Unit 6 Romance Text A: A valentine story

1 2 3 4 5 Contents Lead-in Culture notes Text orgnization LOREM Lead-in 2 LOREM Culture notes 3 Text orgnization LOREM 4 模板来自于 http://docer.wps.cn Reading and Exploring LOREM 5 Assignment LOREM 2

Lead-in

Should appearance be given to the first priority in choosing boyfriend and girlfriend?

高富帅 白富美

What is your ideal girlfriend / boyfriend like? References loyal, funny, considerate, rich, sweet, caring, ambitious, broadminded, intelligent, kind-hearted, good-looking, easy-going, tall, strong, brave, gentle......

Cultual Note

Valentine's day

Questions and Answers 1. When did Valentine live? third He was living during the _____century. 2. What was Valentine? priest. He was a _______ 3. What did he do to help young lovers? marry He continued to _______young lovers in secret in spite of Claudius's ban. 4. When was he killed? He was killed on____________ February 14

Text orgnization (para7~15) Blanchard was expecting someone at the grand central station. (para 1) Opening of the story How the two began to fall in love with each other. (para 2~6) The flashback explanation Maynell put Blanchard to a test. (para7~15) Development of the story It was wise for Maynell to take such a test.(para 16~17) Implication The theme:The true nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive.(Or: The way one reacts to unattractive people reveals one’s character.)

Reading and Exploring Reading skills: Skimming & Scanning

Focus on Part III:( para 7~15 ) Description about Miss Maynell. Young Her figure long and slim Her golden hair lay back in curls from her delicate ears Her eyes were blue as flowers.her lips and chin had a gentle firmness, and in her pale green suit she was like springtime come alive.

The detailed description about the fat woman. Well past 40 She had gray hair pinned up under a worn hat She was more than a little overweight, her thick- ankled feet thrust into low-heeled shoes. Her pale, round face was gentle and sensible, her gray eyes has a warm and kindly glow.

Language Drills keen: adj. ''interested; eager; fierce; acute; sharp;" "I felt as though I was split in two, so keen was my desire to follow her, and yet so deep was my longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned me and upheld my own. "(para11) 1) Dad picked up one of the knives and studied its keen edge.  2) Our school team is facing keen competitions from teams  of large state schools.    3) I am keen to spend time on my uncle’s farm this summer.  4) I was in my late teens then, keen on all kinds of sports.   5) He has a keen sense about possible dangers.     (sharp)  (fierce)  (eager)  (interested)  (acute) Why does the author say that he felt as though he was split into two? Collocations be keen to do sth 渴望做某事 Because he was put into a difficult situation, one half of him wishing to go with the pretty young woman, the other wanting to stay with the woman who had warmed his heart. be keen on sth 喜欢某事，热心于某事 1)他非常渴望见到霍利斯·梅奈尔小姐。 He was _______ meet Miss Hollis Maynell. keen to 2）她对音乐充满了热情，还学习了弹吉他。 She is keen on music and learned to play the guitar.

Rhetoric devices: simile & metaphor Simile is a comparison of one thing to another, using the words “like” or “as”. Childhood is like swiftly passing dream. Metaphor is a suggested but not stated comparison of one thing to another, usually using the word “be”. A faithful friend is the medicine of life.

Assignments: 1.Please figure out all the simile and metaphor sentences in text A, especially in para 4&7 2. Write an essay on the title: Cyber-love is acceptable or not?

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