单击此处编=
6753;母版标题样式=
&=
#21333;击此处编辑母版副=
631;题样式
‹=
;日期/时间›=
‹页脚›=
‹#›=
![](3D"master15_image001.gif")
![](3D"master15_image002.gif")
![](3D"slide0064_image004.jpg")
Unit One
Book Three
Unit 1
Cha= nges in the Way We Live
Cha= nges in the Way We Live
![](3D"master14_image005.gif")
![](3D"master14_image006.gif")
Contents
<=
span
style=3D'color:#3B812F;mso-color-index:5'>nPre-r=
eading
1. Lead-in Activities
2. Background information: Americans’ ideal &= nbsp; of a country life (p22) =
1. Lead-in Activities
2. Background information: Americans’ ideal &= nbsp; of a country life (p22) =
<=
span
style=3D'color:#3B812F;mso-color-index:5'>nWhile=
-reading
1. Global reading of Text A
2. Detailed reading of Text A&#= 13;
1. Global reading of Text A
2. Detailed reading of Text A&#= 13;
<=
span
style=3D'color:#3B812F;mso-color-index:5'>nPost-=
reading
1. Discovering the “topic-detail” pattern
2. After-text exercises
1. Discovering the “topic-detail” pattern
2. After-text exercises
n<=
span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;
mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;display:none'>
n<=
span
style=3D'font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-special-for=
mat:
lastCR;display:none'>
Teaching Objectives
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:80%'>nStudents will be able to:
=
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:80%'>ngrasp the main idea ( tolerance for solitude a=
nd
energy made it possible for the writer’s family to enjoy their pleasant b=
ut
sometimes harsh country life);
<=
span
style=3D'font-size:80%'>nappreciate the various techniques employed by =
the writer (co=
mparison
and contrast, topic sentences followed by detail sent=
ences,
use of transitional devices, etc.);
Lead-in
<=
span
style=3D'mso-special-format:bullet;color:#CC9900;mso-color-index:4;positio=
n:
absolute;left:-4.43%;top:.49em;font-family:Wingdings;font-size:65%'>n1. What is the song about?
Background information
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.43%;top:.49em'>nCloze B
Now do Cloze B on page 22.
Now do Cloze B on page 22.
nA homestea=
d is a
person who lives a self-reliant lifestyle with major em=
phasis
on home production. While the Industrial Age is =
being
replaced by information and electronics, some people try to
seek an escape from the social, environmental, and economic m=
adness
of the modern age and begin to consider returning to t=
he
country. Because / As this lifestyle is so enjoyable, satisfying and
rewarding, more and more people are prepared to quit their job=
=
in the cit=
y and =
start a new and=
more
meaningful life on their various farms. Fo=
r some
it has become not only a way of life, but (also) a way of =
looking
at the world.
![](3D"slide0024_image007.gif")
1
![](3D"slide0024_image008.gif")
2
![](3D"slide0024_image009.gif")
3
![](3D"slide0024_image010.gif")
4
![](3D"slide0024_image011.gif")
5
![](3D"slide0024_image012.gif")
6
![](3D"slide0024_image013.gif")
7
![](3D"slide0024_image014.gif")
8
<=
span
style=3D'font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;font-size:87%;
display:none'>
n
nOf course,=
life in
the country can be pretty tough. While it i=
s an
enjoyment to be so close to Nature, =
you may =
have to reduce=
your
dependence on fuels by cutting back on your daily
consumption. You may also have to cook/prepare<=
/span> your own =
meals
every day and provide your own low-cost entertainment without the
luxuries that are common in cities. On =
balance, <=
/span>=
however, living i=
n the
country has long been a part of the American Dream. Generations=
of =
Americans =
have
considered the country an ideal setting in which to liv=
e and
raise a family.
![](3D"slide0025_image015.gif")
9
![](3D"slide0025_image016.gif")
10
![](3D"slide0025_image017.gif")
11
![](3D"slide0025_image018.gif")
12
![](3D"slide0025_image019.gif")
13
![](3D"slide0025_image020.gif")
14
![](3D"slide0025_image021.gif")
15
![](3D"slide0025_image022.gif")
16
Global Reading
=
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.43%;top:.49em'>nPart division
![](3D"slide0012_image023.gif")
Part D=
ivision
of the Text
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
n
<=
/span>
![](3D"slide0012_image024.gif")
![](3D"slide0012_image025.gif")
![](3D"slide0012_image026.gif")
![](3D"slide0012_image027.gif")
![](3D"slide0012_image028.gif")
![](3D"slide0012_image029.gif")
![](3D"slide0012_image030.gif")
![](3D"slide0012_image031.gif")
![](3D"slide0012_image032.gif")
![](3D"slide0012_image033.gif")
Parts
Lines
Main
Ideas
1
2
3
1~14
15~44
45~77
The writer views his life in the country as a self-reliant and sa=
tisfying
one .
Life in the
country is good yet sometimes very hard.
After quitting his job, the writer’s income was reduced, but =
he
and his family can manage to get by.
4
78~101
A tolerance for solitude and a lot of energy h=
ave
made it possible for the family to enjoy their life in the country<=
span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'color:#3B812F;mso-color-index:5;mso-fareast-language=
:ZH-CN'>.
![](3D"slide0012_image034.gif")
GR-1-text
=
Go on to detailed reading
Detailed Reading of the Text
nQuestion for first 3 paras.
Why did the writer and his wife find contentment in the country?
Why did the writer and his wife find contentment in the country?
<=
span
style=3D'visibility:hidden'>n
<=
span
style=3D'visibility:hidden'>n
nRead the first 3 paras again and do the True or False section.
<=
span
style=3D'visibility:hidden'>n
GR-Part1-1
True or False
1. The writer is a famou=
s writer
who is living in the countryside.
2.
![](3D"slide0026_image036.gif")
He is=
not
famous.
![](3D"slide0026_image038.jpg")
F
“Go picnicking in the summer” tells us he is satisfied with=
F
![](3D"slide0026_image039.gif")
( )
In the writer's opinion,=
their
life in the countryside is self-reliant because they can grow all kin=
ds of
fruits and go picnicking in the summer.
( )
the life there.
5.The
writer uses the following words or phrases to tell =
readers that he is satis=
fied
with the life in the countryside: canoe, picnic, bicycle rides, deer, h=
awks,
fruits and honey.
The writer and his famil=
y live
in the countryside because they were dissatisfied with the life =
in the
city and suburbs.
=
The writer is satisfied =
with the
life in the countryside only because their hens can lay eggs for t=
hem
and their bees can provide them with honey.
GR-Part1-2
4.
![](3D"slide0027_image040.gif")
F
![](3D"slide0027_image041.gif")
The l=
ast
two words show he has a self-reliant life.
F
( )
( )
3.
T
( )
Their hens, eggs, fruits, et=
c.
contribute to their self-reliant life =
in the
countryside.
![](3D"slide0027_image042.jpg")
paraphr=
ase
DR1
nI’m not in =
class as a writer or in my neighbors’ leag=
ue as a
farmer, but I’m
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.04%;top:.49em'>nAs a writer I’m no=
t as
good as E.B. White, and I’m not totally a farmer like my neighbors, but I manage to do well.=
E.B.White
nE B White (Elwyn Brooks White 1899–1985)
a US author known for his humorous pieces about American society in The New Yor= ker magazine. He received a = special Pulitzer Prize in 1978. His books included Is Sex Necessary? (1929), written with James Thurber, and the children’s boo= k Charlotte’s Web (1952). His introductio= n to the art of writing, The Elem= ents of Style, = first published in 1959, is a standard book in US schools.
a US author known for his humorous pieces about American society in The New Yor= ker magazine. He received a = special Pulitzer Prize in 1978. His books included Is Sex Necessary? (1929), written with James Thurber, and the children’s boo= k Charlotte’s Web (1952). His introductio= n to the art of writing, The Elem= ents of Style, = first published in 1959, is a standard book in US schools.
![](3D"slide0015_image043.gif")
Get by
nget by: be good enough but not ver=
y good; =
manage to live or do=
things in a satisfactory way
<=
span
style=3D'visibility:hidden'>n
It is a little=
bit
difficult for the old couple to get by
on such a small
pension.
我୫=
8;母亲靠很少的一些钱&=
#20945;合着过下去。
My
parents managed to get by on a small amount of mo=
ney.
![](3D"slide0016_image044.gif")
<=
![endif]>DR2
n…and=
we cut
enough wood to just about make it through the hea=
ting
season.
nParaphrase:
DR3
Translate the following into Chinese
Translate the following into Chinese
<=
span
style=3D'mso-special-format:bullet;color:#006633;mso-color-index:3;positio=
n:
absolute;left:-4.43%;text-align:left;font-family:Wingdings'>ü<=
span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>We love the smell of the=
earth
warming and the sound of cattle lowing. We watch for hawks in the sky and =
deer
in the cornfields. =
3;
Part II (para4 – para7)
nCultivate
<=
span
style=3D'visibility:hidden'>n
1.To=
improve
and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing,
for raising crops
for raising crops
The land was=
too
rocky to cultivate.
2. to=
work
hard to develop a particular skill, attitude, or quality
Try to cultivate a more r=
elaxed
and positive approach to life.
The company =
has been
successful in cultivating a very professional
nSoon
Jim, 16 and Emily, 13, the youngest of our four =
children,
will help me make some long-overdue improveme=
nts on
the outdoor toilet that supplements our indoor pl=
umbing
when we are working outside.
1. Analyze the structure of the sentence=
The structure of this sentence is
complicated.
1)“The youngest of our four
children” is in apposition to =
“Jim,
16 and Emily, 13.”
2) <=
span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:111%;color:#CC3300;mso-fareast-language:ZH=
-CN'> “That
supplements our indoor plumbing when we are working outside”
is an attributive clause modifying “the
outdoor toilet.”
2.
Translate the sentence into Chinese.
Ű=
07;些时候，四个孩子中=
的两个小的，16岁的吉&=
#31859;和13岁的埃米=
Ő=
73;，会帮着我一起把拖=
了很久没修的室外厕=
5152;修葺一下。当我们<=
span
style=3D'font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-font-=
family:
SimSun;mso-hansi-font-family:SimSun;font-size:111%;color:#CC3300'>ß=
12;室外干活时，这个厕=
所便成为室内卫生设=
2791;的补充。
supplement:
vt. add t=
o sth.
in order to improve it (followed by with)<=
/div>
Peter suppleme=
nts
his ordinary income by writing books.
医生建议在&=
#25105;的饮食中补充维生 =
032;E和A。
The
doctor suggested supplementing my diet with vitamins E and
A.
n. an add=
itional
amount of sth.
She has been ill and must have
supplements to her
ordinary food.
![](3D"slide0032_image046.gif")
Plumbing:
the system of pipes that supply water to a
buil=
ding.
nChore noun
<=
span
style=3D'color:red;visibility:hidden'>n
doin= g the household / domestic chores
<=
span
style=3D'color:red;visibility:hidden'>n
Shop= ping’s a real chore for me.
=
3;
pursue: vt.
1. be bus=
y with;
continue (steadily) with
He is pursuing his studies at the
university.
After graduati=
on
Martin chose to pursue the same career
as his father =
as a
doctor.
2. follow=
esp. in
order to catch, kill, or defeat
The police are pursuing an escaped
prisoner.
tend
n to care for sb/=
sth:
<=
span
style=3D'visibility:hidden'>n
n a shepherd tending his sheep=
<=
span
style=3D'visibility:hidden'>n
n Doctors and nurses tended the
injured.
&#= 13;
&#= 13;
n Ambulance crews were tending=
to
the injured.
• There is, as the old saying goes,<=
/span> no rest for=
the
wicked
on a place =
like
this -- and not much for the virtuous either.
<=
span
style=3D'visibility:hidden'>n
The saying comes from the Bible, Isiah
57:21, “… no
peace, saith my god, to the
wicked.” It means that=
you
=
;
must continue with your work or oth=
er
activity that you
should be doing, not rest.
Translate the
sentence into Chinese.
Ē=
91;如老话说的那样，在=
这种情形之下，坏人=
9981;得ſ=
86;
—
贤德之人也歇不了。
nWhile one =
storm
after another blasted huge drifts up against the h=
ouse
and barn…
=
<=
span
style=3D'color:#CC3300;visibility:hidden'>n
<=
/span>
Translate th=
is part
into Chinese.
暴风雪肆&#=
34384;，一场接着一场，<=
/span>厚厚的积雪覆盖=
着屋子和谷仓… =
mass of sth, esp snow or sand, piled up by the wind <=
span
style=3D'position:absolute;top:33.33%;left:0%;width:91.63%;height:33.33%'>=
（风吹成的）堆积=
;物, （尤指）雪堆, 沙堆:
---
deep snow-drifts （风吹成的&=
#65289;厚厚的积雪.
drift
blast
To hit
with great force
nWhen sprin=
g came,
it brought two floods.
Read this pa=
ragraph
and tell what “two floods” refer to here. =
The
first flood refers to “great overflow of water” =
<=
span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:156%;color:#CC3300;mso-ansi-language:EN-US=
'>while
the other refers to “agricultural products.<=
span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:156%;color:#CC3300;mso-ansi-language:EN-US=
'>”
nThen the g=
rowing
season began, swamping us under wave after wav=
e of
produce.
![](3D"slide0039_image047.gif")
1.What<=
span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:133%;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'>’s the functi=
on of
the phrase “swamping
=
;
&=
nbsp;
us
under wave after wave of produce”?
This
v-ing form is one of the non-finite verbs (非&=
#35859;语动词). It =
serves
as an adverbial in the sentence and it indicates another <=
span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:111%;color:#CC3300;mso-ansi-language:EN-US=
'>action
by the subject of the sentence.
2.=
Paraphrase
the sentence.
3. What attitude of the author can we infer from this
sentence towards his country life?
![](3D"slide0039_image048.gif")
Then
the growing season came and it brought us a lot of =
agricultural
products.
![](3D"slide0039_image049.gif")
We can
see that he was very satisfied with it and enjoyed the =
harvest.
<=
span
class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.43%;top:.49em'>nProduce
<=
span
style=3D'visibility:hidden'>n
food or
other things that have been grown or produced on =
a farm
to be sold
--- agric=
ultural
produce
--- dairy=
produce
British English (=3Dmilk, butter, cheese etc)
nIt was ama=
zing.
![](3D"slide0041_image050.gif")
What can we infer from the sentence?
1) The
big harvest was beyond expectation.=
![](3D"slide0041_image051.gif")
2) He
was filled with joy because of the big harvest.
Part III (paras. 8 – 11)
§
get through: come successfully to =
the
end
当地政府已采取一=
123;措施以确保全体人民=
;熬过冬天。
![](3D"slide0042_image053.gif")
![](3D"slide0042_image055.gif")
The
local government has taken some measures to =
ensure
that all the people will get through the winter.
![](3D"slide0042_image056.gif")
She got through the entrance
examination and was
accepted by the college.
![](3D"slide0042_image057.gif")
nThe timing was terrible
![](3D"slide0043_image058.gif")
1. What’s the meaning of this sentence in
Chinese?
ą=
02;机选得实在太差。
2. Why does the author think so?
![](3D"slide0043_image059.gif")
=
1) He had
to pay the expensive tuition for his two girls.
2) He had
only a few thousand dollars in the bank.
![](3D"slide0044_image060.gif")
BR3.1
Ivy Leagu=
e refers to eight long-established colleges and universities in the United States with
prestigious academic and
social reputations. Members of the Ivy League are Brown University<=
/span> in Providence,
Rhode Island; Columbia University in New York City; Cornell University in Ithaca, New York; Dartmouth
College in Hanover, New Hampshire; Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; University of Pennsylvani=
a in Philadelphia; Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey; Yale University in New Haven=
, Connecticut. The members of the Ivy League compete in intercollegiate athletics.
Ivy League <=
/div>
![](3D"slide0044_image061.gif")
<=
![endif]>![](3D"slide0044_image062.gif")
=
3;
Individual Retirement Account
Individual
Retirement Account refers to=
a US
government plan that allows people to put part of their income into special
bank accounts. No tax has to be paid on this money until they retire. In f=
act,
“ IRA” is used more often.&nb=
sp;
mortgage
n monthly mortgage payments,
n ie money to repay the sum bo=
rrowed
and the interest
on it
n 按月偿还=
5269;押借款本息的钱.
cover
n The treatment wasn't covered=
by
her healthcare
insurance.
n cover somebody against/for
something
n Are we covered for theft?
aside from=
n Aside from an occasional gam=
e of
tennis, he doesn’t
take any exercise.
n They are going to have other
expenses, aside
from the school fees.
ØExtravaga=
nt
Christmases are a memory, and we combine
vacations with story assignments…
Øparaphrase
=
We
no longer have extravagant Christmases, and when <=
span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:133%;color:#FF6600;mso-fareast-language:ZH=
-CN'>a
magazine sends me somewhere to write an article, I <=
span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:133%;color:#FF6600;mso-fareast-language:ZH=
-CN'>will
take my family along. By doing so, we can save <=
span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:133%;color:#FF6600;mso-fareast-language:ZH=
-CN'>some
money.
We can infer that the family u=
sed
to spend much more money on Christmases.
Multip=
le
Choice
Choose the best
answer to complete the sentence.
1. The writer quitted his job because ________=
__.
A) he thought he would have a be=
tter
time in the countryside
B) he would have more work to do=
in
the year to come
C) he wa=
s sure
that he had enough money to support his family
D)
he just wanted to improve the quality of his family’s =
<=
span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:111%;color:#1D05AB;mso-fareast-language:ZH=
-CN'>life
in the
country
2. In order to write s=
tories
for Smithsonian
the
writer had to _______.
A) crawl into black-bear dens
B)
hitch up dogsled racing teams
![](3D"slide0051_image063.gif")
C) check out the Lake Champlain =
“monster”
D) canoe
through the Boundary Water wilderness area of
Minnesota
3. The total premium o=
f the
writer’s family every year is _____.
A)
$960
B) $2,000
C) $400
D) $560
4. Suppose the medical fee for the writer̵=
7;s
wife is $3,000,
A) $2,400
B)
$2,000
C) $3,000
D) $500
the insurance company has to pay _____.=
(3000－500）×80％＝<=
/span>2000
5. In order to save money the
writer’s family____.
A) drink less wine
B) never go to see any ballet
C) go to=
some
less expensive restaurants once or twice a =
month
D)
attend the opera twice a month
Part IV (paras 12 – 15)