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Unit Seven

Unit Seven. The Chaser. Teaching Objectives Pre-reading Questions Global Reading Detailed Reading Post-reading practice. Teaching Objectives. Practice reading, writing, listening and talking, and translating about love fallacies Discuss about the essence of true love.

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Unit Seven

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  1. Unit Seven The Chaser

  2. Teaching Objectives • Pre-reading Questions • Global Reading • Detailed Reading • Post-reading practice

  3. Teaching Objectives • Practice reading, writing, listening and talking, and translating about love fallacies • Discuss about the essence of true love

  4. Pre-reading Questions • What do you think is true love based on? • What does too possessive a love usually result in? • What kind of love as you perceive can be evergreen?

  5. Global Reading • What is your view of the Alan as a chaser of his love? • What is the key message the story is intended to convey?

  6. Detailed Reading Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2-12 Paragraphs 13-37 Paragraphs 38-45

  7. Paragraph 1 Question: How does Alan impress you with the first scene of the story? And why?

  8. Language work: creaky: giving out a harsh, scraping sound e.g. He settled into the ~ armchair. peer (at/into): look carefully or with difficulty • The old woman ~ at the newcomer over her spectacles. • She ~ into the dark corners of the room with much fear.

  9. Paragraph 2-12 Questions: • What is the image of the old man in the story? • What kind of mixture is “glove-cleaner”? Why did the old man tell Alan about it before selling him the love potion?

  10. Language work: make sb.’s acquaintance: get acquainted with sb. Other expressions: have a nodding/no acquaintance with sb. imperceptible: that cannot be perceived e.g. Color is ~ to the touch. Bacteria are ~ to the naked eye.

  11. Perception: • 1. Power to perceive, insight • E.g. a man of great ~ • 2. View, opinion • E.g. Could I have your ~s of the latest developing trends in this field of study?

  12. Teaspoonful: as much as a teaspoon can hold • E.g. a ~ of cough potion • Similar expressions:Mouthful, Handful, etc.

  13. Paragraph 13-37 • Questions: • What are the miraculous effects of love potion as described by the old man? • What is love in Alan’s understanding?

  14. Language work: • Be in a position to do sth.: have the necessary condition to do sth. • E.g. I don’t think he’s ~ to criticize others’ work as he’s made no contributions himself. • Other related expressions:Be in no position to, put oneself in sb’s postion

  15. Confidential • 1. Done or communicated in confidence • E.g. strictly ~ documents: classified documents • 2. Entrusted with the confidence of another • E.g. a ~ secretary • 3.denoting confidence or intimacy • E.g. A~ tone of voice

  16. detach: 1.to separate or disconnect • ~ a check from the checkbook 2. To remove from association or union • ~ oneself from the group Detached: not attached or associated • E.g. Living in solitude for most of his life, he somewhat feels ~ to his family.

  17. Be overwhelmed with: be overcome by, be filled with E.g. The horror movie ~ me with terror. We were ~ with ecstasy on hearing the great news. Other expressions: an overwhelming majority; overwhelming temptation

  18. Paragraph 38-45 • Questions: • Why do you think was the old man so confident that Alan would come back for the glove-cleaner later?

  19. Language work: • Indulge: • ~ in sth.: let go one’s desire for sth. • E.g. ~ in a cigarette, ~ in daydreams • ~ sb. • E.g. She ~s her son in whatever he wishes to eat.

  20. Be better off: live a more comfortable life economically • other expressions: • be well off, be comfortably off

  21. Post-reading Practice • Derivation • 1. Many artists remained in __obscurity______ (obscure) while they were alive and got their fame posthumously. • 2. When the man saw the woman again after 10 years’ absence, he immediately began to express feelings with much ____fervency__ (fervent)

  22. Post-reading Practice • 3. If you are a member of the club, attendance at the meeting is __obligatory___. (oblige) • 4.I __perceived___ a change in the tone of her voice. (imperceptible)

  23. Post-reading Practice • 5. Could I have your _perceptions____ of the latest developing trends in the field? (imperceptible) • 6. She turns out to be more attractive and __adorable_____ this time I meet her. (adoration)

  24. Post-reading Practice • 7. Students were surprised at the professor’s air of ___detachment_____ in talking about his own books. (detach) • 8. She suddenly became ___rapturous________ at the thought of her beloved son. (rapture)

  25. Post-reading Practice • Choice of words: • 1.His worried look suggested that he felt __apprehensive______ of the further defeats after the first failed attempt. (fearful, apprehensive, afraid, frightened) • 2.He’s warm-hearted and fond of ___obliging_____. (favor, help, oblige)

  26. Post-reading Practice • 3.She seems to have preserved a chilly __detachment___ in her relations with her family. (detachment, solitude) • 4.The old lady is determined to spend the last days of her life in __solitude____. (detachment, solitude) • 5.The newly married couple are in ____fervent__love. (fervent, sincere, hot)

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