Unit8TwoTruthstoLiveBy新世纪高等院校英语专业本科系列教材（修订版）综合教程第六册(第2版)电子教案上海外语教育出版社南京信息工程大学刘杰海ContentspageContents
LearningObjectivesPre-readingActivitiesGlobalReadingDetailedReadingConsolidationActivitiesFurtherEnhancementObjectivesLearningObjectivesRhetoricalskill:parallelisminimperativesentencesKeylanguage&grammarpointsWritingstrategies:descriptivenarrationTheme:lifeitselfisaparadoxPre-R:pictureactivation-1PictureActivation|Pre-questionsSomethingyouwantemerges,wouldyoucaptureitorletitgoPre-R:Pre-questions-11.JustassaidinthefilmForrestGump,lifeislikeaboxofchocolate,youneverknowwhatyouaregoingtoget.Sometimes,wedocomplainabouttheunfairnessoflifewhenitturnsitsbackonus.However,lifedoesendowuswithmanyunexpectedsurprises.Itdependsonhowwedealwithit.Lookingatonethingfromanotherperspectivecangiveusanotherkindoffeeling.Pleaseshareonesuchexampleinyourlifewithyourfellowstudents.PictureActivation|Pre-questionsOpenfordiscussion.Pre-R:Pre-questions-22.
Lifeisaprocessinwhichyougainandloseinturn.Nowadays,wewon’tbesosurprisedtohearthatsomeonewouldresignfromajobwithbrightprospects,anddecidetostartavoyagearoundtheworldorgotothepoorestareastobeavolunteer.Ifyouarerequiredtogiveupsomethingforsomethingelse,howwouldyoumakethechoiceAndwhyThinkofoneortwosuchinstancesinyourlife.PictureActivation|Pre-questionsOpenfordiscussion.G-R:textintroductionThisessaydiscussesoneoftheparadoxesinlife:“toletgo”and“toholdfast.”Theauthortriestoexplaintheimportanceofcherishingbeautywhenitisofferedandtoletitgowhenitisinevitable.Thus“toletgo”isasimportantas“toholdfast”inourlives.TextIntroduction
|CultureNotes|Author|StructureG-R:CN-rabbisrabbi(paragraph1)InJudaism,arabbiisateacherofTorah.ThistitlederivesfromtheHebrew,meaning"MyMaster"whichisthewayastudentwouldaddressamasterofTorah.TextIntroduction
|CultureNotes|Author|StructureG-R:authorbioAlexanderM.Schindler(1925–2000),ChairmanoftheUnionofAmericanHebrewCongregations(1973–1996),leaderoftheReformMovementofAmericanJudaismformorethantwodecadesandapivotalfigurein20thcenturyJudaism.RabbiSchindler’spaperscontaincontemporaryperspectivesonmany,ifnotmost,ofthekeysocialandculturalissuesfacingAmericanJewryandAmericansocietyfromthe1960stothe1990s.ThistextisanexcerptfromhisspeechatthecommencementoftheUniversityofSouthCarolina.TextIntroduction
|CultureNotes|Author|StructureG-R:structureTextIntroduction
|CultureNotes|Author|StructurePart1(Para1)TheauthorpointsoutthatlifeitselfisaparadoxPart2(Para2-9)toholdfasttolife:what,whenandhowPart3(Para10-13)toletgo:howandwhyPart4(Para14-15)asolutiontotheparadox:awiderperspectivePart5(Para16-17)howtomakeourlivesmeaningfulDR-p1-textTWOTRUTHSTOLIVEBY
AlexanderM.Schindler1.Theartoflivingistoknowwhentoholdfastandwhentoletgo.Forlifeisaparadox:itenjoinsustoclingtoitsmanygiftsevenwhileitordainstheireventualrelinquishment.
DetailedReadingParaphraseWe’llalwaysrememberabeautythatdimmedoralovethatdiminished.LPT-wanewanevt.ifafeelingorpowerwanes,itbecomesweakerorlessimportantDetailedReadinge.g.Bythelateseventiestheband’spopularitywasbeginningtowane.Publicinterestinenvironmentalissuestendstowaneduringarecession.LPT-Therequiredmachineswerelocated“Therequiredmachineswerelocatedinabuildingattheoppositeendofthe
hospital,soIhadtobewheeledacrossthecourtyardonagurney.”DetailedReadingParaphraseIwaspushedacrossthecourtyardonagurneytotheothersideofthehospitalwherethenecessaryequipmentwas,inordertotakesometests.LPT-wheelwheelvt.tomovesomethingthathaswheelsbypushingitDetailedReadinge.g.Doctorsputheronarespiratorandwheeledherdownstairstotheintensivecareunit.Everytimewehavethisargumentyouwheeloutthesameoldstatistics,andI’mstillnotconvinced!Shewheeledroundandslappedhimintheface.LPT-thesunlighthitme“...thesunlighthitme.”
DetailedReadingParaphrase...whenwearebornandlosetheprotectionofourmother’swomb.LPT-enteraprogressionofschools“enteraprogressionofschools”DetailedReadingParaphraseenterschoolsoneafteranotherinaprogressiveway(fromkindergartentocollege)LPT-childhoodhomechildhoodhomehomeswherewespendourchildhoodDetailedReadingLPT-enteraprogressionofschools“...astheparableoftheopenandclosedhandsuggests...”DetailedReadingParaphraseHeretheauthorreferstothesayingoftherabbisinancienttimesmentionedinParagraph1.LPT-butwhyshouldwebereconciledto“Butwhyshouldwebereconciledtolife’scontradictorydemands”