1、Unit 3 Old and Young,Proverbs and Quotations,The secret of remaining young in spite of old age and white hairs is to preserve our enthusiasm. Switzerland Henri Ameil 即使年老蒼白，只要能保存我們的熱情，就是保持青春年少的秘訣。 瑞士 亨利阿梅爾 I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. Am. Bernar

2、d Baruch 我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)成為一個(gè)老人。對(duì)于我來(lái)說(shuō)，進(jìn)入老年永遠(yuǎn)都是十五年以后的事。 美 伯納德巴魯克,Outline,Teaching Objectives,Part 1 Lead-in,Part 2 Reading FocusText A,Part 3 Integrated Exercises,Part 4 Reading FocusText B,Part 5 Intranet Assignments,Teaching Objectives,1. Do you think our society is becoming an aging one? As far as you are co

3、ncerned, how should you treat old people and vice versa? Do you think different generations can live a harmonious life at home and in the society as well? In this unit, you will read two texts. In Text A, Patty gave an account of her unhappy experience in transforming herself (as a young woman) into

4、 an old one in a culture that adores youth and beauty. She was ignored and even mistreated. In Text B, the son Yuki appeared wild and unruly at the beginning, which caused a lot of concern from his parents. However, it turned out respect and duty were inside him after all. Given time, they grew and

5、blossomed.,2. By learning this unit students will be able to grasp the main idea and structure of the texts, master the key language points, new words, grammatical structures and translation skills. And students will also be able to improve their oral communication skills and reading competence thro

6、ugh performing the relevant tasks. 3. Writing Focus in this unit introduces the structure of an essay which paves the way for essay writing in the following units.,Look at the picture and discuss with your partner the following questions.,Lead-in,1. Are you scared of growing old? 2. Do you agree wit

7、h the statement that the old are indispensable to the society? 3. Do you think that we live in a society which worships youth?,Lead-in,B. Listening Practice Listen to the short passage about “Old Age Is a Gift”. Pre-listening Task,Some says that “I truly believe that age if youre healthy is just a n

8、umber.” Do you agree? Discuss with your partner.,Lead-in,B. Listening Practice Post-listening task Answer the following questions.,1. What is the speakers view of being old? 2. According to the speaker, what is the advantage of old age? 3. What can a broken heart bring to the speaker?,In his opinion

9、, old age is a gift.,_,When you grow old, you have more freedom and it is easier to be positive at that time.,_ _,Broken hearts give him strength, understanding, sympathy and the joy of being imperfect.,_ _,4. How does the speaker feel when he becomes aged? 5. What will the speaker do to spend his a

10、ging life?,He feels blessed to have lived long enough to have his hair turn gray.,_ _,He will never lament over it but will enjoy every single day.,_,【Script】,【Script】,Old Age Is a Gift Old Age, I decided, is a gift. I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted t

11、o be. Oh, not my body! I sometimes despair over my body . the wrinkles, the baggy eyes. And, often I am shocked by that old person who lives in my mirror, but I dont waste my time on those things for long. I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, or my loving family for less gray h

12、air or a flatter belly. As Ive aged, Ive become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. Ive become my own friend. I dont blame myself for eating that extra cookie, or for buying that silly toy that I didnt need. I can overeat, be messy.,Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the

13、computer until 4 a.m., and sleep until noon? I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging. Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or

14、 even when a beloved pet is hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength, understanding and sympathy. A heart never broke will never know the joy of being imperfect.,I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turn gray. As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You c

15、are less about what other people think. I dont question myself anymore. Ive even earned the right to be wrong. I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or wo

16、rrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day.,Reading Focus-Text A,First Reading Read the text and then answer the questions in the left margin.,Old Before Her Time Katherine Barrett,Chinese 她在時(shí)光之前老去,This is the story of an extraordinary voyage in time, and of a young woman wh

17、o devoted three years to a singular experiment. In 1979, Patty Moore then aged twenty-six transformed herself for the first of many times into an eighty-five-year-old woman. Her object was to discover firsthand the problems, joys and frustrations of the elderly. She wanted to know for herself what i

18、ts like to live in a culture of youth and beauty when your hair is grey, your skin is wrinkled and no men turn their heads as you pass.,1,Language Point “She wanted to know for herself what its like to live in a culture of youth and beauty .”. In this sentence, “what its like to live .” is a nominal

19、 clause introduced by “what”, and it serves as the object of the verb “know”.,e.g. I dont care what you have done before. She didnt notice what he wore on that day.,Chinese這是一段奇特的時(shí)光旅行的故事，是一個(gè)年輕女性花費(fèi)了三年時(shí)間在一項(xiàng)獨(dú)一無(wú)二的實(shí)驗(yàn)上的故事。1979年，帕蒂摩爾時(shí)值26歲首次把自己裝扮成了一個(gè)85歲的老年婦女。她的目的就是掌握關(guān)于老年人的第一手資料，包括他們的喜怒哀樂(lè)。她希望能親身體會(huì)當(dāng)你滿(mǎn)頭銀絲，滿(mǎn)臉皺紋

20、，當(dāng)男人經(jīng)過(guò)卻毫無(wú)回頭率的時(shí)候，生活在一個(gè)屬于年輕人和美女的社會(huì)是何等狀況。,An eighty-five-year-old woman.,What kind of person did Patty Moore transform herself into?,2,Her time machine was a makeup kit.1 Barbara Kelly, a friend and professional makeup artist, helped Patty pick out a wardrobe and showed her how to use latex to create w

21、rinkles, and wrap Ace bandages2 to give the impression of stiff joints. “It was peculiar,” Patty recalls, as she relaxes in her New York City3 apartment. “Even the first few times I went out I realized that I wouldnt have to act that much. The more I was perceived as elderly by others, the more elde

22、rly I actually became . I imagine thats just what happens to people who really are old.”,Note 1Her time machine was a makeup kit：The method she disguised herself as an old woman was using a series of make-up tools.,Note 2Ace bandages（王牌繃帶） are coloured a neutral beige（淺褐色）. This brands elastic banda

23、ges contain natural rubber latex（乳膠）and are reputed to maintain elasticity even after repeated laundering. ACEs elastic bandages are sold with ACE brand E-Z clips, designed to secure the bandages as needed. By contrast, ACE brand self-adhering bandages require no clips and are designed to stay on wi

24、thout annoying slipping or loosening. These bandages also contain natural rubber latex.,Note 3New York City（紐約市） is the most populous city in the United States, and the centre of the New York metropolitan area, which is one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The city is often referred to

25、 as New York City to differentiate it from the state of New York, of which it is a part. Located on a large natural harbour on the Atlantic coast of the North-eastern United States, the city consists of five boroughs： The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.,Chinese帕蒂的時(shí)光機(jī)器就是一套化妝箱。巴

26、巴拉凱莉，她的朋友同時(shí)也是專(zhuān)業(yè)的化妝師，幫帕蒂挑選了一套服裝，并向她展示了如何使用乳膠來(lái)制造皺紋，如何把王牌繃帶纏繞在關(guān)節(jié)上使它們變得僵硬?！斑@很奇怪”，當(dāng)現(xiàn)在的帕蒂在紐約市的公寓里休息時(shí)這樣回憶到，“即使是最初的幾次，當(dāng)我走出去的時(shí)候，我意識(shí)到我其實(shí)根本不必表演太多。我越被其他人當(dāng)作老年人看待，我就真的變得越老我想那就是發(fā)生在真正的老年人身上的情況?！?The more I was perceived as elderly by others, the more elderly I actually became.,How did she feel when she was perceive

27、d by others as elderly?,In all, she donned her costume more than two hundred times in fourteen different states. Here is the remarkable story of what she found.,3,Chinese帕蒂總共在14個(gè)不同的州披掛上陣了兩百多次。下面就是她體驗(yàn)到的不同尋常的經(jīng)歷。,Columbus, Ohio,4 May 1979. Leaning heavily on her cane, Pat Moore stood alone in the middl

28、e of a crowd of young professionals. They were all attending a gerontology conference, and the room was filled with animated chatter. But no one was talking to Pat. In a throng of men and women who devoted their working lives to the elderly, she began to feel like a total nonentity. “Ill get us all

29、some coffee,” a young man told a group of women next to her. “What about me?” thought Pat. “If I were young, they would be offering me coffee, too.” It was a bitter thought at the end of a disappointing day a day that marked Pattys first appearance as “the old woman.” She had planned to attend the g

30、erontology conference anyway, and almost as a lark decided to see how professionals would react to an old person in their midst.,4,Note 4 Columbus, Ohio（哥倫布市，俄亥俄州）： Columbus is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the states third largest metropolitan area, behind Cleveland an

31、d Cincinnati. It is the county seat of Franklin County, although parts of the city also extend into Delaware and Fairfield counties. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital

32、in 1816.,Language Point “Pat Moore stood alone in the middle of a crowd of young professionals”. Here “alone”, used as a predicative, means “without any companions”. In grammar a predicative is an element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb. A

33、predicative may be nominal or adjectival. If the complement after a linking verb is an adjective, it is called a predicate adjective. e.g. He seems nice. It turned green.,Chinese1979年5月，俄亥俄州，哥倫布。帕蒂摩爾彎腰駝背倚靠在拐杖上，孤單的站在一群年輕的專(zhuān)業(yè)人士中間。他們都正在參加一個(gè)老年學(xué)大會(huì)，房間里到處都是熱火朝天的談?wù)摗５菂s沒(méi)有人跟帕蒂交流。在一群終生致力于研究老年人的男男女女之中，她逐漸感到自己完全是

34、一個(gè)無(wú)足輕重的人?！拔胰臀覀兯腥硕嫉贡Х劝伞?，一個(gè)年輕人對(duì)坐在帕蒂身邊的一群女性說(shuō)道?！澳俏夷?？”帕蒂想，“如果我也很年輕，他們也會(huì)幫我去倒咖啡的?！边@是她在那令人失望的一天結(jié)束后冒出的酸楚的想法那一天標(biāo)志著帕蒂第一次作為“老年婦女”的出場(chǎng)。她曾打算無(wú)論如何要去參加老年學(xué)大會(huì)，幾乎是想把這當(dāng)作一次惡作劇，想看看專(zhuān)業(yè)人士是如何對(duì)待一個(gè)處于他們中間的老年人的。,They were all attending a gerontology conference, and the room was filled with animated chatter. But no one was talki

35、ng to Pat. All day she had been ignored.,How was Patty treated during the conference?,Now, she was angry. All day she had been ignored . counted out in a way she had never experienced before. She didnt understand. Why didnt people help her when they saw her struggling to open a heavy door? Why didnt

36、 they include her in conversations? Why did the other participants seem almost embarrassed by her presence at the conference as if it were somehow inappropriate that an old person should be professionally active?,5,Language Point “as if it were somehow inappropriate that an old person should be prof

37、essionally active?” The were-subjunctive has only one form “were”, which applies to subject of all persons.,It is hypothetical or unreal in meaning and is commonly used in adverbial clauses introduced by “if, if only, as if, as though, though, etc” to denote an unreal condition or concession. e.g. I

38、f I were you, Id plant some trees around the house. She treats the boy well, as if he were her own child.,Chinese結(jié)果，她怒氣沖沖。一整天都沒(méi)有人理睬她她以前從來(lái)沒(méi)有體驗(yàn)過(guò)被人排除在外。她不明白。為什么當(dāng)他們看到她顫顫巍巍地去打開(kāi)厚重的大門(mén)時(shí)卻沒(méi)有人來(lái)幫助她？為什么他們把她排除在交談之外？為什么其他參加大會(huì)的人看到她在大會(huì)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)會(huì)顯得如此尷尬似乎一個(gè)老年人熱衷于老年專(zhuān)業(yè)竟是一樁不合時(shí)宜的事？,And so, eighty-five-year-old Pat Moore learned

39、her first lesson The old are often ignored. “I discovered that people really do judge a book by its cover,”5 Patty says today. “Just because I looked different, people either condescended or they totally dismissed me.”,6,Note 5“I discovered that people really do judge a book by its cover,” Patty say

40、s today： Now Patty says that the past experiment revealed that in fact people judged a person by his appearance.,Chinese于是，85歲的帕蒂學(xué)到了第一課：老年人經(jīng)常被忽視?！拔野l(fā)現(xiàn)人們確實(shí)是以貌取人的”，現(xiàn)在的帕蒂說(shuō)，“只是因?yàn)槲铱雌饋?lái)跟他們不一樣，人們對(duì)我不是以恩賜的態(tài)度相待就是完全不理不睬。”,The old are often ignored.,What was the first lesson she learned?,New York City, October 19

41、79. Bent over her cane, Pat walked slowly toward the edge of the park. She had spent the day sitting on a bench with friends, but now dusk was falling and her friends had all gone home. She looked around nervously at the deserted area and tried to move faster, but her joints were stiff. It was then

42、that she heard the barely audible sound of feet approaching and the kids voices. “Grab her, man.” “Get her purse.” Suddenly an arm was around her throat and she was dragged back, knocked off her feet.6,7,Note 6Suddenly an arm was around her throat and she was dragged back, knocked off her feet : Wit

43、hout warning, her neck was surrounded by one of the attackers arms, her body was pulled backward and she fell down on the ground.,Language Point “It was then that she heard the barely audible sound of feet approaching and the kids voices.” A cleft sentence is an emphatic construction with non-referr

44、ing “it” as formal subject. It is commonly used to spotlight an element of an ordinary statement. Generally speaking, except the predicator, almost all the elements can be singled out as the focal element of a cleft sentence. e.g. It is in this town that I met her at the first time. It is chairman o

45、f the committee that they elected him.,Chinese1979年10月，紐約市。帕蒂佝僂著身體，拄著拐杖，緩慢的向著公園的邊界走去。她在這里跟朋友們?cè)陂L(zhǎng)椅上坐了一天，但是現(xiàn)在暮色降臨，她的朋友們都回家了。她緊張的看了看周?chē)臎龅牡胤?，試圖走得更快些，但是她的關(guān)節(jié)不聽(tīng)使喚。就在那時(shí)她聽(tīng)到了身后輕微的腳步聲正在接近她，以及孩子們的聲音?！昂?，抓住她。”“搶她的錢(qián)包?！蓖蝗灰恢皇直劾@過(guò)她的脖子，把她往后拖，拽倒在地上。,She saw only a blur of sneakers and blue jeans, heard the sounds of mock

46、ing laughter, felt fists pummelling her on her back, her legs, her breasts, her stomach. “Oh, God,” she thought, using her arms to protect her head and curling herself into a ball. “Theyre going to kill me. Im going to die.”,8,Chinese她只看到了襲擊者模糊的身影和藍(lán)色的牛仔褲，聽(tīng)到了陣陣的嘲笑聲，感到拳頭不停地落在她身上她的后背、她的雙腿、她的胸部、她的腹部。“哦，

47、上帝啊”，她一邊用手臂護(hù)住她的頭部，把身體蜷成一團(tuán)，一邊想，“他們會(huì)把我打死的。我要死了”,Then, as suddenly as the boys attacked, they were gone. And Patty was left alone, struggling to rise. The boys punches had broken the latex makeup on her face, the fall had disarranged her wig, and her whole body ached. Again the thought struck her: What

48、 if I really lived in the grey ghetto . what if I couldnt escape to my nice safe home .?,9,Language Point Then, “as suddenly as the boys attacked, they were gone.” Here the expression “as . as” is used before adverb in order to make a comparison. With the second “as” a conjunction, it means “to the

49、same extent . as; equally . as”. e.g. Run as fast as you can. He recited as much of the poem as he could remember.,Chinese隨后，就像他們偷襲時(shí)一樣，男孩們迅速消失了。帕蒂孤身一人躺在那里，她費(fèi)盡力氣才爬起身來(lái)。男孩們的重拳已經(jīng)把她臉上乳膠制的妝扮擊碎了，摔跤也把她的假發(fā)弄得凌亂不堪，她全身上下酸痛不已。這種想法又一次躍入她的腦海： 要是我真的住在昏暗的貧民區(qū)該怎么辦要是我沒(méi)能逃脫，沒(méi)能平安到家怎么辦？,Lesson number two: The fear of crime

50、 is paralyzing. “I really understand now why the elderly become homebound,” the young woman says as she recalls her ordeal today. “When something like this happens, the fear just doesnt go away. Thats when people starve themselves because theyre afraid to go to the grocery store.”,10,Chinese第二課： 對(duì)于罪

51、惡的恐懼會(huì)讓你動(dòng)彈不得。“我真的能理解為什么現(xiàn)在老年人都足不出戶(hù)，”這個(gè)年輕女人回憶起那天所受的折磨說(shuō)，“當(dāng)這種事發(fā)生以后，恐懼會(huì)縈繞不散。那就是人們餓得要死也不敢去雜貨鋪的原因?！?The fear of crime is paralyzing.,What was the second lesson she learned?,Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,7 May 1980. Pat met a new friend while shopping and they decided to continue their conversation over a sunday a

52、t a nearby coffee shop. The woman was in her late seventies, “younger” than Pat, but she was obviously reaching out for help. Slowly, her story unfolded. “My husband moved out of our bedroom,” the woman said softly, fiddling with her coffee cup and fighting back tears. “He wont touch me anymore. And

53、 when he gets angry at me for being stupid, hell even sometimes .” The woman looked down, embarrassed to go on. Pat took her hand. “He hits me . he gets so mean.” “Cant you tell anyone?” Pat asked. “Cant you tell your son?” “Oh, no!” the woman almost gasped. “I would never tell the children; they ab

54、solutely adore him.”,11,Note 7Ft. Lauderdale, Florida （勞德代爾堡市，佛羅里達(dá)州）：Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, on the Atlantic coast. It is the county seat of Broward County. It is a principal city of the South Florida metropolitan area, which is home to over 5,413,212 people. The city

55、 is a popular tourist destination, with 10.35 million visitors in 2006. Fort Lauderdale is sometimes known as the “Venice of America” because of its expansive and intricate canal system.,Language point “he gets so mean.” Here “get” is used as a copula, which can not be used in the passive voice. It

56、means “reach the specific state or condition; become”, usually followed by adjectives, e.g.： get angry, bored, hungry, worried, etc.,Chinese1980年5月，佛羅里達(dá)州，勞德代爾堡。帕蒂在購(gòu)物時(shí)結(jié)識(shí)了一位新朋友，于是她們決定在某一星期天附近的咖啡店吃點(diǎn)冰淇淋，繼續(xù)聊天。那個(gè)女人將近60歲，比帕蒂“年輕”，但是她顯然在尋求幫助。慢慢的，她敞開(kāi)了心房?！拔业恼煞虬岢隽宋覀兊呐P室，”那個(gè)女人輕聲地說(shuō)著，手指不安的摩挲著咖啡杯，盡量不讓眼淚流出來(lái)?！八辉冈倥鑫?。當(dāng)

57、他因?yàn)槲易兊帽孔径鴲琅臅r(shí)候，他有時(shí)甚至?xí)蹦莻€(gè)女人低下頭，難堪地停止述說(shuō)。帕蒂握住她的手安慰她。“他打我他變得好可怕?！薄半y道你就不能告訴其他人嗎？”帕蒂問(wèn)，“你就不能告訴你兒子嗎？”“哦，不行！”那個(gè)女人幾乎驚呼，“我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)告訴孩子們的；他們非常崇拜他?！?Lesson number three: Even a fifty-year-old marriage isnt necessarily a good one. While Pat met many loving and devoted elderly couples, she was stunned to find others w

58、ho had stayed together unhappily because divorce was still an anathema in their middle years. “As a young woman I, too, had just been through a relationship where I spent a lot of time protecting someone by covering up his problems from family and friends. Then I heard this woman in Florida saying that she wouldnt tell her children their father beat her because she didnt want to disillusion them. These issues arent age-related. They affect everyone,” says Patty.,12,Language Point “. protecting someone by covering up his problems from family and f