电子教案1

e.g. 1. Several young girls waited on the old woman every day; she didn’t seem able to do

anything.

2. She looked around for a salesman to wait on her. 她环顾四周，找售货员接待她。

scrawl vt. write in a careless, hurried, awkward, or unskillful way 潦草地写，乱涂乱画 e.g. 1. He scrawled a few hurried lines on his notebook and left the room.

2. Now Tom began to scrawl something on the slate, hiding the words from the girl. 这时候，汤姆又在写字板上写着什么字，还用手挡住不让那姑娘看见。

count the days look forward to sth. with eagerness 热切地盼望

e.g. 1. Christmas is a few months away, but I’m already counting the days.

2. When I returned from a trip, I would count the days until my next vacation.

旅行才归来，我就开始算着日子期待下一个假期。

clean up clean thoroughly and remove anything unwanted 彻底扫除；清理 e.g. 1. It took us hours to clean up the kitchen after the Thanksgiving dinner. 2. Let me clean up the broken glass before someone walks on it. 我来把碎玻璃扫掉，以免有人踩到。

dozens of infml lots of; very many〖非正式〗很多

e.g. 1. I’ve spoken to him dozens of times, but I still don’t remember his name. 2. He’s starred in dozens of films. 他主演过很多部影片。

Difficult Sentences for Text A

1) Our only problem was convincing him to wait to clean a table until after the customers were finished. (Para. 5)

Q: What is the meaning of this sentence?

A: Stevie was so intent on his cleaning work that we found it hard to persuade him to stay calm and not to show obvious eagerness to clean the tables before they were empty. Q: Please translate this sentence into Chinese.

A: 我们唯一的问题是得说服他等待客人用餐完毕再去收拾桌子。

2) Money was tight, and what I paid him was probably the difference between them being able to live together and Stevie being sent to a group home. (Para. 6) Q: What is the meaning of the italicized part in this sentence?

A: The money I paid Stevie for his work was able to help him live together with his mother. Otherwise, he would have had to be sent to a special place where disabled people are taken care of.

Q: Please translate this sentence into Chinese.

A: 他们手头拮据，我所付的工资仅能保证母子俩相依为命，史蒂维才不至于沦落到被“集体之家”（为残障人士提供护理的机构）收容。

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3) Frannie looked at me with wet, shiny eyes, shook her head and said simply. ―Truckers.‖ (Para. 14)

The truckers were kind-hearted and contributed generously to Stevie’s medical expenses. At this, Frannie was moved to tears and filled with admiration. Q: Please Translate this sentence into Chinese.

A: 弗兰妮看着我，眼睛闪着泪花，摇摇头，只说一句话，“这些卡车司机啊。”

4) While everybody else was busy shaking hands and hugging each other, Stevie, with a big, big smile on his face, was busy clearing all the cups and dishes from the table — the best worker I ever hired. (Para. 18)

Q: What is the meaning of this sentence?

A: While everybody else was cheering and celebrating, Stevie chose to do his duty as a busboy. He showed the qualities that my best-ever worker possessed. Q: Please translate this sentence into Chinese.

A: 就在大家都忙着握手、拥抱的时候，史蒂维笑容绽放，正忙着清理桌上的杯盘 — 他真是我手下最好的员工。

Extended Questions

▇ Extended questions （Para. 1）

Q: If you were an employer, would you have a mentally handicapped employee in your business? A: Answers vary. Possible answers:

? Yes, I would take on a mentally handicapped person to work for me if he or she were fit

for the job. We should not have prejudice against the mentally handicapped and the job market should open its door to them. Though they are not qualified to work in some areas, people with disabilities should be given ample opportunities to earn their own bread by doing something within their ability. They all long to live in / with dignity and we should not deprive them of the right to employment. Besides, offering a job to a mentally handicapped person is an act of kindness. I consider it my moral obligation to hire him or her.

? No, I would not have a mentally handicapped person to work in my business. You know,

business is business, and my business is not a welfare agency or a charity institution. In running my business I attach great importance to work efficiency and product quality. I don’t think a mentally handicapped employee can contribute as much as a mentally healthy person. I would make generous donations to the handicapped and the disabled rather than recruiting them as my employees.

▇ Extended questions （Paras. 3-4）

Q: What is meant by the phrase ―official truck-stop mascot‖? A: Since Stevie was eager to laugh and please each and every person he met, he was regarded as a symbol of hospitality, which, as it were, brought good luck to the trucker regulars, They all regarded the trust-stop a lucky place for them to dine in.

▇ Extended questions （Para. 5）

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Q: How does the writer succeed in making Stevie a vivid, lively, and true-to-life character?

A: The writer achieves his end mainly by vivid description. In Para. 5, for instance, he uses many specific verbs to describe Stevie’s actions, such as ―hover‖, ―shift‖, ―scan‖, ―hurry‖, ―bus‖, ―wipe‖. The well-chosen adverbs such as ―carefully‖ and ―meticulously‖ also lend force to his description. As a result, a vivid, true-to-life image of Stevie is presented to the reader.

▇ Extended questions （Para. 7）

Q: What can you infer from the staff’s response to Stevie’s absence?

A: We can infer that 1) for the past three years, Stevie had worked perfectly and had been a joy around, so he was an indispensable part of their life; and 2) they were quite worried about his heart problem. They might even wonder if he would come through it at all.

▇ Extended questions （Paras. 8-10）

Q: What can you infer from Frannie’s emotional response to the news?

A: Frannie, the head waitress, was a 50-year-old grandmother of four, yet she did a little dance when she learned the good news. Her emotional response revealed her concern for Stevie’s surgery. It also showed that Frannie and the rest of the staff had grown attached to Stevie.

▇ Extended questions （Paras. 14-15）

Q: What is meant by ―Truckers‖ at the end of Para. 14?

A: Truckers were common labourers and they were by no means rich. But they proved to be most generous when they heard about Stevie’s situation. Their act of generosity demonstrated their noble character that deserves our respect and praise.

Q: What is implied in the sentence ―it didn’t matter at all that it was a holiday‖?

A: This sentence implies that Stevie was eager to go back to work. As long as he could be back to work, he didn’t care that it was a holiday when people were supposed to stay home with their family.

▇ Extended questions（Para. 18）

Q: What can you infer from the narrator’s statement ―Stevie…the best worker I ever hired.‖?

A: The narrator’s statement is an echo to the beginning of the story: ―I try not to be biased, but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie.‖ It expresses his assured recognition of and appreciation for Stevie’s ability to be his employee.

Section C Voicing Your Views

▆ ABC News brought their hidden cameras to the streets of Lynbrook, New York and recorded a video program entitled “What would you do” in September 2012. In the program, a lady led Kevin, a homeless man, to a bar and gave him 20 dollars to buy some food. The following are some reactions from the people in the bar.

1. The bartender took the money but asked Kevin to go to a soup kitchen (救济贫民的施粥所), saying: ―You bother other customers.‖ And he also explained that twenty homeless guys would be sitting in his bar if one was fed once or twice. 2. Male customer A asked the bartender to give the $20 back to Kevin, or he would call the

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police. 3. Two lady customers didn’t want a homeless man seated anywhere near them and said that Kevin smelled. 4. Male customer B first laughed at Kevin’s misfortune but then ordered a turkey burger and gave it to Kevin. He said: ―I’ve had some hard times in my life and other people were there for me, so I try to do the same thing.‖ 5. Male customer C was quite emotional and argued with the bartender, saying everybody had been through hard times but some had survived in some way. He said: ―And if somebody helps you and gives you a push up, fine.‖

Work in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions:

1) Are the reactions of the bartender and the customers justifiable? Why or why not? (open) 2) What would you do if you happened to be one of the customers in this bar? Why? (open) 3) Are there any effective ways to solve the problem of the homeless? (open) Text B

Section A Key Words and Expressions Key Words: ennoble vt. pin vt. crease vt. sole a. weep vi. embarrassing a. considerate a. await vt. glisten vi. intent a. frail a. hint n. condition vt.

ennoble vt. make better and more honourable 使崇高，使受尊敬

e.g. Hard work hasn’t changed him for the worse; on the contrary, it has ennobled him.

The total effect of Aristofie’s thought is to ennoble humanity and to increase personal responsibility.

weep vi. [(over, for)] fml or lit cry tears [常与over或for连用] 〖正式或文〗流泪，哭泣 e.g. When she learned that her father was badly injured in the earthquake, she broke down and

wept.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.

await vt. fml wait for〖正式〗等待

e.g. Two men have been charged with the murder of that pop star and are now awaiting trial.

I grew to await it with a nameless dread.

frail a. weak in body or health虚弱的；衰弱的

e.g. She lay in bed looking rather frail. How could she look after herself?

His mother was becoming too frail to live alone.

pin vt. fasten or join with a pin or pins (用别针等)把??别住，(用钉等)把??钉住

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