Reading and writing A Sad Love Story

1.When is Valentine’s Day? Do you know its origin? 2. What do people do on Valentine’s Day? Reading and writing

Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the English-speaking countries, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine’s cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery （甜食）.

Do we have our own Valentine’s Day in China?

the Double Seventh Day Chinese Valentine’s Day The seventh day of the seventh lunar month

牛郎白天放牛 牛郎织女喜结良缘 牛郎织女终于 在鹊桥上相会了 王母娘娘把他们分开

Fast-reading: 1. What was Li Fang doing? Why did Li Fang feel like a fool? He was waiting for his girlfriend Hu Jin, but till very late she didn’t come. Para 1& Para 2 2. How did Li Fang feel at the beginning of the story? why? He felt like a fool. Because he thought that he was waiting without hope.

3. What was Li Fang afraid that Hu Jin was doing? He was afraid that she was with her friend laughing at him. 4. How did Li Fang know the manager wanted to shut the coffee shop? The manager wiped the tables then sat down and turned on the TV.

6. Why was the TV story what Li Fang needed? The TV story was a sad story about lost love – the same situation as Li Fang. 5. What was shown on the TV, when Li Fang was in sadness? It was showing a sad Chinese story about lost love.

Why do people want the weather to be fine on Qiqiaojie? If the weather is fine, Niulang and Zhinu can meet. If the weather is raining, it means that Zhinu is weeping and the couple won’t be able to meet. Para 3 & Para 4

2. What is the reason why Li Fang did not meet Hu Jin on time? Because Li Fang waited in the coffee shop while Hu Jin waited in the teashop. 1. Why did Li Fang throw away his flowers and chocolates? Because he thought Hu Jin didn’t love him. Para 5-7

3. How did Li Fang feel at the end of the story? Why? He was worried because he had thrown away the gifts for Hu Jin-- the chocolates and roses so he had nothing to give her and he thought she would not forgive him.

1. But she didn’t turn up. 1) 来, 出席 ( 某活动 ), 出现 I’m very happy you turned up so early. 2) 把 ( 收音机等 ) 音量开大一些 Turn up the radio a little, I can scarcely hear the program.

turn 的常见短语： turn off 关掉 turn back 折回, 返回 turn out 结果是, 生产 turn in 上交, 交还 turn against 背叛 turn over 翻过来, 移交 turn away 把... 打发走 turn down 调低, 关小, 拒绝 turn on 打开 turn to 求助于, 转向 ; 翻到 turn a blind eye to ( 对... ) 视而不见

1). Don’t do any other things while you are doing your homework. So please _____ your MP3. （ 2009 江西） A. turn up B. turn down C. turn on D. turn off 2). With no one to _____ in such a frightening situation, she felt very helpless. A. turn to B. turn on C. turn off D. turn over Practice D A

2. She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would keep her word. keep one’s word 意为 “ 守信用 ”, 其反义词是 break one’s word, 即 “ 失信 ” 。 He is a man who always keeps his word. Don’t break your word ； otherwise, no one will trust you. 注意 : keep one’s word 和 break one’s word 中的名词 word 不能用复数形式。 in a word/in short/to sum up 简言之 ; 总之

have a word with sb. 与某人谈话 have words with sb. 与某人发生口角 in other words 换句话说 Word came that… 消息传来 A gentleman should always ____ his ____. A. keeps; word B. keep; word C. keeps; words D. keep; words B

3. hold one’s breath = stop breathing for a time 屏息 当那个女孩看到那条蛇的时候, 她屏住呼吸。 The girl held her breath at the sight of the snake. take (one’s) breath 呼吸 be out of breath 喘不过气来 breathe v. breathe in / out

你必须为你的粗鲁行为向老师道歉。 You must apologize to the teacher for being so rude. 4. apologize to sb for (doing) sth = say sorry to sb for doing sth apology n. 表达道歉 接受道歉 拒绝道歉 make / offer an apology accept an apology refuse an apology

5. drown (drowned, drowned) v. 1) 浸, 泡 洪水淹没了街道和房子。 厨师把水果浸在奶油里。 借 …… 消愁 drown one’s sorrow/sadness in… 2) 淹死 河里有一个落水的人。 There is a drowning man in the river. The cook drowned the fruit with cream. The floods drowned the streets and houses.

6. It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave... obvious adj. 明显的, 清楚的 1) be obvious + to + 表示人的名词或代词 Her disappointment was obvious to her friend. 2) It + be + obvious +that-clause It was obvious that she was in danger.

7. When the Goddess of Heaven knew that her granddaughter was married to a human, she... marry 的用法： 1) 她嫁给了一个律师。 She married with a lawyer. She married a doctor. 表示 “ 和 …… 结婚 ”, “ 嫁 …… ”, “ 娶 …… ” 时， marry 为及物动词, 要用 marry sb., 而不用 marry with sb. T F

2) 她和一位律师结婚了。 She got married with a lawyer. She got married a lawyer. She was married to a lawyer. 表示婚姻状态, 后接宾语时要用介词 to, 而不用 with. F F T

3) 他们结婚三年了。 a. They have got married for three years. b. They have been married for three years. c. They got married three years ago. d. It’s three years since they got married. 注意 : marry 和 get married 都表示短暂行为, 不能和表示一段时间的短语连用, 而 have been married 则表示婚姻状态, 可以与表示婚姻状态 持续多久的时间状语连用。 F T T T

8. As Li Fang set off for home, he thought... set off (for) set off fireworks set off the alarm set off a wave of selling

set about doing sth. set out to do sth. 着手 ( 做某事 ) set aside 把 … 放在一边 set in 开始 set up 建立, 创立 set down 写下, 记下 set sb. thinking 使某人深思

What you said just now ____ me of that American professor. A. mentioned B. informed C. reminded D. memorized C 9. I don’t want them to remind me of her. remind 提醒, 使想起 remind sb. of sth. remind sb. to do sth. remind sb. that

1). Michael put on a picture of Yao Ming beside the bed to keep himself _____ of his own dreams. (2011 重庆 ) A. reminding B. to remind C. reminded D. remind 2). His words remind me _____ we did together. A. that B. of that C. what D. of what C D Practice

10. forgive (forgave, forgiven) vt. 原谅, 饶恕 不念旧恶十分难得。 It’s best to forgive and forget. 请原谅他的粗鲁吧。 Please forgive him for his rudeness. forgiving adj. 宽仁的, 宽大的 forgiveness n. 宽恕 ask for forgiveness receive forgiveness