英语泛读教程第二册(第三版)unit5-cheating.ppt

Unit 5,1. Text Cheating,Susan Richards Shreve (1939- ) is an American author, and novelist, as well as author of over a dozen children's books. She currently teaches at George Mason University.,About the author,Vocabulary:,right out 坦率的，毫不隐瞒的 times table 乘法表 special (电视的)特别节目---be on special: 降价促销；打折促销；搞活动 disappointed 失望的---disappointment bother 打扰 sensible：reasonable 合情合理的，明智的---（区别）sensitive 敏感的 suspect 怀疑---（区别）doubt 怀疑 glance over 浏览 cinch (infml): something which is very easy and is therefore a certainty 有把握的事情；容易做的事情 in cold blood 气定若闲的，无情的，冷酷的 criminal 罪犯---crime 罪 clinch:win 赢得；解决 stomachache 胃痛---stomach 胃,Questions for discussion:,How did the school boy cheat on the unit test? Was the cheating planned beforehand? Why did the boy later feel so uneasy or self-reproved about his cheating? Did the boy’s father show that he was good at communicating with and educating his son?,Possible difficult words, phrases and sentences,(ll. 41-42) It didn’t even seem bad when I thought of my parents’ big thing about telling the truth. when conj. even though something is true,联想到父母那一套实话为大的道理时，我也没觉得有什么。

即使想到父母那一套关于讲真话的大道理，那个想法甚至也没有显得那么糟糕Possible difficult words, phrases and sentences,(ll. 44-45) …he is so smart in math it makes you sick… math 后面省略了连接词that；it makes you sick是个结果状语从句本文是一篇叙事故事，文体上不是十分正式，况且本句又是故事人物的内心独白，所以可以省略that，以此更能生动地刻画人物形象…他的数学成绩好得惊人… 他在数学上很聪明，聪明得让你妒忌 make you sick: to make you feel jealous—used humorously,Possible difficult words, phrases and sentences,(l. 47) …because our desks are practically on top of each other.,…要知道，我俩的桌子实在靠得太近The main idea,This passage tells about a school boy feeling deeply self-reproved（自责的）about his cheating on a unit test at school. He had failed in a previous test, and this time he was determined to work harder and pass the test. But for some reasons, he failed to review his lessons at home the night before. There were some distractions（分心的事）at home, including watching a TV special. After watching the TV program, he found that it was too late to study for the next morning’s unit test. He vaguely sensed that he might have a chance of looking at his deskmate’s test papers. The next day when he was sitting for the test, being unable to answer the test questions, he could not refrain from seeing his deskmate’s answers.,The main idea,But after the test was over, he instantly was regretful about his wrongdoing. He reproved himself for what he did in the test. He felt so conscience-stricken that he did not want to eat or talk to his parents. His strict family upbringing（家教）was that he should be honest about everything he did. Locking himself up in his room, he was still chafing at（感到郁闷）what he had done at his school. He even feigned a stomachache when his mother called him to have supper. Seeing something strange, his father entered his room to catch up on（了解）all this. The boy still pretended to be ill, but the father did not believe him. The father patiently tried to persuade him.,The main idea,The boy finally told his father what had happened. Hearing this, the father did not dress his boy down（责骂）. Instead, he told his son to tell his teacher all about it. The boy did not want to call his teacher at first, as suggested by his father. But he eventually took his father’s advice. His teacher did not scold him on the telephone. He just told him to go to the school on Saturday to take another test. So under the correct instruction by the father and the teacher, the school boy’s Gordian knot（心结；难题；戈尔迪之结（希腊神话中的一个难题））was cut. (cut a Gordian knot 快刀斩乱麻),Main idea of the text,Please use 5 to 8 sentences to summary the main idea of the text.,11,Aloud-reading,To read the whole text loudly. Requirement： 声音响亮 发音地道 连贯流利 声情适切,12,,,2. Reading skills Determining the Main Idea,What does a writer normally do after he provides the main idea as the topic for a paragraph? Where does a writer usually place the main idea?,3. Fast reading 3.1 Passage 1 3.1.1 The main idea,The writer humorously tells about some of her childhood experiences. Her mother, who was partial to some of her children, often beat the writer. That is, she would punish the writer for her wrongdoing.,3.1.1 The main idea,Each time when her mother beat her, she would cry out loud, in the hope that somebody might stop her. The writer was born being pale-complexioned, but it appeared to her that her mother did not like the color. Each time when her mother turned her down when the writer asked her mother for something to eat, she would cry out and make a fuss until she got what she wanted. So as a young girl, she knew how to deal with her mother.,3.2 Passage 2 3.2.1 The main idea,This passage tells about some differences between British and American elementary and secondary schools.,3.3 Passage 3 3.3.1 The main idea,This passage tells about some differences between British and American colleges and universities.,4. Home Reading Stolen Day (失窃的一天),编者译为“逃学记”。

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