综合英语1 unit 1.doc

Unit One Never Say Goodbye Learning Objectives By the end of this unit, you are supposed to grasp the author’s purpose of writing and make clear the structure of the whole passage through an intensive reading of Text 1 Never Say Goodbye. get a list of new words and structures and use them freely in conversation and writing. have your own understanding of one’s attitude towards something sad or miserable Structural Analysis The passage can be divided into three parts. Part One: (Paragraphs 1-4) The author brings up the problem he was confronted with: it is hard to overcome the sadness as the moment of parting drew near. So he turned to his grandpa for help. Part Two: (Paragraphs 5-13) By narrating his sad experience of the loss of his eldest son during the war, the grandpa illustrates how one can overcome the sad feeling resulting from the loss of someone dear to him by recalling not the moment of parting but the happy time spent together. Part Three: (Para. 14-20): By the way he behaved when confronted with another sad moment--the loss of his grandpa, the author shows us that he came to understand what his grandpa had taught him. Main Idea of the passage The text is the author’s recall of his most important and unforgettable experiences that came about when he was between 10 and 12. He had learned from his grandfather the profound meaning of “ Never say goodbye” and became firm and strong-willed as a child. The author wants to tell us that we should never give in to sadness, that we should always be firm and strong-willed, and that we should always remember the joyful and happy events of life as well as our cherished friendship. Text Explanation Part I Why was the author seized with the anguish of moving from his home? Because it was the only home that he had ever known. His whole life, brief as it was, had been spent in that big old house, gracefully touched with the laughter and tears of four generation. That was why he was feeling extremely re