大学英语综合教程1U4预习任务.doc

Unit 4 Care of the Elderly 第四单元的小组活动是检查各组对第四单元课文预习的情况。因此，在上课的时候，老师将会根据TextA和TextB课文的内容（包括课文理解和单词用法），提问以及组织抢答比赛。结果是各组本单元的成绩。希望各小组认真准备哦。（负责第四单元的组长请督促各组员提前根据下面的任务做好预习。） Pre-class Tasks 预习任务 Divide Text A into three parts and summarize the main idea of each part. Part I : Part II: Part III: Answer the following questions based on Text A. What happened to the writer’s grandmother when her grandfather died? Why did the writer’s grandmother move in with the writer’s mother? How will you describe this extended family in one sentence? What was life like for GG’s family? Why? How did GG’s baby sister break GG’s doll? What happened to GG’s baby sister years later? Why is the doll a very significant part in GG’s life? What idea popped up in Meagan’s mind on their way back home? How did Meagan’s mother feel about this suggestion? Did GG finish the story Meagan wrote? Why? (3) Get ready to have an activity called “Quick Response”(快速回应) over the details. Sample1: True or false? GG moved in with her daughter because she wanted to live with a large family. Sample2: A or B I know it was my precious doll. A. expensive B. exact 附录：U4 词汇词组 Words and Expressions 1. fade: v. 1) (cause to) lose brightness, colour, strength, freshness, or vigor * Flowers soon fade when cut. * The strong sunlight had faded the curtain. * Beauty fades like a flower. (= 红颜易逝。) * 她的身体在迅速地衰弱。 (= She is fading fast.) 2) disappear gradually (from sight, hearing, memory, etc.) * At the bottom of my heart I feel a parental love that will never fade with the passing time. * As evening came the coastline faded into darkness. * 她已经忘记儿时的事情。 (= All memory of her childhood faded from her mind.) * The sound of the cheering faded away in the distance. 2. move in: take possession of a new home * You must come and see our new house when we’ve moved in. * We moved out on Monday and the new tenants moved in on Tuesday. Collocation: move in 搬进 move out 搬出 3. arouse: vt. 1) wake sb. from sleep * Aroused from a deep sl