商務(wù)英語教學課件：Unit8 My Forever Valentine

1、Read the following sentences aloud, paying special attention to intonation. The symbol | indicates a division of tone groups, while and nuclear tones.I dont know whether it was because work at the office slowed during February | or becausethe football season was over.For several days | I had been cu

2、tting out valentines for classmates.1. 2.Reading aloud Reading aloudAudiovisual supplementCultural informationAs I grew older, | the gifts gave way to heart-shaped boxes filled with my favorite chocolates | and always included a special card signed “Love, Dad.”If my father knew then that he had been

3、 re placed, | he never let it show.3.4.Reading aloudAudiovisual supplementCultural informationCultural information Reading aloudAudiovisual supplementCultural information1. Quote O Hare Noel (American Writer): As a modern parent, I know that its not how much you give children those counts, its the l

4、ove and attention you shower on them. A caring attitude can not only save you a small fortune, but also even make you feel good about being tight-fisted and offering more care than present.Reading aloudAudiovisual supplementCultural information2. Father The father is often seen as an authority figur

5、e. A common observation among scholars is that the authority of the father and of the political leader are closely intertwined, that there is a symbolic identification between domestic authority and national political leadership. The fundamental common grounds between domestic and national authority

6、, are the mechanisms of naming (exercise the authority in someones name) and identification. In a patriarchal society, authority typically uses such rhetoric of fatherhood and family to implement their rule and advocate its legitimacy. Reading aloudAudiovisual supplementCultural information In Weste

7、rn culture patriarchy and authority have been synonymous. In the 19th century Europe, the idea was common, among both traditionalist and revolutionaries, that the authority of the domestic father should “be made omnipotent in the family so that it becomes less necessary in the state”. In the second

8、part of that century, there was an extension of the authority of the husband over his wife and the authority of thefather over his children, including “increased demands for absolute obedience of children to the father”. Watch a video clip and answer the following questions.What did the girls ask th

9、eir father to do at the table?How is the relationship between the father and his daughters in the video?1. 2.Audiovisual supplementsReading aloudAudiovisual supplementCultural informationThey asked their father to do “Mr. Napkin Head”.Its very clear that the father loves his daughters very much. He

10、has a great patience to meet the reasonable needs of his daughters. And the girls extremely love and depend on their father. Reading aloudAudiovisual supplementCultural informationGraham:Olivia:Graham:Olivia: Graham:Olivia: Graham:Olivia: Sophie: Olivia: Oh, hello.Hello.Hello.Going on. Blow on mine.

11、Aw! Thank you. Excellent timing.Dad, do Mr. Napkin Head.No. No, no, no. No Mr. Napkin Head.Please! Do it.Do it. Do it, please.Do it, please. Beg you. Please?Reading aloudAudiovisual supplementCultural informationReading aloudAudiovisual supplementCultural informationGraham:Olivia:Graham:Olivia: Grah

12、am:Amanda: Olivia: Graham: Sophie: Please? Ok, Ill do it quicklykiss DaddyOh, well, thank you for that.Youre welcome. Now do it.All right. sigh Amanda, can I borrow your napkin, please?Oh, yes!Your glasses.Pass me those glasses when I need them.Amanda, youre gonna love this. Its so funny. I mean, yo

13、ull fall off your chair. It is so funny.Reading aloudAudiovisual supplementCultural informationGraham:Olivia:Graham:Olivia: Graham:Sophie: Olivia: Graham: Everybody:Sophie: Hello. Hello. My name is Mr. Napkin Head. Hello, children. Who is this? Shes a stranger?Amanda.And why has she got a funny acce

14、nt?Amanda.Yes, but where is she from?Now smoke!Go on.cough Smokings really bad for you.Yeah!Amanda, guess what. We have a tent in our playroom. Do you want to see it?Reading aloudAudiovisual supplementCultural informationGraham:Olivia:Amanda: Olivia: Amanda: Olivia: Amanda: Sophie: Amanda:Olivia: No

15、, no, no. Amanda will not crawl into your tent.You dont like tents?Ah! Ok, this is seriously cool.Come inside.Wow!Lie down.OK.Here, Amanda. You can use my pillow.Thank you!Lie down!Reading aloudAudiovisual supplementCultural informationGraham:Olivia:Graham: Can you please stop being so bossy?Lie dow

16、n, please. Next to me.Ok.Main idea Main ideaStructural analysisThe text recollects a series of events concerning the narrators father, who showed profound affection for his daughter by offering her valentines on Valentines Day.1. What is the story narrated in the text about?Structural analysisMain i

17、deaBecause the first and last gifts her father offered her are the most impressive and the most unforgettable ones.2. Why does the writer focus her accounts and descriptions on her first recollection of the magic her father brought to the occasion and on the last card and gift from him?Structural an

18、alysis Main ideaStructural analysis1. Work out the structure of the text by completing the table. Paragraphs Main idea 1-2 It gives a brief account of the narrators father and points out the theme of the text.3-10 It provides a detailed account of how the father showed profound affection for his dau

19、ghter on Valentines Day.Structural analysisMain ideaParagraphs Main idea 11-12 The narrator tells us how important it has been to her to have such a loving father and that she will never forget her father and his kindness to her.Structural analysisMain idea2. The authors recounting of her Valentines

20、 Day memories in the second part of the text follows closely the chronological order. Try to pick out the three sentences in this part that indicate the progression of time.The three sentences that indicate the progression of time are:1) My first recollection of the magic he could bring to Valentine

21、s Day came when I was six. (Paragraph 3)Structural analysisMain idea2) As I grew older, the gifts gave way to heart-shaped boxes filled with my favorite chocolates and always included a special card signed “Love, Dad.” (Paragraph 5)3) My mailbox eventually had a rural address, and the job of hand-de

22、livering candy and cards was relegated to the U.S. Postal Service. (Paragraph 7)Words and Expressionsassortment各類物品或同類各種物品的聚集；混合物atmosphere 氣氛，情緒，大氣barely幾乎不，幾乎沒有birthstone誕生石，誕辰石bittersweet甜中帶苦的；（比喻）歡樂中帶有一絲憂傷 experience/memorychitchat閑聊，聊天cute有吸引力的；漂亮的；逗人喜愛的；機靈的，聰明的 （有時作貶義）elaborate 精心制作的fondly喜歡地g

23、enerosity慷慨，大方gift-wrapped 包裝成禮品的holly冬青hug擁抱legible 清晰的，易讀的perfunctory 敷衍的，潦草的，馬馬虎虎的popularity普及，流行recollection 回憶，追憶relegate使降級，使降職reminder 提示，使人回憶起某事的事物represent代表ruby 紅寶石rural 鄉(xiāng)村的scrawl潦草地寫，亂涂亂畫shaped 成某種形狀的signal 發(fā)信號；用信號傳達（某信息），用信號與（某人）通訊succession 一連串，一系列，連續(xù)surpass超過，優(yōu)于，勝于tease 取笑，戲弄valentine情

24、人，情人卡bulletin board 公告欄，布告欄give way to 被取代postal service郵政服務(wù)put/have a lump in sbs throat喉嚨哽住，哽咽（因激動所致）usher (sth) in 開創(chuàng)，開始或引進某事物；預(yù)報，預(yù)示 The traditional holidays in our house when I was a child were spent timing elaborate meals around football games. My father tried to make pleasant chitchat and eat

25、as much as he could during half time. At Christmas he found time to have a cup or two of holiday beer and do his holly-shaped bow tie. But he didnt truly shine until Valentines Day.My Forever ValentineDetailed reading1Detailed reading I dont know whether it was because work at the office slowed duri

26、ng February or because the football season was over. But Valentines Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly thought of him as my “Valentine Man”.2Detailed reading My first recollection of the magic he could bring to Valentines Day

27、 came when I was six. For several days I had been cutting out valentines for my classmates. Each of us was to decorate a “mailbox” and put it on our desk for others to give us cards. That box and its contents ushered in a succession of bittersweet memories of my entrance into a world of popularity c

28、ontests marked by the number of cards received, the teasing about boyfriends/girlfriends and the tender care I gave to the card from the cutest boy in class.3Detailed reading That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was signed “Love, Dad,” a

29、nd the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to represent my birthstone, a ruby. There is little difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember wearing that ring with a pride that all the cards in the world could not surpass.4Detailed reading As I grew older, the

30、 gifts gave way to heart-shaped boxes filled with my favorite chocolates and always included a special card signed “Love, Dad.” In those years my thank-yous became more of a perfunctory response. The cards seemed less important, and I took for granted the valentine that would always be there. Long p

31、ast the days of having a “mailbox” on my desk, I had placed my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others,” and “Love, Dad” just didnt seem quite enough.5 If my father knew then that he had been replaced, he never let it show. If he sensed any disappointment over valentin

32、es that didnt arrive for me, he just tried that much harder to create a positive atmosphere, giving me an extra hug and doing what he could to make my day a little brighter. My mailbox eventually had a rural address, and the job of hand-delivering candy and cards was relegated to the U.S. Postal Ser

33、vice. Never in ten years was my fathers package late nor was it on the Valentines Day eight years ago when I reached into the mailbox to find a card addressed to me in my mothers handwriting.Detailed reading67 It was the kind of card that comes in an inexpensive assortment box sold by a child going

34、door to door to try to earn money for a school project. It was the kind of card you used to get from a grandmother or an aging aunt or, in this case, a dying father. It was the kind of card that put a lump in your throat and tears in your eyes because you knew the person no longer was able to go out

35、 and buy a real valentine. It was a card that signaled this would be the last you would receive from him. The card had a photograph of tulips on the outside, and on the inside my mother had printed “Happy Valentines Day.” Beneath it, scrawled in barely legible handwriting was “Love, Dad.” Detailed r

36、eading8910 His final card remains on my bulletin board today. Its a reminder of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a tradition of love with a generosity of spirit, simple acts of understanding and an ability to expr

37、ess happiness over the people in his life. Those things never die, nor does the memory of a man who never stopped being my valentine.Detailed reading1112time: v. arrange or set the time at which something happens or is to happene.g.You timed your arrival well; we were just going to have dinner.Detai

38、led readingCollocations:be timed to do sth.be timed for sth.e.g. The train is timed to arrive at 6 oclock.e.g. The next show is timed for 8 oclock.Detailed readingComparisons: ill-timed, well-timed, mistime ill-timed: adj. happening or done at the wrong timewell-timed: adj. happening or done at the

39、most suitable time mistime: v. do something at the wrong time or at an unsuitable timeDetailed readingelaborate: adj. containing a lot of small details or parts that are connected with each other in a complicated waye.g. She made elaborate preparations for the party.The curtains had an elaborate pat

40、tern of flowers.Collocation: elaborate plan/notes/excuses, etc.Derivations:elaborate: v.elaborateness: n.Translation:The problem is too elaborate.這個問題太復(fù)雜了。fondly: adv.1) in a way that shows you like someone very much2) in a foolishly hopeful mannere.g. She greeted her old friend fondly.Comparison:lo

41、vely: adj. beautiful or attractive; friendly and pleasantDerivations:fond: adj.fondness: n.Detailed readinge.g.She fondly imagined that she could pass her examination without working hard.The traditional holidays in our house when I was a child were spent timing elaborate meals around football games

42、. ( Paragraph 1) Translation:小時候，我們家的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日總是根據(jù)足球比賽的時間來準備精美的飯菜。Explanation:Some of the traditional holidays in the United States are Valentines Day (February 14); St. Patrick Day (March 17); and Halloween (October 31). In some states, Arbor Day, Bird Day, and Flag Day are school holidays. Child Health

43、 Day (the first Monday in October) is widely observed in schools. Many schools and some businesses close on Good Friday.Detailed readingQuestions1) What was the narrators father? And what was his hobby? The narrators father did office work. He was fond of watching football matches.Detailed reading2)

44、 Why did the narrator think of her father as her Valentine Man? Because her father chose Valentines Day to show his profound affection for her by presenting her with gifts and showing great care for her on that particular day for many years in succession until he passed away.Paragraph 2QuestionWhat

45、does “the magic” mentioned in Paragraph 3 refer to? “The magic” mentioned in Paragraph 3 refers to charm added to the day by the wonderful gifts and the profound affection that the narrators father gave her.Detailed readingParagraph 3Detailed readingrecollection: n.memory; the power or action of rem

46、embering the past; something in ones memory of the paste.g.I have no recollection of meeting him.Comparison: recollection, collectionDerivation:recollect: v.collection: n. a group of things that are put togetherPractice:A of empty wine bottles stood on the back porch. Her of the events is rather pat

47、chy. 1)2)collection_recollection_succession: n. happening one after another Detailed readingCollocations:in successiona succession ofe.g. She won the championship four times in succession.e.g. A succession of visitors came to the door.Comparisons: succession to the throne, accession to the thronesuc

48、cession to the throne: the act of becoming the next king or queenaccession to the throne: the act of becoming king or queenDetailed readingcontest: n. a struggle to win control or power; a competition, esp. one judged by a group of specially chosen judgese.g. Many beautiful girls from the five conti

49、nents participated in the Beauty Contest.Comparison:Derivations:contestant: n. someone who competes in a contestcontest: v.match: n. an organized sports event between two teams or peoplecute: adj.1) attractive in an amusing or interesting waye.g. What a cute little baby!Detailed reading2) (sometimes

50、 derog.) (too) clever; shrewd e.g.You must approach her carefully, for she is a cute woman.Synonyms:lovely, pleasantDerivation:cuteness: n.Detailed readinge.g. China wants to catch up with and surpass the developed countries in the world.surpass: v. exceed; go beyond in amount, degree, or qualityCol

51、location:e.g. Her splendid performances surpassed all our expectations.surpass expectations/hopes/dreams: be better than you had expected, hoped, etc.Derivation:surpassing: adj. much better than that of other people or thingsDetailed readingTranslation:He surpassed all his rivals.他比所有的對手都強。QuestionW

52、hat gifts did the narrators father give her as she grew older? As she grew older, the narrators father gave her such gifts as heart-shaped boxes filled with her favorite chocolates, which always included a special card signed “Love, Dad.”Detailed readingParagraph 5give way 1) have its place taken by

53、 e.g.Steam trains gave way to electric trains.Detailed reading2) agree to do what someone else wants to do, instead of what you wanted to doe.g. He is too stubborn to give way.Comparisons:give away, give ine.g. They argued back and forth until finally Buzz gave in.give in: unwillingly agree to someo

54、nes demands after they have spent a lot of time arguing with you, trying to persuade youDetailed readingAntonym:discreet: adj. done or said in a careful way perfunctory: adj. (of an action) done hastily and without thought, interest or caree.g.Olivia dismissed him with a perfunctory nod.Derivation:p

55、erfunctory: n. someone who is perfunctoryThat box and its contents ushered in a succession of bittersweet memories of my entrance into a world of popularity contests marked by the number of cards received, the teasing about boyfriends/girlfriends and the tender care I gave to the card from the cutes

56、t boy in class. (Paragraph 3)Translation:那只箱子以及其中的賀卡禮物勾起了我一連串苦樂交織的回憶：（六歲起，）我開始加入一場場展示受歡迎程度的角逐，最終結(jié)果取決于收到賀卡的數(shù)量、有關(guān)男女朋友的揶揄，以及我給予班中最可愛的男生所贈賀卡的關(guān)愛程度。Detailed readingAs I grew older, the gifts gave way to heart-shaped boxes filled with my favorite chocolates and always included a special card signed “Love,

57、Dad. ” (Paragraph 5) Translation:長大后，我收到的禮物變成了心形的盒子。里面裝滿了我最喜歡的巧克力，還隨附一張很特別的卡片，上面寫著“我的心肝，愛你的爸爸”。Explanation:The affectionate message might be carried by a heart-shaped box of chocolate candies, or by a bouquet of tulips tied with filmy red ribbon.Detailed readingHe never let it show. (Paragraph 6)Par

58、aphrase: He never revealed his feelings.Detailed readingDetailed readingActivity: Making sentencesDirections: Use the following words and expressions to make sentences.elaborate cute fondly recollection succession surpass give wayQuestionWhy was the job of hand-delivering candy and cards relegated t

59、o the U.S. Postal Service? Because the narrator settled down in a rural area, which was far away from where her father lived.Detailed readingParagraph 7eventually: adv. at last; in the ende.g.After many attempts she eventually managed to get promotion.Detailed readingComparison:eventfully: adv. in a

60、 way that is full of interesting or important eventsDerivations:eventual: adj.eventuality: n. a possible event or result, esp. an unpleasant onedeliver: v. take goods, letters, etc. to peoples houses or places of worke.g. Letters are delivered every day.Detailed readingDerivations:deliverer: n. some