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Unit 4 Extraterrestrials

Unit 4 Extraterrestrials. Text A The Watery Place. Objectives. understand the main idea and structure of the text (narration in time sequence); appreciate the difference between formal speech and informal speech; grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;

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Unit 4 Extraterrestrials

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  1. Unit 4 Extraterrestrials Text A The Watery Place

  2. Objectives • understand the main idea and structure of the text (narration in time sequence); • appreciate the difference between formal speech and informal speech; • grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; • conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities related to extraterrestrials.

  3. Now We Read • About the writer: Do you know Issac Asimov? • How does the writer start the story? How do you like it? (L1-7) • How does the writer explain his statement “No extraterrestrials will ever land on Earth”? • Can you retell what happens in this story?

  4. Now we read: Story • characters+ settings: • beginning of story: • before the E.T. arrives • development of story: • landing of the flying soccer • meeting with E.T. • end of story • after E.T. left

  5. Now we read: Writing • Compare the language Cameron and the E.T. use. Find the different register. How do you feel about these two types of language? • formal vs informal • Cameron: short, colloquial, and sometimes incomplete; more phrases than single, learned words; shortened forms and abbreviations; with an occasional curse. • E.T.: sentences long and involved; word choice elaborate; passive voices and “if” structures;

  6. Detailed Reading: Structures • I can see in your mind that you really wish to be left alone. • I don’t know how I did it, he being 25 pounds heavier than I, but I heaved him to the window by his shirt collar.

  7. Detailed Reading: Sentences • (L15) It wouldn't be so bad if he'd let a taxman work on the forms with him, but he insists on doing it himself and it makes him a bitter man. By April 14, he isn't approachable. • What does “approachable” mean? • Why isn’t he approachable by April 14? (April 15 is the deadline to get tax forms mailed.) • How to translate this paragraph? 要是他让税务人员帮他填表就不至于那么糟糕，可他非得要自己填，于是填得他牢骚满腹。每年到了4月14日，他就变得难以接近。

  8. Detailed Reading: Sentences • (L21) …if I ought to knock off and hit the sack or keep on listening to Cameron curse real steady as he went over his columns of figures for the hundred twenty-seventh time • knock off: stop working • hit the sack: go to bed • real steady: constantly • go over: check carefully

  9. Detailed Reading: Sentences • (L28) I couldn't choke or point; I couldn't even bug my eyes. • Paraphrase: I was so amazed and shocked that I couldn’t breathe or point this out to Cameron. • (L34) They had on black shoes and black hats. • Paraphrase: They wore black shoes and black hats.

  10. Detailed Reading: Sentences • (L54) You could see the light break in Cameron. • Paraphrase: You could see Cameron began to understand. • other use of “light”: • see the light 了解真相 • throw/shed light on 解释，使显得清楚 • come to light 为人所共知

  11. Detailed Reading: Sentences • (L55) Cameron didn't go much for foreigners, never having met many outside the army, but generally he tried to be fair. • Paraphrase: Cameron didn’t like foreigners very much. After he left the army he hadn’t met many. But he try to be fair to them. • go for: like

  12. Detailed Reading: Sentences • (L69) …but I couldn't as much as fall down if someone had pushed the chair out from under me. • Paraphrase: I was so scared that I couldn’t do anything, couldn’t even fall down if someone took my chair away. All I could do was to stare and wait. • Note: If you do not so (as) much as do a particular thing, you do not even do that, when you were expected to do more.

  13. Detailed Reading: Sentences • (L91) I just knew that everything they said was so. • Paraphrase: I just knew that everything they said was true.

  14. Detailed Reading: Words and Phrases • (L5) on account of a ridiculous error • on account of: because of, due to, owing to, thanks to • The house is not suitable for an old man on account of all those stairs • account for: explain • ridiculous: absurd, silly • a ridiculous suggestion • ridiculous in dress

  15. Words and Phrases • (L11) to work up his income tax • work up: spend time finishing; produce or develop gradually • e.g. The teacher asked me to ~ some sample composition and share with other students.

  16. Words and Phrases • (L13) a kind of pension for being a disabled veteran • pension: an amount of money paid for someone who can no longer make enough money by working • e.g. retirement pension • disabled: unable to use the body properly • e.g. disabled for public benefits • compare with “handicapped”

  17. Words and Phrases • (L14) complicated: difficult to understand or deal with • e.g. ~ situation in Iraq/ a ~ heart • (L17) approachable: accessible, friendly • e.g. an ~ person

  18. Words and Phrases • (L29) bug my eyes • bug: (eyes) stick out or get stuck out, annoy • e.g. His eyes bugged with terror. • Don’t bug me with petty details. • You can find out the multiples use of “bug” as a noun. • a flu bug (流感病菌) a model train bug(一个标准的火车迷) a bug in the suspect‘s room (窃听器）a bug in the computer program（缺陷）

  19. Words and Phrases • (L48) isolated and peaceful • isolate: set apart, cut off from others • ~ myself from others • (L52) adopt: take over and use as one’s own • ~ a new method • adopt: 领养，收养

  20. Words and Phrases • （L60) regardless of race, color or nationality • regardless of: in spite of, taking no account of • We will persevere regardless of past failures. • freedom for all, regardless of race or creed • (L60) at your service: willing to help sb. • be of service, on service • in/out of service, in the service of

  21. Words and Phrases • (L72) the Supreme Court • supreme: greatest in power, rank or degree • the ~ Commander 最高统帅 • the ~ being (God) • ~ courage/ fool/ good/ • (Or: final): • the ~ sacrifice/ end/ test of fidelity

  22. Words and Phrases • (L74) go to pieces: • If you go to pieces, you are so upset or angry that you lose control of yourself • (L76) come around: visit at one’s house • other phrase about “visit”: call at, call in, drop in, stop in, stop by, pay a visit to, etc. • (L85) to be left alone • leave sb./ sth. alone: • e.g. Leave the vase alone!

  23. Words and Phrases • (L101) heaved him to the window by… • heave: raise or lift with great effort • heaved the box of books onto the table • heave the shot （铅球） • heaved a brick through the window • (L102) recovered his wits • wit: intelligence • a man of wits/ at one’s wit’s end/ scare sb. out of his wits/ lose one’s wits

  24. Words and Phrases • (L103) to make like he was… • make like: act as if one were… , pretend to be (~ sb./sth./+ clause) • The old man made like a monkey to amuse the kids. • He made like he was fish blowing bubbles. • (L104) … the breath went out of him • He was unable to breathe.

  25. Words and Phrases • (L109) fading out • fade out: disappear gradually • e.g. As it gets colder and colder, their interest in going swimming fades out. • collocation: fade in/ fade away

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