Unit 3

1. Unit 3 The Generation Gap

2. Brainstorming 1.How do you think good parents should treat their children? 2.Do you think there is a generation gap between you and your family? How can you deal with it? • 3.Do you always do what your parents want you to do ?

3. 4.Do you think you have showed respect to your parents? • 5.Have you ever quarreled with your parents? 6.What is your quarrel about? 7.Suppose you were one of the children what would you do?

4. If you were the boy in the picture, what should you say to your mother?

8. What are the causes of the generation gap • 1 the old generation and the young generation live in different periods. • 2different places have different cultures, different backgrounds • 3 the lack of communication

9. How to narrow the generation gap • 1 communicate with each other, try to understand each other • 2 keep silence • 3 have patience • 4 contain others

10. What is a play? A play usually consists of several acts. Each act can have several scenes. If we read a play , what things should we pay attention to? Reading strategy 1.In the form of a dialogue. 2.Read the dialogue aloud. 3.Pay attention to the instructions and tips. 4.People the depiction of mental

11. A brief introduction to palys • The major components of a play: • Characters setting • stage Directions • language conflicts • climax theme

12. Stage indicator diagram Up Right Up left Stage right Stage left Center Stage Down left Down stage

13. 1. conflict Man vs man Man vs environment Man vs himself climax

14. Text organization • Scene1 Father Sean • Scene2 Father Diane • Scene3 Father Heidi

15. Scene One • Father embarrassed Sean by talking too proudly to the restaurant manager.

16. Scene Two Father embarrassed Diana by persuading a workmate into pressing his son to ask her to the senior prom.

17. Scene 3 • Father embarrassed Heidi by boasting to an official of her new about how bright she was

18. Part Three Post-reading Task 1. Characteristic of the character

19. 2. Theme • There is a generation gap between parents and children. The key to bridge the gap is understanding, is the holy loving between family members

20. Language Study • (Text e.g.)Sean, dear. Heidi, sweetheart, don't distract your father. • Distract • vt. take (sb.'s attention) away from sth. esp. for a short time 转移（注意力）；使分心习惯用语 • She was the noise outside。 • E.g.The noise in the street me my reading. • be distracted by/with 被...搞得心烦意乱; 被 ...搞得要发狂 • distract from 使(人)分心, 分散(注意力等) distracted by distracted from

21. Text.e.g.he's always doing these stupid things that end up really embarrassing one or more of us kids. • embarrass • vt. make (sb.) feel awkward or ashamed 使窘迫；使不好意思 • Synonyms :embarrass,disconcert, abash • E.g. I was by their compliment. • E.g. Forgetting his speech the speaker • E.g. I stoodat his rebuke. • embarrass 指“因使不安以致言语行为显得很不自然” • disconcert指“由于很快失去冷静而仓皇失措” • abash 指“使感到困惑或羞愧” embarrassed disconcerted abashed

22. Text e.g. all three of us live in constant dread knowing that at any time disaster can strike because: • constant • a. without stopping; unchanging 持续的；不变的 • Synonyms :constant faithful • E.g.he is a companion. • E.g.He was to his promise • constant表示忠诚忠实为文学用此强调感情行为等的持久不变始终如一 • faithful意为忠诚的忠实的，多形容对婚姻友谊工作忠诚的坚定不移的守信义 • . constant faithful

23. dread • n. great fear 畏惧，恐怖 • Synonyms：dread fear alarm • E.g. They are in daily of earthquakes. • E.g. Cats big dogs • E.g. They were by a sudden attack • dread意为深惧不敢，后可借名词动名词或动词不定式，常见搭配 in dread of sb./sth. • fear意为畏惧害怕，含有焦虑无勇气面对的意思，vt.时不用于被动语态 • alarm意为使担心使惊恐的，主要指因为遇到意外的潜在的危险而突然警觉，多用于被动语态 dread fear alarmed

24. Text e.g. At any rate, Dan's a nice guy. • at any rate • whatever may happen, in any case 无论如何，不管怎样 • E.g. At any rate the task must be fulfilled

25. text E.g. Father, you know better than that. • know better than (that/to do sth) • be wise or well-trained enough not to do (sth.) 明事理而不至于(做某事) • E.g. I should know better than to ask you for advice!

26. Performance time act out the play come on …baby