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1. N H C E A B C D E Contents Lead - in Pre-reading Text Study Summary Writing

2. N H C E 1. Interactive Mode I 2. Interactive Mode II 3. Interactive Mode III 4. Interactive Mode IV 预习 课文 小结 写作 Lead - in

3. 预习 课文 小结 写作 Back N H C E Lead - in Our today’s topic is “Graceful Hands”. What would you like to associate the topic with? A graceful dancer, pianist or statue? Now let’s approach it in order to familiarize ourselves with the background to the birth of the text. 随 笔 Mode I Mode II Mode III Mode IV

4. 预习 课文 小结 写作 Back N H C E Interactive Mode I Q. 1 What does a dying person need most? Tips Tips 1) Someone to settle up the unfinished? 2) Someone to keep him up to date with his familiar life? 3) Someone to do what he could no longer do? 4) Someone to accompany him for fear of his terminal state? 5) … Sad to say, the topic has much to do with a dying person. For most of us, the terminal state of life is still nowhere in sight. But, once in a long while, we have to be faced with the death of our beloved family members or relatives. Now let’s come to the question: 随 笔 Mode I Mode II Mode III Mode IV

5. 预习 课文 小结 写作 Back N H C E Interactive Mode II Now let’s listen to a short passage first and then we may find something different from our custom of dealing with death. Key Words:A young woman was talking about her dying mother… red and moist … her eyes swollen… want to be there with her when she passes away… be more peaceful for her to die in the hospital alone… her mother passed away gracefully in the hospital while holding the hand of a doctor. Tips Tips 随 笔 Mode I Mode II Mode III Mode IV

6. 预习 课文 小结 写作 Back N H C E Interactive Mode II Q. 2 What is the passage about? Tips Tips 1) How did the young woman feel while talking to her brothers about her mother? 2) What caused her fear and uncertainty? 3) What happened to her mother in the end? 4) …? 随 笔 Mode I Mode II Mode III Mode IV

7. 预习 课文 小结 写作 Back N H C E Interactive Mode III Q. 3Why did the old lady want to die without her family’s company? Tips Tips 1) She may be too particular about her grace to have her children witness her awkward figure? 2) She may be too fond of a peaceful and quiet climate for her terminal time? 3) She may be too affectionate with her family to let them see their beloved die in panic? 4) … As known from the foregoing, the young woman’s mother went against the tradition by choosing to leave the world in the hospital without allowing her children to accompany her through her terminal period of life. So my question is: 随 笔 Mode I Mode II Mode III Mode IV

8. 预习 课文 小结 写作 Back N H C E Interactive Mode IV Q. 4How would you have felt about her? 1) She was too free of worldly cares? 2) She was too indifferent to the feelings of her beloved children? 3) She was so considerate of her family’s panic at the sight of her dying ? 4) … Tips Tips And we also know from the above that the old lady, though refusing her children the wish to accompany her, still liked her doctor to stay with her. Now if you had been her doctor and found no signs of family life around her bed, what would you have reacted to it? 随 笔 Mode I Mode II Mode III Mode IV

9. 预习 课文 小结 写作 Back N H C E custom of dying Deeply moved by her graceful heart, the author has a strong urge to write it down. The dying lady goes against the custom by allowing none of her children to be around. This is the rare time the doctor has ever seen a patient die without her family’s company. As usual, a dying person needs comfort and love from family as well as from relatives. the dying lady the doctor author The Birth of the Text 随 笔

10. N H C E 1 2 3 导入 课文 小结 写作 Pre-reading Cultural Notes Watch and Discuss New Words

11. Back N H C E Medicine, like science, is concerned with objectivity—the cool, calculating, reason-basedobservation of facts. The writer describes herself as having a “medical eye”, by which shemeans she watches 导入 课文 小结 写作 patients without any personal emotions as a doctor. Cultural Notes A medical eye 随 笔 视频讨论 生词学习

12. N H C E 1 Topic-centered Analysis of Text 2 Detailed Reading of Text 3 Abridgement of Text 导入 预习 小结 写作 Text Study

13. Back N H C E 导入 预习 小结 写作 Text Analyzing and Reading Graceful Hands graceful:    a.attractive; full of grace 优雅的；得体的   他作了一次得体的获奖演说。 He made a graceful speech accepting the award.她动作优雅。 She has a graceful way of moving. 随 笔 结构分析 课文阅读 课文缩写

14. graceful dancer

15. Words and Expressions—Word Using • graceful adj. • attractive; full of grace and beauty graceful flower

16. Words and Expressions—Word Using • graceful adj. • attractive; full of grace and beauty graceful bridge

17. Para. 1I have never seen Mrs. Clark before, but I know from her medical chart and the report I received from the preceding shift that tonight she will die. • Meaning: Although I have never seen Mrs. Clark before, I know that she will die tonight, after I read her medical chart and the report from the doctor and nurses who worked in the earlier shift.

18. chart:    n.[C] information given in the form of a picture, graph, etc. 图；图表   • 这个图显示了近来的天气变化。   • The chart shows the recent changes in weather. • 教室墙上有一张图表，显示了所有孩子的相对身高。 • There is a chart on the classroom wall showing the relative heights of all the children. • preceding:    a.coming or going earlier in time, order, etc. 在先的；前面的   • 这些画显示了她十年以来思想发展的过程。   • The paintings are a development of ideas she explored in the preceding decade. • 总之，我希望前面的论证能让你信服采取行动的必要性。 • In conclusion, I hope the preceding arguments have convinced you of the need for action.

19. shift: 轮班 • go on shift上班 • go off shift下班 • work in three shifts of eight hours每班八小时的三班制

20. N H C E 新视野 － 产生式提炼与应用 ······看过她的医疗记录和上一位值班医生交给我的报告后，我知道她今晚会去世。 Back 原 句 译 文 逆 译 练 习 … I know from her medical chart and the report I received from the preceding shift that tonight she will die. 产 生 式 提 炼

21. N H C E 新视野 － 产生式提炼与应用 Sb. know/learn/judge/infer/deduce from … that …某人从······中得知/推断出······ Back 产 生 式 提 炼 应 用 提 示 用于表述“依据特定情况对事物的判断”。 产 生 式 应 用

22. N H C E 新视野 － 产生式提炼与应用 从他的演说中，我们得知他心中充满了对分裂分子的仇恨。 Back 典 型 例 句 意 群 提 示 We learn from his speech that he is filled with burning hatred for the separatists. learn from one’s speech / be filled with sth. / burning hatred for separatists

23. Back N H C E 导入 预习 小结 写作 Text Analyzing and Reading Para. 2aThe only light in her room is coming from a piece of medical equipment, which is flashing its red light as if in warning. Meaning: … which is shining with its red light on and off as if it gives a warning of the patient's life. 随 笔 结构分析 课文阅读 课文缩写

24. Please note that “as if / though” (used for saying how somebody or something appears) is usually followed by a clause. For example: • 她看上去好像刚起床。 • She looks as if she's just got out of bed • 他做出若无其事的样子。 • He behaved as if nothing had happened.

25. Para. 2aAs I stand there, the smell hits my nose, and I close my eyes as I remember the smell of decay from past experience. Meaning: While I stand there, I smell the unpleasant smell of a dying person and I close my eyes as I recall the smell of decay from the experience I had before. 我站在那里，一股怪味刺激着我的鼻子，我想起了过去闻到过的腐烂的气味，我闭上了眼睛。

26. Words and Expressions—Word Using Translation Key 儿童龋齿在全世界都是一个普遍现象。 2. decay n. (L5) the action or state of gradually going bad变坏；腐烂 Dental decay in children is a common phenomenon all over the world.

27. Words and Expressions—Word Using Translation Key The cabbages had already started to decay. 2. decay vi. ①rot; become bad 这些卷心菜已经开始腐烂。

28. Words and Expressions—Word Using Translation Key • 那时，罗马帝国已经衰败。 • 人们年老时脑力和体力都会衰退。 2. decay vi. ②lose power, influence, etc. • At that time, Rome Empire had already decayed. • As people grow old, they will decay mentally as • well as physically.

29. Back N H C E 导入 预习 小结 写作 Text Analyzing and Reading Para. 2bIn my mouth I have a sour, vinegar taste coming from the pit of my stomach. Meaning: In my mouth there is a sour taste coming from the pit of my stomach. 我嘴里有一股从胃里反上来的酸味 随 笔 结构分析 课文阅读 课文缩写

30. vinegar:    n.[U] 醋   • 你要在色拉里加油和醋吗？ • Would you like oil and vinegar in your salad? • pit:    n.[C] a hole in the ground 坑   • 他们挖了一个浅坑把垃圾扔在了里面。 • They‘d dug a shallow pit and left the rubbish in it. • 我正在设法绕开道路上的所有这些坑坑洼洼。 • I'm trying to avoid all these pits in the road.

31. the pit of one's stomach: the hollow place just below the bones of the chest, specially thought of as being the place where fear is felt 胸口；心窝 • 我心里感到有什么可怕的事要发生。 • I had a feeling in the pit of my stomach that something terrible was going to happen. • 他心里有种异样的感觉，一种既非厌恶、也非惊愕的感觉。 • He was developing a peculiar feeling in the pit of his stomach; a feeling beyond sickness, beyond shock.

32. Para. 2bI reach for the light switch, and as it silently lights the scene, I return to the bed to observe the patient with an unemotional, medical eye. • Meaning: I stretch out my hand to turn on the light, and as the light quietly lights the whole room, I return to the bed to watch the patient without any personal emotions as a professional doctor does.

33. Words and Expressions—Word Using Translation Key Tom pressed the switch, but nothing happened. 3. switch n. (L7) ① a small button or sth. similar that you press up or down in order to turn on or off electricity （电路）开关 汤姆按了一下开关，可什么动静也没有。

34. Words and Expressions—Word Using e.g. a switchin emphasis 重点转移 a switch in policy 政策骤变 the switchfrom agriculture to industry 从农业转向工业 3. switch n. ② a sudden change

35. Words and Expressions—Word Using Translation Key Wait until the lights have switched to green. 3. switch v. change or be changed from one thing to another 等交通灯变为绿灯再走。

36. N H C E 新视野 － 短 语 活 用 短语逆译 现实点儿，别痴心妄想了。 reach for 伸手触及 Back 短 语 应 用 意 群 提 示 realistic/ wish to/ reach for what is beyond one’s reach Be realistic! Don’t wish to reach for what is beyond your reach.

37. Back N H C E 导入 预习 小结 写作 Text Analyzing and Reading Para. 3Mrs. Clark is dying. She lies motionless: The head seems unusually large on a skeleton body; Meaning: She lies still without any movement or sound: her body is so thin, like a skeleton, that her head looks unusually large… 克拉克夫人已奄奄一息了。她一动不动地躺着：骨瘦如柴的身体使她的头显得特别大； 随 笔 结构分析 课文阅读 课文缩写

38. skeleton:    n.1. [C] the frame of bones supporting a human or animal body 骨骼；骨架   • 孩子们应该喝牛奶以帮助增强骨骼。   • Children should drink milk to help them develop strong skeletons. • 2. [C] the outline to which details are to be added 梗概，提要   • 我已写好了报告的纲要，但还得补充细节。   • I‘ve written the skeleton of my report, but I have to fill in the details. • 她的笔记仅仅给了我们她的理论框架。 • Her notes give us just the bare skeleton of her theory.

39. Para. 3the skin is dark yellow and hangs loosely around exaggerated bones that not even a blanket can hide; Meaning: …the skin has the color of dark yellow and hangs loosely around the large bony skeleton that even a blanket can not hide… 皮肤呈暗黄色，松松地裹在嶙峋的、连毛毯也遮掩不住的骨骼上

40. loose:    a.not firmly or tightly fixed 松动的   • 这根杆子开始松动了，马上会倒下来。   • This pole is coming loose; it‘ll soon fall over. • 这条裤子不合身，裤腰太松了。 • These trousers don't fit. They're much too loose round the waist. • loosely:    ad.in a loose manner 松弛地；松动地   • 他的断臂松松地从肩部垂下来。 • His broken arm hung loosely from his shoulder. • 我参加的音乐协会只是一个松散的组织。 • The music society I belong to is only loosely organized.

41. N H C E 新视野 － 短 语 活 用 他失业后就一直在附近的小酒吧里闲逛消磨时光。 短语逆译 hang around 裹在······上；闲荡 Back 短 语 应 用 意 群 提 示 become jobless / hang around / the neighboring inns / kill time Since he became jobless, he has been hanging around the neighboring inns to kill time.

42. Para. 3the right arm lies straight out at the side, taped cruelly to a board to secure a needle so that fluid may drip in; • Meaning: … the right arm lies over the edge of the bed, and is fixed cruelly with a piece of tape to a board so as to fix a needle to let fluid enter the body drop by drop… • 她的右臂平伸在床边，被无情地用胶带固定在一块板上，以便能固定针头使液体滴入；

43. tape:to fasten something by sticking it with tapes用胶带粘住，用带子系紧 • 他用胶带把字条贴在了门上 • He taped a message on the door.

44. Words and Expressions—Word Using Translation Key 病人的断腿用石膏绷带固定着。 4. securevt. (L12) make safe; protect; fasten The patient’s broken leg was secured with plaster bandage.

45. Words and Expressions—Word Using Translation Key By strengthening the embankments, they secured the city against/from floods. 4. securevt. make safe; protect; fasten secure sth. against/from 他们加强了防洪堤，使城市免于洪水之患。

46. fluid:    n.[C, U] a liquid 液体   • 厨房地面上有些粘乎乎的液体。   • There‘s some sort of sticky fluid on the kitchen floor. • drip:    v.(cause to) fall in drops （使）滴下 •  你有没有听到水龙头滴水的声音？   • Can you hear the tap dripping? • 汽车的油滴落在路上。 • The car dripped oil on the road.

47. Para. 3the left arm is across the sunken chest, which rises and falls with the uneven breaths. • Meaning: …the left arm lies across the sunken chest, which rises and falls in pace with the irregular breaths. 左臂横放在深陷的胸部，胸口随着不均匀的呼吸一起一伏。

48. sunken: hollow and falling inwards as a result of disease,hunger or age凹陷得，深陷得 • 他眼圈发暗，眼窝深陷 • His eyes were dark and sunken. • uneven:not following a regular pattern不规则的，无规律的 • 他的呼吸急促不匀 • His breathing was quick and uneven. • 不整起的牙齿 uneven teeth

49. Back N H C E 导入 预习 小结 写作 Text Analyzing and Reading Para. 4aI reach for the long, thin fingers that are lying on the chest. They are ice-cold, and I quickly move to the wrist and feel for the faint pulse. Meaning: These fingers are cold as ice, so I immediately move my hand to the wrist and feel for the weak pulse. 我伸手去触摸她放在胸口的细长手指。冰凉冰凉的。我忙将手移到她的手腕，去感觉那微弱的脉搏 随 笔 结构分析 课文阅读 课文缩写

50. feel for:     search with the hands, the feet, a stick, etc. 摸索；寻找 • 她沿墙摸索着找门。 • She felt along the wall for the door. • 他拉开办公桌的抽屉，伸手去摸钢笔。  • He pulled out the desk drawer and felt for the pen. • pulse:    n.[C] 脉搏   • 那个孩子的脉搏很微弱。 • The child‘s pulse was weak. • 医生替她把完脉，神情忧虑。 • The doctor took her pulse and looked worried.