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1、Unit 5 The Day Mother Cried,A mother and her son learn more from a moment of defeat than they ever could from a victory.Her example of never giving up gives him courage for the rest of his life.,go,1.What did the author plan to do when he came home from school one winter day?2.What did he see in the
2、 living room?3.Why was his mother in tears?,He planned to read a new issue of his favorite sports magazine.,He saw his mother crying there.,She was going to lose her new job.,Questions on Part 1(paras.1-6),1.Coming home from school that dark winters day so long ago,I was filled with anticipation.I h
3、ad a new issue of my favorite sports magazine tucked under my arm,and the house to myself.Dad was at work,my sister was away,and Mother wouldnt be home from her new job for an hour.I bounded up the steps,burst into the living room and flipped on a light.,Article1_W,2.I was shocked into stillness by
4、what I saw.Mother,pulled into a tight ball with her face in her hands,sat at the far end of the couch.She was crying.I had never seen her cry.3.I approached cautiously and touched her shoulder.“Mother?”I said.“Whats happened?”,The Day Mother Cried,Gerald Moore,惊得目瞪口呆,充满期待,issue:n.a particular editio
5、n of a magazine or newspaper 刊物的一期,Do you have todays 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.,issue&edition 这两个名词均有“期刊、出版物”的意思。,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。,issue,edition,指的是出版或发行的版本。常用的搭配有 first
6、 edition(第一版),revised edition(修订版)等。例如：,The second edition greatly improves on the first edition.,第二版比第一版好了许多。,Language Point,have something to oneself:have something for ones own private use 独自享用,Would you like to have a table to yourself when you dine?,室友们都出去了，我就一个人独自占有整个房子了。,I had the entire hous
7、e to myself when my roommates were out.,你吃饭时想一个人单独坐一张桌子吗？,3.burst into:,move somewhere suddenly or quickly,especially into or out of a place 匆匆进入(某处),他冲进教室，抓起书，又冲了出去。,He burst into the classroom,grabbed his books and burst out again.,2)suddenly begin to make a sound,especially to start singing,cryin
8、g,or laughing;suddenly start to burn very strongly 突然开始(某事),突然进入(某种状态),Mary burst into tears at the news.,Pattern:burst into+n.,burst into laughter/anger/song,burst into+v-ing,burst into crying/laughing,4.She took a long breath and managed a weak smile.“Its nothing,really.Nothing important.Just that
9、 Im going to lose this new job.I cant type fast enough.”,5.“But youve only been there three days,”I said.“Youll catch on.”I was repeating a line she had spoken to me a hundred times when I was having trouble learning or doing something important to me.6.“No,”she said sadly.“I always said I could do
10、anything I set my mind to,and I still think I can in most things.But I cant do this.”,强作欢笑,Do you think the mother really meant it when she said it?/Why did she say so?,She said so to relieve the son,to control her emotion and to try to persuade herself not to mind it too much.,1.Its nothing,really.
11、Nothing important.,Sentence Understanding,What can we learn from the boys words?,It shows that the boy was too surprised to say anything useful;or the boy had never came across such kind of situation and he did not know what to say.Which shows Mother was a strong-willed woman and never cries before
12、the author.,2.I was repeating a line she had spoken to me a hundred times when I was having trouble learning or doing something important to me.,我这是在重复她讲过上百次的一句话，每当我学习或做一件与自己关系重大的事情而遇到困难时，她总是这样跟我说的。,5.catch on:,1)begin to understand or realize something 学会，懂得,The first time the teacher explained,onl
13、y a few students caught on.,2)become popular or fashionable,哪几首歌现在最流行？,Which songs catch on well these days?,6.set ones mind to something/doing something:,世上无难事，只怕有心人。,give all ones attention to doing something下决心,Proverb:,Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.,Collocatio
14、ns:,set out,set about,set aside,set back,set off,开始，着手,留出，拨出（时间、金钱等）,推迟；耽误；阻碍,出发，动身，点燃,爆炸,动身,出发，着手,开始,7.I felt helpless and out of place.At age 16 I still assumed Mother could do anything.Some years before,when we sold our ranch and moved to town,Mother had decided to open a day nursery.She had had
15、no training,but that didnt stand in her way.She sent away for correspondence courses in child care,did the lessons and in six months formally qualified herself for the task.It wasnt long before she had a full enrollment and a waiting list.I accepted all this as a perfectly normal instance of Mothers
16、 ability.,Article2_W,招生额满,send away for:request(sth.)or order(goods)to be sent by post 写信索要，邮购,You can send away for this book if it is not available in your town.,如果在你镇上买不到这本书，你可以邮购。,Collocations:,send forsend out send off,派人去拿；召唤发出（函件、货物等）为送行，寄出;发出,1.Whats the meaning of“out of place”here?,“Out of
17、 place”means“not suitable for a particular situation or occasion.”Here refers to I felt unable to give any help to my mother and,therefore,awkward.,我感到既无能为力，又十分尴尬。,2.Translate the sentence into Chinese.,I felt helpless and out of place.,stand in ones way:prevent somebody from doing something阻碍，妨碍,I
18、wont stand in your way if you can find a better job elsewhere.,如果你决意离开，没有人会阻拦你。,No one will stand in your way if you set your mind to leaving.,8.qualify:v.if something qualifies you to do something,you have the necessary skills,knowledge,ability,etc.to do it.,His skills qualify him for the job.,Patt
19、ern:qualify somebody for something,Eg:He is qualified for the post.,qualify somebody to do something,Are you qualified to teach French?,qualify somebody as something,His training qualifies him as a lawyer.,What can we infer from the sentence?,His mother was really very smart.She could learn things q
20、uickly.,She sent away for correspondence courses in child care,did the lessons and in six months formally qualified herself or the task.,她写信要求参加幼托函授课程，学习了六个月就正式获得从事这项工作的资格。,Article3_W,8.But neither the nursery nor the motel my parents bought later had provided enough income to send my sister and me
21、to college.In two years I would be ready for college.In three more my sister would want to go.Time was running out,and Mother was frantic for ways to save money.It was clear that Dad could do no more than he was doing already farming 80 acres in addition to holding a fulltime job.,9.A few months aft
22、er wed sold the motel,Mother arrived home with a used typewriter.It skipped between certain letters and the keyboard was soft.At dinner that night I pronounced the machine a“piece of junk.”10.“Thats all we can afford,”Mother said.“Its good enough to learn on.”And from that day on,as soon as the tabl
23、e was cleared and the dishes were done,Mother would disappear into her sewing room to practice.The slow tap,tap,tap went on some nights until midnight.,run out:,1)use all of something and not have any more left用完,耗尽,他总是没等到发薪日就把钱用完了。,He is always running out of money before payday.,2)if an agreement,
24、official document,etc.runs out,the period for which it is legal or has an effect ends 到期、失效,The contract will run out next month.,Collocations:,run down,撞倒,run into,遇到；达到；撞上,run over,辗过,What can we learn from“slow”and“until midnight”?,“Slow”implies“its difficult to learn to type”.From“until midnight
25、”,we can see Mothers determination and perseverance.,The slow tap,tap,tap went on some nights until midnight.,1.充满期待,2.独自享用,3.冲进客厅,4.惊得目瞪口呆,5.强作欢笑,6.邮购,7.除之外8.下决心9.深深吸一口气10.招生额满11.妨碍某人,be filled with anticipation,have something to oneself,burst into the living room,be shocked into stillness,manage a
26、 weak smile,send away for,in addition toset ones mind totake a long breathhave a full enrollmentstand in ones way,Useful Expressions of Paras.1-10,Article4_W,11.It was nearly Christmas when I heard Mother got a job at the radio station.I was not the least bit surprised,or impressed.But she was ecsta
27、tic.12.Monday,after her first day at work,I could see that the excitement was gone.Mother looked tired and drawn.I responded by ignoring her.13.Tuesday,Dad made dinner and cleaned the kitchen.Mother stayed in her sewing room,practicing.“Is Mother all right?”I asked Dad.14.“Shes having a little troub
28、le with her typing,”he said.“She needs to practice.I think shed appreciate it if we all helped out a bit more.”15.“I already do a lot,”I said,immediately on guard.16.“I know you do,”Dad said evenly.“And you may have to do more.You might just remember that she is working primarily so you can go to co
29、llege.”17.I honestly didnt care.I wished she would just forget the whole thing.18.My shock and embarrassment at finding Mother in tears on Wednesday was a perfect index of how little I understood the pressures on her.Sitting beside her on the couch,I began very slowly to understand.,Why were their r
30、esponses 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.,I was not the least bit surprised,or impressed.But she was ecstat
31、ic.,What can we infer from the sentence?,The children and Father did little housework before.2.Father was very considerate towards Mother.,“Shes having a little trouble with her typing,”he said.“She needs to practice.I think shed appreciate it if we all helped out a bit more.”,12.on guard:ready to d
32、efend or protect;watchful 警惕、提防,我的话使他警觉起来。,My words put him on guard.,Armed robbery(持械抢劫)is on the increase in France as the New Year is approaching.In November,the number increased to 10 cases per day on average.Many shop owners say they want to hire security guard（保安人员）to protect their shop and th
33、emselves.,当心小偷。,Be on your guard against thieves.,My shock and embarrassment at finding Mother in tears on Wednesday was a perfect index of how little I understood the pressures on her.,place/put pressure on:压迫某人，给某人施加压力,Translate the sentence into Chinese.,星期三，当发现妈妈哭时我所感到的震惊和窘迫，完全表明了我对妈妈所承受的压力是多么的不
34、理解。,13.pressure:n.an attempt to persuade someone by using influence,arguments,or threats.,He only agreed to leave the country under pressure.,They brought pressure to the government to lower taxes.,Collocations:,bring/expert/place/put pressure on,build up/increase(the)pressure,ease/relieve(the)press
35、ure,meet the pressure of,resist pressure from,压迫某人，给某人施加压力,增加压力,减轻压力,应对造成的压力,抵抗来自的压力,Article5_W,19.“I guess we all have to fail sometime,”Mother said quietly.I could sense her pain and the tension of holding back the strong emotions that were interrupted by my arrival.Suddenly,something inside me tu
36、rned.I reached out and put my arms around her.20.She broke then.She put her face against my shoulder and sobbed.I held her close and didnt try to talk.I knew I was doing what I should,what I could,and that it was enough.In that moment,feeling Mothers back racked with emotion,I understood for the fir
37、st time her vulnerability.She was still my mother,but she was something more:a person like me,capable of fear and hurt and failure.I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I had sought comfort in her arms.,感受某人的痛苦,14.tension:n.,a nervous worried feeling that make
38、s it impossible for you to relax;紧张,Just before the job interview,the young man felt his tension building.,该协定签定后，两国间的紧张局势应趋于缓和。,The tension between the two countries should be reduced when the agreement is signed.,tension,stress,pressure&strain 这组名词都有“压力”的意思。,指弹性物体伸长而引起的应力，也可指人的紧张情绪；还可指人与人,团体，国家之间因
39、关系不好而造成的紧张状态。,tension,stress,指由于困难的情况或精神上、肉体上的痛苦所带来的“压力，忧虑”。,pressure,指某事物所产生的压力、影响力,可用于任何情况,从小的临时困难到大的连续发生的灾难。,指对智力、体力、财力、能力等的严格要求，即“负担，压力”，也可指人在某种压力下所产生的影响健康的“紧张状态”。,strain,1.Worrying excessively about his job put him under.2.I dont want to put on you to make a quick decision.3.The incident has fu
40、rther increased the racial(种族的),and I hope it will not create international.4.Heavy expenditures(支出)on armaments is a great on the economy of a country.,_,_,_,_,_,stress,pressure,tension,tension,strain,hold back:,stop yourself from feeling or showing a particular emotion;keep sth.secret阻碍,阻止；控制;抑制,T
41、he boss couldnt hold back from telling him the truth.,Eg:She is accustomed to holding back her emotions.,老板忍不住告诉了他真相。,I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I had sought comfort in her arms.,seek comfort:寻求安慰,on a thousand occasions:千百次,我感觉到她的痛苦，就像我千百次在她怀里寻求安慰时
42、，她感到我的痛苦一样。,Article6_W,21.A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station had offered.“Its a job I can do,”she said simply.But the evening practice sessions on the old green typewriter continued.I had a very different feeling now when I passed her door at night
43、and heard her tapping away.I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.,22.When I left for college two years later,Mother had an office job with better pay and more responsibility.I have to believe that in some strange way she learned as much from her moment of de
44、feat as I did,because several years later,when I had finished school and proudly accepted a job as a newspaper reporter,she had already been a journalist with our hometown paper for six months.,What does the phrase“something more”refer to?,It means that besides learning to type,Mother was also showi
45、ng her determination to overcome whatever difficulties she might meet with,her strong will of not accepting defeat easily and her courage to go ahead.,I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type.,I have to believe that in some strange way she learned as much from
46、her moment of defeat as I did,Translate this sentence into Chinese.,使我不得不相信的是，妈妈不可思议地从失败中学到的东西竟与我所学到的一样多。,Article7_W,23.The old green typewriter sits in my office now,unrepaired.It is a memento,but what it recalls for me is not quite what it recalled for Mother.When Im having trouble with a story an
47、d think about giving up or when I start to feel sorry for myself and think things should be easier for me,I roll a piece of paper into that cranky old machine and type,word by painful word,just the way Mother did.What I remember then is not her failure,but her courage,the courage to go ahead.24.Its
48、the best memento anyone ever gave me.,自叹不走运,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 mothers determination,courage and responsibility in the face of defeat.,It i
49、s a memento,but what it recalls for me is not quite what it recalled for Mother.,它是一件纪念品，但它所勾起的我的回忆与妈妈的不尽相同。,20.She broke then.She put her face against my shoulder and sobbed.I held her close and didnt try to talk.I knew I was doing what I should,what I could,and that it was enough.In that moment,fe
50、eling Mothers back racked with emotion,I understood for the first time her vulnerability.She was still my mother,but she was something more:a person like me,capable of fear and hurt and failure.I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I had sought comfort in her
