綜合教程2Unit5fourteensteps

1、Unit5,Watch the video and answer the following questions,1. What did the mother mean at the end of the video ,Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 1,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,She was trying to tell her boy that everybody should be treated equally, even for those who had

2、some physical or intelligence problems,Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 2,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,Forrest Gump is a 1994 film based on Winston Grooms 1986 novel of the same name. The film, directed by Robert Zemeckis, stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, and Gary Si

3、nise. The story is of Forrest Gump, an ordinary man who comes from Alabama and his journey through life meeting historical figures, influencing popular culture, and experiencing firsthand historic events of the late 20th century,2. What do you know about the movie Forrest Gump,Pre-reading Activities

4、 - Audiovisual supplement 3,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,Doctor: Mother: Voiceover,Lets take a little walk around. How do those feel? His legs are strong, Mrs. Gump, as strong as Ive ever seen. But his backs as crooked as a politician. But were going to straighten him right up, arent

5、we, Forrest? Forrest! Now, when I was a baby, Mama named me after the great Civil War hero General Nathan Bedford Forrest. She said we was related to him in some way. What he did was, he started up this club called the Ku Klux Klan. Theyd all,Video Script1,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information

6、,Video Script2,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,Voiceover: Mother,dress up in their robes and their bedsheets and act like a bunch of ghosts or spooks or something. Theyd even put bedsheets on their horses and ride around. Anyway, thats how I got my name Forrest Gump. Mama said the Forres

7、t part was to remind me that sometimes we all do things that, well, that just dont make no sense. All right. What are yall staring at? Havent you ever seen a little boy with braces on his legs before? Dont ever let anybody tell you theyre,Video Script3,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,Mot

8、her: Voiceover,better than you, Forrest. If God intended everybody to be the same, hed have given us all braces on our legs. Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them,I am quite often asked: How do you feel about having ALS? The answer is, not a lot. I try to lead as norm

9、al a life as possible, and not think about my condition, or regret the things it prevents me from doing, which are not that many. Stephen Hawking,Quote,Cultural information 1,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,Global Reading - Main idea 1,Main idea,Structural analysis,It is hard to imagine

10、that a blind old man should be willing and able to for someone else on a night. This happened to the author, a man who was afflicted by a progressive disease and who took others for granted. Up to that day, the author had lived in , as he was becoming increasingly feeble. He struggled to every day o

11、nly to hold on to his sanity, his wife, his home and his job,fix a car,_,dark,stormy,crippled,_,help,_,disillusionment, self-pity, indifference and,selfishness,climb the fourteen steps,_,Global Reading - Main idea 2,Structural analysis,Main idea,After he met the blind old man, it suddenly dawned on

12、him that even a person was capable of performing for his fellow beings, and that was where lies,handicapped,_,an act of love,_,the value of life,_,Structural analysis 1,1. How many parts can the text be divided into and whats the topic of each part,Main idea,Structural analysis,According to the deve

13、lopment of the story, the text could be divided into four parts, each of which focuses on one topic. Respectively, these topics are about the authors first life, his second life, his third life and his reflection on the auto-repair incident,Structural analysis 2,Structural analysis,It depicts the au

14、thors first phase of life in which he began to enjoy everything pleasant: excellent health, a good job, a nice house, a happy family and lovely daughters,2. Summarize the main idea of each part by completing the table,Main idea,The author describes his second life. Because of his disease, he became

15、miserable and frustrated,The authors third life began with the trouble of his car on the stormy night and he described the blind mans magnanimous, selfless help,Structural analysis 3,Structural analysis,Main idea,The author reflected on the incident and his life philosophy, from which he discovered

16、the true value of life,Hal Manwaring,Fourteen Steps,Detailed reading1,Detailed reading,They say a cat has nine lives, and I am inclined to think that possible since I am now living my third life and Im not even a cat. My first life began on a clear, cold day in November 1934, when I arrived as the s

17、ixth of eight children of a farming family. My father died when I was 15, and we had a hard struggle to make a living. As the children grew up, they married, leaving only one sister and myself to support and care for Mother, who became paralyzed in her last years and died while still in her 60s. My

18、sister married soon after, and I followed her example within the year,1,Detailed reading2,This was when I began to enjoy my first life. I was very happy, in excellent health, and quite a good athlete. My wife and I became the parents of two lovely girls. I had a good job in San Jose and a beautiful

19、home up the peninsula in San Carlos. Life was a pleasant dream. Then the dream ended. I became afflicted with a slowly progressive disease of the motor nerves, affecting first my right arm and leg, and then my other side. Thus began my second life In spite of my disease I still drove to and from wor

20、k each day, with the aid of special equipment installed in my car. And I managed to keep my health and optimism, to a degree, because of 14 steps,Detailed reading,2,3,Detailed reading3,Crazy? Not at all. Our home was a split-level affair with 14 steps leading up from the garage to the kitchen door.

21、Those steps were a gauge of life. They were my yardstick, my challenge to continue living. I felt that if the day arrived when I was unable to lift one foot up one step and then drag the other painfully after it repeating the process 14 times until, utterly spent, I would be through I could then adm

22、it defeat and lie down and die. So I kept on working, kept on climbing those steps. And time passed. The girls went to college and were happily married, and my wife and I were alone in our beautiful home with the 14 steps,Detailed reading,4,Detailed reading4,You might think that here walked a man of

23、 courage and strength. Not so. Here hobbled a bitterly disillusioned cripple, a man who held on to his sanity and his wife and his home and his job because of 14 miserable steps leading up to the back door from his garage. As I became older, I became more disillusioned and frustrated. Then on a dark

24、 night in August, 1971, I began my third life. It was raining when I started home that night; gusty winds and slashing rain beat down on the car as I drove slowly down one of the less-traveled roads. Suddenly the steering wheel jerked in my hands and the,Detailed reading,5,6,Detailed reading5,Detail

25、ed reading,car swerved violently to the right. In the same instant I heard the dreaded bang of a blowout. I fought the car to stop on the rain-slick shoulder of the road and sat there as the enormity of the situation swept over me. It was impossible for me to change that tire! Utterly impossible! A

26、thought that a passing motorist might stop was dismissed at once. Why should anyone? I knew I wouldnt! Then I remembered that a short distance up a little side road was a house. I started the engine and thumped slowly along, keeping well over on the shoulder until I came to the dirt road, where I tu

27、rned in thankfully. Lighted windows welcomed me to the house and I pulled into the driveway and honked the horn,Detailed reading6,Detailed reading,The door opened and a little girl stood there, peering at me. I rolled down the window and called out that I had a flat tire and needed someone to change

28、 it for me because I had a crutch and couldnt do it myself. She went into the house and a moment later came out bundled in raincoat and hat, followed by a man who called a cheerful greeting. I sat there comfortable and dry, and felt a bit sorry for the man and the little girl working so hard in the

29、storm. Well, I would pay them for it. The rain seemed to be slackening a bit now, and I rolled down the window all the way to watch,7,Detailed reading7,Detailed reading,It seemed to me that they were awfully slow and I was beginning to become impatient. I heard the clank of metal from the back of th

30、e car and the little girls voice came clearly to me. “Heres the jack-handle, Grandpa.” She was answered by the murmur of the mans lower voice and the slow tilting of the car as it was jacked up. There followed a long interval of noises, jolts and low conversation from the back of the car, but finall

31、y it was done. I felt the car bump as the jack was removed, and I heard the slam of the truck lid, and then they were standing at my car window,Detailed reading8,Detailed reading,He was an old man, stooped and frail-looking under his slicker. The little girl was about eight or ten, I judged, with a

32、merry face and a wide smile as she looked up at me. He said, “This is a bad night for car trouble, but youre all set now.” “Thanks,” I said. “How much do I owe you?” He shook his head. “Nothing. Cynthia told me you were a cripple on crutches. Glad to be of help. I know youd do the same for me. There

33、s no charge, friend.” I held out a five-dollar bill. “No! I like to pay my way.” He made no effort to take it and the little girl stepped closer to the window and said quietly, “Grandpa cant see it.,8,Detailed reading9,Detailed reading,In the next few frozen seconds the shame and horror of that mome

34、nt penetrated and I was sick with an intensity I had never felt before. A blind man and a child! Fumbling, feeling with cold, wet fingers for bolts and tools in the dark a darkness that for him would probably never end until death. I dont remember how long I sat there after they said good night and

35、left me, but it was long enough for me to search deep within myself and find some disturbing traits. I realized that I was filled to overflowing with self-pity, selfishness, indifference to the needs of others and thoughtlessness. I sat there and said a prayer,9,Detailed reading10,Detailed reading,T

36、herefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” To me now, months later, this Scriptural admonition is more than just a passage in the Bible. It is a way of life, one that I am trying to follow. It isnt always easy. Som

37、etimes it is frustrating, sometimes expensive in both time and money, but the value is there. I am trying now not only to climb 14 steps each day, but in my small way to help others. Someday, perhaps, I will change a tire for a blind man in a car someone as blind as I had been,10,What can we infer a

38、bout the authors childhood,Detailed reading1-Quesion 1,We can infer that he lived an unhappy and hard life in his childhood because of the early death of his father and the poor health of his mother,Detailed reading,Detailed reading1-Quesion 2,Detailed reading,1. How did his second life begin,His se

39、cond life began when he was afflicted with a slowly progressive disease of the motor nerves, affecting first his right arm and leg, and then his other side,2. What does the author mean by “I managed to keep my health and optimism, to a degree, because of 14 steps”,In a way, the daily exercise of cli

40、mbing helped to keep his physical capability (health), which in turn made him optimistic that he could continue living,Detailed reading1-Quesion 3,Detailed reading,Why does the author call these steps “14 miserable steps”,Because the fact that everything in his life (his home, his job, his wife and

41、his sanity) seemed to totally depend on these 14 steps made him miserable,Detailed reading1-Quesion 4,Detailed reading,Why did the author dismiss the thought at once that any passing motorist would offer help at the moment,Because he knew that he would not stop if he were a passing driver in that si

42、tuation,Detailed reading1-Quesion 5,Detailed reading,1. Was there any hint that indicates something unusual about the man,There were some indications: first, they were working awfully slow; second, the little girl obviously handed to the man something (the jack-handle) the man was unable to find,2.

43、How did the author feel when the man and the little girl were working in the storm,The author first felt sorry that he sat in the car dry and comfortable, while they were working in the heavy rain. But his uneasiness was soon relieved by the thought that he would pay them,Detailed reading1-Quesion 6

44、,Detailed reading,1. Why did the old man refuse to accept the authors payment,Because the old man took it for granted that offering free help to disabled people is what everyone should do, especially when they are in trouble. He believed that the author would have done the same for others,2. When di

45、d the author realize that the old man was blind,The author did not realize it until the little girl explained to him “Grandpa cant see it.,Detailed reading1-Quesion 7,Detailed reading,How did the author react to the girls words,On hearing the little girls words, the author was stunned for a few seco

46、nds, full of shame and horror, because as a handicapped man, he had taken others help for granted and had never expected that a blind man would work on the dark stormy night for him out of pure warm-heartedness for a fellow human being. This contrasts his own selfishness and indifference to the need

47、s of others before the incident,Detailed reading1-Quesion 8,Detailed reading,How did the author re-evaluate the 14 steps,The author came to be aware that some people who had the same or worse adversity were always ready to offer help. For him the 14 steps were not the whole thing in his life. There

48、are other people he should give help to when he was struggling against his own adversity,be inclined to be likely or tend to do sth,Detailed reading1 be inclined to,e.g,In the first instance I was inclined to refuse, but then I reconsidered. 起初我想拒絕，但后來(lái)還是重新考慮了。 He was inclined to give them a free han

49、d. 他傾向于放手讓他們干,Synonym,tend to, be likely to,Detailed reading,follow ones example imitate,Detailed reading1 follow ones example,Synonym,follow ones lead,Detailed reading,e.g,Brian persuaded his brother to follow his example and join the army. I suggest you follow Teds example and take some regular ex

50、ercise,afflict vt. cause severe suffering or pain,Detailed reading1 afflict 1,e.g,He was afflicted with cancer. 他患了癌癥。 She was afflicted with conscience. 她受良心責(zé)備,Collocation,be afflicted with,Detailed reading,Derivation,afflictive a. affliction n,Detailed reading1 afflict 2,1. 我對(duì)那些受苦受難的人們充滿(mǎn)同情。 2. 這種病

51、女人比男人更容易患上,Translation,I have great sympathy for people in affliction,_,It is an illness which afflicts women more than men,_,Detailed reading,Detailed reading1- progressive,progressive a. developing gradually,e.g,The build-up of pollutants in the atmosphere has led to a progressive weakening of the

52、 ozone layer. Since the 1950s there has been a progressive fall in the numbers of adults who cannot read and write,Detailed reading,Synonym,gradual, little by little,Detailed reading1 a cat has nine lives,Detailed reading,a cat has nine lives,Explanation,It is a proverb. Cats are very tough and seem

53、 able to survive accidents or hardships,Detailed reading1 with the aid of,Detailed reading,with the aid of with the help of,e.g,The bacteria can only be seen with the aid of a high-power microscope. The child was saved and brought back to life with the aid of an international rescue team. 這個(gè)孩子在國(guó)際救援隊(duì)

54、的幫助下得救了,Detailed reading1- install,Detailed reading,install vt. set up,e.g,To minimize the risk of burglary, install a good alarm system. 安裝可靠的報(bào)警設(shè)備，以降低被盜的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。 The workers are installing a heating system. 工人們正在安裝供暖系統(tǒng),Derivation,installation n,Detailed reading1- to a / some degree,Detailed reading,to a

55、 / some degree partly,e.g,The film was boring to a degree. 這部影片相當(dāng)枯燥。 A countrys future prosperity depends, to a degree, upon the quality of education of its people,Synonym,in a sense, in some way,Detailed reading1 hobble,Detailed reading,hobble vi. walk in an awkward way because your feet are injure

56、d,e.g,The old man hobbled along (the road) with the aid of his stick. 那老漢拄著拐杖一瘸一拐地走著,Synonym,limp,Detailed reading1 disillusioned,Detailed reading,disillusioned a. disappointed,e.g,Disillusioned by his teams poor performance, the manager resigned,Detailed reading1- hold on to,hold on to keep ones gr

57、ip on; not let go of,e.g,He tried hard to be in his superiors good graces in order to hold on to his job. 他想方設(shè)法討上司的歡心，以保住自己的飯碗。 Id hold on to that house for the time being; house prices are rising sharply at the moment. 目前我不能出讓那所房子，此刻房?jī)r(jià)正在急劇上漲,Detailed reading,Detailed reading1- lead up to,lead up to

58、 come before and result in,e.g,The events that led up to the murder were shown in a series of flashbacks. The report describes the negotiations that led up to the settlement,Detailed reading,1. your umbrella so that it wont be blown away. 2. She was anxious to enlighten me about the events that the

59、dispute. 3. All the other teachers are thoroughly with their colleagues,Detailed reading1 Activity 1,Detailed reading,Activity: Choose a word or phrase and change its form if necessary to fill in each blank in the following sentences,Hold on to,_,with the aid of hold on to,disillusion,lead up to hobble,led up to,_,disillusioned,_,Detailed reading1 Activity 2,Detailed