Unit 5 Romance

What’s love? ？？？？

Is that … Fortune/money High degree Big house Love affair

Absolutely, NO!

When people select their partners, they inevitably assess the candidates by certain criteria, such as … However…

Warm-up What do you think is/are the most important quality/qualities that your ideal partner should have?

intelligent witty rich ambitious a good listener dependable/ reliable good-looking

Do you think it wise to develop friendship or even love with a pen pal or a key pal? Why or why not?

Would you like to have a blind date?

Blind Date Strange man and woman are introduced to meet for the first time

Text organization

PartsParagraphsMain ideas Part 1 Paras____ Part 2 Paras____ Part 3 Paras____ Part 4 Paras____ John Blanchard was expecting someone at Grand Central Station. How John Blanchard had fallen in love with Miss Maynell. Miss Maynell put Blanchard to a test It was wise of Miss Maynell to give such a test.

What do you think is the reason that John Blanchard came to the Grand Central Station? Who do you think he was waiting for? Why did he straighten his uniform? Part I

Part II How had Blanchard and Miss Maynell come to know each other? What had kept Blanchard from meeting her? Why did Miss Maynell refuse to send Blanchard a photograph? How would Blanchard recognize Miss Maynell at their first meeting?

What did Miss Maynell want to find out through the test? How do you understand Houssaye’s remark “tell me whom you love, and I will tell you who you are”? Part IV

Language Points

stand up from one’s seat straightened one’s clothes

start toward somebody stand directly behind somebody

make one step closer to somebody stand directly behind somebody

square one’s shoulders hold out a book to somebody grip a book

broaden into a smile

Figures of Speech

simile simile ( 明喻 ) a comparison of one thing to another, using the words “like” or “as”.

He is as brave as a lion. Life is like a box of chocolates. Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream.

metaphor ( 暗喻 ) a suggested/ implied but not stated comparison of one thing to another, but not expressed with the word “like” or “as”.

He has a heart of stone. All the world is a stage, and all the men and women are merely players. Her husband is a walking wallet that will pay for whatever she likes.

Examples in the text ♡ Her eyes were blue as flowers. (L35) (simile) ♡ Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. (L15) (metaphor) other examples from the text?