L/O/G/OUnit 5 Parents’ love

Text A Father Dearest

Jia Hongxia

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literature of Hetao College

Discussion

• 1.Who is the dearest and the most important person to you? Why?

• 2.How do we describe the parents’ love?• Greatest• Mother’s love:• the most selfless, the most delicate, the most pure, the most

sweet• Father’s love: • serious, strong, great• he teaches us to be strong, independent, full of confidence, and

tolerant

TextA Father Dearest

• Main idea: A father who takes every care to protect his children and grandchildren by warning them against all types of risks in the daily life.

• take every care: try one’s best• warn: to tell sb the danger, harm, risk.• 警告；提醒• warn against: tell sb be careful of sth• 提醒某人 ... 提防 ; 警告某人…不要

How has your father shown his love and care for you?

Task

• Read the text by yourself and find out some examples to show how does the father warn them against all types of risks.

Types of Risks in Daily Life

In restaurant Waiters might drop hot coffee onto your head; employees didn’t wash their hands

In fashion(dressing) Coat-too long and so heavy- pull you down

In sports Not to jump too hard and high-backbone injury

In driving As few left turns as possible

In cleaning products That’s too dangerous

Detailed study of the text• Para1：• My father and I were watching a video in which my two-year-old

nephew, Cameron, ran into view with a spoon sticking out of his mouth.

• nephew ： n. the son of one’s brother or sister. • 侄子；外甥• stick out: (cause to) come outwards from a surface or main part• 伸出；（使某物）突出• Eg: 请伸出舌头。• Please stick out your tongue. • 他向我们伸出手来• He stuck out his hand to us.• Meaning: My father and I were watching a family videotape recording in

which my nephew, Cameron, who was two years old, appeared on the screen. He was running with a spoon held between his lips.

• 我和父亲在看录像， 这时画面上出现了我两岁的侄子卡梅伦，他嘴里叼着一只勺子。

para1

• “He’ll trip and that spoon will go right into his throat,” my father said with worry.

• trip: v. fall down • 摔倒，绊倒• said with worry ：• 担心地说• Eg: 笑着说• said with smile• Meaning: “He will fall down, and that spoon will go directly

into his throat and hurt him. ”my father said with worry.• “要是绊倒的话，勺子会戳进他的喉咙的 , ” 父亲担心地说。

para2• Like most parents, Dad has always tried to protect his

children. As a doctor, too, he is especially conscious of the many dangers surrounding us.

• conscious: adj. knowing, understanding, or recognizing sth; awake • 意识到的• n. consciousness• adj. unconscious 无意识的• n. unconsciousness 无意识；意识不清• be conscious of: knowing ， understanding, or recognizing sth, aware• 意识到；感觉到• be unconscious of: don’t know • 不知道，没有意识到• Eg: 现在，他意识到了学习的重要性。• Now, he is conscious of the importance of study.• 许多人意识不到他们面临的危险。 • Many people are unconscious of the risk they may have.• Meaning： Like most parents, Dad has always tried to protect his children.

As he is a doctor, he knows very well about the dangers around us.• 和大多数父母一样，父亲一直在努力保护着他的孩子们。作为医生，他对我们身边的危险也特别敏感。

para3• I remember having dinner at a friend’s house once, and being

surprised that nobody said a word about food poisoning.

remember doing sth: having the memory of sth that happened before

• 记得做过某事• remember to do sth: not to forget to do sth sometimes later • 记得要做某事 • Eg: 请记得锁门。• Please remember to lock the door.• 我记得锁了门了。• I remember locking the door.• Meaning: I remember that once I had dinner at a friend’s house. I

was surprised that nobody at the dinner spoke of anything about food poisoning.

• 记得有一次在朋友家吃饭，竟然没有一个人提及同食物中毒有关的字眼，我感到奇怪。

Rewrite the following sentences:

• Model 1. Do you remember that you were taken to the sea?• key: Do you remember being taken to the sea?

• 1.I remembered that I lent you two books three weeks ago.• I remembered lending you two books three weeks ago.

• 2.Please don’t forget to close the window when you leave.• Please remember to close the window when you leave.

• 3. I remember that I saw him some years ago.• I remember seeing him some years ago.

para3

• At home, “Did you wash your hands?” was spoken at every single meal.

• Wash one’s hands • 洗手• 洗脸 / 脚 / 头 刷牙• Wash one’s face/ feet/hair• brush one’s teeth

para4Restaurants, Dad warned, presented many risks-from careless waiters who

might drop hot coffee onto your head, to employees who didn’t wash their hands.

careless: adj. not taking enough care; inattentive 粗心的；疏忽的Eg. 汤姆是一个粗心的男孩，他经常忘记自己把钥匙放哪儿了。 Tom is a careless boy and he always forgets where he leaves the key. 由于他的疏忽大意，我们发生了一次大车祸。 Owing to his careless driving, we had a bad accident .onto: prep. to a position or point on 到……上；在……之上Eg. 猫跳到了桌子上The cat jumped onto the table.你能帮我把箱子弄到车上去吗？Can you help me get the box onto the train, please?Meaning : Dad warned us that restaurants are dangerous. For example, some

waiters are not careful enough and they might drop hot coffee onto your head. Some waiters, as well, do not wash their hands before they serve food.父亲告诫我们说，在饭店就餐会面临许多危险—粗心的服务员可能会把滚烫的咖啡打翻在你头上，饭店员工可能没洗过手，等等。

Para5• Fashion, too, could be dangerous, according to my father. A few years ago, he

took away my coat because he said I hadn’t had it made right.• fashion: clothes• according to:• 根据；按照• take away:• 拿走• Have sth done: allow sth to be done by sb else rather than by oneself.• 让（别人）做某事• Eg: 我昨天找人把电脑修了。• I had my computer fixed yesterday.• 他让人把屋顶漆成了红色。• He had the roof of the house painted red.• Meaning: According to my father, the clothes is also dangerous. Several years ago,

he took away my coat because he said there was sth wrong with it.• 在父亲看来，时装也会有危险。几年前，他拿走了我的大衣，因为他说那大衣做的不对劲。

Para5

• When I asked him about it, Dad put the coat on to show me how serious the problems was.

• put on: cover (part of ) the body with (esp. clothing); get dressed in • 穿上；戴上• put on ——take off• Eg: 她戴上帽子出去了。• She put on her hat and went out.• 请把袜子穿上。• Please put the socks on.• Meaning: when I asked him about it. Dad dressed himself in the coat in

order to show me what was wrong with it.• 我问他怎么不对劲，他穿上大衣，向我说明问题有多严重。

homework

• Write a composition- My Father

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