《综合英语》课程教学资源Ⅲ_50550_课程资源_综合英语Ⅲ_Unit 8 In My Day_预习课件_Book3 Unit8 预习课件2

Unit 8 In My DaybyRussellBaker

Unit 8 In My Day by Russell Baker

ContentsWarm-upWords&ExpressionsText AnalysisSentencePatternsOral&WrittenWorkCBIWork6

Contents 2 3 4 5 Words & Expressions Text Analysis Oral & Written Work Sentence Patterns 6 CBI Work 1 Warm-up

Part Paras.Main idea1-9II10-15川16-3132-3435-39IV40-49Finish this table by offering the mainideaofeachpart

Part Paras. Main idea I 1-9 II 10-15 III 16-31 32-34 35-39 IV 40-49 Finish this table by offering the main idea of each part

TextAnalysisWorkouttheanswers withII. General discussion of the textyourgroupmembers!. 1. What happened to Russell's mother at the age of 8O? Whereis she sent? Do you think it a good idea to send one's agingparents to a nursing home? Why or why not?: 2. Russell says,"...when I did phone back she was all rightalthough she wasn't all right, of course..." He uses the phrase "allright" twice. Do they mean the same?3.Whatkind of woman was Russell's mother when she wasyoung? Give a profile of her. In what way did her way of lifereflectthevaluesofthetimeshelivedin?

Text Analysis • 1. What happened to Russell’s mother at the age of 80? Where is she sent? Do you think it a good idea to send one’s aging parents to a nursing home? Why or why not? • 2. Russell says,”.when I did phone back she was all right, although she wasn’t all right, of course.” He uses the phrase “all right” twice. Do they mean the same? • 3. What kind of woman was Russell’s mother when she was young? Give a profile of her. In what way did her way of life reflect the values of the time she lived in? II. General discussion of the text Work out the answers with your group members!

TextAnalysisWork outtheanswers withII. General discussion of the textyourgroupmembers!4.Whatwas thedoctors'diagnosis of his mothers illness?Did Russellagree with them? What did he come to see about his mother's problem?5. How did Russell react to his mother's senility from a son's point ofview? What made him change his reaction to his mother's senility?6. How did Russell understand the relationship with his children from afather's point of view?7.What does Russell mean by"a dispute about time"?

Text Analysis • 4. What was the doctors’ diagnosis of his mother’s illness? Did Russell agree with them? What did he come to see about his mother’s problem? • 5. How did Russell react to his mother’s senility from a son’s point of view? What made him change his reaction to his mother’s senility? • 6. How did Russell understand the relationship with his children from a father’s point of view? • 7. What does Russell mean by “a dispute about time”? II. General discussion of the text Work out the answers with your group members!

Sentence patternsWork onthis partindependently!I. Involved sentencesStudythegrammaticalstructureoftheseinvolvedsentences.I soon stopped trying to argue her back to what I considered the real1world and tried to travel along with her on those fantastic journeysinto the past.2. It irritated me that their childhoods should be, as I thought, so easywhen my own had been, as I thought, so hard

Sentence patterns ◆ Study the grammatical structure of these involved sentences. I. Involved sentences 1. I soon stopped trying to argue her back to what I considered the real world and tried to travel along with her on those fantastic journeys into the past. 2. It irritated me that their childhoods should be, as I thought, so easy when my own had been, as I thought, so hard. Work on this part independently!

Makethe meaning of thesentence clear withSentence patternssimplerwordsorshorterSentences. Work in group!II. Sentences paraphrase1.Through all this she lay in bed but moved across time, traveling amongthe dead decades with a speed and ease beyond the gift of physicalscience. (1)2. She gazed at this improbably overgrown figure out of an inconceivablefuture and promptly dismissed it. (4)3. It showed in that angry challenging thrust of the chin when she issuedan opinion, and a great one she had always been for issuing opinions.(10)4.For ten years or more the ferocity with which she had once attackedlife had been turning to a rage against the weakness, the boredom, andthe absence of love that too much age had brought her. (32)5...I... had written her with some banal advice to look for the silverlining,tocountherblessingsinsteadof burdeningothers withhermiseries.(33)(to becontinued)

Sentence patterns II. Sentences paraphrase 1. Through all this she lay in bed but moved across time, traveling among the dead decades with a speed and ease beyond the gift of physical science. (1) 2. She gazed at this improbably overgrown figure out of an inconceivable future and promptly dismissed it. (4) 3. It showed in that angry challenging thrust of the chin when she issued an opinion, and a great one she had always been for issuing opinions. (10) 4. For ten years or more the ferocity with which she had once attacked life had been turning to a rage against the weakness, the boredom, and the absence of love that too much age had brought her. (32) 5. .I. had written her with some banal advice to look for the silver lining, to count her blessings instead of burdening others with her miseries. (33) （to be continued） Make the meaning of the sentence clear with simpler words or shorter sentences. Work in group!

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