Unit 5 Romance

1. Unit 5 Romance

2. Part I Before Reading Part II Detailed Reading Part III After Reading Part IV Assignments

3. Before Reading • 1. Love Song • My Heart Will Go On • Saint Valentine’s Day • St. Valentine’s Story • Valentine Traditions • Birds and Love • Public Libraries in the U.S. • Pictures of New York and Florida

4. My Heart Will Go On BR1 Do you have a favorite love song? What is its name? Who is the singer? Can you sing it or hum the tune?

5. St. Valentine’s Story New Words In The Story BR2 priest 牧师 Rome罗马 Claudius 克劳迪亚斯 Volunteer 自愿 ceremony典礼，仪式 behead斩…之首,砍…的头 Jailer看守监狱的人, 狱卒

6. Valentine was a priest living in Rome during the third century. At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. He wanted to have a big army and expected men to volunteer to join. However many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. This made Claudius very angry. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius banned marriage even engagement from his empire. But Valentine would keep on performing marriage ceremonies secretly. He was caught by the soldiers at a wedding, and was thrown into prison and beheaded. BR2.1

7. Valentine fell in love with the daughter of his jailer when he was in prison. Before he was taken to his death on February 14, 269 A.D., he signed a farewell message to her, “Love from your Valentine.” That note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine’s Day. BR2.2

8. Questions and Answers: 1. When did Valentine live? BR2.3 He was living during the Third Century. 2. What was Valentine? He was a priest. 3. What did he do to help young lovers? He kept performing marriage ceremonies secretly for the young lovers in spite of Claudius’s ban.

9. 4. When was he killed? BR2.4 He was killed on February 14, 269 A.D.. 5. Is there any day like Saint Valentine’s Day in China? The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the Chinese Lovers’ Day. The most popular story mentioned in connection with this festival is that of the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl.

10. Valentine Traditions BR2.5 Click The Pictures!

11. In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. “Wear your heart on your sleeve ” now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling. Valentine Traditions BR2.6

12. If you cut an apple in half and count how many seeds are inside, you will also know how many children you will have. Valentine Traditions BR2.7

13. In Wales wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on February 14th. Hearts, keys and keyholes were favorite decorations on the spoons. The decoration meant, “You unlock my heart!” Valentine Traditions BR2.8

14. Birds and Love Europeans also believe that Feb. 14th is the day when birds begin to choose their mates. Chaucer, Shakespeare, and numerous other poets mention the tradition in their works. In accordance with the tradition, it is believed that a young girl will be able to tell what type of man she will marry based upon the first bird that she sees on Valentine’s Day. BR2.9

15. If a young girl sees a blackbird , she will marry a clergyman or priest. Birds and Love BR2.9.1

16. If a young girl sees a robin redbreast , she will marry a sailor or nautical man. Birds and Love BR2.9.2

17. If a young girl sees a goldfinch (or any yellow bird) , she will marry a rich man. Birds and Love BR2.9.3

18. If a young girl sees a sparrow , she will marry a farmer or country gentleman . Birds and Love BR2.9.4

19. If a young girl sees a bluebird, she will marry a happy man. Birds and Love BR2.9.5

20. If a young girl sees a crossbill, she will marry an argumentative man. Birds and Love BR2.9.6

21. If a young girl sees a dove, she will marry a good man. Birds and Love BR2.9.7

22. If a young girl sees a woodpecker, she will have no husband. Birds and Love BR2.9.8

23. Public Libraries in the U.S. BR3 Library of Florida

24. Public libraries in the U.S. are free to the public. One can get a library card at a local library by filling in a form and showing the librarian a valid ID and something to prove one lives in the neighborhood (e.g., a used and stamped envelope with one’s name as the addressee (收信人), one’s phone bill, gas bill, etc.). Besides borrowing books, people go to libraries to borrow videotapes, use the computers there, attend book readings by authors and other cultural events. Libraries are regarded as community centers. BR3.1

25. Pictures of New York and Florida BR4 Click the pictures!

26. New York map1 Pictures of New York and Florida BR4.1

27. New York map2 Pictures of New York and Florida BR4.2

28. Grand Central Station1 Pictures of New York and Florida BR4.3

29. Grand Central Station2 Pictures of New York and Florida BR4.4

30. New York Stock Exchange1 Pictures of New York and Florida BR4.5

31. New York Stock Exchange2 Pictures of New York and Florida BR4.6

32. Florida1 Pictures of New York and Florida BR4.7

33. Florida2 Pictures of New York and Florida BR4.8

34. World Trade Center before attack Pictures of New York and Florida BR4.9

35. Detailed Reading • Understanding the Text Structure • 1) Some Questions • 2) Part Division of the Text • 2. Text Reading • 1) Part I • 2) Part II • 3) Part III • 4) Part IV

36. Some Questions Q1: Where does the text switch from the past tense to the past perfect tense? Can you find out the sentence with the change in tense? Para 2: His interest in her begun twelve months before in a Florida library.

37. Some Questions Q2: Which sentence tells you that another narrator will continue the story? Can you find out it? Para7: I’ll let Mr. Blanchard tell you what happened.

38. Some Questions Q3: Where does the text switch from the past tense to the present tense? Can you find out the sentence? Para16: It’s not difficult to understand and admire Miss Maynell’s wisdom.

39. Parts Division of the Text GR-part John Blanchard was expecting someone at Grand Central Station. 1 1 How John Blanchard had fallen in love with Miss Maynell. 2 2~6 3 Miss Maynell put Blanchard to a test. 7~15 It was wise of Miss Maynell to give such a test. 16~17 4

40. A Valentine Story Part I (Para 1)

41. Q1: What do you think is the reason that John Blanchard came to the Grand Central Station? To meet somebody not seen before.

42. Q2: Who do you think he was waiting for? His lover or girlfriend.

43. Q3: Why did he straighten his uniform? To make himself more attractive.

44. make one’s way: 1) go Early in the morning the hunter made his way into the woods. The old man slowly rose from his seat and made his way to the front of the bus. 2) succeed 你要想成功,就得学会趁着年轻多多努力。 If you want to make your way you must learn to work hard while you are still young.

45. Collocation: make away with 携…而逃；除去，杀死 make up 弥补；赔偿 make believe 假装 make out 书写；开列；拼凑 make of 了解，明白 make off 离开；逃走

46. A Valentine Story Part II (Paras 2~6)

47. Q1: Who was John looking for? He was looking for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn’t know, the girl with the rose.

48. Q2: How had Blanchard and the girl come to know each other? John Blanchard read a book in a Florida library and was fascinated by a girl’s note in the margin. He took efforts to get her address, and then wrote a letter to her. Finally they corresponded each other.

49. Q3: What had kept Blanchard from meeting the girl? The World War II prevented Blanchard from meeting her.

50. Q4: How long had they written to each other previous to their first meeting? They had been corresponding for 12 months before their first meeting.