Lesson 4The Nightingale and the Rose.pptVIP

Lesson 4The Nightingale and the Rose Contents Warm-up II. Background Information III. Language Study IV. Text Appreciation I. warm-up 1 You are walking to your loves house. There are two roads to get there. One is a straight path which takes you there quickly, but is very plain and boring. The other is curvy full of wonderful sights on the way, but takes quite a while to reach your loves house. WHICH PATH DO YOU CHOOSE? Short or Long? 2 On the way, you see two rose bushes. One is full of white roses; the other is full of red roses. You decide to pick twenty roses for your love. (You could pick all of the same color or half half or whatever combination that suits your taste.) ? WHAT COLOR COMBO DO YOU CHOOSE? 3 You finally get to your loves house. You ring the bell and a family member answers the door. You can ask the family member to get your love, or you may get him/her yourself. ? WHAT DO YOU DO? Ask or Get Yourself? 4 Now, You go up to your loves room. No one is there. You could leave the roses by the windowsill or on the bed. ? WHERE DO YOU PUT THE ROSES? Window or Bed? 5 Later its time for bed. You and your love go to sleep in separate rooms (were very politically correct, here). You wake up in the morning and go to your loves room to check up on him/her. You enter the room: IS HE/SHE AWAKE OR SLEEPING? 6 Its time to go home now and you start to head back. You can take either road home now. The plain and boring one that gets you home faster or the curvy and sight-filled road that you can just take your time with. WHICH ROAD DO YOU CHOOSE? Short or Long? Now analyze your answers: 1. The road represents your attitude towards falling in love. If you chose the short one, you fall in love quickly and easily. If you chose the long one, you take your time and do not fall in love that easily. 2. The number of red roses represents how much you expect to give in a relationship. The number of white roses represents how much you expect in