精读4配套课件unit 13 cord by chen juebin.pptVIP

Discussion Why did the daughter make amends by asking gently? The daughter remembered all the things that would got her mother bilious. What does this show? Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part I: Sentence Paraphrase “But otherwise?” Claire said. This was a holiday, not an expedition into the past. (para. 13) Apart from that? Apart from that, would you say you had a good trip? Her mother had come to spend a holiday with her. She shouldn’t think or talk a lot about things that had happened between them in the past, especially anything she’d better forget. Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part II: Words Expressions Words Phrases Sentence Pattern Grammar secure (vt.) ease (vt.) brim make amends Claire met her mother at the airport and they kissed warmly, not having seen each other for over a year. Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part I: Exercise Fill in the blanks Having made all necessary arrangements at home, the mother _______ a visit to her daughter in London by air. When the mother arrived at the airport with her heavy, doubly ____ suitcase, the daughter _____ her mother into a taxi. On their way to the daughter’s home, the daughter used “nonsense” and instantly tried to ______. Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part II: The mother’s 8-day stay with her daughter Claire. (paras. 16–95) The first evening (paras. 16–28) Why do you think the mother prepared all the presents? Chicken, bread and eggs A tapestry of a church spire and a holy water font Ashtrays made from shells and lamps converted from bottles? How would you account for the daughter’s response to the gifts? Why did she lie? Discussion Did Claire like the gifts? Why (not)? How is it that the tapestry especially touched her though she thought it was ugly? Text Analysis Detailed Analysis How are the tones of the following two sentences different? You’ll stay seventeen days. Are you staying seventeen days? Which one do you use when talking to y