Unit si Obiectives: Students will be able 1. grasp the main idea and the structure of the text; 2. understand the devices developing the paraphrases 3. master the key words and phrases and sentence patterns in the text; 4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit Time Span: 4 Periods(Two for Section A and Two for Review of Section A. Reading skills and Section B) Section a The widow Teaching procedures: 1. Warm-up discussion Questions Answers: 1. Why is the woman in this story in pain? (Because quotations from Elizabeth Jolleys novel Cabin Fever arouse the woman's memory of her husband who has passed away. They bring her back in time to her previous wedding ceremony at which she and her husband received not only good wishes from their colleagues and old schoolmates, but also the heart-felt congratulations from an unexpected"whose identity later created repeated discussions between them. Now. she is alone. she misses her late husband Whenever she reads the words taken from Cabin Fever. her desire to see her husband is so strong that when she writes the word husband on a piece of paper her eyes fill with tears, as if she were sitting by the fire in winter with him. 2. where did the wife think the strange wedding guest had come from? why did er busbar nd not agree with her?. (The woman thought that the peculiar wedding guest had come from heaven as a messenger. But, her husband did not agree with her on the ground that she did not have the right shape for a heavenly messenger. He asserted that the woman was there to attend their marriage ceremony by accident 3. What gift did the strange wedding guest give to the new husband and wife Different from other wedd ing guests, the peculiar woman gave a unique word gift to the newly-weds, predicting that they were going to lead a good and happy life, they would work industriously and love each other. The words were so magic that their marriage life just followed the same course as the unknown"aunt"foretold rich with warmth and mutual understand ing as well as more devotion to each other. All of this inspired the couple to bring up the prophecy around each of their anniversaries. II. Text Analysis 1. Main idea of the text: The quotations taken from Cabin Fever bring the widow back in time to her wedding day and married life, which was as happy and peaceful as a strange woman predicted at the wedding ceremony. The widows mind slipped back to her wedding ceremony at which she and her husband received a strange word gift which had a magic power. The message her husband left her showed that their“aunt”’ s prophecy had come true---they worked hard and loved each other and that was why the widow stored the painful quotation.Unit Six Objectives： Students will be able to: 1. grasp the main idea and the structure of the text ; 2. understand the devices developing the paraphrases; 3. master the key words and phrases and sentence patterns in the text; 4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. Time Span: 4 Periods(Two for Section A and Two for Review of Section A . Reading Skills and Section B) Section A The Widow Teaching Procedures: 1. Warm- up discussion: Questions & Answers: 1.Why is the woman in this story in pain? (Because quotations from Elizabeth Jolley’s novel Cabin Fever arouse the woman’s memory of her husband who has passed away. They bring her back in time to her previous wedding ceremony at which she and her husband received not only good wishes from their colleagues and old schoolmates, but also the heart-felt congratulations from an unexpected “aunt” whose identity later created repeated discussions between them. Now, she is alone, she misses her late husband. Whenever she reads the words taken from Cabin Fever, her desire to see her husband is so strong that when she writes the word ‘husband’ on a piece of paper her eyes fill with tears, as if she were sitting by the fire in winter with him. ) 2. Where did the wife think the strange wedding guest had come from? Why did her husband not agree with her?. (The woman thought that the peculiar wedding guest had come from heaven as a messenger. But, her husband did not agree with her on the ground that she did not have the right shape for a heavenly messenger. He asserted that the woman was there to attend their marriage ceremony by accident). 3. What gift did the strange wedding guest give to the new husband and wife? ( Different from other wedding guests, the peculiar woman gave a unique word gift to the newly-weds, predicting that they were going to lead a good and happy life; they would work industriously and love each other. The words were so magic that their marriage life just followed the same course as the unknown “aunt” foretold, rich with warmth and mutual understanding as well as more devotion to each other. All of this inspired the couple to bring up the prophecy around each of their anniversaries.) . II. Text Analysis: 1. Main idea of the text: The quotations taken from Cabin Fever bring the widow back in time to her wedding day and married life, which was as happy and peaceful as a strange woman predicted at the wedding ceremony. The widow’s mind slipped back to her wedding ceremony at which she and her husband received a strange word gift which had a magic power. The message her husband left her showed that their “aunt”’s prophecy had come true---they worked hard and loved each other and that was why the widow stored the painful quotation