《新时代核心英语教程 综合英语1》Unit 5 教师用书.docxVIP

PAGE PAGE 21 Unit 5 Family Ties Unit Overview Both texts in this unit reveal some truth about family love. Text A in this unit is a tough-and-tender story, an endearing account of the author’s life, most of which was spent living with his grandfather. Filled with sweet and often humorous tales of his relationship with his aging grandfather, this text is a testament to the special love shared between a grandparent and a grandchild. At its center is a young boy who grows into a man and his grandfather, who takes over a troubled family at the age of 103 and shows them all how to survive, how to heal, and how to love. Max Apple’s grandfather, a Jewish immigrant from Lithuania, has been looking out for his grandson all his life. He is, however, no gentle old man. He argues with the men in the synagogue, screams daily at his fellow workers in the bakery, and explodes in anger in his sleep, calling down curses in Yiddish on his enemies—everyone from the Bolsheviks to Richard Nixon. Max and his grandfather share a house, a heritage, an extended family and eventually a special bond as the fiery old man shapes and guides a little boy’s growth into manhood. But neither quite expects to end up together as roommates during the turbulent 1960s when Max goes to the University of Michigan. And neither could foresee how their lives would continue to be intertwined in years to come. When tragedy strikes, Max helplessly watches his world fall apart; and a very old man whose own thoughts are finally turning toward death discovers he has a new job. Grandpa, 103, takes over running a family with all the strength of character and wisdom about the sorrows and joys of living that more than a century has taught him. And in doing so, he touches and inspires us all, in this tough-and-tender story of an American family. Different from Text A, a story of love spanning multiple generations, Text B is one of disillusionment and estrangement. It tells a story of how the boy’s expectation to rec