现代大学英语精读第一册Lesson2(精)

Lesson Two Going HomeTeaching Objectives:A. To know the background information about the author and the text;B. To acquire the key words, rhetorical devices, and word-formation;A. To understand the connotation of the title and main idea of the text.Teaching Procedure:I. Pre-task1. Warm upListen to a song and answer the questions:What kind of music is it? (country musicWhat is the key word? (homeWhat is the general meaning of the song?Individual opinions:●This might be the first time you left yo ur home, then do you miss your home?●Can you describe what kind of feeling it is when you are homesick?●What attracts you most as you think of home?2. Background information about the authorAuthor:Pete Hamill was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. in 1935. He attended Mexico City College in 1956— 1957, studying painting and writing. He has been a columnist for the New York Post, the Daily News, and New York Newsday, and has won many journalistic awards. At the same time, Hamill has pursued a career as a fiction writer, producing 8 novels and 2 collections of short stories. His 1997 novel, Snow in August, was on the New York Times bestseller list for four months. His memoir, A Drinking Life , was on the same New York Times list for 13 weeksII. Task cycle:Theme of the text:●The ability to forgive and forget is important in all human relationships.Mutual care and affection among people, esp. among strangers are important, too. Structure of the text:This text can be divided into three parts:Part I (paras.1-4 about: introduction of the story, including the protagonist, the setting.Part II. ( paras.5-9 about: Vingo began to relate his story.Part III(paras.10-12 about: Vingo was forgiven and welcomed home.In-class discussion:Question : What are the elements of this story?Answer : Protagonists : VingoSetting : on a bus from New York to FloridaPlot : an ex-con on his way homeDetailed study of the Text:To dream of/ about (doing sth.: to imagine and think about sth. that you would liketo happen,e.g. 这个女孩梦想成为明星。

The girl dreamed of becoming a movie star.vanish : v. to disappear suddenly, esp. in a way that cannot easily bee.g. 南非的很多物种已经灭绝。

Many species in South America have vanished completely.Expressions about vanish:vanish from sight消失不见 vanish into the void化为乌有vanish into thin air从人间蒸发掉 vanish without trace消失得无影无踪The whole sentence It was a grey, cold day in spring. As the bus left New York City, these young people were thinking about what they would enjoy in Florida---the golden beaches and tides of the sea.2 Vingo was on the bus from the beginning. (para 1Question : What information can we get from this sentence?Answer : This sentence introduces the main character of the story. He is not one of the six young people going to Florida. Throughout the story, he is something of a mystery. We are never told his age, why he had been in prison, what his life has been before, ect. However, what we want to know most is probably where he was going and what was worrying him.to pass (a place: to go past a place without entering,e.g. 在她去工作的路上,她路过了一家超市。

On her way to work, she passed a supermarket.The whole sentence: to go through a town, etc., perhaps stopping there for a short time, but not stayingmask: v. to hide the truth about how you feele.g. mask one’ s fea r by a show of confidence.表现得自信以掩饰恐惧n. an expression that hides one’ s true feelings.e.g. Her confident manner is really a mask of fear.他自信的表现就是对恐惧的一种掩饰。

dressed in a … : This past participle phrase is used to tell the readers more about the subject of the sentence “ he ”to fit (sb.: to be the right size or shape for sb.,e.g. Cinderella’ s sisters tried the shoes, but they didn’ t fit.灰姑娘的姐姐们试穿了这双鞋,但都不适合。

The whole sentence: He sat in front of the young people. You could hardly tell how old he was because his face was covered with dust.5 … (para 2stain :v. change the color of sthe.g. 常年吸烟,她的手指被熏黄了。

Her fingers were stained yellow from years of smoking.The whole sentence: His fingers were yellow because he had smoked a lot.6 … and he chewed the in side of his lop a lot. (para 2The whole sentence: he repeatedly bit the inside of his lower lip, which showed his nervousness.7.the others. (para 2unaware of sth.: not knowing or realizing that sth is happeninge.g. 他在电脑前工作数小时,完全没有意识到外面的声音。

He worked at his computer for hours, unaware of the noise outside.The whole sentence: He sat without saying anything as if he did not know there were other people around.8 Deep into the night, the Howard Johnson ’ s restaurant and everybody got off the bus except Vingo. (para 3pull in to sth: (of a train or bus to enter a station and stopThe whole sentence Late at night the bus stopped at one of the Howard Johnson fast food chain restaurants. Every passenger on the bus got off to eat, but Vingo didn’ t. 9 … one of the girls became so curious that she decidedto engage sb in conversation : to start talking to sb. and involve him or her in a conversation.to engage (sb in sth: to make sb take part in sth,e.g. I have no time to engage in gossip.我没有时间闲扯。