南开大学《大学英语》课件-Unit 5.pptVIP

Unit Five Romance 主讲：洪薇 Teaching Objectives 1. Grasp the main idea and structure of the text2. Master the key language points and grammatical structures 3. Appreciate the narrative skills demonstrated in the text Cultural Background Roman Emperor priest jailer volunteer marriage ceremony be thrown into prison behead penalty exchange love message St. Valentine’s Day Valentine was a priest living in Rome during the third century. At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. He wanted to have a big army and expected men to volunteer to join. However many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and families. This made Claudius very angry. He thought that if men were not married, they would not mind joining the army. So Claudius banned marriage even engagement from his empire. St. Valentine’s Day But Valentine would keep on performing marriage ceremonies secretly. He was caught by the soldiers at a wedding, and was thrown into prison and beheaded. Valentine fell in love with the daughter of his jailer when he was in prison. Before he was taken to his death on February 14, 269 A.D., he signed a farewell message to her, “Love from your Valentine.” That note started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine’s Day. Preview Vocabulary Act as what the verbal phrases direct: grip a book stand up from your seat square your shoulders straighten your clothes Vocabulary What verbal phrases are they acting according to? hold out a book to sb start toward sb make one step closer to sb stand directly behind sb broaden into a smile Text Orgaization Parts Paragraphs Main Ideas Part 1 Para 1 John Blanchard was expecting someone at Grand Central Station. Part 2 Paras 2-6 How John Blanchard had fallen in love with Miss Maywell. Part 3 Paras 7-15 Miss Maywell put Blanchard to a test. Part 4 Paras 16-17 It was nice of Miss Maywell to give such a test. Text Organization * flashback * change in narrator