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Unit 13 Book 1
Unit
13
The Light of Depression
Section One Pre-reading Activities
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I. Reading aloud
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II. Cultural
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III. Audiovisual supplements
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Section Two Global Reading
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I. Main idea .............
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II. Structural analysis ..
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Section Three Detailed
Reading ..........................................
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Text I
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Section Four Consolidation Activities <
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I. Vocabulary Analysis.................
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II. Grammar Exercises .................
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III. Translation exercises
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IV. Exercises for
integrated skills
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V. Oral
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VI. Writing
Practice
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VII.
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Section Five
Further Enhancement
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II.
Memorable Quotes .................................
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Unit 13 Book 1
Section One Pre-reading Activities
I. Reading aloud
Read
the
following
sentences
aloud,
paying
special
attention
to
intonation.
The
symbol
|
indicates a division of tone units,
while
↗
and
↘
nuclear tones.
1. When we arrived at the
↗
hospital, | my dad walked
around to her side of the
↗
car, | gathered
her into his arms
↗
and
↘
held her.
2. At
a
↗
time in my
↗
life | when the world was
supposed to be opening up to
↗
me, | I
↗
found
myself re
↘
treating.
3.
They regarded it as a
↘
bad
case | of the
↘
Sunday
evening blues, | believing that if I
↗
tried
harder |
and
↘
stopped feeling sorry
for my
↗
self, | I would “get
↘
better.”
4. And
↗
slowly, |
the desire to
↘
live, | the
↘
courage to want to live, |
began to re
↘
turn.
II. Cultural information
1. Quote
W. M.
Thackeray:
Dare and the world always
yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again
and
again and it will succumb.
2. Depression
Some people say that depression feels
like a black curtain of despair coming down over
their
lives. Many people feel like they
have no energy and can't concentrate. Others feel
irritable all the
time for no apparent
reason.
Most
people
who
have
gone
through
one
episode
of
depression
will,
sooner
or
later,
have
another one. The
symptoms vary from person to person, but if you
feel
weeks, and these feelings are
interfering with your daily life, you may be
clinically depressed.
The common
symptoms including:
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poor
concentration and memory
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withdrawal from social
situations and activities
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an inability to experience
pleasure in activities that were formerly enjoyed
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preoccupied with thoughts
and feelings of worthlessness, helplessness, self-
hatred, etc.
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thoughts of
death or suicide, etc.
Learning to
recognize these early triggers or symptoms and
working with
your doctor will
help to keep the depression from
worsening. There are many forms of treatment that
can help you
cope with depression,
including medications, psychotherapy or
counseling.
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Unit 13 Book 1
III. Audiovisual
supplements
Watch a video clip and
answer the following question.
What
impressed you in the video?
Answer to
the Question:
We can see that the
father and son have to stay in the toilet for the
night, which means they were
experiencing a hard time in life. But
at the beginning,
they were playing
games on the subway
platform. Actually,
the father in the video was facing the
difficulties with a positive attitude to life.
Video Script:
Chris:
Look around! Look at
all these dinosaurs!
Christopher:
Wow~!
Chris:
Can you see them?
Christopher:
Yeah!
Chris:
Wait! Come on! Come
on! Wait! Watch out!
Christopher:
What is it?
Chris:
Don’t step
in the fire! We’re cavemen. We need this fire,
because there’
s no electricity and
it’
s cold out here,
Ok?
Christopher:
Watch out! Watch out!
Chris:
Whoa! Oh, my goodness
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A.T.
rex! Get your stuff! Get your stuff! Get it! We
gotta find
someplace safe.
Christopher:
Like what?
Chris:
Em
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We need a cave.
Christopher:
A cave?
Chris:
We gotta find a cave.
Come on.
Christopher:
Ok.
Chris:
Come on. Come on.
Watch your back! Look out! Here it is!
H
ere’
s a cave. Come on!
Right
here! Right here! Go, go, go! Go
ahead. Get in! Hurry, hurry, hurry!
Christopher:
Are we safe?
Chris:
Yeah, I think
so.
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