out of date. (outdated),2.notes:,the generation gap -difference in attitude, or lack of understanding, between the young and the old.,The basic elements of a play: characters, settings, stage directions, language, co
4、nflicts, climax, and the theme.,Please name the major characters & three settings in the play.,The functions of stage directions,to set up stage properties in the proper place; to indicate a change in setting;,to direct actors movement, gesture, facial expression, tone of voice, etc.,Center Stage,Up
5、 Left,Down Left,Up Right,Down Right,Audience,The illustration of a stage,Conflicts: as the essence of a play, is a clash of actions, desires, ideas,or wills. It may happen in three forms:,man against man, man against environment, man against himself.,When a conflict develops to the most intensified
6、point, it becomes a climax.,While-reading tasks:,Scan the play and divide it into three scenes according to the changes in setting:,Scene 1. Father embarrassed Sean by talking too proudly to the manager.,Scene 2. Father embarrassed Diane by persuading a workmate into,pressing his son to ask her to t
7、he senior prom.,Scene 3. Father embarrassed Heidi by boasting to her new school official about how bright she was.,Sum up the main conflict in each part:,Analyze the characteristics of Father, Mother, and the children.,The theme of the play:,Father interfered in childrens affairs with good inten-tio
8、ns, but only to find his efforts unwelcome.,Listen and practice,Language study,1.location,Witnesses showed the police the exact location of the accident.,the of the missing document of refugees to locate a town on a map,be located in.,2.embarrass,I chose my words carefully in order to avoid ing anyo
9、ne.,It embarrassed him that he had to give a talk in front of a lot of people.,I was really embarrassed when I knocked the cup of tea over my teacher.,be financially ed be ed by lack of money,3.dumb,He was so dumb that he left his keys at home again.,Dont be so dumb. You cant get a loan from the ban
10、k if you are laid-off.,Children born deaf and dumb can nowadays be taught to speak and lip-read.,He was struck with amazement. play dumb,in unison,The international community is ready to work in unison against terrorism.,4.consist of,The book s of essays written over the last twenty years.,The commi
11、ttee consists of scientists and engineers.,consist in sth 在于 consist with sth与.符合,5.fade,All color s, es-pecially under the impact of direct sunlight.,The sunlight gradually faded.,Her enthusiasm for early-morning exercises d as the weather was getting colder and colder.,They watched the mountains f
12、ade into the darkness. fade away 消失,6.overall,Overall, I like Marie, despite her faults.,Cut down your overall amount of extracurricular activities and spend more time on your study.,7.trade for,The farmers d farm produce for manufactured goods and money.,I will trade my stamp collection for your mo
13、del boat.,Have a rest.,8.keep in suspense,The audience is kept to the very end of the play.,I wont keep you in suspense any longer.Here are the results of the mid-term exam.,9.interrupt,Im sorry to , but youre not really answering my question.,Nobody was allowed to interrupt them while the meeting w
14、as in progress.,10.bet,I bet she was late for the meeting on purpose.,I ll bet a month pay on that. I bet you $5 that he cant do it. make a on,11.distract,Tom admits that playing computer games sometimes s him from his homework.,Passengers are requested not to the drivers attention while he is drivi
15、ng.,12.glorious,It seems a pity to be indoors on such a glorious day.,Vivid memories came flooding back of the glorious, romantic sophomore year.,13.hand down,The art of story-telling is ed down from mo-ther to daughter.,She had some jewelers which had been ed down from her grandmother.,The conferen
16、ce ed down its decision a few days ago. 正式宣布,hand in;递交 hand out;分发 hand on;传递 hand over;移交 hand up;上呈,14.at any rate,At any rate, you survived the car accident.,Well, at my rate, let me thank you for all you did for me.,munity,Police work to prevent crime and to protect the lives and property of the people in a .,College students have learned a lot in community service.,16.welfare,Parents are responsible for the of their childr
