新世纪大学英语教程第一册教案全16单元Unit 1I. Teaching Points By the end of this unit, students are supposed to grasp the authors purpose of writing and make clear the structure of the whole passage through an intensive reading of Text 1 Never Say Goodbye. comprehend the topic sentences in Text 1 thoroughly and be able to paraphrase them. get a list of new words and structures and use them freely in conversation and writing. be aware of the cross-cultural differences in the social behavior of Giving Gifts. II. An integrated Analysis of Text 1 Never Say Goodbye.Topics for discussion What was your feeling when you left your parents for the first time and came here? Have your family ever moved from one place to another? If you have, how did you feel when you were going to be away from the old house for good? Have you ever attended a funeral of some one you know very well? If you have, what were you thinking when you saw him for the last time? Write a letter to your imaginary child to be read on his or her eighteenth birthday. Describe the qualities that you hope he or she will have at this time of life.Highlights The text is the authors memory of the most important and unforgettable experiences when he was between 10 and 12. He had learned from his grandfather the profound meaning of “never say goodbye” and became firm and strong-willed as a child. The author wants to tell us that we should never give in to sadness, that we should always be firm and strong-willed, and that we should always remember the joyful and happy events of life as well as our cherished friendship.Structural analysis of the text and language pointsThe passage can be divided into three parts. Part One: (Paragraphs 1-4) bringing up the problem the author was confronted with: it is hard to overcome the sadness as the moment of parting drew near. So he turned to his grandpa for help.Para. 1: beginning of the story -introducing the backgroundThe author was reluctant and bitterly sad to move away from his old home because it was the only home that he was ever known. His whole life, brief as it was, had been spend in that big old house, graceful touched with the laughter and tears of four generations. Para. 2-4: the implication of GOODBYE the author learned from his grandfather: being too final, too cold for friends to use; implying sadness and unhappiness. The grandfather wanted him to think of joyful and happy events of life instead of feeling sad and miserable. Part Two: (Paragraphs 5-13) By narrating his sad experience of the loss of his eldest son during the war, the grandpa illustrates how one can overcome the sad feeling resulting from the loss of someone dear to him by recalling not the moment of parting but the happy times spent together.Para. 5-9: the grandpas intention of saying “it isnt just the roses that are beautiful; it is that special place in your heart that makes them so.” The grandfather want to:1) 1) tell the author a true story of related to the rose bush and hoped to enable him to feel with his heart how beautiful those roses were! 2) 2) reveal his special associations with the roses and with his saying goodbye to his son, as well as to disclose the root cause of his advice not to say goodbye to ones relatives and friends.Para 10-13: The telling of the story related to the rosebush. The message of the text is conveyed in Para. 13 The grandfather want the author:1) 1) never to give in to the sadness and the loneliness of the word goodbye.2) 2) remember instead the joy and happiness of those times when he first say hello to a friend.3) 3) take that special hello and lock it away with him-in that place in his heart where summer is an always time. 4) 4) Reach deep within him and recall that first hello when he and his friends must part from each other. Part Three: (Para. 14-20): by the way he behaved when confronted with another sad moment-the loss of his grandpa, the author shows us that he came to understand what his grandpa had taught him.The parting between the author and his grandfather was so cheerful and pleasant as if they were old friends greeting each other, which showed that his grandfather adopted an optimistic attitude towards his own death and that the author became so strong-willed as not to give in to the sadness.When the author was told that his grandfather had died, he remained perfectly calm and composed instead of being plunged into sadness. Remembering his grandpas words, he reached deep within him for those special feelings that had made up their friendship. Suddenly and truly, he realized what his grandfather had meant about never saying goodbye-about refusing to give in to the sadness.III. Language points Confront: 1) be faced with and have to