全新大学英语综合教程第一册.ppt

全新版大学英语第一册UNIT5 Unit 5 Romance Part I Pre-reading Task Listen to the recording two or three times and then think over the following questions: 1. Do you have a favorite love song? What is its name? Who is the singer? Can you sing or hum the tune? 2. What is the song you have just heard mainly about? 3. Do you think it appropriate to begin this unit with a love song? Why or why not?  The following word in the recording may be new to you: rhyme n. 韵；韵味  Part II Text A A letter or telephone call comes from someone you have not met, and you find yourself imagining 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. A VALENTINE STORY Doug Bell John Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didnt, the girl with the rose. His interest in her had begun twelve months before in a Florida library. Taking a book off the shelf he soon found himself absorbed, not by the words of the book, but by the notes penciled in the margin. The soft handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and insightful mind In the front of the book, he discovered the previous owners name, Miss Hollis Maynell. With time and effort he located her address. She lived in New York City. He wrote her a letter introducing himself and inviting her to correspond. The next day he was shipped overseas for service in World War II. During the next year the two grew to know each other through the mail. Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. A romance was budding. Blanchard requested a photograph, but she refused. She explained: If your feeling for me has any reality, any honest basis, what I look like wont matter. Suppose Im beautiful. Id always be haunted by the feeling that you had been taking a chance on just that, and that kind of love would di