Fourteen steps

FourteenStepsUnit5Unit5FourteenStepsUnit5Watchthevideoandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whatdidthemothermeanattheendofthevideo?Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationShewastryingtotellherboythateverybodyshouldbetreatedequally,evenforthosewhohadsomephysicalorintelligenceproblems.Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationForrestGumpisa1994filmbasedonWinstonGroom’s1986novelofthesamename.Thefilm,directedbyRobertZemeckis,starsTomHanks,RobinWrightPenn,andGarySinise.ThestoryisofForrestGump,anordinarymanwhocomesfromAlabamaandhisjourneythroughlifemeetinghistoricalfigures,influencingpopularculture,andexperiencingfirsthandhistoriceventsofthelate20thcentury.2.WhatdoyouknowaboutthemovieForrestGump?Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement3AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationDoctor:Mother:Voiceover:Let’stakealittlewalkaround.Howdothosefeel?Hislegsarestrong,Mrs.Gump,asstrongasI’veeverseen.Buthisback’sascrookedasapolitician.Butwe’regoingtostraightenhimrightup,aren’twe,Forrest?Forrest!Now,whenIwasababy,MamanamedmeafterthegreatCivilWarheroGeneralNathanBedfordForrest.Shesaidwewasrelatedtohiminsomeway.Whathedidwas,hestartedupthisclubcalledtheKuKluxKlan.They’dallVideoScript1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationVideoScript2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationVoiceover:Mother:dressupintheirrobesandtheirbedsheetsandactlikeabunchofghostsorspooksorsomething.They’devenputbedsheetsontheirhorsesandridearound.Anyway,that’showIgotmyname—ForrestGump.MamasaidtheForrestpartwastoremindmethatsometimeswealldothingsthat,well,thatjustdon’tmakenosense.Allright.Whatarey’allstaringat?Haven’tyoueverseenalittleboywithbracesonhislegsbefore?Don’teverletanybodytellyouthey’reVideoScript3AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationMother:Voiceover:betterthanyou,Forrest.IfGodintendedeverybodytobethesame,he’dhavegivenusallbracesonourlegs.MamaalwayshadawayofexplainingthingssoIcouldunderstandthem.Iamquiteoftenasked:HowdoyoufeelabouthavingALS?Theansweris,notalot.Itrytoleadasnormalalifeaspossible,andnotthinkaboutmycondition,orregretthethingsitpreventsmefromdoing,whicharenotthatmany.—StephenHawkingQuoteCulturalinformation1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationGlobalReading-Mainidea1MainideaStructuralanalysisItishardtoimaginethatablindoldmanshouldbewillingandabletoforsomeoneelseonanight.Thishappenedtotheauthor,amanwhowasafflictedbyaprogressivediseaseandwhotookothers’forgranted.Uptothatday,theauthorhadlivedin,ashewasbecomingincreasinglyfeeble.Hestruggledtoeverydayonlytoholdontohissanity,hiswife,hishomeandhisjob.fixacar_________darkstormy______________crippled_________help_____disillusionment,self-pity,indifferenceandselfishness___________________________________________________________climbthefourteensteps___________________________GlobalReading-Mainidea2StructuralanalysisMainideaAfterhemettheblindoldman,itsuddenlydawnedonhimthatevenapersonwascapableofperformingforhisfellowbeings,andthatwaswherelies.handicapped______________anactoflove_______________thevalueoflife_________________Structuralanalysis11.Howmanypartscanthetextbedividedintoandwhat’sthetopicofeachpart?MainideaStructuralanalysisAccordingtothedevelopmentofthestory,thetextcouldbedividedintofourparts,eachofwhichfocusesononetopic.Respectively,thesetopicsareabouttheauthor’sfirstlife,hissecondlife,histhirdlifeandhisreflectionontheauto-repairincident.Structuralanalysis2StructuralanalysisParagraphsMainidea1-2Itdepictstheauthor’sfirstphaseoflifeinwhichhebegantoenjoyeverythingpleasant:excellenthealth,agoodjob,anicehouse,ahappyfamilyandlovelydaughters.2.Summarizethemainideaofeachpartbycompletingthetable.MainideaParagraphsMainidea3-56-89-10Theauthordescribeshissecondlife.Becauseofhisdisease,hebecamemiserableandfrustrated.Theauthor’sthirdlifebeganwiththetroubleofhiscaronthestormynightandhedescribedtheblindman’smagnanimous,selflesshelp.Structuralanalysis3StructuralanalysisMainideaTheauthorreflectedontheincidentandhislifephilosophy,fromwhichhediscoveredthetruevalueoflife.HalManwaringFourteenStepsDetailedreading1DetailedreadingTheysayacathasninelives,andIaminclinedtothinkthatpossiblesinceIamnowlivingmythirdlifeandI’mnotevenacat.Myfirstlifebeganonaclear,colddayinNovember1934,whenIarrivedasthesixthofeightchildrenofafarmingfamily.MyfatherdiedwhenIwas15,andwehadahardstruggletomakealiving.Asthechildrengrewup,theymarried,leavingonlyonesisterandmyselftosupportandcareforMother,whobecameparalyzedinherlastyearsanddiedwhilestillinher60s.Mysistermarriedsoonafter,andIfollowedherexamplewithintheyear.1Detailedreading2ThiswaswhenIbegantoenjoymyfirstlife.Iwasveryhappy,inexcellenthealth,andquiteagoodathlete.MywifeandIbecametheparentsoftwolovelygirls.IhadagoodjobinSanJoseandabeautifulhomeupthepeninsulainSanCarlos.Lifewasapleasantdream.Thenthedreamended.Ibecameafflictedwithaslowlyprogressivediseaseofthemotornerves,affectingfirstmyrightarmandleg,andthenmyotherside.Thusbeganmysecondlife…InspiteofmydiseaseIstilldrovetoandfromworkeachday,withtheaid