unit two growing up. the doctor’s son text a unit one text a: 1. teaching aims and requirements 2....

Unit Two Growing Up

The Doctor’s Son

Text A

Unit One Text A:

1. Teaching Aims and Requirements

2. Teaching Focus

5. Abstract of the Text

4. Text organization

6. Text A: Detailed Reading

7. Summary of Text A

3.Cultual Background


A.Grasp the main idea and structure of the text.B. Master the key language points and grammatical structure in the text.C. Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme if the unit.

2. Teaching Focus

Grammar Review:

a.transitive verb & intransitive verb

1.A he survived the earthquake

B. Thousands of people were killed in the disaster, but he survived

2.A.I wrote him three-emails, but he has not replied yet.

B. I wrote him a letter telling him that I would pay him a visit ,and he replied that he would be glad to see me again.

2. Teaching Focus

b.Modal Verbs 在英语中，情态动词属于助动词。除了作简略回答

外，它们一般不能单独使用，它们必须与动词原形一起使用构成句子的谓语。不同的情态动词会有不同的意义和用法。有时，同一个情态动词在不同的语境中也会产生不同的含义。下面我们将讨论这些情态动词的用法。

情态动词的推测性用法和非推测性用法情态动词一般有两种用法：推测性用法 (epistemic

use) 和非推测性用法 (non-epistemic use) 。推测性用法是指做出推测 , 预测事物发生的可能性 ; 非推测性用法则指情态动词本身的基本含义，如 can 表示能力， may 表示许可， must 和 should表示必须和义务， need 表示需要等。例如：

2. Teaching Focus

I can swim. ( 非推测性用法 ) This can be true. ( 推测性用法 ) You may go now. ( 非推测性用法 ) He may be ill now. ( 推测性用法 ) You must finish it before lunch time. ( 非

推测性用法 ) He must be at home for he never goes ou

t at dinner time. ( 推测性用法 )

3. Cultural Background

1. “Chicken Soup for the Soul”

“Chicken Soup for the Soul” is a series of books, usually featuring a collection of short, inspirational stories and motivational essays. Many have a short, simple story about an event, a person, or an everyday miracle that exemplifies the best of the human spirit.

The 101 stories in the first book of the series were compiled by motivational speakers Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. The first book sold over 2 million copies and launched the series. There are now over 100 million copies in print and in 54 languages world-wide.

3. Cultural Background

2. Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series. They have dedicated their lives to the personal and professional growth of others.

Jack Canfield is one of America’s leading experts in the development of human potential and personal effectiveness. He is both a dynamic, entertaining speaker and a highly sought-after trainer. Jack has a wonderful ability to inform and inspire audiences towards increased levels of self-esteem and peak performance.

4. Text Organization:

Part One Paras1-2 Childhood

Part Two Paras 3-20 Teenage

Part Three Paras 21-31 An hour later

5. Abstract of the Text

Many teenagers believe that growing up is a

struggle to be independent. They want to be free

from their parents’ control and they want to be

different. Read the following text and see how a

young man struggles to stand on his own two

feet.

6. Text A : Detaied ReadingThe Doctor’s Son

Harold Eppley with Rochelle Melander

My parents moved to Vermont when I was still an infant. A soft-spoken man, my father settled quietly into his medical practice in a small town called Enosburg. Soon the local people accepted him as one of their own. Word passes quickly in small Vermont towns. They know good people when they meet them. Around town the neighbors greeted my father as “Doc Eppley.” And I soon learned that as long as I lived in Enosburg I would always be known as “Doctor Eppley’s son.” On the first day of school, my classmates crowded around me because I was the doctor’s son.“If you’re anything like your father, you’ll be a smart boy,” my first-grade teacher said.I couldn’t stop beaming.

Text A: Detailed Reading:

Somewhere in the midst of my teenage years, however, something changed. I was sixteen years old and the neighbors still called me “Doctor Eppley’s son.” They said that I was growing up to be an honorable and industrious young man, living an honest life just like my father. I groaned whenever I heard their compliments.

I wondered how I would ever fit in with my teenage friends. I hated being followed by my father’s good name. And so when strangers asked me if I was Doctor Eppley’s son, I replied emphatically, “My name is Harold. And I can manage quite well on my own.”


“Why are you acting so stubborn lately?” my father asked me one day in the midst of an argument.

“Well, Sam,” I replied, “I suppose that bothers you.”“You know it hurts me when you call me Sam,” my father shouted.“Well, it hurts me when everybody expects me to be just like you.

I don’t want to be perfect. I want to be myself.”I survived

my last years of high school until finally I turned eighteen. The next fall I enrolled in college. I chose to attend a school far from Enosburg, a place where nobody called me “Doctor Eppley’s son.”

One night at college I sat with a group of students in the dormitory as we shared stories about our lives. We began to talk about the things we hated most about our childhoods.


“That’s easy,” I said. “I couldn’t stand growing up in a town where everybody always compared me with my father.”

The girl sitting next to me frowned. “I don’t understand,” she said. “I’d be proud to have a father who’s so well respected.” Her eyes filled with tears as she continued, “I’d give anything to be called my father’s child. But I don’t know where he is. He left my mother when I was only four.”

There was an awkward silence, and then I changed the subject. I wasn’t ready to hear her words.

I returned home for winter break that year, feeling proud of myself. In four months at college, I had made a number

Words and Expressions:

of new friends. I had become popular in my own right, without my father’s help. For two weeks I enjoyed being back in Enosburg. The main topic of interest at home was my father’s new car.

“Let me take it out for a drive,” I said.My father agreed, but not without his usual warning, “Be carefu

l.”I glared at him. “Sam, I’m sick of being treated like a child. I’m i

n college now. Don’t you think I know how to drive?”I could see the hurt in my father’s face, and I remembered how

much he hated it whenever I called him “Sam.”“All right then,” he replied.I hopped into the car and headed down the road, savoring the

beauty of the Vermont countryside. My mind was wandering. At a busy intersection, I hit the car right in front of mine before I knew it.


The woman in the car jumped out screaming: “You idiot! Why didn’t you look where you were going?”I surveyed the damage. Both cars had sustained serious dents.

I sat there like a guilty child as the woman continued complaining. “It’s your fault,” she shouted. I couldn’t protest. My knees began to shake. I choked back my tears.

“Do you have insurance? Can you pay for this? Who are you?” she kept asking. “Who are you?”

I panicked and, without thinking, shouted, “I’m Doctor Eppley’s son.”

I sat there stunned. I couldn’t believe what I had just said. Almost immediately,

Words and Expressions:the woman’s frown became a smile of recognition. “I’m sorry,” she replied, “I didn’t realize who you were.” An hour later, I drove my father’s battered new car back home. With my head down and my knees still shaking, I trudged into the house. I explained what had happened. “Are you hurt?” he asked. “No,” I replied.

“Good,” he answered. Then he turned and headed toward the door. “Harold,” he said as he was leaving, “Hold your head up.”

That night was New Year’s Eve, and my family attended a small party with friends to celebrate the beginning of another year. When midnight arrived, people cheered and greeted each other. Across the room I saw my father. I stepped toward him.

My father and I rarely hug. But recalling the day’s events, I wrapped my arms around his shoulders. And I spoke his real name for the first time in years. I said, “Thank you, Dad. Happy New Year.”


settle in/into sth.:

get used to (new surroundings, etc.)

It takes a few months to settle into life at college.

NB: settle (sb.) in/into sth. 在这个短语中，动词 settle 后也可以加宾语；介词 into 和 in 可以互换，例如：

We settled the children in/into new schools when we moved to London.


Word passes quickly in small Vermont towns.

1. What can you infer from the sentence?

2. Translate the sentence into Chinese.

Towns in Vermont are small; people usually know each other and tend to share with each other what they know.

在佛蒙特州的小镇上，消息传播得很快。


beam:

1) smile brightly and happily

He beamed his approval of the new idea.

2) emit or transmit

This program is beamed to European countries at 10:00 daily.

2. n.

1) a bright and happy look or smile

The old lady opened the door with a beam.

1. v.


I groaned whenever I heard their compliments.

1. What does the sentence imply?

The boy did not agree with the neighbors’ opinions. As a teenager, he wanted to be independent and wanted his own identity.

2. Translate the sentence into Chinese.

每当我听到这些赞美，我都很不以为然地哼哼几声。


I wondered how I would ever fit in with my teenage friends.

1. Paraphrase the sentence.

I wanted to know how I would get along well with other children around me.

2. Why was it difficult for him?

Because he had a father with such a good reputation and who was so unusual and outstanding, the boy seemed different to his friends.


stubborn: adj.

determined, esp. to an unreasonable degree; with a strong will

She won’t do what I ask — she’s very stubborn.

Collocation:

as stubborn as a mule 像骡子一样顽固 ; 非常固执a stubborn resistance 顽强的抵抗a stubborn illness 顽疾a stubborn problem 棘手的问题


survive: v.

1. vt. continue to live or exist after

She survived her husband by five years.

2. vi. to remain alive or in existence

The man was very ill, but he survived.

洪水过后，生还者极少。

Few survived after the flood.

NB: 名词形式为 survival 。

Words and expressions

enroll: v.

[(as, in)] make (oneself or another person) officially a member of a group

We enrolled in the evening class.

我们吸收他为会员。

We enrolled him as a member of the society.

NB: enroll 为 American English 拼法，在 British English 中，该词拼写为 enrol ，二者对应的名词形式分别为 enrollment 和 enrolment 。


frown: vi.bring the eyebrows together in anger or effort, causing lines to appear on the forehead

He frowned as he tried to work out the sum.

The teacher frowned angrily at the noisy class.

他不同意食物里放这么多盐。

He frowned on the use of so much salt in the food.

Pattern:frown at (on, upon) 不赞成，不以为然


would give anything/a lot/the world (to do sth.):

would very much like (to do or have something)

He would give the world to make her happy.

NB: 一个类似的短语是 would give the world to know sth. 为了知道某事愿付出一切代价


awkward: adj.

1. causing difficulty or uncomfortable feelings; inconvenient or embarrassing

Aunt Lena came to visit us at an awkward time.

There was an awkward silence, when no one knew what to say.

2. not smooth or grateful; ungainly

The child is still awkward with his chopsticks.

an awkward remark 令人窘迫的评论an awkward silence 令人尴尬的沉默an awkward time 不方便的时间an awkward question 棘手问题an awkward situation 困难处境


in one’s own right:

because of a personal claim that does not depend on anyone else

She is a peeress in her own right, i.e. not merely by marriage to a peer (贵族 ).

as of right/by right 基于正当的权利stand on one’s own rights 坚持自己的权利within one’s rights 不超越自己的权利范围

Collocation:


My father agreed, but not without his usual warning.

1. What is the function of “not without” in this sentence?

It is double negation. It is for emphasis.

2. Paraphrase the sentence.

My father agreed to let me drive his car, but he warned me to be careful, as he usually did.


glare: v.

(at, on, upon) look in an angry way

gaze

glarestare

peer

CF: glare, stare, gaze & peer 这些动词都有“看，瞧”之意。

She glared at me.

指用愤恨、凶狠或含敌意的眼光死死看着某人。侧重因惊奇、好奇、粗鲁无礼等而睁大眼睛看。指出于羡慕、感兴趣、关心或惊异而长时间目不转睛地看。指眯着眼睛仔细地或略为吃力地看。


wander: vi. (in, off)

1. walk or move in a leisurely, casual or aimless way

2. move slowly from a fixed point or place

His mind is wandering.

Collocation:

wander about/over the world 漫游世界wander from the subject/point 离题wander from the path of righteousness 迷失了正途

NB:注意 wander 和 wonder 是形近词，但是意思不相同。 wonder 表示“惊讶 , 怀疑 , 想知道”。


sustain: v.

1. suffer (harm or loss)

He sustained a severe blow on the head.

sustain losses

You should eat good sustaining food, i.e. food that gives strength.

CF: back, uphold, support & sustain 这些动词均有“支持，支援，拥护”之意。

back

support

uphold

sustain

通常指对论点、行动、事业等的强有力支持。既可指积极努力支持陷入困境者，也可指在行动、道义或信仰上给某人支持。含义广泛，指在道义上或物质上支持某人，也可指对某项事业的支持。侧重指连续不断的支持。


guilty: adj.

[(of)] having broken a law or disobeyed a rule

She looked guilty as I came in.

I felt guilty about visiting her so rarely.

Collocation:

be guilty of a crime 犯罪plead guilty to a crime 认罪a guilty conscience 负罪感


choke back:

control (esp. violent or very sad feelings) as if by holding them in the throat

He tried to choke back his tears.

Collocation:

choke down 用力咽下；强抑制住，按捺住choke in 激动得说不出话来 , 紧张得发呆


panic:

1. v. (panicked, panicking) (cause to) feel sudden uncontrollable, quickly-spreading terror or anxiety

He panicked and ran as fast as he could to safety.

Pattern: panic at/over sth. panic into

2. n. a sudden, overpowering terror, often affecting many people

When the theater caught fire, there was a panic.


eve: n.

[U usu. cap.] the night or day before the stated religious day or holiday

New Year’s Eve

on the eve of

除夕

……在前夕


My father and I rarely hug. But recalling the day’s events, I wrapped my arms around his shoulders.

1. Why did the boy hug his father on the New Year’s Eve?

He realized the importance of the union between him and his father. He regretted for being so ignorant before. 2. What is a father’s real

name?

A child should call his or her father “Dad” instead of his first name.


1.compare with:

Ⅰ.Important Vocabularies For Drill

1. The poet his lover a rose in his poems.2. Her actions sharply her promises.3. If you her work his, you’ll find hers is much

better.4. Scientists sometimes the human brain a

computer.

_________ ______________ _____

_____________

____________

1. The old lady through her spectacles at the contract.2. He didn’t shout or swear, but just silently at me.3. The child at the toys in the shop window.4. He at the word trying to remember what it meant.5. He furiously at me when I contradicted him.

2.Glare stare gaze peer________

____________

_____________


Ⅰ.Important Vocabularies For Drill

1. The book’s weakness is the author’s inability to an argument.

2. You must the argument with facts.3. She her husband with the money she earns from

teaching. 4. The judge the lower court’s decision.

________

______

_________

_______

3.sustain,uphold ,support, back

1. There is enough food. 2. I eat in restaurants. 3. They had time to catch the plane. 4. I could hear the speaker.

4.scarcely, barely, rarely, hardly

_______________

_____________


Ⅱ.Exercises for Important Grammatical Points1.The fire spread through the hotel very quickly but everyone ____ get out.

A.had to B.would C.could D.was able to

2.--Excuse me,but I want to use your computer to type a report. --You ____ have my computer if you don't take care of it. A.shan't B.might not C.needn't D.shouldn't

3.--What's the name? --Khulaifi.____ I spell that for you? A.Shall B.Would C.Can D.Might

4.--I think I will give Bob a ring.

--You ____.You haven't been in touch with him for ages. A.will B.may C.have to D.should


Ⅱ.Important Grammatical Points5.--May I smoke here? --If you ____,choose a seat in the smoking section.

A.should B.could C.may D.must

6.The manager ___________________( 可能会告诉他 )the truth thus afternoon


Keys1 D could 是能出去 was able to 代表确实完成了这事

2 A

3 AShall 的意思就是要我拼给你么，表示委婉

4 D should 你确实应该了，你们都好久没见了。 C 太强硬

5 D must 如果你一定要抽的话

6 may tell him 如果是过去是的话 might 这里表示可能，不表示应该

unit two growing up. the doctor’s son text a unit one text a: 1. teaching aims and requirements 2....

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text organization

following text

summary of text

cultual background slide

doctors son text

soul series

teaching aims

series of reading