大学英语泛读教程第2册课件Unit4TheLadyonPembertonStreet.ppt

Extensive readingUnit 4 Book 2,The Lady on Pemberton Street,by Albert DiBartolomeo,Extensive readingThe Lady on P,Learning objectives,In this unit you will: learn how we can help protect the environment through the moving story of an old ladylearn how to deal with homonymstake a test on fast readingread about a 12-year-old boys efforts to protect the environment,Learning objectivesIn this uni,Unit overview,Pre-reading discussion,Background information,Text analysis,Post-reading discussion,Notes to the text,Exercises,Reading skill,Unit overview Pre-reading disc,Pre-reading discussion,Some people think it is everyones responsibility to improve their communities while some others do not think so. Whats your idea?Do our society still need people like “Lei Feng”?,Pre-reading discussionSome peo,Background information,Background information,Albert DiBartolomeo,Author of two novels, The Vespers Tapes (晚祷磁带, Blood Confessions in paperback) and Fools Gold (傻瓜的黄金). Founding editor of the Drexel Online Journal,Albert DiBartolomeo,Albert DiBartolomeo,Published fiction in Italian Americana personal essays in Readers Digest, Philadelphia Magazine (费城杂志), Chicken Soup for the Soul (心灵鸡汤) and Human Ecology (生态学期刊) commentaries in the Philadelphia Inquirer (费城问询者) and Newark-Star Ledger (纽瓦克明星纪事报),Albert DiBartolomeoPublished,block captain,Leader in a Citizen Awareness Program (CAP), responsible for contacting the neighborhood and ask them to participate in the program. Homes in their section would provide a name, address, home and work telephone number. The block captain will collect this information and make a phone chain to facilitate the transfer of information around the neighborhood. 街区监督员，街区负责人,block captainLeader in a Citiz,Text analysis,Text analysis,Determining the main idea.,The main idea of the story is that _. a. people living on Pemberton Street were conscious that they should make their block cleanb. people liked to have some one like Mable Howard as their block captainc. Mable was a respected block captain who made Pemberton Street a nice neighborhoodd. people had fun sweeping the streets under the influence of Mable Howard,Determining the main idea.The,While-reading questions,Why did the writer and his wife move their house? And why did they decide to buy that house?What was the writers first impression of Mable Howard?What kind of person was Mable? Why did Mable want to have the broken Alley Gate fixed? What did Mable do make people participate the block cleaning? How did people react to her instructions?Why did the writer change his attitude?Why did the writer think hes more in Mables debt than she is in his?,While-reading questionsWhy did,Part 1 GettingacquaintedwithMable,Why did the wrier and his wife move their house? And why did they decide to buy that house?What was the writers first impression of MableHoward?,Part 1 Gettingacquaintedwith,Part 1 GettingacquaintedwithMable,Why did the writer and his wife move their house? And why did they decide to buy that house?Because they wanted to live near Philadelphias Center City. needed workneighborhoodthe only place within their means, fairly handy, their block OK,Part 1 Gettingacquaintedwith,Part 1 GettingacquaintedwithMable,2. What was the writers first impression of MableHoward?a reedy voicebright eyes at least 65thin, but not at all frailall tough sinewtitle the block captain proudofherjob,Part 1 Gettingacquaintedwith,Part 2 The clean sweep,WhatkindofpersonwasMable? She was quite responsible and persistent.Every day she would sweep the street regardless of the bad weather. Shehatedlitterandbadbehaviors. She felt disgusted about those careless litter-throwers.Shedidntliketooweothers.For the authors help, she insisted on paying him three dollars. And if he didnt accept she couldnt sleep at night.,Part 2 The clean sweepWhatkin,Part3 The alleygate,Why did Mable want to have the broken Alley Gate fixed? Because she believed that people should take good care of the public property and she loved the block deeply. Why should the alley be a private place for crude behavior, just because it was public property? She gazed down the length of the street. The bright sun had turned the upper windows of the west side into fiery rectangles of yellow. The blue sky above appeared enameled.,Part3 The alleygateWhy did,Part 4 Theblockcleaning,What did Mable do make people participate the block cleaning?How did people react to her instructions?Why did the writer change his attitude?,Part 4 TheblockcleaningWhat,Part 4 Theblockcleaning,What did Mable do make people participate the block cleaning?two weeks beforea week beforeFridayearly Saturday,She affixed placards to utility poles, admonishing them to remove their cars on the Saturday specified.,She put fliers into their mail slots.,She reminded everyone again.,She knocked on doors, arousing them to move their cars off the block.,Part 4 TheblockcleaningWhat,Part 4 Theblockcleaning,2. How did people react to her instructions?They followed her instructions exactly. Some of them, infected by the cleaning, washed their windows and window boxes, etc. The writer at first complained but later voluntarily wiped down the sign proclaimed Mable block captain.,Part 4 Theblockcleaning2. Ho,Part 4 Theblockcleaning,3. Why did the writer change his attitude?Because they were activated by the atmosphere, and it provided them a chance to work and chat together.After the cleaning, people who had seen one another only in passing stood elbow to elbow and chatted.,Part 4 Theblockcleaning3. Wh,Part5 Thedebt,Why did the writer think hes more in Mables debt than she is in his? Because he thought he did less for the neighbors compared with her.,Part5 ThedebtWhy did the wr,Notes to the text,22,Notes to the text22,means Para. 1, Line 2,plural the money or income that one hashave the means to do somethinge.g. I dont have the means to support a family. Paying for children to go to a private school is beyond the means of most people. (= too expensive for most people) Try to live within your means. (= only spending what you can afford) His father was a man of means. (= a rich man),means Para. 1, Line 2plural,row house Para. 1, Line 2,American English a house that is part of a line of houses that are joined to each other,并联式房屋；连立房屋(互相连接的一排房屋；两幢之间只有一层墙壁相隔)British English: terraced house,row house Para. 1, Line 2Ame,handy Para. 1, Line 3,adjective good at using something, esp. a tool手巧的；有手艺的 e.g. She is handy with the needle.,handy Para. 1, Line 3adject,vacant Para. 2, Line 3,adjective a vacant seat, building, room, or piece of land is empty and available for someone to use 未使用的；未被占用的；空的In everyday English, people usually say that a seat or room is free rather than vacant: e.g. Is this seat free?adverb vacantlynoun vacancy,vacant Para. 2, Line 3adjec,somewhere between/around, etc Para. 4, Line 1,a little more or a little less than a particular number or amount, especially a large one 在之间 e.g. John is somewhere between 70 and 80 years of age.,somewhere between/around, etc,pleasantry P.53, Para. 4, Line 1,countable usually plural formal things that you say to someone in order to be polite, but which are not very important客气话，客套，礼仪 e.g. After an exchange of pleasantry, they start their negotiation.,pleasantry P.53, Para. 4, Lin,utility pole P.53, Para. 5, Line 1,American English a tall wooden pole for supporting telephone and electric wires 电线杆,utility pole P.53, Para. 5, L,Lord knows what/how/who/where, etc P.54, Para. 5, Line 2,used when one does not know the answer to something e.g. Lord knows how old she is now.Lord (only) knows: spoken used to emphasize that something is true e.g. Lord only knows I tried my best.,Lord knows what/how/who/where,gaze down/run/stretch/walk, etc, the (full) length of something,P.54, Para. 7, Line 1to look at, go or move from one end to the other of something e.g. The wall ran the full length of the garden. They walked the length of the alley.,gaze down/run/stretch/walk, et,side with P.54, Para. 11, Line 3,to support or argue against a person or group in a quarrel, fight etc (战争、争论中)支持，站在一边 e.g. Mr. White sided with me in the argument.,side with P.54, Para. 11, Lin,Post-reading discussion,At the age of 65, a retiring age, most people will just relax themselves, have fun or enjoy life. Why did Mable Howard carry such a dirty and tiring job? What can we learn from Mable Howard?,Post-reading discussionAt the,Reading skills,Reading skills,Dealing with homonyms,Definition Homonyms are words that are both alike and different.They sound alike, but have different spellings and different meanings.Often, the differences in spelling are quite small: one or two letters.,Dealing with homonymsDefinitio,Dealing with homonyms,e.g. counsel:council:They sound the same. There are small differences in the way they are spelled.There are big differences in what they mean.,counsel:,council:,a group of people that are chosen to make rules, laws, or decisions, or to give advice,advice or guidance,Dealing with homonymse.g. coun,More examples,to, twoson, sunwhere, wear hair, harehigh, himeat, meet no, knownew, knewblue, blew right, writepast, passedwhole, holeroad, rodethere, theirfather, farther,More examplesto, twoson, sun,How to deal with homonyms,Homonyms are important when you deal with word meanings. In fact, they can cause you trouble in reading if you get their meanings mixed up. Therefore, we should have the ability to deal with them.,How to deal with homonymsHomon,How to deal with homonyms,Figure out homonymsUse context cluesCheck the dictionary Use analysis Learn homonymsLearn often-used ones Note small spelling differencesLearn the relation between each spelling-meaning pair,How to deal with homonymsFigur,How to deal with homonyms,Put them in an interesting contexte.g. Father walks farther. I hear my sister will stay here for two weeks. The weak patient will stay here for one week.,How to deal with homonymsPut t,Practice,counsel vs. councilcomplement vs. complimentelicit vs. illicitprincipal vs. principlestationary vs. stationeryaisle vs. islecanvas vs. canvassdiscrete vs. discreet,Practice counsel vs. council,Exercises,Comprehending the text A. c B. 13 b d c 46 a a b C. 15 d b a d b610 c c d c d 1112 c bFast reading 15 c d a b d 610 c d c d d 1115 d c c b b Home reading 15 b b c d c610 d c a d b,Exercises Comprehending the te,