while sb should do sth…. 用于表述“实际情况与预期的反差”。 3. While sth./sb is/does …, sb/sth. else is/dos …用于表述“人与人之间或事与事之间的反差”。 IV. Structure Analysis: Main idea of section A: this text is a narrative that talks about the author’s personal experience in giving an effective English lesson to his son. He claims that students can learn better if they are properly taught. Part I (Paras. 1-5) This part introduces the background of the story. It presents the thesis statement: Students unfairly bear the bulk of the criticism for these knowledge deficits because there is a sense that they should know better. Part II This part contains two major sections to support the author’s point of view. The first section claims that students should not be blamed for their language deficiency due to two major reasons:1) they are misled by the language environment;2) they are not learning the language adequately and efficiently in school. The second section elaborates the author’s personal opinion about the importance of grammar and vocabulary, by way of metaphors. Para. II (Para. 14-17) Toward the end, the author narrates another incident where his son
unconsciously uttered a grammatically perfect sentence with a subjunctive mood and he’s proud of his son. 步骤3Step 3 语言点Language points Detailed study of the text 1. If I am the only parent who still corrects his child’s English, then perhaps my son is right. To him, I am a tedious oddity: a father he is obliged to listen to and a man absorbed in the rules of grammar, which my son seems allergic to. (Para. 1) Meaning: My son is probably right if there is no other parent like me who still corrects his child’s mistake in English. To my son, I am a boring and strange father, who he has to listen to ; I am also the one who pays lots of attention to grammar rules, which he doesn’t seem to like. 2. She nodded three or four times searched the heavens for the right words, and then exclaimed, it was like, whoa!\\Meaning : she nodded her head three or four times, tried to find the right words in her mind and then shouted with excitement it was like whoa! Meaning beyond words: Since the student was not quite sure how to exactly describe her travel experience, the tone of the author is somewhat sarcastic. The author intended to send out the message that the student was inxxpetent
regarding the selection of her English vocabulary. search somewhere for sth.: try to find sth. in some place 在某地方搜寻某物 The robber reached out and searched the back pocket of my trousers for anything valuable. 那个盗贼伸手搜我裤子后面的口袋以寻找值钱的东西。 Note The heavens means the sky: here search the heavens for the right words\\tried hard to find suitable words to describe what she saw and experienced when traveling in Europe. civilization of Greece and the glory of Roman architecture were captured in condensed non-statement. Meaning: The civilization of Greece and the glory of Roman architecture were just described in one word rather than a xxplete statement because of her inability to choose appropriate words to express herself 4. My student ―whoa‖ was exceeded only by my head-shaking distress. (para. 4) Meaning: My head-shaking distress at her inability to express properly was even greater than her slang term whoa, one word, which did not make any statement to describe the civilization of Greece and the glory of Roman architecture. Meaning beyond words: The word exceed states explicitly that the authors worry about
his student's language inability was much more intense than her excitement. 5. Surely students should be able to distinguish between their/there/they're on the distinctive difference between xxplimentary and xxplementary (para. 5) Meaning: Of course, students should be able to recognize and understand the differences between their/ there/they're on the obvious
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xxplementary distinguish: recognize the differences between things 区别；辨别 A formal education with emphasis on history literature and culture helps a person learn how to distinguish right from wrong着重于历史、文学和文化的正规教育能帮助一个人学习如何明辨是非。 distinguish between: recognize and understand the difference between two or more things or people区分；辨别 The ability to read in a critical way involves the ability to distinguish between facts and the writer’s opinions or interpretations.批判性阅读能力包括区分什么是事实，什么事作者自己的看法或解释能力。 ★distinctive: a. easy to recognize because of being different from other people or things of the same type与众不同的；特殊的；特别的 The distinctive design