Unit 5A Word with Many Meanings

Deborah Soong

Teaching Activities

Index

Teaching Activities1st period 1. Warm-up

2. The Vocabulary, and Idioms & Phrases within Paragraphs 1-3

3. Reading – Paragraphs 1-3

2nd period 1. The Vocabulary, and Idioms & Phrases within Paragraphs 4-10

2. Reading - Paragraphs 4-103. Post-reading

3rd period 1. Word File2. Sentence Patterns3. Expansion4. Writing Practice

4th period Oral & Listening – Unit 4

Warm-up

Vocabulary Idioms & Phrases

Reading-Paragraphs 1-3

□ having the same hobbies

□ sharing secrets

□ knowing each other a long time

□ seeing each other regularly

□ helping each other when in need

□ buying each other presents

□ remembering your birthday

□ lending you money

□ riding the same bus with you

□ going to the movies with you

□ going to the same class with you

□ teasing and making fun of you

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Listen to paragraphs 1-3.

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Now,answer the following questions.

____ This unit talks about definition of friendship in ______ countries. (A) Asian (B) European (C) Western (D) Eastern

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Almost everyone has friends, but ideas about friendship vary from person to person.

sth vary/differ from...to... 某事因…而異• Answers to this question vary/differ from person to person. • Temperatures in this season vary/differ from place to place.

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Almost everyone has friends, but ideas about friendship vary from person to person.

ideas about friendship vary from person to person→ ideas of friendship differ from person to person/vary with individual

For some, a friend is someone who chats with you on the Internet.

與他人在網路上交談，通常是在 chat room 「聊天室」中進行。a friend is someone who chats with you on the Internet「 S + be + N + 關係代名詞子句」是英文寫作中常用以針對某人、某事物下定義的句型。• An UFO is a flying object which cannot be identified and which is often believed to be from another planet.

For others, a friend is someone who has known you all your life—someone whose family knows you, too. Still others only use the term for someone who knows your innermost secrets.

What one person defines as a friend,another calls an acquaintance, andvice versa.

what 原為包含先行詞的關係代名詞，用以引導名詞子句；但在此句： What..., another... 卻有對比之意。請比較：• What Americans intend as gestures What Americans intend as gestures of friendship is misunderstood as of friendship is misunderstood as signs of flattery. signs of flattery. 　　 (( 名詞子句名詞子句 ))• What you regarded as beautiful,What you regarded as beautiful, I might consider ugly. I might consider ugly. 　　　　　　　　 (( 對比之意對比之意 ))

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What one person defines as a friend,another calls an acquaintance, andvice versa.

本句的結構也可分析為：本句的結構也可分析為： What one What one person defines as a friendperson defines as a friend 為名詞子句為名詞子句當當 callscalls 的受詞。的受詞。即：即： Another calls [what one person Another calls [what one person definesdefines as a friend] an acquaintance.as a friend] an acquaintance. 如此 如此 an acquaintancean acquaintance 則為則為 What one What one person defines as a friendperson defines as a friend 的補語。的補語。

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What one person defines as a friend,another calls an acquaintance, andvice versa.

..., and vice versa.→ What one person defines as an acquaintance, another calls a friend.

If definitions of friendship can vary so much within a single culture, imagine the differences between cultures.

原句 = If people from the same culture define friendship in such different ways, then the differences of the definitions of friendship between ccultures can be much greater.

Surprisingly, there are only a few studies about friendship in different cultures.

Surprisingly 乃 sentential adverb 。

原句 = It is surprising [that people have made just a few studies about friendship in different cultures].

In one study, anthropologist Margaret Mead compared notionsof friendship in some Western countries. She says:

“For the French, friendship is a one-to-one relationship that demands awareness of the other person’s intellect, temperament, and particular interests.

demand 在此之意相當於 require: If something demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.• TaTaking care of a baby ddemands patience Next

“For the French, friendship is a one-to-one relationship that demands awareness of the other person’s intellect, temperament, and particular interests.

原句 = To the French, a friend is someone who deals directly with only you. A friend has to be aware of your intellect, temperament, and pparticular interests.

A friend is someone who brings out your own best qualities.”

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