Unit 7Unit 7

Part 1: Brainstorming

1. Expressions of time for describing past events:

once, once upon a time

2. Adjectives for describing childhood memories:

Positive adjectives: wonderful

Negative adjectives: terrible

Neutral adjectives: unforgettable

3. Expressions for places for children:

nursery

Part 1: Brainstorming

4. Expressions for people looking after children:

teacher, nanny 5. Expressions for games or for children's play apparatus: slide

a long time ago, at one time, ages ago, some time ago, donkey's years (many years) ago, when I was little child, the day before yesterday, a fortnight (2 weeks) ago, yesterday evening, in the end, from 1981 to 1997, from May to July, since 1995, since June, since the middle of last month, since last night

Positive: innocent, easy, fantastic, unrestrained, carefreeNegative: troublesome, gloomy, confusing, painful, scary, uncertain, fearfulNeutral: vague, hazy, nebulous, clear, vivid

kindergarten, kindie (slang, children's language), day-care centre, nursery school, play-center, pre-school center

hide-and-seek, playing birdie / kicking shuttlecock（踢毽子） , riding tricycle （三轮童车） , skipping rope （跳绳） , swing （荡秋千） , seesaw / teeter-totter （跷跷板） , merry-go-round （转马） , marbles（弹珠） , toy bricks / building blocks （积木） , rubber band skipping （跳皮筋） , whipping tops （打陀螺） , hopscotch （跳房子） , Frisbee （飞盘）， catapult / slingshot （弹弓） , iron hoop （滚铁环） , drop handkerchief （丢手绢） , cat’s cradle （翻绳儿） , jackstone （抓子儿） , kite flying ( 放风筝 ), play a game of tag ( 玩捉人游戏 ), tug-of-war ( 拔河 )

baby-sitter, nursemaid, nurse

Listening

Notes lumber: wooden board on top of the world: very happy

My memories of childhood life are very (1) _____. I had a sister who was (2) _____________ than I. At the beginning, I was not (3) __________ with her. It all started when my parents let me (4) __________ one room with her. She went to bed (5) _________every night, and the light had to be (6) ____________ at her bedtime. So I had to use (7) ____________ to read under a (8) ___________. Later my father built a room on to the house with (9) _________ and (10) ____________ he bought.

Fill in the blanks using the words heard:

I wish I had a room to myself

vivid 5 years youngerhappy

shareearlierturned offtorch light cover

lumber nails

One day, when I came back from school, my sister smiled a (11) _______________________________ ________ at me. She led me to the new room and told me it belonged to me. I felt I was (12) _______

____________. But at that night, l couldn’t fall asleep because (13) ____________. I (14) _______ through the darkness into her room and got into her bed. She said “ (15) ______________________

______ ”. I was (16) _________ to tears.

“I-know-something-you-don’t-know”

on top

I missed her tiptoed

I’m so glad you are back

touched

smile

of the world

here

Topics for discussion

Are you the only child in your family?

Do you want to have a brother or sister? Why?

Did you get along well with your brother or sister in your childhood if you have any?

Do you have a clear memory from your childhood? Can you describe it?

Speaking activities:

Debate

Affirmative side: Children today are happier Opponent: Children today are less happy

Reading Comprehension: Reading Comprehension: Text: Out of the MistsText: Out of the Mists

What is the main idea of the passage?

Why does the writer entitle her article “Out of Mists”?

The article records Anne’s memories of her childhood around the time of the First World War.

As she said, her memories are nebulous because she was then too young to record them. Her memories are like scenes emerging out of the mists in the early morning.

1) nebulous:

2) captain:

His father is the captain on the ship.

Jack is the captain of the football team.

3) Royal Artillery:

4) MC:

5) Bayswater:

6) Berkshire:

unclear, vague

officer in the British Army

Para. 1

7) be / cast a shadow over …e.g. 离婚将给家庭孩子的生活投上阴影。 Divorce will cast a shadow over The life of children in the family. Q1: Why does Anne hurry past her me

mories of the First world War? Q2:Who was in Anne’s family? Summarise Para.1: Anne introduces briefly her early ch

ildhood days in the First World War, living with her mother, sister, brother, and a nanny while her father was away at the front.

8) wrap:

e.g. 她请人把东西用一块蓝布包好 , 装进箱子 .

She had her things wrapped in a piece of blue cloth and put it into a suitcase.

9) On leave

e.g. 我下个月回家度假 .

I will be home on leave next month.

Para. 2

10) have a --- job to do sth. e.g. 我们费了九牛二虎之力才将门弄开 .

We had a terrible job to open the door.11) be unknown to sb: e.g. 他们不知道 , 其实她就在附近 .

It is unknown to them that she was nearby.

12) cross: e.g. 我没按父亲的意思去学做生意 , 他

非常生气 .

My father was very cross at my not learning business from him.

(1) What are the writer’s clearest memories?

(2) What did the family do when there was an air raid and why?

(3) Why did the father once have a terrible job to find a family?

(4) In what way did country people in the World War One differ from those in World War Two?

Questions for Para. 2

Summerise Para. 2:

Anne tells her clearest memories of her wartime-experiences of being woken in the night when there was an air raid or at the unexpected arrival of her father on leave, including an interesting anecdote of her father looking for the family in the depths of the night.

13) up to: e.g. 失业率达 20%. The unemployment rare is up to twenty

percent.14) deprive sb. of sth.: e.g. 这个罪犯被剥夺了一切政治权利 . The criminal was deprived of all politic

al rights.15) I could not even accidentally break a c

up or glass with impunity: I would be punished for accidentally

breaking a cup or glass.

Para. 3

e.g. 这些孩子虽然现在很调皮 , 但他们长大后会明白 , 做坏事是逃不了惩罚的 .

Although these kids are very naughty

now, they will grow up one day

understanding that creating trouble for

others would not get away with impunity.

16) sit-com:

17) get a shudder from sb.:

18) be frightened of :

19) Dr. Spock:

20) Victorian:

make sb. frightenedfear

21) be in the wrong:e.g. 对不起 , 是我错了 . I’m sorry, I’m in the wrong / It’s

my fault.Questions for Para. 3: (1) What incident does Anne still re

member about her life up to the age of 5?

(2) What were the retributions for the mistakes of children?

(3) Why does a present-day sit-com scene of smashing crockery get a shudder from the writer?

(4) Why does the writer say she was born too soon for Dr. Spock?

(5) What was the Victorian view of child-rearing? And what’s today’s view?

Summerise Para.3:

Anne tells how strict the Victorian philosophy of child rearing was with vivid description of how she was punished for cutting a pair of knickers to pieces.

Homework

Retell the text. Preview P3.

Part 3: Vocabulary work

1. off the top of one’s head:

2. bear sth in mind:

(can’t say somrthing) without much thinking.

used when reminding or warning oneself or somebody about something important which they should remember.

3. out of sight, out of mind:

4. ring a bell:

5. on the tip of one’s tongue:

people quickly forget things or people if they are absent.

remind sb about sth, but they can’t remember exactly what it is

unable to recall a word, or an expression but one may suddenly get it at any moment.

6. cross one’s mind:

7. rack one’s brains:

8. jog one’s memory:

a very quick thought.

try hard to think of sth.

remind sb of sth.( 唤起记忆)