新世纪英语综合教程第2册Unit3

Unit3Unit3Unit3Watchthevideoandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Accordingtothevideo,whatdoyouthinkabouttheoldmanandhiswife?2.Whatdoyouthinkabouttherelationshipbetweenhusbandandwife?Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationHistalkingathiswife’sgravesideisthenewsabouttheirchildrenandthenewrelationshipbetweenthemandhim.Hereallymissedhiswife.Open.Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationOldMan:Well,itwasabigtrip.AndifyouaskmewhatIlearned,I’dhavetotellyouI’mnotsure.IknowifIcoulddoitalloveragain,Iwouldasklessofthekids.Aslongastheywerehappy,thatwouldbefinewithme.IknowIhavetostopthinkingofthemasifthey’restillchildren.Ican’ttellthemwhattodoanymore.Theyhavetofindtheirownway.And,sometimesyoutalkedtomeaboutthingsthatIshouldhavelistenedtoyoumorecarefully.Youpresentedmewiththedetailsofourchildren’slives,andI...I...Iignoredthem.Andforthat...Butthatisn’twhatyouwanttohear,Iknow.Whatyouwantisthenews.Well,VideoScript1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationVideoScript2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationthenewsisthis.Robert,AmyandRosiepromisedtovisitmefortheholidays,andyouknowwhat?ThistimeIbelievethem.AndDavid...David...Ihopehe’llspendChristmaswithyou.1.Shakespeare’sSonnetSonnet116Culturalinformation1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationLetmenottothemarriageoftruemindsAdmitimpediments.LoveisnotloveWhichalterswhenitalterationfinds,Orbendswiththeremovertoremove:Ono!itisanever-fixedmarkThatlooksontempestsandisnevershaken;Itisthestartoeverywanderingbark,Whoseworth’sunknown,althoughhisheightbetaken.Love’snotTime’sfool,thoughrosylipsandcheeksWithinhisbendingsickle’scompasscome:Lovealtersnotwithhisbriefhoursandweeks,Culturalinformation1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationButbearsitouteventotheedgeofdoom.Ifthisbeerroranduponmeproved,Ineverwrit,nornomaneverloved.—WilliamShakespeare2.MarriagebenefitsmenmorethanwomenCulturalinformation2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationBothbenefitequallyincommonareaslikesex,companionshipandsharedworkload.Husbandsexperiencebetteroverallhealth(livelongerthanifsingle),whereasawomen’sgreatestsinglegainisinmoney.Marriagewillmakebothmenandwomenricherbecausetheybecomemoreefficientinallareasoflife!Twolivingtogetherwillnotonlysavesignificantlybyeliminatingredundantexpenses,butbecauseofincreasedefficiency,makemoremoneythantheydolivingseparately.Long-lastingmarriages,somepeoplesuggest,isnotacauseoffinancialsuccess,Culturalinformation2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationbutaneffectalongsideoffinancialsuccess.Butthetruthisthateventakingthisfactorandtheeliminatingofredundantexpensesintoaccount,theinstitutionofmarriageitselfprovidesa“wealth-generationbonus”.Thisbonusisaboveandbeyondallotherfactors.Godsaidmarriageisgoodandgooditis!Studieshaveshown,forexample,thatmarriedmenearnincomes10-40%higherthantheirsinglecounterparts.Structuralanalysis31.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“mystrokeofluck”?Marryinghiswifehadclearlybeenastrokeofluckforhim,asbecameclearonceagainduringtheaircrashcrisis.StructuralanalysisTextanalysis2.What’stheauthor’spurposeofwriting?Toenablethereaderstoseethemanyvaluablequalitiesinhiswife,ortoshowhiswife’sunyieldingcharacterandwillingnesstohelpothers.Structuralanalysis11.Howaretheeventsofthetextarranged?TextanalysisStructuralanalysisTheaccountofthelatesteventisinterruptedbyanumberofflashbacks(someearliereventsandexperiences).Itbeginswiththeaircrash,andthenitgoesbacktowhathadhappenedbefore.Afterthistheauthorresumesthenarrationoftheaircrashandsubsequentevent.Structuralanalysis1ParagraphsMainidea1-23-45-7Thisparttellsthereaderswhathappenstotheauthoranddescribeshowhiswifereactstotheaccident.ItdescribesAnne’sgoodjudgmentonpreviousoccasionsandherexperiencesduringtheSecondWorldWar.IttellsthereadershowtheauthormetAnne,fellinlovewithherandeventuallymarriedher.2.Dividethetextintopartsbycompletingthetable.TextanalysisStructuralanalysisStructuralanalysis1Itturnsbacktohisrecoveryfromthecrashwithhiswife’smeticulouscare.Theauthorrecallshowhiswifehandledhercrisis:shenevergaveinandalwaystriedtohelpothers.ItdescribesAnne’sreactiontohisstrokeandhermethodtomakepeoplemoveon.TextanalysisStructuralanalysisTheauthoroffershisgeneralcommentsonAnne’scharacterwithaphilosophicalremark.9-108ParagraphsMainidea11-1314Detailedreading1DetailedreadingMyStrokeofLuckShekeepssavingmylife.Betterstill,shekeepsgivingmereasonstolive.KirkDouglas1IthappenedonthewayhomefromameetinginFillmore,40milesnorthofLosAngeles.MyfriendNoelBlanc,ahelicopterpilot,offeredtogivemearidebacktothecity.Wewere50feetintheairwhenwecollidedwithasmallplaneflownbyaflightinstructorandhisyoungstudent.NoelandIsurvived,butthemenintheplanediedinstantly.2Idon’trememberbeingpulledfromthewreckageortheambulancetriptoanearbyhospital.ButIdoremembermywife,Anne,staringdownatmeonmygurney.Afterhearingoftheaccident,Annetookahelicoptertoreachme.SheinsistedonmovingmetoourneighborhoodhospitalinL.A.,Cedars-SinaiMedicalCenter.Anotherhelicopterride.JustwhatIneeded!Detailedreading2DetailedreadingButAn