大学英语精读unit3ThePresent[修改版].ppt

Unit 3 The Present;“ 礼物”是一种载意的媒体。中国有句俗话, 叫“千里送鹅毛, 礼轻情意重” 。在人们的日常生活交往中, “礼物” 经常作为一种中介, 用来传递一份份浓浓的情和义。 俗话说：blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水 我们来欣赏以一位年迈母亲在自己八十岁生日这一天满怀喜悦和希望的心情等待邮差送来亲生女儿的生日祝贺礼物的故事 ;After reading the text, please write T for true or F for false before each statement. 1. The old lady got up early that day simply because she was in the habit of doing so. 2. The old lady had two daughters: Myra, the one she was proud of, and Enid, the one she loved. 3. In the past two years, Myra seldom came to see her mother, but she wrote to her quite often. 4. The old woman was quite sure that Myra would come to see her since eighty was a special birthday. 1.F 2.T 3. F 4.F ;Style and structure of the text: 1.Style: Narrative Writing 2. Six points of the narration: Setting 背景---where and when the story takes place Characters人物-----whoever takes part in the story Plot情节---all of the events that tell the story Climax-高潮--- the most intense part Ending结局--- end of the story Theme主题---the central meaning;; 1.It was the old lady’s birthday. 2. She got up early to be ready for the post. From the second floor flat she could see the postman when he came down the street, and the little boy from the ground floor brought up her letters on the rare occasions when anything came. Time : The old lady’s birthday Place: On the second floor ;Language Points: 1.She got up early to be ready for the post. 1) be ready for sth: prepared and fit for use 【例句 】准备好上课了吗？ Are you ready for class? 【搭配 】 be ready to do sth准备好做某事 . ;;;3. Today she was sure there would be something. Myra wouldn’t forget her mother’s birthday, even if she seldom wrote at other times.Of course Myra was busy. Her husband had been made Mayor, and Myra herself had got a medal for her work for the aged. 1) even if: in spite of the fact that, no matter whether 即使，纵然，尽管 2) at other times: on other occasions平时;;;Myra herself had got a medal for her work for the aged;;;;;;;;;;;;;;15. Three were unsealed car