大学英语精读unit3ThePresent修改版.ppt

“ 礼物”是一种载意的媒体。中国有句俗话, 叫“千里送鹅毛, 礼轻情意重” 。在人们的日常生活交往中, “礼物” 经常作为一种中介, 用来传递一份份浓浓的情和义。 俗话说：blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水 我们来欣赏以一位年迈母亲在自己八十岁生日这一天满怀喜悦和希望的心情等待邮差送来亲生女儿的生日祝贺礼物的故事 1.It was the old lady’s birthday. 2. She got up early to be ready for the post. From the second floor flat she could see the postman when he came down the street, and the little boy from the ground floor brought up her letters on the rare occasions when anything came. Time : The old lady’s birthday Place: On the second floor Language Points: 1.She got up early to be ready for the post. 1) be ready for sth: prepared and fit for use 【例句 】准备好上课了吗？ Are you ready for class? 【搭配 】 be ready to do sth准备好做某事 . 3. Today she was sure there would be something. Myra wouldn’t forget her mother’s birthday, even if she seldom wrote at other times.Of course Myra was busy. Her husband had been made Mayor, and Myra herself had got a medal for her work for the aged. 1) even if: in spite of the fact that, no matter whether 即使，纵然，尽管 2) at other times: on other occasions平时 Her husband had been made Mayor,…. make: 1) cause sb/sth to be or become sth: 使（某人[某事物]）表现出某状况 2) elect or choose sb as sth 挑选，任命， 【例句 】她任命他做她的助手。 She made him her assistant. 【搭配 】 取笑 make fun of 办成功，做到 make it 利用 make use of Myra herself had got a medal for her work for the aged 1. What rhetorical device（修辞手法） did the author use? Irony.讽刺 2. What can we infer from this part? It is quite ironic (讽刺的) that Myra did a lot for the old in the society while she was so thoughtless for her mother. efficient ; effective（有效的） 1. This is a very method. 2. Mary turned out to be an ____secretary. eighty was a special birthday, another decade lived or endured just as you chose to look at it. Translate the sentence into Chinese. 毕竟80寿辰是个非同寻常的日子。你又活了10年，或者是熬了10年。是活是熬就在于你怎么看。 9. Even if Myra did not come, she would send a present. The old lady was sure of that. Two spots of colour brightened her cheek