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Teaching
Objectives:
教学目的
1) to have the class handle the usage
of simple past and past perfect.
2) to
have the class learn the key words and expressions
3) to have the class discuss their
first college day.
Teaching Focus
1)
The first
college day.
教学重点和难点
2)
The way of
telling story
Possible
Difficulties
Comprehension of the text.
Teaching techniques
教学方法和手段
To
integrate
several
different
teaching
methods
and
techniques:
elicitation;
explanation; illustration; recitation and
discussion.
教
学
基
本
内
容
Unit 1 Half a
Day
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Culture
tips
Schools
Play
School
Infant School
Junior
School
Stages of education
Preschool education
Primary
education for
5/6
—
12/13
Aims
Children mostly play,
with
some early learning.
Children learn some basic
skills in
reading, writing,
arithmetic, art, etc.
Comprehensive
Secondary
education for
School or
Grammar
School
College or
University
Further/Higher education for 18+
Students study for
degrees/diplomas in
specialized academic areas.
12/13
—
16/18
Students study a wide range
of subjects in arts, sciences
and technical areas.
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注
Nursery School
For
2
—
5 year-old
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Structure
The text can be conveniently divided
into three parts.
In
the
first
part
(para.1-7),
we
learn
about
the
boy’s
misgivings
about
school. He found it
hard to be away from home and mom, and thought
school
was punishment.
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The
second
part
(para.8-16)
describes
how
the
boy
felt
about
school.
He
found
that
life
at
school
was
rich
and
colorful
in
many
ways,
although
it
also
required discipline and hard work.
In the last part of the
text (17-20), the boy walked out of the school to
find
that the outside world had changed
beyond measure and that he had grown into
an old man.
General Analysis
Plot: a lit
tle boy’s first
time to go to school
Setting: on the
way to school
at
school
on
the way home
Protagonists: ―I‖ –
the boy
in the story
Theme of the story
The
following
are
a
few
possible
understandings
of
the
message
the
story
conveys. Which one do
you agree with? Argue with your group partners.
Time and tide wait for no
man.
Life is a tragedy.
There is nothing permanent in life but change.
Education can never keep up
with changes in society.
Life is short and time is precious.
Life is a dream. Do not
take anything seriously.
Time
goes
by
quickly
and
many
things
can
take
place
in
your
lifetime.
Before you know it, a new society is
born.
Symbolism is used in the story to
play up the theme: Life is like a day of a
child, bitter, rich, colorful and
short, which is a process of growing up,
exploring and acquiring.
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Vocabulary
1 alongside
prep.
Beside, next to
在
……
旁边，沿着
……
；和
……
相比
Beside/Alongside his, my trouble is
nothing.
和他的相比，我的苦恼算不
了什么。
2 clutch
vt.
to hold sth. or sb.
tightly, esp. because you are frightened, in pain,
or do not want to lose something
Tom
fell to the ground, clutching his stomach.
A woman clutching a baby stole an
elderly woman
’
s purse.
Synonyms
: hold, seize, grip,
grasp, grab, snatch
clutch
at
: to try hard to hold sth., esp. when
you
’
re in a dangerous
situation
A drowning man will
clutch at
a straw. (to try
hard to find a sign of hope or a
solution,
even
when
they
are
not
likely
to
exist
in
a
difficult
or
dangerous
situation)
Synonym
: catch at
2
3
convince
vt.
to make sb. feel certain that sth. is
true
I couldn
’
t
convince
him
of
his mistake.
How
can I
convince you of
my
sincerity?
I managed to
convince them that
the story was true.
a
convincing
argument
convincing
evidence
作状语的
convinced = believing =
full of conviction
He left the
room,
convinced/believing
that a war would come.
他确信一场
争吵即将发生，便离开了房间。
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vast:
a. extremely large;
spreading a great distance
China has a
vast
land and rich resources.
中国地大物博。
The
vast
plains of this country
spread for hundreds of miles.
The group
of actors was brought from New York to London at
vast
expense.
Synonyms
:
huge,
immense,
enormous,
gigantic,
massive,
giant,
colossal,
mammoth, tremendous, titanic
5
hesitate
v.
to be slow to act because one feels
uncertain or unwilling
He who
hesitates
is lost.
当断不断，必受其患。
I
choose rather to
hesitate
my
opinion than to assert it roundly.
我喜欢把
我的意见讲的含糊一些，而不愿直截了当的把他讲出来。
hesitate to
do
犹豫不决做某事
He
hesitated
to
break the law.
他怕违反法律。
hesitate
about/at/in/over
(doing)
sth.
对
…
犹豫不决
Jane
hesitated
about the choice
between the two universities.
这两所大学
简拿不定主意究竟挑哪一所。
He’s
still
hesitating
about
joining the expedition.
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cling to:
1) to hold
tightly; not release one
’
s
grip on
抓紧，紧握
The
little child
clung to
his
mother for comfort.
Some
of
the
victims
of
the
fire
climbed
out
of
the
building,
clung
to
the
window ledges for a minute or two and
then dropped to their death a hundred
feet below.
2)
to refuse to let go
坚守，坚持
She
clung to
the hope that he
was still alive.
Why do you have to
cling to
the old custom?
墨守成规
Collocations
:
cling to the belief
固守信念
cling to the
hope
抱着一线希望
cling to
one
’
s own view
坚持己见
cling to the habit
固守着某种习惯
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cling to
one
’
s possessions
坚守财产不肯放弃
7
glance
v. & n.
[
助记
]
gl-
与光有关
光的移动
→
glare
发（强光）
The
sun glared down on the desert.
gleam
发（微）光
The temple gleamed in the
autumn sun.
因高兴而满脸放光
His face gleamed
with happiness.
glitter
发（金）光；闪烁
,
闪闪发光
All is not
gold that glitters.
[
谚
]
闪闪发光的
未必尽黄金。
glow
发（灼）光，尤指无焰的光：
Embers glowed
in the furnace.
余烬在炉膛中发出光亮
the
evening glow
晚霞
面颊发红
The
child
’
s cheeks glowed from
the cold.
glow with
health
脸色红润
,
容光焕发
洋溢
glow with
enthusiasm
热情洋溢
glow with
pride
得意扬扬
目光移动
→
glance
瞥（有意识的）
glimpse
瞥见（无意识的）
8 sort people into ranks:
put ... in order; arrange
He
was
sorting his foreign stamps
into
piles.
They
sorted
the apples according
to size
into
large ones and
small ones.
cf.
sort out
She
spent a happy afternoon
sorting
out
her coins and
stamps.
整理
She
tried to
sort out
her
problems.
弄清楚，解决
sort:
n
.
a
kind or a type
He is the sort of person
I really dislike
of sorts/of a
sort
马马虎虎的，较差的
He is a poet
of sorts,
and nobody likes his poems.
蹩脚的诗人
out of
sorts
：
s
lightly
ill.
身体不适，心情不佳
The
teacher is
out of sorts
this
morning, so we suggest her to see a doctor.
sort of
：
Informal
Somewhat;
rather
有点，有几分
It’s
sort of
late. I am afraid I
can’t catch the bus.
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overlook
v
.
1)
to see a place
from above
My room
overlooks
the sea
My garden is
overlooked
by the
neighbours.
2)
to
fail to see or notice sth.; to miss
We can afford to overlook minor
offences
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