新视野大学英语读写教程第一册课文原文unit3-4.docx

Unit 3Section A Pre-reading Activities First Listening Having ideas about a story before you read it is an important reading skill. Please listen to a very short piece of recording. Second Listening Now listen to the recording for the second time and try to the best of your ability to answer the following questions. 1. Why do you think people stared at the father and the son? 2. What do you think a good heart is? 3. What is the difference between how the son felt about his father as a youth and how he feels many years later? 4. Now read the story below. How close did you come to knowing the answers before you read the whole story? A Good Heart to Lean OnMore than I realized, Dad has helped me keep my balance. When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was severely crippled and very short, and when we walked together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare. I would inwardly struggle at the unwanted attention. If he ever noticed or was bothered, he never let on. It was difficult to coordinate our steps — his halting, mine impatient — and because of that, we didnt say much as we went along. But as we started out, he always said, You set the pace. I will try to adjust to you. Our usual walk was to or from the subway on which he traveled to work. He went to work sick, and despite nasty weather. He almost never missed a day, and would make to the office even if others could not. A matter of pride.When snow or ice was on the ground, it was impossible for him to walk, even with help. At such times my sisters or I would pull him through the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y., on a childs wagon with steel runners to the subway entrance. Once there, he would cling to the hand-rail until he reached the lower steps that the warmer tunnel air kept free of ice. In Manhattan the subway station was the basement of his office building, and he would not have to go outside again until we met him in Brooklyn on his way home. When I think of it now, I am am