1、Unit 51.Text Cheating第1页Susan Richards Shreve(1939-)is an American author,and novelist,as well as author of over a dozen childrens books.She currently teaches at George Mason University.About the author第2页Vocabulary:1.right out 坦率,毫不隐瞒2.times table 乘法表3.special(电视)尤其节目-be on special:降价促销;打折促销;搞活动 4.
2、disappointed 失望-disappointment5.bother 打搅6.sensible:reasonable 合情合理,明智-(区分)sensitive 敏感7.suspect 怀疑-(区分)doubt 怀疑8.glance over 浏览9.cinch(infml):something which is very easy and is therefore a certainty 有把握事情;轻易做事情 10.in cold blood 气定若闲,无情,冷酷11.criminal 罪犯-crime 罪12.clinch:win 赢得;处理13.stomachache 胃痛-s
3、tomach 胃第3页Questions for discussion:1.How did the school boy cheat on the unit test?2.Was the cheating planned beforehand?3.Why did the boy later feel so uneasy or self-reproved about his cheating?4.Did the boys father show that he was good at communicating with and educating his son?第4页Possible dif
4、ficult words,phrases and sentences(ll.41-42)It didnt even seem bad when I thought of my parents big thing about telling the truth.when conj.even though something is true联联想想到到父父母母那那一一套套实实话话为为大大道道理理时时,我我也也没没以以为有什么。为有什么。即即使使想想到到父父母母那那一一套套关关于于讲讲真真话话大大道道理理,那那个个想想法法甚甚至至也也没没有有显显得得那那么糟糕。么糟糕。第5页Possible dif
5、ficult words,phrases and sentences(ll.44-45)he is so smart in math it makes you sickmath 后后面面省省略略了了连连接接词词that;it makes you sick是是个个结结果果状状语语从从句句。本本文文是是一一篇篇叙叙事事故故事事,文文体体上上不不是是十十分分正正式式,况况且且本本句句又又是是故故事事人人物物内内心心独独白白,所所以以能能够够省省略略that,以以此此更更能能生生动动地地刻刻画画人人物物形形象。象。他他数数学学成成绩绩好好得得惊惊人人他他在在数数学学上上很很聪聪明明,聪聪明得让你妒忌。
6、明得让你妒忌。make you sick:to make you feel jealousused humorously第6页Possible difficult words,phrases and sentences(l.47)because our desks are practically on top of each other.要要知知道道,我我俩俩桌桌子子实实在靠得太近。在靠得太近。第7页The main ideaThis passage tells about a school boy feeling deeply self-reproved(自责)about his cheat
7、ing on a unit test at school.He had failed in a previous test,and this time he was determined to work harder and pass the test.But for some reasons,he failed to review his lessons at home the night before.There were some distractions(分心事)at home,including watching a TV special.After watching the TV
8、program,he found that it was too late to study for the next mornings unit test.He vaguely sensed that he might have a chance of looking at his deskmates test papers.The next day when he was sitting for the test,being unable to answer the test questions,he could not refrain from seeing his deskmates
9、answers.第8页The main ideaBut after the test was over,he instantly was regretful about his wrongdoing.He reproved himself for what he did in the test.He felt so conscience-stricken that he did not want to eat or talk to his parents.His strict family upbringing(家 教)was that he should be honest about ev
10、erything he did.Locking himself up in his room,he was still chafing at(感到郁闷)what he had done at his school.He even feigned a stomachache when his mother called him to have supper.Seeing something strange,his father entered his room to catch up on(了解)all this.The boy still pretended to be ill,but the
11、 father did not believe him.The father patiently tried to persuade him.第9页The main ideaThe boy finally told his father what had happened.Hearing this,the father did not dress his boy down(责骂).Instead,he told his son to tell his teacher all about it.The boy did not want to call his teacher at first,a
12、s suggested by his father.But he eventually took his fathers advice.His teacher did not scold him on the telephone.He just told him to go to the school on Saturday to take another test.So under the correct instruction by the father and the teacher,the school boys Gordian knot(心结;难题;戈尔迪之结(希腊神话中一个难题)w
13、as cut.(cut a Gordian knot 快刀斩乱麻)第10页 Main idea of the textPlease use 5 to 8 sentences to summary the main idea of the text.11第11页Aloud-readingTo read the whole text loudly.Requirement:1.声音响亮声音响亮2.发发音地道音地道3.连贯连贯流利流利4.声情适切声情适切12第12页第13页2.Reading skillsDetermining the Main Idea1.What does a writer nor
14、mally do after he provides the main idea as the topic for a paragraph?2.Where does a writer usually place the main idea?第14页3.Fast reading 3.1 Passage 1 3.1.1 The main ideaThe writer humorously tells about some of her childhood experiences.Her mother,who was partial to some of her children,often bea
15、t the writer.That is,she would punish the writer for her wrongdoing.第15页3.1.1 The main ideaEach time when her mother beat her,she would cry out loud,in the hope that somebody might stop her.The writer was born being pale-complexioned,but it appeared to her that her mother did not like the color.Each
16、 time when her mother turned her down when the writer asked her mother for something to eat,she would cry out and make a fuss until she got what she wanted.So as a young girl,she knew how to deal with her mother.第16页3.2 Passage 23.2.1 The main ideaThis passage tells about some differences between Br
17、itish and American elementary and secondary schools.第17页3.3 Passage 33.3.1 The main ideaThis passage tells about some differences between British and American colleges and universities.第18页4.Home ReadingStolen Day(失窃一天)编者译为编者译为“逃学记逃学记”。这是灵活翻译,这是灵活翻译,你赞成吗?你赞成吗?第19页Sherwood Anderson(1876 1941)was an A
18、merican novelist and short story writer.He had a great influence on Ernest Hemingway,William Faulkner,John Steinbeck,and Thomas Wolfe.About the author第20页The main ideaThe passage tells about a long neglected boy playing truant and going fishing in a nearby creek.The writer had a neighbor boy who suf
19、fered from inflammatory rheumatism and so did not have to go to school.The boy often went fishing in a nearby creek or waterworks pond.The writer hated going to school.And he was long uncared for by his mother,because his mother was busy with her work.But he strongly longed for the care and attentio
20、n from his mother.One day when he was at the school,he wanted to skip school.He then cried hard,claiming that he ached all over the body.His teacher believed him and allowed him to leave school early.After he got back home,his mother still brushed him off(打发)by simply telling her son to take a rest
21、in bed.第21页The main ideaLying in bed,feeling outcast(被忽略),the boy was lost in wild and fanciful thoughts.He even imagined himself drowning in the pool at which he was fishing.Feeling bored out of his mind(百无聊赖),he went fishing.Luckily,he caught a big carp and took it home.His mother at last took tim
22、e to help him.She got a washtub and filled it with water.She put the fish in it.Their neighbors came to see the fish.This success made the boy very happy.He finally managed to catch his mothers momentary attention.But unfortunately his lie was exposed by his father.He had met the teacher who let the
23、 boy stay away from school earlier because he said that he was ill.第22页Possible difficult words,phrases and sentences(ll.4-6)There was a place up at the pond where in the spring the water came tumbling over the dam and formed a deep pool.池池塘塘上上有有一一块块地地方方,到到了了春春天天,水水便便哗哗哗哗地地流流过过大大坝坝,形形成成了了一一个个沈沈水池。水池
24、。(译译)池池塘塘那那边边有有个个地地方方,春春季季里里清清水水倾倾泻泻过过大大坝坝,形形成成一一个个深深深深水水潭。潭。第23页Possible difficult words,phrases and sentences(ll.85-86)She was making for the Wyatt house as hard as she could runhard(adv.):using a lot of effort,energy,or attention 她她步步履履艰艰难难地地跑跑向向瓦瓦特特家家(译译)她她尽尽一一切切努努力力朝朝怀亚特怀亚特家奔去家奔去第24页Possible difficult words,phrases and sentences(l.118)and then I made a break that spoiled my day.make a break:to change a course of action that you have had for a long time 这这时时,我我一一个个不不智智之之举举把一天都搞砸了。把一天都搞砸了。(译译)然然后后我我出出了了岔岔子子,这毁了我一整天。这毁了我一整天。第25页