新视野大学英语第三版 第三册第五单元课件

2. How do you comfort someone threatened with losing his or her job?
Not everyone is so lucky to get his or her favorite job at the beginning, but from the previous job we get experience which could give us great help in our future lives and jobs. What’s more, we could change our attitudes towards our lives and attain more proper way to live our expecting lives.
What does the typewriter recall for the boy and the mother respectively? It recalls for Mother an experience of defeat which she would never admit, while it recalls for the boy her mother’s determination, courage and responsibility in the face of defeat.
approach:
1. v. move towards or nearer to sb. or sth.; if an event or a particular time approaches, or you approach it, it is coming nearer and will happen soon 圣诞节到了，家家户户都布置了许多装饰品。 When Christmas approaches, families decorate their houses with many Christmas things. We are getting nervous as the exam is approaching. 2. n. 1) the method of doing sth. or dealing with a problem They seem to have a new approach to teaching English. 2) the approach of a particular time or event is the fact that it is getting closer The leaves were turning brown with the approach of autumn.
burst into:
1)move somewhere suddenly or quickly, especially into or out of a place 他冲进教室，抓起书，又冲了出去。 He burst into the classroom, grabbed his books and bursted out again. 2) suddenly begin to make a sound, especially to start singing, crying, or laughing; suddenly start to burn very strongly The plane burst into flames. 听到这个消息，玛丽失声痛哭。 Mary burst into tears at the news. Pattern: burst into + n. burst into laughter / anger / song burst into + v-ing burst into crying / laughing
What does the phrase “something more” refer to? It means that besides learning to type, Mother was also showing her determination to overcome whatever difficulties she might meet with, her strong will of not accepting defeat easily and her courage to go ahead.
CF: issue & edition
这两个名词均有“期刊、出版物”的意思。
issue指的是报纸、期刊等发行或刊物。常用的搭配有the
latest issue（最新一期期刊）, the back issue（过期期刊） 等。例如：
The current issue of Beijing Review came out on October 7. 最近一期的《北京周报》于10月7日出版。 edition指的是出版或发行的版本。常用的搭配有 first
issue: n.
a particular edition of a magazine or newspaper Do you have today’s issue of China Daily? 最新一期的《翻译》上有你的文章。 The latest issue of Translation contains an article written by you. Collocation: at issue 在争论中， 不和
Collocations——approach
What can we learn from the boy’s words? It shows that the boy was too surprised to say anything useful.
1. What’s the meaning of “out of place” here? “Out of place” means “not suitable for a particular situation or occasion.” 2. Translate the sentence into Chinese. 我感到既无能为力，又十分尴尬。
Unit 5: The Day Mother Cried
Warm-up Questions
1. When a task defeats you. How do you react?
Frustrations could be called our invisible teachers. I think I should have optimistic views and have faith in myself. I may inevitably meet with frustration in the future but with more experience that I got from failure, I believe I could deal with it better next time.
edition(第一版), revised edition(修订版)等。例如：
The last edition of the newspaper appears at midnight. 当天报纸的最后版于午夜出版。
have sth. to oneself:
have sth. for one’s own private use 你吃饭时想一个人单独坐一张桌子吗？ Would you like to have a table to yourself when you dine? 孩子们都出去了，我就一个人独自占有整个房 子了。 I had the entire house to myself when the children were out.
What can we learn from “slow” and “until midnight”? “Slow” implies “it’s difficult to learn to type”. From “until midnight”, we can see Mother’s determination and perseverance.
Part Division of the Text
Parts I Paras. 1~6 Main Ideas
I was shocked at finding my mother crying because she would probably lose her new job.
II
7~17
I previously assumed my mother was a capable woman. She tried all she could to save up money to send us to university.
Why were their responses so different? The boy took it for granted that his mother was capable of doing anything. For Mother, however, it was a great surprise because it was, as a matter of fact, a real challenge and she got the job with great difficulty.
What can we infer from the sentence? 1. The children and Father did little housework before. 2. Father was very considerate towards Mother.