1、,Passage 1 Love Thy Neighbors,Passage 2 We All Need Friends,After-Class Reading,After-class Reading Passage 1,Words and Expressions,Key Sentences,Main Points,Pre-Reading Questions,Organization Analysis,Passage 1,Love Thy Neighbor,After-class Reading Passage 1 Pre-Reading Questions,Pre-Reading Questi

2、ons,How do you describe the relationship between your family and your neighbor?,Is the chance big that neighbors become good friends? Why or why not?,After-class Reading Passage 1 Organization Analysis,Part 1,( Para.1-2 ),It seems that neighbors are going out of style in America and peoples relation

3、s with neighbors are changing.,Para.1,Para.2,Neighbors are going out of style.,Organization Analysis,Our relations with our neighbors are changing.,After-class Reading Passage 1 Organization Analysis,Part 2,( Para.3-5 ),The best relationship with neighbors is one of friendly distance.,Para.5,Para.3,

4、Para.4,The reason why peoples relationship with neighbors is changing.,What is the best relationship with neighbors?,Neighborhoods have not changed.,After-class Reading Passage 1 Organization Analysis,Part 3 ( Para.6 ),A community is a better unit than neighborhood.,A community is a group of people

5、who put aside their own concerns to get some important things done for a larger group.,Para.6,After-class Reading Passage 1 Words and Expressions,chance,Words and Expressions,shoulder,boundary,set,put aside,have in common,out of style,After-class Reading Passage 1 Words and Expressions,chance,After-

6、class Reading Passage 1 Words and Expressions,shoulder,After-class Reading Passage 1 Words and Expressions,boundary,have in common,After-class Reading Passage 1 Words and Expressions,set,After-class Reading Passage 1 Words and Expressions,out of style,After-class Reading Passage 1 Words and Expressi

7、ons,put aside,After-class Reading Passage 1 Key Sentences,1. It seems to me that neighbors are going out of style in America.,Translation,Comments,在我看來，鄰居在美國似乎要過時了。,This is a topic sentence in para.1 serving as the argument. Para.2-5 are the main body providing the supporting evidence for the argume

8、nt, while para. 6 (the last paragraph) serves as a conclusion. 點評：這是本篇文章第一段的第一句，作者開門見山，提出論點；第25段列出論據(jù)；第6段是結論。,Key Sentences,2. Some of the old ideas about neighbors are probably silly, and it may be just as well that our relations with our neighbors are changing.,Translation,Comments,有些關于鄰居的老觀念也許是荒謬的

9、。我們與鄰居之間的關系正在發(fā)生變化，這也許是該慶幸的事。,If you say something that has happened is “just as well”, you mean that is fortunate or appropriate that it happened in the way it did. 使用just as well，表達某件事情那樣發(fā)生了也算幸運。 e.g. You missed the football match, but it was just as well because the performance of your favorite te

10、am was really poor.,After-class Reading Passage 1 Key Sentences,3. Fewer than half the people in the United States live in the same house they lived in five years ago, so theres no reason to love the people who live next door to you just because they happened to buy a house next door to yours.,Trans

11、lation,Comments,在美國，目前還住在五年前就住著的房子的人，不到半數(shù)，因而沒有什么理由僅僅因為是買了你隔壁的房子住在那兒，你就要去熱愛他們。,This is one of the supporting evidences to illustrate the argument “Neighbors are going out of style”. Moreover, the structure of the sentence is complex: “so” serves as the addition, and “who” introduces an attributive cl

12、ause, while “because” introduces an adverbial clause expressing the reason. 點評： 這句話是說明“鄰居似乎過時了”的論據(jù)之一 。該句式復雜，so把前后兩個句子連貫起來，同時表明結果。另外， who引導定語從句，because引導原因狀語從句。,After-class Reading Passage 1 Key Sentences,4. It sometimes happens, but the chances are small that your neighbors will be your choice as fr

13、iends. Or that you will be theirs, either.,Translation,Comments,選鄰居做朋友的可能性很小，盡管這種情況也有。換言之，你的鄰居挑選你做朋友的可能性也很小。,“That” introduces an appositive clause to explain “chances”. 點評：that引導同位語從句解釋chances的內(nèi)容。,After-class Reading Passage 1 Key Sentences,5. The bushes or the fence between you is not a cold shoul

14、der, but a clear boundary.,Translation,Comments,你們（兩家）之間的一蔟蔟灌木叢或者籬笆并不是冷漠無情的隔閡，而是界限分明的邊界。,“The bushes or the fence between you is not a cold shoulder” is a Metaphor. 點評：“一蔟蔟灌木叢或者籬笆并不是冷漠無情的隔閡”運用了“暗喻”的修辭手段。,After-class Reading Passage 1 Key Sentences,6. It is easier to have a longing about a past neigh

15、borhood than about a past community, but a community is probably a better unit.,Translation,Comments,與以前的社區(qū)相比，人們更向往以前的鄰里，但也許社區(qū)是一個更好的單位。,“It” refers to “to have a longing about a past neighborhood than about a past community, but a community is probably a better unit.” 點評：it是形式主語，真正的主語是后面的動詞不定式，it放句首

16、，避免頭重腳輕。,After-class Reading Passage 1 Key Sentences,7. A neighborhood is just a group of people who live close together, but a community is a group of people who put aside their own concerns to get some important things done for a larger group.,Translation,Comments,街坊鄰里只是一群住得近的人，而一個社區(qū)卻是一群放下個人牽掛，為更多

17、人做一些重要的事情的人。,This is the conclusion of the passage. 點評：這是文章的結論。,After-class Reading Passage 1 Key Sentences,After-class Reading Passage 1 Main Points,Main Points,Neighbors seem to be out of style in America, since the relations with neighbors are changing. There is no reason to love the people who l

18、ive next door just because people happen to buy a house next door to each other. A community is probably a better unit, since it is not just a group of people who live close together; rather, it is a group of people who put aside their own concerns to get some important things done for a larger grou

19、p.,After-class Reading Passage 2,Words and Expressions,Key Sentences,Main Points,Pre-Reading Questions,Organization Analysis,Passage 2,We All Need Friends,After-class Reading Passage 2 Pre-Reading Questions,What kind of support and help have your friends given you?,2. Why can people be themselves wi

20、th their friends?,Pre-Reading Questions,After-class Reading Passage 2 Organization Analysis,Part I,( Para.1 ),Para.1,Having good old friends is a good thing, but making new ones can be even better.,Making friends is very important.,Organization Analysis,Para.5-7,After-class Reading Passage 2 Organiz

21、ation Analysis,( Para.2-7 ),Para.3,Para.4,Para.2,She has just made a good friend and she benefits from the close relationship.,It is important for her to have a safety net of friends.,Making friends is not hard and very rewarding.,A description of how she became friends with Joan.,How she made frien

22、ds with Joan.,After-class Reading Passage 2 Organization Analysis,Part 3,( Para.8-9 ),Para.8,The author reflects on her past passivity in making friends.,Para.9,The author encourages us to make friends.,Making friends is a wonderful thing.,After-class Reading Passage 2 Words and Expressions,apprecia

23、te,survive,deny,be oneself,drop by,drag ones feet,keep up with,let alone,Words and Expressions,After-class Reading Passage 2 Words and Expressions,appreciate v.,After-class Reading Passage 2 Words and Expressions,survive v.,After-class Reading Passage 2 Words and Expressions,deny v.,After-class Read

24、ing Passage 2 Words and Expressions,be oneself,After-class Reading Passage 2 Words and Expressions,drag ones feet,drop by,After-class Reading Passage 2 Words and Expressions,keep up with,let alone,After-class Reading Passage 2 Key Sentences,1. Having good old friends is a good thing, but making new

25、ones can be even better.,Translation,Comments,有要好的朋友是件好事，但結交新朋友則會更好。,In this sentence, gerunds “Having good old friends”, “making new ones” serve as the subject. 點評： 在本句中，動名詞having good old friends和making new ones分別作前后兩個并列句的主語。,Key Sentences,2. No matter what age we are, all of us appreciate the sup

26、port and help which friends give us.,Translation,Comments,不論我們年齡有多大，我們都感激朋友給予我們的支持 和幫助。,“No matter what” expresses concession. 點評：no matter what 表達讓步的意思。,After-class Reading Passage 2 Key Sentences,3. Shes not just another person I can talk with or wave to as we pass one another on the street, but a

27、 good friend.,Translation,Comments,結識她并不僅僅是又多了一位在街上碰到時打個招呼講講話的人，她是一位可靠的朋友。,In this sentence, “whom” or “that” is omitted before “ I can talk with or wave to”. “She is” is omitted before “ a good friend”. 點評： I can talk with or wave to前面省略了whom或that,a good friend前省略了She is。,After-class Reading Passag

28、e 2 Key Sentences,4. Making friends is a lot like dating after a terrible breakup.,Translation,Comments,結交朋友很象經(jīng)歷了可怕的分手后再去約會.,Simile is used in this sentence. 點評：本句中使用了明喻， 把“結交朋友”比喻為“經(jīng)歷了可怕的分手后的約會”。,After-class Reading Passage 2 Key Sentences,5. You hesitate and drag your feet because you cant believe

29、 you have to start over again.,Translation,Comments,你猶豫不決，裹足不前，因為你很難相信你又得從頭來過。,“Hesitate” and “drag your feet” describes very vividly the psychological activity. 點評： 用hesitate和drag your feet很形象地渲染了矛盾的心理。,After-class Reading Passage 2 Key Sentences,6. But when you do, its not half as hard as you thou

30、ght it would be, and its twice as rewarding as you might have hoped.,Translation,Comments,但當你真正做的時候，它的難度還不到你預料的一半，而得到的回報卻是你原本期望的兩倍。,“Not half as hard as” and “twice as rewarding as” are complex forms of comparison. Pay attention to the position of the words “half”, “twice”. 點評：not half as hard as和twice as rewarding as是同等程度比較，但表示的卻是倍數(shù)。 注意half，twice 等表達倍數(shù)的詞的位置。,After-class Reading Passage 2 Key Sentences,7. But, as I grew older I grew impatient with some of my friends, and I decided that accidental relationships don