2. 1 T h e F o r k Passage 7

3. 2 Background Knowledge Story Time Fun Time Word Study

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5. 4 Background Knowledge Christian Faith ☆ Christians believe that they will go to heaven after death. ☆ The life in heaven is much better than that on the earth. ☆ They believe that they are blessed with the best things.

6. 5 Main Message of the Bible ★ Every person is separated from God because of sin. ★ God has always sought to form a close relationship with people. ★ God has reached out to people in personal way by sending Jesus Christ. ★ God’s forgiveness through Jesus Christ is available to every person. ★ New life in Christ calls a person to live in a Christ-like way.

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8. 7 potluck

9. 8 diagnose

10. 9 pastor

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12. 11 There was a woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. of illness or disease leading gradually to death.

13. 12 … she contacted her pastor … to discuss certain aspects of her final wishes.

14. 13 “I want to be buried with a fork in my right hand.”

15. 14 ？ ？ ？ ？ ？ Well, to be honest, I’m puzzled by the request.

16. 15 “In all my years of attending church socials and potluck dinners, I always remember that when the dishes of the main course were being cleared, someone would inevitably lean over and say, ‘Keep your fork.”

17. 16 I knew that something better was coming…

18. 17 Something wonderful, and with substance! Importance, seriousness or relationship with real facts. …Keep your fork…the best is yet to come.

19. 18 The pastor’s eyes welled up with tears of joy as he hugged the woman good-bye.

20. 19 Funeral and fork? What’s with the fork? A fork? Why?

21. 20 During his message, the pastor told the people of… I could not stop thinking about the fork…

22. 21 Keep your fork, the best is to come…

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24. 23 Do you Know? Do you know how to have the following food with western utensils? Please discuss with your partner.  Spaghetti  Pizza  Fish  Beef steak  Salad

25. 24 Game Act out the results of your discussion with your partner giving a narration.

26. 课件作者： 作者单位： 庞云青 西安交通大学