Unit11HowtoBeTruetoYourself.pptVIP

Unit 11 How to Be True to Yourself Overall Arrangement 1. Pre-reading Discussion and Sharing What is your motto, if any?(4-6 students to be invited to talk about their mottoes) 2. Text Study: A Multi-layer Reading of the Text 2.1 Global Understanding Language points in context 2.2 Text organization and progression 2.3 About Citing Examples 3. Questions and Answers 4. Assignments Mottoes: Sharing 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: Life is tough, and you can be tougher. 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?  Related expressions: *to go between: to serve as the negotiator, mediator, broker, etc.. *Go-between: n. negotiator, broker, match-maker * Between shame and nervousness, I started to stutter and stammer, and my mind almost went blank. 由于羞愧和紧张…  “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:1：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。 2. 人生一雪地，跬步显无遗。  Extension Here in this case, word sequence is re-adjusted for the sake of rhyme. It is often the case in poetry, in mottoes, adages, epitaph, antithetical couplets, etc.. Life is like a field of newly fallen snow; where I choose to walk every step will show.  Examples: 十年 (Pop Song) 如果那两个字没有颤 我不会发现我难受抖 怎么说出口也不过是分手 如果对于明天没有要求… Ten Years If good-bye was not uttered with quiver,I would not see the sadness I did show