Unit5,Watch the video and answer the following questions.,1. What did the mother mean at the end of the video ?,Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 1,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,She was trying to tell her boy that everybody should be treated equally, even for those who had some physical or intelligence problems.,Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 2,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,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.,2. What do you know about the movie Forrest Gump?,Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 3,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,Doctor: Mother: Voiceover:,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? Forrest! 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,Video Script1,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,Video Script2,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,Voiceover: Mother:,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. 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,Video Script3,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,Mother: Voiceover:,better than you, Forrest. If God intended everybody to be the same, hed have given us all braces on our legs. Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.,I 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,Quote,Cultural information 1,Audiovisual supplement,Cultural information,Global Reading - Main idea 1,Main idea,Structural analysis,It is hard to imagine that a blind old man should be willing and able to for someone else on a night. This happened to the author, a man who was afflicted by a progressive disease and who took others for granted. Up to that day, the author had lived in , as he was becoming increasingly feeble. He struggled to every day only to hold on to his sanity, his wife, his home and his job.,fix a car,_,dark,stormy,crippled,_,help,_,disillusionment, self-pity, indifference and,selfishness,climb the fourteen steps,_,Global Reading - Main idea 2,Structural analysis,Main idea,After he met the blind old man, it suddenly dawned on him that even a person was capable of performing for his fellow beings, and that was where lies.,handicapped,_,an act of love,_,the value of life,_,Structural analysis 1,1. How many parts can the text be divided into and whats the topic of each part?,Main idea,Structural analysis,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.,Structural analysis 2,Structural analysis,It 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.,2. Summarize the main idea of each part by completing the table.,Main idea,The author describes his second life. Because of his disease, he became miserable and frustrated.,The authors third life began with the trouble of his car on the stormy night and he described the blind mans magnanimous, selfless help.,Structural analysis 3,Structural analysis,Main idea,The author reflected on the incident and his life philosophy, from which he discovered the true value of life.,Hal Manwaring,Fourteen Steps,Detailed reading1,Detailed reading,They say a cat has nine lives, 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 clear, cold day in Novembe