1、Text A-A Valentine Story,Lead in Activities,Global Reading,Culture Notes,Exercises,Detailed Reading,Text A-A Valentine Story,Do you have a favorite love song? What is it? Who is the singer? Can you sing it or hum the tune?,Text A-A Valentine Story,Love will keep us alive from Eagles I was standing a

2、ll alone against the world outside. You were searching for a place to hide Lost and lonely Now youve given me the will to survive. When were hungry, love will keep us alive I would die for you Climb the highest mountain Baby, theres nothing I wouldnt do Now Ive found you Theres no more emptiness ins

3、ide . When were hungry, love will keep us alive,Text A-A Valentine Story,Love is the eternal theme.Some expressions about love:,愛上某人 初戀 白馬王子 早戀 一見鐘情 情書 相思病的,fall in love with first love Mr. Right puppy love/calf love fall in love at first sight love letter love sick,Text A-A Valentine Story,Love is

4、the eternal theme. Some expressions about love:,love affair lovelorn/ be crossed in love break up blind date a dear John letter,Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Love is blind,風(fēng)流韻事 失戀 分手 相親 絕交信,情人眼里出西施。,Text A-A Valentine Story,have a crush on A: Im having a huge crush on Ted. Im going to try

5、 and see if I can ask him out this weekend. B: Well.But I heard that he is already seeing somebody.,迷戀某人 American Slang,Text A-A Valentine Story,I love you.,中國:我愛你 ( wo ai ni ) 韓國: ( sa lang hei you )日語:私愛 ( a yi xi tai lu ) 德語: ich liebe dich in mich 西班牙語: te amo ( dei a mo ) 法語: Je taime ( re dai

6、me ) 意大利: Ti amo ( ti a mo ),Text A-A Valentine Story,1. What was John Blanchard doing there? (Para1),He was waiting for a girl.,2. How did John Blanchard know the girl? (Para2-3),Florida library; a book; notes; locate her address; letters,Text A-A Valentine Story,3. What had kept them from meeting?

7、 (Para3),He was shipped overseas for service in World War II.,4. Why did she refuse to send him a photo? (Para4),She thought what she looked like wouldnt matter if there was true love between them.,Text A-A Valentine Story,5. When and where did they schedule their first meeting? (Para5),7:00 p.m. At

8、 Grand Central Station,7. How could they recognize each other when meeting? ? (Para5),The girl would wear a red rose on her lapel.,8. How long had they written to each other? (Para6),A year=12 months,Text A-A Valentine Story,9. Whom did John first see? (Para7),a young woman,figure:,long and slim,hai

9、r:,golden; lie back in curls,ears:,delicate,eyes:,blue as flowers,lips:,a gentle firmness,chin:,dress:,feeling about her:,a gentle firmness,pale green suit,like springtime come alive,simile- 明喻,Text A-A Valentine Story,10. What did I do then? (Para8-9),I started toward her. Almost uncontrollably I m

10、ade one step closer to her.,11. But whom did I find? (Para9-12),“Hollis Maynell”,age:,well past 40,hair:,graying; pinned up,hat:,worn,figure:,overweight,feet:,thick-ankled,shoes:,face:,eyes:,low-heeled,round, pale, gentle, sensible,gray, warm, kindly glow,Text A-A Valentine Story,12. What was Johns

11、feeling then? (Para11),the keen desire to follow the young lady. -love deep longing for the woman.-friendship,13. What did he choose at last? (Para14),14. How come the middle-aged woman was wearing the rose? (Para15),15. What did Miss Maynell want to find out through the test? (Para15),a man of char

12、acter; a man of integrity,Text A-A Valentine Story,Text Structure,Para1,Paras2-6,John Blanchard was expecting someone at Grand Central Station,How John had fallen in love with Miss Maynell.,Paras7-15,Paras16-17,Miss Maynell put Blanchard to a test,It was wise of Miss Maynell to give such a test.,Tex

13、t A-A Valentine Story,1. Who is involved in the story? 2. Where does the story take place? 3. When does the story take place? 4. What happens?,Narration,5. What kind of sequence?,Flashback-插敘,What is the main idea of this valentine story?,The true nature of a heart is seen in its response to the una

14、ttractive.,寫作手法：change of point of view,Text A-A Valentine Story,Act I How to know each other,Act III They meet each other at last!,Act II Before the first meeting,Role-play,volunteer or draw a lot-下周二課上表演,Text A-A Valentine Story,Discussion * Do you think it is wise to develop love with a pen pal,

15、a key pal or net mate? * What do you think of cyber love?,Text A-A Valentine Story,Cultural Notes,Grand Central Station-New York,Saint Valentines Day,Text A-A Valentine Story,St. Valentines Day,The Days origin happened in the remote Rome Era. At that time the emperor of Rome wanted to enlarge his ar

16、my. He knew that the unmarried men are easy to be recruited, so he proclaimed a law-a man can get married only after he serves several years in the army- and gave orders to forbid priest to hold getting married ceremony. A priest called Saint Valentine violated the law and secretly hosted the weddin

17、g for many young people. at last what he had done was discovered and he was imprisoned. Valentine led his life in the prison until Feb. 14 he died. Valentine became a Saint after death, so the day he died was named Saint Valentines Day, which is the lovers festival.,Text A-A Valentine Story,Grand Ce

18、ntral Station,是整個紐約市連外鐵道的一個樞鈕，鐵道共計有上下二層，總計44個月臺，67條鐵道，號稱世界最大的火車站.其始建于1871年，但目前的樣子，則是在1913年重建后來的，建筑師刻意用精致藝術(shù)的風(fēng)格來雕塑它，內(nèi)部以白色大理石做為裝潢，大廳四周典雅的吊燈，四面采光的格局，手繪星座的天花板，整座建筑洋溢著古典的藝術(shù)美感.,Text A-A Valentine Story,Text A-A Valentine Story,名詞/形容詞+-en動詞 en作后綴 en-+名詞/形容詞動詞 en作前綴,1. straighten: to become straight (Line 1)

19、,Hairdresser use a hot iron to straighten womens hair.,widen, weaken, broaden, fasten, sharpen, threaten, heighten, lengthen enlarge, enrich, endanger, enslave,Text A-A Valentine Story,后面可以跟介詞across, into, to, toward, through等,2. make ones way: 去，前進(jìn) (Line 2),The old man slowly rose from his seat and

20、 made his way to the front of the bus. Visitors are requested not to make their way across the lawn. It will be difficult to make our way through the crowd.,Text A-A Valentine Story,2. make ones way: 去，前進(jìn),feel ones way摸索著前進(jìn); squeeze ones way. 擠(出去), 沖(出去) fight ones way 打出道路,奮斗前進(jìn) edge ones way側(cè)著走 in

21、ch ones way慢慢挪著走 force ones way奮力地走 struggle ones way艱難地走,Text A-A Valentine Story,be absorbed in: completely hold ones attention ( be absorbed by/in sth.),3. Taking a book off the shelf, he soon found himself absorbed, not by the words. (Line 6),I was so absorbed in the detective story that I didnt

22、 hear Martin come in.,be lost in; be occupied with,Text A-A Valentine Story,reflect: 1. be a sign of, show反映，顯示 2. 反射 3.思考(on/upon) n. reflection,4. The soft handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and insightful mind. (L8),The Ugly Duckling saw himself reflected in the water, unhappy.,He reflected

23、before answering my question.,The statistics reflect a change in peoples spending habits.,秀氣的字體顯示出多思善慮的心靈和富有洞察力的頭腦。,Text A-A Valentine Story,previous: happening or coming before or earlier 早先，先前的,5. he discovered the previous owners name. (L9),He has had no previous experience of this kind of job.,P

24、revious to her departure she gave a big party.,former, previous, prior 在前的,在先的 former “以前的”(時間上在前的) ; “前者的” the former Prime Minister the former, the latter previous “較早的”(時間上); “在前的”(順序上) prior :預(yù)先的；在前的, 用法與previous 相同；更重要的；優(yōu)先的 其它詞只用作定語, prior to可作表語. This task is prior to all others.,Text A-A Vale

25、ntine Story,locate:1.找到的位置 2.使座落于,It is located in the east of Ningbo.,6. he located her address. (L10),Police are still trying to locate the suspect.,Can you locate the Junior College of Wanli University on the map?,你能在地圖上指出萬里學(xué)院基礎(chǔ)學(xué)院的位置嗎？,be located / situated in = lie in 坐落于,位于,Text A-A Valentine S

26、tory,correspond:1.通信 2.符合,相一致 correspondence,7. He wrote her a letter introducing himself and inviting her to correspond. (L10),The U.S Congress corresponds to the British Parliament.,Love grew between John Blanchard and Miss Maynell as they kept corresponding with each other.,I assure you that my a

27、ctions will correspond with my words.,Text A-A Valentine Story,8. Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. A romance was budding. (L15)-Translation,每一封信都如一顆種子撒入肥沃的心靈之土，浪漫的愛情之花就要綻開。,Each letter from one would bring forth warm response from the other as a seed falling on a fertile soil is li

28、kely grow into a plant.,Metaphor-暗喻 把書信比喻成seed；fertile和budding是暗喻的延伸 Simile-明喻,Text A-A Valentine Story,Read the following sentences and tell whether they are similes or metaphors. a. He is as brave as a lion. b. Her husband is a walking wallet that will pay for whatever she likes. c. Childhood is l

29、ike a swiftly passing dream. d. He has a heart of stone. e. All the world is a stage, and all the men and women are merely players.,Text A-A Valentine Story,9. If your feeling for me has any reality, any honest basis, what I look like wont matter. Suppose Im beautiful. Id always be haunted by the fe

30、eling ( that you had been taking a chance on just that), and that kind of love would disgust me. Suppose Im plain (and you must admit that this is more likely). Then Id always fear that you were going on writing to me only because you were lonely and had no one else. (L17-21),如果你對我的感情是真實(shí)的，是誠心誠意的，那我的

31、相貌如何并不重要。設(shè)想我美麗動人。我將會一直深感不安，惟恐你只是因?yàn)槲业娜菝簿唾Q(mào)然與我相愛，而這種愛情令我憎惡。設(shè)想本人相貌平平（你得承認(rèn)，這種可能性更大）。那我一直會擔(dān)心，你和我保持通信僅僅是出于孤獨(dú)寂寞，無人交談。,Text A-A Valentine Story,run a risk; take a risk 冒險，投機(jī)，碰碰運(yùn)氣,9. take a chance (L19),The man often takes chances on horse-racing.,You take a chance on the weather if you spend your holiday in

32、the UK.,Text A-A Valentine Story,schedule: 安排，排定 v. be scheduled to do sth; be scheduled for sth. 時間表，進(jìn)度表 n.,10. When the day finally came for him to return from Europe, they scheduled their first meeting. (L26),Eric is scheduled to speak at three oclock in the afternoon.,胡錦濤主席下個月與英語首相會面。,The Presid

33、ent Hu is scheduled to meet with the British Prime Minister.,on schedule按時，準(zhǔn)時 ahead of schedule提前 behind schedule落后于 according to schedule 按照計劃,Text A-A Valentine Story,11. So, at 7:00 p.m. he was in the station looking for a girl who had filled such a special place in his life for the past 12 month

34、s, a girl he had never seen, yet whose written words had been with him and sustained him unfailingly. (L31)-Translation,sustain: 支撐；維持；蒙受，遭受,She was sustained by the strength of her religious faith. He seems to find it difficult to sustain relationships with women. The company has sustained heavy lo

35、sses this year.,Text A-A Valentine Story,12. A young woman was coming toward me, her figure long and slim. (L34),語法結(jié)構(gòu)：獨(dú)立主格 absolute construction,不使用獨(dú)立主格，句子應(yīng)為： A young woman was coming toward me. Her figure was long and slim. A young woman was coming toward me and her figure was long and slim.,Text A

36、-A Valentine Story,12. 獨(dú)立主格,The old lady stood by the window, her hands trembling. She walked along hurriedly, her purse held tightly in her hand. The little girl entered the room, her face red with cold. The old farmer walked towards the field, hoe on shoulder.,獨(dú)立主格結(jié)構(gòu)是由一個名詞（或代詞）+現(xiàn)在分詞、過去分詞、形容詞、副詞、介詞

37、短語等構(gòu)成的。 三個條件： 1. 兩個句子的主語不同 2. 兩個句子間不能有連詞來連接 3. 兩個句子間用逗號，不是句號和分號,Text A-A Valentine Story,12. 獨(dú)立主格,The whole village was deadly silent. The only sign of life was a goat tied on a rope to a tree by the road.,The whole village was deadly silent, the only sign of life being a goat tied on a rope to a tr

38、ee by the road.,Other examples of Absolute Construction: A woman well past 40, she had graying hair pinned up under a worn hat. She was more than a little overweight, her thick-ankled feet thrust into low-heeled shoes.,Text A-A Valentine Story,13. As I moved, a small, provocative smile curved her li

39、ps. “Going my way, sailor?” she murmured. Almost uncontrollably I made one step closer to her, and then I saw Hollis Maynell. (L40),在我向她走去時，她的雙唇綻開不明顯卻又撩人的微笑?！昂臀彝穯?？水兵”她小聲說道。我情不自禁，再向她走近一步?？删驮谶@時，我看到了霍利斯梅奈爾。,Text A-A Valentine Story,14. The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away. I felt as tho

40、ugh I was split in two, so keen was my desire to follow her, and yet so deep was my longing for the woman (whose spirit had truly companioned me and upheld my own.) (L47),穿著綠色套裝的姑娘快步走開了。我覺得自己好像被撕成了兩半，想隨她而去的欲望太強(qiáng)烈了，可我又渴望那個心靈真正陪伴過并成為我的精神支柱的女人。,Text A-A Valentine Story,14. The girl in the green suit was

41、 walking quickly away. I felt as though I was split in two, so keen was my desire to follow her, and yet so deep was my longing for the woman (whose spirit had truly companioned me and upheld my own.) (L47),keen:.強(qiáng)烈的熱切的，渴望的敏捷的，敏銳的, He has a keen interest in computer games. Some Chinese students are

42、keen to go abroad to pursue their studies. Her hearing is not so keen as it used to be.,Text A-A Valentine Story,15. My finger gripped the small worn blue leather copy of the book (that was to identify me to her.) (L62),identify:識別，認(rèn)出 等同于，認(rèn)為.(with),Even the smallest baby can identify its mother by h

43、er voice.,那種認(rèn)為有錢就能幸福的觀點(diǎn)是錯誤的。,Never identify opinions with facts.,It is wrong to identify wealth with happiness.,identification:辨認(rèn)，鑒定 identity:身份 ID card,Text A-A Valentine Story,16. This would not be love, but it would be something precious, something perhaps even better than love, a friendship (for

44、 which I had been and must ever be grateful.) (L55),She is very grateful for what you have done for her.,grateful a. 感激的，感謝的 be grateful to sb. for sth.,gratitude:感謝的心情 I am full of gratitude to you for helping me.,Text A-A Valentine Story,17. I squared my shoulders and saluted and held out the book

45、 to the woman, even though while I spoke I felt choked by the bitterness of my disappointment. (L57),我挺起了肩/挺起了胸膛，敬了禮，并舉起手中的書好讓那位女士看。不過在我開口說話的時候，失望的痛苦幾乎使我哽咽。,Text A-A Valentine Story,18. The true nature of heart is seen in its response to the unattractive. (L67),心靈的本質(zhì)可以從它對不起眼的人或事物的反應(yīng)看得出來。,The way one reacts to unattractive