全新版大学英语综合教程预备级Unit 2.ppt

* Love at Home Amanda Warming-up Make a comment on the following picture according to your own understanding. What is home? Is there any difference between “home” and “house”? Do you like to tell secrets to your parents? Why or why not? Would you please share a special story between your parents and you? After you enter the college, how often do you call your parents and what do you usually talk about with them? How to make a warm and harmonious home? Give some suggestions. Try to answer the following questions according to your own understanding: 1. What is home? Is there any difference between “home” and “house”? Home is where you live at a particular time. Home is the country, the state or the city where you live. Home is where the story begins. Home is a forever harbor which can protect you from being hurt or comfort you when you are unhappy. Home is where your beloved persons stay. (your mum dad, your sisters brothers, your lovers, your friends, etc.) Home is where your heart is, a place offering affection and security. … The difference between “home” and “house”: Home: a more abstract concept; spiritual House: a concrete concept; material 2. Do you like to tell secrets to your parents? Why or why not? Yes: Your parents are very open-minded and young in spirit; Your parents treat you as a good friend; You like telling everything to your parents from a very young age; Your parents are good at solving problems and they can help you indeed. No: Your parents are very conservative and quite different from you; Your parents can’t understand your feelings; There is almost no communication between your parents and you; Your parents always can’t help you. 5. How to make a warm and harmonious home? Give some suggestions. always show our respect to the family members, especially to the elders; learn to replace thinking; promote mutual understanding; learn to forgive and make concession; do something meaningful tog