Unit 2 Book 3 Why my great-uncle gave up the ministry Made by Ye Suhong

1. Unit 2 Book 3 Why my great-uncle gave up the ministry Made by Ye Suhong

2. Part I Listening and Speaking Activities 1. Brainstorming Expressions for reference:

3. 1.Expressions for describing general impressions of a person. • 1). Positive expressions: polite, smart, cute, nice, gentle, charming, generous, creative, optimistic, hospitable, upright（正直的）

4. 2). Negative expressions: clumsy, rude, careless, stupid, coarse, underhand（阴险的）, sneaky（卑劣的）, dishonorable（无耻的）, violent, gossipy, devilish=like the devil, devious（不坦率的）,wise guy （傲慢自大的家伙）

5. 3). Neutral expression: funny, sensitive, forgetful, outspoken（率直的，直言不悔的）, restless（不安的）

6. 2．Expressions for describing someone’s emotional changes 1). Changes for the better: calm, unruffled ,cool, cheer up, feel better, peaceful, cheerful, be sympathetic with.

7. 2). Changes for the worse: feel nervous, get angry, become anxious, have butterflies in the stomach, get panicky\panic, be horrified, feel guilty, be embarrassed,disappointed.

8. 3. Expressions for behavior 1). Silly behavior: play the fool, make a fool of oneself, be up to no good, mess/fool around(wasting one’s time, behaving foolishly. behave badly, get into trouble.

9. 2). Good behavior: be as good as gold (of children, behaving very well), set a good example to sb., turn over a new leaf, behave oneself, do good deeds, be a good modal. 3). Neutral behavior: behave, conduct oneself, behave normally.

10. 4. Expressions for social positions or titles: headmaster, dovtor, nurse, teacher, supervisor, composer, pilot, airhostess, hairdresser,coach, president, chaitman/chairwoman, prefessor, singer.

11. 5. Expressions for commenting on personalities: can’t stand, (can’t) put up with, it takes all sorts(to make a world) （世间上什么人都有）, To err is human, to forgive is divine（人孰 无过，宽恕为上）, (someone’s silly behavior) almost bring down the house, arouse hilarious laughte, be disgusted at/with.

12. ★ Speaking Practice：Get the Ss to do the pair-work, describing people they know and their behavious. And try to use the words and phrases in brainstorming. ★ Listening

13. 1). Introduce the task and get the Ss to read the topic and the four questuins, guessing the possible meaning of the listening material. 2). Dicussing the meaning of the following terms. A: wrinkled=refers to the lines in something which is folded or crushed, especially on the skin when a person is old.

14. B: attach to= to come to; to cause to join as a member of in action. 3). Ask the Ss to get ready to write down some key words to the questions. 4). Play the tape twice for the Ss to listen 5). Check the Ss’ answers as so to see their understanding

15. Part 2 Reading Comprehension 1. Discussing time 1). Have you ever been haunted by a guilty conscience for something you accidentally did? 2). What do you think is the best policy if you have unintentionally committed a folly?

16. 2.Comprehension work • A.Summarize the story: • The kindly and gentle minister decided to retire from the ministry because his clumsiness brought about two accidents which made him suffer from a guilty conscience.

17. B. Summarise the paragraphs The first paragraph: It is a general description of the narrator’s great-uncle and his accidental killing of a small dog because of his clumsiness. The third paragraph: It is an account of how his lumsiness led to trouble mess in the guest room during his visit to the lady.

18. The fourth paragraph: It describes how the narrator’s great-uncle damaged a beautiful candelabra when he rushed downstairs.

19. C. Study the story Discuss the following questions 1). How does the narrator describe her great- uncle?

20. Her great –uncle was a full-time Baptist minister and his only fault was his clumsiness. He was a very large man, who was over 6 feet and weighed close to 300 pounds. On the whole the narrator thinks of her great-uncle as a wonderful, jolly and beloved man. He was kindly,gentle, and well-educated.

21. 2). What was his first accident ? What was his feeling? Whe he was visiting a woman in Dillon, the Baptist minister inadvertently sat on the woman’s dog and unfortunately killed it. When he realized what he had done, the narrator’s great-uncle was devastated, but could not bring himself to tell her about it. He slipped the dead dog into her coat pocket.

22. 3). What was his second accident ? Five years later when the narrator’s great-uncle revisited the woman’s house, he was welcomed and put up for one night. In the night, he get up to open the window and knocked over a bottle of ink in the process. Then, gropping along the walls for the light, he covered the fresh wallpaper with huge black ink blobs and smudged the crisp new curtains with his huge palm prints. The next morning when he woke up and found what had happened, he rushed downstairs and his foot slipped. Reaching for support he accidentally grabbed the beautiful candalabra nearby and ripped it from the wall.

23. 4). Why did the Baptist minister say to the woman “Twinkie had a Christian burial”? During his visit, the Baptist minister meant to tell the woman what had happened to Twinkle. He was conscience-stricken for having kept her in the dark for almost five years. Now, he resolved to clear his conscience by telling the truth. He also hoped that he would be redeemed by faithfully performing his duty of guiding the soul of the dog to heaven.

24. ★ Word and Sentence StudyAims: 一、Word Study 1. concern vt.关于(about)；对…有关系影响(affect)；担心；担忧；挂念(worry) Attend to what concerns you注意与你有关的事物 This concerns us deeply. 这事对我们关系极大

25. This concerns the healthy growth of the children deeply. 这事对孩子们的健康成长关系极大。 We're rather concerned about father's health我们相当担心父亲的健康 (常与with, about, in连用）关心；关照 to concern oneself with public work 关心公众事务 We're rather concerned about father's healt我们相当担心父亲的健康

26. 2. Pay a call on sb=pay a visit to sb pay a call at some place=pay a visit to some place\pay sb\ some place a visit. 3. Slip A.put sth away quickly in secret B.losing one’s balance and fall or almost fall e.g. I saw him slip a note into her hand. As he went downstairs, his feet slipped.

27. 4. devastated(adj.)=alarmed,scared,panic davastate,alarm,scare,panic(panicked— panicking) vt panic=struck(adj.)惊慌失措的.\n..惊慌= scare吓坏了的(v.\n.) e.g. A). He was devastated by the bad news. B). There is nothing to get alarmed about C). The boy was more scared than hurt. You did give me a scare.(n..) D). Rumours panicked many investors into selling their shares. Panic spread through the crowd.(n..) Panic buying\panic selling\a panic fear\panic button

28. 5. grope=feel around   fumble   poke around vi.( 暗中) 摸索;探索(after, for) ; vt. 用手摸索 He groped for the door handle in the dark. 他在黑暗中摸索着找门把手 grope one's way=feel one’s way摸着走; 探索解决办法 grope about for information 到处搜集情 报 grope for an answer. 搜寻一个答案 To feel around with the hands;grope. 摸索用手去摸索；暗中摸索

29. I grope for the light switch in the dark room. 我在黑洞洞的屋里摸索著寻找电灯开关Why grope after the meaning of a word?Look it up in the dictionary! 何必去苦想一个单词的意思？查字典吧！ Why grope after the meaning of a ward?Look it up in the dictionary! 干吗要在心中琢磨一个词的意思？查词典好了！ groped for the telephone. 去摸电话 grope for an answer. 搜寻一个答案 I groped my way in. 我摸索着走进。

30. 6. smudge n. 污点, 污迹;模糊的字迹; 浓烟;v.(A,B,C) A).To smear or stain;smudge. 弄脏，涂污；玷污 You've got a smudge on your cheek. 你脸上有一块污迹。 B).A smear or blot;a smudge. 污迹，脏污；污点

31. C). A discolored spot,smudge, or area;a stain. 变色点，污渍，污处，污迹 Charcoal drawings smudge easily 木炭画很容易弄脏 His sooty hand smudged the paper. 他被煤烟熏污的手把纸弄脏了。 Her make - up is smudged. 她搽的化妆品已蹭污了。

32. 7. unburden vt. 卸去...的负担, 使放下担子; [喻]倾诉(压在心里的话), 表白; 吐露 unburden one's mind. 卸除精神压力 unburden oneself to sb. 对别人倾诉自己 的心事 unburden one's resentment against sb. 发泄[表明]对某人的不满 She longed for a sympathetic person to whom she could unburden herself. 她渴望有一个同情她

33. 8. resolve= decide   determine   settle vt使下决心, 决意; 决议vi. 决心, 决定(on, upon) 变成, 分解, 解体溶解; 解析; 分辨, 还原成为(into) To settle or resolve. 调停，解决 Show,keep,break one's resolve 表现出、持有、改变决心 To reach a decision;resolve. 解决，决定作出决定

34. 【习惯用语】 be it resolved兹决议, 决议如下 keep one's resolved坚持 make a resolve to do sth决心做某事 iron resolve. 不可动摇的决心 a man of resolve 刚毅的人 resolve a problem; 解决一个问题； resolve a conflict. 解决冲突 That will resolve your doubts. 那会使你的怀疑冰释。 resolve on a course of action. 决定行动过程

35. 9. Mount on A).骑上，乘上 Mounting on my bicycle, I rode at full speed down the street. B). 把 … 固定在…的上面 The gun aws mounted on a strengthened gun carriage to stand the shock of its movements.

36. 10. Rip= To rip or tear;rend, cut,or tear. 划破、割或撕裂 撕裂，扯裂； There‘s a rip in my trousers. 我的裤子 有个裂口。(n.) Rip…from=rend…from,tear from\away Jim ripped the cover from the book

37. 11. Knock over A). =kick over,knock down（打翻，弄翻） Carelessly, I knocked my teacup over and the tea went all over the tablecloth. B). =knock down, run down, run over, strike down（击倒，撞倒） Jim was knoxked over by a bus, but not seriously hurt. Running round the corner, the boys nearly knocked an old lady over.

38. C). =bowl over,surprise使惊奇 The unexpected news fairly knocked me over. D).轻易击败（对手） We should be able to knock the other team over without any trouble

39. 12）.rise to one’s feet=stand up struggle to one’s feet （挣扎着站起来） jump to one’s feet （跳起来） stand on one’ own feet. （独立自主，自立）

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