Download - Unit 5 Romance. What’s love? ???? Is that … Fortune/money High degree Big house Love affair
When people select their partners, they inevitably assess the candidates by certain criteria, such as …
However…
Warm-up
What do you think is/are the most
important quality/qualities that y
our ideal partner should have?
intelligent
witty
rich
ambitious
a good listener
dependable/ reliable
good-looking
Do you think it wise to develop
friendship or even love with a
pen pal or a key pal? Why or why
not?
Parts Paragraphs Main ideas
Part 1 Paras____
Part 2 Paras____
Part 3 Paras____
Part 4 Paras____
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2--6
7--15
John Blanchard was expecting someone at Grand Central Station.
How John Blanchard had fallen in love with Miss Maynell.
Miss Maynell put Blanchard to a test.
16-17 It was wise of Miss Maynell to give such a test.
• What do you think is the reason that John Blanchard came to the Grand Central Station?
• Who do you think he was waiting for?
• Why did he straighten his uniform?
Part I
Part II• How had Blanchard and Miss Maynell come
to know each other?
• What had kept Blanchard from meeting her?
• Why did Miss Maynell refuse to send Blanchard a photograph?
• How would Blanchard recognize Miss
Maynell at their first meeting?
• What did Miss Maynell want to find out through the test?
• How do you understand Houssaye’s remark “tell me whom you love, and I will tell you who you are”?
Part IV
Language Points
• make one’s way (to/towards): go
Early in the morning the hunter made his way into the woods.
• reflect: be a sign of, show
Does this letter reflect how you really think?
这封信是否表达了你真实的想法?
Her work reflects intelligence.
她的工作显示出她的智慧。
• reflect on: to form or express carefully considered thoughts about
He reflects on his country's place in history.
• locate: find the exact position of
locate Albany on the map
We located the shops and the post office as soon as we moved into the town.
• haunt: to come to mind continually; obsess:
a riddle that haunted me all morning
The murderer was constantly haunted by the face of the man he killed.
• take a chance (on sth.): attempt to do sth. in spite of the possibility of failure; take a risk
You take a chance on the weather if you spend your holiday in the UK.
We can’t take a chance. We must be 100% sure.
I haven’t booked a ticket. I’m taking a chance on the theater not being full.
• disgust: cause a strong and often sick feeling of dislike
The bad fish had a disgusting smell.
We're all disgusted at the way her husband has treated her.
• schedule: 1) arrange for sth. to happen or to be done at a particular time (usu. used in the following patterns: be scheduled to do sth., be scheduled for sth.)
Chinese astronauts are scheduled to travel to outer space in the next few years.
A fireworks display is scheduled for New Year’s Eve.
2) a list or statement of things to be done, dealt with, etc.
The school’s schedule is made up of 12 weeks of classroom instruction and 12 weeks of paid work experience.
• go one’s way: go in sb.’s direction
I’m going your way. May I give you a ride?
I wasn’t sure whether he was going my way or not, so I decided to go home by myself.
• If you tell your father what you’ve done, he’ll be more than a little angry.
• Cf. not a little: much, a lot of
It has given me not a little anxiety.
• identify: recognize or say who or what sb. or sth. is
Dead bodies in the plane crash were identifi
ed by dental records.
The visiting scholar spoke English with such a perfect accent that it was hard to identify his origin.
Under such conditions, we can identify body A with body B.
identify (oneself) with sb./sth.
identity card (abbr. ID card)
• He is as brave as a lion.
• Life is like a box of chocolates.
• Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream.
metaphor (metaphor ( 暗喻暗喻 ))a suggested/ implied but not state
d comparison of one thing to another, but not expressed with the word “like” or “as”.
• He has a heart of stone.
• All the world is a stage, and all the men and women are merely players.
• Her husband is a walking wallet that will pay for whatever she likes.
Examples in the textExamples in the text ♡ Her eyes were blue as flowers. (L35) (simile)
♡ Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. (L15) (metaphor)
other examples from the text?