eg Life is full of ups and downs人生充滿了歡樂與痛苦

1、New Horizon College EnglishBook Unit 3 Section A: Marriage Across the Nations 1Contents I. Background Information II. Pre-reading Activities III. Text Analysis Structure IV. Intensive reading V. Writing skill VI. Exercises2I. Background Information Choosing a life-long partner can be one of the most

2、 challenging communication tasks for many people. Staying with that partner during sickness and health, in hard times and in good times, takes much skill and patience beyond the initial love that brings two people together. The passage tells us how Gail and Mark face the added problems that two diff

3、erent races bring to a marriage. Their racial and cultural differences enhanced their relationship and taught them a great deal about tolerance, compromise, and being open with each other. Gail was confused why the blacks were so involved with the racial issue. Finally Gail understood that the racia

4、l issue problem was not avoidable.3II. Pre-reading ActivitiesListen to the short passage twice and answer questionsQ1. For what two reasons did Gail and Mark live together? Reference key: Gail and Mark lived together for two years to get to know each other before they decided to marry.Q2. How did Ga

5、ils father and mother react to the news about the wedding plans? Reference key: Gails mother told her to be very certain Mark was the right life-long partner. Gails father thought Mark might be using this marriage to obtain United States citizenship.Q3. In what ways are Gails and her fathers views d

6、ifferent? Reference key: Gails father thought she was rushing into marriage without thinking enough, while Gail thought doubt meant no action and she would act not and worry later. 4Script Gail and Mark lived together for two years to get to know each other before they decided to marry. They wanted

7、to marry for the right reasons. Hearing news of wedding plan, Gails mother, who was supportive of her daughters marrying a black man, told her to be very certain Mark was the right life-long partner. Gails father thought Mark might be using this marriage to obtain United States citizenship. Gails fa

8、ther used statistics about mixed marriages, his counseling experience and childrens problems to warn his daughter she was rushing into marriage without thinking enough about it. His strong-willed daughter thought doubt meant no action; she would rather act now and worry later. Her father reminded he

9、r it was never too late to change her mind. back5III. Text Analysis- StructurePart 1 ( Paras. 1-4): the mixed marriage of Gail and Mark. Part 2 ( Paras. 5-9): the reaction of Gails mother toward their wedding plansPart 3 ( Paras. 10-21 ): the response of Gails father toward their wedding plans 6IV.

10、Intensive readingPart 1 ( Paras. 1-4):Q1:What did Mark and Gail learn from their racial and cultural differences? Answer: They learned a great deal about tolerance, compromise and being open with each other.(Para.2)71. During our two years together we had experienced the usual ups and downs of a cou

11、ple learning to know, understand ,and respect each other.(Para.1) Meaning: Like any other couples who were learning to know, understand, and respect each other, we had had both happy and unhappy periods during our two years together. ups and downs: a mixed of good experiences and bad experiences e.g

12、. Life is full of ups and downs.人生充滿了歡樂與痛苦。82and being open with each other.Meaning: being honest with each other. open: a. willing to talk honestly, frank e.g. Lets be open with each other. 讓我們開誠(chéng)布公吧！93. Gail sometimes wondered why I and other blacks were so involves with the racial issue, Meaning:

13、Gail sometimes expressed a wish to know why I and other blacks gave so much time, energy and attention t the racial issue. be/get involved with: give a lot of time, effort, or attention to e.g. He was involved with working out a plan.104. they overlooked serious personality conflicts in the expectat

14、ion that marriage was an automatic way to make everything work out right. Meaning: They ignored serious personality conflicts. They hoped that everything would go right automatically when they lived their married life. overlook: vta. fail to notice or realize how important sth. ise.g. You have overl

15、ooked several of the mistakes in this work. 你忽略了這項(xiàng)工作中的幾個(gè)錯(cuò)誤。b. pretend not to notice; forgivee.g. Well overlook your bad behavior this time, but dont do it again. 這次我們不計(jì)較你的錯(cuò)誤行為，但是以后就別犯了。c. have or give a view of (a place) from abovee.g. Her bedroom has large windows overlooking a lake. 11work out: a.

16、 develop in a certain way e.g. Things will work out if you will just be patient. 如果你耐心點(diǎn)，事情會(huì)有個(gè)圓滿的結(jié)果的。 b. find by reasoning or figuringe.g. Have you worked out the answer? 你已經(jīng)得出答案來了沒有？125. That point was emphasized by the fact that Gails parents, after thirty-five years of marriage, were going through

17、 a bitter and painful divorce, Meaning: That point was made particularly true when Gails parents, after thirty-five years of marriage, were experiencing a bitter and painful divorce. go through: experience e.g The country has gone through too many wars. go through hardships 歷經(jīng)千辛萬(wàn)苦13 Part 2 ( Paras.

18、5-9):Q1: What was Gails mothers reaction when Gail spread the news of their wedding plans to her family?Answer: Her mother counseled Gail to be really sure she was doing the right thing.142. Instead of congratulations upon hearing our news, Deborah counseled Gail to be really sure she was doing the

19、right thing.Meaning: When Deborah heard our plans, she did not express her congratulations but advised Gail to be really sure that that was the marriage she did want.Congratulation常以復(fù)數(shù)形式出現(xiàn): 對(duì)。表示祝賀,其后常接on/upon。 e.g. Congratulations on your marriage! 恭喜你們喜結(jié)良緣！upon: immediately after (the same as “on”)

20、 e.g. Upon / on hearing the news, she burst into tears. 一聽到這個(gè)消息，她就放聲大哭。 He got a good job upon graduation. 他一畢業(yè)就找到了個(gè)好工作。 15Counsel: a. advise e.g. She counseled them not to accept his explanation. 她建議他們不要接受他的解釋。 b. give advice and support to e.g. The school is now providing a service to counsel stud

21、ents with drug problems.163. When we met I saw him as my beloved, intelligent, charming, and caring.Meaning: When we met I regarded him as the one I loved because he was smart, attractive and caring.seeas: regard/perceiveas e.g. His father saw him as a man who could not make a living for himself. 他父

22、親把他看作是個(gè)連自己也養(yǎng)不活的人。 Sometimes “as ” can be replaced by “to be”, but keeps the same meaning.e.g. Women are sometimes seen to be less effective managers.174. We have seen each other at our worst many times. Meaning: We have has many times when we behaved as unpleasantly as possible towards each other.at

23、 ones worst: when one is behaving as unpleasantly as possible e.g. This was his mother at her worst: her voice was sharp and loud, and she was to be angry at anyone. 這是她母親脾氣最壞的時(shí)候： 說話聲音又高又尖，對(duì)誰(shuí)都發(fā)脾氣。 18Part 3 ( Paras. 10-21 ):Q1: When Gails father learned of Marks problems with the Citizenship departme

24、nt through Gail, what was his reaction? Answer: He immediately suspected that Mark was marrying his daughter in order to remain in the United States.19Q2: According to Paragraph 14 how did Gails father try to persuade Gail to put off their decision until later? Answer: He quoted statistics showing t

25、hat mixed couples had higher divorce rates than couples of the same race and gave examples of mixed couples he had counseled who were having marital difficulties.201. its never too late to change your mind.Meaning: You can change your mind any time, however soon or late. e.g. One is never too old to

26、 learn. 活到老，學(xué)到老。 (No one is so old that he can not learn. ) It is never too late to mend. 亡羊補(bǔ)牢，未為完也。back21Writing skill -A paragraph of Denial of Some Opinions Followed By Some Other OpinionsTask: Write a paragraph on Is Online Learning Easy, which starts with a correction of one idea and goes on to

27、 present another idea.Reference: Some peoples idea: online learning is easyDenial of this opinion: Online learning is not as easy as these people think.My idea: Its only a convenient way of education, not an easy way.Facts to support “my idea” 22Sample: On Stress With the fast are pace of modern lif

28、e, more and more people are living under great pressure. Some people are afraid of pressure. They think that the stresses and strains of work deprive them of joy and happiness. In their view, stress does harm to them both physically and mentally. That is why they prefer something less competitive an

29、d strenuous to something more demanding and challenging. Others argue that stress isnt as bad as it often supposed to be. Unless it is overwhelming, a certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and stimulation. 23 With out stress, you may slack off and idle away your time. It gives purp

30、ose and meaning to an otherwise meaningless, dull life. People under stress tend to bring their potential into full play and to realize their goals. In my opinion, we shouldnt escape from stress but to face it as it is. What we can do is to adapt to the stress and to profit from it rather than to avoid it. 24VI. Exercises1. Rewrite the following sentences by using “never tooto” structure.2. Rewrite the following sentences by using an appositional s