Contemporary College EnglishBookIIUnit 2 SayYesby Tobias Wolff
Contemporary College English Book II Unit 2 Say Yes by Tobias Wolff
ContentsBackground Information2Vocabulary & Expressions3Critical Reading4Discussion & WritingSchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Contents Background Information Vocabulary & Expressions Discussion & Writing Critical Reading
Background InformationRacism inSexismAuthorUSAO Ku KluxOLifeKlanOAtschoolOJim CrowstoryOAtworkLawsOLiteraryOAt homeHistoricalcareerfiguresYou may DIVIDE this task among your group!SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Background Information Ø Life story Ø Literary career Ø Ku Klux Klan Ø Jim Crow Laws Ø Historical figures Racism in USA Author Ø At school Ø At work Ø At home Sexism You may DIVIDE this task among your group!
Vocabulary & Expressions？SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Vocabulary & Expressions
Read the glossaryand the textVocabulary &Expressbefore you start!Read and explainwords and expressionsin Glossary and the textStudy these wordsStudy these expessionssomehow,considerate,pinchall things considered, be at it,come tosb."s aid,break up,might as well,makerummage,snap,spray,ashameddemonstrate,note,clearit up to sb.MeaningsUsageRalated family membersOffer example sentences.Collect their familyLook up in the dictionaryFinish Exercises 1-3 onfor their meaningsmemberspp40-42.Write your research work down onYour Note-book!SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Vocabulary&Expressions words and expressions in Glossary and the text Study these words somehow, considerate, pinch, rummage, snap, spray, ashamed, demonstrate, note, clear Study these expessions all things considered, be at it, come to sb.’s aid, break up, might as well, make it up to sb. Related family members Collect their family members Meanings Look up in the dictionary for their meanings Usage Offer example sentences. Finish Exercises 1-3 on pp40-42. Read and explain Read the glossary and the text before you start! Write your research work down on Your Note-book!
Critical ReadingSchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Critical Reading
You are to READ theCritical ReadingTEXT in greatdetails!OOutlining: read theText Reading: read thetext, outline it andtext and circle thesummarize the maindifficult points.idea of each part.Text Understand ingGrammar&SentenceRetell the storypatterns, on thefollowing pages.SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages CriticalReading Text Reading: read the text and circle the difficult points. Outlining: read the text, outline it and summarize the main idea of each part. Retell the story Grammar & Sentence patterns, on the following pages. You are to READ the TEXT in great details!
You are to READ theCritical ReadingTEXT in greatdetails!OStudy theMake up sentencesSentencefollowing sentenceof your own withand try to explainthe sentencePatternsthe meaning of thepatterns listedbolded part.below.Unlike most men he knew, he really pitched in on thehousework.Sometimes his wife got this look where she pinched her browstogetherand bitherlowerlipI don't need you coming along now and implying that I'm aracist.When he was done the kitchen looked new, the way it lookedwhen they were first shown the house.SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages CriticalReading Unlike most men he knew, he really pitched in on the housework. I don’t need you coming along now and implying that I’m a racist. Study the following sentence and try to explain the meaning of the bolded part. Make up sentences of your own with the sentence patterns listed below. Sometimes his wife got this look where she pinched her brows together and bit her lower lip. When he was done the kitchen looked new, the way it looked when they were first shown the house. You are to READ the TEXT in great details!
You are to READ theCritical ReadingTEXT in greatdetails!OStudy the sentencesTranslate themoffered you here inDetildStiyinto Chinese andthe text and try tooffer moreanalyze theexamples.structure of each.Sentencel:the 3rd sentence ofPara.1 "A few months earlier..*Sentence 2: Para.25 “So ... you wouldn't have married me ...Sentence 3: the last sentence ofPara.28...in the debating club."Sentence 4:the lst sentence of Para.30"would have been going9out...SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages CriticalReading Sentence 3: the last sentence of Para.28 “. in the debating club.” Study the sentences offered you here in the text and try to analyze the structure of each. Translate them into Chinese and offer more examples. Sentence 2: Para.25 “So . you wouldn’t have married me .” Sentence 1: the 3rd sentence of Para.1 “ A few months earlier .” Sentence 4: the 1st sentence of Para.30 “ would have been going out.” You are to READ the TEXT in great details!
Critical Reading- the way + relative clausespecialsWhat1. ... but she didn't snap3.His heartthrough the pages the wayeffect?pounded the way it5he would have done.had on their firstTemGrammar(para.45)night together, the2....the way it lookedway it still did whenwhen they were firsthe woke...shown the house. (para.47)(para.57)use!LearntoDiscuss in groups and thencoin at least 2 sentences ofFinishExercises4-5onP43.your own.SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages 1. . but she didn’t snap through the pages the way he would have done. (para.45) 2. . the way it looked when they were first shown the house. (para.47) Discuss in groups and then coin at least 2 sentences of your own. Finish Exercises 4-5 on P43. Critical Reading— the way + relative clause 3. His heart pounded the way it had on their first night together, the way it still did when he woke. (para.57)