新编英语教程 4

For your promising future

Unit Fourteen

Objectives

1. to learn to appreciate narration with description

2. to grasp different ways to show one’s horror

Teaching Tasks and Process

I. Pre reading questions The year 2008 was a year full of

unexpected events. What do you think are the reasons and effects of these disasters?

II Background Information On the afternoon of May 12, 2008, an earthquake

measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale hit Sichuan Province, a mountainous region in Western China. The quake, whose death toll has exceeded 40,075, has seriously damaged buildings, bridges and other public facilities in an area of more than 100,000 square kilometers, which is the second largest earthquake after the foundation of People’s Republic of China.

China State Council decreed that a national mourning from May 19 to 21 be held, during which flags throughout this country are to be flown at half-mast. The BOCOG also indicated that, from May 19 to 21, the Olympic torch relay in China will be suspended for 3 days of mourning.

     

Faced with the sudden terrible natural disaster, CWE staff have donated large sum of money to show our deep condolences and sincere support to the victims in this earthquake, even many overseas staff expressed their determination, confidence and love to help them overcome the difficult time. “We are trying our best to support them” is the common aspiration of all CWE members.

Until May 20, CWE has raised more than 146,687 RMB donation fund,

overseas staff members have also actively raised money for the motherland victims, among them, Ghana Road project donated 4,540 USD, Ghana Branch Office 5,500 USD, United States and Pakistan Branch raised 900USD and 451,600 Rupee respectively.

All CWE staff are eagerly expecting that people in disaster area can s

uccessfully reconstruct their homeland at an early date.

III Language points 1. A brief summary of different kinds of “fear” 1) Fear is the general term for the feelings of

anxiety and agitation caused by the presence, nearness or possibility of danger, evil or pain.

Examples: Children can be taught to hold their breath in

the sea at a very early age without fear of the water.

I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience of teaching my chances of landing the job were slim. (Level 3, Unit 1)

2) Dread refers to the great fear or depression felt when anticipating something very dangerous, disagreeable or harmful.

Examples: Maggie always dreads taking down the

Christmas tree, so I thought I’d do it for her. (Level 4, Unit1)

Wealth didn’t bring happiness to that eccentric peer because he lived in constant dread of losing his property.

3) Horror refers to the feeling of extreme fear, revulsion and possibly shock.

Examples: Hanging in the vast void between sleeping and

waking, he remembered with nightmare horror that he had gone to sleep under circumstances of crisis.

She considered the horror film to be unsuitable for her teen-age children because the subject matter and the treatment were intended chiefly to arouse feelings of revulsion.

At the sight of the snake, she drew back in horror.

4) Panic refers to a frantic, desperate and unreasoned fear. It can exist in one individual or spread quickly to others, even affecting whole groups and leading to irrational action and uncontrolled, possibly dangerous and destructive, behavior.

Examples: Panic seized him as it flashed through his brain

that he might have dozed off to sleep at the controls of his plane.

There was a great panic among the audience when gunshots were heard in the theatre.

Anybody who had heard the lion roar in the jungle would have panicked.

5) Terror refers to very strong, paralyzing fear.

Examples: His brain reeled in terror, and for

moments he could not even tell how near or far it was.

As he drew in his breath and pity and terror seized him, the beast fell and the screaming stopped. (Unit 7)

6) Alarm implies sudden fear at the realization of danger.

Examples: … but is kept edging its way in again with alarming

persistence. Then he was alarmed that he had been pleased by

such a grim thought. We all felt alarmed at the news that the enemy

was bombarding the village except the calm guerrilla leader, who immediately arranged for our evacuation.

“When Peter shot down one of the five birds in the tree, how many of them were left?” Father asked Tom.

“None. The remaining four flew away in alarm,” was Tom’s quick answer.

2. … and had managed to extricate himself from his little plane…

extricate oneself from — get oneself free from / free oneself from / get oneself out of something with some difficulty

More examples: The unlucky hare found itself caught in the

hunter’s trap, and it seemed impossible that it would be able to extricate itself.

The steep incline resulted in the overturning of the car, and the driver died because he simply couldn’t extricate himself from the wreckage.

3. … and his heart sank with the memory of how difficult it was to spot a man in the vastness of the sea.

his heart sank— he lost hope, courage or any feeling of optimism; he felt depressed

More examples: The children were excited because they were going t

o the beach for a picnic and swim the next day, but their hearts sank when it began to rain.

When the enemy troops learned that they had run out of ammunition and were surrounded by the guerrillas, their hearts sank.

4. He kept a sharp eye open for sharks. Keep a sharp eye open for — keep eyes op

en for, watch carefully for More examples: They kept a sharp eye open for a petrol stati

on as they drove on because the petrol was running short.

When the hunters walked through the damp forest, they kept a sharp eye open for rattlesnakes.

5. … but it kept edging its way in again with alarming persistence.

edge its way (in) — move (in) gradually; get (in) bit by bit, perhaps with some difficulty

More examples: A crowd of people had surrounded the president, b

ut the journalist succeeded in edging his way in and took some wonderful picture.

Whenever there was a variety show in the village, she would always edge her way to the front and keep her eyes fixed on the acrobat.

6. Each time they grew louder he cheered under his breath…

under his breath—in a low, very quiet voice, inaudible to most people

More examples: When the economics professor heard the student say

something under his breath, he thought it was the correct answer and asked him to repeat it audibly.

The soprano sang so marvelously that the audience was spellbound and silent.

“Unbelievable”, muttered Linda, under her breath.

Discussion/Exercises What do you think we should do in

face of emergencies?

Assignments Appreciation: A poem written especially for the

children who died in the disaster

O, My Babe, Please don't cry,

　　 O, My, it is just flying away, you hear?

　　 Let' me sing you, once again, a lullaby,

　　

　 O, No cry, my dearest,

　　 brightest, the shortest, in the night

　　 it's fading away in the seconds when beautiful, die

　　 dropped alike, tears in your face, was I,

　　 O, Please don't cry,

　　 I know, this is a sleep has no mornings

　　 but when you see the stars smile in the sky

　　 when you see the brightest, that was I……　

　 O, please remember, I say in pride,

　　 i have been here, on this land, once a while,

　　 but don't tell me what is mortality, n' forever,

　　 the beautiful, in the shortest moment, sadly die

　　　 I don't wanna know 'mature', it ends when it starts

　　 Please don't cry, n No cry,the weariness and sufferings,

　　 never, and forever, sleep in the holy light,

　　 peaceful and quite in this holy night.

　。

Please don't cry, no cry,don't u see your mother,

　　 still holding your hand? in sorrow n love,

　　 Please don't cry n No cry, the tear-drops hammered the hearts

　　 of loving you n' the ones you love

　　　 Please don't cry, O babe, I knew, you worked hard,

　　 see, those books dropped? n' pencils in your hand?

　　　 O, My Child, Ya' re dearest mine ， No cry, tonight, No cry,

　　 Please don't cry, O dearest, Let's be-light the 12 candles, along n bright

　　　　 for your journey to the life on other side

　

　 No cry, it's no darkness to fear, it's bright now

　　 O, My child, Life is not easy, and short, but why?

　　 O, My Child ， China ， it's just a while, the saddest moment now,

　　 When you see below from above, your loved one, and other children

　　 Don't cry, My child, we are together as we pray at same time together,

　　 God Bless China, n' we don't cry, n' No Cry.