An Integrated English Course Book 4

An Integrated English Course Book 4 Unit Eleven

Pre-reading questions • Can you remember any situation in your life where you were terrified? • What will you do if you run across a fierce wild animal in the woods?

Text Structure • What type of writing is the text? • How many parts can the text be divided into? What are they? (p. 171) • Discuss the basic elements (5Ws) of the story. • Pick out the topical sentence of each part.

Part I (Paragraph 1) Introduction-- the author’s assumption of working as a camp counselor • Part II (Paragraphs 2-20) Development-- the destruction of his assumption • Part III (Paragraph 21) Ending/Conclusion-- the moral of his personal experience

Part I (Paragraph 1) • What is the author’s assumption of working as a camp counselor? • In paragraph 1 the writer describes the motivation of his career choice: to be a camp counselor would be quite interesting and funny, and he would have much time playing with children.

Topical sentences • Part I: It was my idea of the perfect summer job: working as a camp counselor in the Rocky Mountains. • Part II: ... I realized working with the kids could also be a real pain. • Part III: It means being prepared to really listen when somebody’s giving me divine directions.

Language work • well on my way to making eagle: -- readily on my way to becoming a senior scout • jumped at the chance: accepted or took advantage of the chance eagerly急切地抓住机会 • Susan jumped at the chance of going abroad. • The guests all jumped at the invitation because it was so rare for the host to arrange such a party.

Question for discussion • Why did the writer jump at the chance when he was offered a position as a camp counsellor? • He jumped at the offer because to work as a camp counsellor was his dream. He loved outdoor activities and children. In addition, he assumed the job would be quite relaxing and interesting.

Part II (Paragraphs 2-20) • -- the destruction of the author’s assumption • What happened so as to destroy his assumption? • In this part, the writer starts the narration of his personal experience as a camp counsellor in a mountain camping when he met with great difficulty, which shows that this job was not as relaxing and interesting as he had assumed.

Language work 3. glue: fasten or join with glue • glue two pieces of wood together glued to sth (infml 口) continually close to sth; unwilling to leave sth 紧附於, 不愿离开, 似胶般固着於（某事物） • He‘s glued to the television, ie watching it with close interest. • Her ear has been glued to the key-hole. (listening hard to a conversation in another room)

fall apart • If something falls apart, it breaks into pieces because it is old or badly made. • The work was never finished and bit by bit the building fell apart. • If an organization or system falls apart, it becomes disorganized or unable to work effectively, or breaks up into its different parts. • Europe's monetary system is falling apart... • I've tried everything to stop our marriage falling apart.

pour down • pour down (雨)倾盆而下 • It's absolutely pouring down. • 大雨真是倾盆而下. • Hot tears pourdown his face. • Cf. pour out倾倒，倾吐 • Pour out the water left in the bucket. • She poured out her worries to the doctor.

figure: (esp US) think (sth); calculate 想; 估计: • I figured (that) you wouldn't come.我料想你不会来. • It's what I figured. 我是这样认为的. • figure sb/sth out (esp US) : come to understand sb/sth by thinking 理解; 弄明白: • I can't figure out why he quit his job. 我琢磨不透他为什麽要辞掉工作. • 4. if they ever wandered into the woods: -- if they did walk casually into the woods

5. roam: walk or travel without any definite aim or destination • He used to roam the streets for hours on end. • A group of students roamed the riverbank. roam over sth talk about various things, or various aspects of sth 漫谈某事: • The speaker roamed freely over the events of the past week. • 那个人东拉西扯地谈了一些上周的事. • Synonym: wander, ramble, stray

6. yell: -- utter a loud harsh cry, esp. from some strong and sudden emotion, as rage, horror, or agony • Vicki leaped to her feet and started yelling at the audience about the death penalty. • With its driver yelling "I can't stop, I can't stop," a car barrelled (move at a high speed) onto an elementary school playground.

7. Could I stand my ground? : -- Could I stick to my principle? • The government was strong enough to stand its ground on foreign affairs. • 8. plod up: -- make one’s way laboriously up • We plodded along in profound silence in case that we would arouse the sleeping dwellers.

9. something kept bugging me: -- I was continuously annoyed by something • 10. shrug off: -- (1) dismiss or reject (something) in an offhand manner; be unaffected by耸肩对...表示不理; 一笑置之 • The stock market has shrugged off the collapse of Roc Company. • You can’t just shrug off things like this! • (2) To get rid of: 摆脱： • shrug off a burden. 摆脱负担 • (3) To wriggle out of (clothing)脱衣：扭动身子脱掉（衣服）

keep up • (1) To maintain in good condition:保持良好状态 • kept up the property. 保存财产 • (2)To persevere in; carry on:保持；继续： • We asked her to stop talking, but she kept up.我们请她别再说话了，但她依旧说下去 • (3) To continue at the same level or pace. 并行：按相同的水平或步伐继续下去 • (4) To match one's competitors, colleagues, or neighbors in success or lifestyle: 不落后，赶得上 • unsuccessfully tried to keep up with his associates. 没能赶上他的同事们

scout emblem • Word association: badge; brooch; pin • motto座右铭，箴言; • slogan 口号，标语 • catchword口号,流行语 • mantra梵语颂歌，口头禅

12. insistent:-- persistent with urgency 坚持不懈的 • She's a most insistent person; she won't take `no' for an answer. • 她是个说一不二的人, 决不容别人反对. • The natives were very insistent that I should try and shoot an animal, otherwise I would not be a real hunter.

13. take over: -- gain the control of the situation or a business etc.接手；接管 • China took over Hong Kong from British control in 1997. • 14. At the rear, I found myself with the least ones: -- I found there were the smallest or youngest campers at the end of the group.

15. buck up: encourage, cheer up使振作 • I asked the doctors to buck up the patient. • 16. We clambered on: --We climbed on along the mountain trail with difficulty. • loom: to come into view as a massive, distorted, or indistinct image隐现（常令人生畏 ) • an enormous shape looming (up) in the distance, out of the darkness, through the mist, etc自远处﹑ 从黑暗中﹑ 透过雾霭等森森然逼临的庞然大物 • Paraphrase: ... the trees looking threatening on both sides of us

17. trotted behind me: -- walked behind me in quick steps • 18. an Indian trail sign: -- a sign marking the direction of paths in a forest by and for Indian tribes • 19. wheeled around: turned around • 20. spun around: turned around • 21. the counsellors froze: -- the counsellors became motionless

22. yelling at the top of my lungs: shouting at the utmost power of my voice • The desperate shepherd was yelling at the top of his lungs for help, but unfortunately no one came. • 23. Fear for the boy wiped out my own terror: -- My own terror was driven away completely by the fear for the boy’s safety. • wipe out one’s enemies 彻底摧毁，消灭 • They accused Nazi Regime of an effort to wipe out the identities of Jews by destroying their public records.

24. in a fit of rage: very angrily • He tore the book into pieces in a fit of rage, because he was not interested in it at all. • 25. its eyes blazing with hostility: -- its eyes flaming with anger • 26. whirled and ran off: -- turned around and ran away rapidly • 27. took off : went off; drove away

Questions for discussion • Why does the writer cite the example of teaching children to make key chains? • Why did the writer ask himself “Could I stand my ground”? • Why did the counsellors decide it was time to take the campers up Marshall Mountain? • Why did the writer shrug off the thought of “going back” at first? • Do you think that there is really someone who can warn the writer of the danger ahead? Why? • Did the writer follow the advice of the inner voice? • Was the writer frightened by the mountain lion? • Who won the thrilling fight finally?

1) Why does the writer cite the example of teaching children to make key chains? • He cites the example to illustrate that there were always some children who wouldn’t listen to the counsellor’s instructions and imply that such children would do the same thing in the coming mountain camping.

2) Why did the writer ask himself “Could I stand my ground”? • Because he was not sure whether he himself would act in the way he told the children to act if he ever saw a mountain lion.

3) Why did the counsellors decide it was time to take the campers up Marshall Mountain? • Because, on the one hand, they thought the children had been fed up with the camping work of making handcrafts every day, and on the other hand, they had taught the children how to deal with difficulties and dangers they would meet with when travelling in the woods. In other words they thought they were now ready for the mountain camping.

4) Why did the writer shrug off the thought of “going back” at first? • Because they had reached half way to the top of the mountain, and all along the way, everything went smoothly, the author thought there should be no danger at all.

5) Do you think that there is really someone who can warn the writer of the danger ahead? • If “yes”, you can follow the writer’s reasoning. • Firstly, as a Christian, he believes God is omnipresent, so God can warn him of the danger ahead. Secondly, it is his “sixth sense” that was working.

6) Did the writer follow the advice of the inner voice? • Yes, he did. He believed that God usually got one’s attention mysteriously. So he listened to the suggestion of the voice whether there would be danger or not.

7) Was the writer frightened by the mountain lion? • No. When he found the mountain lion had grasped the boy, he immediately took some measures to rescue the boy, disregarding his own safety.

8) Who won the thrilling fight finally? • The writer won the great fight against the mountain lion with his courage and spirit of duty. At first, he tried to frighten the lion away by shouting, but failed. Then he rushed forward to kick the lion and tried to show that he was dangerous to the lion, and he succeeded in the end.

Part III (Paragraph 21) • In this part, the writer gives the moral of his personal experience. • Motto: Be prepared to listen to the divine directions as much as possible.

credit • give sb. credit for为…赞扬（肯定）某人 • She was given the credit for what I had done. 事情是我做的, 她却受到称赞. • get/take credit for因…而得到好评 • I can't take any credit; the others did all the work. 我不能接受任何荣誉, 所有的工作都是别人做的. • give credit to (1)相信，信任；（2）称赞，赞扬 • Do you givecreditto what the man said? 你相信那人讲的话吗？ • Give credit where it's due. 该表扬就给予表扬. • (idm 习语) be to sb's credit; do sb credit; do credit to sb/sth:make sb worthy of praise 使某人值得赞扬 • It is greatly to your credit that you gave back the money you found; your honesty does you credit. 你拾金不昧是非常难能可贵的; 你很诚实, 应该受表扬.

live by • 1. 靠...为生 • Jack lived by writing for a newspaper.杰克靠给一家报纸写稿来维持生活。 • 2. If you live by a particular rule, belief, or ideal, you behave in the way in which it says you should behave. • They live by the principle that we are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we want from it.

carrying the right gear: -- equipping oneself with the correct instruments

Question for discussion • What do you think the writer really learned? • The writer learned that as a life scout only remembering the motto “be prepared” by words is not sufficient. The most important thing is to be prepared mentally for anything that might happen. What happened to him and to the children should be remembered as a lesson forever.

Text comprehension • Exercise III (p. 171) • 1. Why did the narrator enjoyably accept the job as a camp counselor? • Because he loved the outdoors as a life scout and he loved kids. Moreover, he did not anticipate the difficulty in the job.

2. Why did the kids giggle and scream and roar? • They did not take his words seriously because they didn’t think they would really run across a mountain lion and doubted whether the strategy introduced by the narrator would really work if they did run across one.

3. What made the narrator take over the rear in the midway? • It was a repeated voice from inside that made him take over the rear in the midway up the mountain.

4. How did he move forward the kids in the rear? • In the rear the narrator found that some kids were uninterested and slow in climbing up, so he bucked them up by telling them there were better things ahead.

5. Did the narrator feel any fear of the cougar at the first sight? • No, he didn’t. Refer to Paragraph 17. The sentence “Fear for the boy wiped out my own terror and I found myself charging at the animal” tells us that he feared for the safety of the little boy and immediately took measures to fight the animal.

6. What drove the mountain lion away in the end? • When the lion backed about 8 feet and crouched for an attack, the scout did not step back and run away; instead he plucked up his courage (鼓起勇气) and charged at it. This action drove the lion away.

Paraphrase • 1. As a life scout I had earned most credits for becoming an eagle scout. • 2. I dismissed the thought. • 3. ... the trees looking threatening on both sides of us. • 4. The kids screamed all of a sudden ...

Rhetorical features of the text • To describe what he did in his attempt to fight the mountain lion, the author of the text uses two kinds of verbs:verbs expressing verbal actions verbs indicating material actions. • For the first kind, we can find: • （大声喊叫）screaming (Paragraph 16); yelling at the top of my lungs (Paragraph 17); roared, yelling (Paragraph 18).

And for the second kind, we can find: • （猛然转过身）（有力踢）（冲向狮子）spun around to the others (Paragraph 16); ran towards the lion, charging at the animal, kicking its muscular side as hard as I could, kicked again and again, even punched it with all my might (Paragraph 17); and slammed my foot into the cougar’s whiskered face, pulled back to boot it again, charged at it (Paragraph 18). • The use of these verbs shows effectively that the author did everything he could in his fight against the fierce animal and his attempt to protect the child.

Vocabulary exercises -I • 1. becoming a senior scout • 2. reckoned • 3. annoying • 4. becoming unnaturally large • 5. turned round • 6. gave honour to me/ praised me

Vocabulary exercises -III • 1. buck up • 2. at the top of their lungs • 3. was ... wiped out • 4. in a fit of rage • 5. charged at • 6. shrug off • 7. spun around • 8. took over

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