重庆大学版高中英语Book 6 unit2 Troublesome Travelers阅读 课件（共31张PPT)

课件31张PPT。 We can do no great things,
only________________________.small things with great loveComplete the sentence. Use your imagination!Table of ContentsLook at the following picture and read the short passage beside it.This is a picture of a dimly-lighted ward. An elderly man is lying in bed. A marine is sitting at the bedside. He is holding the old man’s weak hand tightly.Can you guess the meaning of each underlined word?dimly
ward
elderly
marine
bedside
tightly

not very brightly or clearlythe area beside a beda room in a hospital for patients
requiring similar kinds of careused as a polite word for “old”closely and firmlya soldier who is trained to serve
on land or at seaCheck your understanding!Can you guess their relationship?father and son?Read the following dialogue between the
marine and the nurse.What does the dialogue imply?Now fill in the following blanks.When:___________ Where:__________Characters:_____________________________________Your story:______________________________________Predict what the story is about based on the above information.Share with your partner! Read the following story quickly to see if you have the correct prediction.To what degree is your prediction right?What’s the difference between your
prediction and the story? The story began on a downtown Brooklyn street corner. An elderly man had collapsed while crossing the street, and was rushed to a hospital. There, when he came to now and again, the man repeatedly called for his son.in or towards the centre of a city, where the main business areWhere is the downtown of your city?to fall down suddenlyto move or to do sth with great speedWhat does rush hour mean?Guess the meaning of call for from the context. From a worn letter found in his pocket, an emergency-room nurse learned that his son was
a marine stationed in North Carolina. It seemed there were no other relatives. Soon a request for
the boy to rush to Brooklyn was sent through the Red Cross. The young marine was rushed to the
airport in time to catch the one plane that might enable him to reach his dying father.Worn is the past participle of wear. Here it’s a/an _________.adjectiveen＋able e.g. an old pair of worn jeans Can you give other examples which have “en-” as the prefix? e.g. enrich enlarge It was evening when the young marine walked into the entrance lobby of the hospital. A nurse took the tired, anxious marine to the bedside.
“Your son is here,” she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient’s eyes opened. The medicine he had been given because of the pain from his heart attack made his eyes weak and he only dimly saw the young man in marine uniform standing there. He reached out his hand. The marine wrapped his strong fingers around the old man’s limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement. The nurse brought a chair, so the marine
could sit by the bed.Can you find the antonym of limp in this sentence?to press sth firmly, especially with fingers squeezee.g.
to squeeze a tube of toothpaste

He squeezed her hand and smiled at her. Nights are long in hospitals, but all through the night the young marine sat there, holding the old man’s hand and offering words of hope and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the marine rest for a while. He refused.
Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the marine was there, but he paid no attention to her and the night noises of the hospital. Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son through most of the night.from time to timeThis sentence is put in the subjunctive mood. Why?tight + ly It was nearly dawn when the old man died. The marine placed the lifeless hand he had been holding on the bed. The nurse came in.
“Who was that man?” the marine asked.
“He was your father,” she answered, startled.
“No, he wasn’t,” he replied. “I never saw him before in my life.”
“Why didn’t you say something when I took you to him?” the nurse asked.
“I knew immediately there’d been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn’t here. When I realized he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, I guessed he really needed me. So I stayed.”life+lessdistinguish Give other examples which have “-less” as the suffix.e.g. sleepless friendless With that, the marine turned and left the hospital. Two days later a message came informing that the real son was on his way to Brooklyn for his father’s funeral. It turned out there had been two marines with the same name and similar numbers in the same camp. Someone in the personnel office had pulled out the wrong record.
But the wrong marine had become the right son at the right time. And he proved, in a very human way, that there are people who care what happens to their fellow men.the department dealing with employees, keeps their records etc.inform: to tell sb about sthe.g. My daughter informed me of her success in
the Olympic Games.Make up a sentence with inform sb (of / about sth).
Read the text and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.Check your understanding!nCan you pronounce the word? What does it mean?[hju:?mein] Read the text again and answer the following questions.How did the old man and the young marine greet
each other?2) What did the marine do for the old man all
through the night?The old man reached out his hand and the marine wrapped his strong fingers around the old man’s limp ones.The young marine sat there, holding the old man’s hand and offering words of hope and strength.4) Why had there been a mistake?Do you think the marine did the right thing to deceive
the dying old man? Why or why not?6) What does the story tell us about human relationships?3) How did the old man feel in the last few
hours of his life?“The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to
his son…”tells us he was comforted.There had been two marines with the same name and similar numbers in the same camp.The wrong marine had become the right son at the right time.It tells us that human relationships can be very warm. One day, an ______man _________on a street corner and was _________the ______________ of a hospital immediately. He repeatedly ___________ his son. So someone at ____________called a marine ___________in North Carolina and asked him to rush to the hospital in New York because his father was dying. The ________________ arrived at the hospital________ and a nurse took him to his father’s _________. elderlycollapsedrushed toemergency-roomcalled forthe Red Crossstationedyoung marine bedsidelobbyFill in the summary with the proper words or phrases.The marine knew immediately there’d been a mistake. That dying patient was not his father. But he knew the old man wanted to see his son at the last minute in his life. So he stayed there by the bed___________________. The old man____________ his hand and held the young man’s hand ________ till he died. This story shows that many people care what __________their fellow men.all through the night tightly reached out happens to Word PuzzleYou and your partner will be given different pieces of paper.
(Please keep it to yourself.) Now look at your piece of paper.
One describes the word and the other guesses it and fills in
the blanks.
acrossdown①②Remember to cooperate!For exampleStudent A①①Student BStudent A says:
One across.
It’s a cute animal.Student B says:
Dog?That’s right.doNever look at each other’s paper!Student A教师打印出本页给学生A① ②③④⑤⑥⑦Student B教师打印出本页给学生B① ②③④⑤⑥⑦Study the words and phrases in each group and complete the sentences with their proper forms.oldelderlyolderwas called offcalls oncalled forcall incrisisemergencyrequestaskstartledfrightenedshockedsurprised Translate the following saying into Chinese and then discuss it with your group members.If you were in the marine’s situation,
what would you do?Homework Think about the above question and rewrite
the story in the first person.Imagination!