book3_uni5A.ppt

Objectives to achieve: Graceful hands Before-reading Activity Words to know: shift decay secure slid Interval shallow association Words to know Words to know Words to know Enriching your vocabulary Read the sentences carefully and guess the meaning of the italicized term in each sentence according to the context and your own experiences. Consolidation Global Reading: Global Learning: Global-reading Activity Global-reading Activity She lies motionless: the head seems unusually large on a skeleton body; the skin is dark yellow and hangs loosely around exaggerated bones that not even a blanket can hide; the right arm lies straight out at the side, taped cruelly to a board to secure a needle so that fluid may drip in; the left arm is across the sunken chest, which rises and falls with the uneven breaths. (Para. 3) Detailed-reading Activity Graceful hands I have never seen Mrs. Clark before, but I know from her medical chart and the report I received from the preceding shift that tonight she will die. Detailed-reading Activity The only light in her room is coming from a piece of medical equipment, which is flashing its red light as if in warning. As I stand there, the smell hits my nose, and I close my eyes as I remember the smell of decay from past experience. In my mouth I have a sour vinegar taste coming from the pit of my stomach. I reach for the light switch, and as it silently lights the scene, I return to the bed to observe the patient with an unemotional, medical eye. Detailed-reading Activity Mrs. Clark is dying. She lies motionless: the head seems unusually large on a skeleton body; the skin is dark yellow and hangs loosely around exaggerated bones that not even a blanket can hide; the right arm lies straight out at the side, taped cruelly to a board to secure a needle so that fluid may drip in; the left arm is across the sunken chest, which rises and falls with the uneven breaths. Detailed-reading Activity I reach for the long, thin fi