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Unit 2 A child’s clutter awaits an adult’s return

ⅠObjectives:

1. To talk about the love between the parents and children;

2. To understand the love between the mother and the daughter in the text; 3. To apply the phrases and patterns;

4. To write an essay creatively based on the understanding of the text.

Ⅱ Teaching Focus and Difficulties

1. understand the structure of the text

2. apply the writing skills to organizing a paragraph

ⅢTeaching aids

Multimedia, chalk and blackboard Warming up activities

Ⅳ Teaching Procedure Step 1: Warm-up activities

1. Do a quick survey: How close are you and your parents? 2. Watch and Talk

1) What happened to the father and the son?

enjoy the baseball game / dance to one’s favorite music / be too loud for one to put up with … / go upstairs / shout to sb. that … / rather than do as sb. tells / bring one’s things into sb.’s room / play the electric guitar / at the top of the speaker’s volume / make one’s blood boil

2). Is there any conflict or disagreement between you and your parents? And what should we do to settle the conflict or disagreement?

1) Keep our minds open to our parents;

2) Treat our parents the way we want them to treat us; 3) Make friends with our parents;

4) Learn to be responsible for our actions;

5) Be sure to show love to our parents in different forms. 3. Compound Dictation

Step 2. Structure of the text

The text depicts a mother’s responses to her daughter’s fight for independence through detailed description of the mess left behind by the daughter.

Part 1 (1-3): The daughter is leaving home for independence and the mother feels glad on the one hand and expresses her concern/doubt on the other.

Part 2 (5-12): The daughter leaves a mess in her rooms and the mother straightens up the rooms.

Part 3 (13-22) After the mother finds a large envelope with all the memorable things the parents gave to the

daughter, the mother’s attitude changes/reverses completely.

Step3. Details for each part (1) Questions for part 1

1. Why did the daughter buy a large and expensive vehicle according to the mother?

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Because her mother advised her to buy a practical and gas-efficient car. The daughter did this on purpose because at this age, she was being rebellious.

2. What does the mother want to tell through the fact that her daughter has bought a truck instead of a car and that she is still watching cartoons?

The mother wants to show that although her daughter tries to show she is an adult, actually she is not. 3. How does the mother feel towards her daughter’s leaving home?

The mother is happy that her daughter is independent now, but on the other hand, she feels doubtful whether her daughter could take good care of herself. Language points for part 1 1. await

V . wait for 等候；等待

Very little was said as we awaited the arrival of the chairman. 我们等候主席到来的时候都没怎么说话。 V. 即将发生于；将降临到…身上

A nasty surprise awaited them in Rosemary Lane. 在罗斯玛丽巷，一起严重的意外事件正等待着他 wait, await 这两个动词均含“等，等待”之意。 1). wait for the bus / await trial

2).一般来说，await 的宾语大多为抽象名称，如 decision, reply, arrival, announcement , return,等，而wait for 后的宾语一般为人或事物

3).我们等待他们进一步的消息。

? We shall await _________ further from them. ? We shall wait _________ further from them.

2. efficient, effective 这组词都有“有效的”的意思，其区别是： efficient “效率高的”，“有能力的”，用以指人或物，着重有效地利用时间、精力并取得预期效果。 如： The German telephone system is highly efficient. 德国的电话系统效率很高。

effective 常用以指物，强调能产生某种预期的效果。如： effective medicine, effective method 3 …so often that my teeth ached. to show extreme annoyance, comparable to the sharp of an aching tooth. eg. I hate the scrape of chalk on the blackboard; it makes my teeth ache. 4.make it 成功；准时到达

fight it out 决一雌雄 foot it 走着去 funk it (因害怕而)逃避

(2) Questions for part 2

1.How does the mother decide to deal with her daughter’s books?

? The mother puts her daughter's books onto a single shelf to deal with later. 2. Why does the mother describe in great detail the mess in her daughter’s room? ? The mother wants to show that her daughter is not ready to be an adult yet.

Language Points for part 2 1.historic 与 historical

（ 1 ） historic 有历史意义的、历史上有名的（ important in history）;古老的 historic strike 具有历史意义的大罢工 historic building 历史/古老的建筑

（ 2 ） historical 历史上有过的，关于历史的 historical period （ story ）历史时期（小说） classic 与 classical

（ 1 ） classic 典型的，经典的，最优秀的 It is a classic example. 这是一个典型的例子。 （ 2 ） classical 古希腊、罗马的文学、艺术，意为“古典（文学或艺术）的”

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classical languages 古代语言 classical music 古典音乐 electric 与 electrical

（ 1 ） electric “电的，电动的，导电的”，指本身可以带电，一般用来修饰任何电动或发电的装置。

? 如： electric wire （ light， fan， stove， iron ）电线（灯、扇、炉、熨斗）。

（ 2 ） electrical “电的，电学的”，一般用来表示有关电的科学、人员或装置，被修饰的事物本身不能 带电。如： electrical engineer （ measure， appliance ）电力工程师（测量、器材） 但在表示电流“ electric （ al ） current ”、电阻“ electric （ al ） resistance ”时可通用 comic 与 comical

comic “喜剧（艺术）的”，常指戏剧，也可指“滑稽可笑的”如: a comic opera 喜剧， a comic actor 丑角

comical “滑稽可笑的”如： a comical expression 可笑的表情。 economic 与 economical

economic “经济方面的、经济学的” economic policy/ theory 经济政策/理论 economical “节俭的、省钱的、不浪费的” an economical person 一个节俭的人

2. stack/heap/pile

A stack of things is usually tidy, and often consists of flat objects placed directly on top of each other. ...a neat stack of dishes. A heap of things is usually untidy, and often has the shape of a hill or mound. Now, the house is a heap of rubble. A pile can be tidy or untidy. ...a neat pile of clothes.

stack 通常表示由扁平物体直接叠放而成的整齐的一叠，如：a neat stack of dishes (整齐的一叠盘子)。 heap 通常表示杂乱地堆放成小山或土丘状的一堆物品，如：Now, the house is a heap of rubble (现在，这座房子成了一堆瓦砾)。

pile 则既可以表示整齐的一堆，也可以表示杂乱的一堆，如：a neat pile of clothes (整齐的一叠衣物)。

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3. Strip

1).除去;剥去

? After Mike left for work I stripped (off) the beds and vacuumed the carpets. ? 迈克去上班后，我扯下了床罩并用吸尘器清扫地毯。

2).脱掉(…的)衣服 Jack stripped (off) his sweater and threw it onto the couch. 3).剥夺，褫夺(财产、权利、头衔)

? The soldiers have stripped the civilians of their passports, and every other type of document. 4).长条，条板；带状地带（或森林、湖面等）

strips of wood 木条 narrow strips of land 狭长地带 comic strip 连环漫画

stripper 脱衣舞女；剥离器 stripe 条纹，斑纹；种类 strap v. 用带捆扎/抽打； n. 皮带；鞭打

(3) Details for part 3

Question:Questions about Part 3:

1. What catches the mother’s attention under the bed? What’s inside it?

A large envelope marked with “DO NOT THROW AWAY”. There are family photographs, letters, greeting cards, and love notes from the parents. 2. What does the mother do finally

At first, the mother decides to throw away some of the items and donate the rest to charity. After she sees the brown envelop, she changes her mind and puts them back in place.

3. Why did the mother feel confident that her daughter will come back one day?

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