全新版大学英语(第二版)第2册Unit3分析.pptVIP

Unit 3 Text A Father Knows Better Content 1. New Words 2. While-Reading Text 2.1 Culture background 2.3 Go through the text with details 3. Post-Reading Task 2.2 Quotations about fatherhood 2.4 Some questions for pair work 2.5 Phrases of the text Something about plays Components of a play: 1.Characters: actors or actress 2.Settings: in which the play is performed 3.Stage directions: to set up stage properties in the proper place; to direct actors?movement, gesture, facial expression etc. 4. Language / Line 5.conflicts: the essence of a play, a clash of actions, ideas which may happen in three forms: man vs. man, man vs. environment, man vs. himself 6. Climax: when a conflict develops to the most intensified point, it becomes a climax 7.Theme: main ideas of a play Stage arrangement: Up left Up right Stage left Center Stage Stage right Down left Down right Family life in America The average day for many families begins with getting the children up and ready for school. There is usually a rush for everyone to use the bathroom, find clean clothes, eat breakfast, and catch the bus. The school day usually ends at about 3 p.m. in the US and 4 p.m. in Britain, and the working day at 5 p.m. So many parents have to make arrangements for their children after school. Children may go to an after-school center or stay with a neighbor抯 children. Older children often do activities like sports or music at their school ,or go home and do their homework. They often also have to do chores and may get paid by parents. Although criticized sometimes, many people believe that it is good for children to learn to be independent. From an early age children are encouraged to decide what they want to do, eat or wear, and their parents try to respect their opinions. Many American teenagers earn a good portion of their college expenses by working during the summer as waiters or waitress, construction workers, mother抯 helpers, gas s