Unit 3 The Present

College English Book 1

Yesterday is history,Tomorrow is mystery,Today is a gift,That's why we call it “present”. --Spencer Johnson

The Present

昨日已成往事，明日仍是未知，今天（现在）便成为礼物。

PresentI’d like to send Mary a wedding present.I’m afraid I can’t help you at present - I’m too busy.There are 200 people present at the meeting.

He presented her with a bunch of flowers.

As a noun, it means___________________________.

It also means __________________ when taken as a noun.

As an adjective, it means_______________________.

As a verb, it means___________________________.

To sum up:thing given or received as a gift

the time now passing

to give or hand over sth. to sb.

being in the particular place

Unit 3 The PresentUnit 3 The Present

Teaching Plan

• Lead-In

• Text Analysis

• Assignment

Lead-In: What present is the one you desire to get on your birthday?

Lead-In

What present is the one an old lady want on her birthday?

The old lady’s 80th birthday

The old lady

Mrs. Morrison Mrs. Grant

Johnnie

EnidMyra

Setting Setting

①Expectation③Expectation

②Disappointment

Text AnalysisText Analysis

Changes of the old lady’s feelings and actionsUp early, sure of something best dress, might come

Even if, send a present

Seldom wrote, busy

Different Attitudes towards the old lady

Mrs. Morrison

Mrs. Grant

Johnnie

given the flat an extra clean yesterdaybrought a card and a bunch of marigolds

made a cake and in the afternoon she was going down there to tea

a packet of mintshe wouldn’t go out to play until the post had come.

What would she like? A pair of slippers perhaps. Or a new cardigan. A cardigan would be lovely. Blue’s such a pretty color. Jim had always liked her in blue. Or a table lamp. Or a book, a travel book, with pictures, or a little clock, with clear black numbers. So many lovely things.

So many lovely things.

““I guess you’ll get lots and lots of presents,” I guess you’ll get lots and lots of presents,” he said, “I did last week when I was six.”he said, “I did last week when I was six.”

There were so many nice things the old woman wanted to have, but she would be very pleased to get any kind of birthday present from her daughter.

Then what did she get from her only daughter?

①Expectation③Expectation

②Disappointment

④Disappointment

⑤ Expectation

Text AnalysisText Analysis

Changes of the old lady’s feelings and actions

best dress, might come

Even if, send a present

Four envelopes

No parcel, Johnnie?

Parcel was too large

to come by post

Almost reluctantly she tore the envelope open. Folded in the card was a piece of paper. Written on the card was a message under the printed Happy Birthday --- Buy yourself something nice with the cheque, Myra and Harold.

printed

The cheque fluttered to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. Slowly the old lady stooped to pick it up. Her present, her lovely present. With trembling fingers she tore it into little bits.

Her present, her lovely present.

①Expectation③Expectation

②Disappointment

④Disappointment

⑤ Expectation

⑥ Desperation

Text AnalysisText Analysis

Changes of the old lady’s feelings and actions

Tore it into bits, trembling

helpful, kind, warm-hearted

considerate, thoughtful

thoughtless

Johnnie

Mrs. Morrison

Mrs. Grant

Enid

Myra

Analysis of each character

Blood is thicker than water. Our parents and relatives are more important to us than others.

Theme

What they want is just our company.

Assignment: Retelling the story

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