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1、unit51UNIT 5 BOOK IV NEVER JUDGE BY APPEARANCEBefore ReadingAn English Song - Easy to be HardThe Band - Three Dog NightSong AppreciationQuestions on the Song and the TextMaughamKobeYokohamaBridgeCocktailGin fizzesGlobal ReadingWord-web Prediction Part Division of the Text Further Understanding For P

2、art 1&2 For Part 3 Detailed ReadingAfter ReadingUseful Expressions Spot Dictation Discussion and Debate Writing Practice Sentence TranslationTalk about the Pictures Proverbs and Quotations Supplementary Reading Culture Notes Reading Comprehension TaskBefore Reading1. An English Song Easy to be Hard

3、The Band Three Dog Night Three Dog Night: Jimmy Greenspoon, Cory Wells, Danny Hutton, Pat Bautz, Michael Allsup, Paul Kingery. From 1969 to1974, nobody had more Top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets. During this period Three Dog Night was undoubtedly the most popular band in

4、America: twenty-one consecutive Top 40 hits, eighteen straight Top 20s, eleven Top 10s, seven number 1s, seven million-selling singles and twelve straight gold LPs. By late 75, they had sold nearly 50 million records. Since 1986, Three Dog Night has toured regularly. Their records continue to sell i

5、n great numbers and they receive regular airplay on radio stations around the world. ) Song AppreciationEasy to be HardThree Dog NightHow can people be so heartlessHow can people be so cruelEasy to be hard, easy to be coldHow can people have no feelingsHow can they ignore their friendsEasy to be pro

6、ud, easy to say noEspecially people who care about strangersWho care about evil and social injusticeDo you only care about bleeding crowdHow about a needing friend, I need a friendHow can people be so heartlessYou know Im hung up on youEasy to be proud, easy to say noEspecially people who care about

7、 strangersWho care about evil and social injusticeDo you only care about bleeding crowdHow about a needing friend, we all need a friendHow can people be so heartlessHow can people be so cruelEasy to be proud, easy to say noEasy to be cold, easy to say noCome on, easy to give in, easy to say noEasy t

8、o be cold, easy to say noMuch too easy to say noQuestions on the Song and the Text1. Do some people care too much for people in general but forget the needs of their closest friends?(=Yes. Some people want to show their concern for people in general in public or create their public image but in the

9、depth of their hearts, they just care about themselves.）2. What is the singer complaining about?(=Too many people find it all too easy to be cold, to say no.) 2. MaughamMaugham, W(illiam) Somerset: 1874-1965Birthplace: EnglandNationality: BritishAchievements: Of Human Bondage (1915) The Moon and Six

10、pence (1919) The Painted Veil (1925) Cakes and Ale (1930) Christmas Holiday (1939) The Hour Before the Dawn (1942) The Razors Edge (1944) A Romance (1948) The Trembling of a Leaf (1921) The British Agent (1928) First Person Singular (1931) Ah King (1933) Quartet (1948) The Circle (1921) Our Betters

11、(1923) East of Suez (1922) (= Maugham, W(illiam) Somerset (1874-1965): English author, whose novels and short stories are characterized by great narrative facility, simplicity of style, and a disillusioned and ironic point of view. Maugham was born in Paris and studied medicine at the University of

12、Heidelberg and at Saint Thomass Hospital, London. His partially autobiographical novel Of Human Bondage (1915) is generally acknowledged as his masterpiece and is one of the best realistic English novels of the early 20th century. The Moon and Sixpence (1919) is a story of the conflict between the a

13、rtist and conventional society, based on the life of the French painter Paul Gauguin; other novels are The Painted Veil (1925), Cakes and Ale (1930), Christmas Holiday (1939), The Hour Before the Dawn (1942), The Razors Edge (1944), and Cataline: A Romance (1948). Among the collections of his short

14、stories are The Trembling of a Leaf (1921), which includes “Miss Thompson,” later dramatized as Rain; Ashenden: or The British Agent (1928); First Person Singular (1931); Ah King (1933); and Quartet (1948). He also wrote satiric comedies-The Circle (1921) and Our Betters (1923)-the melodrama East of

15、 Suez (1922), essays, and two autobiographies.)3. KobeKobe: one of the leading Japanese ports; a major industrial center and railway hub; a cultural center; heavily bombed during World War II but was rebuilt and enlarged Kobe, city, capital of Hyogo prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay. One of

16、the leading Japanese ports, it is also a major industrial center and railway hub. It is part of a transportation network, which includes express trains and highways, that links it to Osaka, Kyoto, and Nagoya. It has shipbuilding yards, vehicle factories, iron and steel mills, sugar refineries, and c

17、hemical, rubber, and food-processing plants. A cultural center, Kobe has several colleges and universities and many temples and shrines. Kobe was heavily bombed during World War II but was rebuilt and enlarged, with much commercial building taking place on landfill in Osaka Bay.4. Yokohama Yokohama:

18、 Japans second largest city; one of the leading seaports in Japan; revived and prospered after the heavy bombardment during World War II; Yokohama, city, capital of Kanagawa prefecture, SE Honshu, Japan, on the western shore of Tokyo Bay, Japans second largest city and one of its leading seaports. Y

19、okohama has excellent transportation links with most major Japanese cities. Virtually destroyed by an earthquake and fires in 1923, Yokohama was quickly rebuilt; the city was modernized, and extensive improvements were made in its harbor. Yokohama suffered heavy bombardment during World War II, but

20、it revived and prospered. The city has four universities; a variety of Christian churches, Shinto shrines, and temples; and numerous parks and gardens, notably Nogeyama Park, which was created after the earthquake. 5. Bridge Bridge, card game derived from whist, played with 52 cards by four players

21、in two partnerships. Bridge probably originated in the Middle East in the 19th cent.6. CocktailCocktail, short mixed drink originating in the United States and served as an appetizer. It generally has a basis of gin, whisky, rum, or brandy combined with vermouth or fruit juices and often flavored wi

22、th bitters or grenadine. It is blended by stirring or shaking in a vessel containing cracked ice. The term is also applied to nonalcoholic beverages served as appetizers, e.g., tomato juice cocktail, and also to mixed, cut-up fruits and to shellfish and oysters served with a sharp sauce.7. Gin fizze

23、sGin, spirituous liquor distilled chiefly from fermented cereals, malted and unmalted, and flavored with juniper berries. Gin fizzes, a cocktail of gin, egg white, lime and lemon juice, sugar, and cream, shaken with ice and often topped with soda or seltzer. Global Reading1. Word-web(Directions:) Th

24、ink of as many as possible words and phrases about friend.friendly, sociable, amiable, intimate, close, chummy, warm-hearted, cordial, nice, generous, helpful, thoughtful, cruel, heartless, humorous, frank, stubborn, active, hard to talk to, strict, smart, organized, decent, cautious and timid, soph

25、isticated and vicious2. Prediction(Directions:) Predict what the text is about or what kinds of plot are possible under such a title(点击出现：You may think: a story about how people helped their friend in need. An entirely different story: Those who appear to be friendly may turn out to be so evil-minde

26、d as to be ready to strike a cruel blow at a friend in need. )3. Part Division of the Text Parts Para(s) Main Ideas 11 It is no easy job to judge people, for they arent always what they appear to be. 223Kind and gentle, Edward Burton, a wealthy merchant, appeared as if he could not bear to hurt a fl

27、y. 3451As it turned out, Burton was cold-blooded enough to send a friend to certain death. 4. Further UnderstandingFor Parts 1 & 2Questions and Answers (问题和答案一一点击出现)1. Who narrates Parts I and II? (=Part I and Part II are narrated by “I”, who offers his subjective opinion of Burtons character.)2. Wh

28、o narrates Part III?(=In Part III Burton himself takes over the narration to tell what happened between him and a friend in trouble. He sounds cool and objective; just because of this he is shown to be so vicious and so cold-blooded.)3. Why is there such a difference?(=When contrasts abound, it is h

29、ard for readers to easily predict what will happen next.)For Part 3Section Division(Directions:) Part Three, which constitutes the main plot, can be subdivided into three sections. SectionsLinesMainly about1 37-66 what Edward knew about Lenny2 67-98how Edward responded to Lennys request 3 99-132how

30、Edward, a “kind” gentleman, handled a friend in desperate need of help3 Detailed Reading 1. Difficult SentencesFor my own part I find the more they puzzle me. 1.What does “for my own part” mean? (=It means as far as I am concerned.) 2.Translate this sentence into Chinese. (=拿我自己来说，我发现，认识一个人的时间越长，我就越

31、感到困惑。) Unless I had heard the story from his own lips, capable of such an action. Paraphrase this sentence. (=If I hadnt heard the story told by himself, I should never have believed that he could do such a thing. This is a subjunctive mood.) Here if ever was a man all of a piece. 1. Paraphrase this sentence. (=Here if there ever was a man who is the same as he looks like.) 2. Translate the sentence into Chinese. (=要说真有表里如一的人的话，那就是此公了。)He played a good game and a generous one. Paraphrase the sentence. (=He played well and did it in a graceful way.) 5 he could tell with p