大学英语Unit52章节.pptVIP

Unit Five --- Romance Text A --- A Valentine Story Text B---The Wallet Objectives Students are supposed to be able to: 1. grasp the main idea (the nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive) and structure of the text; 2. appreciate the narrative skills demonstrated in the text (switch between tenses, change of narrators, some rhetorical devices (simile and metaphor) and the use of informal language in conversation; 3. Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities centered upon the theme of the unit.  A Valentine Story A letter or telephone call comes from someone you have not met, and you find yourself imaging what the person looks like, putting a face to the hidden voice. Are you any good at this? Sometimes it is easy to get it wrong. Contents Text A A Valentine Story Background information Check Words and Expressions Structure discussion Text B The Wallet Comprehension Questions Words And Phrases Quiz Something about Valentine’s Day Audio( words and expressions) priest （牧师）　 Rome jailer （狱卒）　 Claudius 克劳迪亚斯 volunteer （自愿） ceremony （典礼，仪式）　 behead （斩首）　thrown into prison penalty （处罚） almond （杏树） name after （按…命名） St.（Saint 圣人, 道德崇高的人, 圣徒） Background Information The Valentine’s Day The holiday of Valentines Day probably derives its origins from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. In the early days of Rome, fierce wolves roamed the woods nearby. The Romans called upon one of their gods, Lupercus, to keep the wolves away. A festival held in honor of Lupercus was celebrated February 15th. The festival was celebrated as a spring festival. Their calendar was different at that time, with February falling in early springtime. One of the customs of the young people was name-drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man drew a slip. The girl who