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2. Eye shadow, face cream, nail polish- all go into the trash. (Para. 5)
Meaning: Eye shadow, face cream, nail polish are all put into the garbage bag. 3. I dump drawers,… ( Para. 5)
Meaning: I get rid of the things in the drawers.
4. I want to be practical, to stuff them in paper sacks for the used bookstore. (Para.7) Meaning: I want to deal with the books in a practical way: to put them in paper bags and take them to a bookstore which sells used books. 5. I go for her clothes. (Para. 8) Meaning: I go to deal with her clothes.
6. The job grows larger the longer I am at it. (Para. 9)
Meaning: The longer I am dealing with the clutter in the room, the more work there seems to be.
7. I stuff the garbage bags until the plastic strains. (Para. 10)
Meaning: I put as many things as possible into the garbage bags until the bags are about to burst.
8. She left the bedroom a ridiculous mess, the comforter on the floor, the sheets tossed aside. (Para. 11)
Meaning: Her room is extremely untidy: The quilt is dropped on the floor, and the sheets are thrown to one side.
9. There are comics clipped from newspapers and magazines. (Para. 13) Meaning: There are comics that were cut from newspapers and magazines.
10. I reverse myself and bring back the garbage bags from the car and the curb. (Para. 16)
Meaning: I change my mind and bring back the garbage bags I have put in the car and at the curb.
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Step 6: Typical patterns:
Purpose: Further understand the text （Train further reading ability） to find out some difficult sentences and details of the text.
Method: Read the text together; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach, grammar-translation approach and total physical response method. Typical patterns：
1. I catch myself reading through poems and essays, admiring high scores on tests and reading her name, …. （L2, Para.6）
我发现自己竟然在翻看她的诗歌和作文，欣赏着考卷上的高分，端详着她的名字…… Sb. catch oneself doing sth. 用于表达“突然意识到自己在做某事”。 应用：当突然意识到自己犯了和他一样的错误时，她羞得满脸通红。
When she caught herself making the same mistake as he did, she blushed. 2. The job grows larger the longer I am at it. (L2, Para.9) 我越理，要理的东西就越多。
The more …, the more …. 用于表达“越…… 越……”。 应用：读这本书越久，就越能领会其韵律和情感。
The longer you read this book, the more you get into its rhythm and mood.
3. Tokens of her childhood will await her. So will we, with open arms. (L2, Para.22) 家里有她童年的纪念品在等着她。我们也在等着她，在张开双臂等她回来。
sb. do sth. So/Neither/Nor will/do/does/did sb. else.用于表达“同样的情况也适用于其他人”。
应用：那次事故之后他父亲对他不报太高的期望了，他母亲也一样。
His father didn’t have great hope for him after that accident. Nor did his
mother.
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Step7. Consolidation
Retell the passage according to the topic sentences.
Purpose: To know if the students understand the whole text. At the same time, To show the text structure on the screen, so that they can retell it easily.
Method: Read the text structure together; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach and total physical response method.
Step 8. Discussion
1. If you were the daughter, what response would you have when you read the
article?
2. Some young people refuse to take their parents’ advice or even do the opposite
as they think they are adults. How do you think about it?
3. Some say a good relationship starts with good communication. What can you do
to strengthen communication with your parents?
Step 9. Assignments
Review the key points of Section A; Finish the exercises after class; Finish online homework; Preview Section B.
Write an essay on the following topic.
Suppose you were the daughter in the text who was to leave home for college. Write an essay titled “A baby no more, an adult already” illustrating the change of your emotion on the way striving for independence. You may apply as many expressions from the text as possible to your writing.
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