Unit3 The Generation Gap
? Pair Work
1. How many characters are there in this play? Who are they?
There are seven characters---Father, Mother, Heidi, Diane, Sean, Restaurant Manager, and Mrs. Higgins.
2. Are the children grateful for what their father does for them? Why or why
not?
No. Because what he does usually ends up embarrassing them.
3. What did Sean plan to do with the money he earned from his first job?
To buy a guitar.
4. Why did Father make a point of coming to the restaurant?
To check if Sean was going to embarrass him.
5. Why did Sean try to hide himself when he saw his father in the resraurant?
He knew his father was going to embarrass him.
6. What did Sean think of his father’s unexpected visit?
It was unnecessary and embarrassing.
7. Why did Father invite Dan Lucas to lunch?
He wanted Dan to pressure his son into asking Diane to the senior prom.
8. What did Dan Lucas promise to do?
He would speak to his son and insist that the latter give Diane a call.
9. How did Diane react to the surprise Father had for her?
She felt humiliated.
10. Why did Heidi change school?
Because the Thompson had just moved.
11. What did Father try to impress on Mrs. Higgins?
He tried to let her know how exceptionally talented a young woman Heidi was.
12. Why was Heidi so eager to go to class?
Because she couldn’t bear being embarrassed by her father.
? Vocabulary
1、 The view that you should never spend more than you earn is fairly typical of people of
their generation.
你不应该花比你挣的钱这个观点是他们这一代人普遍认为的观点。
2、 The artists stood before the paintings almost dumb with astonishment at their beauty.
艺术家几乎被这幅画的美所震惊了，目瞪口呆地站在这幅画前面。
3、 In 1963, after his junior year in high school, Clinton was elected into a government study
program for young people in Washington, D.C.
在 1963 年，在高中的三年级是，克林顿被选入在华盛顿特区为年轻人设的政府研究计划。
4、William Byrd composed many pieces of music, but his Latin church music is considered his most glorious work.
威廉 · 伯德创作了无数种类的音乐，但他的拉丁教堂音乐是被认为最荣耀音乐作品。
5、Governments establish welfare systems to provide a safety net to prevent people from suffering the effects of poverty.
政府建立福利系统，以提供一个安全网，防止人们遭受贫穷之苦。
6、You quit that respectable, well-paid job for this unpromising one? What came over you?
你放弃了那份受人尊敬，高薪的工作，而从事这份不被期待的工作？是什么突然改变了你呢？
7、Many animals face extinction as the result of human interference .
许多动物由于人类干扰而面临灭绝。
8、Her hope of her husband’s return is fading as years go by.
随着时间的流逝，她对她丈夫回家的期望渐渐地淡了。
9、Having worked for three years, Roger decided to enroll on an MBA program and narrowed down his choice to three famous universities on the East Coast.
工作了3年后，Roger决定去申请MBA课程，他将选择缩小到了东部沿海地区的最有名的3所学校。
10、A frank reply is much more appreciated than beating about the bush.
坦率的回答比拐弯抹角更值得赞赏。
11、Harold is always coming up with these dumb schemes for making money that just get us into trouble.
Harold总是用这些愚蠢的阴谋赚钱，每次都让我们陷入麻烦。
12、Call me, write to me, email me; at any rate , let’s keep in touch.
给我打电话，或者写信，或者发电子邮件；无论如何，让我们保持联系。
? Cloze
Our dad is typical of the older generation. You can certainly say he gives our welfare his constant attention. Sometimes, however, we wish he wouldn’t try quite so hard. To be frank , he seems to have a talent for embarrassing us by making dumb remarks. He should know better than that ,but he never seems to learn and just goes on making the same old mistakes repeatedly . The result is that we live in constant dread of his well-intentioned interference in our affairs. Mom is no help, as you can bet she will always see things from his point of view rather than from ours. Overall, though, he’s a wonderful dad and I assure you I wouldn’t trade him for anyone in the world.
? Trnslation
1、科学家们找到火星上有水的证据了吗？（proof）
Have scientists found proof of water on Mars?
2、计划委员会已经将建核电厂的可能地点缩小到了两个沿海城镇。（location，narrow down）
The planning committee has narrowed down the possible locations for the nuclear power plant to two coastal towns.
3、山姆不仅失去了工作，而且还失去了双腿，他只好靠社会救济度过余生。（welfare）
Sam not only lost his job but also both legs; he had to live on welfare for the rest of his life.
4、有十二人组成的陪审团（jury）一致表决认为玛丽有罪（guilty）。（consist of，in unison）
A jury consisting of 12 members voted in unison that Mary was guilty.
5、听到有人质疑他的才能，肖恩觉得受了奇耻大辱。（talent，humiliate）
Sean felt humiliated to hear his talent being questioned.
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