Unit 2 A Wedding Gift课件.pptVIP

Unit Two A Wedding Gift Lead- in What kind of person do you like to have as your life partner? Why? What do you know about western wedding ceremony? Are you going to hold a Chinese-style wedding ceremony or a western one? Why? What do you wish to get from your parents as a wedding gift? Understanding the Content 1. Under what circumstances was the author proposed to? When she was Windexing the bathroom mirror. 2. Why does she say that it was her turn to get married? For she was already 40 years old, and she had gracefully stepped aside and watched both her twin sister and baby sister take the matrimonial plunge before her. 3. Why does the author say that the universe tried to thwart her? Because the Greek band from L.A. she wanted wasn’t available. The stitching she requested was all wrong. Her ivory silk gown was being quarantined somewhere in Singapore. And with her wedding just a few weeks away, most of her guests were responding after the deadline. In a word, everything didn’t go smooth before her wedding. 4. What made the author stop thinking about her wedding? Her mother’s disease. 5. What kind of person do you think George was? He was a kind-hearted, considerate guy, ready to share hardship with his beloved fiancee. 6. What was the doctor’s prognosis of the author’s mother’s disease? The cancer hadn’t spread. The cancer was benign (良性的), not malignant (恶性的). 7. What did the author learn from taking care of her mother? She learned how to cook, how to take care of others and realized how consummately her mother had cared for her and her sisters. 8. What does the wedding gift refer to? What’s really important to her life: Her mother’s good health. Language points Propose v.求婚, 计划, 打算, 向 ... 提议 我提议为我们的友谊干杯。 I wish to propose a toast to our friendship. 他建议做一些改变。 He proposed that a change should be made. 他向你求婚了吗？ Did he propose to you? Engage v. v.订婚, 答应, 预定, 使忙碌, 雇佣 engage表示“使某人订婚”，be engaged to sb表示“跟某人订婚”。 Jack and Anne are engaged. 杰克和安妮订婚了。