Unit9-Section B 新视野英语教程Book 4教材.ppt

My Road to Happiness CONTENTS Introduction Road is the topic of the text. The author is endowed with two different meanings. His house is too close to the road, and all the traffic and noise gives him an endless headache; on the other side, the road brings him friends, stories and neighbors, and it turns into “my road to happiness”. The author expected to express the truth: people’s need for having people close and the need for something to put the way to human happiness. Questions and Answers Find the answers of the following question in the text. 1. Can you summarize the process of the author’s attitude towards the road? 2. Can you find out three benefit brought by the road, 3. What does the author mean by saying “his reasons, just as true as his middle name, had to do with farm life in the late 19th century”? Intensive Reading When I bought this house, I was concerned about how close it was to the road. But after moving in and getting settled, my concerns were pushed aside. For the first few months, planting vegetables, acquiring a dog, building a chicken house, and getting wood—all these projects kept me outside from dawn until dusk, along with my little portable radio. It wasnt until winter arrived and confined me to the house that I became more conscious of the road. Its just a Maine country back road, lined with beautiful old trees and homes, but its very busy. To the north is the city, to the west the bus terminal and the highway, and to the south, a shopping mall. All the traffic passing by my house is on its way somewhere else. Para. 12 My Road to Happiness Para. 910 The road also brings me stories. The mailman, for instance, who calls me Madam, tells me about the funny things he sees around town, and has given me more information than Ill ever need about the price of postage to countries around the world. And the man who connected the cable for my TV—well, he spent an hour filling me in on all the shows he watches with his new sat