My Fathers Shadow

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Unit 1

• My Fathers Shadow

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Contents

• Pre-reading questions
• Background information
• Structure analysis
  
• Comprehension questions
• Language points of Text I
• Grammatical items
• Exercises
• Sentences for appreciation
• Comprehension questions of Text II
• Oral activities
• Writing practice

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Pre-reading Questions

• How do you describe your relationship with your
  parents?
• Have you ever done anything that hurt your
  parents? Or have they ever hurt you in some way?
  
• What do you do when you disagree with your
  parents ?
• What do you think is the right attitude towards
  your disagreement?

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Background Information (1)

• About the author ???(Linda Ching
  Sledge),???????????????????(Empire of
  Heaven)??????????????,???????????????????????????
  ?????????????????????????,??????????????????,?????
  ????????????????,???????????????????

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Background Information (2)

• About her works
• 1. Empire of Heaven. (with Gary Allen Sledge) New
  York Bantam
• Books, c1990. ??
• ????/???? ?????????????, ??????????--????
  ??????????????????
• 2. A Map of Paradise A Novel of Nineteen-Century
  Hawaii. New York Bantam Books, 1997.
  ??????/????

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Background Information (3)Hawaii

• What do you know about it?
• A group of volcano-forming islands in the
  Pacific with a population of 1,115,274(1990),
  lots of which are Asian Americans (Americans with
  Philippine, Japanese or Chinese origins) and
  aboriginals (??). It became the 50th state of the
  US in 1952. The capital city Honolulu . A
  multi-language culture with English being the
  official language. A tourist resorts famous for
  its pleasant ,warm climate , golden beaches and
  folklores.
• Hula dance .

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Background Information (4) Song You Are My
Sunshine

• You are my sunshine,
• My only sunshine.
• You make me happy
• When skies are gray
• You never know, dear,
• How much I love you.
• Oh, please dont take my sunshine away.

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Background Information (5) Song You Are My
Sunshine

• The other night ,dear,
• I was / lay sleeping.
• I dreamt I held you in my arms.
• When I was awaken,
• I was mistaken.
• So I hung my head and cried

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Structure of the text

• The passage can be divided into 6 parts
• Part 1. Paragraph 1
• Part 2. Paragraph 2-4
• Part 3. Paragraph 5
• Part 4. Paragraph 6
• Part 5. Paragraph 7-14
• Part 6. Paragraph 15

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Part 1. Paragraph 1

• Flying back to Hawaii to show her newly born baby
  boy to her parents , Linda wondered and worried
  about her fathers reaction to her family.

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Part 2. Paragraph 2-4

• Linda tells us why she and her father had grown
  apart and what had caused the breach between
  father and daughter.

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Part 3. Paragraph 5

• Sweet memories of the early childhood when she
  was still her fathers small shadow.

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Part 4. Paragraph 6

• A duration between the last and next part,
  telling about Lindas decision on what to do if
  she and her baby son were not accepted.

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Part 5. Paragraph 7-14

• What happened during their stay home her father
  proved to like his hapa haole grandson.

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Part 6 paragraph 15

• What happened later ever since then the grandson
  became his grandfathers shadow.

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Text explanation

• Para 1
• My husband and I were flying to Hawaii from New
  York City to show our five-month-old son, Timmy,
  to my parents for the first time. But what should
  have been a mission of joy filled me with
  apprehension. For five years Id hardly spoken to
  my father. Loving but stern in the manner typical
  of Chinese fathers, he had made particular
  demands on me, and though we were very much
  alike, wed grown very far apart.

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Hawaii

• A group of volcano-forming islands in the
  Pacific with a population of 1,115,274(1990),
  lots of which are Asian Americans (Americans with
  Philippine, Japanese or Chinese origins) and
  aboriginals (??). It became the 50th state of the
  US in 1952. The capital city Honolulu . A
  multi-language culture with English being the
  official language. A tourist resorts famous for
  its pleasant ,warm climate , golden beaches and
  folklores.
• .

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Welcome to Hawaii, the Aloha state. Hawaii is
comprised of a chain of 132 islands. We usually
think of the eight main islands when we think of
Hawaii. This is not surprising as the other 124
islands only total about 3 square miles in land
area. Hawaii is home of the world's most active
volcano, the crater of Kilauea on Mauna Loa.
Sandy beaches, towering volcanoes, and lush
valleys lure thousands of tourists each year to
this tropical paradise.
Waianae coast, Oahu
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• Hawaii is the most ethnically and racially
  diverse state of any state in the union, a mix
  that includes Caucasians, Americans of Japanese
  descent, and Polynesians, among others. Native
  Hawaiians have held on to many of their customs
  and traditions despite the influx of non-natives
  over the years. Hawaii is the only state that has
  an official native language. Statehood had been
  proposed many times throughout Hawaii's history,
  but it was not until 1959 that Hawaii became the
  50th state of the United States.

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THE NAME

• Though Captain James Cook called the islands that
  he discovered in 1778 the Sandwich islands, this
  honor to the Earl of Sandwich would be
  short-lived. King Kamehameha I united the islands
  under his rule by 1819 as the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• A couple of theories exist on the origin of the
  name Hawaii. One theory has it that the name
  comes from a combination of the words "Hawa" and
  "ii" and means a small or new homeland "Hawa"
  meaning a traditional homeland and "ii" meaning
  small and raging. The other theory is that the
  name comes from the traditional discoverer of the
  islands, Hawaii Loa.
• source Shearer, Benjamin F. and Barbara S. State
  Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols Greenwood Press,
  Westport, Connecticut - 1994

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THE NICKNAMES

• The Aloha State (Official Popular Name) This
  official "Popular Name" was designated in 1959 by
  the Legislature of the State. This was adopted in
  the same year in which Hawaii became a state.
• The Pineapple State Hawaii has also been
  referred to as "The Pineapple State" because of
  the pineapple industry and its impact on the
  state's economy.
• Paradise of the Pacific Anyone who has ever
  visited a secluded cove on one of the Hawaiian
  islands will understand why Hawaii is sometimes
  called the "Paradise of the Pacific." The natural
  beauty of the islands is well known.
• The Youngest State The last state to enter the
  union, Hawaii is sometimes referred to as "The
  Youngest State."

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THE CITIZENS

• People who live in Hawaii or who come from Hawaii
  are not all referred to as Hawaiians.
  Dictionaries have described Hawaiians as natives
  or residents of the State of Hawaii.
  Increasingly, however, this broad terminology has
  given way to a distinctive division between
  indigenous or native Hawaiians and non-natives.
  Today, the term Hawaiians is generally reserved
  for those people who are indigenous or native
  people of the Hawaiian Islands.
• What is a Hawaiian native? According Section 3,
  Definitions, of Senate Bill No. 147, March 2005,
  sponsored by Senator Daniel Akaka,
• (1) ABORIGINAL, INDIGENOUS, NATIVE PEOPLE. The
  term "aboriginal, indigenous, native people"
  means people whom Congress has recognized as the
  original inhabitants of the lands that later
  became part of the United States and who
  exercised sovereignty in the areas that later
  became part of the United States.

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• In 2005, the Associated Press updated its
  stylebook to reflect these distinctions.
  According to an article in the Hawaii
  Star-Bulletin,
• "From now on, Hawaiians will be used only to
  describe members of the ethnic group indigenous
  to the Hawaiian Islands. 'Hawaii resident' or
  'islander' describes anyone who lives in the
  state." People who are native to Hawaii are
  called Hawaiians. People who live in Hawaii but
  are not native Hawaiians, even if born in the
  state, are referred to as Hawaii residents.

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THE QUARTER
The image to the left is the "obverse" side of
all 50 States Quarters and features a portrait of
George Washington. The State Quarter designs are
displayed on the "reverse" side of the
quarter. The Hawaii State Quarter has not been
released yet. It's due in 2008.
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A view of Hawaai
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Map of Hawaai
Map of Old Hawaii
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Flag of Hawaii
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Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head, HI
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Poipu Beach, Kauai, HI
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Honolulu---Capital City
Honolulu meaning sheltered harbor
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Aerial of Diamond Head, Honolulu, HI
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Volcano National Park, Hawaii
Bubbling Lava
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Lava River at Dusk, Volcano National Park
Principal Crater of Volcanic Area
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Aloha, Greetings from Hawaii, Hula Girl on Beach
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Key words expressions

• apprehension 1)anxiety about the future,
  expectation of sth. Unpleasant fearful
  expectation or anticipation
• We waited fro their decision with a great deal of
  apprehension.
• He felt some apprehension over the result.
• The student looked around the examination room
  with apprehension.
• 2) perception and understanding
• He is quick of apprehension.
• apprehensive (about / for / of / that )adj
• I am apprehensive about the results of the exams.
• He is always apprehensive for his son's safety.
• We were apprehensive that they might forget.
• He is apprehensive of his own folly.
• apprehend v.
• Do you apprehend there will be any difficulty?
• Prices are, I apprehend, inclined to rise.

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• Stern adj. serious, strict, severe
• The college principal was a stern old man.
• She answered my question sternly and coldly.

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• (be) typical of / characteristic of /
  representative of ???? ??????
• Its typical of Peter to scatter things around
  when he is finished with what he is dong.
• This poem is typical of his early work.

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Text explanation

• Para 2
• When I became a teenager, my father held up my
  mother as a model of feminine behavior. But she
  was gregarious and social, while I preferred
  books to parties. He pressed me to mingle with
  his friends children. I insisted on choosing my
  own companions. He assured Id follow in my
  mothers footsteps and enroll in the local
  university to study teaching, and that Id marry
  into one of the other long-established Chinese
  clans on the islands and settle down, as he and
  my mother had.

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Language points

• hold up to show as an example
• Mary is always held up as a model of hard work.
• Don't hold me up as a model husband.
• hold up??,??????,????
• The beam holds up the roof.
• He held up his hand in amazement.
• I decided to hold up on the news until he was
  sure of it.
• They were held up by fog.
• The criminals held up the train.

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• feminine a. having qualities that are considered
  to be typical of women
• ??(?)?,???,??? ???masculine a. having
  qualities that are considered to be typical of
  man
• ???,?????,???
• How can I persuade my tomboy daughter to wear
  feminine clothes?
• Being masculine is not the only test of manhood.
• Nowadays many women rejected the old feminine
  roles of wife and mother.
• feminine intuition
• Feminist / feminism

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• gregarious adj. instinctively or temperamentally
  seeking and enjoying the company of others
• He is a gregarious person who avoids solitude.

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• Mingle to mix so as to form an individual whole,
  while keeping separate qualities
• As I spoke his expression was one of amazement
  mingled with fury.
• She mingles tradition and originality in her
  design.
• Security men mingled with the crowd.

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• press vt. try hard to persuade someone to
  do sth.
• If I had pressed him, he would have lent me the
  money.
• The manufacturers are pressing the government for
  action.

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• assure inform positively and with certainty and
  confidence
• I can assure you that your son will be happy
  here.
• Prefer..to / mingle with / insist on / settle
  down

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• follow in someone's footsteps (to follow an
  example set by someone in the past )
• Charless children will follow in his footsteps
  and go to the same school.

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• Enroll to make officially a member of a group,
  school or course
• She decided to enroll in the history course at
  the local evening school. He enrolled in a
  business school.

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• marry into (a family or a social class) to
  become a member of a certain family or social
  class by marriage
• The only reason Camilla has so much money is that
  she married into the aristocracy.

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Text explanation

• Para 3
• But I didnt settle. As bullheaded as my father,
  I escaped to the University of California, where
  I fell in love with a haole, as we called
  Caucasians from the mainland. Gary had blue haole
  eyes and sandy haole hair. I announced that we
  were getting married -- in Berkeley, not Hawaii.
  No huge, clamorous clan wedding for me. My
  parents came and met Gary just two days before
  our small, simple wedding. Afterward we moved to
  New York, as far from the islands as we could get
  without leaving American soil.

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• announce to tell the public about a decision
  that has been made
• The princess announced her engagement to that
  businessman.
• announcement n.
• Two days after Hirohitos death, the announcement
  was made that the Duke would represent the royal
  family at his funeral.

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Text explanation

• Para 4
• My fathers subsequent silence resonated with
  disapproval. He didnt visit, neither did I. When
  my mother telephoned, he never asked to speak to
  me, and I never asked for him. We might have gone
  on like that, the habit of separation hardening
  into a permanent estrangement. Then Timmy was
  born, and I felt an unexpected tidal pull back to
  the islands.

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• subsequent following or happening after
• In subsequent lessons the teacher made clear what
  she had said at the beginning.
• subsequently adv.
• They started their research using a method which
  was subsequently proved to be unsatisfactory.

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• resonate be received or understood come across
• The publication of her novel resonated with high
  opinions.
• The Minister's speech resonated with jeers and
  catcalls.

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• Disapproval (often used with of) having or
  expressing an unfavorable opinion
• My father could easily have opposed our marriage
  or at least expressed his disapproval.
• Football managers voiced their disapproval of
  people who sell tickets unofficially.
• disapprove v.
• I am sorry I must disapprove your action.
• The workers strongly disapprove of the firms new
  methods on the assembly line.

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• Permanent continuing or enduring without marked
  change in status or condition or place lasting
• Have you any permanent address?
• Nothing can assure permanent happiness.
• He was taken on for a three-month trial period
  before being accepted as a permanent member of
  staff.
• He's been temping for over a year now and wants a
  permanent job.

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• Estrangement causing (esp. people in a family)
  to become unfriendly towards each other
• His estrangement from his 'brothers and sisters
  made his parents quite worried.
• estrange v.
• Steve became increasingly estranged from his wife
  and children.
• His behavior estranged him from his friends.

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• .I felt an unexpected tidal pull back to the
  island
• All of a sudden, I felt a strong desire to go
  back to the island.

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Text explanation

• Para 5
• On the long flight to Hawaii, memories of my
  childhood, when I was my fathers small shadow,
  came flooding back. I was three years old,
  running behind him as he walked between the
  banana trees in the plantation town where he
  taught high school. When I grew tired, he carried
  me on his shoulders. From there I could see
  forever. You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,
  he would sing. You make me happy when skies are
  gray. I laughed, taking his devotion as my due.

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Language points

• ..memories of my childhood..came flooding back.
• flood v. to arrive (at) in large numbers
• Requests for information flooded in after the
  advertisement. Tourists flooded into the city.
• Settlers flooded from Europe to America in the
  19th century.
• Half the village were flooded out by a burst
  snowstorm.
• The office was flooded with complaints.
• Japanese cars have flooded the American market.

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• From there, I could see forever
• From my fathers shoulders, I could see something
  everlasting the nature and my fathers love for
  me.

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• taking his devotion as my due.(????????)
• Taking his devotion for granted .. / as I was
  entitled to
• She asked no more than her due.

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Text explanation

• Para 6
• Now the prodigal daughter was returning with the
  firstborn of the next generation -- a hazel-eyed,
  golden-skinned hapa haole (half-white) child who
  looked little like his Chinese ancestors. How
  would my father react? If he disapproved of
  Timmy, as he had of me, the breach between us
  would be complete. I would never return.

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• the prodigal son or daughter
• Prodigal adj. careless and wasteful with
  money?????,???
• I hate the prodigal administration.
• ?????????????
• He has a mind prodigal of ideas.??????
• N. someone who leaves his/her family and home
  without the approval of the family??????????
• The passage is a reworking of the theme of the
  return of the prodigal son.

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• The breach between us would be complete.
• Our relationship would end.
• breach n. an opening or hole made in a wall a
  break in friendly relations ???? ??C
• The waves made a breach in the sea wall.
• The incident caused an irreparable breach
  between the two countries.
• a failure to perform some promised act or
  obligation/ Failure to follow through on a
  contractual promise or legal obligation
  (?????)??,??(??????)??CU
• Your action is a breach of the agreement.
• ???????????
• Police arrested the demonstrators for committing
  a breach of the peace.???????????????
• Breach of contract / trust / security / promise

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Text explanation

• Para 7 8
• The plane landed, and I gratefully placed a
  crying, hungry Timmy into my mothers eager arms.
  Here was instant and unconditional acceptance of
  a child by his grandmother.
• My fathers expression was passive and hard to
  read. He greeted us politely, Good trip? Then
  he peered cautiously at Timmy, who promptly began
  to shriek. My father stepped back in alarm. Did
  he find it unsettling that  this squalling
  stranger might be his own flesh and blood?

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• peer at/through/into
• look very carefully at, esp. with difficulty
• The old professor adjusted his glasses and peered
  at the student who had made the trouble.
• Felix peered into the darkness.
• Lydia peered through the dusty windowpanes at the
  scene in the backyard.

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• Shriek to scream
• The class was beginning to get out of control,
  and the teacher had to shriek at them to be quiet.

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• Squall v. to cry noisily
• N. There was an angry squall from the
  bedroom.?????????????
• Have you heard the child's squall?
• It is said that the squall will come
  tomorrow.????????????
• My plane ran into a squall over the bay.

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• ones own flesh and blood
• someone who is part of your family (???)
• How can you treat your own flesh and blood that
  way?
• He raised those orphans as if they were his own
  flesh and blood.

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• Para 9,10 11
• After dinner at my parents house, Gary and I
  retired to my old bedroom. My mother tucked Timmy
  into a borrowed crib in a room down the hall.
• Four hours later mother instinct pulled me from
  sleep. This was the time Timmy usually woke for a
  bottle, but there were no cries of hunger, no
  fretful wails. Instead, I heard only the sweet,
  soft gurgle of baby laughter. I tiptoed down the
  hall.
• In the living room, Timmy lay on a pillow on the
  floor in a circle of light, his plump, tiny fists
  and feet churning gleefully. He studied the face
  bent over him, an Asian face burned dark by the
  Hawaiian sun, with laugh wrinkles at the corners
  of the eyes. My father was giving Timmy a bottle,
  tickling his tummy and crooning softly, You are
  my sunshine...

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• Tuck to put in a secure place
• Tuck that money into the top of your sock for
  safekeeping.
• The post office is tucked behind the grocery
  store.

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• Crib baby bed with high sides made of slats
• The baby was sleeping quietly in his crib.
• V. ??
• He cribbed during the math test.

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• Fretful unable to relax or be still
• The child was tired and fretful.
• Wail (often derog. ) to cry out with a long
  sound (as if) in grief or pain The exhausted
  mother smiled at the wail of her newborn baby.
• Stop weeping and wailing and do something about
  it!

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• gleefully in such a way as showing great joy and
  satisfaction
• The children are playing gleefully in the garden.
  
• gleeful a.
• He takes gleeful pleasure in watching politicians
  make fools of themselves.

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• Laugh wrinkles ??

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• Tickle n
• Ive got slight tickle in my throat and it is
  making me cough.
• Tickle to touch lightly with the fingers in
  order to make someone laugh
• Most people hate having their feet tickled.
• tickle n.
• I've got a slight tickle in my throat and it's
  making me cough.
• tickle sb into laughter ?????.

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Text explanation

• Para 1213
• I watched from the darkness, not wanting to break
  the spell, then crept back to my room. It was
  then I began to suspect that my father had wanted
  to mend the breach as much as I had. Awkward and
  proud, he hadnt known how, and neither had I.
  Timmy became the bridge over which we could reach
  for each other.
• For the rest of our stay, the tension slowly
  melted. My father and I didnt discuss our rift
  directly. Thanks to Timmy, we didnt need to.
  Having claimed his hapa haole grandson, my father
  no longer defined our family by a uniform set of
  features. Curly-haired, hazel-eyed Timmy was
  loved for himself.

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• Spell n a situation in which events are
  controlled by a magical power.
• They say she died after a witch cast a spell on
  her..
• The kiss that will break the spell.

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• Suspect to think that someone is probably
  guilty of something illegal or dishonest
• The police suspected the boys of being involved
  in a robbery.
• suspicion n.
• Crates of whisky have been disappearing from the
  warehouse and a member of staff is under
  suspicion.

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• Tension a strained relationship between
  individuals, countries, etc.
• The signing of this agreement will help to reduce
  international tension.

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• Rift break, breach, gap
• Healed the rift between us.
• Status someone's position in an organization or
  in society
• Now that he was a bank manager, he wanted a car
  that would reflect his status.
• Mary's very aware of her status within the
  company, and is always trying to improve it.

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• Uniform the same or consistent, as from example
  to example or from place to place constant
• The air-conditioning system maintains a uniform
  temperature throughout the building.
• uniformity n.
• Most modem housing developments show a tedious
  uniformity of design.

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Text explanation

• Para 14 15
• We returned to the islands the following summer.
  Timmy, now a toddler, splashed in the surf with
  his grandfather. The summer after that, they
  built a tree house out of scrap lumber and
  painted it blue.
• So pleased was my father with his new
  grandfather status that he took early retirement
  when Timmy was four, to spend more time visiting
  his New York family. My son and my father made
  a handsome pair as they walked together -- the
  Chinese grandfather happily trailed by a
  different, bouncing shadow.

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• Scrap n. material which has been thrown away and
  can be resused.
• There are always tons of scrap paper in Dads
  office.
• the scraps from the Sunday dinner table

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• Status someone's position in an organization or
  in society
• Now that he was a bank manager, he wanted a car
  that would reflect his status.
• Mary's very aware of her status within the
  company, and is always trying to improve it.

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Comprehension Question (1)

• 1. What does the author mean by stating at the
  end of Paragraph 1 though we were very much
  alike, wed grown very far apart?
• The answer to this question lies in Paragraph 2
  and 3. The author differs drastically from her
  father in their preferences and choices, but they
  are similar in that they are both bullheaded.
  It is this bullheadedness that intensifies their
  disagreement and sets them apart.

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Comprehension Question (2)

• 2. How did the father express his disapproval of
  her daughter? And how did his daughter react?
• Refer to Paragraph4. The father expressed his
  disapproval of his daughter with silence never
  speaking to his daughter over the phone the
  daughter responded in the same way to show her
  uncompromising character.

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Comprehension Question (3)

• 3. What do you think is the author true state of
  mind on her long flight to Hawaii?
• Refer to Paragraphs 5 and 6. The author has a
  mixed feeling about the upcoming meeting with her
  father. This feeling is indicated by her recall
  of the paternal love she enjoyed when she was a
  child, and her uncertainty about her fathers
  reaction--- If he disapproved of Timmy, as he
  had of me

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Comprehension Question(4)

• 4. What did the author realize when she saw her
  father playing with her baby on the first night
  of her return?
• Refer to Paragraphs 11and 12. When she saw the
  scene, the author realized that her father had
  accepted her son. It is his way of mending his
  relationship with his daughter reaching for her
  over the bridge of his grandson.

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Comprehension Question (5)

• 5. In a few sentences describe how the father is
  portrayed in the text.
• The fathers image is portrayed from two
  perspectives. One is his sternness he put too
  many demands on his daughter and required
  absolute obedience from her, as many other
  Chinese fathers did the other is his love for
  his daughter and his grandson.

98
Comprehension Questions of Text 2(1)

• 1. What kind of man is the writers father?
• The writers father is a devoted husband and a
  fond father with a lovely sense of humor. He
  was also sentimental, sensitive and understanding.

99
Comprehension Questions of Text 2(2)

• Explain the title My New Mum Is My Dad?
• The writer used to be very much attached to her
  mother, who, she thought, was the one to hold
  them together. Assuming no one could ever replace
  her mother after her death, the writer found
  little by little, to her surprise, that she and
  her father had more in common than she had ever
  imagined. And her fathers deep love for her made
  her realize that he had become her new Mum.

100
Comprehension Questions of Text 2(3)

• Whom are you more sentimentally attached to, your
  father or mother? Why ?
• Open to discussion.

101
Grammatical items Inversion

• ??????????????????????????????,???????(full
  inversion)?????(partial inversion)????????????????
  ?,???????????????be ????????????
• ???????????,??????????????

102
Grammatical itemInversion (2)

• 1.?????
•  
• ?1How are you getting along with your work?
•  
• ?2Is this report written in detail?
•  
• ??????????????????,??????
•  
• 2.?there be ???????
•  
• ?1There are forty students in our class.
•  ?2There seem to be still some elements
  undiscovered yet.
•  ?3There stands a bridge across the river.

103
Grammatical itemInversion (3)

• 3.?????????
•  
• ?1Long live the Peoples Republic of China!
•  
• ?2May you succeed!
•  
• ?3Dog-tired though they were, they continued to
  march on.
• 4.???if ????????????
•  
• ??????were, had, should???,?were, had?should?????
  
•  ?1Were there no air or water, there would be no
  life in the world.
•  ?2Had you been more careful, such spelling
  mistakes might have been avoided.

104
Grammatical itemInversion (4)

• 5.?so, nor, neither?no more??????
•  
• ???????????????????????,??????????????
•  
• 1)This problem is not difficult and neither is
  that one.
•  
• 2)Coal is under the ground in some places, and so
  is oil.
•  

105
Grammatical itemInversion (5)

• 6.???????????????????????
• ?????????rarely, never, scarcely, no sooner,
  little, few, hardly, seldom, at no time, in no
  way, on no account, nowhere, nobody, not
  only????
•  1)Visit our stores. Nowhere else will you find
  such magnificent bargains.
•  2)Hardly had he finished his work when the
  telephone rang.
•  3)Not only did he complain about the food, he
  also refused to pay for it.
•  4)Little did we think his speech had made so
  deep an impression on his audience.

106
Grammatical itemInversion (6)

• 7.??????
•  
• ?1Worst of all were the humiliations.
•  
• ?2Such is the case.
•  

107
Grammatical itemInversion (7)

• 8.??????
•  
• ?1Still greater contributions should we make to
  our socialist construction.
•  
• ?2Useful chemical fertilizer can we make from
  the waste liquid.
•  
• ???????not a ????not a single
  ?????,?????????
•  
• Alice had a terrible time touring that country.
  Not a day did she spend without having some
  unpleasantness with waiters in the hotel.

108
Grammatical itemInversion (8)

• 9.??????
• (1)?????????????,?????go, come???????????????????
  
•  1)Up went the plane.
•  2)In came the chairman and the meeting began.
•  ?????????????????
•  1)Out they rushed!
•  2)Lower and lower he bent.
•  (2) ????????????????,????????
•  1)Round the corner walked a large policeman.
•  2)Under the table was lying a half-conscious
  young man.

109
Grammatical itemInversion (9)

• (3)??????only ??,only ????,only
  ???????,????????
•  
• 1)Only yesterday did he find out that his watch
  was missing.
•  
• 2)Only because there were some cancelled bookings
  did he get some tickets in the end.
•  
• (4)??????here, there, now, then??,?????,??????,???
  ??????
•  
• 1)Here is a ticket for you.
•  
• 2)Now comes your turn.
•  
• 3)Here he comes.

110
Grammatical itemInversion (10)

• (5)????so (that)??????,????????
•  
• 1)So small was the mark that I could hardly see
  it.
•  
• 2)So quickly did the workmen finish their work
  that they were given a bonus.
•  
• 3)So much does he worry about his financial
  position that he cant sleep at night.
•  
• ??????,so ?????????so ?????????

111
Grammatical itemInversion (11)

• 10.???????
•  
• ????????,???????asked Mary, answered John, said
  the old lady, grunted Peter????????????,????????,?
  ?????,???????
•  
• 1)What do you mean? asked Henry.
•  
• 2)What do you mean? he asked.

112
Grammatical itemInversion (12)

• 11. often, many a time?????????????
•  
• ??Often did they think of going there, but they
  never had a chance.
•  
• 12.?as, though??????????
•  
• ?as, though??????????,????????????????????
•  
• Small as the atom is, we can smash it

113
Exercises (1)

• Translation exercises
• 1. ?????????????????? (disapprove of)
• Animal conservationists strongly disapprove of
  experimenting on animals.
• 2.?????????,?????????(stern)
• Shelie walked into the museum under the stern
  gaze of the curator.

114
Exercises (2)

• 3. ???????????,???????????(spell)
• After a spell in the advertising business, Jim
  began to work for a large insurance firm.
• 4. ???????50 000 ?????????????????? (flood)
• It was estimated that 50,000 people flooded into
  London over the weekend for the opening of the
  Commonwealth Games.
• .

115
Exercises (3)

• 5. ?????????,?????,?????????????(mingle with)
• He rushed into the busy street and mingled with
  the crowd, hoping in that way the police would
  not spot him.
• 6. ?????????????,??????(tiptoe)
• He tiptoed quietly out of the room so as not to
  wake her up.

116
Exercises (4)

• 7. ????????????????,?????????????(status)
• He bought the painting as a status symbol, not
  because he was particularly interested in art.
• 8.?????????????????,?????(follow in ones
  footsteps)
• Jim was always disappointed that his son never
  followed in his footsteps and took over the farm.
• .

117
Exercises (5)

• ????
• the prodigal son returns.
• ???
• firstborn
• ????
• modal of feminine behavior

118
Exercises (6)

• ????
• long-established clan

• ?????
• memory of childhood

• ???
• ones own flesh and blood

119
Exercises (7)

• Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or
  phrase taken from the box in its appropriate
  form.

tickle subsequent marry mission
tuck announce settle unsettling shriek
squall
120
Exercises (8)

• The general was immediately sent to Paris. His
  _________ was to negotiate a ceasefire.
• I must _______________ all my affairs before
  going away for the Christmas vacation.
• These skills were then handed down to
  ____________ generations of craftsman.

mission
settle
subsequent
121
Exercises (9)

• It was starting to get cold and she ____________
  her hands into the pockets of her jeans.
• The Minister made a dramatic appearance on
  nationwide television to _________ plans for a
  fresh peace negotiation.

tucked
announce
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Sentences for appreciation(1)

• 1. Now the prodigal daughter was returning with
  the firstborn of the next generation a
  hazel-eyed, golden-skinned hapa haole child who
  looked little like his Chinese ancestors. (59-64)
• 2.I heard only the sweet, soft gurgle of baby
  laughter. (80-81)

123
Sentences for appreciation(2)

• 3.Timmy lay on a pillow on the floor in a circle
  of light, his plump, tiny fists and feet churning
  gleefully. He studied the face bent over him, an
  Asian face burnt dark by the Hawaiian sun, with
  laugh wrinkles at the corners of the eyes. My
  father was giving Timmy a bottle, tickling his
  tummy and crooning softly.(82-92)
• 4. I watched him from the darkness, not wanting
  to break the spell then crept back to my
  room.(93-95)

124
Sentences for appreciation(3)

• 5. Timmy became the bridge over which we could
  reach for each other. (101-103)
• 6. Timmy, now a toddler, splashed in the surf
  with his grandfather .(109-110)
• 7. My son and my father made a handsome pair.the
  Chinese grandfather happily trailed by a
  different, bouncing shadow.(114-115)

125
Sentences for appreciation(4)

• 1. ????????,???????????????????????????????????
  ????????????
• 2. ?????????????????????????????
• 3. ?????????????,??????????????????????????????,??
  ??????????????????????????????????,????????,??????
  ??????.

126
Sentences for appreciation(5)

• 4. ???????,???????????
• 5. ??????????????
• 6. ????????,????????????
• 7. ?????????????????????????????????,???????????
  ?????????

127
Oral activities

• 1.  If you have never been hated by your child,
  you have never been a parent.
• It is said that the bond between a father and his
  son is unbreakable. It can be celebrated, cursed,
  and ridiculed. But it cant be broken. Organize
  groups of five and six and debate on the issue.

128
Writing practice (1)

• Write a short essay on the following topic in
  about 150 words.
• How to bring family members closer
• Instruction Families are not as close now as
  before. Write a composition of about 200 words to
  give reasons for this change and suggest just one
  way to bring families closer.

129
Writing practice (2)

• Sample 1
• In the past, family was a very important
  concept in peoples minds, and it was the center
  of many peoples lives, man or woman, young or
  old. But families nowadays are becoming as close
  as before.

130
Writing practice (3)

• Sample 1(continued)
• There are several reasons for this
  phenomenon. Firstly, people are now more
  independent than before. Apart from their family,
  they can easily get help from their friends in a
  shorter time than before, and it is much easier
  to make more friends now as a result rapid
  improvement in telecommunications. Secondly, the
  outside world is becoming more fascinating, and
  people share more time with their friends,
  colleagues or business partners in their leisure
  time instead of with their family. Thirdly, as
  competition is getting fiercer people have to
  devote more time and energy to their careers.
  They also feel the urgent need to broaden their
  scope of knowledge and improve themselves so as
  not to lag behind others.
•  

131
Writing practice (4)

• Sample 1 (continued)

In order to enjoy the harmonious family life and
maintain the social stability, both the
government and its citizens should join hands in
the efforts to bring families closer.
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• Good bye!