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1、Unit 6Unit 6A FRENCH FOURTH A FRENCH FOURTH Unit6Watch the video and answer the following questions.1.Why did Denise hit Paul? Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 1Audiovisual supplementCultural informationBecause Paul said that his father was stupid. Because no matter what, one does not
2、 hit people and Denise should know better than that. 2. Why do you think Xu Datong insists on Denise apologizing to Paul? It is no big deal. Kids will make it up themselves.3. Whats Pauls father, Quinlins attitude towards the matter? Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 2Audiovisual suppl
3、ementCultural information4. What do you think are the differences in educating children between Chinese and the Americans?open-ended. Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 3Audiovisual supplementCultural informationFrom The Gua-Sha Treatment Jian Ning:Denise: Jian Ning: Xu Datong: Quinlin:
4、 Xu Datong:Denise: Xu Datong: Quinlin: Xu Datong: Video Script1Audiovisual supplementCultural informationDenise, why did you hit Paul?He hit me too.It doesnt matter. You dont hit people. You know better than that. Denise, I want you to apologize to Paul. Its no big deal. Yes, it is. Come on, apologi
5、ze to Paul. Going to win. Say youre sorry. The kids are fine; they make up. Let it go. Come on. Count three. One two two and half Video Script2Audiovisual supplementCultural information(Denise spit on Paul and Li Datong hit Denise on the head.) Jian Ning: Xu Datong:Denise: Datong!Say that youre sorr
6、y. He said that youre stupid. Li Datongs father: 当面教子背后教妻。啊？当面教子背后教妻。啊？ceremonies, and various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States. 1. Independence Day Cultural information 1Audiovisual supplementCultural information In the United
7、States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, ca
8、rnivals, picnics, concerts, baseball games, political speeches andOn June 14, 1777, in order to establish an official flag for the new nation, the Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act: “Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that
9、the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.”Cultural information 2Audiovisual supplementCultural information2. American Flag For more than 200 years, the American flag has been the symbol of the nations strength and unity. Its been a source of pride and insp
10、iration for millions of citizens. Cultural information 3Audiovisual supplementCultural informationToday the flag consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, seven red alternating with six white. The stripes represent the original thirteen colonies, the stars represent the fifty states of the Union. The
11、 colors of the flag are symbolic as well: Red symbolizes Hardiness and Valor, White symbolizes Purity and Innocence and Blue represents Vigilance, Perseverance and Justice.General analysis In this text, the author discusses the costs and benefits of living in a foreign culture. He also points out th
12、at globalization is diminishing the divide between cultures. Structural analysis General analysis Rhetorical features(Paragraphs 10 12): The author talks about the effect of globalization, and argues that globalization has produced more negative than positive effects on cultural diversity. Structura
13、l analysisPart I (Paragraphs 1 3): The author describes his way of celebrating his home countrys National Day, i.e. the Independence Day of the United States. This text talks about the cultural influence of a foreign culture on expatriated families. It can be divided into three parts.Part II (Paragr
14、aphs 4 9): The author makes a contrastive analysis of the costs and benefits of the expatriated people. Part III Structural analysis General analysis Rhetorical featuresRhetorical Features The author of this text follows a “specific-to-general” pattern in his discussion, i.e. he first talks about wh
15、at it means to his children to hang out the national flag of their native land in a foreign country on July 4th every year and then expresses his view on the importance for expatriated people in general to keep their cultural identity, especially when the whole world is undergoing a process of globa
16、lization. The specific points can be found in his discussion of the costs and benefits of raising children in a foreign culture in Paragraphs 4 9 while the general conclusion can be found in Paragraphs 10 12, especially Paragraph 12.Structural analysis General analysis Rhetorical features1 Along abo
17、ut this time every year, as Independence Day approaches, I pull an old American flag out of a bottom drawer where it is folded away folded in a square, I admit, not the regulation triangle. Ive had it a long time and have always flown it outside on July 4. Here in Paris it hangs from a fourth-floor
18、balcony visible from the street. Ive never seen anyone look up, but in my minds eye an American tourist may notice it and smile, and a French passerby may be reminded of the date and the occasion that prompt its appearance. I hope so.Detailed reading1Detailed readingA FRENCH FOURTHCharles TrueheartD
19、etailed reading2Detailed reading2 For my expatriated family, too, the flag is meaningful, in part because we dont do anything else to celebrate the Fourth. People dont have barbecues in Paris apartments, and most other Americans I know who have settled here suppress such outward signs of their herit
20、age or they go back home for the summer to refuel.3 Our children think the flag-hanging is a cool thing, and I like it because it gives us a few moments of family Q&A about our citizenship. My wife and I have been away from the United States for nine years, and our children are eleven and nine, so A
21、merican history is mostly something they have learned or havent learned from their parents. July 4 is one of the times when the American in me feels a twinge of unease about the great lacunae in our childrens understanding of who they are and is prompted to try to fill the gaps. Its also a time, one
22、 among many, when my thoughts turn more generally to the costs and benefits of raising children in a foreign culture.Detailed reading3Detailed readingDetailed reading4Detailed reading4 Louise and Henry speak French fluently; they are taught in French at school, and most of their friends are French.
23、They move from language to language, seldom mixing them up, without effort or even awareness. This is a wonderful thing, of course. And our physical separation from our native land is not much of an issue. My wife and I are grateful every day for all that our children are not exposed to. American sc
24、hool shootings are a good object lesson for our children in the follies of the society we hold at a distance.Detailed reading5Detailed reading5 Naturally, we also want to remind them of reasons to take pride in being American and to try to convey to them what that means. It is a difficult thing to d
25、o from afar, and the distance seems more than just a matter of miles. I sometimes think that the stories we tell them must seem like Aesops (or La Fontaines) fables, myths with no fixed place in space or time. Still, connections can be made, lessons learned.Detailed reading6Detailed reading6 Last su
26、mmer we spent a week with my brother and his family, who live in Concord, Massachusetts, and we took the children to the North Bridge to give them a glimpse of the American Revolution. We happened to run across a reenactment of the skirmish that launched the war, with everyone dressed up in three-co
27、rnered hats and cotton bonnets. This probably only confirmed to our goggle-eyed kids the make-believe quality of American history.Detailed reading7Detailed reading7 Six months later, when we were recalling the experience at the family dinner table here, I asked Louise what the Revolution had been ab
28、out. She thought that it had something to do with the man who rode his horse from town to town. “Ah”, I said, satisfaction swelling in my breast, “and what was that mans name?” “Gulliver?” Louise replied. Henry, for his part, knew that the Revolution was between the British and the Americans, and th
29、ought that it was probably about slavery. Detailed reading8Detailed reading8 As we pursued this conversation, though, we learned what the children knew instead. Louise told us that the French Revolution came at the end of the Enlightenment, when people learned a lot of ideas, and one was that they d
30、idnt need kings to tell them what to think or do. On another occasion, when Henry asked what makes a person a “junior” or a “II” or a “III”, Louise helped me answer by bringing up kings like Louis Quatorze and Quinze and Seize; Henry riposted with Henry VIII.Detailed reading99 I cant say I worry muc
31、h about our childrens European frame of reference. There will be plenty of time for them to learn Americas pitifully brief history and to find out who Thomas Jefferson and Franklin Roosevelt were. Already they know a great deal more than I would have wished about Bill Clinton.Detailed readingDetaile
32、d reading1010 If all of this resonates with me, it may be because my family moved to Paris in 1954, when I was three, and I was enrolled in French schools for most of my grade-school years. I dont remember much instruction in American studies at school or at home. I do remember that my mother took m
33、e out of school one afternoon to see the movie Oklahoma! I can recall what a faraway place it seemed: all that sunshine and square dancing and surreys with fringe on top. The sinister Jud Fry personified evil for quite some time afterward. Cowboys and Indians were an American clich that had already
34、reached Paris through the movies, and I asked a grandparent to send me a Davy Crockett hat so that I could live out that fairy tale against the backdrop of gray postwar Montparnasse.Detailed readingDetailed reading1111 Although my children are living in the same place at roughly the same time in the
35、ir lives, their experience as expatriates is very different from mine. The particular narratives of American history aside, American culture is not theirs alone but that of their French classmates, too. The music they listen to is either “American” or “European,” but it is often hard to tell the dif
36、ference. In my day little French kids looked like nothing other than little French kids; but Louise and Henry and their classmates dress much as their peers in the United States do, though with perhaps less Lands End fleeciness. When I returned to visit the United States in the 1950s, it was a five-
37、day ocean crossing for a months home leave every two years; now we fly over for a week or two, although not very often. Virtually every imaginable product available to my childrens American cousins is now obtainable here.Detailed readingDetailed reading1212 If time and globalization have made France
38、 much more like the United States than it was in my youth, then I can conclude a couple of things. On the one hand, our children are confronting a much less jarring cultural divide than I did, and they have more access to their native culture. Re-entry, when it comes, is likely to be smoother. On th
39、e other hand, they are less than fully immersed in a truly foreign world. That experience no longer seems possible in Western countries a sad development, in my view.Detailed readingWhy does the author hang the American flag from his fourth-floor balcony in Paris? (Paragraph 1)Detailed reading1-Ques
40、ionHe does it for two reasons. First, as an American living in Paris, he does not want to forget his native heritage and flag-hanging is the only thing he can do to celebrate Independence Day. Second, he wants to use the flag-hanging as a special means to teach his children about American history an
41、d as a reminder of their American identity. Detailed readingThe author has kept the old flag for a long time. Why didnt he get a new one? (Paragraph 1) Detailed reading1-QuesionThe text does not tell us explicitly, but it is very likely that this flag was brought to Paris from the U.S. a long time a
42、go. To the author, the old flag is a better reminder of his home country than a new one. Detailed readingWhat are the costs and benefits of raising children in a foreign culture? (Paragraph 4) Detailed reading4-QuesionAccording to the author, it is difficult for children to understand and identify t
43、he virtues of their native country without living in it, so they need to go back to their native country to make up for the ineffective family education. But the practice of raising children in a foreign culture has its merits. For example, it helps the children to acquire the new culture without be
44、ing exposed to the disadvantages of their native culture. Detailed readingDetailed reading5-QuesionDetailed readingWhy do the author and his family go back home for the summer? (Paragraph 5) As expatriates, they have little access to the traditional culture of their motherland. So they go back home
45、to trace the heritage of Americans. In addition, because their children are reared up in a completely foreign culture, they have the obligation to teach their children the culture and history of their motherland. Detailed reading9-10-QuesionDetailed readingWhat are the differences between the author
46、 and his children as expatriates at about the same age? What causes the differences? (Paragraph 910) They are different in both behavior and mentality. His children are quite like their French peers in behavior and dress style, while when the author was a child he was quite different from his French
47、 peers. These differences are due to the rapid social changes and cultural merging that have been happening all over the world. The world is becoming a huge melting pot in which different cultures are mixing up. Detailed reading12-QuesionDetailed readingWhy does the author say the development is sad
48、? (Paragraph 12) Because globalization becomes the keynote of life in the world today. Cultures are merging with each other; distinctions between different cultures are becoming blurred. Children cannot tell the exact differences between their own culture and other cultures and it is impossible for
49、them to relive the authors experience of living in a foreign culture. This kind of development of cultural globalization is a sad thing in the authors view. fold away: fold into a smaller, neater shape for easy storage Detailed reading1 fold awaye.g. These camping chairs can be folded away and put i
50、n the trunk. The piece of paper was folded away carefully and tucked into her purse. foldaway (i.e., collapsible) bed/iron board Detailed readingregulation: a. in accordance with the regulations; of the correct or designated type Detailed reading1 regulationDetailed readinge.g. As we walked along th
51、e street, we could see the noisy cheerful group of people in regulation black parade tunics. He had the short regulation haircut of a policeman.Detailed reading1- promptprompt: v. cause or bring about an action or feeling e.g. The Times article prompted him to call a meeting of the staff. My choice
52、was prompted by a number of considerations.Detailed readingDerivation:prompt n. prompt a. promptly ad. Detailed reading1- refuelrefuel: v. Detailed readinge.g.The authorities agreed to refuel the plane. 1) supply a vehicle with more fuel e.g.In a society of intense competition, people have to refuel
53、 every year. 2) take on a fresh supply of knowledge, information, etc. Detailed reading1- twingetwinge: n. e.g.John felt a twinge of fear when he saw the officer approaching. Detailed readinge.g. I feel a twinge in my back now and again. 1) If you feel a twinge of an unpleasant emotion, you suddenly
54、 feel it. 2) A twinge is a sudden, sharp pain. Teens exposed to second-hand smoke have a higher risk of developing heart disease later in life. _Detailed reading1- exposed toexposed to: If you are exposed to something dangerous or unpleasant, you are put in a situation in which it might harm you. De
55、tailed readinge.g. Poor John was exposed to the wind and rain. Derivation: expose v. exposure n. Translation:吸二手烟的青少年长大以后患心脏疾病的机率比较高。吸二手烟的青少年长大以后患心脏疾病的机率比较高。Detailed reading1- object lessonDetailed readingobject lesson: a striking practical example of some principle or ideal e.g.They responded to da
56、ily emergencies in a way that was an object lesson to us all.That was an object lesson in how to handle a difficult customer. Detailed reading2- take pride in take pride in = pride oneself on: be proud of e.g.She took pride in her flower garden. The team has achieved unprecedented success in this se
57、ason. All the players take pride in being a member of this team.We pride ourselves on always being punctual.Detailed readingconfirm: vt. prove that sth. is true Detailed reading2 confirme.g.These statistics confirm our worst fears about the depth of the recession.The spokesman confirmed that the are
58、a was now in the rebels hands. Detailed readingDetailed reading2swellDetailed readingswell: v. gradually increase e.g.The group of onlookers soon swelled into a crowd.The murmur swelled, but then died away. Detailed reading3frame of reference Please see to it that you are dealing with someone with a
59、 different frame of reference. The observer interprets what he sees in terms of his own cultural frame of reference. e.g.Detailed readingframe of reference: a particular set of beliefs, ideas, or observations on which one bases his judgement Detailed reading3 resonateDetailed readingresonate: vi. ev
60、oke or suggest images, memories, and emotions May this song resonate in your heart throughout the holidays. I would like these thoughts to resonate widely, especially with the citizens of China. This inspiring tale based on a bestselling nonfiction novel will resonate with audiences around the world
61、.e.g.Detailed reading3 live out sthDetailed readinglive out sth.: do sth. that you have thought or dreamed of doing The inheritance would allow her to live out her fantasies. e.g.Detailed reading3 nothing other thanDetailed readingnothing other than: only They were given nothing other than dry bread
62、 and water for their evening meal.Therefore, nothing other than a hurt received in love affairs affects one more severely.I am very tired and want nothing in the world other than to be at home. e.g.Detailed reading4immerseDetailed readingimmerse: v. engage wholly or deeply; absorb Collocation: immer
63、se sb./sth. inimmerse oneself in / be immersed ine.g.First of all, you should immerse your clothes in the water.He immersed himself in the history of Rome. Translation:克莱尔和菲尔在角落里深谈。克莱尔和菲尔在角落里深谈。Clare and Phil were immersed in conversation in the corner. _Detailed reading1 but in my minds eye but in
64、my minds eye an American tourist may notice it and smile . (Paragraph 1) Detailed readingParaphrase: but I imagine that an American tourist may notice it and show his appreciation of my action with a smile Detailed reading2 suppress such outward suppress such outward signs of their heritage (Paragra
65、ph 2) Paraphrase:do not give manifestations of their traditional culture handed down from their ancestors Detailed readingDetailed reading3 July 4 is one of the times July 4 is one of the times when the American in me feels a twinge of unease about the great lacunae in our childrens understanding of
66、 who they are and is prompted to try to fill the gaps. (Paragraph 3) Paraphrase:July 4 is one of the times I, as a native American, feel indistinctively uneasy about the great gaps in our childrens understanding of their American identity, and thus I am motivated to do something to fill the gaps. De
67、tailed readingDetailed reading4 -And our physical separation And our physical separation from our native land is not much of an issue. (Paragraph 4) Paraphrase:And living away from our native country does not matter much (in our childrens acquisition of our native language). Detailed readingDetailed
68、 reading11 In my day little French In my day little French kids looked like nothing other than little French kids. (Paragraph 11) Paraphrase:In the days when I lived in France as an expatriated child, French children were dressed in the unique French style, thus looking quite different from their co
69、unterparts in other countries. Detailed readingDetailed reading12 our children are confronting our children are confronting a much less jarring cultural divide than I did (Paragraph 12) Paraphrase: our children are faced with a much less shocking cultural difference Detailed readingDetailed reading1
70、2 Re-entryRe-entry, when it comes, is likely to be smoother. (Paragraph 12) Explanation:It seems to be easier for the children to restart the acquisition of their native culture. Detailed readinglDeveloping countries get access to the latest technology.lThe quality of products is improved due to glo
71、bal competition. lIncreased media coverage draws the attention of the world to human living conditions.Detailed reading Class Activity 1Detailed readingClass Activity: Discussion: Globalization is a very controversial issue today. Opinions vary considerably over its pros and cons. Please discuss wit
72、h your classmates about the positive and negative effects of globalization. For your reference Positive:Detailed reading Class Activity 2Detailed readingNegative:lGlobalization has led to exploitation of labor and job insecurity.lLocal industries are being taken over by foreign multinationals.lBad a
73、spects of foreign cultures are affecting the local cultures through TV and the Internet.lDeadly diseases like HIV/AIDS are being spread by travellers to the remotest corners of the globe.Consolidation Activities- Vocabulary mainPhrase practice Word derivationSynonym / AntonymVocabularyTranslation In
74、tegrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarConsolidation Activities-Phrase practice 11) The murderer was about to be hanged. Before the execution, he confessed all the crimes he had committed. VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammar2) As university campuses become incre
75、asingly multi-ethnic, they offer the conflicts society will face tomorrow. a glimpse of_3) All the people of the country offering the highest standards to the man who had used up all his talents for the welfare of the people. took pride in_Fill in the blank(s) in each sentence with a word or phrase
76、from the text in its appropriate form.in his minds eye_Consolidation Activities-Phrase practice 14) Under the protection of their well-furnished residence, they not most diseases common to urban populations. VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammar5) The railway company d
77、ecided to extend a branch line to Newcastle to coal direct other cities. hadconveybeen exposed to_ to_Consolidation Activities- attribute to VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammare.g.在我心目中，她仍然是上次那个我见到过的小女孩。在我心目中，她仍然是上次那个我见到过的小女孩。 In my minds eye, she is still the little
78、 girl she was the last time I saw her.in ones minds eye: in ones imagination or memory在他脑海里，他可以看到河边有一座美丽的房子。他在他脑海里，他可以看到河边有一座美丽的房子。他决定造这样一座房子。决定造这样一座房子。 In his minds eye, he could see a beautiful house beside the river. He decided to build such a house.Examination of Old English words and modern mea
79、nings can give you a glimpse of how languages develop through time.Consolidation Activities- tread on VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammare.g.人们拥挤在人行道上人们拥挤在人行道上, 想看一眼总统的车。想看一眼总统的车。 People swarmed over the pavements, trying to catch a glimpse of the Presidents car. a g
80、limpse of: a brief, quick view of, as in passing, momentary and incomplete perception我从火车的窗口瞥见了一座古老的城堡。我从火车的窗口瞥见了一座古老的城堡。 I got a glimpse of an old castle from the window of a train. 对古英语单词及其现代意义的调查可使你大致了解对古英语单词及其现代意义的调查可使你大致了解语言的发展历史。语言的发展历史。 Consolidation Activities- plow intoVocabularyTranslation
81、 Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammare.g.我们为国家的繁荣昌盛感到自豪。我们为国家的繁荣昌盛感到自豪。 We take pride in the prosperity of our country. take pride in: be proud of每取得一点成就，你都应引以为豪，因为它们是你每取得一点成就，你都应引以为豪，因为它们是你实现梦想的阶梯。实现梦想的阶梯。 Take pride in your accomplishments as they are stepping stone to your dreams.Consol
82、idation Activities- be proportional toVocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammare.g. 曝光之后，这个胶片就损坏了。曝光之后，这个胶片就损坏了。 The film was damaged after it was exposed to light. be exposed to: subject or allow to be subjected to an action, influence, or condition当当你你不不再再每每天天沉沉溺溺于于尼尼古古丁
83、丁和和其其他他有有害害物物质质的的时时候候，你的身体就开始恢复了。你的身体就开始恢复了。 When you are no longer exposed to nicotine and other poisons every day, your body begins to repair the damage. 我们会改善公交服务，承载更多的游客到我们的城市。我们会改善公交服务，承载更多的游客到我们的城市。 We will better our bus service and convey more visitors to our city. Consolidation Activities-
84、breathe down sb.s neckVocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammare.g. 我希望通过这个音乐传递一种非常愉快的独特感受。我希望通过这个音乐传递一种非常愉快的独特感受。I wanted to convey a particular feeling of overwhelming joy in the music. convey (to): a. communicate ideas or feelings indirectlyb. give official information
85、or a formal message to sb.c. (formal) move sb. or sth. from one place to another请把我们的歉意转达给史密斯先生，好吗？请把我们的歉意转达给史密斯先生，好吗？ Could you please convey our apologies to Mr. Smith? Consolidation Activities- Word derivation 1.1VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammar1) fluent a. flu
86、ency n. fluently ad. e.g.她通晓五种语言。她通晓五种语言。 他说英语和法语同样流利。他说英语和法语同样流利。 通过练习他能把西班牙语讲得很流利了。通过练习他能把西班牙语讲得很流利了。 She is fluent in five languages. He speaks English and French with equal fluency. With practice he could speak Spanish fluently. Consolidation Activities- Word derivation 1.2VocabularyTranslation
87、Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammar2) enroll v. enrollment n. e.g.每年，超过每年，超过15,00015,000名学生在这所大学登记注册。名学生在这所大学登记注册。 学校下学期要招学校下学期要招200200人。人。 近年，我校的升学率大幅度跃升。近年，我校的升学率大幅度跃升。 Each year more than 15,000 students enroll with the college. The school will enroll 200 students next term.In recent y
88、ears, the enrollment rate in our school has surged by a large margin. He was studying the work, with the aim of making it more accessible to his students. Consolidation Activities- Word derivation 1.3VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammar3) access n. access v. accessibl
89、e a. e.g.只有俱乐部会员才能使用体育馆和游泳池。只有俱乐部会员才能使用体育馆和游泳池。 分行官员可以访问中央数据库。分行官员可以访问中央数据库。 他他正正在在研研究究这这本本著著作作，为为的的是是让让这这本本书书更更容容易易被被学学生生接受。接受。 Only people with the membership of the club can get access to the gym and the swimming pool. Branch officials can access the central data bank. Consolidation Activities- W
90、ord derivation 1.4VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammar4) obtain v. obtainable a. e.g. 我妈妈无法负担我的学费，所以我要找份工作。我妈妈无法负担我的学费，所以我要找份工作。 我们的产品在所有计算机商店中有售。我们的产品在所有计算机商店中有售。 I need to obtain a job because my mother cannot cover the cost of my school fees.Our products are obtain
91、able in all computer shops. Consolidation Activities- Word derivation 1.5VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammar5) personify v. personification n. e.g.我们经常用拟人的方式称太阳为我们经常用拟人的方式称太阳为“他他”，称月亮为，称月亮为“她她”。 她虽然穷，却是慷慨大方的典范。她虽然穷，却是慷慨大方的典范。 We often personify the sun and the moon,
92、calling the sun “he” and the moon “she”. Although she is poor, she is the personification of generosity. We can get some enlightenment from their developmental experience. Consolidation Activities- Word derivation 1.6VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammar6) enlighten v.
93、 enlightening a. enlightenment n. e.g.持不同观点的人可以相互启发。持不同观点的人可以相互启发。 这是一次极有启发性、极令人兴奋的体验。这是一次极有启发性、极令人兴奋的体验。 他们的发展经验对我们有一定的启示。他们的发展经验对我们有一定的启示。 People with different ideas can enlighten each other. It can be an enormously enlightening and exciting experience. Because of globalization, different culture
94、s share more of the same features. Consolidation Activities- Word derivation 1.7VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammar7) global a. globalize v. globalization n. e.g.近来，全球变暖成为大家热衷讨论的话题。近来，全球变暖成为大家热衷讨论的话题。 今今时时今今日日，新新兴兴的的小小企企业业主主为为什什么么不不试试试试将将他他们们的的生生意意全球化呢？全球化呢？ 全球化使不同文化
95、有了更多的共性。全球化使不同文化有了更多的共性。 Lately, global warming has become a very hot issue. Why arent the new small business owners of today trying to globalize their businesses?Consolidation Activities- Word derivation 1.8VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammar8) prompt v. prompt a. p
96、romptly ad. We have to act promptly if we want to limit the damages. e.g.他的讲话激怒了人群中一名男子。他的讲话激怒了人群中一名男子。 快速准确的信息在商业竞争中是最重要的因素。快速准确的信息在商业竞争中是最重要的因素。 如果想避免更大的损失，我们就得立即行动。如果想避免更大的损失，我们就得立即行动。 His speech prompted an angry outburst from a man in the crowd.Prompt and accurate information is the most import
97、ant element in business competition.available, attainable, accessible Consolidation Activities- Synonym / Antonym11. Virtually every imaginable product available to my childrens American cousins is now obtainable here. 2. The particular narratives of American history aside, American culture is not t
98、heirs alone but that of their French classmates, too.Synonym:VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammar3. The sinister Jud Fry personified evil for quite some time afterward.Antonym: harmless, auspicious tale, story Synonym:Consolidation Activities- Synonym / Antonym24. We
99、happened to run across a reenactment of the skirmish that launched the war. Synonym: begin, start, commence VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammar5. On the one hand, our children are confronting a much less jarring cultural divide than I did. Antonym: comfort, relaxatio
100、n, ease 6. The American in me feels a twinge of unease about the great lacunae in our childrens understanding. Synonym: tackle, face, handle Consolidation Activities- Synonym / Antonym37. For my expatriated family, too, the flag is meaningful, in part because we dont do anything else to celebrate th
101、e Fourth. VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarAntonym: immigrate Consolidation Activities- Grammar mainVocabularyGrammarTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingRelative clauses introduced by where, when, why Passive voice Consolidation Activities- Grammar1.
102、1 Relative clauses are used to give additional information about something without starting another sentence. By combining sentences with a relative clause, the text becomes more fluent and repetition of certain words can be avoided. VocabularyGrammarTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWriti
103、ngRelative clauses can be introduced by: 1. a relative pronoun (who/whom, which, that, whose); 2. no relative pronoun at all; 3. a relative adverb (where, why and when) instead of a relative pronoun. Relative clauses introduced by where, when, why This is the shop in which I bought my bike. This is
104、the shop where I bought my bike.July and August are the months in which most people go on holiday. July and August are the months when most people go on holiday.Do you know the reason for which so many people in the world learn English? Do you know the reason why so many people in the world learn En
105、glish? Consolidation Activities- Grammar1.1VocabularyGrammarTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingFor example: A relative adverb can be used instead of a relative pronoun plus preposition. This often makes the sentence easier to understand. Consolidation Activities- Grammar1.2Vocabulary
106、GrammarTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingPractice: Fill in the blanks with the proper adverb. 1. This is the church Sue and Peter got married. where _2. 25 December is the day children in the West get their Christmas presents. 3. A famine was the reason so many Irish people emigrate
107、d to the U.S. in the 19th century. when _why _Consolidation Activities- Grammar1.3VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarPassive voice Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.
108、For example: My bike was stolen. Sometimes a statement in passive voice is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows: A mistake was made. The passive voice is especially helpful in scientific or technical writing or lab reports, where the actor is not really important but the pro
109、cess or principle being described is of ultimate importance. Consolidation Activities- Grammar1.3VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarPractice:Rewrite the following paragraph in the active voice. Last summer our house was painted by me. The job took about two weeks. Fi
110、rst, the exterior was washed using warm water and a mild detergent. Then all the chinks and pores in the walls were sealed with putty. After the putty had had a chance to dry, the exterior could be painted. A latex paint was used because it is easy to apply and cleans up with water. A whole week was
111、 needed to finish this part of the job. I was very careful to apply the paint evenly because I did not want to have to apply two coats. A color was used that wasConsolidation Activities- Grammar1.4VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarvery close to the original color. O
112、ur house is a two-story house, which meant that a tall ladder was needed to do the second story. The paint can had to be balanced on the top rung of the ladder while I worked. When the job was finished, a great deal of satisfaction was felt by me. I had to pat myself on the back. Even my dad said th
113、at a good job was done.Last summer I painted our house. The job took about two weeks. First, I washed the exterior using warm water and a mild detergent. Then I sealed all the chinks and pores in the walls with putty. After the putty had had a chance to dry, I could paint the exterior. Consolidation
114、 Activities- Grammar1.5VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarI used a latex paint because it is easy to apply and cleans up with water. I took a whole week to finish this part of the job. I was very careful to apply the paint evenly because I did not want to have to app
115、ly two coats. I used a color that was very close to the original color. Our house is a two-story house, which meant that I needed a tall ladder to do the second story. I had to balance the paint can on the top rung of the ladder while I worked. When I finished the job, I felt a great deal of satisfa
116、ction. I had to pat myself on the back. Even my dad said that I did a good job. Consolidation Activities- Translation11. 大厅里回响着小号独奏的乐曲声。大厅里回响着小号独奏的乐曲声。(resonate with) resonate with:a. exhibit or produce resonance or resonant effectsb. evoke a feeling of shared emotion or belief VocabularyGrammarTran
117、slation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingTranslate the following sentences into English.The hall resonated with the notes of the trumpet solo.Consolidation Activities- Translation2Practice： 这个基于畅销小说的感人故事将会引起世界各地观众这个基于畅销小说的感人故事将会引起世界各地观众的共鸣。的共鸣。VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activi
118、tiesWritingGrammarThis inspiring tale based on a bestselling novel will resonate with audiences around the world.Consolidation Activities- Translation32. 他走路的样子使我想起他父亲也是这样走路的。他走路的样子使我想起他父亲也是这样走路的。(remind of)VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarremind sb. of sb./sth.: b
119、ring a memory of sb./sth. into someones mindThe way he walks reminds me of the way his father used to walk.Consolidation Activities- Translation4Practice： 你能提醒我明天我和牙医有约吗？你能提醒我明天我和牙医有约吗？ 这些照片会使我经常想起我在那个国家的愉快旅行。这些照片会使我经常想起我在那个国家的愉快旅行。VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammar
120、Can you remind me about my dentists appointment tomorrow? These pictures will constantly remind me of my pleasant journey in that country. Consolidation Activities- Translation53. 我把日期搞错了，所以到达的日期不对了。我把日期搞错了，所以到达的日期不对了。(mix up) VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarmix u
121、p: confuse; bring sth. into disorderI mixed the dates up and arrived on the wrong day.Consolidation Activities- Translation6Practice：这是两码事，不要搞混了。这是两码事，不要搞混了。 我记日期的能力很差，常把事情的先后次序弄混。我记日期的能力很差，常把事情的先后次序弄混。 VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarTheyre two entirely different
122、 matters; dont mix them up.I have a poor memory for dates and often mix up the sequence of events. Consolidation Activities- Translation74. 听到女儿被牛津大学录取，她心中充满了自豪。听到女儿被牛津大学录取，她心中充满了自豪。(swell) VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarswell: vi. a. increase in volume or in siz
123、e, force, intensity, degree, etc.b. be or become filled (with pride, indignation, self- importance, etc.)Her heart swelled with pride when she learned that her daughter had been admitted by Oxford University.His chest swelled with anger at the thought of Johns rude behaviour. Consolidation Activitie
124、s- Translation8VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarPractice： 如果雨持续下，河水将会暴涨，冲破河床。如果雨持续下，河水将会暴涨，冲破河床。 想到约翰的无礼举动，他的心中就充满了愤怒。想到约翰的无礼举动，他的心中就充满了愤怒。 If the rain continues, then the rivers could swell and burst the banks. Consolidation Activities- Translation95. 在此次总统选举中，民主党
125、发动了一场拉拢女性选民的在此次总统选举中，民主党发动了一场拉拢女性选民的宣传活动。宣传活动。(launch)VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarlaunch: vt. set in operation; start, inaugurate, etc.Democrats have launched a campaign to win women voters over in this presidential election.Some institutions are going to laun
126、ch a new scheme to encourage more youngsters from poor backgrounds to go on to college. Consolidation Activities- Translation10VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarPractice： 这家公司调查了市场需求，决定推出新产品。这家公司调查了市场需求，决定推出新产品。一些机构正准备实行一项新计划，以鼓励更多来自贫困家庭一些机构正准备实行一项新计划，以鼓励更多来自贫困家庭的年轻
127、人进大学深造。的年轻人进大学深造。 The company researched the market demand and decided to launch their new product. Consolidation Activities- Integrated skillsVocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarDictationClozeConsolidation Activities- Dictation VocabularyTranslation Integrated skills
128、Oral activitiesWritingGrammarDictation You will hear a passage read three times. At the first reading, you should listen carefully for its general idea. At the second reading, you are required to write down the exact words you have just heard (with proper punctuation). At the third reading, you shou
129、ld check what you have written down. People who identify themselves as members of a social group / acquire common ways of viewing the world / through their interactions with other members of the same group. / These views are reinforced through institutions / like the family, the school, the workplac
130、e, / and other sites of socialization / throughout their lives. / Common attitudes, beliefs, and values / are reflected in the way / members of the group use language, / for example, what they choose to say or not to say / and how they say it. / Thus in addition to the notion of speech community / c
131、omposed of people who use the same linguistic code, / we can speak of discourse communities / to refer to the common ways / in which members of a social group use language / to meet their social needs. Consolidation Activities- DictationVocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGr
132、ammarDictation Consolidation Activities- Integrated skills3Cloze On July 4th, the United States celebrates its “birthday,” commemorating the official approval of the Declaration of Independence (1) the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. This document had been voted on July 2nd, (2) it was proclai
133、med on the 4th. Coincidentally, the two men most directly involved in the wording of the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, both died (3) the 50th anniversary of independence, July 4, 1826.by _but _on _VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarFill in each blank
134、in the passage with ONE appropriate word.July 4 is a day (4) parades, picnics, public addresses and fireworks, (5) in recent times long, elaborate orations have gone out of favor somewhat, and most places restrict fireworks to official displays in order to (6) the many injuries caused by people sett
135、ing off their own.The centennial and bicentennial 4th of July celebrations have been, of course, the most elaborate (7) . Philadelphia held a World Exposition in 1876, to which nearly 10 million people came. In 1976, there were nationwide (8) of the 200th anniversary of independence, highlighted by
136、a visit of ships from all over the world to New York Harbor. Consolidation Activities- Integrated skills4VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammaralthough _ones _celebrations _avoid _for _Consolidation Activities- Hints1It is the Continental Congress that released the Decl
137、aration of Independence. The agent and the subject of an action are usually connected by by. VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammar On July 4th, the United States celebrates its “birthday,” commemorating the official approval of the Declaration of Independence (1) the C
138、ontinental Congress on July 4, 1776. This document had been voted on July 2nd, (2) it was proclaimed on the 4th. Coincidentally, the two men most directly involved in the wording of the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, both died (3) the 50th anniversary of independence, July 4, 1826.by
139、_but _on _ On July 4th, the United States celebrates its “birthday,” commemorating the official approval of the Declaration of Independence (1) the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. This document had been voted on July 2nd, (2) it was proclaimed on the 4th. Coincidentally, the two men most direc
140、tly involved in the wording of the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, both died (3) the 50th anniversary of independence, July 4, 1826.by _but _on _Consolidation Activities- Hints2VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarThe proclamation on July 4th seems surpri
141、sing after what has been mentioned in the first part of the sentence, This document had been voted on July 2nd. As a result, the two opposite ideas should by joined by a conjunction but. On July 4th, the United States celebrates its “birthday,” commemorating the official approval of the Declaration
142、of Independence (1) the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. This document had been voted on July 2nd, (2) it was proclaimed on the 4th. Coincidentally, the two men most directly involved in the wording of the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, both died (3) the 50th anniversary of indep
143、endence, July 4, 1826.by _but _on _in_Consolidation Activities- Hints3VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarThe 50th anniversary of independence and July 4, 1826 are appositives, indicating the date of the two great mens death, before which on is usually used.July 4 is
144、a day (4) parades, picnics, public addresses and fireworks, (5) in recent times long, elaborate orations have gone out of favor somewhat, and most places restrict fireworks to official displays in order to (6) the many injuries caused by people setting off their own.The centennial and bicentennial 4
145、th of July celebrations have been, of course, the most elaborate (7) . Philadelphia held a World Exposition in 1876, to which nearly 10 million people came. In 1976, there were nationwide (8) of the 200th anniversary of independence, highlighted by a visit of ships from all over the world to New Yor
146、k Harbor. although _ones _celebrations _avoid _for _Consolidation Activities- Hints4VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarParades, picnics, public addresses and fireworks are the activities that people engage in on July 4th. In other words, these are the purposes of the
147、 day. July 4 is a day (4) parades, picnics, public addresses and fireworks, (5) in recent times long, elaborate orations have gone out of favor somewhat, and most places restrict fireworks to official displays in order to (6) the many injuries caused by people setting off their own.The centennial an
148、d bicentennial 4th of July celebrations have been, of course, the most elaborate (7) . Philadelphia held a World Exposition in 1876, to which nearly 10 million people came. In 1976, there were nationwide (8) of the 200th anniversary of independence, highlighted by a visit of ships from all over the
149、world to New York Harbor. although _ones _celebrations _avoid _for _Consolidation Activities- Hints5VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarIn the first part, it is said that July 4th is the time for public speeches and fireworks, while this sentence says that detailed an
150、d lengthy speeches are no longer popular and in most places fireworks set up by individuals are forbidden. Thus the two opposite ideas are joined by a conjunction although. July 4 is a day (4) parades, picnics, public addresses and fireworks, (5) in recent times long, elaborate orations have gone ou
151、t of favor somewhat, and most places restrict fireworks to official displays in order to (6) the many injuries caused by people setting off their own.The centennial and bicentennial 4th of July celebrations have been, of course, the most elaborate (7) . Philadelphia held a World Exposition in 1876,
152、to which nearly 10 million people came. In 1976, there were nationwide (8) of the 200th anniversary of independence, highlighted by a visit of ships from all over the world to New York Harbor. although _ones _celebrations _avoid _for _Consolidation Activities- Hints6VocabularyTranslation Integrated
153、skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarIn most places fireworks are restricted to official displays, so that people will not get injured when setting off fireworks on their own. Followed by the phrase in order to is a verb to complement an infinitive. July 4 is a day (4) parades, picnics, public address
154、es and fireworks, (5) in recent times long, elaborate orations have gone out of favor somewhat, and most places restrict fireworks to official displays in order to (6) the many injuries caused by people setting off their own.The centennial and bicentennial 4th of July celebrations have been, of cour
155、se, the most elaborate (7) . Philadelphia held a World Exposition in 1876, to which nearly 10 million people came. In 1976, there were nationwide (8) of the 200th anniversary of independence, highlighted by a visit of ships from all over the world to New York Harbor. although _ones _celebrations _av
156、oid _for _Consolidation Activities- Hints7VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarCelebrations is mentioned in the first part of the sentence, and to avoid repetition, here we need to put in a pronoun or noun to substitute celebrations. July 4 is a day (4) parades, picnic
157、s, public addresses and fireworks, (5) in recent times long, elaborate orations have gone out of favor somewhat, and most places restrict fireworks to official displays in order to (6) the many injuries caused by people setting off their own.The centennial and bicentennial 4th of July celebrations h
158、ave been, of course, the most elaborate (7) . Philadelphia held a World Exposition in 1876, to which nearly 10 million people came. In 1976, there were nationwide (8) of the 200th anniversary of independence, highlighted by a visit of ships from all over the world to New York Harbor. although _ones
159、_celebrations _avoid _for _Consolidation Activities- Hints8VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarThe topic of this paragraph is celebrations, and the author gives several specific examples, among which the 1976 celebrations is one. Consolidation Activities- Oral activit
160、iesVocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarGiving a talkHaving a discussionGiving a talkTopic: How would I try to maintain my national identity if I were in the United States?Consolidation Activities- Oral activities1VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesW
161、ritingGrammarhang national flag; sing anthem; watch Chinese TV programs; traditional festivals; Chinese food; Chinese culture Words and phrases for reference:Consolidation Activities- Having a discussionHaving a discussionTopic: What is the significance of flying the winners national flag accompanie
162、d with his/her national anthem in some international sports competitions?VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarhonour; patriotism; national pride; symbol Words and phrases for reference:A topic sentence is the sentence that states the subject that the paragraph will dev
163、elop. A good topic sentence has the following features:1) It is a complete sentence; that is, it should contain a subject and a verb.2) It is usually a statement, not a question.3) It is the most general statement in the paragraph. It does not give any specific details.4) It has two parts: the topic
164、 and the controlling idea. The topic refers to the subject of the paragraph, and the controlling idea is a word or phrase that the reader can ask questions about: How? Why? In what ways? What does that mean? etc. Consolidation Activities- Writing1VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitie
165、sWritingGrammarSuggestion: Use topic sentencesTopic: I Want to Send My Child Abroad for EducationConsolidation Activities- Writing2VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarThe modern study of biology consists of (three basic areas).What is the question a reader can ask?Its
166、 (very difficult) to study in a foreign country.What is the question a reader can ask? New York has (excellent) public transportation.What is the question a reader can ask?For examples: What are the three basic areas?A.B.C.Why is it difficult?In what ways is the public transportation in New York org
167、anized?Consolidation Activities- Writing3VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarSample: Nowadays, there are more and more students choose to attend schools or universities outside their home countries. As far as I am concerned, I would like to send my child to study abro
168、ad. There are several reasons for me to do so. First of all, students studying abroad can learn the advanced new knowledge and the new way of thinking. I want to send my child abroad to study not only because of the new and plentiful knowledge, but also of the different ways of thinking. These new t
169、hings together with what have been learned in the homeland would make a student develop in full scale and have a better understanding of the world. Consolidation Activities- Writing4VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarIn addition, when students are studying abroad, th
170、ey will contact with students from all over the world and surely they will become friends. Hanging out with his friends, my child will not only gain pleasure but also gain knowledge from them during the communication and association, as they will talk about the history of their own country and custo
171、ms of their people. Moreover, they will also help each other in their study and daily life, all of which will benefit the students. Last but not least, students abroad may grow more independently. As they do things all by themselves, they could get rid of protection from their parents and learn how
172、to face difficulties all on their own, which help them grow more independently.Consolidation Activities- Writing5VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarStudying abroad, students could harvest a lot due to the reasons above. In conclusion, there are many students who choo
173、se to attend schools or universities outside their countries. If I have the chance, I will definitely send my child to study abroad. Consolidation Activities- Writing6VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarPractice/Task Topic: Although some people think that children sho
174、uld begin their formal education at a very early age and should spend most of their time on school studies. There is still belief that young children should spend most of their time playing. Write a 250-word composition on this topic, telling the readers how do you think. Consolidation Activities- W
175、riting7VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarSample: There is a heated discussion about when children should begin to study. Some people think that children should start learning as early as possible. Others, however, argue that young children could begin to study late.
176、 As far as I am concerned, young children should spend most of their time playing and not begin studying too early. Although I agree there may be one or two advantages for children to begin to study early, I insist that the advantages of learning late far overweigh them. In the first place, people w
177、ho spend most of their time playing could be more creative. Learning more means that children can know more, but also means more restrictions put on them. Consolidation Activities- Writing8VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarIf children play more, they may find many t
178、hings interesting in their playing and raise many questions, which help them to study and work creatively when they grow up. In the second place, children could be more anxious to learn when they grow up if they spend most of their time playing. It is known that children like to play. Even if parent
179、s force them to sit at a desk, they cannot concentrate on their study. Instead, they keep thinking how to finish their work as soon as possible and believe they are studying for their parents. But children who spend most of their time playing do not hold resentment against study. When they grow up,
180、they will be willing to study even if parents do not monitor them, because they feel that they are studying for themselves. Consolidation Activities- Writing9In conclusion, I believe that young children should play more not only because they will be more creative, but also because they will be more
181、anxious to learn when they grow up. Therefore, I strongly hold that all parents should not push their young children into studying too early. VocabularyTranslation Integrated skillsOral activitiesWritingGrammarSection Five Further EnhancementText IIMemorable quotesLead-in questionsTextQuestions for
182、discussiona. For Chinese, higher values are put on group cooperation and individual modesty; while for Americans, self-reliance and self-promotion are more accepted. b. Chinese people attach much importance to interpersonal relationship. Maintaining a harmonious relationship has priority over accomp
183、lishing tasks. While American people are more task-oriented. Relationships are less important than getting the work done.c. Americans spend more than they have, so they are almost always in debt. Chinese usually spend less than the amount they have, so they always have money left in the bank for eme
184、rgency.Lead-in questions1) In what way are Chinese values different from the American ones? Lead-in questions 1Text IIMemorable quotesLead-in questions 2Text IIMemorable quotes2) What contributions do you think have the Chinese immigrants made to American society and culture? a. building the railroa
185、d in the Westb. Chinese cuisine and Chinese restaurants c. technological innovation and entrepreneurship d. introducing Chinese culture to America, such as Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Kungfu .Text1Text IIMemorable quotesSTUCK IN THE MIDDLE Lisa See 1 In 1871 my great-grandfather Fong See, an
186、 illiterate peasant, left his village in southern China for Sacramento, California, in search of his father, who had disappeared during the building of the transcontinental railroad. At about the same time, Letticie Pruetts family crossed America in a covered wagon and homesteaded in Oregon. By the
187、1890s, after years of manual labor, Fong See owned the Curiosity Bizarre, which manufactured underwear for brothels. Letticie had run away from home and ended up in Sacramento. When no one would hire a single, uneducated woman, she drifted into Chinatown and the Curiosity Bizarre, where she begged F
188、ong See for a job. He hired her, one thing led to another, and they decided to get married. 2 It was against the law in California and many other states for Chinese and Caucasians to marry. It was also against the law for Chinese to own property in California, and unlawful at the federal level for C
189、hinese to become naturalized citizens. These laws had grown out of the so-called “ Driving Out,” when Chinese had literally been driven from Western towns when they werent hanged, shot, burned or stabbed by members of the white community, who had no fear of retribution because Chinese could not test
190、ify in court against Caucasians. What started as informal harassment was formalized with the Exclusion Act of 1882, which barred the immigration of Chinese laborers and led to even more institutionalized racism.Text2Text IIMemorable quotesText3Text IIMemorable quotes3 But with a contract marriage dr
191、awn up by a lawyer, my great-grandparents set out to achieve the American Dream. Fong See and Letticie raised five mixed-race children and ran five antique stores in southern California. Fong See became the patriarch of Los Angeles Chinatown. He was the first Chinese in the U.S. to own an automobile
192、 and was one of the few Chinese to do business with the white community by selling props to the nascent film industry and antiques to customers like Frank Lloyd Wright. Despite these successes, Fong Sees four sons all American-born citizens had to go to Mexico to marry their Caucasian fiances.Text4T
193、ext IIMemorable quotes4 Drop down another generation. I am only one-eighth Chinese, with red hair and freckles. People often ask me where I fit in and how I define myself. My answer has to do with where I grew up and what I saw around me. Fong See had four wives, as Chinese traditional codes dictate
194、 for men with great wealth and prowess, so the Chinese side of my family in Los Angeles numbers close to 400, with only a handful that look like me. Its been 130 years since my great-great-grandfather left China, and weve become educated, changed our way of dress and lost our Cantonese. But theres a
195、 deep core that connects to our peasant ancestors. Text5Text IIMemorable quotes5 Many small rituals in my daily life mirror what I experienced as a child. I tell my sons to put only what theyre going to eat on their plates, and I still pick at their discarded chicken bones. When they want comfort fo
196、od, I cook them rice. (Shortly after going to college, my older son called to announce happily that the girls next door had a rice cooker.) When my younger son boasted that hed told his chemistry teacher to stop checking her e-mail during class, I made him go back the next day with a gift of a perfe
197、ct orange and an apology. Text6Text IIMemorable quotes6 I do look different, and nothing will ever change that or peoples reactions. Some friends mistook my father, a professor, for a Chinese waiter. Ive had Chinese Americans and Chinese-in-China talk about me as though I werent there: “I had a cous
198、in from the south who looked like her, but her hair is disgusting.” On book tours, Caucasians will often ask point-blank, “Why would you choose to be Chinese when you have all the privileges of being white?” Given my family and the era in which I grew up, I dont know I had a choice. Text7Text IIMemo
199、rable quotes7 The last of Americas miscegenation laws were overturned in 1965. Intermarriage is common, and if you walk into a classroom today, its impossible to tell a childs exact race, or what race or ethnicity he or she may identify with. You certainly cant with my own sons, who are only one-six
200、teenth Chinese and otherwise Irish, English, Scottish, Spanish, Russian, German, Austrian and Polish. I tell them its up to them to choose their own identities just so long as they marry nice Chinese girls. They think Im kidding. Im not, really. Who, I wonder, is going to cook them their rice? Text1
201、 the transcontinental railroad Text IIMemorable quotesthe transcontinental railroad (Paragraph 1) The First Transcontinental Railroad is the popular name of the U.S. railroad line (known at the time as the Pacific Railroad) completed in 1869 between Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska (via Ogden, U
202、tah and Sacramento, California) and Alameda, California. By linking the existing railway network of the Eastern United States, the road thus connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts by rail for the first time. Opened for traffic on May 10, 1869, it established a mechanized transcontinental transpor
203、tation network that revolutionized the population and economy of the American West. Text3 contract marriage Text IIMemorable quotescontract marriage (Paragraph 3) By writing marriage contracts, couples attempt to make a legal, civil agreement tailored to their individual situations.deep core (Paragr
204、aph 4) the essence of a culture that has transcended from generation to generationText4 deep core Text IIMemorable quotesWho, I wonder, is going to cook them their rice? (Paragraph 7) By asking this question, See may be hoping to convey to her own children and the readers the importance of maintaini
205、ng ones cultural heritage.Text7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesAbout the text This text is taken from Time, April 23, 2001. In the text, the author talks about the hard days of her great-grandparents before she looks at the problem of intermarriage and maintaining of native culture.Text7 WhoText IIMemora
206、ble quotesAbout the author Lisa See is the author of On Gold Mountain. An exhibition based on her family and the history of Chinese in America was run at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 2001.Text7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesa covered wagon (Paragraph 1) a wagon with a coverText7
207、WhoText IIMemorable quotes. one thing led to another . (Paragraph 1) . frequent contact led to love .Text7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesCaucasians (Paragraph 2) persons who have white or pale skinText7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesnaturalized citizens (Paragraph 2) persons born outside the country they mi
208、grated intoText7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesDriving Out (Paragraph 2) driving the Chinese immigrants out of America, which started in California in 1875Text7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesExclusion Act (Paragraph 2) an act passed in 1882, which led to the exclusion of Chinese immigrants for half a centur
209、yText7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesinstitutionalized (Paragraph 2) accepted as normalText7 WhoText IIMemorable quotespatriarch (Paragraph 3) an old man who is respected as the head of a family or tribeText7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesprops (Paragraph 3) A prop is a small object such as a book or weapon
210、 used by actors in a film or play.Text7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesnascent (Paragraph 3) coming into existence or starting to developText7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesFrank Lloyd Wright (Paragraph 3) born Frank Lincoln Wright (1867 1959), an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, w
211、ho designed more than 1,000 projects, which resulted in more than 500 completed works. Already well-known during his lifetime, Wright was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as “the greatest American architect of all time.Text7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesdictate (Paragraph 4) t
212、ell sb. exactly what he or she must do or how he or she should behaveText7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesrituals (Paragraph 5) A rictual is a ceremony that is always performed in the same way, in order to mark an important social or religious occasion.Text7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesmiscegenation (Parag
213、raph 7) the act of having children by parents of different races, esp. when one of the parents is whiteText7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesintermarriage (Paragraph 7) interracial marriageText7 WhoText IIMemorable quotesQuestions for discussion1Text IIMemorable quotes1. What difficulties did Fong See exp
214、erience after he arrived in the U.S.? He was faced with racial discrimination. American law prohibited him from owning any property or becoming a naturalized citizen, to name only two examples. Questions for discussion2Text IIMemorable quotes2. Is it easy for Lisa See to identify herself? Why or why
215、 not? No. Although she inherited some rituals from her Chinese ancestors such as being thrifty and polite, she is also influenced by Caucasian culture and American culture. Questions for discussion3Text IIMemorable quotes3. Do you think it is good for people like Lisa See to feel in-between in Ameri
216、can society? It is good for people like her because it is easier for them to merge themselves with the local people and get equal opportunities in education, employment and other things. It depends on how you define a Chinese. If we look at the blood relationship, no matter whether they are 1/2, 1/4
217、, 1/8, or 1/32 Chinese, they are unquestionably Chinese in origin. But they need to have much more to be a Chinese in a broader sense. Language is one of the many things they must possess. Without being able to speak or read the Chinese language, it is simply impossible for them to know, to feel or
218、to sense what a Chinese really is or what Chinese culture really means. Questions for discussion4Text IIMemorable quotes4. Do you think the Chinese who were born in a foreign country and have lost their native language can still be considered Chinese?Memorable Quotes1Text IIMemorable quotes1. And so
219、, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. John Kennedy 2. Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. George Jean Nathan 1) Discuss with your classmates about how you understand patriotism and nationalism.
220、Questions for discussion1Text IIMemorable quotesQuestions for discussionThe difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of ones country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of ones country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of respon
221、sibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that may lead to war.Suggested viewpoints:2) Boycotts of foreign products are considered patriotic by some people. What do you think about this? Questions for discussion1Text IIMemorable quotesQuestions for discussionBuying foreign products may w
222、eaken the national economy. Pros: Such boycotts may isolate the country from the world. Cons: Memorable Quotes1Text IIMemorable quotesJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy (19171963), often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1
223、963. The public murder of President Kennedy remains one of the most shocking public events of the 20th century. The Smart Set, and in later years he championed the plays of Sean OCasey and William Saroyan. Nathan wrote during the most important period of American theatres history and set critical st
224、andards that are still being followed. Memorable Quotes1Text IIMemorable quotesGeorge Jean Nathan (18821958) was the leading American drama critic of his time. Active from 1905 to 1958, he published thirty-four books on the theatre, co-edited The Smart Set and The American Mercury with H. L. Mencken. He was the first important critic to extol the genius of Eugene ONeill, publishing ONeills early work inNotation type here
