Unit 6 A Day’s Wait

The small boy’s illness seemed not too serious. Yet he was clearly very worried about something. Whatever

was it?

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Unit 6 A Day’s Wait

1. Useful Expressions 2. Text Interpretation 3. Word Family 4. Sentence Structure 5. Translation Practice 6. Reading Skill 7. Guided Writing8. Homework

Useful Expressions

M loves company. 同病相怜。 酸雨

猪流感 流行病 Detached house

盗版

Acid rain Swine flu

An epidemic disease

独立式住宅

Pirated edition

Useful Expressions

Brush up 复习，提高，擦亮 Glassy-eyed

A slip of the tongue

Let something slide

Flush a toilet

面无表情，目光呆滞 口误

任其自然发展

冲马桶

Prescribed course 必修课程

Useful Expressions

Thermal underwear 保暖内衣 旅游淡季

量体温

A slack season for T Take one’s temperature

冷淡的微笑

稳定的物价 Steady prices

An icy smile

退烧 Bring down the fever

1. Warm-up questions

2. Global analysis

3. Detailed reading

4. Picture talk

5. Inspiring quotations

Text Interpretation

Content questions (140)

1. Warm-up questions

Related topics1. Tell us one of your unforgettable

experiences of waiting for something or somebody.

2. Do you think many of us are risking our health?

3. What do you think of death? 4. Have ever been worried by what

somebody said only to find out later you had misunderstood and that there was nothing to worry about?

◆ What type is the text?

A narration B description C exposition D argumentation

2. Global analysis

◆ What pattern is the text?

A problem-solution B cause-effect C general-specific D time / sequence

记叙文 a movie描述文 a picture说明文 a lecture议论文 a debate

问题 - 解决因果总 - 分时间 / 顺序

2. Global analysis

Style Analysis

Evidence

CategoryTheme

Character Landscape

Stay calm facing death

Hold tight/refuse company

Snow landscape

Language

Dialogues esp.

Style

Death/courage

Masculine/lonely

Broad

Short/simple

2. Global analysis

Discussion1.Why does the author describe the

hunting scene of the father in the middle of the story?a. It creates a contrast between the father’s easy mood and the boy’s terrible tension.

b. It shows the father’s character of strength and masculinity and his influence upon his son. It enhances the boy’s image of being “a strong man. ”

c. It diverts the readers so that the boy’s real thought will be a greater surprise when they are revealed.

d. It creates a sense of time passing so that we know that it is close to evening by the time the father gets home.

2. Global analysis

Discussion

2.The boy cried very easily at trifling matters? What are the possible reasons?

a.As a spoiled boy, he often complained about unimportant things.

b.He had been tense the previous day that he couldn’t control his emotions when he finally relaxed.

c.He had waited so long to die that in a sense he was disappointed.

2. Global analysis

Part division

Main IdeasParas

Parts

1 1-13

2 14-25

3 24-27

The boy was diagnosed a light flu.

Began to hold tight onto himself about sth

Father going out hunting

4 28-57

Revealed his worry

1. He walked slowly as though it ached to move.

2. You better go back to bed. (Note 3)

3. I’ll see you when I’m dressed.

4. …capsules with instructions for giving them.

5. I made a note of the time to give the capsules.

6. He seemed very detached from what was going on.

3. Detailed reading

7. It was a bright cold day, the ground covered with a sleet that had frozen so that it seemed as if all the bare trees … had been varnished with the ice, … having it slide away over the ice.

8. Coming out while you were poised unsteadily … they made difficult shooting, and I … started back pleased to have found … and happy there…

9. On that thermometer thirty-seven is normal.10. The hold over himself relaxed.11. The next day it was very slack.

3. Detailed reading

4. Picture talk

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④ ⑤

5. Inspiring quotations

1. The first wealth is health.

健康是人生第一财富。

2. A good medicine tastes bitter.

4. Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage.

3. A man may be destroyed, but not defeated.

纵使困难重重，也决不丧失勇气。

良药苦口。

一个人可以被毁灭，但不能被打败。

Tremble, quiver, misery, dose, pill, bowel, surmount, sour, alkaline, bacterium, contagious, pandemic, infectious, inflammation, indifferent, unconcerned, attached, disconnected, piratical, dizzy, faint, hot/cool/clear/heavy-headed, prescription, scribe, script describe, sleety, Ireland, brook, stream, slipper, flock, overhead, overhear, distribute, shakily, flexible, commencement, thermos flask/bottle, slacken …

IV. Enriching your word power (143-4)

Word Family

Sentence Structure

I’d rather stay awake.

1. …would rather (not/that)

It will be months before he is fit for work.

2. …before… (… 后才… )

I’d rather you didn’t.

Your advice is of great help.

3. be of no/little/great/some + n.

Translation Practice

1. Fitted with the artificial leg, he walked unsteadily / shakily at first, but with practice his steps became steady.

2. The doctor said I had caught a severe cold and she prescribed me four different medicines. Three of them are pills to be taken after meals and the other is liquid to be drunk before going to bed.

3. My sister felt miserable for weeks after she had her pet dog stolen.

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2.

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Translation Practice

4. Jenny was still standing at the gate gazing at the end of the road long after the car was out of sight.

5. As far as I know, they have been emotionally detached from each other for some time.

6. In general, prices may be brought down by increasing supply or decreasing demand.

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Increasing Word Power

1. Look and listen for new words.

2. Write down your new words.

3. Find the meanings of new words

4. Make the new words your own.

5. Enter several new words each day.

Reading Skill

(148-9)

Reordering Sentences

1. Begin by announcing the topic. 2. Present generalizations before

details.3. Move from the most important to the

least important or vice versa.4. Pay attention to forecasting

statements, transitions and headings.

Guided Writing

Review

Preview

Recitation

Fast reading

Dictation

Learning journal

Homework

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