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Lesson 6 The Man in the Water I.Teaching Aims: 1.To learn the spirit of the heroes, let us know that everyone has the potentiality to become a hero, and appreciate the beauty of human nature. 2.To practice the verb pattern vt.+n/pron+prep.+n./prep./gerund, such as “accuse sb. of doing sth.” Practice the use of “that-clause” II. About the Author Roger Rosenblatt attended New York University and Harvard University, where he later taught English. He served as director of education for the National Endowment for the Humanities between 1973-1975. He has worked for a few well-established media outlets as editor and essayist and received the George Polk Award for magazine reporting in 1982. III.background information This is a short essay about tan air crash that took place in the capital of the United States in the year 1982. a plane that took off from the Washington National Airport did not clear the bridge over the Potomac River because of the thick ice on the wings. It hit the bridge and fell right into the river, bringing all the passengers to their instant death except five from the tail section who found themselves gasping and struggling in the icy water. These five people however survived, and they were able to survive because of four heroes. The author wrote this essay in praise of those heroes, three of whom had risked their lives to rescue the survivors and were able to live to tell the story, but the man that really held the whole nation’s attention was the fourth man who had kept pushing his lifeline rings to others until he went under. IV word study acknowledge v. to recognize; to admit e.g. she is acknowledged as an expert on the subject. Acknowledgement n. 承认，感谢，鸣谢 anonymity n. the state of not having one’s name or identity known to others anonymous a. e.g. an anonymous donor 不透露姓名的捐赠者 an anonymous letter 匿名信 3．Budget n. a plan of how a government will spend the money that is available in a particular period of time e.g. a monthly bu