College English 1 – Unit 4 – Reading Activity
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Unit 4 The Gift of Giving – Content Analysis Chart
Step 1: Global Reading
Look through the passage and complete the following summary of the features in its writing. * This passage is a piece of ___________, written in ____________ order.
* The passage covers a period of as long as ___________, and can be divided into 4 parts:
①Paragraphs ______; ②Paragraphs ______; ③Paragraphs ______; ④Paragraphs ______.
Step 2: Detailed Reading Part One
Time: ___________________ Place: ___________________ Character(s): ___________________
Event: My co-workers were ___________________________________, but I ________________
__________________________. About the author:
* Where was she? And what was she doing there?
_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________. * How was she?
①She felt __________, because she had to ___________________________________. ②She felt ____________________, and felt it hard to go on with her education unless _______ __________________________. * How was her financial situation?
______________________________________ left her with _________________, so she did not have money to _________________. Useful expressions and sentences:
①我摇了摇头表示没有。______________________________________ ②追求毕生梦想 ______________________________________ ③兼职做服务员的工作 ______________________________________ ④我非常想家。 ______________________________________ ⑤我暗自许下心愿。______________________________________ ⑥…让我所剩无几 ______________________________________ Other expressions or structures you find useful:
College English 1 – Unit 4 – Reading Activity
Part Two
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Time: ___________________ Place: ___________________ Character(s): _________________________
Event: Asked by Maribelle to _____________, I went to Table 5 and met the man sitting there. About the man at Table 5 and what happened that night: * Why did they pay special attention to the man?
Because _________________________________________________________.
* The man’s appearance: ______________________________________________________. * How did the author feel after the man gave his order?
①As immediate reaction, she felt ____________ because _______________________________ ________________________________.
②Then she assumed the man to be ________ and tried to __________________. * What happened later?
①The man gave her __________________ and asked her __________________. The author’s immediate reaction: ___________. ②The man expected ___________ from her, simply asked her to ________________. ③Soon he ___________________________________. Useful expressions and sentences: ①帮我照看一下 ___________________ ③挤出一丝微笑 ___________________ ⑤我的心往下一沉。___________________
②没惹麻烦 ___________________ ④我要点一份…___________________ ⑥不见了、消失了 ___________________
Other expressions or structures you find useful:
Part Three
Time: ___________________ Place: ___________________ Character(s): ___________________
Event: I got a _____________ from my mother and saw a _________________________________
___________________ on TV. About the phone call and the commercial:
* What did the author do after she returned home?
_________________________________________________________.
* What enabled her to go home?
①Her brothers _________________________________________________________
②A major airline provided _______________________________________________________. Expressions or structures you find useful:
College English 1 – Unit 4 – Reading Activity
Part Four
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Time: ___________________ Place: ___________________ Character(s): ___________________
Event: Every Christmas ______________________________________________________. About the author:
* What’s the result of her visit to her family? ___________________________________________ ________________________________.
* What do she and her husband do every Christmas? For example?
_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________. * Why do they do all these things?
_____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________. Useful expressions and sentences:
①回想过去一年的生活 ________________________________ ②在我需要帮助的时候 ________________________________ Other expressions or structures you find useful:
Step 3: Retelling
Work in pairs and retell the story in your own words. You may refer to the following outline.
Seven years ago, the author was in Northern California, …
… …
It was five days before Christmas. Her co-workers were …, but she …, because … … …
One evening, when she covered for Maribelle, … … …
Later that night, she returned to her apartment, and … … …
She finally … and returned to her studies … … …
Now she was …, and every Christmas she and her husband …, for example, … … …
While doing all these things, she always thinks of …
