Unit 4 My Forever Valentine
第一次课任务（个人）
I. Lead-in
Video Script
Graham: Oh,hello.
Olivia: Hello.
Graham: Hello.
Olivia: Goingon. Blow on mine.
Graham: Aw!Thank you. ___1__.
Olivia: Dad, doMr. Napkin Head.
Graham: No. No,no, no. No Mr. Napkin Head.
Olivia: Please!Do it.
Sophie: Do it.Do it, please.
Olivia: Do it,please. Beg you. Please?
Graham: Please?Ok, I’ll do it quickly
Olivia: [kissDaddy]
Graham: Oh,well, thank you for that.
Olivia: You’rewelcome. Now do it.
Graham: Allright. [sigh] Amanda, __2__?
Amanda: Oh, yes!
Olivia: Yourglasses.
Graham: Pass methose when I need them.
Sophie: Amanda,you’re gonna love this. It’s so funny. I mean, you’ll fall off your chair. Itis so funny.
Graham: Hello.Hello. My name is Mr. Napkin Head. Hello, children. Who is this? She’s astranger?
Olivia: Amanda.
Graham: And whyhas she got a funny accent?
Olivia: Amanda.
Graham: Yes,but where is she from?
Sophie: Nowsmoke!
Olivia: Go on.
Graham: [cough]Smoking__3__.
Everybody:Yeah!
Sophie: Amanda,guess what. We have a tent in our playroom. Do you want to see it?
Graham: No, no,no. Amanda … will not crawl into your tent.
Olivia: Youdon’t like tents?
Amanda: Ah! Ok, __4__.
Olivia: Comeinside.
Amanda: Wow!
Olivia: Liedown.
Amanda: OK.
Sophie: Here,Amanda. __5__.
Amanda: Thankyou!
Olivia: Lie down!
Graham: Can you pleasestop being so bossy?
Olivia: Lie down, please.Next to me.
Graham: Ok.
Activity
II. Global reading tasks：
1). What is the story narrated inthe text about?
2). Whydoes the writer focus her accounts and descriptions on her first recollectionof the magic
herfather brought to the occasion and on the last card and gift from him?
2. Structural analysis
1). Work out the structure of the text by completing the table.
| Paragraphs | Main idea |
| 1-2 | |
| 3-10 | |
| 11-12 |
2). The author’s recounting of her Valentine Day memories in thesecond part of the text follows closely the chronological order. Try to pickout the three sentences in this part that indicate the progression of time.
3. Preview study questions
Questions:
Paragraphs1-2
Question
1)Why did the narratorthink of her father as her Valentine Man? (Paragraph 2)
2）What were the differentattitudes of the narrator’s father towards Christmas and Valentine’s Day?
Paragraphs7-10
Question
Why was the job ofhand-delivering candy and cards relegated to the U.S. Postal Service?(Paragraph 7)
Paragraphs11-12
Question
Why does herfather’s final card still remain on her bulletin board today? (Paragraph 11)
第二次课任务（小组展示）
I. Words and Expressions
Ss are required to figure outmeanings, collocations, and synonyms of the following words before class.
1. elaborate (para. 1, line 2)
2. recollection (para. 3, line 1)
4.usher in (para. 3, line 4)
3. tease (para. 3, line 5)
5. surpass (para. 4, line 5)
6. gaveway to (para. 5, line 1)
7. relegate (para. 7, line 2)
8. signal (para. 9, line 3)
9. scrawl (para. 10, line 2)
10.legible (para. 10, line 2)
11. reminder (para. 11, line 1)
第三次课任务
Long and Difficult Sentences：
1. But he didn’t truly shine until Valentine’sDay.
Paraphrase:
2. Thatbox and its contents ushered in a succession of bittersweet memories of myentrance into a world of popularity contests marked by the number of cardsreceived, the teasing about boyfriends/girlfriends and the tender care I gaveto the card from the cutest boy in class. (Paragraph 3)
Translation:
Discussion: Whydid the narrator use “usher in” instead of “bring” or “lead to” in talkingabout the bittersweet memories of her entrance into a world of popularitycontests?
3. … I remember wearing that ring with a pridethat all the cards in the world could not surpass.
Paraphrase:
4. As I grew older, the gifts gave way toheart-shaped boxes filled with my favorite chocolates and always included aspecial card signed” Love, Dad. ” (Paragraph 5)
Translation:
5. In those years my thank-yous became more ofa perfunctory response.
Paraphrase:
6. If my father knew then that he hadbeen replaced, he never let it show. If he sensed any disappointment overvalentines that didn’t arrive for me, he just tried that much harder to createa positive atmosphere, giving me an extra hug and doing what he could to makemy day a little brighter.
Discussion: Why is it that are all the verbs inpast tense? Are the conditionals(条件句) real or unreal?
7. Mymailbox eventually had a rural address,…
Paraphrase:
8. Neverin ten years was my father’s package late nor was it on the Valentine’s Day eight years ago when I reached into themailbox to find a card addressed to me in my mother’s handwriting. (Paragraph7)
Paraphrase:
Translation:
Compare：
Beneath it, scrawled in barelylegible handwriting was “Love, Dad.” (Paragraph 10)
Those things never die, nor does thememory of a man who never stopped being my valentine.（Paragraph 12）
9. Itwas the kind of card that put a lump in your throat and tears in your eyesbecause you knew the person no longer was able to go out and buy a realvalentine.（Paragraph9）
Translation:
Paragraph8-10
It was the kind of card that comes in an inexpensiveassortment box sold by a child going door to door to try to earn money for aschool project. It was the kind of card you used to get from agrandmother or an aging aunt or, in this case, a dying father.
It was the kind of card that put a lump in your throatand tears in your eyes because you knew the person no longer was able to go outand buy a real valentine. It was a card that signaled this would be thelast you would receive from him.
The card had a photograph of tulips on the outside, andon the inside my mother had printed “Happy Valentine’s Day.” Beneath it,scrawled in barely legible handwriting was “Love, Dad.”
Discussion：What rhetorical device isused here?
Why did the author begin the fourthsentence with “it was a card” instead of “it was the kind of card”?
The 10th paragraph beginswith “The card”. What effect can be achieved through this arrangement?
10. It’s a reminder of how specialfathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know thatI had a father who continued a tradition of love with a generosity of spirit,simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over thepeople in his life.
Translation：
第四次课任务
I．Exercisechecking
Ssare required to finish exercises in the textbook before class. T answersquestions and explains difficult points.
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II．Quiz
III. Reciting
As I grew older, thegifts gave way to heart-shaped boxes filled with my favorite chocolates andalways included a special card signed “Love, Dad.” In those years my thank-yousbecame more of a perfunctory response. The cards seemed less important, and Itook for granted the valentine that would always be there.
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