大学英语 精读 预备级 unit4 the generation gap.ppt

Warm-up Exercise Directions: The following is a set of statements about the text, some true, others false. If a statement is true, repeat it ; if it is false, make necessary changes to turn it into a true one. 1.Julie began to exchange letters with her mother when she was six. 2. Grandma gave Julie some money to buy a pair of clogs. (Grandma gave Julie some money to buy whatever she liked.) 3. Julies mother finally allowed Julie to buy a pair of clogs. 4. Most of the notes between Julie and her mother were apologies. (Julie and her mother exchanged notes on all kinds of subjects.) 5. Julie found it harder to express her feelings on paper than to speak about them. (She found it easier to write down her feelings.) 6. Julie began to wear makeup when she became a college student. (Julie began to wear makeup when she became a high school student.) 7. Julie wanted to make her eyes more beautiful. 8. Julie still write to her mother after she went to college. Text interpretation: This story is generally organized in order of A. time B. space C. logic Try to find out signal words of time. Then put sentences containing the signal words together, and work out the structure of the text. When my daughter Julie was six years old,… （para.1) By the time Julie was in fourth grade,… （para.2) Over the next few years,…（para.10) When Julie was in eighth grade…（para.10) On Julie’s first day of high school,…（para.15) My daughter left home for college a few years ago. （para.24) signal words of time Main idea of each part Part 1（para1）The tradition started. Part 2（paras2-9）Julie learned the power of written notes. Part 3（paras10-14）We exchanged notes on various topics. Part 4（paras15-23）A fight was solved in this way. Part 5（para24）Our tradition has pulled us through again. For para.1 I didn’t know we were starting a tradition. Translate the sentence 我当时并不知道我们正开始一个传统。 For para.2 …she had figured out that handwritten notes could