(共22张PPT)
Read, Write and Make a Speech
strict
caring
What’s the relationship between the author and her father?
estranged
Can you guess the meaning of “estranged” ?
Para1
physically violent emotionally abusive
couldn’t forgive
never wanted to see
not close/ distant
context
After a major stroke
Hurt me
Father
Love me
Love
Para2
Love
Para2
Tough times
Blame
Responses
anorexia, suicide attempt, failed relationships, anxiety, depression, …
tough times happened because of father
Para3-4
couldn’t forgive , never want to see,
focus on all the negative things and even stopped him from seeing my daughter
Consequence
they never spoke to each other
How to get high scores in the cloze tests?
contradictory relationship
Love
Hurt
What caused the contradictory relationship?
Father’s personality
Daughter’s misunderstanding
The way of family education
Daughter’s misunderstanding
All I could think was that the tough times happened because of him, forgetting that the causes of events are complex, and that plenty of people who had happy childhoods have to deal with mental illness and domestic violence too.
Para3
stubborn
strict
caring
personalities
silent
romantic
Para5
personality clues in the passage
caring hugged me a lot
silent a man of few words and never talked much
romantic signed his empty Valentine’s cards to my mother with only his first initial
stubborn I tried to get back in touch several times to make things right, but he didn’t want to hear from me
strict was physically violent and emotionally abusive
Father
Daughter
Grandfather
My dad didn’t know how to be a father and is dying estranged from his daughter.
Grandfather was abusive to father as a child and died estranged from his son
The chain of hurt passed down from generation to generation has finally been broken
The way of family education
Para6
A. The granddaughter will break the family chain to live freely.
B. The previous way of family education will no longer continue.
C. There will be no restriction in the family from that moment on.
D. Father will leave the world without any regrets and sufferings.
The chain of hurt that has been passed down from generation to generation has finally been broken.
The previous way of family education will no longer continue.
Para6-7
regretful
Regret everything that remains unspoken
Feel sorry about the estrangement
Apologize for all the ways I have wronged him
B
C
D
17
The best title of the passage
A
East or west, home is best
A good medicine
tastes bitter
It’s no use crying over spilt milk
Where there is life, there is hope
C
It is no use apologizing for what I did because it is too late.
Relationship
contradictory
close
distant
trust
respect
Extension
1. Write a short passage about the relationship between you and your parents. (50-60 words)
2. Share the passage in your group.
3. Present the most impressive passage to your classmates.
?
Time can make people lose everything, but the family is not to give up. Even if one day, the family left, but their love will stay with children in the soul. --- Gorky
时间可以让人丢失一切,可是亲情是割舍不去的。即使有一天,亲人离去,但他们的爱却永远留在子女灵魂的最深处. ---高尔基
Thank you!
Contradictory