IV. TEXT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
Part I: Para. 1— 6 The conversation between Bronwyn and her friend
makes the writer think that she should do something to help her daughter get interested in reading.
Part II: Para. 7—14 The writer thinks of a good idea that could help her
daughter’s reading just by taking advantage of the little girl’s interest in movies.
Part III. Para. 15—18 The writer’s plan positively influences her daughter a
lot.
V. SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
Group discussion
Procedure:
Step 1. Arrange the students (Ss) in groups of 4-6, depending on the size of the
class; each group elects a chairperson, a recorder and a speaker; Step 2. Introduce the discussion topics:
(1). What do you think of the plan that the writer made to help her
daughter with her reading?
(2). Suppose you are a parent, your child has no interest in studying a
certain subject, will you adopt the mother’s plan? How will you put it into practice?
(3). Imagine if a Chinese child showed little interest in reading but much
in watching movies, what will you think the Chinese parents do to deal with such thing?
(4). What do you think is the biggest difference in family education
between China and the western countries?
Step 3. Ask each group to choose one of the topics and discuss it for 3 minutes,
and then to sum up the discussion with the recorder writing it down.
VI. ADDITIONAL EXERCISES/ACTIVITIES
1. Dictation
Provide the new words (Saudi Arabia, for example) before dictating. People from different cultures have different ideas about many things. For example, North Americans like to stand about 18 to 20 inches apart from each other when they talk. People from Saudi Arabia, however, like to stand 12 to 14 inches apart. As a result, when a North American talks to a Saudi Arabian, everyone is uncomfortable. The North American feels that the Saudi Arabian is trying to be too close, too intimate, and so the American moves away as they talk. The Saudi Arabian, on the other hand, feels that the North American is too unfriendly, too distant. 2. Word-guessing game
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Procedures
Step 1. Write in advance some words in the text on some pieces of paper.
Step 2. Arrange the Ss in several groups of 5 or 6, depending on the size of the
class.
Step 3. Ask one student from each group to come to the stage to pick one paper.
Give him/her two minutes to explain the words in English, and the others of the class guess what the word is according to his/her explanation. If they get it, the group that explain the word get one point.
Step 4. See to it that the loser of the game will have to accept all sorts of
punishment from the other groups.
3. Sentence-making competition Procedures
Step 1. Arrange the students in 5 or 6, depending on the size of the class. Step 2. Write the phrases learned in the text on the blackboard.
Step 3. When the students prepare well, teacher says ―start‖, and each group
may put up their hands if they know how to make a sentence. The group that hands up first may get the chance.
Step 4. The winner group will be rewarded.
Part Two
Supplementary Reading THE PLEASURES OF READING
PARAPHRASE
1. If I am interested in people, others are interested not so much in who as in how. (Para. 3)
— I am interested in the people in novels or stories, while others like to explore the plots more.
2. Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop as you understand his. (Para. 4)
— Your experience makes you draw the same or different conclusions when you compare with the author’s, and as long as you understand his ideas, yours will certainly develop.
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Part Three Key to Exercises
Key to Text
Comprehension Omitted.
Vocabulary and Structure
Exercise I 1. endured 2. concerned 3. delightful 4. positive 5. request 6. inspired 7. progressed 8. hold…back 9. way 10. labeled 11. suspect 12. was/got lost in Exercise II 1. b. (a. to carry on an activity; b. function) 2. b. (a. subject of concern; b. give out, emit) 3. b. (a. calculated as total divided by members; b. not very good) 4. b. (a. in a place; b. the current time or moment) 5. a (a. tolerate disagreeable things; b. survive)
Exercise III 1. infancy 2. frequent 3. literate 4. celebration 5. complaint 6. convincing 7. delighted 8. endurance 9. recommended 10. suspicion
Exercise IV A.
1. So absorbed in his reading was Dad that… 2. He shut the window with such force that… 3. The rain was so heavy that… B.
1. At present, there is no keeping him off from his career. 2. Now, there is no giving up halfway. 3. There is no doubting them now.
Exercise V
1. a. I really didn’t remember him telling me the story. b. I really dislike her reading to me before going to bed. c. I really hate him treating me like that when he was drunk.
2. a. I started to be fearful that Tom was not coming fro the party as it should. b. I started to be convinced that his oral English was not improving as it should. c. I started to be worried that his test result was not satisfactory as it should. 3. a. Saturday brings our delightful weekly outing.
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b. Christmas season brings the exciting sales. c. The sad news brought (bitter) tears to her eyes.
Exercise VI
1. convinced 2. increasing 3. watching 4. celebrate 5. snack 6. hit on 7. reading 8. credit 9. endure 10. attached to 11. concern 12. incentive
Exercise VII A.
1. to celebrate the exciting event 2. once in a while
3. show no interest in reading 4. on one’s own
5. complain loudly about 6. for the sake of
7. get lost in/be lost in 8. keep track of B.
1. An average student as I was, the teacher gave me credit for every tiny progress I made.
2. I rent the book my friend recommended and quickly got myself lost in it.
3. You go ahead to celebrate your victory with your friends and I will keep track of time for you.
4. John is so careless that he has been dismissed by the factory. 5. At the critical moment, there is no regretting.
Key to Supplementary Reading
I. 1.F 2.T 3.F 4.T II. Omitted
Key to Grammar
I.
1. a. n. 工作的根苦但果甜。 b. v. 这台计算机能工作吗？ 2. a. a. 这项工程处于最后阶段。
b. n. 各队云集参加今年的欧洲杯决赛。 3. a. n. 蜜蜂失去刺就会死吗？ b. v. 蜂蜜好吃但蜜蜂会蛰人。 4. a. adv. 人的生命只有一次。
b. prep. 你不能改变过去，但可以从过去中学到东西。
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5. a. n. 奇怪的声音来自隔壁。 b. v. 你的咳嗽听起来好些了。
6. a. a. 年轻人切不可满足于仅有的一点点书本知识。 b. v. 没有什么能使她满足。
c. n. 如果你要买本书，最好先看一下目录。 7. a. a. 你今晚为什么这样安静？ b. n. 我喜欢乡下的宁静。 c. v. 风平息下来了。
8. a. prep. 他们在房子周围种了树。 b. adv. 不要向四周看。
c. a. 圆圆的太阳已经西沉。
d. n. 每轮拳击赛的时间是两分钟。 e. v. 我们鼓圆嘴发“呜”音。 II.
1-5 DCACD 6-10 BABCC III.
1. He usually plays tennis on weekends.
2. Not all the students are willing to visit the museum. 3. Are you fond of computer games? No, I’m not.
4. Her father is an engineer, and her mother is a teacher.
5. As soon as I saw I was going the wrong way, I would turn around and change my direction.
6. Hurry up, or we’ll miss the train. 7. What exciting news (it is)!
8. He gave her daughter a bike as a birthday present.
Part Four
Chinese Translations of the Texts
课文
从贪看电影到爱读书
“你最喜欢哪部电影？” 我听到我那读二年级的女儿在汽车后座上问她的朋友。
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