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基础英语 D 综合教程 Book4 Unit 12 3 the term of life./ To be truly happy /is a question of how we begin/ and not of how we end,/ of what we want/ and not of what we have./ An aspiration is a joy forever,/ a possession as solid as a landed estate,/ a fortune which we can never exhaust/ and which gives us year by year/ a revenue of pleasurable activity./ To have many of these/ is to be spiritually rich./ Life is not only a very dull and ill-directed theatre/ unless we have some interests in the piece;/ and to those who have neither art nor science,/ the world is a mere arrangement of colors,/ or a rough footway/ where they may very well break their shins./ It is in virtue of his own desires and curiosities/ that any man continues to exist with even patience,/ that he is charmed by the look of things and people,/ and that he wakens every morning/ with a renewed appetite for work and pleasure./ Desire and curiosity are the two eyes/ through which he sees the world in the most enchanted colors:/ it is they that make women beautiful or fossils interesting;/ and the man may squander his estate and come to beggary,/ but if he keeps these two amulets/ he is still rich in the possibilities of pleasure. II. Text introduction Part I: Teaching aims and demands 1. Help the Ss to build the language stocks. 2. Foster the Ss’ abilities of reading, speaking, and translating. 3. Broaden the Ss’ horizon and have a better understanding of the Christmas festival. 4. Learn to understand the culture background and the culture shock encountered by Chinese students. Time Allotment 6 classes 1. To understand the main idea, structure of the text and the author’s writing style 2. To master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 3. To understand the big comparison used by the author. Key Points and Difficult Points in Teaching 1. To understand the main idea, structure of the text and the author’s writing style 2. To understand the big influence of Christmas festival on western people and what they will do to celebrate it. Teaching Methods and Means Discussion; explanation; questioning; multi-media Teaching process Part I: Topics for Discussion 1) What is the most important festival in China? 2) What does the title of this text suggest to you?

基础英语D 综合教程Book4UniM12 disorder 3.Had itnot been for our adoptedson we would not now be surrounded by earing strangers wh would help us hear the music again Paraphrase:I felt grateful to my adopted son,without whom we would not have the chance to spend Christmas with these caring people and hear the Christmas carols again,which we had not had for so many years. reckon on:expect.dependent on rush the season:make people prepare for Christmas hastily long before Christmas really comes He pressed us into singing carols,our froglike voices contrasting with his musical gift of perfect pitch. He forced all of us to sing carols.even though our voices.compared with his perfect voice with musical gift,were too harsh and husky to sing Each holiday he stirred us up,us through around of merry chaos Each holiday,he tried to excite us and turned the whole family into a cheerful disorder stir up:cause to move or excite merry chaos:This is an expression of oxymoron."Chaos"refers to a state of complete and thorough disorder or confusion,which is.however,modified by an adjective incompatible toor contradictory with its original meaning Part IV:Questions for Consideration 1)A proverb goes like this:"Blood is thicker than water."Do you think that there is any contradiction between this proverb and the way the author of the text looks at human relationship? 2)Nowadays Christmas is celebrated in China.Does it mean that Christianity is getting popular in Ching? Homework -Summary:Ask students to sum up and retell the passage in third person Exercises in SBp172-p175 Grammar exercises:indirect speech Translation exercises Exercises for integrated skills:spelling and passage dictation:close Phonetics Oral activities Listening exercises Grammar exercises In the present.you are rading this very sentence.The verb phrase are reading is in the present tense.The present tense inludes onyt those actionsor states of being the immediate moment Pehaps you area conidering a trip to the kitchen,"The verb am is in the present tense [1]The simple present tense and [2]the present progressive tense Simple Present Tense subiect auxiliary verb+main verb

基础英语 D 综合教程 Book4 Unit 12 7 disorder. 3. Had it not been for our adopted son, we would not now be surrounded by caring strangers who would help us hear the music again. Paraphrase: I felt grateful to my adopted son, without whom we would not have the chance to spend Christmas with these caring people and hear the Christmas carols again, which we had not had for so many years. reckon on: expect; dependent on rush the season: make people prepare for Christmas hastily long before Christmas really comes He pressed us into singing carols, our froglike voices contrasting with his musical gift of perfect pitch. He forced all of us to sing carols, even though our voices, compared with his perfect voice with musical gift, were too harsh and husky to sing. Each holiday he stirred us up, leading us through a round of merry chaos. Each holiday, he tried to excite us and turned the whole family into a cheerful disorder. stir up: cause to move or excite merry chaos: This is an expression of oxymoron. “Chaos” refers to a state of complete and thorough disorder or confusion, which is, however, modified by an adjective incompatible to or contradictory with its original meaning. Part IV: Questions for Consideration 1) A proverb goes like this: “Blood is thicker than water.” Do you think that there is any contradiction between this proverb and the way the author of the text looks at human relationship? 2) Nowadays Christmas is celebrated in China. Does it mean that Christianity is getting popular in China? Homework -Summary: Ask students to sum up and retell the passage in third person Exercises in SB p172-p175 Vocabulary exercises Grammar exercises: indirect speech Translation exercises Exercises for integrated skills: spelling and passage dictation;close Phonetics Oral activities Writing practice Listening exercises Grammar exercises In the present, you are reading this very sentence. The verb phrase are reading is in the present tense. The present tense includes only those actions or states of being that exist in the immediate moment. Perhaps you are also considering a trip to the kitchen, thinking, "I’m hungry." The verb am is in the present tense. [1] The simple present tense and [2] the present progressive tense Simple Present Tense subject + auxiliary verb + main verb

基础英语D 综合教程B0ok4Unim12 There are three important exceptions: For positive sentences,we do not normally use the auxiliary For the verb to be,we do not use an auxiliary,even for questions and negatives We use the simple present tense when:the action is general the action happens all the time.or habitually,in the past,present and future the action is not only happening now the statement is (c'sobtodrivea t.d evcry day I live in New York The Moon goes round the Earth He does not drive a bus We do not work at night football? Note h the verbwe c the simple preent tense for itos that re not general.We can use the simple present tense to talk about now.Look at these examples of the verb tobe in the present simple tense-some of them are general,some of them are now: e.g.Am I right? Tara is not at home I am not fat Why are you so beautiful? Ram is tall Present Progressive Tense We oft s the present in English.It is very different from the simpl present tense,both in structure and in use.It describes verbs whose action or condition is specifically ongoing.The action or condition of verbs in a progressive tense begins at some point of time,past,present,or future,and continues.A progressive tense verb adds a form of be to its present participle(be+verb+n). e tense are also called continuous tenses.Sothe present continuous tense is the same as the present progressive tense Articles in English are invariable.That is,they do not change according to the gender or number of the noun they refer to,e.g.the boy.the woman,the children. The'is used 1 to refer to something which has already been mentioned e.Anelephant and a mouse fell in love The mouse loved the elephant's long trunk, and the elephant loved the mouse's tiny nose. 2.when both the speaker and listener know what is being talked about,even if it has not been mentioned before: e.g."Where's the bathroom?" "It's on the first floor 3.in sentences or clauses where we define or identify a particular person or object: e.g.The man who wrote this book is famous

基础英语 D 综合教程 Book4 Unit 12 8 There are three important exceptions: For positive sentences, we do not normally use the auxiliary. For the 3rd person singular (he, she, it), we add s to the main verb or es to the auxiliary. For the verb to be, we do not use an auxiliary, even for questions and negatives. We use the simple present tense when: the action is general the action happens all the time, or habitually, in the past, present and future the action is not only happening now the statement is always true. e.g. John drives a taxi. (It is John’s job to drive a taxi. He does it every day.) I live in New York. The Moon goes round the Earth. He does not drive a bus. We do not work at night. Do you play football? Note that with the verb to be, we can also use the simple present tense for situations that are not general. We can use the simple present tense to talk about now. Look at these examples of the verb to be in the present simple tense — some of them are general, some of them are now: e.g. Am I right? Tara is not at home. You are happy. I am not fat. Why are you so beautiful? Ram is tall. Present Progressive Tense We often use the present progressive tense in English. It is very different from the simple present tense, both in structure and in use. It describes verbs whose action or condition is specifically ongoing. The action or condition of verbs in a progressive tense begins at some point of time, past, present, or future, and continues. A progressive tense verb adds a form of be to its present participle (be+verb+-ing). Progressive tenses are also called continuous tenses. So the present continuous tense is the same as the present progressive tense. Articles in English are invariable. That is, they do not change according to the gender or number of the noun they refer to, e.g. the boy, the woman, the children. ‘The’ is used: 1. to refer to something which has already been mentioned: e.g. An elephant and a mouse fell in love. The mouse loved the elephant’s long trunk, and the elephant loved the mouse’s tiny nose. 2. when both the speaker and listener know what is being talked about, even if it has not been mentioned before: e.g. “Where’s the bathroom?” “It’s on the first floor.” 3. in sentences or clauses where we define or identify a particular person or object: e.g. The man who wrote this book is famous