Unit 5Unit 5 Fourteen StepsSection One Pre-reading Activities2I. Audiovisual supplement2II. Cultural information2Section Two Global Reading3I. Main idea3II. Structural analysis3Section Three Detailed Reading4Text I4Section Four Consolidation Activities14I . Vocabulary Analysis14II Grammar Exercises17III. Translation exercises19IV Exercises for integrated skills20V Oral activities21VI Writing Practice21VII Listening Exercises22Section Five Further Enhancement25I. Text II25II. Memorable Quotes27Unit 5 Fourteen StepsSection One Pre-reading ActivitiesI. Audiovisual supplementWatch a video and answer the following questions.1. What did the mother mean at the end of the video ? 2. What do you know about the movie Forrest Gump? （插入视频）Answers to the Questions:1. She was trying to tell her boy that everybody should be treated equally, even for those who had some physical or intelligence problems.2. Forrest Gump is a 1994 film based on Winston Grooms 1986 novel of the same name. The film, directed by Robert Zemeckis, stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, and Gary Sinise. The story is of Forrest Gump, an ordinary man who comes from Alabama and his journey through life meeting historical figures, influencing popular culture, and experiencing firsthand historic events of the late 20th century.Script:Doctor: Lets take a little walk around. How do those feel? His legs are strong, Mrs. Gump, as strong as Ive ever seen. But his backs as crooked as a politician. But were going to straighten him right up, arent we, Forrest?Mother: Forrest!Voiceover: Now, when I was a baby, Mama named me after the great Civil War hero General Nathan Bedford Forrest. She said we was related to him in some way. What he did was, he started up this club called the Ku Klux Klan. Theyd all dress up in their robes and their bedsheets and act like a bunch of ghosts or spooks or something. Theyd even put bedsheets on their horses and ride around. Anyway, thats how I got my name Forrest Gump. Mama said the Forrest part was to remind me that sometimes we all do things that, well, that just dont make no sense.Mother: All right. What are yall staring at? Havent you ever seen a little boy with braces on his legs before? Dont ever let anybody tell you theyre better than you, Forrest. If God intended everybody to be the same, hed have given us all braces on our legs.Voiceover: Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them. II. Cultural information1. QuoteI am quite often asked: How do you feel about having ALS? The answer is, not a lot. I try to lead as normal a life as possible, and not think about my condition, or regret the things it prevents me from doing, which are not that many. Stephen Hawking（适当位置插入图片Stephen Hawking）Section Two Global ReadingI. Main ideaIt is hard to imagine that a blind old man should be willing and able to fix a car for someone else on a dark stormy night. This happened to the author, a crippled man who was afflicted by a progressive disease and who took others help for granted. Up to that day, the author had lived in disillusionment, self-pity, indifference and selfishness, as he was becoming increasingly feeble. He struggled to climb the fourteen steps every day only to hold on to his sanity, his wife, his home and his job. After he met the blind old man, it suddenly dawned on him that even a handicapped person was capable of performing an act of love for his fellow beings, and that was where the value of life lies.II. Structural analysis1. How many parts can the text be divided into and whats the topic of each part?According to the development of the story, the text could be divided into four parts, each of which focuses on one topic. Respectively, these topics are about the authors first life, his second life, his third life and his reflection on the auto-repair incident.2. Summarize the main idea of each part by completing the table. ParagraphsMain ideas1-2It depicts the authors first phase of life in which he began to enjoy everything pleasant: excellent health, a good job, a nice house, a happy family and lovely daughters.3-5The author describes his second life. Because of his disease, he became miserable and frustrated.6-8The authors third life began with the trouble of his car on the stormy night and he described the blind mans magnanimous, selfless help. 9-10The author reflected on the incident and his life philosophy, from which he discovered the true value of life.Section Three Detailed ReadingText I Fourteen Steps Hal Manwaring1 They say a cat has nine lives,1 and I am inclined to think that possible since I am now living my third life and Im not even a cat. My first life began on a cle