unit 1section a新视野大学英语第三册.pptxVIP

Unit 1 I Am Home ;Contents ;Spot Dictation;·Directions: The following paragraph is taken from Text A. listen carefully and fill in the blanks without referring to the original text. ;Watch the film clips and discuss the following questions: 1) Why was Alexandre unhappy? 2) Can you understand Alexandre’s feeling? Have you had the similar experience with her?; In this film clip, Alexandre, a Greek exchange student who studies in the US is sad. She misses her family, especially when she received a letter from her parents. Being away from home, she feels lonely, though she has a lot of good friends in the US, and they treat her very well. Nothing can replace the position of family in one’s life. Text A furnishes us a good example. ; Reading through;Chinese;Para 3;Para 4;Para 56;Para 78; I called my mother and father and said, “I miss you so much. I need my parents back. I’m buying a place out here and I want you to move to California.” My father wasn’t too keen on the idea of being back in the rat race, but I assured him that this time it would be nothing like that. So we began looking for a place just like I remember growing up in. Then one day we found it: the perfect home, nestled in a warm and sunny valley with pear trees in the yard. The move renewed my family’s happiness; the dark void in me began to disappear; and a sense of balance returned to my soul. I was home, again. ;Meaning of the Sentences;Meaning of the Sentences;Meaning of the Sentences;Meaning of the Sentences;Meaning of the Sentences;Meaning of the Sentences;Main Idea Structure; The passage is about an American girl’s experience. The little girl is born and brought up on a farm. Life on the farm is busy and joyful. There is lots of love. She feels very close to her family. Then they moved to Arizona due to his father’s health. Though the surroundings in Arizona are quite different and strange, she enjoys life there with her family members. Late