Unit 6 The Human Touch

1. Unit 6 The Human Touch Text A The last leaf

2. Oral Presentation? • Background Information • What is “human touch”? • What is needed in “human touch”? • In what way “The Last Leaf” has something to do with “human touch” and what does text A advocate? • A life masterpiece

3. Main Idea Old Behrman saved Johnsy’s life at the expense of his own.

4. Text organization • List the names of characters in each paragraph. • A story is composed of scenes. Normally a change of character(s) indicates a change in scene. • The text can be divided into scenes according to the changes in character.

5. Structure • Smell/taste of --- 房间有一股糊味. The room smells of something burnt. --- 这道菜吃起来象鱼,是什么做的? This dish tastes of fish. What is it made of? • By doing sth. ---你把钥匙向右转就能打开门. You can unlock the door by turning the key to the right.

6. Words and expressions • L.4 in tune / out of tune with --- 这老人的思想与时代保持一致. --- 他是刀子口豆腐心. • L.5 joint studio --- ~venture ~ effort ~ account

7. L. 8 scarcely 他一进门电话铃就响了. • L.25 a merry tune --- ___ Christmas and ___ New Year. --- As merry as a ___. (cricket, or lark)

8. L.28 backward --- 直升飞机可向前, 向后, 向侧面飞行. --- There is still no electricity in the ~ areas of the country. • bare L. 32 赤脚医生 头上谢顶

9. L. 56 look the part --- Despite looking the part, Michael was not an artist at all. L.59 to excess / in excess of --- drink, eat, work, play ~ --- Never spend ___ your income. • L. 112 --- the attack is acute, --- --- Food shortages in some African countries are becoming ~. --- His disease is not ~ but chronic.

10. Writing: write an argumentation about whether it was worthwhile or not for old Behrman to save young Johnsy’s life in about 150 words. • Introduce the story a bit and show your view point in the beginning; • Prove your points with evidence through examples, comparison and contrast analysis, or cause and effect reasoning; • Restate your viewpoint in the end.

19. After class: • Go over unit 6, text A; • Finish the reading in Reading Course and Fast Reading; Finish the listening in Listening and Speaking book according to the teaching plan.