Unit 1 Someone Waiting

1. Unit 1 Someone Waiting • Part I Listening and Speaking Activities • Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities • Part III Extended Activities

2. Introduction of functions • You may talk about your impressions like this: • How do you feel about…? • What do you think of…? • What’s your impression of …? • How does… strike you? • I get the impression that… • I’m under the impression that… • What has impressed me most is that… • Sth/sb strike(s) me as…

3. Try to speak more Note: • check in: 上飞机前领登机牌 (boarding pass) • see somebody off: say goodbye to someone • turn up: appear; arrive • let somebody down: disappoint somebody • he’s nowhere to be found: People can not find him. • Oh, that sounds interesting: Sue shows reserved disagreement in opinion.

4. Make your own dialogue • Suppose it is your first day at college. You and your partner meet at lunch and talk about your impressions of your new teacher, Mr. Johnson. Make a dialogue using the following cues. (Turn to page 2) • Look at the picture on page 3. Discuss what is going on in this scene. Give your impressions about the place and the person in the picture. (Turn to page 3)

5. What are they for? Key: 1.c 2.a 3.e 4.d 5.g 6.f 7.b If you want to learn more Key: a. 1,2,4,6,7,8 b. 5,9 c. 3,10

6. Pre-reading Tasks Notes Translation Comprehension work Language work (A, B, C) Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities

7. Pre-reading Tasks How would you feel when you, after a long journey, see somebody waiting for you at the railway station ? Did anyone see you off when you left for college ? How were you feeling then ? Which of the following words apply to your case ? Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities Text

8. intense: adj. having a very strong effect or felt very strongly • e.g. • The pain was so intense that I couldn't sleep. • 太痛了，痛得我睡不着。 • He took an intense interest in all religious matters. • 他对所有的宗教问题都有浓厚的兴趣。 • a look of intense dislike • 强烈反感的眼神/表情

9. wrap: v. a) to cover sth completely in paper or other material b) to put sth firmly around sth/sb • e.g. • He spent the evening wrapping up the Christmas presents. • 他花了一个晚上的时间把圣诞礼物都包了起来。 • A scarf was wrapped around his neck. • 他的脖子上围着一条围巾。

10. embrace: a) v. hug b) n. the act of holding someone close to you, especially as a sign of love • e.g. • The child embraced his parents. • 这孩子拥抱了他的父母。 • She gave her son a tender brace when he came home after ten years' absence. give sb an embrace • 她儿子离家十年后回家时她亲切地拥抱儿子。

11. glance at sth: take a quick look at sth • e.g. • She glanced along the road to see if he was coming. • 她沿路扫视着，看他是否要来了。 • The Personnel Manager glanced down the list of names of the applicants. • 人事部经理浏览了一下申请人名单。

12. recall: to remember sth • e.g. • Recall the misery of the past and contrast it with the happiness of today. • 想想过去的苦,比比今天的甜. • ~ doing sth: • I can’t recall meeting her before. • 我想不起来以前曾经见过她。

13. oblivious: adj.~ (of/to sth) not aware of sth; not noticing/not knowing about • e.g. • She was oblivious to our warnings. • 她忘了我们的提醒。 • She gradually became oblivious to the noise. • 她渐渐地变得不在意吵闹声了。

14. capture: to succeed in recording, showing, or describing a situation or feeling, using words or pictures • e.g. • The article captured the mood of the nation. • 这篇文章把国民的情绪表达得淋漓尽致。 • In his traveling report, he tried to capture the beauty of the Great Waterfalls. • 他努力在他的这篇游记中记录下大瀑布的美。

15. out of place: adv. a) not in the correct place b) not suitable for a particular situation • e.g. • Some of these files seem to be out of place. • 有些档案似乎没放对地方。 • Her remarks were out of place. • 她出言不当。 • I felt completely out of place among all these successful people. • 夹在这些事业有成的人中间，我觉得格格不入。

16. 等候的人们 我坐在一个机场，观察着等候所爱之人到达或离开前最后一刻的人们。他们有的不安地来回走着，有的互相凝视着， 有的拉着对方的手 。此时的感情是强烈的。 一位讲西班牙语的女士正来回转圈地跑着，想要将全家人集中起来道别。她的嗓门很高。当登机前的最后时刻到来时，她用双臂搂着儿子，似乎这一紧紧的拥抱能保佑他将来平安地归来。 在我候机坐位旁的栏杆边站着一位祖母和她的孙子，该来接他们的人还没到。他们旁边有两位女士，互相之间显然没有关系， 但她们的眼光都象扫视着大海的探照灯一样朝通道口仔细地搜索着。一位怀抱婴儿的母亲正与丈夫吻别。泪水打湿了她的面颊。这时刻十分令人动情。

17. 等候的人们 在第13号出口处，抵达者们刚刚进站。“我看见她了，她在那儿。”以同样感人的激情，这些抵达者融入了庞杂的人群，仿佛他们是这人群中失而复得的一个组成部分。泪水、笑容，和由衷的快乐洋溢在久别重逢的欢声笑语中。 我坐着边翻书边等着我的登机时刻，感到有点孤独，因为亲人与我的时间不配；而我要去见的人，我的女儿，却在我旅程的另一端。 我在回想往日的离别和重逢。忆起我看见女儿，就是我现在要去见的女儿，正从那狭窄的通道走过来，肩上背着背包，怀里抱着塞得满满的行囊，带着的耳机让她无暇顾及身旁川流不息的人群。她当时上大学一年级，11月回家度假——8月份以来第一次回家。我紧紧地拥抱着她，似乎我曾失去过她。

18. 等候的人们 今天我乘坐的航班晚点两小时。手里的书今天读起来没劲， 不如观看眼前这熙来人往的人群。一个5岁左右的男孩第一次见到他的祖父。他一点点往上看，半天才看到了对成人来说并不算高的一位男人的脸。一高一矮的两人脸上都放出了喜悦的光芒，我不知道人们如何能用语言和胶卷来捕捉这一时刻。 当我的航班终于呼叫登机时，我收起书本和行李。既然无人相送，我就没有回头看看来时的方向，而是在想上班的丈夫此刻极想知道我是否已起飞，在另一端的女儿也正惦记着同一件事。

19. 等候的人们 登机时，我回想起另一种离别和重逢。有一次我新婚不久，91岁的祖父去世了。我们的关系一直很密切，那天傍晚，我参加完他的葬礼乘飞机返回，一边离开机场一边哭着。我们刚刚结婚一年的丈夫等候在出站口，把我拥抱在怀中。满脸的泪水招来了大家对我的关注，但我并不在乎。不管怎么说，我内心的那种感受在机场没有什么不合时宜的。 生命始终都需要这般关注。我祝愿所有旅行的人们归来时都能看到有人在等候迎接他们。我也祝愿他们出发前有人去送行。我想到自己的祖父并认识到，如果死亡就像这样，一次旅行而已，那么，我就不会害怕。

20. Comprehension work (Questions for discussion ) • At the airport, how do people usually behave in the final moments before their loved ones arrive or depart? • How is the Spanish-speaking woman expressing her emotion before her son leaves? • What happens to the waiting people and the arrivals when they finally meet at the airport? • Who is the narrator going to visit? Why is she waiting alone?

21. Comprehension work (Questions for discussion ) • Has the narrator had a similar experience of waiting for someone she loves? • How did she act when she once met her daughter who was returning home? • What conclusion does the narrator draw from her observation? What are her wishes? • What does the narrator remember as she heads toward the place? • Who are really seeing her off and waiting for her at the moment she is leaving?

22. Language work (A, p. 7) • charged, scan, schedule, glance • embrace, boarding, dampen, pacing, capture, poignant • pick up, corridor, unrelated • heading toward, carry-ons • high-pitched, wrap, hold into, delight

23. Language work (B, p.8) • When the rescue operation began, military troops immediately headed toward the earthquake site. • Since her children are still in the kindergarten, the mother must first pick them up on her way home. • It’s after three o’clock now. But she was supposed to meet me here at two o’clock. • When his friends talk about modern paintings, Mr. Smith keeps silent and feels out of place because he knows little about the subject.

24. Language work (B, p.8) • The boy, with his eyes fixed on the screen, was completely oblivious to the knocks at the door. • When the mother learned the news that her son had failed in the university entrance examination, she took him in her arms and encouraged him to try again. • When waiting for the train in the subway, many passengers usually buy a newspaper and glance at the headlines.

25. Language work (C, p.9) 1. a. Students sat in circles talking to each other about what they had seen during the summer vacation. b. The flowers grow in circles waving in the gentle breeze. c. The child was running in circles in the square playing hide-and –seek with his mother.

26. Language work (C, p.9) 2. a. The man in a sport jacket standing next to me, asked “Anybody here?” as if he saw nobody in the office. b. The girl, next to the window, jumped up suddenly as if being shocked by electricity. c. The old wooden bridge, next to the temple, stood over the river as if telling us the history of this little mountain village.

27. Language work (C, p.9) 3. a. I was wondering how one could record that solemn moment in words. b. I was wondering how one could express that emotion in words. c. I was wondering how he could describe this magnificent view in words.