Unit 4 Section A A Test of True

Unit 4 Section A A Test of True Love

Teaching Objectives In this unit, you will learn to A understand what true love is and cherish it; B analyze the general structure of the passage and summarize the main idea. C grasp and utilize some important words, phrases and sentence patterns; D describe a person in detail and produce a paragraph following the pattern of “ a general statement + reasons”.

Teaching Procedures 1 Lead-in 2 Background Information 3 Structure Analysis 4 Words & Expressions 5 Sentence Analysis 6 Exercises

Lead-in 1. WHAT IS TRUE LOVE?

If you were a teardrop; In my eye, For fear of losing you, I would never cry And if the golden sun, Should cease to shine its light, Just one smile from you, Would make my whole world bright 译文: 如果你是我眼里的一滴泪; 为了不失去你, 我将永不哭泣; 如果金色的阳光; 停止了它耀 眼的光芒; 你的一个微笑, 将照亮我的整 个世界。 Without you? I'd be a soul without a purpose. Without you? I'd be an emotion without a heart. I'm a face without expression, A heart with no beat. Without you by my side, I'm just a flame without the heat. 没有你? 我将是一个没有目的的灵魂 没有你？ 我的情感将没有了根基； 我将是一张没有表情的脸；一颗停止 跳动的心； 没有你在我身边；我只是一束没有热 量的火焰。

What is true love? true love True love is. . .

• Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈；爱是不嫉妒；爱是不自夸，不张狂； • Does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 不作害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒，不计算人的恶， • Does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 不喜欢不义，只喜欢真理； • Bears all things, believe that things, hopes all things, endures all things. 凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。 • Love never fails. 爱是永不止息。

2. TESTS OF TRUE LOVE Life is ready to test our love in different ways. What tests can you come up with ？ the seven-year itch long-distance relationship the other man/woman

Free Talk Would you test your future spouse to see if he or she truly loves by asking the “who-to-save-first” question or in other different ways? Why or why not?

Background Information Grand Central Station “Grand Central Terminal stands as a universal symbol between New York City's past and present. ” JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS

Grand Central Terminal (also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter and intercity railroad terminal at 42 nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Over 250, 000 people commute through Grand Central every day on Metro -North trains, on the subway, and on New York City buses.

Grand Central Station Grand Central Terminal is one of the country’s great architectural achievements and New York City’s unofficial meeting place with thousands of people choosing to meet friends and loved ones each day at the opal-faced Main Concourse Information Booth Clock.

Structure Analysis Please analyze the general structure of the passage and summarize the main idea of each part. A Test of True Love Part I (Para. 1)--(Para. 1) An army officer was waiting to see a woman. What is the genre? Part II (Para. 2 -4)--- The love story between them Part III (Para. 5 -14)---A test of true love

About narrative writing time place characters in sequence of time/in spatial order beginning Development/climax plot First-person perspective Third-person ending In what order is this story organized?

sequence of time Please find out the time markers in the text. time: six minutes to six time: one munite to six time: for the past 13 months flashback

time: 5: 54 Part I (Para. 1) Grand Central Station place: ______________ place: John Blandford (a tall young army officer) & characters: ______________________ characters: a woman (filled a special place, had never seen) event: _____________________ event: John Blandford was waiting to see a woman.

1. Who was this woman? 2. For what reason was the man waiting for the woman? What's the relationship between them?

Part II (Para. 2 -4) for the past thirteen months time: ________________ John Blandford (a tall young army officer) & Hollis Meynell characters: ____________________ characters: They exchanged letters and developed love for event: _____________________ event: each other. ask her for a photo A test of true love John Blandford declined & ask him to see her in N. Y. Hollis Meynell

Part III (Para. 5 -14) time: 5: 59 place: ______________ place: Grand Central Station John Blandford, Hollis Meynell & a woman characters: ______________________ characters: Hollis Meynell tested John Blandford's love for her. event: _____________________ event:

How to test ? Hollis Meynell asked an old lady to stand in for her to test if John Blandfod truly loved her or just loved her beauty. contrast between Hollis Meynell & the stand-in a young woman Figure: long & thin Hair: spectacular, golden, in curls Eyes: blue flowers Lips: gentle firmness Suit: fancy green the stand-in Figure: more than fat gray Hair: Age: well past forty, a fossil Legs: thick Suit: brown

Which one do you like, the beautiful young lady or the fat old woman? And which one would John Blandford choose? John Blandford withstood the temptation of physical beauty and chose the one whoose spirit had companioned and brought warmth to his own. Happily, he passed the test by Hollis Meynell and won her heart. Hollis Meynell

Discussion When choosing your girlfriend/boyfriend, which would you value more, inner beauty or physical beauty? Please give your reasons.

　 When You Are Old 　　 　　　　 When you are old and grey and full of sleep 　　　　 And nodding by the fire, take down this book 　　　　 And slowly read, and dream of the soft look 　　　　 Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; 　　　　 How many loved your moments of glad grace, 　　　　 And loved your beauty with love false or true, 　　　　 But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, 　　　　 And loved the sorrows of your changing face; 　　　　 And bending down beside the glowing bars, 　　　　 Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled 　　　　 And paced upon the mountains overhead 　　　　 And his face amid a crowd of stars. 　　 　　 (BY William Butler Yeats)

Story Retelling during the past 13 months To John 5: 54 Grand Central Station John Blandford was waiting for a woman. To Hollis 5: 59 Grand Central Station Who is Hollis Meynell? the beautiful young lady or the old fat woman?

Description of a person 1. dominant impression Hollis Meynell: young & beautiful the stand-in: old & fat 2. sensory details examples: 1) 一语未了，只听后院中有人笑声，说: “我来迟 了，不曾迎接远客! ” 2) Some one took it, and I was caught up and held close in the arms of her who had come to reveal all things to me, and, more than all things else, to love me.

3. Figurative language 1） simile: a comparison between two things using the words “like” or “as”. e. g. In her fancy green suit she was like springtime come alive. O my love's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; O my love is like the melodie, That's sweetly played in tune. 2) metaphor: an implied analogy between two objects or ideas without using the words “like” or “as”. e. g. Her eyes were blue flowers. All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances.

Guess who? Describe a person in your class and ask your classmates to guess who he/she is. Your description should include both your dominate impression and sensory details about this person. And it would be better, if figurative language can be employed.

Paragraph Writing Example : Topic +reason 1+reason 2+reason 3… But when he asked her for a photo, she declined his request. She explained her objection: “If your feelings for me have any reality, any honest basis, what I look like won’t matter. Suppose I’m beautiful. I’d always be bothered by the feeling that you loved me for my beauty, and that kind of love would disgust me. Suppose I’m plain. Then I’d always fear you were writing to me only because you were lonely and had no one else. Either way, I would forbid myself from loving you. When you come to New York and you see me, then you can make your decision. Remember, both of us are free to stop or to go on after that—if that’s what we choose. . . ” (para. 4) 1. What is the topic sentence of this paragraph? ---She declined his request. 2. Why did she decline his request? --- Reason 1: If your feelings… Reason 2: Suppose I’m beautiful… Reason 3: Suppose I’m plain… Reason 4: Either way, …

Writing Task Please write a paragraph to express your ideas on the topic---“Can true love withstand tests? ” Your paragraph should begin or end with a point of view, which is supported by different reasons. Can true love withstand tests? Yes A No B

fancy a. / n. 花哨的; 别致的 / [sing. ] 喜爱 fossil patch vanish fog compress cement longing warmth n. n. vi. n. vt. n. n. n. [C] 化石 [C] 小块 消失 [C, U] 雾 压缩; 压紧 [U] 水泥 [sing. , U] 渴望 [U] 温暖

resist vt. highway n. without fail as long as be free to do sth. right away more than (+adj. ) be thankful for Hollis Meynell John Blandford 忍住; 抗拒 [C] 公路 必定; 总是 假如, 如果, 只要 随意做某事 立即, 马上 十分, 非常 对···心存感激 霍利斯 · 梅内尔 (人名) 约翰 · 布兰福德 (人名)

1. volunteer: ~ for sth. / to do sth. ① v. to perform a service of one's own free will ② n. a person who offers to do something without being paid ③ adj. being, or consisting of volunteers e. g. 1) volunteer financial support 2) volunteer for military service/ to join the army 3) The volunteers for community service are doing a good job. 4) During holidays, many college students offer volunteer service to people in the remote areas.

2. identical adj. exactly the same ~to/with sb. /sth. This is the identical book I borrowed from the library yesterday. Translati on 世界上没有两片相同的树叶。 There couldn’t be two identical tree leaves in the world. / There exist no tree leaves which are identical to/with each other.

3. departure n. an act of leaving a place depart v. ~ for/ from… departed adj. dead; past, bygone e. g. 1) the arrivals and departures of trains 2) Her boy friend’s departure for France increased her sense of frustration. 3) This would inevitably involve his departure from the post of Prime Minister. 4) a departure from the truth

4. decline v. ① refuse a request or offer, usually politely ② become smaller, weaker, fewer; diminish e. g. 1) decline an invitation 2) The football star declined to answer the reporters’ questions. 3) Union membership and union power are declining fast. 4) a declining birth rate 5) a decline in population fall/ go into a decline 失去力量、影响 on the decline 在消减，在衰退

5. forbid vt. not allow ~ sth. ~sb. to do sth. ~sb. from doing sth. e. g. 1) The new law forbids smoking in public. 2) The old lady forbade her daughter to marry that poor young man. 3) Juveniles are strictly forbidden from entering net bars. stop. . . from. . . ban … from … prohibit … from … keep. . . from. . . prevent … from. . . hinder … from …

6. fancy ① adj. having a lot of decoration or bright colors e. g. I don’t like this dress, because it is too fancy for me. a fancy dress ball 化妆舞会 fancy man/woman 情夫/情妇

6. fancy ② n. power of the mind to imagine想象力 a feeling of liking sb. or sth. 渴望，喜爱 e. g. a childhood fancy 儿时的幻想 Every woman has a fancy for diamond. catch/take sb’s fancy 合某人的心意，吸引某人 take a fancy to sb. / sth. 喜欢上/爱上… He took a fancy to the girl next door. She saw a dress in the shop window and it caught her fancy immediately.

6. fancy ③ vt. want something or want to do something. fancy doing sth. e. g. Do you fancy going to see a movie tonight? So you fancy yourself as the boss someday? He thinks I fancy him or something.

7. vanish vi. disappear or go suddenly out of sight ~ from/into. . . Dinosaurs vanished from the earth millions of years ago. The papers seem to have vanished into thin air. Translati on 人生最痛苦的事莫过于看着自己一生的努力化为乌有。 （vanish into void） Nothing is more painful than seeing one’s lifelong effort vanish into void.

8. compress vt. force sth into less space ~ into. . . e. g. compress a long story into a few sentences This course will be compressed into 10 weeks. 9. sport vt. wear穿着······，留着 (发型) 他穿着一件无领夹克。 He sported a collarless jacket. 他身材魁梧，留着红胡须。 He was heavily-built and sported a red moustache.

10. resist vt. prevent oneself from doing something 克制······的冲动 克制······的欲望 抑制······的诱惑 顶住······的压力 resist the impulse/urge to resist the desire to resist the temptation to resist the pressure to resistance (to sb/ sth) resistant (to) 为了减肥，她抵制住了和朋友外出就餐的诱惑。 In order to lose weight, she resisted the temptation to eat out with her friends.

11. without fail: with complete certainty • I'll finish the assignment without fail by the deadline. Translati on 请务必在八点整到达。 Be here at 8 o’clock sharp, without fail.

12. be free to: be able to do whatever one wants • You are totaly free to choose your future job. Translati on 你来去自便。 You are free to come and go as you please. be free from /of sth e. g. We dream to live in a world free of wars.

13. more than (+ adjective): very, extremely • The mom was more than a little angry at the boy's mischief. • More examples: 1) More than 100 people attended the conference. 2) To Helen Keller, Annie Sullivan is more than a teacher. 3) I love you more than I can say.

no more than= only ��，不� not more than= at the most 至多，不超� It's no more than a platitude. 无非是老生常谈。 The college admits not more than 1000 students every year. This book is no more interesting than that one. This book is not more interesting than that one. no less than not less than

14. be thankful for: be grateful for be thankful to sb for sth I'm very thankful to my parents for what they have done for me these years. Translati on 他很感激朋友们在他困难时给与他帮助和鼓励。 He was thankful to his friends for all the help and encouragement in time of trouble. be indebted to sb for sth

Sentence Analysis 1. In six minutes he would see the woman who had filled a special (main clause) (attributive clause) place in his life for the past thirteen months, a woman he had (appositive) never seen, yet whose written words had been with him and had given him strength without fail. (Para. 1) (attributive clause) 译文： 六分钟后，他将见到一位在过去 13个月里在他生命中占据特殊位置的女人， 一位他素未谋面、却通过书信始终给予他力量的女人。

2. And while they all got strength from it, and appreciated her support of their cause, John Blandford was the only person to write Ms. Meynell back. (Para. 2) while =although 虽然/尽管······ While the prospects are bright, the road has twists and turns. 前途是光明的，道路是曲折的。 More examples: My sister likes coffee, while I prefer tea. Strike while the iron is hot. / Strike the iron while it is hot. You'd better not interrupt others while they are working.

3. As long as he received letters from her, he felt as though he could survive. (Para. 3) as long as … , . . . 只要······ As long as you're here with me, I don't care who are, where you are from, what you did. Translati on 只要你努力，终有一天你会实现自己的目标。 As long as you keep trying, you will achieve your goal someday.

4. Suppose I’m beautiful. I’d always be bothered by the feeling that you loved me for my beauty, and that kind of love would disgust me. (Para. 4) suppose/supposing (that)…, 假如······ Suppose/ Supposing (that) it rains, can we play the match indoors? Translati on 假如你有一百万英镑，你想怎么花呢？ Suppose you had one million pounds, how would you spend it?

5. Blandford resisted the urge to follow the younger woman, though it was not easy to do so. Translati on “it” used as the formal subject to do sth adj. It is + doing sth + (for sb) n. that clause 1) 非常荣幸能跟你一起 作。 It is a great honor for me to cowork with you. 2) 跟他争论是浪费时间。 It is a waste of time arguing with him. 3) 飞机能否按时着陆还不确定。 It is uncertain whether the airplane can land on time. 4) 每个公民都必须履行自己的义务。 It is necessary that every citizen (should) fulfill his duty.

Exercises I. Translate the following sentences into English. 1. 我们应该感谢生活给与我们的一切，无论是好是坏，因为是这一切让 我们成为今天的自己。(be grateful) We should be grateful for whatever life has given us, good or bad, which has made us who we are today. 2. 只要还有希望，我们就不能放弃。（as long as） As long as there is still hope, we shouldn’t give up. 3. 假如有来生， 我想做一棵树。(suppose/supposing) Suppose we could live an afterlife, I would like to be a tree. 4. 在聚会上看到这么多老朋友， 我感到非常开心。(more than) I’m more than a little happy to see so many old friends at the gathering. 5. 光做白日梦而不行动是没有用的。(It is no use doing…) It is no use just daydreaming but without taking action. 6. 他克制住想哭的冲动，继续像个战士一样奋斗。

II. Try to describe different body parts by using as many specific words as possible. Body Part Hair Eyes Face mouth/chin Hands Legs Detailed description

III. Writing task Will John Blandford go to meet Hollis Meynell? What may happen between them next? Will their love story come to a happy ending? Please continue the story. (Your story should be no less than 200 words. ) John Blandford Hollis Meynell

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