Love-Without-Limitations新视野3第一单元讲义.doc

Unit1 Love Without Limitations
Section A Love Without Limitations
Objectives:
Having learned this unit, students should be able:
1. Grasp the main idea and some detailed information in the text.
2. Master the active vocabulary/phrases and get to know some other important vocabulary.
3. Use “no matter what/who/how/whether…”and “just as…” sentence patterns.
4. Get familiar with and practice writing structure of “problem-response-evaluation”.
I. Pre-reading Activity:
Look at the pictures about “LOVE”. How to understand “love without limitations”?
“Limitations”: If someone or something has limitations, they are not as good as they could be(剑桥高级学习词典释义).
eg: Living in a flat is all right, but it has its limitations - for example, you don't have your own garden.
“Love Without Limitations” is probably a story about how love is not limited by some barriers or shortcomings in reality.
Talk about “911” Tragedy. Can you use several words to describe how people felt at that time?
“911” tragedy is the result of a series of coordinated suicide attacks by terrorists upon the United States. On the morning of September 11th, 2001, terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the World Trade Center in New York City, resulting in the collapse of both buildings soon afterward and extensive damage to nearby buildings. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Somerset County, Pennsylvania, after passengers and members of the flight crew on the fourth aircraft attempted to retake control of their plane.
Excluding the 19 hijackers, 2974 people died as an immediate result of the attacks with another 24 missing and presumed dead. The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including citizens from over 90 different countries.
II.While-reading Tasks
Text Structure:
Part I(1-3): Being loved, Jimmy lived a happy life though he was disabled.
Part II(4-7): Parents’ passing away once left Jimmy unhappy for quite a long time, yet he managed to live through the difficult time with my help.
Part III(8-11): At Jimmy’s birthday party shortly after 911 national tragedy, I was simply encouraged and pleased by Jimmy.
Part IV(12): Conclusion: From this birthday party Jimmy helped me realize that with boundless love from friends and family members we can literally survive whatever life presents for us.
Words and Expressions
1. disguise:
1）v. to change the appearance, sound, taste etc of something so that people do not recognize it; to hide something.
eg: Maybe you could disguise yourself as a waiter and sneak in there.也许你可以伪装成侍者，偷偷溜进去。
He tried to disguise his accent. 他试图伪装他的口音。
She couldn't disguise the fact that she felt uncomfortable.她无法隐藏这个事实：她感到很不舒服。
2）n. something that you wear to change your appearance and hide who you are, or the act of wearing this.
eg. She wore glasses and a wig as a disguise.她戴眼镜和假发作为伪装。
a blessing in disguise因祸得福
2. penetrate: v.
1）to enter something and pass or spread through it, especially when this is difficult
eg. The knife had penetrated through his chest. 刀子刺穿了他的胸膛。
The sun's radiation penetrates the skin. 太阳射线穿透了皮肤。
2）to succeed in becoming accepted into a group or an organization, sometimes in order to find out their secrets 成功的进入某组织，成为其一员（通常是为了探听情报）
eg. KGB agents had penetrated most of their intelligence services. KGB特工已经渗透进他们大部分的情报机关。
3）to see into or through something when this is difficult
eg. Our eyes could not penetrate the darkness. 我们的眼睛不能穿透黑暗。
3. pledge:
① v. to make a serious or formal promise to give or do something:
eg. They pledged never to tell the secret. 他们发誓永不泄露秘密。
He pledged never to come back until he had found her. 他发誓不找到她决不回来。
② n. a serious or formal promise, especially one to give money or to be a friend, or something that you give as a sign that you will keep a promise:
eg: Take this ring as a pledge of our friendship.拿着这个戒指作为我们友谊的信物。
All the candidates have given/made pledges not to raise taxes if they are elected.所有的竞争者都承诺，如果他们选上，将不会增加税收。
4. blossom: v. When a tree or plant blossoms, it produces flowers before producing edible fruit:
eg: The cherry tree is beginning to blossom.樱桃树开始开花。
v. When people blossom, they become more attractive, successful or confident, and when good feelings or relationships blossom, they develop and become stronger:
eg. She is suddenly blossoming into a very attractive woman. 她瞬间转变成一位非常有魅力的女人。
Sean and Sarah's friendship blossomed into love. Sean和Sarah的友谊成长为爱情。
n. a flower or the flowers on a tree or bush
eg: The cherry tree was covered in blossom. 樱桃树开满了花。
5. reckon:v.
(spoken especially BrE) (=think) to think or believe
eg: They reckon (that) their profits are down by at least 20%. 他们认为他们的利润下降了20%。
I reckon it's going to rain. 我觉得要下雨了。
(=consider) be reckoned as ... ; be reckoned to be…
eg. The Lowsons were reckoned to be very good farmers. Lowsons家被认为是非常棒的农场主。
reckon with…: someone or something that is powerful and must be regarded seriously as a possible opponent, competitor, danger etc.
eg. Barcelona will be a force to be reckoned with this season.巴塞罗那队将成为本季中一股不容忽视的力量。
I didn't reckon with getting caught up in so much traffic.
6. drain vt. to make someone extremely tired
eg: The long journey completely drained me. 长途旅行完全让我筋疲力尽了。
She felt emotionally drained after her divorce. 经历这次离婚，她觉得感情上很疲惫。
to let water or liquid flow away from something
eg: We drained the pond and filled it with fresh water. 我们抽空了池塘，往里面注入清水。
This country is being drained of its best talents. 这个国家正在流失它的顶尖人才。
7. track down v. If you track down someone or something, you find them, or find information about them, after a difficult or long search.
eg. I don't know where that old story came from, I've never been able to track it down.
我不知道这个古老的故事是从哪儿来的，我从来没能找到它的渊源。
8. pick on: (spoken) to behave in an unfair way to someone, for example by blaming them or criticizing them unfairly 挑剔
eg. Why don't you pick on someone else for a change?
你为什么老找我的茬呢，能不能换换别人？
9. tell on：to tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone you know has done - used especially by children(informal)
eg. I'll tell my mummy on you. 我要向妈妈告发你。
10. hit home: to cause you to fully realize sth.
eg. The bullet hit home. 子弹打中了目标。
The speech hit home. 这话讲得很中肯。
His analysis really hit home. I had never seen myself in that light before.
11. lead up to sth.
if a series of events or a period of time leads up to an event, it comes before it or causes it
eg. the weeks that led up to her death. 她去世前的那几周。
In the weeks leading up to graduation I did very little.毕业前的几周里，我几乎无所事事。
to gradually introduce an embarrassing, upsetting, or surprising subject into a conversation
eg. She had already guessed what he was leading up to. 她已经猜到他要说的是什么了。
end up (doing sth.): to finally be in a particular place or situation
eg. After working her way around the world, she ended up teaching English as a foreign language. Most slimmers end up putting weight back on.大部分的减肥者最终还是变胖了。
If you continue to steal you'll end up in prison. 你要是继续行窃终归得进监狱。
III. Post-reading tasks:
Summarize the following information according to your memory of the text.
Actions of Love
Jimmy’s life seems a misery because he was born with brain damage; but Jimmy is lucky in a way, because he is deeply loved by people around all through his life.
WHAT HAVE PEOPLE AROUND HIM DONE FOR JIMMY?
sister: _______________________. mother: ______________________.
father: _______________________. sister’s friends: ________________.
Return of Love
Filled up with love, Jimmy becomes able to give love to people around him. He becomes an indispensable person in neighborhood; at his 57th birthday party after “911” tragedy, he reminded us that ___________________________________________________________.
Philosophy of Love
In the text, some sentences reflect the writer’s understanding of love. They are about philosophy of love. eg: “It was possible to have a home with room for both his limitations and my ambitions. (L36)” any other sentences like this one can you find in the text?
Writing structure of “problem-response-evaluation”
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