《大学英语精读》第三版第2册Unit 7 Not on My Block.pptVIP

Not on My BlockLynn Rossellini Text The Making of a Surgeon Useful expressions Text interpretation Word family Sentence structure Translation Reading skill Guided writing Homework Useful expressions 凝视 空缺职位 经营钻石 历史的潮流 对..不存幻想 Occupy oneself in Fly into a rage Useful expressions 驱散人群 养父母 拘留某人 面对危险 公共财产 Take by the throat 大惊小怪 Useful expressions Wage-earner 一位悲剧诗人 Caution against NGO/WTO/WHO 在..领导下 Establish oneself Extend my greetings Text interpretation Warm-up questions What is your impression of drugs? Have you ever happened to witness an on-going crime? What are the causes for crimes, say, drug dealing? Text interpretation Answer the questions Ⅱ Comprehension 2 on p.169 What type is the text, generally? A. narration B. exposition C. description D. argumentation Text interpretation 5W’s of the story When: the summer of 2000 Where: on her steps (“on my block”) Who: a 50-sth. mother, a gang of seven What: The heroin stood up to the gang. Why: Why did they choose to deal drugs on her stoop? What prompted the heroine to confront the gang? Etc. Let’s see how the story begins, develops, culminates and concludes. Scenes of the story Text interpretation …after moving in, she found a bunch of men… “Excuse me,” she said, startled. The group of seven rose, staring at her with cold, hard eyes. (listening, begging, etc.) Once inside, Armstead locked the door… ...learned that her house, long vacant, was used .. Armstead had no illusions about the men … But it wasn’t the first time she’d risen to an unexpected challenge. Back in the mid-1990s, when her own … Text interpretation Armisteads insides were turning over,… …she said calmly, keeping her face a mask. …they cleared snow from her walk and checked in on her… Armstead kept “fussin”, warning of the dangers of fast money… Angela had waged her own battle against … She has been a driving force in BUILD. They established an extended-day program … They prompted the city to step up efforts to … …who us