Unit 5

Romance

What’s love?

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Is that …

Fortune/money

High degree

Big house

Love affair

Absolutely, NO!

When people select their partners, they inevitably assess the candidates by certain criteria, such as …

However…

Warm-up

What do you think is/are the most

important quality/qualities that y

our ideal partner should have?

intelligent

witty

rich

ambitious

a good listener

dependable/ reliable

good-looking

Do you think it wise to develop

friendship or even love with a

pen pal or a key pal? Why or why

not?

Would you like to have a

blind date?

Blind Date

Strange man and woman are introduced to meet for the first time

Text organization

Parts Paragraphs Main ideas

Part 1 Paras____

Part 2 Paras____

Part 3 Paras____

Part 4 Paras____

1

2--6

7--15

John Blanchard was expecting someone at Grand Central Station.

How John Blanchard had fallen in love with Miss Maynell.

Miss Maynell put Blanchard to a test.

16-17 It was wise of Miss Maynell to give such a test.

• What do you think is the reason that John Blanchard came to the Grand Central Station?

• Who do you think he was waiting for?

• Why did he straighten his uniform?

Part I

Part II• How had Blanchard and Miss Maynell come

to know each other?

• What had kept Blanchard from meeting her?

• Why did Miss Maynell refuse to send Blanchard a photograph?

• How would Blanchard recognize Miss

Maynell at their first meeting?

• What did Miss Maynell want to find out through the test?

• How do you understand Houssaye’s remark “tell me whom you love, and I will tell you who you are”?

Part IV

Language PointsLanguage Points

Language Points

• make one’s way (to/towards): go

Early in the morning the hunter made his way into the woods.

• reflect: be a sign of, show

Does this letter reflect how you really think?

这封信是否表达了你真实的想法？

Her work reflects intelligence.

她的工作显示出她的智慧。

• reflect on: to form or express carefully considered thoughts about

He reflects on his country's place in history.

• locate: find the exact position of

locate Albany on the map

We located the shops and the post office as soon as we moved into the town.

• bud: to develop or grow from or as if from a bud

Trees are budding to welcome the spring season.

• haunt: to come to mind continually; obsess:

a riddle that haunted me all morning

The murderer was constantly haunted by the face of the man he killed.

• take a chance (on sth.): attempt to do sth. in spite of the possibility of failure; take a risk

You take a chance on the weather if you spend your holiday in the UK.

We can’t take a chance. We must be 100% sure.

I haven’t booked a ticket. I’m taking a chance on the theater not being full.

• disgust: cause a strong and often sick feeling of dislike

The bad fish had a disgusting smell.

We're all disgusted at the way her husband has treated her.

• schedule: 1) arrange for sth. to happen or to be done at a particular time (usu. used in the following patterns: be scheduled to do sth., be scheduled for sth.)

Chinese astronauts are scheduled to travel to outer space in the next few years.

A fireworks display is scheduled for New Year’s Eve.

2) a list or statement of things to be done, dealt with, etc.

The school’s schedule is made up of 12 weeks of classroom instruction and 12 weeks of paid work experience.

• go one’s way: go in sb.’s direction

I’m going your way. May I give you a ride?

I wasn’t sure whether he was going my way or not, so I decided to go home by myself.

• more than a little: very

To be frank with you, he is more than a little stupid.

• If you tell your father what you’ve done, he’ll be more than a little angry.

• Cf. not a little: much, a lot of

It has given me not a little anxiety.

• identify: recognize or say who or what sb. or sth. is

Dead bodies in the plane crash were identifi

ed by dental records.

The visiting scholar spoke English with such a perfect accent that it was hard to identify his origin.

Under such conditions, we can identify body A with body B.

identify (oneself) with sb./sth.

identity card (abbr. ID card)

Figures of Speech

similesimile ( 明喻 ) a comparison of one thing to a

nother, using the words “like” or “as”.

• He is as brave as a lion.

• Life is like a box of chocolates.

• Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream.

metaphor (metaphor ( 暗喻暗喻 ))a suggested/ implied but not state

d comparison of one thing to another, but not expressed with the word “like” or “as”.

• He has a heart of stone.

• All the world is a stage, and all the men and women are merely players.

• Her husband is a walking wallet that will pay for whatever she likes.

Examples in the textExamples in the text ♡ Her eyes were blue as flowers. (L35) (simile)

♡ Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. (L15) (metaphor)

other examples from the text?

The End