BOOK 2 - Unit 3 - Listening Task - After Listening,Complete the following statements according to what you have heard. 1. According to the speaker, one of the greatest generation gaps in history was the one between Boomers and their parents and grandparents.2. People refusing to go to war in 1942 were considered cowards/cowardly ; whereas many Boomers protested the war in Vietnam because they questioned its morality.3. The speakers father, having grown up in harsh/difficult/hard times, doesnt care much for entertainment and having fun.,Boomers,parents,grandparents,cowards/cowardly,questioned,harsh/difficult/hard,entertainment,having fun,BOOK 2 - Unit 3 - Comprehension - Content Questions,One of you asks the first six questions and the other answers. Starting from Question 7, change roles. When you have finished, the teacher may want to put some of the questions to you for a check. 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,There are seven characters - Father, Mother, Heidi, Diane, Sean, Restaurant Manager, and Mrs. Higgins.,No. Because what he does usually ends up embarrassing them.,BOOK 2 - Unit 3 - Comprehension - Content Questions,first job? To buy a guitar. 4. Why did Father make a point of (特地) coming to the restaurant? To check if Sean was doing OK there. 5. Why did Sean try to hide himself when he saw his father in the restaurant? He knew his father was going to embarrass him. 6. What did Sean think of his fathers unexpected visit? It was unnecessary and embarrassing.,To buy a guitar.,To check if Sean was doing OK there.,He knew his father was going to embarrass him.,It was unnecessary and embarrassing.,BOOK 2 - Unit 3 - Comprehension - Content Questions,Now switch roles.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.,He wanted Dan to pressure his son into asking Diane to the senior prom.,He would speak to his son and insist that the latter give Diane a call.,She felt humiliated.,BOOK 2 - Unit 3 - Comprehension - Content Questions,10. Why did Heidi change school? Because the Thompsons 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 couldnt bear being embarrassed by her father.,Because the Thompsons had just moved.,He tried to let her know how exceptionally talented a young woman Heidi was.,Because she couldnt bear being embarrassed by her father.,BOOK 2 - Unit 3 - Comprehension - Text Organization,1. This play comprises three settings. Can you write them down? The first one has been done for you. No. 1 A fast-food restaurantNo. 2 The Thompson family dining roomNo. 3 An office at a high school,The Thompson family dining room,An office at a high school,BOOK 2 - Unit 3 - Comprehension - Text Organization,2. The play can be divided into three scenes according to the changes in setting as made clear in the above exercise. Now put down the main idea of each scene. Scene One Father embarrassed Sean by talking too proudly to the restaurant manager.Scene Two Father embarrassed Diane by persuading a colleague into pressing his son to ask her to the senior prom.Scene Three Father embarrassed Heidi by boasting to an official at her new school about how talented she was.,Father embarrassed Sean by talking too proudly to the restaurant manager.,Father embarrassed Diane by persuading a colleague into pressing his son to ask her to the senior prom.,Father embarrassed Heidi by boasting to an official at her new school about how talented she was.,BOOK 2 - Unit 3 - Language Focus - Vocabulary,1. Fill in the gaps with words or phrases given below. Change the form where necessary. 1) The view that you should never spend more than you earn is fairly typical of people of their generation.2) The artists stood before the paintings almost dumb with astonishment at their beauty.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,typical,dumb,junior,BOOK 2 - Unit 3 - Language Focus - Vocabulary,4) William Byrd composed many pieces of music, but his Latin church music is considered his most glorious work.5) Governments establish welfare systems to provide a safety net to prevent people from suffering the effects of poverty.6) You quit that respectable, well-paid job for this unpromising one? What came over you?7) Many animals face extinction (灭绝) as the result of human interference.8) Her hope of her husbands return is fading as years go by.,