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Unit Five
Book Two
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Unit5
Overcoming Obstacles
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Obj=
ectives:
1.Grasp the =
main
idea (dreaming and hard work helped Michael Stone on his <=
/span>way to suc=
cess)
and the structure of the text (narration with a flashback):
2.Appreciate=
the
narrative skills (using detail to bring out a
character; a surprising ending ; use of puns)
3.Master the=
key
language points and grammatical structures in the text
4.Conduct a =
series
of reading , listening , speaking and writing
activities related to the theme of the unit
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Text Analysis
Key Sentence
Patterns
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Writing & Reading Skills
Lead-in Activities
Background Informa=
tion
Key Word Study
Lead-in activity 1:
group discussion
group discussion
•A. the obs=
tacles
that you have been
• fac=
ed
with in your life.
•B. the way=
s in
which you overcame such difficulties.
•C. the pro=
blems
that you still have in overcoming these
obstacles.
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/span>
what are the essential =
factors that contribute =
to success?
Dreaming, hard work, diligence, persevera=
nce,
patience, endurance, etc.
Text hints:
Har=
d work
is important to success, but it is not the only factor that
contributes to success. Besides, dreaming is equally
important.
Proverbs
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span
style=3D'font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;font-size:75%'>=
有志者事竟成。
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span
style=3D'font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;font-size:75%'>=
伟业非一日之功、罗=
9532;非朝夕建成。
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:75%'>•God helps =
those
who help themselves.
<=
span
style=3D'font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;font-size:75%'>=
自助者天助、皇天不=
6127;有心人。
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:75%'>•You shall =
reap=
（收割、收获）what you s=
ow.
<=
span
style=3D'font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;font-size:75%'>=
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆=
5307;一分耕耘, <=
span
style=3D'font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;font-size:75%'>=
一分收获。
<=
span
style=3D'font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;font-size:75%'>=
锲而不舍，金石可镂=
2290;
Lead-in activity 2: culture approach<=
/span>
•How much do you know about the Olympics?
•Organized and governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Olympic Games=
are the
most
important international sports event in the world held every four years.
<=
span
style=3D'visibility:hidden'>•
Main events in Olympic history:
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Anc=
ient
Olympic Games were held in Olympia.
-- 1896 &=
#13;
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Mod=
ern
Games began.
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•--
1912
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Women are allowed to compete in the Games.
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•--
1924
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Winter sports were added to the Games.
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•--
2008
Beijing will host the 29th Olympic Games.
•
•
•
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•
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five interloc=
ked
rings -- red, blue, yellow, black and green -- on a white field, represent=
ing
the continents of the world joined together.
<=
span
style=3D'mso-special-format:bullet;color:#FF3399;mso-color-index:6;positio=
n:
absolute;left:-4.07%'>•Olympic motto:
Swifter,
Higher, Stronger.
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Olympic=
Flame
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•The most revered and vi=
sible
symbol of the Olympic Games competition is the Olympic Flame. D=
uring
the ancient Games, in Olympia, a sacred =
flame burn=
ed
continually on the altar of the goddess, Hera.The tradition of the Olympic Torch
Relay, which culminates in the lighting=
of <=
span
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-family:"Arial Black";mso-ascii-font-family:"Aria=
l Black";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:88%;mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN'>the Olympic cauldron at the Opening =
Ceremony of each Games, dates to the 1936 Berlin Games.
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Carl Diem, the noted Olympic historian and head of the organizing committee, created the first torch relay to symbolize the link between the ancient and modern Olympic Games. The flame was lit in a
ceremony at Olympia, Greece. From there, 3,000 =
runners ca=
rried
the torch through seven countries to Berlin. The relay =
was timed =
so that
the flame arrived at the stadium at the precise moment required. =
Ever
since, the lighting of the Olympic cauldron has be=
come
the most sacred moment of the Olympic Games.
Background information:
Pole Vault
Pole Vault
a vaulting pol=
e. The
basic concept is to convert horizontal energy
=
(the run) into verti=
cal
energy
(thus clearing a hig=
her
bar).
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Language Study
=
Rese=
arch
bore out his theory.
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> The evidence that the US Central Intelligence Age=
ncy has obtained bears out their=
claims that Bin Laden is closely
related to
the September 11 terrorist attacks in the USA.
•fantasy: imagination, esp. when it has no connection at =
all with
reality
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> I still have the fantasy th=
at one
day
I will win the National Lottery.
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Having watched so many animated cartoons, some =
children can’t
tell fantasy from reality.
•passion: strong feeling, esp. of =
love
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> He loved her still, with th=
e same passion as he always
had.
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> She had never before loved =
anyone with such passion=
.
=
;
• have a passion for: have a <=
span
style=3D'position:absolute;top:25.75%;left:12.17%;width:94.19%;height:8.5%=
'>strong interest in sth. =
and like
it very
much
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> She had a passion for danci=
ng =
which interfered with he=
r =
schoolwork.
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.46%'>•recur: come or happen again
•outrun: run faster or better than; <=
/span>go beyond
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> His expenditure outran his =
income.
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Man's ingenuity has outrun =
his =
intelligence.
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> 人类的独=
1019;性已超出了自身的ச=
2;解力。
•out-: in a way that surpasses, =
exceeds, or goes beyond:=
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> eg: outnumber; outperform; =
outdistance.
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•coincide: 1) happen at the same =
time (followed by with)
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> His arrival in Tokyo coinci=
ded with the beginning of th=
e war.
2=
) be in
agreement (with)
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>
=
=
R=
26;work out: go through a physical =
=
exercise session
• He worked out daily w=
ith =
sparring partner.
•
• workout: (n.) a sessi=
on of exercise or practice to improve fitness
• This afternoon we wen=
t to
the gym
for a workout.
•
•
•vain: too pleased with one’s =
own abilities or looks&#=
13;
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> She was vain of/about her <=
/span>=
appearance.
<=
/span>
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Too much praise can make a =
person vain.
•stretch out: hold a part of your <=
span
style=3D'position:absolute;top:20.25%;left:12.17%;width:92.32%;height:8.5%=
'>body straight out in fro=
nt of
you
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> She stretched out a hand an=
d lifted the glass to her
lips.
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> There were beggars <=
/span>=
everywhere, pathetically=
stretching their hands o=
ut to passersby.=
•bring (sb.) back to earth: cause (sb.) to stop day-dreami=
ng ; cause (sb.) to return to
reality
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Emily’s
voice brought him back to earth.
• Jack had been spending all =
his time chatting on line wi=
th his key-pals until his paren=
ts had a
word =
with him
and brought him back to earth.
•in one’s
mind’s eye: in one’s imagination; in one’s
memory
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> In his mind’s
eye, she is still a shy girl.
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> In my mind’s
eye, I can still see the house where I was born.
Text Organization=
•Part One (Paras 1-2)
• Michael faced the most challenging competition =
in his pole-vaulting career.=
3;
•Part Two (Paras 3-5)
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span
style=3D'visibility:hidden'>•
• Michael’s
childhood was marked with dreams and tough training.
•Part Three (Paras 6-12)
• Michael topped his personal=
best, won the championsh=
ip and set a new world reco=
rd.
•Part Four (Para 13)
<=
span
style=3D'visibility:hidden'>•
• What was most unusual about=
Michael’s
victory was that he was blind.
Text Analysis
The most striking featu=
re is
the closing line.
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span
style=3D'position:absolute;top:0%;left:0%;width:100.0%;height:60.46%'>
broke both national and international records=
3;
--- being blind
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:75%'>• --- what a great impact it =
has on
us!
•
=
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:75%'>• Besides, the author uses de=
tails
skillfully.
<=
span
style=3D'position:absolute;top:0%;left:4.45%;width:95.54%;height:60.46%'><=
span
style=3D'font-size:75%'>•Michael’s success at pole-vault=
ing is
especially significant.
<=
span
style=3D'position:absolute;top:0%;left:4.26%;width:95.73%;height:60.46%'><=
span
style=3D'font-size:75%'>•He is a hi=
ghly
motivated person with a passion. =
§The text plays on words=
on
more than one occasion. The text title, True He=
ight, itself h=
as more
than one meaning. We may understand it as the new bar heights that
Michael cleared one after another, or we may view it as=
the
tremendous obstacles Michael had overcome in attaining his goal. =
The word
“hot” in the first paragraph also plays on two different
meanings, one literal, the other figurative.
§We could also notice ho=
w the
author uses details skillfully. How do we know that Michael’s success at pole-vault=
ing is
especially
significant? We know it by inferring, because even=
“Bert ‘If You Want It, Work For It<=
/span>’ Stone was crying like =
a <=
span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:75%;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>baby in hi=
s wife’s arms. He was crying <=
/span>harder than
Mildred had ever seen beforeR=
21;. <=
/span>=
How do we =
conclude
that Michael is a highly motivated person with a passion for =
detail? Be=
cause
the author told us in detail how he had followed a r=
igid
training program, as well as how he appeared =
unmoved by=
his own
success and going on doggedly to scale a new height, not once =
forgetting=
“his routine of three
finger-tipped push-ups.
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•1. =
It was<=
/u> at the ex=
act
moment he took a deep breath that he began to leap of=
f the
ground . (lines 18-19)
<=
span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ascii-font-family:=
"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:200%;text-shadow:auto;
color:red;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>Analyze
= the
difficult
= sentences
= the
difficult
= sentences
就在他=
8145;深吸上一口气的瞬=
8;，他开始=
从地面一跃而起。
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> 强调结构：It +be +<=
/span>被强调部分+that (who ,whi=
ch …) +句子其他成分。
<=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> 如： It was yesterday that (不用=
103;词=
when) I m=
et an
old friend of yours in the street .=
2. What he didn’t know was that his dad was hugging his=
wife
and crying .(lines 83-84)
•what –clause. =
由关系代词型的what =
引导的名词从=
句常表示一个具体的=
9996;西，事情，在结构ߍ=
8;相当于一=
=
个名词+=
=
一个定语从句。意思=
6159;：（所）… =
的（=3D that [those] which , the thing(s) which , anything t=
hat=
） 可用作主语从=
477;，表语从句，宾语=
=
从句等。
•
如：
• What
you are doing seems very important. (=
主)
• China is no longer wh=
at it
used to be .(表)
• Do what you please .(=
=
宾)
• We listened to what h=
e said
.(介宾)
Writing skills
̶=
6;As the text consists of =
the main
story=
and a
flashback, the narration has to switch from the ongoing competition to earlier events and then return t=
o the ongoing competition. How=
does the author manage to mak=
e these parts in the text =
flow smoothly?
•
•1.One way =
is to
repeat a key word in the last sentence of a paragraph in the first =
sentence
of the next paragraph, e.g.
=
2.Another way is to pick up a key idea from a pre=
vious
paragraph and repeat it in the sentence introducing <=
/span>the next
paragraph, e.g.
<=
/span>
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