综合教程V-1讲义.doc

综合教程5-1 An Integrated English Course (5) Teaching Plan
Unit 1: The Fourth of July
I.Aim:
1.To know the writing technique of a narrative.
2.To be acquainted with some literary terms
3.To learn to use words to describe disasters and violence
4.To appreciate the language features
5.To learn to write a story about disasters.
II. Teaching Contents
1.The literary style
2. Detailed study of the text
3. Organizational pattern
4. Language features
5. Exercises
III. Time allocation
1. The literary style (narration) (15 min.)
2. Detailed study of the text (120 min.)
3. Structure analysis (15 min.)
4. Language appreciation (15 min.)
5. Exercises (15 min)
IV. Students’ tasks:
1. Talk about the 4th of July, the National Holiday of the US.
2. Get information about Washington D.C., what does the name signify?
3. What do you know about the Declaration of Independence? Go to the Internet and find more information about it.
4.Ask students to discuss the questions in groups, then each group sends one person to give the answers of these question
(1) What do you think of the title and the content of the text?
(2) What is the writer's purpose?
Paragraph 1
(1) When and where did the writer's family go for a visit?
(2) Why did the family go on a Fourth of July trip?
Paragraphs 2-6
(1) Why had the family always gone on the milk train when they used to go to the Connecticut shore?
(2) Why did the writer say that her first trip to Washington D.C. was a mobile feast?
(3) Give a list of the different foods the writer's mother had prepared and packed
(4) Why did the writer's mother prepare a variety of foods for the trip?
(5) Why had the writer's elder sister been prevented from going to Washington D.C. with her high school classmates?
Paragraphs 7-17
(1) Why did the writer spend the whole next day after Mass squinting up at the Lincoln Memorial? And why had Marian Anderson sung at the Lincoln Memorial after the D.A.R. refused to allow her to sing in their auditorium because she was Black?
(2) Why was the writer squinting?
(3) Why didn't the author's parents approve of sunglasses? Was it just because they were too expensive?
(4) Do you find some symbolic meaning in Paragraph 11?
(5) Why did the writer's father decree颁布 another treat?
(6) What was it that the waitress at the ice-cream counter was saying to the family?
(7) How did the family feel when they marched out of the store?
(8) What was the writer's strong feeling?
Paragraphs 18-19
(1) How did the writer's parents and her two sisters respond to the unfair treatment afterwards?
(2) How did the writer feel after the injustice?

IV. Structure of the text:
1.para 1: background of the story, introduction of characters, place, time
2.para 2-6: necessary preparations for the trip to Washington D.C.
3.para 7-17: the injustice they are treated, discrimination
4.para 18-19: conclusion
V. Detailed study of the text:
Text Explanations:
This is a piece of narrative writing in which the first-person narration is employed. The whole text may be divided into four main parts. The first paragraph, which is the beginning part, provides the background of the story, introducing the main characters, the place and time of the major event narrated in the story. The second part, which consists of Paragraphs 2-6, tells us all the necessary preparations, especially the different kinds of food the writer's mother had prepared for their Washington trip. Also this part briefly relates two examples of racial discrimination and segregation. The third part, which comprises Paragraphs 7-17, is the most important section of the narrative text. This part concentrates on the major event of the text -- the injustice with which the writer and her family members had been treated. Included in this part are also some of the writer's visits and her psychological activities.
The title and the textual content bring out the satirical /s[’tirikEl/ effect prominently(conspicuously)显著地. As is known to all, the 4th of July is kept as a national holiday on which the American people commemorate and celebrate their winning of freedom and independence. But on this very day, the writer and her family were treated unfairly and unjustly when they entered an ice-cream store, ordered a dish of vanilla /vE5nilE/ 香草 ice cream and got ready to enjoy it. They were not allowed to eat it inside. Besides this major event, the text offers other examples to illustrate the ubiquitous /ju:5bikwitEs/普遍存在的 existence of the white domination or racial discrimination in the USA at that time.
Here are two questions for discussion:
( 1 ) What do you think of the title and the content of the text?
The title and the content create a satirical effect. As we all know, the 4th of July is kept as a national holiday on which the American people commemorate and celebrate their winning of freedom and independence. But on this very day, the writer and her family were treated badly and unjustly in the capital of the country when they entered an ice-cream store, ordered a dish of vanilla ice cream and got ready to enjoy it. They were not allowed to eat it inside.
(2) What is the writer's purpose?
The writer intends to lay bare or bring to light the white domination or racial discrimination and segregation by vivid specific examples, and consequently to convey her fury and indignation. 愤怒
Paragraph 1 ANALYSIS
The first paragraph presents the background information, which tells us the circumstances under which the author's family were going to take the Washington trip and why.
The following two questions may be used for discussion:
(1) When and where did the writer's family go for a visit?
The writer's family went to Washington D.C. at the beginning of the summer when the writer graduated from the eighth grade and her elder sister from high school.
(2) Why did the family go on a Fourth of July trip?
The family went on a Fourth of July trip for two reasons. The main reason was that the writer and her sister had just graduated from school and the trip was taken as an event to mark their graduation and regarded as their graduation present. The other reason was that the Fourth of July is the National Day in the USA, the day on which America won independence and freedom. As a way of celebration, most Americans will take trips to various places.
LANGUAGE WORK
(1). The Fourth of July: This day is kept as a national holiday in the United States of America, because the Declaration of Independence asserting （state or express positively） the sovereign /5sRvrin/完全的independence of the former British colonies was adopted on the fourth of July, 1776.
1. edge: A dividing line; a border:边界分界线；边界：a house on the edge of town.
城镇边界的房屋 See: border
A point of transition:转折点：on the edge of war.在开战的边缘
2. suppose vt. assume, believe, accept as true; pretend that sth. is true; take sth. as a fact
I don't suppose for a minute that he will agree.
Everyone supposes him to be poor, but he is in fact very wealthy.
Suppose that you had a million pounds -- How would you spend it?

be supposed to do sth.: be expected or required to do sth.
Am I supposed to clean all the rooms or just this one?
You are supposed to pay the bill by Friday.
You are not supposed to play football in the classroom.
Students are not supposed to whisper or talk while the teacher is lecturing.
2+. a 4th of July trip to: a trip to … on the 4th of July
a May Day trip to JinGan Mountain
3. Fabled: adj. well-know, legendary (satirical)
n. A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like human beings. 寓言
v. To recount as if true.煞有介事的讲述To compose fables.虚构创作虚构的故事
There are some fabled cities in that small country.
The scientist went to investigate about the fabled fish in Lake Kanas.
The deserted house is fabled to have been inhabited by ghosts.

Paragraphs 2-6
ANALYSIS
This part mainly tells the readers the preparations made for the trip, in particular, the large amount and variety of food the author's mother had prepared for the family, which actually turned their first trip on a passenger train to Washington into a real mobile feast. Part of the reason for doing so was that her mother knew only too well that it would be an unpleasant experience if they should go to eat in the dining car. A previous event was related in the 6th paragraph, revealing the reason why the author's sister Phyllis had not been able to go to Washington together with her classmates.
The following questions may be considered:
(1) Why had the family always gone on the milk train when they used to go to the Connecticut shore?
Because the milk train was cheaper. The fact that the family had always traveled on the cheap milk train implies that the family was rather poor.
(2) Why did the writer say that her first trip to Washington D.C. was a mobile feast?
Because the writer started eating as soon as they were ensconced(settled) in their seats on the train and she did not stop eating until somewhere after Philadelphia.
(3) Give a list of the different foods the writer's mother had prepared and packed.
The writer's mother had roasted two chickens and packed slices of brown bread and butter and green pepper and carrot sticks. There were iced cakes with scalloped edges, a spice bun and rock cakes, iced tea in a wrapped mayonnaise jar, sweet pickles, dill pickles, and peaches with the fuzz still on them.
(4) Why did the writer's mother prepare a variety of foods for the trip?
There were probably two reasons. On the one hand, by taking a variety of food with them on the trip, the family members could save some money, for dining car food was too expensive. On the other hand, as black people, they were not allowed to go into railroad dining cars at that time.
(5) Why had the writer's elder sister been prevented from going to Washington D.C. with her high school classmates?
Because she was black and all her classmates were white and they would be staying in a hotel which did not rent rooms to Negroes.
LANGUAGE WORK
4. milk train: a train that chiefly carries milk, usu. very early in the morning
4+. Preparations were in the air around our house before school was even over.
Preparations were being made in our house even before school was closed for the summer vacation.
in the air: in the sky; prevalent; gaining currency; not decided, indefinite广泛的；流行的
The feather floated lightly in the air.
At that time there were some rumors in the air.
Suspicion hung in the air.
Excitement was in the air.到处充满了兴奋之情
up in the air: Not yet decided; uncertain.未决定；未确定
get up in the air[美俚]暴跳如雷, 发脾气 (演员)突然忘记台词
keep sb. in the air使(某人)进退两难, 没有着落
leave in the air使悬而未决; 使暴露在外
5. Mobile feast: a meal he enjoyed very much as he was eating sth. all the way to …
feast n. an unusually large or elaborate meal; (fig.) sth. that pleases the mind or the senses with its richness or variety; a religious festival celebrated with rejoicing
The food on the table is actually a feast for eyes as well as for palate(taste).
The picture is a feast of colors.
The melody旋律 is a rare feast.
Feast today makes fast tomorrow.[谚]今日大吃大喝, 明日肚皮挨饿。
feast one's eyes on the beautiful scene饱览美景
Paraphrase: In fact, my first trip to Washington was a mobile feast.
Actually, my first trip to Washington was a wonderful or elaborate meal that we enjoyed in the chugging train.//Indeed, my first trip to Washington was like a very pleasant or very agreeable feast, because I started eating as soon as we were comfortably settled in our seats and did not stop until somewhere after Philadelphia.
6. ensconce: settle (oneself) securely or comfortably舒适地安置（自己）
She ensconced herself in an armchair.她舒适地安坐在一张扶手椅里
vt. (esp. passive) establish or settle oneself or sb. in a safe and comfortable place
At night in winter, the young couple are happily ensconced by the fire, each reading a good book.
We have ensconced ourselves in the most beautiful villa in the South of France.
As soon as he was ensconced in the sofa, he fell into a deep slumber.

7.dainty adj. (of things) small and pretty; Delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite:
娇美的，迷人的；优美的(of people) neat and delicate in build or movement; Delicious or choice.味美的，精选的See: delicate;Of refined taste; discriminating.品味高雅的；有辨别力的;Overly fastidious; squeamish.过分讲究的；挑剔的fastidious esp. about food.
The bowls are all made of dainty porcelain.
She is a dainty girl, but she is very capable.
Mrs. Smith is very dainty about food.
She collected some dainty porcelain. 她收集一些轻巧精致的瓷器。
Mr Su is a dainty eater. 苏先生是讲究饮食的人。
7+. scallop: vt. decorate with a row of curves forming an edge or pattern on pastry, etc.
They decorated the cake with scalloped edges.
His parents had scalloped his birthday cake.
(also scolloped) decorated with a series of small curves along the edges有圆齿的scalloped surface扇形表面, 扇壳饰 n. shell of this mollusk扇贝 v.
8.marigold n. any of various types of a garden plant with orange or yellow flowers (金盏花；金盏菊，万寿菊)
The garden is very beautiful with so many marigolds in full bloom.
His birthday cake was scalloped with marigolds.
spice bun: A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced and sometimes containing dried fruit. 小圆面包一种甜的或奶香料的，有时还有干果的小面包圈
rock-cake: a small currant cake with a hard rough crust 岩皮饼（一种表面粗硬的小甜饼)
mayonnaise jar: a container used to hold thick creamy sauce made of egg-yolks, oil and vinegar, used esp. on cold foods such as salads; n. a dressing made of beaten raw egg yolk, oil, lemon juice or vinegar, and seasonings.蛋黄酱,一种用生蛋黄、油、柠檬汁或醋加调味品制成的酱dish made with this
Eggnog is made with mayonnaise and hard-boiled eggs.
pickle n. food, esp. marinated浸泡 vegetables, i.e., vegetables preserved in vinegar or salt water; particular vegetables preserved this way
I like red cabbage pickle.
His hometown, Yangzhou, is famous for pickles.
dill n. a herb with scented有香味的 leaves and seeds used for flavoring pickles (莳萝,小茴香) The leaves or seeds of this plant, used as a seasoning用作调味品
dill pickle莳萝泡菜dill fruit莳萝果dillseed oil莳萝子油
fuzz n. fluff; fluffy or frizzled hair; short, fine hair that sticks up绒毛
A peach skin is covered with fuzz.
His chest is covered with fuzz.
8. bruise: To damage (plant tissue), as by abrasion or pressure: 植物损伤,碰伤（植物组织），如由于摩擦或挤压：v. cause a bruise or bruises on sth.; show the effect of a blow or knock；bruised the fruit by careless packing. 包装时不小心碰伤了水果
Peaches bruise easily.桃子很容易碰伤She bruised her knee. 她的膝盖擦伤了。

He fell and bruised his legs.
Her face was badly bruised in the crash.
Peaches bruise easily.
n. an injury caused by a blow or knock to the body or to a fruit, discoloring the skin but not breaki