Transcript Contemporary College English Book II Lesson Five Say Yes

Contemporary College English
Book II Lesson Five Say Yes
I. Questions:
 What is the text about?
 Is it simply a quarrel between husband and
wife?
 What is the theme of the text?
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II. Background knowledge:
 . Do you know any leaders who fought
against slavery or discrimination?
 . Who are they and what did they do?
1864年
1963年
1990年
1990年
III. Title: Say Yes
 What does the title mean or what’s the
meaning of the title?
IV. Topic discussion about the text:
 .What is the husband’s and wife’s
attitude towards the marriage between
blacks and whites?
 .What’s the purpose of the author?
 .Have a discussion for two minutes about
the above two topics in pairs of 6 or 7
students each according to pre-class work II
on Page 118.
V. Simple students’ demonstration
(演示) about the quarrel between
the husband and wife.
Text retelling
 With the help of the pictures and the
students’ demonstration, please retell the
text roughly.
washing dishes
If I were a black, would you …
the husband…
VI. Language points:
 Paragraph 1.
1.do the dishes ( Line 1)------wash
or clean the dishes
 Similar verb- noun collocations (固定搭配) :
 dry the dishes; take a breath; mop the floor;
clean the table; pinch one’s brows; bite
one’s lower lip
2. dry ( Line 1)------verb. make sth.
dry, e.g. dry the dishes; dry the
clothes; dry one’s tears
 adj. used as a verb. Some other examples:
 . wet one’s lips
 . empty one’s pockets
 . narrow the gap
 . long for the vacation
 . calm down
3. unlike ( Line 1 )-------.prep.
opposite of the preposition “like”
 . Examples:
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. Unlike the normal people, he is disabled.
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. Unlike the kind-hearted men, he is very cruel.
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. Unlike many other boys, he is very quite.
. dislike: verb. Opposite of the verb “like”
4. pitch in ( Line 1 )------to offer
help and support
 . Examples:
 . If we all pitch in, we’ll have it finished in no
time.
 . The government pitched in with the offer
of a free truck.
Some other meanings of “pitch” :
pitch---verb. means to throw something with
force, e.g. Throw a baseball.
 ---noun. means the baseball playground.
 ---noun. means the black sticky substance
（沥青）
 ---noun. means the height of a sound(音高)
Sentence paraphrasing:
 Unlike most men he knew, he really
pitched in on the housework.
5. overhear ( Line 2 )----hear by
chance
 . Examples:
 . I overheard the young couple quarrelling
last night.
 . She overheard the men discussing their
plan to rob a bank.
 .the similar usages of other verbs:
 .hear / watch / see / notice / find / feel
somebody doing / do something
 6. a friend of his wife’s-----a friend of hers-
-----one of his wife’s friends
 7. congratulate somebody on something
8. considerate ----adj. thoughtful,
kind, careful not to hurt others
 Examples:
 .He is a considerate boss who is always
willing to listen.
 .It’s very considerate of you to let us know
the fact.
 opposite : inconsiderate
**Explain the sentence:
 “A few months earlier he had overheard a
friend of his wife’s congratulating her on
having such a considerate husband.
9. Question:
 .What does the first paragraph tell us about
her husband?
Paragraph 2.
10. somehow---adv. in some way( I
don’t remember how it happened 不
知怎么 )
 Examples:
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. That day somehow I didn’t feel like
eating.
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. We went shopping together the other
day and somehow I couldn’t find her
anywhere.
11. get on ( to )the subject----to
begin to discuss
 .Example:
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.Let’s get on the topic / content.
12. marry somebody----be married
to somebody
 . have been married for some time
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**You can’t say “ have married somebody for
a period of time ”
13. all things concerned------when
one considers every aspect of the
problem or situation
 .All things considered, he is doing pretty
well at school.
 .All things considered, the reform is a
success.
 .All things considered, the decision is
right.
**Explain the sentence
He said that all things considered, he
thought it was a bad idea
14. Question:
 . What does the second paragraph tell us?
Language points:
 break
 break up: divide/ split, (a couple, relationship)
come to an end
 break down: collapse, failure in machinery
useless,
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suffer physical or mental weakening
 break in (to): enter a building by force
 break away: go away suddenly, give up (idea,
belief)
 break through: make a way through
 break off: stop, pause
Language points:
 hypo- : prefix meaning “below, under”
 1) in words denoting an organ or location below a given
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body part 在-- 下面
hypoderm 皮下组织
2) term denoting body condition in which substances or s
are at below-normal levels 低于
hypotension 血压过低 hypothermia 体温过低
3) used in the names of chemical compounds that are in a
lower state of oxidation（氧化） than a given compound 亚
4) counterpart to a word formed with “hyper”(在--上面，超
越， 过于，极度)
hypotension 血压过低 ---- hypertension 血压过高
VII. Homework:
 1. Make sentences by using the phrases
you’ve learnt.
 2. Practice reading the text in pairs with
expressions.
 3. Divide the text into several possible parts.
Homework:
 1. How do you think the husband and wife will
resolve their situation?
 Do you think they will resolve it? Write a scene
that takes place the following day.
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 2. Analyze the husband in terms of whether or not
he is a racist character.
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 3. Write a counterargument to the husband’s
statement that African Americans don’t come from
the same culture as whites.
Analysis of husband (15 minutes)
 The husband in the story is generally an unsympathetic
character. He appears to have racist feelings and seems to
be dishonest with himself. He claims to appreciate the
stability his life with Ann provides him, but he still makes
efforts to undermine it. He refuses to take responsibility for
his actions. Throughout the evening, he is seen to be less
than a genuine person; he does things for effect rather than
out of a genuine, sincere desire. Within the confines of the
story, his most significant trait is his rejection of his wife,
which she takes quite seriously, much to his surprise. By
the end of the story, the husband demonstrates yet another
shift in mood: excitement as he realizes that, in certain
ways, his wife is unknowable to him. The final scene has
him awaiting his wife in their darkened bedroom, imagining
that she is a stranger that he seems to embrace, as
demonstrated by the excited pounding of his...
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