基础英语3 uint6-03

1. Who is the “you” in this poem? Who is the narrator? 2. Can you identify with the narrator? Give examples of how it reminds you of your own experiences or feelings.
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Thank You Sincerely
Thanks for the start to the lives that we’ve had. Thanks for the nights that you went without rest. So many memories, most happy, some sad; If you weren’t perfect, you still passed the test, Holding our hands, holding back all the fears. Thank you sincerely for all of those years.
or educators, but this is not explicit in the poem.
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NM 4. The gardener in the poem represents a teachion
Read the poem “Thank You Sincerely” and discuss the questions in small groups.
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Although this may be the true reason why his wife left him, it was not mentioned in the poem.
NM 4. The schoolmaster’s wife left because he could
He looks out of the window at the trees for a long time, breaking his chalk slowly in one hand, forgetting the rules of long division. All these details show that the schoolmaster was absent-minded and couldn’t concentrate on the class. The poet hints that the schoolmaster behaved abnormally because his wife had left him.
“Auntie” here refers to the woman in the cloakroom, where the schoolmaster left his overcoat. She argued with him because he couldn’t find his ticket for the coat. It is a common practice for people to leave their coats in the cloakroom when they go into a building and they will be given a ticket with number so that they can collect their coats when they go out again.
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For the examples you set every day, Teaching with actions, those lessons hold tight. We hardly knew just how much you could say Simply by doing what you knew was right. Now that we’re older, the logic appears. Thank you sincerely for all of those years.
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So many hours that you worked to provide Multiplied by all the days that we grew, When we behaved and the times we defied, Never a doubt we could still count on you, Making our laughter and drying our tears. Thank you sincerely for all of those years. Thanks for the rules that we wished were not there. Thanks for the wisdom we sometimes denied. All the attention and all of the care, All the forgiveness and all of the pride, Pointing out faults but then calling out cheers. Thank you sincerely for all of those years.
Part III Extended Activities
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Extended Activities
Dictation Read More Grammar and Vocabulary Translation Raise Questions Writing Cultural Information
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True/False/Not Mentioned
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1. The gardener took care of the rose throughout its life. 2. The rose laughed at the gardener for his old age and predicted more than once that “he will soon die”. However, the old gardener outlived the rose. 3. The poet’s purpose was to praise the surprising beauty of the rose and the hard work of the gardener. who devoted all his/her life to the nurturing of beauty. It is an inference that the Gardener refers to teachers
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The Rose and the Gardener

Underline words and phrases you suspect may be particularly significant. Make notes in the margins. Ensure that you fully understand every word used in the poem: no word is there by chance! Say in your own words what theme you feel the poem is addressing, and decide which poetic elements and techniques, evident in the poem, are particularly responsible for conveying that theme.
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True/False/Not Mentioned
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1. This poem was written through the eyes of the pupils. 2. The schoolmaster made a mistake on the blackboard because he was getting old and his memory was poor. 3. The schoolmaster was indifferent to his wife’s leaving.
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In general, children in primitive societies are much loved, and when their childhood is not overshadowed by disease or famine, they grow up free and lively. Their education is based on an imitation of adult life, and on the teachings of their elders. Children learn about their own family and its place within a group of other families. Primitive children are a good deal freer in everyday life than are children in the “civilized” world. Their Script relations with others in their village are controlled less by rules and regulations than by their own knowledge of what is proper and improper that will be important to them throughout their lives.