Book4Unit5.ppt.ppt

An Integrated English Course Book 4 Unit Five The Tapestry of Friendship Questions for general understanding What’s the text about? How do you understand the title The Tapestry of Friendship? What type of writing is the text? What’s the author’s purpose of writing? (p.69) How many parts can we divide the text into? What are they? About the text This text distinguishes two kinds of friendship: that between men and that between women. Open to discussion. Argumentation. Purpose of writing: to make a distinction between men and women as buddies and friends. The text can be divided into four parts. Text structure: Four parts Paragraphs 1-2 serve as the Prelude, where the author reveals what kind of film the woman had just seen. Paragraphs 3-6 are the Introduction, where the author advances the double standard of friendship on the basis of the personally observed shift of focus of cinema lens. Paragraphs 7-18 are the Body, where the distinctions of the two types of friendship are detailed. The last paragraph is the Conclusion, which summarizes the fundamental difference between the male companionship and the female friendship. Part I: Prelude (Paragraphs 1-2) In this part the author reveals what kind of film the woman had just seen and what attitude she had to it. What kind of film did the woman see? What attitude did she have towards the film? Language work 1. It was, in many ways, a slight movie.: -- In many aspects it was a simple, ordinary movie. 2. big-budget chase scene: -- a car-chase scene that costs a lot of money 3. cosmic: 1) very great This earthquake was a disaster of cosmic scale. 2) relating to the universe The other great cosmic reality is time. Some people believe that what happens in their lives is influenced by cosmic forces. 4. Slowly, it panned across the tapestry of friendship ...:-- Step by step it gave an all-sided view of the complex structure of friendship ... Questions for discussion 1) What kind of film did the woman see? It wa