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wordUnit 8 In my Day一、授课时间：第14周3次课, 15周2次课二．授课类型：理论课8学时、实践课2学时三．授课题目：In my Day四．授课时数：10五．教学目的和要求：To know about the aging prolems; to realize the generation gap and try our best to bridge the gap; to care more for our parents; 六．教学重点和难点：1〕背景知识的传授：Russel Baker, Great Depression2〕文章的体裁分析3〕语言点的理解：Word and phrases: tumble down, argue sb back to reality, amount to; be guilty of… Grammar Focus: absolute construction 4) 写作技巧分析七．教学根本内容和纲要Part One Warm – up1.questions:(1)When do people attain old age?(2)What changes would occur to the elderly?(3)Why do the aged like to talk about their past lives?(4)What are your thoughts on age and aging? Typically, the beginnings of change in the five senses are as follows: Hearing—the mid 40’s Vision—the mid 50’s Touch—the mid 50’s Taste—the late 50’s Smell—the mid 70’s 2 .Generation gap refers to the difference in ideas, feelings and interests between older and younger people, which often causes misunderstanding. In the U.S.A, "Never trust anyone over thirty" had even been a very mon belief among young people. How to bridge it ? mutual understanding and love …. 3. The Image of the Mother 4 Years of Age— My Mommy can do anything!8 Years of Age— My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot12 Years of Age—My Mother doesn’t really know quite everything.14 Years of Age—Naturally, Mother doesn’t know that, either. 16 Years of Age—Mother? She’s hopelessly old-fashioned.18 Years of Age—That old woman? She’s way out of date! 25 Years of Age—Well, she might know a little bit about it.35 Years of Age—Before we decide, let’s get Mom’s opinion. 45 Years of Age—Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?65 Years of Age—Wish I could talk it over with Mom! 4.Tell us a story about your parents that touches your heart and is rooted deeply in your memory.Part Two Background Information1. Author: Russell BakerBorn in Virginia in 1925In charge of "The Observer" column for the New York Times from 1962 to 1998.Won his first Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for distinguished mentary as a columnistReceived his second Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for his autobiography Growing upRegarded as one of America's leading wordsmiths and humorists 2. Russell Baker’s main worksGrowing upRussell Baker’s book of American HumorFear and Loathing in George W. Bush’s WashingtonPoor Russell Almanac(The text is extracted from the first chapter of Growing Up.) 3. Russell Baker’s memoir Growing upThis book traces his youth in the mountains of rural Virginia. When Baker was only five, his father died. His mother, strong-willed and matriarchal, never looked back. These were depression years, and Mrs. Baker moved her family to Baltimore. Baker's mother was determined her children would succeed, and her unfailing faith in the talents of her young son was not misplaced. He did everything from delivering papers to hustling subscriptions for the Saturday Evening Post. As is often the case, early hardships make the man. 4. Popularity of the book—reviews from the book reviewers and readers§ This is a wondrous book, funny, sad, and strong… as funny and touching as Mark Twain's.----Mary Lee Settle of the Los Angeles Times Book Review§ This is an iconic and magical piece of literature, a story of courage and love, of the bonds of family in spite of tension and disagreement.-----One reader§ Growing Up is carefully crafted by this experienced writer.The many characters e to vivid life with all their virtues and foibles(小缺点), and Baker's narrative flows smoothly from beginning to end.-----One reader5. Quotations of the author The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist. In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to be in love with somebody else is an admission of unfaithfulness to one's beloved. An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best inplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious—just dead wrong. 6. The Great Depression〔The Great Depression is what we refer to the global economic recession between 1929 to 1933 ,which ,especially in the US, is usually identified with the stock market crash of 1929.during that time ,some towns in the U. S. , Canada and Germany even introduced their own scrip during the Great Depression. and the societies are full of sorrows.〕One of the most critical economic periods in the United States history was the Great Depression. A majority of the U.S. citizens did not know much about the Depression. The only information that they knew was what they read from textbooks. Many citizens never really had to face the hardship like others were forced to face. Growing Up by Russell Baker is an autobiography on the problems he and his family endured during this era. Causes of the Great Depression: Speculation in the 1920s caused many people to buy stocks wi。