Are You a Dreamer In-class Reading
Pre-read tasks: Post-reading —Reading Comprehension 1,2,3
In class Discussion
P147 Reading Comprehension 2: true or false & tell why ---for exam skills
P146 Reading Comprehension 1 and more related questions A structural study
Introduction (para. 1) Questions concerning dreams have puzzled human beings. ---Questions about dreaming ---Advances and difficulties
Dreaming and Sleeping (para. 2--3) i) When does dreaming occur? _________________________________ ii) What are the main purposes of sleeping? ____________ and ________________ When we are in REM sleep. To give us restto allow us to dream What? How long? How often? What is the good side of dreaming?
Possible causes of dreams (para. 4-6) i)___________ -- examples? --conclusion? -- criticism? ii) Reflection of __________ -- examples? Physiological… inner fears Your dreams of inner fears? (exam? Intense relationships? …)
Dream interpretation (para.7-9) i) The earliest dream dictionary included symbols such as ____________________________ and __________________________ ii) Artemidorus ’ dictionary includes symbols such as _______________, ________________, and _________________________ iii) Most experts warn that dream interpretations should be ______________________ Interpretation of Dreams (Sigmund Freud) / dream dictionaries …… drinking wine to indicate a short life drinking water to indicate a long life right hand (father)left hand (mother) dolphin (a good omen) treated with care
P147 Reading Comprehension 3 Criticism and arguments
Language study “ Reading the problems ”
I: Probing into the texts Discussion on “your” difficult language points
II: reading into the word list See P
Exercises: Vocabulary & translation