Unit 3 Generation Gap

1. Unit 3 Generation Gap

2. SHOW TIME

4. Setting 1 • A Fast-food Restaurant

5. Setting 2 • The Thompson Family Dining Room

6. Setting 3 • An Office at A High School

27. activity---Pair interview -- When are your parents' birthdays and their wedding anniversary? -- Do your parents celebrate your birthday? How about their own birthday celebration? -- In your parents' eyes, what are you interested in? -- In your eyes. what are your parents interested in? -- In what areas do your parents want you to improve? -- In what ways do you want your parents to improve. -- Tell of an instance when your parents and you disagree over something.

28. major components of a play characters settings stage directions language conflicts climax theme

29. the functions of stage directions • to set up stage properties in the proper place; • to indicate a change in setting; • to direct actors' movement, gesture, facial expression, tone of voice, etc.

30. Settings in the play NO. Settings 1 A fast-food restaurant 2 The Thompson family dining room 3 An office at a high school

31. conflicts • the essence of a play, a clash of actions, ideas, desires or wills. It may happen in three forms: man vs. man, man vs. environment, man vs. himself. When a conflict develops to the most intensified point, it becomes a climax.

32. About Play • unlike a novelist or short-story writer, a playwright can not come forward, interrupt the action, and tell the audience what he/she means by a certain scene or explain to them what is going on in the minds of the characters. The audience must conclude by themselves what the theme of the play is.

33. Text Analysis • Although a playwright can't come forward to speak directly to readers, we may still form a mental picture of what each character is like.

34. the functions of stage directions to set up stage properties in the proper place; to indicate a change in setting; to direct actors' movement, gesture, facial expression, tone of voice, etc.

35. conflicts ---the essence of a play, a clash of actions, ideas, desires or wills. It may happen in three forms: man vs. man, man vs. environment, man vs. himself. When a conflict develops to the most intensified point, it becomes a climax.

36. Comments on the language of the play • There are some stylistic differences between speech and writing. Language used in this text is informal. • In speech sentences are shorter and use few complex structures. Sometimes they are incomplete. Even one word can form a sentence. • In addition, in speech there might be many repetitions, pauses, and nonsensical words like “eh, ahah”. • some words and phrases seldom find their way into writing, like “ sort of, kind of, I guess, an awful lot”.

37. embarrass: make (sb.) feel awkward or ashamed • eg: I chose my words carefully in order to avoid embarrassing anyone. It embarrassed him that he had to give a talk in front of a lot of people. • adj. embarrassed: (sb.) shy, guilty or ashamed about sth. eg: I was really embarrassed when I couldn't answer the teacher’s question. • n. embarrassment

38. CF:bewilder, confuse, embarrass, perplex, puzzle • Bewilder指“使…混乱，使…着慌，使…发愣”，语气最重，表示糊涂到无法思考的地步。 • Confuse指“使…混乱，使…糊涂”，强调使人因混淆而产生迷乱。 • Embarrass指“使…困惑，使…窘迫，使…为难”，含有令人不快，难为情和内心混乱的意味。Perplex含有“使…杂乱，使…疑虑，使…不安，使…不知如何决定”的意思。 • Puzzle指“使…迷惑”，指难以理解某一复杂的事件或困难的问题。

39. dumb: (infml) 1) foolish • eg: He was so dumb that he left his keys at home again. • Don't be so dumb. You can't get a loan from the bank if you are laid-off. 2) unable to speak • eg: Children born deaf and dumb can nowadays be taught to speak and lip-read. • Martin was born dumb, but he has still managed to get a good job.

40. in unison--- acting in the same way at the same time • eg: The children find it difficult to play their instruments in unison. • The international community is ready to work in unison against terrorism. consist of: be made up of • eg: The book consists of essays written over the last twenty years. • The committee consists of scientists and engineers • Collocation: consist in 在于

41. Cf. be made up of /be composed of/comprise/form Consist为及物动词,与介词of连用,不可用于被动语态.consist的主语表示事物的整体,of后的宾语表示事物的组成部分. • Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen. • North America consists of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Compose的主语表示事物的组成部分,宾语表示整体.但在被动语态中正好相反. • The United States, Canada, and Mexico compose North America. • Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.

42. Comprise则两种情况皆可. • Fifty states comprise the United States. • =The United States comprises fifty states. • The committee comprises ten people. • Constitute的主语表示事物的组成部分,宾语表示整体. • The United States, Canada, and Mexico constitute North America. • Seven days constitute a week.

43. fade 1) lose color or brightness eg: All color fades -- especially under the impact of direct sunlight. The sunlight gradually faded. 2) disappear slowly • eg: Her enthusiasm for early-morning exercises faded as the weather was getting colder and colder. • They watched the mountains fade into the darkness. • Collocation: fade out逐渐消失,淡出 fade away 逐渐消失.

44. CF：disappear, fade, vanish • Disappear指不见，消失，不存在，绝迹，是普通用语，既表示逐渐消失或暂时看不见，也表示永远的消失, 不强调失踪的方式。 • Fade通常指逐渐消失、变弱、变模糊、变淡。 • Vanish表示突然不见的意思，可指突然的或逐渐的消失，常强调无影无踪的，突然或神秘的消失。

45. overall • 1) in general (adv.) eg: The college has few ways to assess the quality of education overall. Overall, I like Marie, despite her faults. 2) including everything; total (only before noun) • eg: Cut down your overall amount of extracurricular activities and spend more time on your studying. The overall length is 15 feet.

46. trade (sth.) for (sth. else)--- exchange (sth.) for (sth. else) The farmers traded farm produce for manufactured goods and money. I will trade my stamp collection for your model boat.

47. keep/leave (sb.) in suspense -----delay telling (sb.) what they are eager to know eg: The audience is kept in suspense to the very end of the play. I won't keep you in suspense any longer. Here are the results of the mid-term exam. Collocation: Break the suspense Hold sb. In suspense Be in suspense over 消除悬念 使某人处于悬念之中 对…悬疑不安

48. interrupt • stop (sb.) from continuing what they are saying or doing eg: My daughter kept interrupting me whenever I spoke. I'm sorry to interrupt, but you're not really answering my question. Nobody was allowed to interrupt them while the meeting was in progress.

49. CF:annoy, bother, disturb, interfere, interrupt • Annoy指使人由于干扰、挫折或受不了某种外界情况而感到烦、懊恼，一般只用作及物动词。Bother强调不停地扰乱、烦扰，使人不得安宁，强调动作，而不强调由此产生的烦恼心理。 • Disturb只可作及物动词，意为搅乱，扰乱，惊动，使…紊乱，使…不安，在医学上可指精神错乱。 • Interfere意为干扰，干涉，指通过一系列手段来干预他人或他人的事。 • Interrupt意为打断，中断，尤指中断某活动的连续性。

50. exhaust 1) make (sb.) very tired, either physically or mentally • eg: He took to walking long distances in an attempt to physically exhaust himself. Four hours' work almost exhausted her. 2) use up completely eg: What will we do, now that we've exhausted our reserves of oil? • After exhausting all her ready excuses, she could think of nothing else to say. • 真题：Operation which left patients ________ and in need of long periods of recovery time now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable. • A. injured B. exhausted C. deserted D. abandoned