Unit 5 Giving Thanks
Text A
Content Questions
1. He wrote them on a ship on the way to the island of Tulagi in the South Pacific on Thanksgiving Day,
1943.
2. Preparing a traditional Thanksgiving dinner featuring roast turkey made the writer extremely busy. 3. The writer was thinking about Thanksgiving.
4. He decided to write letters to show gratitude to those who had helped him in his life.
5. He had always accepted what they had done for him, but never expressed to any of them a simple
“Thank you.”
6. He decided to write to his father, his grandmother, and the Rev. Lonual Nelson, his grammar school
principal.
7. His father had impressed upon him from boyhood a love of books and reading.
8. He remembered that each morning Nelson would open the school with a prayer over his assembled
students.
9. He recalled how his grandmother had taught him to tell the truth, to share, and to be forgiving and
considerate of others. And he thanked her for her delicious food and for all the wonderful things she had done for him.
10. His reading of their letters left him not only astonished but also more humbled than before, because
they all thanked him rather than saying they would forgive him for not having previously thanked them. 11. The writer learned that one should learn to express appreciation for others’ efforts.
12. The writer wished for all people the common sense to achieve world peace, and find the good and
praise it. Text Organization 1. Parts Part One Paragraphs Paras. 1-9 Main Ideas On Thanksgiving Day 1943, as a young coastguardsman at sea, the writer came up with the idea of expressing his gratitude to people who had helped him before. The writer wrote three thank-you letters to his father, the Rev. Nelson and his grandmother. The writer got three letters in reply. The writer wishes everyone to find the good and praise it. Part Two Part Three Part Four Paras. 10-16 Paras.17-23 Paras. 24-26
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Correspondents Father Letters Sent Letters Received Thanks him for teaching the Tells the writer how he, as a teacher writer from boyhood to love and a father as well, felt content with his own son. books and reading. Thanks him for his morning school prayers. Tells the writer about his retirement coupled with self-doubt, and the re-assurance brought to him by the writer's letter. The Rev. Nelson Grandmother Thanks her for teaching the Expresses her loving gratefulness writer how to tell the truth, to to her grandson. share and to be forgiving, and for her good cooking and her sprinkling the writer's life with stardust.
Language Sense Enhancement
I. 1) decades 2) undergoing
3) had done wrong 4) welcome reassurance
5) appreciated 6) brought back 7) relatives 8) accomplish 9) consume 10) representing
Language Focus
Vocabulary 1. 1) sprinkled
3) reversed 5) at sea 7) statement 9) in secret 11) weep
2) in turn 4) repay 6) traditional 8) longed for 10) unloaded 12) under way
2. 1) stretch out
3) hope for 5) put away 7) got to 2) make out 4) turns (it) over 6) brings back 8) go about
3. 1) As supplies of traditional fuels diminish, people are working to increase the use of solar energy. 3.2) We accord high priority to meeting the challenges of economic and environmental development in the region. 3) While it is true that children of today are exposed to more information than were children of the past, it does not follow that they automatically become more sophisticated. 4) Since she borrowed those books from the library she has been immersed in British history and culture. 5) Everything changed in a flash on June 1, 2000 when he lost both legs in a serious traffic accident. 4. 1) I'd like to express my sincere thanks to everyone who has been so considerate of my well- being. My heart is filled with gratitude that words cannot express. 2) After everyone assembled on the playground amid the noise and excitement of the spectators, our coach again impressed on us the need to do our best in quest of excellence. 3) Everything I saw in my hometown was marvelous. I could hardly believe that it had undergone such swift changes through cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers and the rest in the past few years. II. Collocation
1, fond of
3. thoughtful of 5. conscious of 7. guilty of
2. sick of
4. confident of 6. critical of 8.ashamed of
III. Usage
1. To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say. 2. It is cooperation, rather than conflict, that will enable you to achieve your success. 3. Ann made students think for themselves rather than telling them what to think. 4. I think I'll stay at home this evening rather than go / going out.
5. Most people are content to let perfect days happen at random rather than plan / planning for them.
Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze
(A)
1) at sea 2) Turning over
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