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Unit 4 The Dream of an Hour Teaching objectives Topic: dilemmas of life Vocabulary: expressions about dilemmas of life; elusive,, composedly, be afflicted with, abandon, enable, count for, implore, die of, impose on, strive to do Writing: Writing a story about the little dilemmas in life Part IListening speaking Aims: Learning the expressions and phrases related to dilemmas in life Practicing talking about dilemmas and possible solutions in life with the vocabulary you have learned in the brainstorming section. Expressions of ability/inability able to do, can do, no problem, a piece of cake, make it unable to do, over my head, beyond me, too much for (me), fail to do E.g. Physics was always over my head. It’s beyond me how a person could murder his mother. Expressions for giving reasons because (of), due to, as a result of, thanks to, owing to, on account of, by reason of E.g. The game was cancelled owing to the rain. She retired early on account of ill health. Expressions of wanting and hope hope to, expect, look forward to, dream of, long for, desire to, thirst after/for, aspire to/after E.g. She thirsted for power. He aspired to be their next leader. He aspired after fame and riches. Expressions of disappointment to one’s disappointment, sadden, let sb. down, fall short of, not up to expectation, dash one’s hopes / dreams, e.g. It saddened her that people could be so cruel. Our income may well fall short of our needs. Expressions of frustration cant make up ones mind, be caught in a trap, be baffled, be cornered, be checkmated, be fed up with, (colloquial) Enough is enough! Will this ever end? I can’t stand it anymore! be in a hole, be in deep water, E.g. I’m baffled why she hasn’t called. He had got himself into a hole and it was going to be difficult to get out of it. Listening Listen to the following recording: Genetic Engineering: for Better or Worse? Group work Discuss with your partner some of the disappointments you have experience