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Unit One Personal Relationships
All of us are involved with personal relationships. Some of these are related to family, some with fellow students or workers, and others of a variety of types. Most of these are happy, positive relationships, but not all of them, though we might wish it were not so.
Oral Practice I • Work in pairs to list different kinds of personal relationships. Those who get the most will be winners.
Neighbors Neighbors are dearer than distant relatives
Oral Practice II • Brainstorming : Tell the class any words you know to describe the qualities of a true friend. faithful reliable considerate thoughtful helpful understanding sincere generous honest
Oral Practice IIIFriend and friendship • Who is your best friend in this new class? Describe him or her briefly. • Your opinion about friend and friendship • When you and your friend are both in danger, will you lay down your life for him?
Having friends reflects having a good personality. The more friends you have, the better personality you have and more sociable you are. Your life will be better if you have more friends, and will be worse without friends. One needs a friend to help him or her out when difficulties occur, and one needs a friend to give emotional support in times of trouble. And what’s more, one needs a friend to offer financial support when there’s a lack of money. So in other words, one cannot be without friends in his or her life.
There are different stages in friendships, starting with very casual (an acquaintance) and running the gamut to a very deep and close friendship, such as the life-long friends. When a person meets someone else for the first time, each person will not know how this new friendship will evolve. Some friendships, which are very deep while the people are living in the same community, or experiencing a similar lifestyle, such as going to the university or working for the same company, will change. When the circumstance changes, many times this friendship usually will also change because the daily contact is no longer occurring.
Proverbs and SayingsFriendship in China In China most people expect their friends to help them when they are in need. There is an obligation to a friendship. We have a lot of Chinese sayings concerning friendship. Now try to translate or explain the meaning of the following Chinese proverbs and sayings.
有难同当，有福共享。 People can not only share bitterness, hardship but also happiness with their friends. • 一个篱笆三个桩，一个好汉三个帮。 As one fence needs three stakes, a good guy needs three fellows. • 在家靠父母，出门靠朋友。 It is your parents that you can rely on at home, but it is your friends that you can count on when out in the society. • 为朋友两肋插刀 People can take any risks, even risk of their lives to help their friends in trouble. 5. 君子之交淡如水，小人之交甘如醴。 The friendship between men of virtue is like water, yet affectionate; the friendship between men without virtue is sweet like wine, yet easily broken.
Friendship in the States In general, Americans have casual, friendly relationships with many people, but deeper, closer friendships with only a few. Friendship requires time and commitment. In English, we can find lots of proverbs and saying concerning friendship. Now try to translate the following ones.
A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生没有朋友，犹如生活没有了太阳。 • In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. ---John Churton Collins 在顺境中，朋友结识了我们；在逆境中，我们了解了朋友。 3.Youth gives love and roses; age still leaves us friends and wine. ---Thomas Moore 青春赋予了我们爱情和玫瑰，岁月带给我们朋友和酒。
The Gift of Life Listening Activities
Listening Passage: Friendship • Video Clip: Lion King Forrest Gump • Leisure Time: A Song Your Raise Me up
Listen to a passage and answer questions: Words you need to know: acquaintance 熟人 intimate 亲密的 harmonious 和谐的 tolerate 容忍 Questions : 1. According the passage, what is the word “friend”? • It covers a wide range of meanings as a classmate, a nodding acquaintance, a coworker, etc. 2. Why does everyone need friendship? • We need help from, and also give help to, others. 3. Why do modern people attach more importance to friendship? • As life is full of difficulties and conflict, we need friends to support and help us and give us warnings against danger.
We Need Friends The word, “friends”, covers a wide range of meanings. It can be a nodding acquaintance, a classmate, a partner, a playmate, or an intimate colleague. Everyone needs friendship. No one can sail the ocean of life single-handed. We need help from, and also give help to, others.
In modern times, people attach more importance to relationships and connections. As life is full of difficulties and conflict, we need friends to support and help us. Our friends give us warnings against danger. Our friends offer us advice with regard to how to deal with various situations.
True friends share not only our joys but also our sorrows. With friendship, life is happy and harmonious. Without friendship, life is sad and unfortunate. With friends, we know what to treasure, what to tolerate and what to share. I will never forget my old friends and keep making new friends. I will show my concern for them, even if it is only a comforting word.
Video Watching Lion King
Watch the video twice and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons or examples to support your judgment.
Now watch the video Lion king 3.rm
(F) Reasons or examples: He wants to live his own life. 1. Simba doesn’t want to leave because he wants to live in a beautiful place. 2. Great changes have taken place in Pride Rock since Mufasa’s death. 3. Simba has forgotten his sad past. 4. Simba will be welcomed by everyone if he returns home. 5. Only Simba can save Pride Rock. 6. Nala leaves Pride Rock in order to find a better place to live. (T) Reasons or examples: Everything’s destroyed. (F) Reasons or examples: Simba doesn’t want to recall his past. (F) Reasons or examples: They really need Simba at home. (T) Reasons or examples: Simba is the only hope there. (F) Reasons or examples: Nana leaves to find help.
Video Watching Forrest Gump
Task One Watch the video twice and take notes of the main information about each character. New words: Bulldoze: （用推土机）推平；lieutenant: 中尉
Forrest Gump a. Jenny died on ____________, and was placed __________________. Her father’s house was ____________________________. b. Little Forrest _______________________everyday, and asked his father to ______________________. c. Forrest doesn’t know if ___________ or if ________________; doesn’t know either if ________________ or if _____________, but thinks_________________________________
Forrest Gump a. Jenny died on the Saturday morning, and was placed under the tree. Her father’s house was bulldozed to the ground. b. Little Forrest combs his hair, brushes his teeth and reads a book everyday, and has asked his father to bring a letter to his mum. c. Forrest doesn’t know if Momma was right or if it’s Lieutenant Dan; doesn’t know either if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but thinks both is happening at the same time.
Transcript Forrest: You died on a Saturday morning and I had you placed here under our tree. And I had that house of your father bulldozed to the ground. Mama always said that dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn’t . Little Forrest is doing just fine. About to start school again soon. And I make his breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday. I make sure he combs his hair and brushes his teeth everyday. Teaching him how to play ping-pong. He’s really good. (Forrest, you go.) We fish a lot. And every night, we read a book, and he’s so smart, jenny. You’d be so proud of him. I am. He, Uh, wrote you a letter, and he says I can’t read it. I’m not supposed to, I ‘ll just leave it here for you. Jenny, I don’t know if Momma was right or if, if it’s Lieutenant Dan. I don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floating around accidental –like on a breeze, but I , I think maybe it’s both. Maybe both is happening at the same time. I miss you, Jenny. If there’s anything you need, I wont’ be far away.
Task Two Dub the voice of Forrest. Pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.
Leisure Time: A Song Your Raise Me Up
Listen to the following song and fill in the blanks with the missing words. You Raise Me up ----By Westlife When I am down and, oh my soul, so ________; When troubles come and my heart _________ be; Then, I am still and wait here in the ________, Until you come and sit a while with me. You raise me up, _________________________; You raise me up, _________________________; I am strong, _____________________________; You raise me up… ________________________.(repeat)
You Raise Me up ----By Westlife When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary; When troubles come and my heart burdened be; Then, I am still and wait here in the silence, Until you come and sit a while with me. You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas; I am strong, when I am on your shoulders; You raise me up… To more than I can be.
Unit One Reading Activities
Background Information • the Vietnam War In 1954, Vietnam became independent as two countries, the pro-Western South Vietnam and the communist North Vietnam. Attempts to unite the two countries led to the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War (1954-1975) is a long civil war between South Vietnam and the Vietcong and North Vietnam, ending in Communist victory.
The United States was fully involved in the Vietnam War, which had a deep and lasting effect on US society and on the way that Americans thought about their own country. This is shown, for example, in many films made about the war, such as Forrest Gump. At first most people supported the war, but opposition gradually increased, especially among college students and other young people, as more US soldiers were killed, and as the television news showed terrible pictures of ordinary Vietnamese people being killed and injured. There were large protest marches, many popular protest songs and sayings became popular. Military failures and loss of public support eventually forced the government to bring US forces back from Vietnam in 1973.
Text Structure In-Class Reading: The Gift of Life After-Class Reading: Love Thy Neighbor
The Gift of Life Part I: (para.1~2) When: in Vietnam War Where: in a small village Who: several children, including one young girl What: Bombs landed in the orphanage and some children were wounded.
Part II: (para. 3-18) What happened next? • Medical help arrived and they found the young girl needed blood. (para.3) 2) Only several children had the correct blood type. (para.4) 3) Because of language barrier, they had difficulties in asking the children for blood. (para.5) 4) Heng was willing to give blood but he was always sobbing and then crying silently during the operation. (para.6 ~ Para.13) 5) Under the help of Vietnamese nurse, the Americans knew the reason.Heng thought that he would die, but he still did it because she was his friend. (para.14 ~ para.18)
Part III: (para.19) meaning of the story There is no love greater than this, that person lay down his/her life for a friend.
Structure: Love Thy Neighbor P1 What is out of date now in U.S.A.? ︱ P2 What are changing ? ︱ P3 What’s people’s attitude toward their neighbors now? ︱ P4 What’s the best relationship with neighbors? ︱ P5 Why neighborhoods haven’t changed if their neighbors changed? ︱ P6 Why is a community probably a better unit? (What’s the difference between a community and a neighborhood?)
Unit One Translating & Writing Activities
Translating Activities • Criteria for Translation • Translation Practice
