Not on My Block

Lynn Rossellini

Text

People thought Ethel Armstead was crazy to stand up

to the young men dealing drugs outside her house.

Unit 7

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Not on My Block

Useful expressions Text interpretation Word family Sentence structure Translation Reading skill Guided writing Homework

Useful expressions

凝视 空缺职位 经营钻石 历史的潮流 对 .. 不存幻想 Occupy oneself in Fly into a rage

Peer at A vacant position Deal in diamonds The stream of history Have no illusions about

从事于，忙于 大发雷霆

Useful expressions

驱散人群 养父母 拘留某人 面对危险 公共财产 Take by the throat 大惊小怪

Disperse the crowd Foster parents Take .. into custody Confront danger Common property 扼杀，插死 Make a fuss over

Useful expressions

Wage-earner 一位悲剧诗人 Caution against NGO/WTO/WHO 在 .. 领导下 Establish oneself Extend my greetings

工薪阶层 A tragic poet 告诫，警告， warn 非政府组织 Under the … of 立足 / 确立 / 被接受 奉上我的祝福

Text interpretation

Warm-up questions

1. What is your impression of drugs?

2. Have you ever happened to witness an

on-going crime/violence?

3. What are the causes for crimes, say,

drug dealing?

Text interpretation

Answer the questions

Ⅱ Comprehension 2 on p.169

What type is the text, generally?

A. narration B. exposition C. description D. argumentation

记叙文 a movie说明文 a lecture描述文 a picture议论文 a debate

Text interpretation

5W’s of the story When: the summer of 2000 Where: on her steps (“on my block”) Who: a 50-sth. mother, a gang of seven What: The heroin stood up to the gang. Why: Why did they choose to deal drugs on her

stoop? What prompted the heroine to confront the gang? Etc.

Let’s see how the story begins, develops, culminates and concludes.

Scenes of the storyHappenings ParasScenes

1 1-4

2 5-6

3 7-12

She found drug dealers on her stoops.

She called the police several times.

She talked to the gang repeatedly.

4 13-14 A funny thing happened.

Text interpretation

5 15-16 She kept “fussin”.

6 17 She didn’t just talk.

7 18-19 One of the men showed gratitude to her.

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Text interpretation

1. …after moving in, she found a bunch of men…

2. “Excuse me,” she said, startled.

3. The group of seven rose, staring at her with cold, hard eyes. (listening, begging, etc.)

4. Once inside, Armstead locked the door…

5. ...learned that her house, long vacant, was used ..

6. Armstead had no illusions about the men …

7. But it wasn’t the first time she’d risen to an unexpected challenge.

8. Back in the mid-1990s, when her own …

Text interpretation

9. Armistead's insides were turning over,…10. …she said calmly, keeping her face a mask.11. …they cleared snow from her walk and checked i

n on her…12. Armstead kept “fussin”, warning of the dangers

of fast money…13. Angela had waged her own battle against …14. She has been a driving force in BUILD.15. They established an extended-day program …16. They prompted the city to step up efforts to …17. …who used to hang out on her steps.

Text interpretation

① ② ③

④ ⑤

Text interpretation

1 ． Love all, trust a few, be false to none.

要爱一切人，相信少数人，不要负于任何人。

2 ． If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.

注意好品行，自有美名声。

4. Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

道德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。

3. Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

勇气是一架梯子，其他美德全靠它爬上去。

Word family

Porch, corridor, peep, glance, vacancy, unoccupied,

trader, merchant, brook, addictive, addiction, urine,

pass water, piss, fantasy, daydream, occupation,

occupant, possession, prevail, fury, distribute, scatter,

float, challenging, adopt, cultivate, prayer,

confrontation, encounter, proprietor, real estate, sore,

pharynx, larynx, sensitive, villain, criminal, launch,

promoter, tragically, comedy, precaution, inorganic,

scholarship, establishment, extensive, intend, urge,

desert, explosive, burst, erupt, influence, impact

More words on pp 172-3

Sentence structure

Verbs followed by an infinitive or a gerund: Armstead had not imagined fighting this battle.

She decided to talk to these guys.

It is/was the first time that … It was the first time that she had risen to a

challenge.

Do the exercises on pp 174-5

Translation

1. Under the leadership of the local government, the villagers rose to the serious food crisis caused by the floods.

2. The exhibition is very popular and is attracting a steady stream of visitors.

3. When Mom came upstairs to check on us kids, I turned over and pretended to be asleep.

4. Waging a battle against the drug pushers was a challenge to Armstead. She felt rather nervous but she decided to confront them.

Translation

5. The old lady told me to be cautious and not to talk to the guys hanging out on the street corner.

6. A health organization prompted the local government to raise a 3-million-dollar fund for a new hospital.

7. Opening the door, the man who had set fire to the church found himself confronted by a dozen police men with guns.

8. It is reported that the fire which raged for more than two hours started in an abandoned warehouse / storehouse.

Reading Skill

Drawing conclusions while reading

Careful and thoughtful readers always think about what they are reading: trying to interpret the ideas in a passage. In so doing they are able to draw conclusions based on what the author tells them.

(p. 178, Book 2)

Guided writing

A Friendly Letter Format

A friendly letter format covers the following five parts, namely, heading, greeting or salutation, body, closing and signature.

Example 见 外教社 PPT

Homework

Other exercises Recitation Passage Fast reading Review Preview Report

Don’t forget your plan & promise.

Self-assessment Report

The first term is drawing to a close. A new

year is just around the corner. It is time for us

to look back and forward. What have we

learned? To what extent has our plan been

implemented? What hopes do we fill into the

coming term and year? Andy would like to

see your wishful and resolute words in your

report.