1. A Good Heart to Lean on

2. Objectives To Know the Meaning of the Title1
To Know the Meaning of the Title 2
To Explore the Text Structure 3
To Improve Your Writing by Parallelism 4
To Understand the Essence

3. Tasks
Assignments
Reflections
Structure Analysis
Warm-up

4. The third Sunday of June

5. Father in our eyes
caring babysitter

6. Father in our eyes
best playmate

7. Father in our eyes
great helper

8. Father in our eyes
A man to lean on

9. If your father was…
severely disabled
short

10. A Good Heart to Lean on What does “a good heart” mean
depend on for support & encouragement
What does “a good heart” mean
Who has a good heart?

11. The Journey to Seek for a Good Heart…
Place:
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Type of Writing:
&
Characters:
Narration
father
son
Time:
When the son grew up
Plot:
“Good Heart”; Father; Life;

12. The Journey to Seek for a Good Heart…
Place:
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Type of Writing:
&
Characters:
Narration
father
son
Time:
When the son grew up
Plot:
“Good Heart”; Father; Life;

13. Structure Analysis Section 1 (para1-4) Section 2 (para 5-7)
The recalling of the father’s experience
Section 2 (para 5-7)
The reflection on the father’s life principle
Section 3 (para 8-13)
The reflection on what a “good heart” is

14. Structure Analysis Section 1 (para1-4) Section 2 (para 5-7)
The recalling of the father’s experience
Section 2 (para 5-7)
The reflection on the father’s life principle
Section 3 (para 8-13)
The reflection on what a “good heart” is

15. Section One
Task 1: Read Para 1 and Para 2 quickly and answer the following two questions.
1. When the son was growing up, how did he and his father feel when they were stared at by others? (Para 1)
2. Why was it difficult to coordinate the
father’s steps and the son’s? (Para 2)

16. Section One
steps
son
father
never let on
when stared at
embarrassed

17. 别透露你的工资。 Let on: make known; tell someone something e.g.
Don’t let on anything about your salary.
别透露你的工资。

18. Section One courage What the son discovers in his father: strong will
steps
son
father
never let on
when stared at
embarrassed
impatient
halting

19. Structure Analysis Section 1 (para1-4) Section 2 (para 5-7)
The recalling of the father’s experience
Section 2 (para 5-7)
The reflection on the father’s life principle
Section 3 (para 8-13)
The reflection on what a “good heart” is

20. Section Two
Task 2: Fill in the blanks with words you find in Para 5 and Para 6.
The son is amazed at how much it must have taken for his father to subject himself to such shame and stress without or (Para 5)
2. The father never talked about himself as an object of or showed any of the more fortunate or able. What he looked for in others was (Para 6)
courage
bitterness
complaint
pity
envy
“a good heart”

21. What the son discovers in his father:
Section Two
Task 2: Fill in the blanks with words you find in Para 5 and Para 6.
“a good heart”
What the son discovers in his father:
What the son discovers in himself:
“not a good heart”
embarrassment & stress
without complaint
other’s fortune
no envy
father

22. Structure Analysis Section 1 (para1-4) Section 2 (para 5-7)
The recalling of the father’s experience
Section 2 (para 5-7)
The reflection on the father’s life principle
Section 3 (para 8-13)
The reflection on what a “good heart” is

23. Section Three I think of him when I complain about trifles,
when I am envious of another’s good fortune,
when I don’t have a “good heart”. (Para 12)
What rhetorical device (修辞手法) is used in this sentence?

24. Writing Device
Parallelism is a balance of two or more similar words, phrases, or clauses.

25. Now It’s Your Turn
Revise the following sentence into parallel structure.
We judge our friends both by what they say and
actions.
words
by what they do

26. The son’s reflection on what a “good heart” is :
Section Three
The son’s reflection on what a “good heart” is :
I think of him when I complain about trifles, when I am envious of another’s good fortune, when I don’t have a “good heart”. (Para 12)
courage, patience, strong-will personality, positive attitude towards life …
trifles
complaint
other’s fortune
envious
without complaint
no envy
Contrast
son
father

27. A Gift for Parents

28. When you were still young…

29. they spent lots of time teaching you to eat with spoons and chopsticks, 

30. to dress, to tie up shoelaces, to button, 

31. to wash your face, to comb your hair, 

32. So, when they grow old someday,

33. when they begin to forget to button or tie up shoelaces, 

34. when their combing hands begin to tremble unstoppably, 

35. please don't urge them, because you are growing up and they are growing old. 

36. Their hearts will be warmed if you are around.

37. If one day they cannot even hold up steady or walk, 

38. please hold their hands tight and walk beside them slowly… 

39. just like... they held yours years ago...

40. Summary

41. A Review of “Father in our Eyes”
Text Structure
Parallelism
Contrast
“A Good Heart”
Reflection

42. Assignments
Write a composition describing the “good heart” of a person you know with no less than 100 words. Develop your writing with parallelism.

43. Further Reading
Read the story of “The Sight of Father’s Back” written by Zhu Ziqing, compare images of the father in both stories and share your ideas with your classmates.

44. E-mail: yousheng_elaine@163.com
Thank You!