作业 1: 熟读并记忆 标记词组, 并写出黄色词块的中文意思。为求方便, 同学们可以写在作业本上,拍照上传到学习通。 a tedious oddity : be obliged to: be absorbed in: be allergic to: get serious about: searched the heavens for the right words: t he civilization of Greece: Roman architecture: head-shaking distress: distinguish: distinctive: complimentary: complementary: the bulk: they are being misled: look and listen: stationary: stationery: be thrust upon: setting high standards: adequately: accurate grammar and proper v ocabulary: carefully: Curious about: be looked upon as: Unit 1 An impressive English lesson 1 If I am the only parent who still corrects his child's English, then perhaps my son is right. To him, I am a tedious oddity : a father he is obliged to listen to and a man absorbed in the rules of grammar, which my son seems allergic to . 2 I think I got serious about this only recently when I ran into one of my former students, fresh from an excursion to Europe. "How was it?" I asked, full of earnest anticipation. 3 She nodded three or four times, searched the heavens for the right words , and then exclaimed, "It was, like, whoa!" 4 And that was it. The civilization ofGreece and the glory of Roman architecture were captured in a condensed non-statement. My student's "whoa!" was exceeded only by my head-shaking distress . 5 There are many different stories about the downturn in the proper use of English. Surely students should be able to distinguish between their / there / they're or the distinctive difference between complimentary and complementary . (你是如何巧妙记住这两个单词的不同之处呢?) They unfairly bear the bulk of the criticism for these knowledge deficits because there is a sense that they should know better. 6 Students are not dumb, but they are being misled ( 注意时态,语态蕴含着什么样的特殊意义?) everywhere they look and listen (注意下文作者是如何从这两方面来论证的) . For example, signs in grocery stores point them to the stationary , even though the actual stationery items — pads, albums and notebooks — are not nailed down. Friends and loved ones often proclaim they've just ate when, in fact, they've just eaten . Therefore, it doesn't make any sense to criticize our students. 7 Blame for the scandal of this language deficit should be thrust upon our schools, which should be setting high standards of English language proficiency. Instead, they only teach a little grammar and even less advanced vocabulary. Moreover, the younger teachers themselves evidently have little knowledge of these vital structures of language because they also went without exposure to them. Schools fail to adequately teach the essential framework of language, accurate grammar and proper vocabulary , while they should take the responsibility of pushing the young onto the path of competent communication. ( 微课视频中去了解一下 while 引导状语从句的用法,对比后面 12 段最后一句话 ,while 引导从句的不同之处) 8 Since grammar is boring to most of the young students (这句话放在此处有何意义?) , I think that it must be handled delicately , step by step . (读下文,看看作者是如何展示这几个词的意思) The chance came when one day I was driving with my son. As we set out on our trip, he noticed a bird in jerky flight and said, "It's flying so unsteady." I carefully asked, "My son, how is the bird flying?" "What's wrong? Did I say anything incorrectly?" He got lost. "Great! You said incorrectly instead of incorrect . We use adverbs to describe verbs. Therefore, it's flying so unsteadily but not so unsteady ." 9 Curious about my correction, he asked me what an adverb was. Slowly, I said, "It's a word that tells you something about a verb." It led to his asking me what a verb was. I explained, "Verbs are action words; for example, Dad drives the truck. Drive is the verb because it's the thing Dad is doing." 10 He became attracted to the idea of action words, so we listed a few more: fly, swim, dive, run . Then, out of his own curiosity, he asked me if other words had names for their use and functions. This led to a discussion of nouns, adjectives, and articles. Within the span of a 10-minute drive, he had learned from scratch to the major parts of speech in a sentence. It was painless learning and great fun! (结合第八段第一句,想想作者的写作意图) 11 Perhaps, language should be looked upon as a road map and a valuable possession: often study the road map (check grammar) and tune up the car engine (adjust vocabulary). Learning grammar and a good vocabulary is just like driving with a road map in a well-conditioned car. 12 The road map provides the framework and guidance you need for your trip, but it won't tell you exactly what trees or flowers you will see, what kind of people you will encounter, or what types of feelings you will be experiencing on your journey. Here, the vocabulary makes the journey's true colors come alive! A good vocabulary enables you to enjoy whatever you see as you drive along. Equipped with grammar and a good vocabulary, you have flexibility and excellent control. While the road map guides your journey to your destination, an excellent vehicle helps you to fully enjoy all of the sights, sounds and experiences along the way. 这两段的修辞手法请大家注意理解和体会。 词汇和单词的作用分别是什么?两者又是如何共同服务于语言?你能用一两个例子来说明吗? 13 Effective, precise, and beneficial communication depends upon grammar and a good vocabulary, the two essential assets for students, but they are not being taught in schools. 写这里,是不是可以结尾了 ?13 段已经总结了作者需要论述的问题。为什么还要写下面的小故事?作者的写作意图是什么?你从中学到了什么? 14 Just this morning, my son and I were eating breakfast when I attempted to add milk to my tea. "Dad," he said, "If I were you, I wouldn't do that. It's sour." 15 "Oh my!" I said, swelling with pride toward my son, "That's a grammatically perfect sentence. You used were instead of was ." 16 "I know, I know," he said with a long agreeable sigh. "It's the subjunctive mood." 17 I was, like, whoa!