Unit16MyForeverValentine.ppt

Unit 16My Forever Valentine Contents Pre-reading questions Background information Structural analysis Comprehension questions Language points of Text I Grammatical items Vocabulary and Translation Exercises Comprehension questions of Text II Oral activities Writing practice Text I My Forever Valentine Pre-reading questions Background information (1) 十大经典爱情语句 1) I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. 我爱你，不是因为你是一个怎样的人，而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。 2) No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won’t make you cry. 没有人值得你流泪，值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。 3) The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can’t have them. 　　在某人的身边却不知道将要失去她是件最痛苦的事！　 Background information (2) 4) Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 纵然伤心，也不要愁眉不展，因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。 5) To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. 对于世界而言，你是一个人；但是对于某个人，你是他的整个世界。 6) Don‘t waste your time on a man/woman, who isn’t willing to waste their time on you. 　不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。 Background information (3) 7) Just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to, doesn’t mean they don‘t love you with all they have. 爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式来爱你，那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。 8) Don‘t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to. 　不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。 9) Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful. Background information (4) 在遇到梦中人之前，上天也许会安排我们先遇到别的人；在我们终于遇见心仪的人时，便应当心存感激。 10) Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened. 不要因为结束而哭泣，微笑吧，为你的曾经拥有。 Background information (5) Valentine History The roots of romance Valentines Day celebration dates back to the ancient times when the Feast of Lupercal was celebrated in the honour of the Roman God of Fertility. This day falls on the 15th