安徽科技学院：《大学英语读写》课程教学资源（PPT课件，一级）Unit 10（Book 1）Going Home

Unit Going Home

Unit 10 Going Home

Teaching aims To feel the complicated feelings of Vingo when he came back home and the moving love between the couple

Teaching aims ❖To feel the complicated feelings of Vingo when he came back home and the moving love between the couple

Important points 1)Understand Vingo's upset on the way home 2)Compare Vingo's silence with the boys and girls'happiness 3)The meaning of those yellow handkerchief 4)Language points

Important points ❖1) Understand Vingo’s upset on the way home ❖2) Compare Vingo’s silence with the boys and girls’ happiness ❖3) The meaning of those yellow handkerchief ❖4) Language points

Expressions to study by yourselves 5.1 dusty 5.2 exclaim 5.3 mysterious 5.4 retreat 5.5 root 5.6 stun 5.7 tighten 5.8 vanish 5.9 be caught up in 5.10 take back

Expressions to study by yourselves ❖ 5.1 dusty 5.2 exclaim ❖ 5.3 mysterious 5.4 retreat ❖ 5.5 root 5.6 stun ❖ 5.7 tighten 5.8 vanish ❖ 5.9 be caught up in 5.10 take back

Background information (Yellow Hope and Happiness Yellow is sunshine.It is a warm color that,like red,has conflicting symbolism.On the one hand it indicates happiness and joy. Yellow is cheerful.On the other hand yellow is the color of cowardice and deceit. Besides,because of the high visibility of bright yellow,it is often used for hazard signs and some emergency vehicles

Background information (Yellow )  Hope and Happiness Yellow is sunshine. It is a warm color that, like red, has conflicting symbolism. On the one hand it indicates happiness and joy. Yellow is cheerful. On the other hand yellow is the color of cowardice and deceit. Besides, because of the high visibility of bright yellow, it is often used for hazard signs and some emergency vehicles

Significance o Tying a Yellow Ribbon Display of a Yellow Ribbon is a sign of loyalty to family,friends or loved ones who are welcome home.Customarily it is used to welcome home men and women who have been away for a long time under particularly difficult circumstances such as war or prison

Significance of Tying a Yellow Ribbon Display of a Yellow Ribbon is a sign of loyalty to family, friends or loved ones who are welcome home. Customarily it is used to welcome home men and women who have been away for a long time under particularly difficult circumstances such as war or prison

Language of Yellow Good yellow Yellow ribbon-hope,support,remembrance Mellow(柔美的)yellow一laid back,relaxation Bad Yellow Yellow/Yellow streak(胆怯)/yellow-bellied(▣ 小的)一cowardice or coward Yellow journalism(黄色新闻)一-irresponsible reporting (注：以上关于黄色的背景知识摘自《海外英语》 (Overseas English)2006年第11期，P17)

 Language of Yellow  Good yellow Yellow ribbon—hope, support, remembrance Mellow (柔美的) yellow — laid back, relaxation  Bad Yellow Yellow / Yellow streak (胆怯) / yellow-bellied（胆 小的）—cowardice or coward Yellow journalism（黄色新闻）—irresponsible reporting  (注：以上关于黄色的背景知识摘自《海外英语》 （Overseas English）2006年第11期，P 17)

Background information (Florida Fort Lauderdale Americans has a craze for sun.The most desirable place is the coastline of southern California,but Florida is perhaps the most popular state in the Sun Belt.In fact,it calls itself "the Sunshine State".It has a subtropical climate(亚热带气候)and is ideal for vacation.From November to March northerners and easterners come to lie on the warm,sandy beaches of Miami(迈阿密（美国佛罗里州达东南部港市）)，palm beach and the other resorts along the coast.And that is why the boys and girls in our story are so eager to leave the "gray","cold"city of N.Y.to vacation in Florida.Fault Lauderdale is a city of Southeast Florida, to the north of Miami Beach

Background information (Florida & Fort Lauderdale ) ❖ Americans has a craze for sun. The most desirable place is the coastline of southern California, but Florida is perhaps the most popular state in the Sun Belt. In fact, it calls itself “the Sunshine State”. It has a subtropical climate (亚热带气候) and is ideal for vacation. From November to March northerners and easterners come to lie on the warm, sandy beaches of Miami(迈阿密(美国佛罗里州达东南部港市)), palm beach and the other resorts along the coast. And that is why the boys and girls in our story are so eager to leave the “gray”, “cold” city of N.Y. to vacation in Florida. Fault Lauderdale is a city of Southeast Florida, to the north of Miami Beach

Background information (About the story） Going Home was originally as story circulating among people.Over one year after it appeared in the New York Post in 1971,there came out the popular song Tie a yellow Ribbon Round the Oak Tree,in which the story of Going Home was used

Background information (About the story ) ❖ Going Home was originally as story circulating among people. Over one year after it appeared in the New York Post in 1971, there came out the popular song Tie a yellow Ribbon Round the Oak Tree, in which the story of Going Home was used

Useful Expressions 1.神秘的民间传说 mysterious folklore 2.上公共汽车 board the bus 3.不合身的便服 ill-fitting suit 4.在深夜 deep into the night 5.下车 get off the bus 6.对…感到诧异 wonder about 7.过了一会儿 after a while

1. 神秘的民间传说 2. 上公共汽车 3. 不合身的便服 4. 在深夜 5. 下车 6. 对…感到诧异 7. 过了一会儿 mysterious folklore board the bus ill-fitting suit deep into the night get off the bus wonder about after a while Useful Expressions