a good heart to lean on in-class reading. pre-reading task: post-reading e3 p10

A Good Heart to Lean on

In-Class Reading

Pre-reading task:

Post-reading E3 P10

Post-reading E3 P10

1. The son was embarrassed to be seen with his father because_________.

A. His father was shorter than heB. His father was too heavyC. His father was crippledD. He thought his father was too quiet

C. Para 1 Line 1-2-4

Post-reading E3 P10

2.The sentence “You set the pace. I will try to adjust to you.” in paragraph 2 means ______.

A. the son decide on the speed and the father will try to walk at the same speed

B. the son walk first and the father will try to follow him

C. the son stops so that the father can try to change the way he walks

D. the son decides which way to go and the father will try to go that way.

A. Para 2

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3. The father took pride in _______.

A. having a job in Manhattan

B. Having his children help him to go to work

C. Being able to get to work in bad weather

D. Doing a better job than other people in his office

C. Para 3

Post-reading E3 P10

4. The father _______.

A. walked from Brooklyn to Manhattan to work

B. lived in Brooklyn and worked in Manhattan

C. worked in a basement office in Manhattan

D. worked for a subway company in Manhattan

B para 4

* “In Manhattan the subway station was the basement of his office building”

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5. We may conclude from Paragraph 5 that a grown man _________.

A. is always under stress

B. always suffers from indignity

C. often complains about his misfortune

D. would find it hard to behave like the father

D

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6. The word “owner” (l. 27, para. 6) refers to _______.

A. A person with a good heart

B. A more fortunate or able person

C. The father himself

D. A person who knows what a good heart is

A

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7. Which of the following is true according to the passage? (para 8)

A. The father once played baseball for the local baseball team.

B. The father once helped to manage the local baseball team.

C. The father had helped the Brooklyn Dodgers.D. The father had to sit for a while after dancing.

B para 8 L2

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8. The sentence “I’ll fight anyone who will sit down with me!” (para. 9) is closest in meaning to ________.

A. “Nobody should sit down, or I’ll fight him!”B. “Stop fighting! Everyone should sit down.”C. “I’d like to fight somebody, but we will sit down

to fight.”D. “Everyone should sit down and fight me!”

C

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9. After the son joined the Navy, ________. (para 11)

A. He made it a rule to visit his father’s office every time he came home.

B. His father went with him on holidays

C. His father started to introduce his son to his co-workers

D. His father would like his son to visit his office every time he came home.

D. Para 11 “he saw to it that…”

Post-reading E3 P10

10. When the narrator says “I’m sorry I never told him how sorry I was”, he means that ________.

A. “I regret that I never apologized to my father before he died”

B. “I regret I never really understood what sorry means”C. “I apologized to my father for my reluctance to walk

with him”D. “I apologized to my father for the lack of a good heart”

A para 12 L 2-3

Text StudyUnderstanding the key words and a

few language points

Key words:

• Para 1-2 physical condition

• Para 3-4 strong will

• Para 5-7 “good heart”

• Para 8-11 He participated.

• Para 12-13 Dad’s gone.

Exercises:

Vocabulary & Translation

Para 1-2 physical condition

He was severely crippled and very short, and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare. (para 1, L1-3)

It was difficult to coordinate our steps—his halting, mine impatient—and because of that, we didn’t say much as we went along. (para 2, L1-2)

A. His hand was on my arm for balanceB. He was severely crippled and very short, and when

we would walk together, ( ) , people would stare.

A+B= He was severely crippled and very short, and when

we would walk together, (His hand was on my arm for balance) , people would stare.

He was severely crippled and very short, and when

we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare.

It was difficult to coordinate our steps—his halting, mine impatient—and because of that, we didn’t say much as we went along.

His steps were halting, and my steps were impatient.

His steps being halting, mine being impatient. His halting, mine impatient

• You set the pace, and I’ll try to adjust to you.

Pace: speed

Adjust to: change slightly ..

Adjust to the changes of temperature / darkness / … (?)

Para 3-4 strong will

Work sick Make it to (the office/…) A matter of (pride/…)

Para 5-7 “good heart”

Subject himself to such indignity and stress

Subject as a noun: a review president's own views on the subject of Health Care Reform

Surprisingly, mathematics was voted their favorite subject.

Subjects in the study were asked to follow a modified diet.

In `My cat keeps catching birds', `my cat' is the subject.

Subject as a verb:

subject someone to something unpleasant: make them experience it

e.g.Innocent civilians are being arrested and

subjected to inhumane treatment.

back

Para 8-11 He participated.

Unable to engage in many activities, my father still tried to participate in some way.

Engage as a verb: I have never engaged in the drug trade. They never learned skills to engage the attention

of the others. He had been able to engage some staff. Jack and Anne are engaged.

Para 12-13 Dad’s gone

Be gone

1. go away / vanish

2. be dead

Exercises:

Vocabulary & Translation