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新牛津译林版高中英语必修二Unit 1 Extended Reading
Forrest Gump
Lead-in
Do you know which film the lines come from
Forrest Gump is a 1994 film starring Tom Hanks. It tells the story of Forrest Gump, a simple man with a warm personality. Despite an IQ of 75, he lives a truly amazing life. He sees, and sometimes influences, some of the major events of the United States in the second half of the 20th century.
1. You know some birds are not meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright.
你知道有些鸟儿是注定不会被关在牢笼里的,他们的每一片羽毛都闪耀着自由的光辉。
2. Hope is a good thing and maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
希望是一个好东西,也许是最好的。好东西是不会消亡的。
——Shawshank Redemption
3. I love you 3000.
——Ironman
Classic movie lines
1. Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss. But every once in a while you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.
有些人平庸浅薄,金玉其外,败絮其中。可不经意间,有一天你会遇到一个彩虹般绚丽的人,从此以后,其他人就不过是匆匆浮云。
——Flipped
2. The real death is that no one in the world remembers you.
真正的死亡是世界上再没有一个人记得你。
——Coco
Introduction:
When:
who:
Where:
What:
in 1994
Forrest Gump
in the United States
influence the major events of the United States
Pre-reading
What is the script composed of
narration
dialogue
voice-over
1. Who are the characters
2. Where is the story set
3. When does the story happen
Watch the video with 3 questions:
1. Who are the main characters
2. Where is the story set
3. When does the story happen
Watch the video with 3 questions:
Forrest Gump, Jenny, Mrs Gump
Mainly inside a school bus.
On Forrest Gump's first day of school.
Read the script and fill in the table of part A on page 12.
Fast Reading
Setting
Characters
Plot Forrest takes the school bus on the first day of school. The children are _________ to him except _________, who offers him a seat. They sit together and have a conversation all the way to school. Soon they become ________________.
Mainly inside a school bus.
Mrs Gump; Forrest Gump; bus driver; two young boys; a larger girl; a boy sits on a larger seat; Jenny
mean
Jenny
great friends
Forrest Gump
Character
Personalities
Supporting details
Mrs Gump
Forrest
Jenny
(1)
(3)
(5)
(2)
(4)
(6)
Careful Reading
Read the script again and fill in the chart.
Forrest Gump
Character
Personalities
Supporting details
Mrs Gump
loving,
kind, encouraging, thoughtful
She encourages Forrest, “You do your very best now”.
She waves to Forrest as the bus drives away.
Forrest Gump
Character
Personalities
Supporting details
Bus driver
kind,
patient,
responsible
She pushes the bus door open for Forrest.
She gives a smile when Forrest says “We aren’t strangers any more.”
Forrest Gump
Character
Personalities
Supporting details
Boys 1, 2, 3
A large girl
unfriendly,
indifferent,
arrogant, rude, prejudiced
Boy 1 and Boy 2 say, “This seat’s taken”.
The girl moves over so Forrest can’t sit next to her and she shakes her head.
Boy 3 looks angrily at Forrest.
Forrest Gump
Character
Personalities
Supporting details
Jenny
gentle,friendly,
warm-hearted
innocent,
pure
She is the only one to offer Forrest a seat; she asks questions that may not be polite, like “Are you stupid or something ”.
At last she puts her hand out towards Forrest to shake hands with him.
Forrest Gump
Character
Personalities
Supporting details
Forrest
grateful,
polite, confident,
simple,pure
He sits down next to Jenny, and answer Jenny’s questions confidently.
simple
sincere
grateful
obedient
humorous
positive
clever
His conversation with the bus driver.
He is willing to share his name with strangers.
He remembered the sweet voice.
He can always repeat mother's words.
My back is crooked like an arrow.
Stupid is as stupid does.
simple but warm
Appreciation
L21. Forrest begins to walk down the bus.
(It means walking towards the back seats of the bus.)
L42.My legs are just fine and dandy.
(There’s nothing wrong with his legs.)
Appreciate through lines
Let's talk about our understanding of these lines.
Appreciate through lines
L53. Momma says stupid is as stupid does.
(Forrest may be stupid in others’ eyes, but his mom thinks he is no different and tries her best to protect and encourage him. She tells him that only those who do stupid things are stupid and he is not. This line shows his mom’s love and wisdom, which inspires and encourages Forrest a lot.)
Appreciation
Appreciate through lines
L57. From that day on, we was always together.
(The grammatical mistakes in lines 57 and 58 reflect Forrest’s low IQ, which makes the character true and vivid. )
Appreciation
Appreciate through lines
L58. Jenny and me was like peas and carrots.
(“Peas and carrots” is an American idiom, which means keeping each other’s company very often as peas and carrots are two ingredients the western people always mix to decorate dishes when cooking, which people think can’t be separated.
This phrase is used to indicate the friendship between Forrest and Jenny.)
Appreciation
Retell the story by filling in the blanks
The school bus _________ as Mrs Gump was preparing Forrest for his first day of school. Since Mrs Gump told Forrest not to take rides from strangers, Forrest introduced himself to the bus driver before ______________ the bus.
As Forrest walked down the bus, boys looked up from the seat, saying the seat' taken. A larger girl also moved over so that Forrest could’t sit next to her.
Luckily a girl called Jenny offers him a seat. This was the first time that Forrest _________________________ in the world. She was like an ________. Jenny thought there was something wrong with Forrest's legs on seeing his shoes. But Forrest thought his legs were _____________. He believed those shoes were magic shoes to make him ______________________because his back was _________________________. When asked whether he was stupid or something, Forrest only answered: “_____________________.” They introduced themselves to each other and from that day on, they were like _______________.
pulled up
stepping up into
had heard the sweetest voice
angel
as straight as an arrow
crooked like a question mark
stupid is as stupid does
peas and carrots
fine and dandy
The other students rejected him and did not want him to sit next to them.
Forrest Gump did not care about that. On the contrary, he focused on the positive response he got from Jenny. Although the other students did not treat him well, he remained optimistic and appreciated the beautiful moments in his life.
How did the other students treat Forrest Gump How did he react to this
Forrest Gump
What have we learned from him
Critical thinking
Classic Lines
Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.
You are no different than anybody else is.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Miracles happen everyday.
Death is just part of life.
You got to put the past behind you before you can move on.
1. Despite an IO of 75, he lives a truly amazing life.
只有75的智商,但他过着真正令人惊叹的生活。
despite prep. 即使,尽管
Language Points
【归纳】
despite = in spite of ... (+ n/pron/doing sth)
不接从句(what从句除外);
而though,although或as是从属连词,引导从句。
Despite what others say, I think he is a good boy.
不管别人说什么,我还是认为他是个好男孩。
despite the fact that =in spite of the fact that
尽管事实是…… (that引导同位语从句)
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) It is unbelievable that Mr. Li
lives a simple life ________ his great wealth.
2) __________________ he left school at 16, he
still managed to become prime minister.
despite
Although / Though
令人不可置信的是,李先生如此富有却过着简单的生活
尽管他16岁的时候离开了学校,他仍然打算成为首相
2. He sees, and sometimes influences, some of
the major events of the United States in the
second half of the 20th century.
他目睹了,有时甚至是影响了一些20世纪下
半叶发生的美国的重大事件。
major adj. 主要的,重要的;重大的
1) adj. 主要的,重要的
a major factor/problem
主要因素/问题
在(做)某事中起重要作用
2) v. 主修 major in...(English/law)
3) n. 主修课程;专业课
Her major is French/computer/law
major adj./v./n.
play a major role in(doing)sth
major v. 主修,常与in连用
e.g. Laura is majoring in physics.
劳拉主修物理
major n. 主修课程,专业课;某专业的学生
e.g. What is your major, English or French
Phoebe is a history major.
你的专业是什么,英语还是法语?
菲比是历史专业
拓展: majority n. 多数,大多数,多数派
the majority of ... 大多数
be in the/a majority 占大多数
1)The majority was /were in favor of banning smoking.
2) In the nursing profession, women are in the/a majority.
3)The majority of my friends are fond of music.
大部分人都支持禁烟
在护理行业,女性占多数。
我大部分的朋友都喜欢音乐
联想:
minority n. 少数,少数派;少数民族
be in the/a minority 占少数
People from minorities often face prejudice and discrimination.
来自少数民族的人们常常面临偏见和歧视。
3、 The bus pulls up as Mrs Gump prepares
Forrest for his first day of school.
当冈普太太帮助福雷斯特为他上学第一
天做准备时,公共汽车停了下来。
pull up 停车,停止
e.g. The taxi pulled up and the driver
jumped out.
出租车停了下来,司机跳了下来
【助学巧记】
【归纳】含pull短语
pull apart 拆卸; 拆散
pull away (车辆等) 开走
pull down 拆毁; 摧毁 (建筑物)
pull in (车辆) 进站; 停靠
pull out (列车等)驶离路边,驶出
pull through 康复, 痊愈
pull up 停车
pull over (机动车辆等)停靠(在路边)
Exercises:
1)He pulled________ at the traffic lights.
2)They managed ____________ (拆毁)the old building.
3)The train to Beijing is pulling_______.
Please get prepared to get on the train.
up
to pull down
in
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) Larry ______________, set the brake and
got hold of the fire extinguisher (灭火器).
拉里把车停在路边,将车设为制动状态并抓起灭火器开始灭火。
2) Everyone was very concerned whether he
would _______________ or not.
每个人都很关心他是否能痊愈。
pulled over
pull through
4. Well, now we aren’t strangers anymore.
好了,现在我们不再是陌生人了。
not… anymore 不再,再也不
表示某一动作或状态从某个时刻开始不再
继续,anymore通常位于句末。
e.g. I don’t ride my motorcycle much
anymore.
我已经不怎么骑摩托车了。
【语境应用】翻译句子。
我做了错事,但我确信以后再也不会了。
I made a mistake, but I’m sure I won’t do it anymore.
5、I, I … don’t recall what I got for my first
Christmas and I don’t know when I went on
my first outdoor picnic.
我、我……不记得我的第一个圣诞节得到
了什么,也不知道我第一次户外野餐是什
么时候去的。
(1)recall vt. & vi. 回想,回忆起
+n.
recollect/recall +doing sth
+wh-/that从句
1) I couldn’t recall her name.
2) I can’t recall meeting her before.
3) Can you recall exactly what happened
(2)召回,收回
The company has recalled all the faulty cars.
我想不起她的名字了。
我想不起以前见过她。
你能确切地回忆起发生了什么事吗
公司召回所有问题车辆。