Dazed survivors staggered from the wreckage. II.Detailed study of the text A:Part 1(Para.1-7):The boy's misgivings about school. Questions related to this part: 1)How did the boy feel about going to schoo?Find textual evidence. 2)Why was he feeling so? 3)List the father'scomments about school.What doyou think of them? School is a place that makes useful men out of bovs. Don't you want to be useful like your brothers? Put a smile on your face and bea good example toothers Be a man. Today you truly begin life 1.throw sb.into/out of a place:to force sb.to enter/leave a place Examples They'll throw me out (of school)if I fail three exams. Nick got thrownou of college in the year for taking drugs Anyone who opposes the regime is liable to be thrown into jail/prison 2.make(a useful man)out of a boy:to make a boy become useful Examples The army made a man ofhim. The four brothers all made a success of their lives. He said the Government was frightened of nothing The real trouble was that we were makingamountain out of a molehill(小题大做) 3.There is no good to be had in doing sth.=It is no good/use doing sth Examples: There is no good to be had in buying a boat when you don't have enough spare time to use it. Idon't see there is any good to be had in downsizing the company Related phrases it is no(not much)good it is no(not any,hardly any,little)use it is useless +doing it is not the slightest use it is worth(worthwhile) there is no (good.use)Dazed survivors staggered from the wreckage. II. Detailed study of the text A: Part 1 (Para.1-7): The boy’s misgivings about school. Questions related to this part: 1) How did the boy feel about going to school? Find textual evidence. 2) Why was he feeling so? 3) List the father’s comments about school. What do you think of them? School is a place that makes useful men out of boys. Don’t you want to be useful like your brothers? Put a smile on your face and be a good example to others. Be a man. Today you truly begin life. 1. throw sb. into/out of a place: to force sb. to enter/leave a place Examples: They’ll throw me out (of school) if I fail three exams. Nick got thrown out of college in the second year for taking drugs. Anyone who opposes the regime is liable to be thrown into jail/prison. 2. make (a useful man) out of a boy: to make a boy become useful Examples: The army made a man of him. The four brothers all made a success of their lives. He said the Government was frightened of nothing. The real trouble was that we were making a mountain out of a molehill (小题大做). 3. There is no good to be had in doing sth. = It is no good/use doing sth. Examples: There is no good to be had in buying a boat when you don’t have enough spare time to use it. I don’t see there is any good to be had in downsizing the company. Related phrases it is no (not much) good it is no (not any, hardly any, little) use it is useless +doing it is not the slightest use it is worth (worthwhile) there is no (good, use)