Unit 6

A Day’s

Warm-up Questions• 1. What do you often wait for?• 2. How do you feel when you are waiting?• 3. What is the longest time you have been

kept waiting?

English Song — Sleeping ChildThe Way upon the heavens

is twinkling just for youand Mr. he came byto say goodnight to you I’ll sing for you I’ll sing for motherWe’re for the worldand for the people everywheregonna show them all we Oh my sleeping child the world’s so wildbut you’ve built your own paradiseThat’s one reason why I’ll cover you , sleeping child If all the people around the worldthey had a like yours

Milky

Moon

praying

care

mind

we’d have no fighting and no warsthere would be lasting on EarthIf all the kings and all the leaderscould see you here this waythey would the Earth in their they would learn to watch you play Oh my sleeping child the world’s so wildbut you’ve built your own paradiseThat’s one reason why I’ll cover you, sleeping child I’m gonna cover my sleeping childKeep you away from the world so wild

peace

hold arms

Background Information• Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and short-story writer, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He was noted both for the intense masculinity of his writing and for his adventurous and widely publicized life. His succinct and lucid prose style exerted a powerful influence on the American and British fiction in the 20th century.

1899~1961Life Time

AmericanNationalityOak Park, IllinoisPlace of Birth

Serving as a volunteer ambulance driver in World War I Personal

Experiences

Serving as a journalist in the Spanish Civil War

Working as a journalist and correspondent

Bullfighting, hunting, skiing

Personal Experiences

The Sun Also Rises (1926)

WorksA Farewell to Arms (1929)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)The Old Man and the Sea (1952)

Simplicity, naturalness, directness, clarity, freshnessWriting Style

Death and courageTheme“A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”

Famous Saying

For a true writer, each book should be a moving beginning or he tried again for something beyond payment. He should always try for something that has never been done or what the others tried and failed. And sometimes with good luck he’ll succeed.

Views on Writing

In general, it refers to the post-World War I generation, but specifically a group of the U.S. writers who came of age during the war and established their literary reputations in the 1920s. The term stems from a remark made by Gertrude Stein to Ernest Hemingway — “You are all a lost generation.”

Lost Generation

Howard Pyle

• -- American illustrator and author • -- Life time: (1853~1911)• -- Place of birth: Wilmington • -- Nationality: American• -- Works: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood • (1883) • The Wonder Clock (1888)• Stolen Treasure (1907)

Thermometers

A thermometer is an instrument for measuring temperature. The most common scales are Fahrenheit and Celsius or Centigrade. Fahrenheit is used in the United State and some other English-speaking countries. On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32 and its boiling point 212 . Celsius is used ℉ ℉throughout most of the world. On the Celsius scale, the freezing point of water is 0 and its ℃boiling point 100 . ℃

Part Division of the TextMain IdeasParagraphsParts

1 1 ~ 13

2 14 ~ 25

3 26 ~ 30

The little boy’s parents called in a doctor.

Assured by the doctor, his father asked him to relax, but the boy was holding tight onto himself about something.

After his return from the hunting, the boy’s father found the boy still lying in bed, gazing at the foot of the bed.

4 31 ~ 57 Admitting he had thought he was going to die, the boy relaxed slowly after his father’s explanation.

Scanning

1.Scan the text and find the places where there are changes of places. What are implied by the changes?

Sentences Implication

Misunderstanding was gradually caused.

He came into the room…But when I came downstairs…When the doctor came…Downstairs, the doctor…Back in the room……I went out for a while…At the house…I went up to him…

2. Find the places where there are misunderstandings between the Father and Son, then explain what they each refer to.

Paragraphs and sentences Explanation

Para. 18-19 “How do you feel, Schatz?” I asked him. “Just the same, so far,” he said.

Para. 23-25“You don’t have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers you.” “It doesn’t bother me.” “No, I mean you don’t have to stay if it’s going to bother you.”

The Father refers to the Son’s health while the Son thinks he’s still alive up to now though he’s going to die.

“It” for the Father means “illness” while for the Son it means “death. ”

Paragraphs and sentences Explanation

Para. 37-38“It’s nothing to worry about.” “I don’t worry,” he said, “but I can’t keep from thinking.”

The Father means “worry about his temperature”, while Son means “think about his death”. When the Father uses this phrase, he just wants the Son to become less upset. However, when Son speaks this sentence, he means he’ll be relaxed in face of the death.

Para. 39-40“Don’t think,” I said, “Just take it easy.” “I’m taking it easy.”

“It” for the Father means “illness” while for the Son it means “death. ”

Style Analysis

Read the text carefully and find evidence which show the author’s writing style as listed in the left column.

Theme: Death & Courage

Characters: Men of Action

Broad Landscape

a nine-year-old boy who spent a day thinking about his death andremained calm“How do you feel, Schatz?”“Just the same, so far.”“It does not bother me.”“Your temperature is all right,”I said. “It’s nothing to worry about.” “I don’t worry…”

the scene of the father’s hunting

the Loneliness of Individual

Economical and Effective Dialogue

Short Sentences, Simple Words

The boy insisted on staying awake and refused to let anyone go into his room.

“What’s the matter, Schatz?”“I’ve got a headache.”“You’d better go back to bed.”“No, I’m all right.”

“You can’t come in,” he said.“You mustn’t get what I have.”

1. The boy came into the room to close the window and his father found him .2. Some medicine should be taken to overcome an acid condition because .3. The father read some stories to the boy while he was lying in bed but he .4. The father thought his son was a little lightheaded because he insisted on .

shivering with a white face and walking slowly

Supply the Missing Information

Read the text carefully and supply the missing information to complete the following sentences.

the germs of influenza can only exist in that condition

seemed very detached from what was going on

staying awake and asked his father to leave

5. It was a cold winter day, the father went hunting outside. He took for a walk and flushed under a high clay bank with .6. The father went back home and found his son in .7. The father sat down and began to read stories again but the boy suddenly asked him , the father just felt very puzzled.8. After the father knew the reasons, he explained to the boy that a fever of 102 degrees would not make him die because . And he gave an example. . Then the boy became .

a young Irish setter a covey of quail overhanging brush

exactly the position he had left him, staring still

how long it would be before he would die_________________________________

there were different thermometers____________________________

It was like miles and kilometers_________________________

relaxed________

______________________ ________________

_________________________________

______________________

Detailed Reading• shiver: v. shake, tremble, esp. from cold or fe

ar• 这孩子冷得发抖。• The child shivered from the cold.She shivered at the thought of going into the da

rk house alone.• shake, tremble & shiver• 这几个词都是动词，都有“震动”、“颤动”之意。

• shake 是最普通的用语，既可用于人也可用于物。用于人时，一般指由于激动、寒冷、惧怕等引起的全身或局部颤动。也可以表示任何形式的震动，常含有“不规则、突然”之意。 His hands shook a little as he wrote.• tremble 指人体由于盛怒、恐惧、寒冷或疲劳而引起的无法克制的轻微而迅速的抖动。• His voice trembled with anger.shiver 主要指由于寒冷、恐惧而引起的肌肉的短暂、迅速的颤抖。She came into the house snow-covered and s

hivering.

• instruction: n. the written information that tells you how to do or use sth.

Read the attached book carefully and follow the instructions when you set the washing machine to work.我把说明书丢了，只好在尝试和错误中寻找使用这台机器的方法。

I lost the instruction book and so I had to find out how to use the machine by trial and error.

• Collocations: ask for instructiongive instructions to do sth.

请示指挥 / 命令（做某事）

bring down: reduce; cause to fallShe wants to bring down her weight from 15

0 pounds to 130 pounds. 我肯定打了青霉素你的体温就会降下来。I’m sure the injection of penicillin will bring y

our fever down.

bring down weight / cost / fever / price降低体重 / 费用 / 热度 / 价格

• acid: adj. sour; marked by an abnormally high concentration of a sour substance

• 醋有酸味。Vinegar has an acid taste.This is a juicy apple with a slightly acid flavo

ur.• acid rain

epidemic: • 1. adj. (disease) spreading rapidly among

many people in the same place for a time• There was an epidemic outbreak of influen

za several years ago in this area.• 2. n. a large number of cases of a disease

that happen at the same timeA flu epidemic raged through the school for

weeks.The village is suffering from a cholera epide

mic.trigger an epidemic 引起流行病 control an epidemic 控制流行病

detached: adj.• 1) separate; not connectedThe houses in that street are all detached.• 2) indifferentSome students tend to be busy with study a

nd detached from the activities around them.

• prescribe: v. order or give (sth.) as a medicine or treatment for a sick person

She prescribed some pills to help me to sleep.医生开了什么药来治你的病？

What medicine did the doctor prescribe for your illness?

varnish: v. cover (sth.) with a smooth appearance

The table has been varnished.你若有空，能否帮我漆一下门？If you are free, can you varnish the door for

me?

slip: v. fall by sliding or slide out of placeHe caught the ball, then it slipped through hi

s fingers.• 玻璃杯从她手中滑落。• The glass slipped out of her hand.slide: v. (cause to) move smoothly along a s

urfaceThe book slid off my knee.We slid down the grassy slope.• slide down 滑下• slide into 不知不觉地陷入

• slip, slide & slither 这几个词都是动词，都有“滑”、“滑行”之意。slip 可指在光面上滑动，但主要是指“身不由己地滑行”，含有失足或摔倒之意。slide 通常含有加速运动和不断地与光滑的表面保持接触的意思，既可指人也可指运动的物体。slither 指“颠簸地滑动或像蛇一样地蜿蜒前行”。

• 1. The truck down an ice-covered slope.

• 2. He on the ice road and broke his leg.

• 3. A piston in and out of the cylinder.

• 4. They were on the ice. • 5. The boys like to down banisters. • 6. The car began to down the hill.

slithered

slipped

slips

sliding

slide

slither

covey: n. a small flock or group (of small birds)

• 一串葡萄 a of grapes• 一列船队 a of ships• 一群牛 a of cattle• 一束花 a of flowers• 一群羊 a of sheep• 一群人 a of people• 一群鱼 a of fish

cluster

fleetherd

bunch

flock

crowd

school

flush: v.

1) dirve (birds) up from the trees or bushes so as to shoot

The children flushed the birds from the trees.• 2) become red in the face, for example, wh

en you are angry or embarrassed她的脸红到脖子根。She flushed (up) to the roots of her hair.• flush away 冲（洗）去

flush & blush 均有“脸红”之意。flush 指因病、饮酒、用力或曝晒而发烧的红，也可指因其他感情发作（高兴、生气等）而脸红。blush 指因受惊、受窘或害羞而脸红，多用于女性。

1. She with shame. 2. She with pleasure when we complimented her.

3. She at her own fault. 4. When she entered, her cheeks were .

blushedflushed

blushedflushed

poise: v. balance

He poised the javelin in his hand before throwing it.

• 他把玻璃杯稳稳地放在架子上。He poised the glass on the shelf.

当你在这些既滑又有弹性的树丛上摇摇晃晃尚未立稳之际，它们却飞了出来，使你很难射中。我击落了两只，却逃跑了五只。动身返回时，我感到很高兴，因为我在离家不远处发现了一群鹌鹑，而且还剩下许多，改日可再去搜寻猎取。

hold onto: 1) keep control over oneself他好不容易才控制住自己。He had a hard time holding onto himself.2) have your hands or arms tightly around sth.The drowning child held onto a plank and was

saved later.

Why does the author describe the hunting scene of the father in the middle of the story?

• It creates a contrast between the father’s easy mood and the boy’s terrible tension.

• It shows the father’s character of strength and masculinity and his influence upon his son. It enhances the boy’s image of being “a strong man. ”

• It diverts the readers so that the boy’s real thought will be a greater surprise when they are revealed.

• It creates a sense of time passing so that we know that it is close to evening by the time the father gets home.

After Reading

• Useful Expressions• 1. 量体温take one’s temperature• 2. 头痛get a headache• 3. 退烧bring down the fever• 4. 穿好衣服• be / get dressed

• 5. 对……漠然be detached from…• 6. 在床的后端• at the foot of the bed7. 保持清醒 • stay awake• 8. 有点神志不清• be a little lightheaded• 9. 光秃秃的树• bare trees10. 用……漆be varnished with…

• 11. 连跌带滑• slip and slither12. 从视野中消失 be / go out of sight13. 不能平衡，不稳• be poised unsteadily14. 烧得发红的脸颊• cheeks flushed by the fever• 15. 放心take it easy

16. 眼睛直盯着前方• look straight ahead• 17. 尽量控制着自己hold tight onto oneself• 18. 开始做commence to do…

Spot Dictation • When For Whom the Bell Tolls was in 1940, it i

mmediately became a resounding, and popular success and helped cement Ernest Hemingway’s as one of America’s foremost writers. Readers praised its

• portrait of not only the tensions in Europe that would soon into World War II but also the complexities of the entire of war for the

• who found him or herself fighting for a . Hemingway had previously this theme, most notably in his short story collection, In Our Time (1924), and in his novels The Sun Also Rises (1926) and A Farewell to Arms (1929). Yet his attitude toward his subject in For Whom the Bell Tolls reveals a shift. While his previous works focused more on the

• of war, this novel ends with a reaffirmation of

publishedcritical

reputation

realistic politicalerupt

experienceindividual cause

explored

subtlemeaninglessness

community

Writing Practice – Reordering Sentences

• 1. Why there should be a logical order of sentences?

• Since all the segments (paragraphs, sections, chapters) make the same basic demand upon readers to understand, readers must determine what its topic is and how its various parts fit together. In order to reach this goal, there must be a logical order of sentences.

• 2. Guidelines• Guidelines for reordering sentences:• 1) Begin by announcing the topic • 2) Present generalizations before details• 3) Move from the most important to the lea

st important or vice versa• 4) Pay attention to forecasting statements,

transitions and headings

Rearrange the order of the following sentences to make it a logical paragraph.

• 1) The Civil War was still going on.• 2) He had been invited to speak at Gettysburg only

out of courtesy.• 3) Everett was a handsome man and very popular e

verywhere.• 4) On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln went t

o Gettysburg in Pennsylvania to speak at the National Soldiers Cemetery.

• 5) There was much criticism of President Lincoln at the time.

• 6) The principal speaker was to be Edward Everett, a famous statesman and speaker of the day.

• 7) He was not at all popular.

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Proverbs and Quotations

1. Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage.纵使困难重重，也决不丧失勇气。

2. A good heart conquers ill fortune.善心克厄运。3. The wish is father to the thought.• 有愿望就有信念。

• 4. Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.

• — Proust, French writer• 愉快有益于人的身体，但只有悲伤才能培养心灵力量。• —— 法国作家 普鲁斯特• 5. The first wealth is health.• — Emerson, American thinker健康是人生第一财富。