Unit 5综英1要点课品.pptVIP

Unit 5 How to Be True to Yourself Preview 1. Pre-reading Discussion What is your motto, if any? A quote from Dante Audiovisual supplement: The Devil Wears Prada 2. Global understanding Main idea Structural analysis 3. Text Study Language points in context Language difficulties: paraphrasing translation Questions for consideration Text organization About citing examples 4. Oral Activities Sentence Translation Motto(e)s Examples: Epicurean motto: “Eat, drink and be merry.” The Motto of Soochow University: Unto a full grown man.(养天地正气，法古今完人) The Olympic Motto: Faster, higher, stronger One of my Mottoes: Happiness is not a state to arrive but a manner of travelling. How about yours? (students to be invited) Global Understanding and Language Points Paragraph 1 My grandparents believed you were either honest or you weren’t. There was no in-between. in-between: n. something or a certain state between two poles, extremes, etc. 中间（状态）。 in between adv. For me, size 8 is too big and 7 too small . Do you have a size in between? We have two lessons this morning, but theres some free time in between. My roommates disagreed and I was caught in between.  Related expressions: to go between: to serve as the negotiator, mediator, broker, etc.. Let the third party go between the other two parties. go-between: n. negotiator, broker, match-maker A UN representative will act as a go-between for leaders of the two countries. Between you and me / ourselves, he is not qualified.  “Life is like a field of newly fallen snow; where I choose to walk every step will show.” Explanation: Life is like a field covered with newly-fallen snow, and in this field, every step you make will clearly show itself. Translation:人生就像刚刚落过雪的原野，我所走的每一步都会清晰无遗。  Extension Here in this case, word sequence is re-adjusted for the sake of rhyme. It is often the case in poetry, in mottoes, proverbs, epitaph（墓志铭）, antithetical couplets（对联）, etc.. Life is like a field of newly fa