new horizon college english unit 6 : section a the widow

New Horizon College English

Unit 6 : Section AUnit 6 : Section A

The Widow

Part IV: Topic-related Further Learning

Part III: Exercises

Part I: Pre-reading Activities

Warm-up ExercisesBackground Information

Vocabulary

Part II: Text Learning

Text Analysis:A: Main Ideas

Language Points

Some Recommended Books, Passages and Websites.

B: Devices of Developing the Text

Structure

Translation

Essay Summary

Text Structure Analysis

Structured Writing

Pre-reading

A woman alone writes some painful lines in a notebook. To understand why the lines are painful, we go back in time to a strange event that happened on her wedding day. A strange woman gave the couple a message about their marriage. Every year, the husband and wife discussed their unique wedding guest. The wife thought she had come from heaven; the husband thought she had the wrong shape for someone from heaven. (to be continued)

Warm-up Exercises

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Pre-reading Activities

One night, he wrote his wife a note. He wrote that it did not matter where their guest had come from. What mattered was that the word gift she had given them was true. Now that her husband has died, the woman finds the painful lines in the book remind her of him.

Warm-up Exercises

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Pre-reading Activities

• QuestionsWhy is the woman in the story in pain?

Warm-up Exercises

Because her husband has died, the woman finds the painful lines in the book remind her of him.

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Elizabeth Jolly

Elizabeth Jolly is a famous Australian fiction writer. Born in England in 1923, Jolly moved to Australia in 1959 with her husband and three children. She had trained as a nurse in England and nursed there and in Australia before starting her writing career in 1964. Her body of work includes 26 books: short stories, radio plays, collections and 12 novels in print since 1980. Jolly has won many writing awards, two of them for Cabin Fever, her tenth fiction book. She is known for her peculiar people in funny situations.

Background Information

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Cabin Fever

“Cabin Fever” continues the events of her previous book, “My Father’s Moon”, but different voice and 40 years later. The story is presented in bits and pieces as a successful woman psychologist recalls her war experiences and postwar hard times. The book is not a complete story but only certain memories that help the woman make sense of all the pain, trouble, loss and sad times in her life. The book describes the culture of the late 1940s.

Background Information

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Main Idea

• Part I Para.1 – Para. 2

• Part II Para. 3 – Para. 15

• Part III Para.16 – Para. 19

Text Analysis

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Main Idea

Main Idea of Part I

The quotation of the widow stored in a

notebook reminds her of the painful

memory of losing her husband.

Text Analysis

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Main Idea

Main Idea of Part II

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.

Text Analysis

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Main Idea

Main Idea of Part III

The message her husband left her showed that their aunt’s prophecy had come true --- they work hard and love each other and that was why the widow stored the painful quotation.

Text Analysis

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Devices of Developing the Text

• Part I Quotation From Elizabeth Jolly’s “Cabin Fever”

Text Analysis

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• Part II Flashback Start with the widow’s wedding ceremony

Text Analysis

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• Part III Flashback Back gradually to the painful quotation

Text Analysis

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Reading ComprehensionAnswer the following questions.

1. In the first paragraph which word tells you that the husband has died?

Text Analysis

Widow.

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2. Why is the quotation from Elizabeth Jolly so painful for the widow?

Because it is the exact description of her real feelings at the moment.

Text Analysis

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She was short-sighted and could not see things clearly

without glasses.

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3. What does the last sentence of the third paragraph

suggest about the woman?

Text Analysis

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We know that their colleagues and old schoolmates were happy about the marriage, but their relatives and mothers were “crying” or “offering pity” or “would have insisted they wanted only the best for their children.”

Text Analysis

4. From the paragraph 4 what do we know that attitudes of the couple’s colleges, old schoolmates, relatives and even their mothers towards their marriage?

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He means the couple’s life together was very happy because

whenever they could, the couple helped each other and showed concern for each other.

Text Analysis

5. What does the writer mean by saying “both acted to fill their needs as time and opportunity allowed” (Paragraph 13)?

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Worn, fading, kept for so long.

Text Analysis

1. 6. What words in Paragraph 17 tell us that the husband wrote the message many years ago?

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No, he was still in doubt bout Aunt Esther’s identity. This is shown by the phrase in his message, “whether she came from heaven or a nearby town”.

Text Analysis

7. Did the husband finally agree with the wife that Aunt Esther Gubbins was on some heavenly mission? Why?

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8. In what sense was Aunt Esther Gubbins right?

So long as the wife and husband work hard and love each other, they will live a good life and be happy.

Text Analysis

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Text Structure Analysis

Order of Time Sequence

Text Analysis

Time signals:

1. first, second, after that, now, next, then, finally, the next evening, the following day, etc.

2. tenses, such as used to, etc.

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Alone now, the widow reads considerably. She used to underline favorite passages to share with her husband. Now, in a notebook, she stores quotations like this one from Elizabeth Jolly’s Cabin Fever: “I experience again the deep-felt wish to be part of a married couple, to sit by the fire in winter with the man who is my husband. So intense is this wish that if I write the word husband on a piece of paper, my eyes fill with tears.”

These words are important in the sense that help us make changes from one event to the next and they help make united and easy-to-follow writing.

Text Analysis

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1. She used to underline favorite passages to share with her husband. (Para.1)

Share with: give a part of something to somebody else 分享

Language Points

When the flood destroyed our house, our neighbors shared their house and food with us. 邻居们让我们住到他们的房子里，并在他们家吃饭。

Farmers often share their crops with each other.农民们常常分享各自的收获的东西。

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2. I experience again the deep-felt wish to be part of a married couple , to sit by the fire in winter with a man who is my husband. (Para.1) part of: one of the pieces, sections or segments that something is made of 一部分、一份

Language points

She lived there for the greater part of her life. 她一生有大部分时间都住在那里。

Respect is a very important part of any relationship. 相互尊重是人际关系中的一个重要方面。

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3 ． So intense this wish that if I write the word husband on a

piece of paper, my eyes fill with tears. (Para. 1)

fill with: (cause to )become full of 充满

Language Points

Mother filled my plate with food.妈妈给我盘子里盛满了食物

This city is filled with smog because of the serious air pollution. 由于严重的空气污染，这座城市雾气弥漫。

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4 ．…… they define “the best” as staying home to support the family. (Para.4)

define … as …: state the meaning of sth. such as a word as being sth. 界定，定义为

Language Points

It’s wrong to define “happiness ” as “owing lots of money”. 把幸福界定为拥有许多钱是错误的。

People prefer to define the family as a kind of shelter where all the members stay together sharing both happiness and difficulties of life. 人们更愿意把家定义为供家人同甘共苦的避风港。

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5 ． Had he come to the wrong church or at the wrong time, mistaking them for another couple? (Para.11)

mistake for: think wrongly that sb. / sth. is sb. /sth. else 误当作

Language Points

You and your sister look so similar, I often mistake you for her.

你和你姐姐长得太像了，我经常误把你当成她。

Sometimes even her husband can mistake her for her twin sister.有时甚至她丈夫都会把她误当成她的孪生姐姐。

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6 ． Both acted to fill their needs as time and opportunity allowed. (Para. 13)

fill one’s need: satisfy one’s need 满足需要

Language Points

He is the only child in this family, so the parents are trying their best to fill his need. 他是家里的独生子，所以父母想方设法满足他的需要。

The manager of this company asks the employees to offer good service and try to fill the customers’ need. 公司经理要求员工提供优质服务，满足顾客需求。

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7 ．…… they bring up their curiosity…… (Para. 15)

bring up: mention or introduce ( a subject) 提起

Language Points

There is no need to bring up his past when we are considering him for employment. 我们考虑他的工作时，没有必要再提他的过去。

Who brought up the subject of money? 是谁提起钱这个话题的？

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8 ． Widowed now, the wife wonders what she would save from their old home if it were to catch fire. (Para. 16)

save from: keep sth. from (danger, being destroyed, etc.);

make safe from danger or being destroyed 、保留、抢救、使免于

Language Points

The thing to be happy about is that their wedding album was saved from the fire. 值得庆幸的是，他们的结婚像册没有被火烧毁。

Fortunately, all the military materials were saved from the drought. 幸运的是，所有的军需物资没被洪水淹没。

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Direction: Fill in each of the blanks with the words given below. Change the form if necessary.

Exercises — Vocabulary

cheerful underline considerable depart

responsibility restrain anniversary curiosity

regarding mission nearby surround

1. When I came across some favorite passages in rea1. When I came across some favorite passages in reading, I usually ____ them and try to leading, I usually ____ them and try to learn them by heart. rn them by heart.

underlineunderline

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112. ---Do you know the old couple are having a wedding again?

---You are kidding?

---No, I’m not. They are having the fiftieth ________ of their

wedding.

---Oh, I see. You mean a golden wedding.

Exercises--- Vocabulary

anniversaryanniversary

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3. A letter _____ the boy’s behavior was sent to his father.3. A letter _____ the boy’s behavior was sent to his father.regardingregarding

4. The boy had a strong _____ to know what was in the letter 4. The boy had a strong _____ to know what was in the letter

sent to his father. sent to his father.

curiositycuriosity

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5. The curiosity to know what was in the letter was so strong that t5. The curiosity to know what was in the letter was so strong that the boy could not ______ himself from opening it.he boy could not ______ himself from opening it.restrainrestrain

6. The thief tried to run away but gave up when he found himself _________.surroundedsurrounded

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7. You’d better take the gloves with you. It’s _____ colder than yesterday.

considerablyconsiderably

8. Parents should take full _______ for their children’s

actions.

Responsibility Responsibility

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Fill in each of the blanks in the following sentences with a suitable preposition or adverb.




1. Sandy’s parents would go crazy if she told them that she would not share her secrets _______ them.withwith

2. You can define the word “difficult” _____ “not easy” if you

like.

asas

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3.Teach a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will

not depart ____ it.fromfrom

4. It’s painful to mistake kindness ____ love. forfor

5. The sick woman scanned the doctor’s face ____ a sign of hope before leaving the office.

forfor

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Fill in each of the blanks in the following sentences with a suitable preposition or adverb.Fill in each of the blanks in the following sentences with a suitable preposition or adverb.


6. Autumn could not restrain herself ____ telling Sandy about her

boyfriend Jackson.

fromfrom

7. The city has a big problem: how can it save these fine old

buildings ____ being destroyed?fromfrom

8. I’m sorry, I wasn’t listening, I was thinking _____ something

else.

about/ofabout/of

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1. I don’t know who he is. I don’t want to see him anyway.

Whoever he is, I don’t want to see him.

Exercises — Structure

Rewrite the following sentences, using whoever.

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2. We don’t know who owned the business. The business would be a success anyway.The business would be a success, whoever owned it. Or: whoever owned it, the business would be a success.

3. I don’t know who has broken the window. I’ll take him to his parents anyway.

Whoever has broken the window, I’ll take him to his parents.

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4. I don’t know who else objects. I will not object anyway.

Whoever else objects, I won’t.

5. I don’t know who else goes hungry. I will not go hungry anyway.

Whoever else goes hungry, I won’t.


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Rewrite the following sentences, using do, does or did.

1. My colleagues and old schoolmates really feel happy for me when I told them I had a chance to go and study in London University.My colleagues and old schoolmates did feel happy for me when I told them I had a chance to go and study in London University.

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3. She really went next door to help Mrs. Norton with her sick children.

She did go next door to help Mrs. Norton with her sick children.

2. Bill really has some problem with his math class.

Bill does have some problem with his math class.

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5. In the picture the bride and groom really felt shy before crowds of relatives and friends.

In the picture the bride and groom did feel shy before crowds of relatives and friends.

4. These words really convey her feelings at the moment.

These words do convey her feelings at the moment.

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Exercises — Translation

1.1. 有了他父亲给的钱，他就能在附近的镇上有了他父亲给的钱，他就能在附近的镇上买栋房子了。买栋房子了。

with the money from with the money from his father/given by his his father/given by his father father

With the money given by his father ， he could afford a house in the town nearby.(Or …. he could afford to buy a house in the town nearby.)

affordafford

in the town in the town nearbynearby

Translate the following sentences into English.

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2. 2. 那位年轻女士太激动，以致情不自禁地那位年轻女士太激动，以致情不自禁地提起了婚姻话题。提起了婚姻话题。 so excited thatso excited that

The young lady was so exact hat she could not restrain herself from bringing up the subject of marriage. Or: … that she could not help bringing up the subject of marriage.

subject of subject of marriage marriage

bring up could not restrain herself could not restrain herself from/could not helpfrom/could not help

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3. 3. 恐怕你今天见不到他了，一小时前，他刚恐怕你今天见不到他了，一小时前，他刚被派去执行一项重要任务了。被派去执行一项重要任务了。

I’m afraid you can’t see him today because he was sent on an important mission just an hour ago.

on an important mission on an important mission I’m afraidI’m afraid

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4. 4. 她年轻时，常常在笔记本里记下一些摘引她年轻时，常常在笔记本里记下一些摘引自诗歌的内容。自诗歌的内容。 store

When she was young ， she used to store quotations from poems in a notebook.

quotations quotations from poems from poems

used to

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5. 5. 不管他们是谁，他们都得对这次事故不管他们是谁，他们都得对这次事故负责任。负责任。 whoever they are whoever they are

Whoever they are ， they should take the responsibility for the accident/they should be responsible for the accident.

take the take the

responsibility forresponsibility for

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Exercises — Essay Summary

Carefully read the following sentences and circle one answer from each pair that is the correct or best one.

Alone, a widow writes a painful quotation in a notebook. To understand her pain, we see a picture in her wedding album and hear about a strange event that happened at her wedding. A strange woman had told the couple she was here to tell them they were going to live a good life and be happy, that they would work hard and love each other. Every year around their anniversary, the husband and wife discussed their unique wedding guest..

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Exercises — Essay Summary

Carefully read the following sentences and circle one answer from each pair that is the correct or best one.

The wife thought she was on a heavenly mission, the husband thought she too portly for heaven. But one night, he wrote his wife a note telling her why it did not matter whether their guest had come from heaven or a nearby town. What matters was that the word gift she had given to them was true. Now he has died, the wife misses him so much that is painful for her even to read the lines she wrote in her notebook.

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Exercises — Structured Writing

Subject My brother is always in a hurry Outline ～ every morning/ before he is up / complain / late for class ～ then / in a minute / dash into the washroom / not close the door ～ finally / take his bread / kiss my mother / take his schoolbag / disappear

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Exercises — Structured Writing

My brother is always in a hurry as if he had only a short time to live. Every morning, before he is hardly up, he complains, “Oh, dear, I’m late for class!” Then in a minute, we hear him dash into the washroom, not taking time to bang the door closed. Finally, taking a piece of bread in his hand, he kisses my mother quickly, picks up his schoolbag, and disappears from the door just like a wind.

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Websitehttp://www.middlemiss.org/lit/authors/jollyee/jolleye.html

Passages• “The Obligations and Responsibilities of Marriage”• “Love Story”• “The Trashman”

Further Reading

Novels --- “Jane Eyre”--- “Pride and Prejudice”

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new horizon college english unit 6 : section a the widow

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