Unit Three

1. Unit Three

2. Teaching Objectives • Enlarge vocabulary; • Talk about the positive influence of the act of deep caring; • Learn to read for telling a story; • Learn to write a paragraph of a general point supported by examples.

3. Sections Section A A Good Heart to Lean On Section B The Right Son at the Right Time Section C Love of Life

4. Section A A Good Heart to Lean On

5. Table of contents • Background Information • Warming-up Activities • Text Analysis • Vocabulary and Structure • Vocabulary Testing • Writing

6. Background Information (1) What is love?

7. Background Information (2) Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are.

8. Background Information (3) • First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. • Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common-sense. • Falling in love is awfully simple, but falling out of love is simply awful. • Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes.

9. Background Information (4) Ebbets Field Brooklyn Dodgers 1913-57. Cramped but colorful Ebbets Field, in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, was home to the Dodgers in their lean times and glory years, until the franchise was transplanted to Los Angeles. Built by Dodger owner Charlie Ebbets for the 1913 season, the widely anticipated park opened without a press box, and no one brought the key to the bleachers for the first game.

10. Background Information (5) Originally the double-decked grandstand stood only along the foul lines, leaving the left field corner 419' distant, and center 477'. The grandstand was extended to left and center in the 1930s, however, making the park a hitter's paradise. The left-field power alley was 351' and center became a very comfortable 388', made even shorter by the upper deck, which hung over the playing field. The right field wall was a sight in itself.

11. Background Information (6) A patchwork collection of local advertisements, a scoreboard, and a large black screen that was in play, it was 38' high and abutted Bedford Avenue. The screen made up the top 19', sending balls rebounding at unpredictable angles, while the wall itself was concave, angled in the middle. The large black scoreboard featured the famous Abe Stark "Hit sign, win suit" advertisement on the bottom, and a Schaefer beer ad on top which gave the official scorer's ruling on hits and errors by lighting up the appropriate letter (h or e).

12. Background Information (7) Renowned for its laughable Dodgers in the 1920s and 1930s, Ebbets Field was also known for its vocal and boisterous fans. Hilda Chester would attend each game with her clanging cowbell, while the Dodgers Sym-Phony, a collection of musically inclined fans, played other instruments. In the 1940s, the Reds' Lonny Frey hit an inside-the-park home run when his drive to right hit the screen and fell straight down, coming to rest on top of the lower half of the wall, 19' above the field.

13. Background Information (8) And on October 3, 1947 Cookie Lavagetto broke up Bill Bevens's World Series no-hit bid with two out in the ninth. By 1957, however, Ebbets Field had grown too old to satisfy Dodger owner Walter O'Malley, and in 1958 Brooklyn's beloved Dodgers were in Los Angeles. Only 6,673 fans attended the final game, and the park was demolished in 1960. The Jackie Robinson apartment complex now stands on the site. (SCL)

14. Background Information (9)

15. Warming-up Activities(1) Group Discussion: Can you describe the change of the son’s attitude toward his father? Young son Father Adult son

16. Warming-up Activities(2) Reference to Discussion: Young Son: embarrassed, be ashamed of the unwanted attention, impatient

17. Warming-up Activities(3) Father: never let on “You set the pace. I will try to adjust to you.” work with pride never complain or feel pity for himself participate directly or indirectly proud of his son

18. Warming-up Activities(4) Adult Son: marvel at … feel regretful … gain spiritual support from his deceased father

19. Warming-up Activities(5) Understanding the title is very important for us to learn what we are going to read. The title helps us have some idea about the whole text. Read the text first and then choose one of the four in the following to see if you can make the right choice.

20. Warming-up Activities(6) Which of the following best fits what the author says in the title? • His father is a man who has been good enough to turn to. • Whatever you do depends on your courage. • Being kind and generous to others means being kind to yourself. • Someone kind is the one you ask for help.

21. Warming-up Activities(7) How does the author tell us his story? Arrange the following points according to their orders in the text. 1. What he highly valued was not one's fortune and ability but a good heart. 2. The author would inwardly struggle when walking with his father in public. 3. He participated in some activities through the author, his only son. 4. The author is ashamed of his reluctance to be seen with his father during their walks. 5. He never missed a day to travel to work to and for on the subway. 2-5-1-3-4

22. Warming-up Activities(8) Decide the right choices in the following to test your understanding of the text. 1. According to the author, his father _____ when people stared at them. • didn't reveal anything unpleasant • wasn't bothered about it. • didn't notice anything unusual • wasn't embarrassed at all. A

23. Warming-up Activities(9) 2. The author is proud of his father because of all but _____. A. overcoming all the difficulties going to work B. suffering such shame and stress with great courage C. doing everything better than others D. traveling to work without bitterness or complaint C

24. Warming-up Activities(10) 3. According to the author, what is a proper standard by which to judge people? A. He doesn't know precisely what it is. B. Whether one has a good heart or not. . C. Whether one shows any pity and envy of others. D. How much one takes to subject oneself to shame and stress. B

25. Warming-up Activities(11) 4. What kind of activities was not the one his father tried to participate in? A. He kept a local baseball team going. B. He liked to go to dances and parties. C. He wanted to join in a fight at a beach party. D. He was fortunate to join the Navy with his son. D

26. Warming-up Activities(12) 5. The author has found his father very _____. • able • respectable • unworthy • envious B

27. Warming-up Activities(13) 6. Why does the author repeat his father's words — "You set the pace. I will try to adjust to you"? A. He tried to keep his balance with the right attitude towards his life. B. He tried to keep up with his father's speed while walking. C. His father tried to keep up with his speed while walking. D. He tried to emphasize the help he gave his crippled father. A

28. Warming-up Activities(14) Read the following statements. Are they true (T) or false (F) according to the text? Correct the false statements. ______ 1. The author was impatient with his father as they went along. _____ 2.His father went to work, even though the weather was very bad. T T

29. Warming-up Activities(15) F ______3. The father always had something to complain to the author when suffering a lot from shame and stress. ______4. The father didn't want others to take pity on him. ______5. The author didn't know what a "good heart" was, so he didn't understand his father. T T

30. Warming-up Activities(16) ________6. Through his son, father was actively but indirectly involved in many activities. _________7. Nobody fought the author's father because everybody else knew he was disabled. _________8. The author would stop complaining about trifles when he thought of his father. F T T

31. Text Analysis (1) Summary of the Text This essay tells about a story of a father and a son. The son was reluctant to be seen walking with his crippled father , for he was ashamed of the unwanted attention from other people. The father, however, didn't care much about how others behaved towards them. Nor did he complain about his life. Instead, he kept on working and tried to participate in as many activities as he could. Not until the son grew up and lost his father forever, did he realize how positive and courageous his father was and how sorry he felt toward his father and how

32. Text Analysis (2) unworthy he used to be. Finally, he came to know about the fact that it was his father who set the pace in his life and taught him the importance of having a good heart.

33. Text Analysis (3) The author presents the story with a general point and then continues to support his general point with examples. This is one of the commonest way of presenting one’s ideas or points of view.

34. Text Analysis (4) In paragraph 11, the author tells us that although the father was crippled, he still managed to participate in some activities through his son. Then the author went on to support this general point with three examples. The first example is when the son played ball, the father “played” too. The second example is that the son joined the navy and the father “joined” too, though the author did not tell us how that his father “joined” the navy. The third example is that when the son went home

35. Text Analysis (5) on leave from the navy, the father would make him visit his office. And in this way the father was telling others that he could do the same as his son.

36. Text Analysis (6) • Paras. 1-5:The son was embarrassed to be seen walking with his crippled father, but the father subjected himself to the shame and stress without bitterness and complaint. • Paras. 6-7: The son now realizes that his father treated others with a good heart. • Paras. 8-11: The father’s attempt to experience things directly and indirectly. • Para.12-13: The father has gone many years, but the son feels regret for his reluctance and relies much more on his father for his balance of mind.

37. Vocabulary and Structure You should memorize the following core vocabulary and useful structure.

38. balance 平衡(1) 扩展：unbalance counterbalance 平衡力 搭配： keep one’s balance 保持平衡； lose one’s balance 失去平衡； balance the pros and cons 权衡利弊

39. balance 平衡(2) 只工作不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻。这句话提醒人们劳逸结合的重要性。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. This saying reminds us of the importance of keeping a good balance between work and recreation. 他失去了平衡，摔倒在结冰的路面上，但幸运的是，他安然无恙。 He lost his balance and fell over on the icy road, but luckily, he remained safe and sound.

40. impatient 不耐心的 扩展：impatience n.impatiently adv. 不耐烦地　patient adj.n.病人patience n. 搭配：be impatient with sb./of sth 不耐心be impatient to do sth. 急切地做某事 毕业不久就急不可待地想当经理，这对于学生们来说是不切实际的。 It’s impractical for students to be impatient to become managers soon after graduation.

41. pace 步调 搭配：keep pace with跟上//the pace of life 生活的节奏 他发现很难跟上核物理领域的发展。 He finds it hard to keep pace with the latest developments in nuclear physics. 随着生活节奏的加快，人们的压力比以往更大了。 With the acceleration of the pace of life, people are under greater pressure than ever before.

42. adjust 调整 扩展： adjustment n., adjustable a. 搭配：adjust... to 调整, 使适合 他尽力调整自己原来的计划以适应新的安排，这说明他是个很灵活的人． He tried to adjust his original schedule to the new appointment，which shows he is a very flexible person. 他使自己很快适应了快节奏的城市生活及这个国家炎热的气候． He adjusted himself very quickly to the heat of the country as well as the fast pace of city life.

43. despite尽管(1) 扩展： despite 有时可用in spite of替代，两者均为介词。 although conj.虽然, 尽管　 尽管天气不好，我们的假期仍过得很愉快。 Despite the bad weather we enjoyed our holiday.

44. despite尽管(2) 尽管有许多困难，我们仍然设法提前两天完成了任务。 Despite the great difficulties, we still managed to finish the task two days ahead of time. 尽管我们作出了巨大努力,我们还是没能完成计划。 In spite of great efforts we failed to carry our plans through.

45. amaze 使惊奇(1) 扩展：amazed, amazing，amazement 搭配： be amazed at/by对...大为惊奇　 be amazed to see/ to hear/ to find看到/听到, 发现…感到吃惊 be filled with amazement大为诧异 in amazement 惊异 to sb's amazement使某人惊异的是…

46. amaze 使惊奇(2) 当我再次回到北京的时候，我对北京在过去一年的变化感到大为惊奇。 When I came back to Beijing again, I was very much amazed at the great changes that had taken place in the past year 由于在线学习的支持，老师惊奇地发现学生英语学习取得的进步。 Thanks to the support of online learning, the teacher was amazed to see the progress his students had made in their English.

47. stress 强调 扩展：stressful, stressless 搭配：lay /place/put stress on把重点放在...上; 在...上用力;under/driven by the stress of 为...所迫; 为...所驱使 为了学生们更美好的未来，我们应强调他们创造性思维能力的发展。 For a brighter future of our students, we should lay stress on the development of their ability of creative thinking. 为贫困所迫，他不得不长期加班加点。 Under the stress of poverty, he had to work extra hours on a regular basis.

48. complain 抱怨 扩展：complaint n. 搭配：complain that＋从句　抱怨； complain to sb.of/about sth.对某人抱怨某事 他抱怨事情的结局没有如他所料。 He complained that nothing came out the way he had expected. 学生们向老师抱怨上网不便。 Students complained to the teacher of not having an easy access to the Internet.

49. envy 羡慕, 嫉妒(1) 扩展：envious adj. 搭配： out of envy 出于忌妒[羡慕] better be envied than pitied 宁可让人妒忌, 不要让人怜悯 green with envy妒忌得面色发青, 非常妒忌 be envious of 嫉妒

50. envy 羡慕, 嫉妒(2) 他非但没有祝贺他朋友的成功，反而对此心存嫉妒。 Instead of congratulating his friend on his success, he was envious of it. 他被派到一个新的很有发展前途的工作岗位,所以成为朋友们羡慕的对象。 He has become an envy of all his friends since he was assigned to a new promising post.