UnitThreeTheGenerationGap

TextAFatherKnowsBetter全新版Book2ObjectivesI.Studentswillbeabletounderstandthefollowingideas:

1.generationgapbetweenparentsandchildren;2.appreciatethebasicelementsofaplay;II.Studentswillbeabletograspthefollowing:

1.Words:

embarrass,dumb,fade,overall,bet,distract,exhaust,interference,constant,junior2.Phrases:

forthesakeof,consistof,keepinsuspense,handdown,atanyrate,narrowdown,comeover,knowbetterthan,fillout,inchargeof.3.Structures:

1)whatever2)knowbetterthanthat/todo3)adjective+todo

Pre-readingActivities

BackgroundInformation OralDiscussion

While-readingActivities

TextOrganization VocabularyandStructure

ExtraActivities

WritingContentsPre-readingActivitiesBackgroundInformationPart-timejobintheU.S.A.

ManyAmericanteenagersearnagoodproportionoftheircollegeexpensesbyworkingduringthesummeraswaitersorwaitresses,constructionworkers,mother’shelpers,gasstationattendants,telephoneoperatorsormessengers.Theyarenotconcernedwithstatus.

Beingunskilled,theytrytofindjobsatwhateverleveltheycan..Play

Themajorcomponentsofaplayincludecharacters,settings,stagedirections,language,conflicts,climaxandthemes.

Conflictsaretheessenceofaplay,aclashofactions,ideas,desiresorwills.Theycanhappeninthreeforms:managainstman,managainstenvironment,managainsthimself.play

Whenaconflictdevelopstothemostintensifiedpoint,itbecomesaclimax.

Setdirectionsareoneimportantpartintheplay.Theirfunctionsaretosetupstagepropertiesintheproperplace;toindicateachangeinsetting;todirectactor’smovement,gesture,facialexpression,toneofvoiceandsoon.Playisoftendividedintocomedyandtragedy.

MajorcomponentsofaplayCharactersStageSettingsDirectionsClimaxThemeConflictsLanguagePlaywright

Aplaywright,unlikeanovelistorshortstorywriter,cannotcomeforward,interrupttheaction,andtelltheaudiencewhathe/shemeansbywhatacertainsceneorexplaintothemwhatisgoingoninthemindsofthedirectors.Theaudiencemustconcludebythemselveswhatthethemeoftheplayis.OralDiscussion1.Doyouprefertolivebyyourselforlivewithyourparents?

Hints:notbad;livealone;morefreedom;loneliness;interruption.

2.Doyoualwaysrememberyourparents’birthday?Whatdoyouusuallydoforthemontheirbirthday?

Hints:celebrate;

gifts;pocketmoney;card;visit;call;expressmylove3.Doyouturntoyourparentsforhelpwhenyouhaveproblems?whyorwhynot?Hints:makethemworryaboutme;Idon’twanttoupsetthemunnecessarily.While-readingActivitiesTheplaycomprisesthreesettings1.Afast-foodrestaurant2.TheThompsonFamilydiningroom3.AnofficeatahighschoolFatherembarrassedDianebypersuadingawork-mateintopressinghissontoaskhertotheseniorpromFatherembarrassedSeanbytalkingtooproudlytotheRestaurantManager.TextOrganizationFatherembarrassedHeidibyboastingtoanofficialofhernewschoolabouthowbrightshewas.Vocabulary1.embarrassvt.(Line10)

Ichosemywordscarefullyinordertoavoidembarrassinganyone.譯makesb.feelawkwardorashamed使窘迫；使不好意思例我小心的選擇用詞以避免使任何人感到尷尬。3)theFrenchembassyinLondon.倫敦的法國大使館1)

Financialembarrassment

財務(wù)的困難

2)Anembarrassment(=anover-abundance)ofriches財富過多的煩惱Embarrassing

(adj.)

窘迫，局促不安的embarrassment

(n.)

困窘，令人尷尬的事embassy

(n.)

大使館，大使之職務(wù)詞匯擴充例Hewassodumbthathelefthiskeysathomeagain.Martinwasborndumb,buthehasstillmanagedtogetagoodjob.馬丁天生就是啞巴，但他仍然找到了一份好工作。他真得很蠢又把鑰匙忘在家里了。2.dumb(adj)(Line16)

譯譯1)(informal)foolish愚蠢的2)unabletospeak啞的例例3.fade

(Line57)1)vi/vt.Losecolororbrightness,freshness,orstrength2)Disappearslowly/graduallyTimehasfadedherbeauty.時間使青春消失.Thememoryofhersufferingsinherchildhoodwillneverfadefromhermind.她小時候所受的苦難永遠也不會從她心里消失.例例譯CollocationsFadein:1)toappeargradually2)tocausetoappearorbeheardgradually.Usedofacinematicortelevisionimageorofasound.漸強：使逐漸出現(xiàn)或被聽見。用于電影或電視的圖像或聲音。Fadeout:(theopposite)4.overall

(adj/adv/n.)(Line61)Adj.1)Fromoneendtotheothertheoveralllengthofthehouse2)Includingeverything;comprehensivetheoverallcostsofmedicalcare3)Regardedasawhole;generalMyoverallimpressionwasfavorable例例例Adv.onthewhole;generallyenjoyedtheperformanceoverall.

總的來說，這次演出是受歡迎的。N.1)(British)

一種寬松的起保護作用的外衣，罩衫2)寬松的褲子，工裝褲。例譯besure敢說，確信

Ibetshewaslateforthemeetingonpurpose.

我敢說她是故意遲到的。

Ibethe’llchangehismindagain.

我確信他又要改變主意了。5.bet

v.(Line79)例例譯譯take(sb.attention)awayfromsth.esp.forashorttime(usedinthepattern;distractsb./sth.;distractsb./sth.from)使分心

Tomadmitsthatplayingcomputergamessometimesdistractshimfromhishomework.

湯姆承認玩電游有時候會讓他寫家庭作業(yè)時分心。

Passengersarerequestednottodistractthedriver’sattentionwhileheisdriving.

乘客被要求不能在司機駕駛時讓他分心。6.distractv.

(Line81)例例譯譯n.steam,vapor,etcthathasdoneitswork.(機器等之)排氣口；排出之廢氣

exhaust-pipe排氣管Vt.1)useupcompletely;用盡，耗盡

2)makeempty;使空

3)say,findout,allthereistosayabout(sth.)詳論；詳盡闡述7.exhaustn./vt.

(Line129)例

1)Afterexhaustingallherreadyexcuses,shecouldthinkofnothingelsetosay.

用完準備好的所有借口，她想不到還有什么可以說的。

2)exhaustatubeofair抽盡管中空氣

3)exhaustasubject詳論一問題

exhaustiveadj.thorough;complete完全的，徹底的

anexhaustiveinquiry徹查例譯unwantedorunnecessaryinvolvementinsth.(followedbyin/with)Herparents’continualinterferenceinouraffairsirritatedme.

她的父母不斷的干涉我們的事情惹怒了我。

Yourinterferenceinhisprivateaffairsisunreasonable.

你干涉他的私事是沒有道理的。8.Interferencev.(Line167)例例譯譯N.

1)somethingthatisunchangingorinvariable2)abbr.c,C,const3)(maths,phys)numberorquantitythatdoesnotvary.(物，數(shù))恒量，永恒量9.constantn./adj.(Line167)Adj.1)continuallyoccurring;persistent經(jīng)常的，不斷的，屢見的，永恒的

--constantrain/constanttrouble2)unchanginginnature,value,orextent;invariable.固定的

--constantspeed3)steadfastinpurpose,loyalty,oraffection;faithful(faithful,steady)堅定的，忠實地

--aconstantfriend例例例Adj.1)abbr.jr.Jr.Jun.jun.jnr.Usedtodistinguishasonfromhisfatherwhentheyhavethesamegivenname2)intendedfororincludingyouthfulpersons

juniorfashion;年輕人的時尚

ajuniorsportsleague.少年球隊10.Junior:adj.n.(Line197)

3)lowerinrankorshorterinlengthoftenure--ajuniorofficer;--thejuniorsenatorfromTexas.…新議員4)studentsinthethirdyearofahighschoolorcollege

--thejuniorclass--thejuniorprom大學(xué)三年極生舉辦的舞會Phrases

inorderto為了……1.forthesakeof

(序言)例譯1.Lifeispreciousandloveismorevaluable,yetforthesakeoffreedombothcanbesacrificed.1.生命誠可貴，愛情價更高，若為自由故，二者借可拋。例2.Somereadforthesakeofthink,thesearerare;someforthesakeofwrite,thesearecommon;andsomereadforthesakeoftalk,andtheseformthegreatmajority.譯有些人為思考而讀書，這種人罕見；有些人為寫作而讀書，這種人常見；有些人為搜集談話的資料而讀書，這些人我們天天看見。例譯1.Theworldconsistsofthreeclassesofmen-loversofwisdom,loversofhonor,loversofgain.

bemadeupof由……構(gòu)成2.Consistof

(Line20)世界上有三種人，愛智的人，愛名的人，愛利的人。

consist:不及物動詞，與介詞of一起連用，不用于被動語態(tài)。Consist的主語表示事物的整體，賓語表示事物的組成部分。

compose:主語表示事物的組成部分，賓語表示事物的整體，但在被動語態(tài)中正好相反。近義詞辨析例Waterconsistsofhydrogenandoxygen.譯水由氫和氧組成。例譯Wateriscomposedofhydrogenandoxygen.水由氫和氧組成。

comprise:

主語表示事物的組成部分，賓語表示事物的整體，也可以表示“由…構(gòu)成”，此時主語表示事物的整體。

constitute:主語表示事物的組成部分，賓語表示事物的整體例譯例譯Thecommitteecomprisestenpeople.委員會由十人組成。Sevendaysconstituteaweek.七天為一周。

whatevermayhappen;inanycase無論如何，不管怎么樣3.atanyrate

(Line122)例Atanyrate,yousurvivedthecaraccident.譯不管怎麼樣，你在車禍中存活下來了。birthrate

出生率

firstrate

一流的

atthis/thatrate

這樣/那樣的話照這樣/那樣的情形

rateofexchange

匯率短語擴充bewiseorwell-trainedenoughtodosth.明白事理而不至于做某事4.Knowbetterthanthat/todo

(Line158)例譯Youshouldknowbetterthantolookmourn-fullyintothepast.Itcomesnotbackagain.Wiselyimprovethepresent:itisyours.不要悲哀地回憶過去,它已經(jīng)一去不復(fù)返,明智地把握現(xiàn)在,它才是屬于你的。例譯LifeisjustlikeCard-Playing,weshouldknowbetterthantoexpectwecanalwaysholdace,afterall,lifeconsistsnotinholdinggoodcards,butinplayingwellthoseyouhold.人生就像是玩紙牌,我們不要期待總是會拿到A,畢竟人生不在于你掌握了一手好牌,而在于打好你手中的牌.ParaphrasingandTranslation1....Life’sdangeroussea(Line47)Heretheauthorusesametaphor.Hecompareslifetoanarduousseavoyage.例aseaoftrouble譯憂愁之海例Alltheworld’sastage.譯整個世界一臺戲。2.why,backinmyday…(line134)Well,whenIwasyoung…(wedidn’tbehavelikethat)(Itimpliesagapbetweentheyoungergenerationandtheoldergeneration.)譯唉，在我那個時候……SentenceStructures—Doyouhelpyourparentswithhousework?(do,can)—Yes,_______________________—Ihaveasurpriseforyou.(be)—Whateveritis,don’tkeepusinsuspense例例IdowhateverIcan.2)—Youhavesuchawonderfulcollectionofoilpaintings,Mr.Benson!(it,be,you,like)—___________________________,takeitasaweddinggiftfromanoldman.Whateveritisthatyoulike1)Yououghttobewiseenoughnottogoswimmingrightafterlunch.2.Father,youshouldbewiseenoughnottooverpraisemeinfrontofMrs.Higgins—Father,youshouldknowbetterthanto

overpraisemeinfrontofMrs.Higgins.—Yououghttoknowbetterthantogoswimmingrightafterlunch.2)Jennyisoldenoughtohavemoresensethantospendallhertimeplayingcomputergames.

—Jennyisoldenoughtoknowbetterthantospendallhertimeplayingcomputergames.GrammaticalStructures1.You’resoeagertofindout(line.143)形容詞后的動詞不定式小結(jié)：形容詞后的動詞不定式某些作主語補語的形容詞后面可加不定式短語作狀語。句子的主語也是不定式邏輯上的主語。這類形容詞包括:3）表示可能或適宜，如bale,adequate,free,Capable,certain,competent,liable,fit,safe,etc.這次考試她肯定考得好。他不適宜獨自生活。譯譯例She’snotfittolivebyherself.例She’scertaintodowellintheexamination.1）表示人的情緒和感情，如angry,annoyed,Bored,content,delighted,disappointed,glad,Happy,impatient,indignant,puzzled,etc.Theyareproudtobelongtosuchafineteam.他們?yōu)閷儆谶@么好的一個團隊而自豪。譯譯例Iwashappytoseethemagain例再次見到他們我很高興。2）表示意愿，如afraid,anxious,curious,determined,eager,hesitant,inclined,keen,Resolved,loath,willing,etc.Heseemssomewhatloathtopart.我比較信任他。譯譯例I‘minclinedtotrusthim.例他似乎有不愿離去之意4）對行為，動作進行評價，如absurd,careful,Careless,clever,kind,nice,silly,etc.不過，這類形容詞更常用be…+of…+不定式謝謝你在我生病的時候來看我。他不小心把杯子打破了。譯譯例Hewascarelesstobreakthecup.例ItwaskindofyoutovisitmewhenIwasill.5）此外還有fortunate,lucky,prompt,quick,slow等一類形容詞那次事故后，你大難不死真夠幸運的。Hisopponentswerequicktotakeadvantageofhismistake.譯譯例You