Unit5 三封感恩信

UNIT5WRITINGTHREETHANK-YOULETTERSAlexHaleyALEXHALEY(1921—1992)Americanbiographer,scriptwriter,andauthorbecamefamouswiththepublicationofthenovelRoots:TheSagaofanAmericanFamily,whichtraceshisancestrybacktoAfricaandcovers7AmericangenerationsastheyaretakenslavestotheU.S.THANKSGIVINGHISTORYSecondmostimportantholidayintheU.S.,celebratedinonthefourthThursdayinNovember.associatedwiththetimewhenEuropeansfirstcametoNorthAmerica.In1620theshiptheMayflowerarrived,bringingabout102peoplewhotodayareusuallycalledPilgrims.THANKSGIVINGCELEBRATIONS•Thanksgivingdinner•Turkey,stuffing,mashedpotatoeswithgravy,sweetpotatoes,cranberrysauce,sweetcorn,variousfallvegetables(mainlyvariouskindsofsquashes),andpumpkinpieTHANKSGIVINGGivingthanksSayinggrace(谢恩祈祷)beforecarvingaturkeyatThanksgivingdinner,Pennsylvania,U.S.,1942THANKSGIVINGCELEBRATIONS•Vacationandtravel:•ThanksgivingBreakThursday-Sunday•Parades•Macy'sThanksgivingDayParadeinNYC•“NationalThanksgivingTurkeyPresentation”and“PresidentialPardoning”•FootballandothersportsMAINIDEABywritingthree“thankyou”letters,theauthorrealizesthathumanbeingslongforotherpeople’sappreciationfortheirefforts.Therefore,heencouragespeopleto“findthegood---andpraiseit”.TEXTSTRUCTUREPartTwo(Paras10-16)PartThree(Paras17-23)PartFour(Paras24-26)PartOne(Paras1-9)LettersofGiving-ThanksCorrespon-dentsLetterssent(paras13-15)Lettersreceived(paras21-23)FatherTheRev.NelsonGrand-motherThankhimforteachingthewriterfromboyhoodtolovebooksandreading.ThankhimforhismorningschoolprayersThankhimforteachingthewriterhowtotellthetruth,toshare,tobeforgiving…Tellshissonhowhe,asateacherandfather,feltcontentwithhim.Abouthisretirementwithself-doubt,andthereassurancetheletterbroughttohim.ExpressesherlovinggratefulnessforhergrandsonGROUPDISCUSSION1.ThanksgivingwasoriginallyareligiousobservancetogivethankstoGod.Doyouthinkthewaythewritercelebratedtheholidaymakessense?Givereasons.2.Ifyouneedtoextendyourappreciation,whowouldyouliketothank?Why?Howwouldyouexpressyourgratitude?(Becreative)3.Whydoweneedto“Findthegoodandpraiseit”?Doyoupraiseothersmoreoftenthancriticizethemortheotherwayround?Why?VOCABULARYgettosth./doingsth.(l.16)begintogiveseriousattentiontoordealwith开始认真思考（或做）RecentlyI'vegottowonderingwhyIamdoingthepart-timejob.经历了这次事件之后,他对待周围的人开始好起来了.Havinggonethroughtheaccident,hegottotreatingpeoplearoundhimkindlygetroundtosth./doingsth.Finallydosthafterdealingwithothermatters;findthenecessarytimetodosth.I’mverybusyatthemomentbutIhopetogetroundtoansweringyourletternextweek.reverse(l.21)vt.turnaroundtotheoppositedirection;revokeorannul反转；撤销（法令等）Reversetheorder,trend,jacket,etc.--reversible,irreversibleTheyhavemadeitclearthattheywillnotreversethedecisiontoincreaseprices.(adj)contrary;opposite（与预期）相反的(of/to)Statisticsshowedareversetrendtothatrecordedinothercountries.(n)Children’sshoesaren’tcheap—quitethereverse.反而(fml)changefortheworse;misfortune逆转，挫折Thefinancialreverseswon’tdiscouragehim.turnover(l.25)thinkabout,consider考虑；思考Evenwhenshedidn'tsayanythingyoucouldseeherturningthingsoverinhermind.他静静地坐在那里,思考着那个问题.Hesatquietly,turningovertheproblem.移交(控制权/所有权等)Theoldladyturnedtheshopovertohergranddaughterwhensheretired.（反）takeovergratitude(l.34)n.beingthankful,thankfulness感激，谢意Ishouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoallmembersofthelaboratorypastandpresentfortheircontributiontothebreakthrough.Bethankful/gratefultosb.forsth.Iappreciateyourhelp/it(if…)appreciationn.anexpressionofgratitude;understandingofthequalitiesorworthofsth.感谢；欣赏Weofferthissmalltokenbywayofappreciation.Bywayofasatypeofsth.orservingassth.Let’sdineouttonight,bywayofachange.-MOST后缀，构成表示位置的形容词uppermost(l.48)a.highestinplaceorrank,predominant最高的，突出的Thedevelopmentofnationaleconomyappearstobetheuppermostconcerninpeople'sminds.topmost(l.71)a.highest,uppermost最高的，顶端的thetopmostbranchesofagianttreebottommost,inmost/innermost,outmost,easternmost,northernmost,etc.one’sinmostthoughtsandfeelingsthesouthernmostpointofanislandparamount(l.107)a.ofchiefconcernorimportance最主要的，最重要的Conservationisofparamountimportance.Thereductionofunemploymentshouldbeparamountinthegovernment’seconomicpolicy.impress(l.49)(1)给某人留下深刻印象或令人赞赏、钦佩~sb(withsth.)Mr.Smithoftenimpresseshisstudentswithhumorinhisspeeches.Idon’tthinkhismotherwasveryimpressedby/withourbehaviorintherestaurant.(2)使某人深刻意识到~sthon/uponsbTheteachertriedtoimpressonhisstudentsthenecessityofbeinghonest.我父亲使我明白了努力工作的价值.Myfatherimpressedonmethevalueofhardwork.impressive动人的,使人印象深刻的impressionn.印象diminish(l.51)vi/vt.makeorbecomesmallerorless（使）变小，（使）减少Herpatiencewiththechildrendiminishedasthehourswentby.沉重的工作负担并没有降低他对户外运动的热情.Theheavyworkloaddoesnotdiminishhisenthusiasmforoutdoorsports.Shrink(shrank,shrunk)收缩Thesweaterwillshrinkifwashedimproperly.(反：swell)immerse(l.53)vt.covercompletelyinaliquid;absorbdeeply使浸没；使沉迷Iheldmybreathandcompletelyimmersedmyselfinthewater,tryingtostayunderforaslongaspossible.beimmersedin沉浸在；沉迷于约翰完全沉浸在电脑游戏中,没有意识到周围发生的事情.Johnwassoimmersedinplayingthecomputergamesthathewasunawareofthi