Unit4-The_Girl_in_the_Fifth_Row.ppt

Unit 4 The Girl in the Fifth Row Leo Buscaglia 世界著名演说家和作家，曾任美国加州大学特殊教育系教授。率先在大学里开设了“爱”的课程，受到学生和社会各阶层人士的欢迎。他一生致力于推展广义的“爱”，美国大众传播界称他为“拥抱博士”。他的书几乎变成爱的圣经，他的演讲几乎变成爱的传道。 在利奥?巴斯卡利亚博士25年的写作生涯中，有5本书同时登上纽约时报畅销书排行榜的纪录。他的著作已被译为17种语言，发行量超过1800万册。他的主要作品有《彼此相爱》（Loving Each other）、《生活、爱、学习》（Living Loving and Learning）、《爱》（Love）、《通往天堂的9路巴士》（Bus 9 to Paradise）、《为爱而生》（Born for Love）等。《一片叶子落下来》是他留下的唯一一部绘本作品。 Text Structure Part I： Para. 1-3 Para.4-12 Para. 13-38 Para. 39 Part II： Part III： Part IV： Assistant (adj./n.) N. Sb who helps another in a job, and is under that person’s direction Eg. When the shop is busy, he employs an assistant. Adj. Helping/ranking next below a senior person Eg. An assistant manager/ professor/ director/ cook Fuss Act or behave in a nervous, impatient, anxious and excited way about small matters Eg. I wish you would stop fussing me about; I’m quite able to look after myself. Stop fussing, and do your homework. She fussed too much about her health. Stammer Speak or say with pauses and repeated sound, either habitually or because of excitement/ fear Eg. She stammers when she feels nervous. Stutter Speak or say with difficulty in producing sounds, especially habitually holding back first consonant. Eg. “I c-c-can’t help it,” he stuttered. Poised Calm, self-controlled, confident Eg. The young lady answered all the questions in a poised way. Attentive----inattentive Listening carefully; taking careful notice Eg. The speaker likes to have attentive listeners. Politely helpful Eg. He was very attentive to the old lady and did everything for her. Animated Full of spirit and excitement; lively Emanate (emanate from sth) Come/ flow out from sth Eg. Do you know where these rumors emanated from? Strange smelling emanated from holes in the ground. Haltingly Do sth in a hesitant way, as if lack of confidence; stopping and starting as if uncertain Eg. He answered the questions haltingly. Stunning Extremely attractive and beautiful; splendid; impressive Eg. You