新世纪大学英语(第二版)综合教程第1册Unit3

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新世纪大学英语(第二版)综合教程第1册Unit3

Unit 3 Parents and Children

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Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions.1. Do you think that your parents are the most important people in your life? Why or why not? 2. What is the ideal relationship between parents and their children in your view?

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3. In Chinese culture, parents believe that they raise children so that their children will look after them when they are old. Do you accept this view? 4. Do you agree that parents are often willing to sacrifice a lot for their children? Discuss and explain your position with examples. (Open.)

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Study the following quotes. What do they tell you about the task of parenting and the role of your parents in your life? Do you like these quotes? State your reasons.

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To understand your parents’ love you must raise children yourself. — Chinese proverb Interpretation: When you have children of your own and know how much you love them, you’ll be able to understand how much your parents have loved you. The original saying in Chinese is “养儿方知父母恩”.6 1

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As long as you have the blessing of your parents, it does not matter even if you live in the mountains. — Greek proverb Interpretation: Parents’ love and good wishes for you are the most important thing in your life. As long as you have their love and good wishes, you are a “rich” person already even if you have to live alone in an isolated place.

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My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.— Mark Twain Interpretation: My mother had a hard time trying to bring me up as I gave her a lot of trouble when I was a child, but she was happy to go through all the trouble of raising me.Click Picture

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Watch the following video clip “Parents’ Love” and then do the tasks that follow.

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Watching and Discussion

1. Retell what you see in the video clip.At the beginning of the video, the boy is running away from home while his mother is begging him not to leave. Next, we find that the son and the father are in conflict with each other. Then, the son decides to leave home and gets a job at a construction site. Before long the son gets seriously injured in an accident, and has to lie in bed or be placed in a wheelchair. Then one day, the father goes to the ward and carries the boy away despite the boy’s protest. Thereafter, the father suppor

ts the son on his back and helps the boy to learn how to walk. The training goes on day after day. The father is sweating, and the boy crying. One day, the son stands up from the wheelchair. Finally the boy seems fully recovered and the whole family is sitting at the dinner table, everyone healthy and happy. 101

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2. What message do you think this

video is trying to pass on to us? Parents never stop loving their children. Sometimes children take their parents’ love for granted and don’t know how precious that love is. Teenagers can be rebellious and hopeless sometimes, which may annoy their parents.

Fathers don’t usually express their love in words. Children need to experience something hard before they realize how much their family has been supporting them.……1 11

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piggy bank(儿童用的)猪形储钱罐

plastic n.塑料，塑胶

typewriter n.打字机

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cashier n.a person in charge of money and payments in a bank, hotel, shop, etc.(旅馆、商店等的)柜台收帐员；(银行掌管现金运用的)财务经理

sales tax营业税