新视野大学英语第三册第五单元

5. What dominant impression does the
writer create on readers? (Para. 5) •The woman is too weak for anything.
Text structure
Part 3 6~7The exchange between the two human beings
Unit 5 Section A
Graceful Hands
Contents
Lead-in
A B C D E
Pre-reading
Text Study
Summary
Writing Assignment
1. graceful adj.
attractive; full of grace and beauty
without any personal emotions as a doctor.
随 笔 视频讨论 生词学习
Cultural Notes
导入
课文
小结
写作
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Newspaper reports of death The writer reads about the death of Mrs. Clark in the newspaper. This is because every newspaper contains a section contributed to recent deaths. This section is called the “obituary section”, or simply, the “obituaries”. Obituary often contain a single, small photo of the death, accompanied by a short article about the person’s life.
随 笔 视频讨论 生词学习
Text Study
1 2
Topic-centered Analysis of Text
Detailed Reading of Text
导入
预习
小结
写作
Text Study—Structure Analysis
I. StructureAnalysis The way to develop the text: Narration in a chronological order
Text Study—Understanding
6. Why was there no family member accompanying
Mrs. Clark? Who stays with her at the end of her life?(Paras.6~7)
sent home/spare, didn’t want them to see I/the narrator
随 笔 结构分析 课文阅读 课文缩写
Text Analyzing and Reading
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预习
小结
写作
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Para. 3 Mrs. Clark is dying. She lies motionless: The head seems unusually large on a skeleton body; the skin is dark yellow and hangs loosely around exaggerated bones that not even a blanket can hide; the right arm lies straight out at the side, taped cruelly to a board to secure a needle so that fluid may drip in; the left arm is across the sunken chest, which rises and falls with the uneven breaths.
Text structure
Part 5
Para 9 Mrs. Clark’s identity
Text Study—Understanding
8. Who is Mrs. Clark? (Para.9)
mother, grandmother, active member of her church, leader of volunteer associations, piano player, teacher
Hands
Cultural Notes
导入
课文
小结
写作
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A medical eye
Medicine, like science, is concerned with objectivity—the cool, objective, reason-based observation of facts. The writer describes herself as having a “medical eye”, by which she means she watches patients
(Para. 10) What I remember of her is the long and graceful fingers.
Text structure
Part one
1~4 Background information & the patient’s condition
Text Study—Understanding
a graceful dancer
1. graceful adj. attractive; full of grace and beaut graceful adj. attractive; full of grace and beauty
a graceful bridge
随 笔 结构分析 课文阅读 课文缩写
Text Analyzing and Reading
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预习
小结
写作
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Para. 2b In my mouth I have a sour, vinegar taste coming from the pit of my stomach. I reach for the light switch, and as it silently lights the scene, I return to the bed to observe the patient with an unemotional, medical eye.
Text Study—Structure Analysis
(Paras. 1~4) It is the first time... and I know ... tonight. Everything...dying.
(Para. 5) I offer service to Mrs. Clark.
die, medical chart, report, preceding shift
3. What are the patient’s conditions? (Paras. 3~4)
dying, motionless, skin, loosely, skeleton, sunken chest, uneven breath, finger, ice cold, pulse faint, swallow
Question Answering
1. What is the writer’s job? (the whole passage)
medical worker
Text Study—Understanding
2. What and how does she know about Mrs.Clark? (Para. 2)
Text structure
Part 4 Para 8. The patient dies.
Text Study—Understanding
7. What are the author’s reactions while the patient dies? (Para. 8)
a swell of emotion, aware, privilege, glad/honored
Text Study—Structure Analysis
(Paras. 6~7) We exchange some simple words and eye contact.
(Para. 8) Mrs. Clark dies.
Text Study—Structure Analysis
(Para. 9) Two days later, I read about Mrs. Clark in the newspaper.
Text structure
Part 6 Para 10.The deepest impression of Mrs. Clark
Text Analyzing and Reading
导入
预习
小结
写作
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Graceful Hands Para. 1 I have never seen Mrs. Clark before, but I know from her medical chart and the report I received from the preceding shift that tonight she will die. 句型
Text structure
Part 2 5.The patient is too weak for anything.
Text Study—Understanding