Unit SevenUnit SevenUnit SevenUnit SevenThe ChaserThe Chaser

• Teaching Objectives• Pre-reading Questions• Global Reading• Detailed Reading• Post-reading practice

Teaching Objectives• Practice reading, writing, listening

and talking, and translating about love fallacies

• Discuss about the essence of true love

Pre-reading Questions

• What do you think is true love based on?

• What does too possessive a love usually result in?

• What kind of love as you perceive can be evergreen?

Global Reading

• What is your view of the Alan as a chaser of his love?

• What is the key message the story is intended to convey?

Detailed Reading

Paragraph 1Paragraph 2-12Paragraphs 13-37Paragraphs 38-45

Paragraph 1Question:

How does Alan impress you with the first scene of the story? And why?

Language work: creaky: giving out a harsh, scraping sound

e.g. He settled into the ~ armchair.

peer (at/into): look carefully or with difficulty– The old woman ~ at the newcomer over her

spectacles.– She ~ into the dark corners of the room with

much fear.

Paragraph 2-12Questions:

– What is the image of the old man in the story?

– What kind of mixture is “glove-cleaner”? Why did the old man tell Alan about it before selling him the love potion?

Language work: make sb.’s acquaintance: get

acquainted with sb.Other expressions: have a nodding/no acquaintance with sb.

imperceptible: that cannot be perceivede.g. Color is ~ to the touch.Bacteria are ~ to the naked eye.

– Perception:•1. Power to perceive, insight•E.g. a man of great ~•2. View, opinion•E.g. Could I have your ~s of the

latest developing trends in this field of study?

• Teaspoonful: as much as a teaspoon can hold– E.g. a ~ of cough potion– Similar expressions:Mouthful,

Handful, etc.

Paragraph 13-37• Questions:• What are the miraculous

effects of love potion as described by the old man?

• What is love in Alan’s understanding?

• Language work:• Be in a position to do sth.: have

the necessary condition to do sth.– E.g. I don’t think he’s ~ to criticize

others’ work as he’s made no contributions himself.

– Other related expressions:Be in no position to, put oneself in sb’s postion

• Confidential• 1. Done or communicated in

confidence– E.g. strictly ~ documents: classified

documents

• 2. Entrusted with the confidence of another– E.g. a ~ secretary

• 3.denoting confidence or intimacy– E.g. A~ tone of voice

• detach:1.to separate or disconnect

– ~ a check from the checkbook

2. To remove from association or union – ~ oneself from the group

Detached: not attached or associated– E.g. Living in solitude for most of his

life, he somewhat feels ~ to his family.

• Be overwhelmed with: be overcome by, be filled withE.g. The horror movie ~ me with

terror.We were ~ with ecstasy on

hearing the great news.Other expressions: an

overwhelming majority; overwhelming temptation

Paragraph 38-45• Questions:• Why do you think was the old

man so confident that Alan would come back for the glove-cleaner later?

• Language work:• Indulge:• ~ in sth.: let go one’s desire

for sth.– E.g. ~ in a cigarette, ~ in

daydreams

• ~ sb. – E.g. She ~s her son in whatever

he wishes to eat.

• Be better off: live a more comfortable life economically

• other expressions: • be well off, be comfortably off

Post-reading Practice

• Derivation• 1. Many artists remained in

__obscurity______ (obscure) while they were alive and got their fame posthumously.

• 2. When the man saw the woman again after 10 years’ absence, he immediately began to express feelings with much ____fervency__ (fervent)

Post-reading Practice

• 3. If you are a member of the club, attendance at the meeting is __obligatory___. (oblige)

• 4.        I __perceived___ a change in the tone of her voice. (imperceptible)

Post-reading Practice

• 5. Could I have your _perceptions____ of the latest developing trends in the field? (imperceptible)

• 6. She turns out to be more attractive and __adorable_____ this time I meet her. (adoration)

Post-reading Practice

• 7. Students were surprised at the professor’s air of ___detachment_____ in talking about his own books. (detach)

• 8. She suddenly became ___rapturous________ at the thought of her beloved son. (rapture)

Post-reading Practice

• Choice of words:•  1.      His worried look suggested that

he felt __apprehensive______ of the further defeats after the first failed attempt. (fearful, apprehensive, afraid, frightened)

• 2.  He’s warm-hearted and fond of ___obliging_____. (favor, help, oblige)

Post-reading Practice

• 3.      She seems to have preserved a chilly __detachment___ in her relations with her family. (detachment, solitude)

• 4.      The old lady is determined to spend the last days of her life in __solitude____. (detachment, solitude)

• 5.      The newly married couple are in ____fervent__love. (fervent, sincere, hot)