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• 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?
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)